Recent content by Winterbournecm

As a member of Ops staff in full orange, I get acknowledged by all the waste collection staff too.. But then again, I get accosted for information even in civvies. I think being a railwayman is just too obvious irrspective of orange.

On behalf of my FGW Train Manager colleagues on HSTs, the selective door controls for each station differ greatly, and it is difficult for them to patrol a stopping train for revenue & complete the doors between stops. Truro - St Austell and maybe Liskeard - Plymouth are possible, but very...

Hello there I grew up in Hayle from 1969 to 1992 and lived in Hayle Terrace - just along from the crossing over the A30. I took pictures and spent time with the staff operating the barriers, and in Hayle signalbox when I could blag my way in. It set the scene for my railway career really. I...

Judging by the lack of recent images on their gallery - many have stopped uploading to RH. I'm slightly annoyed that I have about 200 images on their system that I can no longer access.

There are: You could have a loading platform with fork lift trucks for the VGAs. There are small cranes & ratio and an overhead crane from ratio. http://craigmunday.smugmug.com/Trains/Model-railway-photos/16190413_MTxhKv#!i=1216072702&k=opCvn&lb=1&s=A

I snapped it at Par yesterday (24th): craigmunday.smugmug.com

With regard to your yard, you could have a wagon repair works which could have any type of wagon in. The other option is a Speedlink yard which, again, could feature HEAs with domestic coal, VGAs with any commodity, OTAs timber etc..

I read once that 47523 was considered to be the 23rd Deltic as it was a great substitute for s class 55.

A charter was due at Par in the Summer so the windows were open. A couple of people took pictures on tip toes of the box interior, which was fine, until some goon seemed intent of getting a shot of me at the levers. The window was abruptly slammed shut spoiling things for everyone.