As we do not now have any booked freight trains past our house, I was very lucky to grab this one I had just photographed one of my models and still had camera in hand and switched on when I heard tis coming. I swung around and pressed the shutter - bingo! caught it right in the middle of my train shed window [ September 28, 2005, 12:09 PM: Message edited by: Alan ]
I then popped outside to photograph some of the train. [ September 28, 2005, 12:10 PM: Message edited by: Alan ]
I immediately put the sighting on Yahoo group Lincs_gen and within five minutes was told that it was probably 6L55 Wakefield Europort-Felixtowe, which normally runs via Gainsborough and Newark. I wish they would permanently reroute it
Cool diesel shot alan. How big is the layout room Alan? Is railroad shed a common place for a layout in England? How cold does it get in the winter? Do you have pictures of the shed? Just curious as I live in a basement-less old house and may need to get a shed.
Strange... I didn't know any British cars - uh, wagons - had such American-looking bogies as the one with the Hapag-Lloyd container.
The shed is 8 feet x 6 feet. the layout occupies two sides, plus staging in front of the windows. This is also my workshop, with the bench under the windows. The shed is ok in winter as it is lined on the inside. Also has a heater, radio/CD player and other 'essentials'.
Through the Lincs Gen Yahoo group, I found out that it was diverted due to a points (switch) failure at Gainsborough.
The shed is 8 feet x 6 feet. the layout occupies two sides, plus staging in front of the windows. This is also my workshop, with the bench under the windows. The shed is ok in winter as it is lined on the inside. Also has a heater, radio/CD player and other 'essentials'. </font>[/QUOTE]I'm thinking a bottle of really good sipping scotch could be stashed somewhere in there. Perhaps some crisps/chips for those long modelling nights. Heck why not a cot to sleep on under the layout. lol
Australia is pretty much the same for bogies except they have caps over the end of the axles. I had not seen that before in the USA. This seemed like a good idea to me, for maintenance, etc. Then, yesterday, I saw a stack train leaving San Antonio, Texas for Houston and it had caps over the axles, too. So, maybe all bogies are going that way.
Geeky, it will be fun when I actually stop building it and start running it Actually, I really enjoy the building part
