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Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by NightRail, Jan 11, 2017.

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  1. Dunfanaghy Road

    Dunfanaghy Road Well-Known Member

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    Never fear, Tom, 499 will be turned out in invisible green. Quite exciting enough, surely!:D
    Pat
     
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    Painted number is 30506. Back in the day (as the saying is) the men would have referred to it as 506.
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    green five Resident of Nat Pres

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    We visited on Tuesday for the Wizard event. Excellent work by all involved in creating a very enjoyable experience. The railway was very busy. We joined the long queue at the T-junction at Ropley for some very tasty chips and sausage rolls.
    I think we found all of the Rats in the Harry Potter carriage.
    30506 and 41312 were in very good form on the two Wizard Express services. The final run out of Alton with the S15 was a spirited charge up the bank with a wonderful soundtrack coming from the goods engine.
    Thanks to everyone involved for a great day out. A few low res shots below of the Ivatt and S15 along with a spooky observer of the trains at Medstead!

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    Isn't the guy at Medstead someone left over from the Autumn Gala?
     
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    Is that someone waiting for a Northern service on that bench?
     
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    Some say that’s the last person to see a Bournemouth Belle at Medstead, all we know is that he doesn’t feel the cold!
     
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    Its said he was waiting for his Yodel delivery................
     
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    I Heard he missed the last train in 1973, and has been waiting ever since
     
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    Ropley Yard today at 12 o clock
     

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    Ivatt day today.
     

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    It was exam time atop the yesterday - not for us, but for some of the troublesome trucks that have now come back into Bennett's!

    There were just four hardy souls in attendance, and besides wagon exams, there were other things on the to-do list as we await our next victim......

    The tar wagon, was first up for an exam & as per usual, the axleboxes were full of water. and being drop boxes, it helped with the draining of water.

    A couple of box vans also had 6 monthly's, on top of that, the QMB is currently stopped with a full set of duff buffers, and there is a desire to get it back into traffic asap.......

    We have a motley collection of Oleo's in the yard, but we have a full set of four that we know a good to use as they were destined for pasture new, but never went, for one reason or another, so after measuring up, Muggin's 'Ere and Me Oppo, nipped down to Ropley to check on the bolt spacing's on the QMB...... needless to say they're different to what we've got!

    The powers that be have been informed of our findings and proposed solution to the problem, and we await their response.....

    Now you know why we call them troublesome trucks, because nothing is ever straight forward with them! :rolleyes:

    Time was also taken to extricate the custom tarp that used to be on the BY many moons ago, and is now wanted by the midweek guys, presumably for the model railway PMV which is due in for some TLC... it wasn't an easy task given it's weight, location and the way in which it had been folded - but it's now easy to get at.

    Anyway, @Nick C & @Stinch it was good to see you both and have a quick chat. :)

    No pic's of our goings on, but a few from yesterday before the weather turned for the worse.

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    https://www.flickr.com/photos/duty_druid/54896706875/in/dateposted-public/
     
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