MHR Restorations and Overhauls

Na, glowing red eyes, and a recorded evil laugh followed by, "i promise to be good mum" in a sickly sweet voice that should get the little darlings screaming , especially if you added other things such, my fires going out best throw another child in ,

 

No she is hiding, think about it, she heard Douglas going off to the razorblade factory, followed by bodmin, by two of diesels big brothers, then the three mogols all dissapear, never to be seen again , and all the time Diesels chanting, it razorblade time steamies poor engines remembering what happened last time

 

Wait until they hear 73096 being kidnapped later on this week!

 

I wonder if she'll go kicking & screaming like Bodmin did?.......... that loco just didn't want to go Oop North, the number of times she sat down on the mainline!

 

is the wheel drop shed sound prooved? otherwise when you go to drag the black 5 out, you might find flats on all wheels as she tries to anchor down.

 

Like popping its saddle tank back on along with its bunker and restoring the original profile of the front end- and re porta-ising it for the full on Austerity GTi effect?!

Chris

 

no

 

Does anyone know which day she is off this week?

 

If anyone is missing 31806, they may be interested in the Corfe Castle web cam. Just watched her chug past with 5 on including the Pullman Observation coach.

http://www.swanagerailway.co.uk/corfe-castle

 

Thank you for finding that. What a very sorry sight! And for the list of locos thought to have been cut up at Ringwood.

On a much more positive note, the iron columns supporting the new Ropley up platform shelter were rescued from Ringwood station. My Granny grew up in Ringwood, just around the corner from the station, went to school in Christchurch by train (via Hurn), and moved back to the town when Grandad retired. My earliest memory is watching 34006 Bude leaving Ringwood with the last passenger train in 1966. It's great to see some small fragments of Ringwood get a new lease of life.

And here's a photo of 76027 at Ringwood station with a down train:
http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/ringwood/index2.shtml

 

Has the 73096 move been postponed? Nothing on RTT yet. Or will it appear at short notice I wonder? I was hoping she might still be around Ropley yard for the Gala so I could see her one more time.

 

isnt she due to move on or about the 14th the path may not go live till the morning of the move

 

I believe someone mentioned the 14th or 15th of this month - we shall see...........

 

73096 has now had its connecting rods removed.

 

There's a tell tale sign...........

 

Are they the non conforming ones or is it coupling rods that are said to be not the right spec for further mainline use?

 

yeah, connecting rods down, pistons moved foreward and tied with rope and a tag on the cab handrail "sold to cashmores"
will the non appooved motion also have to be removed? welded coupling rods non spec expansion links etc, wasnt that why she was removed from the mainline list?

 

I am sure that Bodmin also had her coupling rods removed for her move to Carnforth

 

She did, but that still didn't stop her sitting down on the WCML - trying to run her at high speed, plain daft!

Though the Std 5 shouldn't be as bad..........................

 

the 5 has roller bearings on the loco so they should be ok, but the tender are LMS plain bearings so will most likily run hot ,I wonder will someone from West Coast when preparing her try to greese the tender boxes he he before finding that their dummy nipples