Winter CME's, February 2012.

As promised before Carlilse..... (and even pettrel bridge)..

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45305 at Appleby uploaded in the middle of nowhere from the CME by Power of the mobile Internet and the moderator team + Sheff

 

Stopped outside Carlilse..m by B&Q
We didn't do it honest !!!

Rumour has it a green black 5 called Galatea is being used for the shunt as rumoured 700 times before.

 

Mod team...
waiting outside Carlilse on the CME at 1503..

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Left to right..

Sheff (the water boy & pie man), Admin ( in disguise as a human instead of some ass), Richards (upload meister), Adb968008 (franks fan club member 001), Ralphw ( before beer)

 

Just announced due to congestion in Carlilse we are waiting until 1515.

 

Bunch of reprobates...

I would have been there today but a bit of an incident at home caused me to have to cancel so Sheff has at least made use of the ticket, not sure if he is pleased with me or not having to put up with them lot :whistle:

I nipped along to Preston this morning and at least got to see them off.

Enjoy your short break in Carlisle and good to hear it has gone well so far.

Neil.

 

Arrived Carlilse 1517.

 

Horrified to see a can of John Smiths on the table. What sort of 'beer' is that? A bottle of Sam Smiths o. k. but a tin of that gassy chemical, I can see I am going to have to send Victor to sort you out and educate you!

 

I knew something would go wrong without me being there to look after them.

There's a Home and Bargain shop about 4 mins from the station in Carlisle and they usually have a choice of half a dozen decent bottled ales in there at reasonable prices so they can go and get some proper beer in the short break they have.

Lets just hope they all manage to get back on the train ok... :rolleyes1:

Just one photo from Preston of 45305 waiting for the tour to arrive from Euston,

http://neils-photographs.smugmug.co...22840_68Kcmt#!i=1698153192&k=LgFg4Kr&lb=1&s=A

 

Many thanks for he updates and pictures guys.

(I see you have Mustard to keep you warm !)

 

No ones admitting to the John smiths here... Denials all round.
were drinking dent brewery ales in the whether spoons right now.


Fyi.. 2x BR Blue electrics in the sidings 86101 and an 87. Didn't see any WCRC diesel and 45305 had detached for servicing.

 

And pork pies !, cakes, giradelli chocolate, home made biscuits and the can of beer that must have been left by a passing passenger.

 

Finally got home, thawed out and posted some pictures from Barrow ( just after Whalley) and on the approach to Selside - just started to snow in both locations and was sticking on the road at Selside.

6 pictures - Cumbrian Mountain Express - 2012 - Steaming Around the North

ps click on intermediate size picture to enlarge to full screen

John

 

We shall need to see photographic proof of this group with real ale on the return run before even thinking about any pleas of mitigation such as this!

 

Great photos. Thanks for venturing out today and sharing these,

 

Lovely shot:

Cumbrian Mountain Express - 2012 - DSC 11460 - Steaming Around the North

 

Very Cool pictures.
Twas deathly cold up there today, blizzard in parts. ( was good being on a warm train, as even 2 minutes at the window fingers were getting numb)


it's raining in Carlilse, no loco at either end of the train. (1614)

 

As suspected - black as a witch's tit up in the hills! unlike last week!

Happier here transcribing photos from 1988 five feet from a coal fire and with the dogs keeping me company - and begging sustenance!

 

We cant reveal the identity of the smiths drinker, we would need to ban him for his own safety, and we would have no water or pies.

 

1630, 45305 on front. No diesel
weather... Heavy rain.

 

As late substitute PICOP for this trip, I discharged my duties with honour. One by one the mods fell by the wayside until just Richards and I struggled over the last slice. Foolishly I assumed one of the mods would be PICOB, but none was forthcoming and I was forced into dredging out my emergency ration of JS to tide me over til Carlisle, where upon I fell upon Dent Brewery ale like a man possessed.