Wencombe /Kingsbridge Regis/Louville Lane

[Alan]

It's late afternoon and Powis Castle arrives with the down South Devon



And after much shunting she is ready for the local back to Newton Abbot.

 

[Alan]

Powis Castle leaves and 6331 arrives





and the runs round



before waiting for 18.31 departure

 

[Alan]

A few B&W of Western Queen

 

[Alan]

Not often seen at Kingsbridge a 22xx this Taunton's 2258 on an engineer's train having picked up spent ballast at Wencombe.

 

[Phil.c]

Is the 22xx a Bachman Alan, DCC?

Phil

 

[Alan]

Yes Phil the 22xx is Bachmann not DCC

Another which seems to have been camera shy 3834

 

[Alan]

Dinmore Manor at Kingsbridge Regis

 

[Jordan or Plymouth Mad]

Another which seems to have been camera shy 3834
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The weathering on that loco is just sublime

 

[Alan]

Many thanks Jordan.

 

[JimG]

Alan,

Just looking at your backscene roofline, have you thought of putting television aerials on the chimney stacks - they were a very obvious accoutrement on late 50s/60s buildings in the days of analogue VHF television.




Some examples, and they were large.

Jim.

 

[Alan]

I have in deed Jim, idolness has hindered their construction, that and after doing the buildings I wanted to play trains for a bit and on that theme here is the make up of yesterdays parces train. Not one ex-GWR item of stock.

 

[Alan]

D602 Bulldog brings in yet another parcels train.

 

[Phil.c]

Are the buildings scratch built alan or kits or both?

Phil

 

[Alan]

The ones up the hill are very kitbashed American and continental Kits I refer you to post 569 on page 28. to see the original of several of the houses.

 

[Phil.c]

Thanks Alan.

BTW, one thing we should all do but overlook when taking these realistic pictures...myself included..is to file off the mould ridge across the buffers...so easily overlooked

Phil

 

[Alan]

A couple of shots from the "Bradford Barton" album on South Hams.

A pair of 1000's at Kingsbridge Regis.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Just looking at your backscene roofline, have you thought of putting television aerials on the chimney stacks - they were a very obvious accoutrement on late 50s/60s buildings in the days of analogue VHF television.

The old 405 line VHF type as in the pictures, these can still be seen on chimneys today. 625 line UHF aerials would not have appeared until BBC2 was launched in 1964.

 

[daifly]

This is what I remember them looking like. Leeds 1970 from the National Media Museum Collection.

 

[Dan Randall]

This is what I remember them looking like. Leeds 1970 from the National Media Museum Collection.

Cracking picture Dave, but I hope that road wasn't on a bus route, otherwise that washing wouldn't have lasted long! Come to think of it, neither would the car nearest the camera, but as there appears to be a driver in it, perhaps he was just performing a three point turn? You don't see children walking around with toy guns anymore either....


Regards

Dan

 

[Alan]

Thanks chaps for the info on TV aerials. Just confirmed my memory. Correct me if I'm wrong but weren't the very early ones an "H" shape as well as the "X" shape?