Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Enjoyed watching this...
Col.
Col.
Manchester Victoria 1967
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oldravendale
Western Thunderer
A nicely made film, Col, with actually a story line. I wish I'd kept all my notes! It rather points up why the steam engine had to go, doesn't it?
Also a number of those shunting moves were done at quite a lick. Slow speed running on our models is, of course, important but insisting that every shunting move should be at 2mph is simply not prototypical.
Brian
Also a number of those shunting moves were done at quite a lick. Slow speed running on our models is, of course, important but insisting that every shunting move should be at 2mph is simply not prototypical.
Brian
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
I'll be saving those for later, Tony. 
LarryG
Western Thunderer
No, it was usual to give the smokeboxes a coat of paint at Newton Heath shed. I watched it being done when on loan there from Lees in 1960.
Manchester Victoria / Exchange was a fabulously atmospheric place in the 60's! The climb to Red Bank sidings was often a trial for engines when setting off from a standing start.
I was lucky lucky enough a couple of times to beg a ride to the carriage sidings, and share beans on toast with the crew....
Peter
I was lucky lucky enough a couple of times to beg a ride to the carriage sidings, and share beans on toast with the crew....
Peter
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Lancastrian
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Ah...Man Vic. Many a Saturday spent spotting there with friends in the late 70's early 80's. Occasionally we'd head over to Piccadilly for a few hours as well. Good times.
Ian
Ian
David Mylchreest
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I think that this is true, but would painters have been dispatched from Crewe/Derby to do the job? If not, and the job was done by shed staff, I'm thinking that the demarcation issues would have made it's implementation a pain!
I too enjoyed Exchange/Victoria in the fifties/sixties, we're fortunate that so many enthusiasts filmed the scene. I used to make it most Saturday afternoons and after the jazz club on Long Millgate closed on Saturday/Sunday nights. Nice memories.
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Smokeboxes got burned and so along came a bloke with a pot of special paint.
On loose coupled's, I pinned the brakes down before heading down to Vic, but it was a trial unpinning them on the move at the bottom. Also worked a parcels with an L&Y 0-6-0 up the grade. Despite a run at it and the pilot man jumping off in Victoria, we only just made it to Miles Platting. The problem was a smokebox full of ash, which I shovelled out in Ashton; something I should have done before leaving Oldham. When I next booked on, the loco was out of use with a badly burned smokebox & door.
On loose coupled's, I pinned the brakes down before heading down to Vic, but it was a trial unpinning them on the move at the bottom. Also worked a parcels with an L&Y 0-6-0 up the grade. Despite a run at it and the pilot man jumping off in Victoria, we only just made it to Miles Platting. The problem was a smokebox full of ash, which I shovelled out in Ashton; something I should have done before leaving Oldham. When I next booked on, the loco was out of use with a badly burned smokebox & door.
John57sharp
Western Thunderer
I read that there was quite a rivalry between Lees and Newton Heath Larry, was that your experience?
cheers
John
LarryG
Western Thunderer
I know it existed because Newton Heath was L&Y and that shed kept sending its rubbish to Lees. All their 3F L&Y 0-6-0's ended up at Lees in 1961, resulting in probably the biggest concentration of this class. Rather than complain to Newton Heath, the fitters at Lees were adept at keeping it's steeds going, which couldn't have been easy when one considers the Fowler 2-6-2T's and 0-8-0's were the LMS's worst designs.