Snow!!

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Snow!!

Post by Pendo Pilot » Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:38 pm

Well on my way back from the stafford model railway show it started snowing. By the time I got back to the CVLR it was coming down strong. Of course being totally stupid this means getting some trains running & freezing a bit more...

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Chyknell getting a little blocked.

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Even Ysgarlad was getting some.

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As was Porthcadno........

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So ploughing commenced (after I fitted new summerlands chuff pipes to the Edrig & LA).
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After the Edrigs go the RoundJack took over.
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The trouble was the snow was settling well onto already iced up rails. This called for more muscle so the Lady Anne & Roundjack teamed up.
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No 6 attacks the snow whilst No 4 waits to add extra traction if needed..
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In the end the snow was falling too hard. Before I had got 1/4 of a way around the line, the place I had started would be under another inch of snow.
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So ploughing was abandoned & the locos taken back to shed whilst they could still get there. Line closed UFN.

Matt

Post by Matt » Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:36 pm

Wow! Fantastic photos.

It's snowed a little bit up here in Newcastle, and it's meant to be very heavy tonight. I hope so.

Narrow Minded

Post by Narrow Minded » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:05 pm

"There's snow business like snow business there's snow business I know..." Sorry :oops:

Great set of photo's, unfortunately the smattering we had wasn't worth the fuss (UNTIL it got too dark :shock: )

Pendo Pilot

Post by Pendo Pilot » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:13 pm

Well it's still snowing here, hasnt stopped yet. It's up to the windows on the stabled coaches.. :shock: So it's proper job stopper here.

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:16 pm

Great photo's!

The snow should be hitting south Kent about midnight so I will see what my small line looks like in the morning.

Cheers,

Tom

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Post by Red Rock » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:17 pm

Great Pictures of a great little railway! I'm looking forward to going to the CFR tomorrow (If I can get there!) and running some live steam in the snow. Have to get the snowploughs out first though, theres a good 10cm outside my door and it hasn't stopped yet!

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Post by 90733 » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:36 pm

Great photos, just had a run myself, but its just over the rail heights, my Jack still wheel slipped a bit though!
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Post by Sir Clothem Cap » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:44 pm

snow won't come near me since I got a snowplough, living on the south coast helps too.

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Post by laalratty » Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:51 pm

No snow here, only horrible rain and wind. Hasn't been snow in the Morecambe bay area since PTLRcecil built not one, but TWO new snowploughs last Autumn. I thought he would curse it and I was right!
Nices pics BTW!

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Snow

Post by Vapouriser » Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:51 pm

Very nice photos pendo pilot. Black and white all too rare but so suitable. Better than a video.

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Post by DolwyddelanLightRail » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:16 pm

I had 5 inches of the stuff in York, and it was still snowing when I left for Sheffield!

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Post by mhlr » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:59 pm

Awesome pics, proper scale amount too. This has to be my favourite pic, remove the fence and shed out the background (or add more snow), and it's dead on real that.
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Post by KjellAn » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:18 am

Nice pictures. 8)
I get the feeling that this could be a Gardenrailway in Norway. ;)
Kjell Anderdal :)

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Narrow Minded

Post by Narrow Minded » Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:47 am

Last night, after the "predicted" snowfall, this is what we got......

Westwood,

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Brinsley Lodge,

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and Codnor Castle.

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A nice in-scale dusting that bode well for some winter running (works trains of course ;) ). This morning however.......

Westwood,

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Brinsley Lodge,

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and Codnor Castle.

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As for Riddings Halt, at the base of the Fircombe Hills...

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But at least somebody was having fun on the slopes!

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(Glad to see Mini B was wearing his scarfe! :lol: )

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Post by Pendo Pilot » Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:47 am

Lovely pics Greg, but didnt you say you wouldnt need a plough this year as it was going to just be a wet winter?? :D :D

Get ploughing mate!

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Post by Narrow Minded » Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:45 pm

Pendo Pilot:66029 wrote:Lovely pics Greg, but didnt you say you wouldnt need a plough this year as it was going to just be a wet winter??  :D  :D

Get ploughing mate!
It's thawing already! :lol:

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Post by Dr. Bond of the DVLR » Sun Feb 05, 2012 1:45 pm

Haha! Might be able to get a pic today of real B sledging as well...
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The railway which people forgot
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Post by Steven.T » Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:12 pm

George had a run out today on some wider tracks:

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Still bloody fell off though. Driver has been severely reprimanded for taking corners far too fast!

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Post by MDLR » Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:20 pm

All these pictures begs a question - How many of you leave your stock out in all weathers? I couldn't because of the possibility of vandalism or theft, but even if it were safe, I don't know whether I'd want to.

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Post by Steven.T » Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:26 pm

I don't think I'd ever leave any stock out in my garden, apart from not having track to leave stock out on, you can see straight through our back gate, so I wouldn't leave expensive stock outside!

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