York Model Engineering Society

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:25 pm

Nice pics, you don't half seem to get some interesting locos at York MES, although the Owain Glyndwr would seem to give a reason why, I noticed the BLR roundel which would mean that it is or was owned by Barry Milner, who has a lot of interesting and weird locos.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:53 pm

The Roundhouse Darj "B" in blue seems to have almost identical lining as mine. Not totally prototypical but good to look at!

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:52 pm

laalratty:104150 wrote:Nice pics, you don't half seem to get some interesting locos at York MES, although the Owain Glyndwr would seem to give a reason why, I noticed the BLR roundel which would mean that it is or was owned by Barry Milner, who has a lot of interesting and weird locos.

It still is one of Barry's, as are most of the locos that are seen on the line, I'm still not sure where they're all coming from! :lol:

The video I threatened to put up is finally ready. I would have posted earlier but I had to wait a long time for Youtube to upload it, I'm glad it's only a short video now!

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laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:43 pm

Nice little video

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:57 pm

Excellent video. I especially like the end-of-summer sunlight at the beginning ... with the inevitable shadows towards the end.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:24 pm

I'd purchased a new camera earlier this month, so I was playing with that and have also got a fair amount of video footage to sift through and lump together.
The day started with Dylan running round with a mixed freight/permanent way working.

Blue is simply the colour this season!

This nicely grimy 1st generation Sandy River was put to work hauling 9 bogie coaches.

It was quite a testing day on the garden railway with 3 locos out on test after receiving attention from Barry Milner, this impressive model of Monarch being the star of the show.

Another loco on test was this Peter Angus modified Garratt.

The third loco on test was one of Peter Angus' Glyn Valley Tramway Beyer Peacocks.

Here I am stuck in the middle with you...

This recently revived tram made of a Roundhouse boiler & chassis and a Brandbright(?) body has recently been put back together after a long time in storage.

This delightful model based on the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway's 18in gauge Horwich Works locos pottered about leisurely.

Despite my liking for 'action shots', steam & speed etc I think this is my favourite photo of the day

Speaking of steam & speed...

Hopefully the December running day won't be snowed off, as I want to see and hear what Minnie's like now that she's been refitted with straight pipes instead of a chuffer.

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:33 pm

Some nice photos, and interesting locos. That grimy Sandy River looks lovely, but strange that its got a Mull and West Highland badge on the tender.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:08 pm

Coor - plenty of interest. How many burners did the monarch have to keep up with those engines?

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Tue Nov 18, 2014 9:31 pm

laalratty:105772 wrote:Some nice photos, and interesting locos. That grimy Sandy River looks lovely, but strange that its got a Mull and West Highland badge on the tender.

I pondered that, although it slipped my mind to ask her owner

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:105773 wrote:Coor - plenty of interest. How many burners did the monarch have to keep up with those engines?

From close investigation (zooming in on one of my photos!) it looks like it runs on 1 burner. I hope that the person who built her will write something about the construction as it's an interesting model, and not something one sees often.

TTHLRMatt · Post by **TTHLRMatt** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:58 pm

Peter must have been there in person. That Sentinel "Noah" is his personal one!

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 6:33 pm

I don't think Peter was there.

TTHLRMatt · Post by **TTHLRMatt** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:00 pm

I am near certain he will have been, not knowing anyone else with a sentinel called Noah. He's one of those people where you can totally pass him by unless you know he's there.

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:20 am

Here's the video from Sunday, once again trying to embed videos on this forum has beaten me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C429j9WGLvw

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:43 pm

Your Dylan sounds very nicely set up. The whistle on the tram wants the mouth making longer to stop the oversounding. Your wagons look very well together with their white walled tires. I've just noticed the industrial buildings in the background of some shots - any more info?

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:51 pm

Thanks to the advice from Chris I've managed to embed the video at last!
http://gardenrails.myfreeforum.org/about9208.html

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Cheers Zach, I'll pass the message on about the whistle. The industrial buildings have all been made by one member of the society mainly using wood & scrap found at the club, it even has a rope railway!

williamfj · Post by **williamfj** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:34 pm

That's the running days for 2014 done and dusted. Minnie was out as I wanted to test her out following the replacement of her chuff pipe with two straight through pipes and she sounds better (a very subjective matter however) and looks better with a pleasing plume of steam.

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LnBmad · Post by **LnBmad** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 9:10 pm

Some great photos there! Looking forward to seeing what comes next

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:13 pm

Nice photos and film of Minnie. I think the chuff sounds fine.
What an amazing array of articulated locos. The Mallet looks amazing. What on earth is the blue monster with three driving bogies?

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 10:15 pm

Sorry its not a Mallet, its a Meyer.

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:42 am

Looks like you had a productive end of the year running day.

Due to the weather our Group's last running day tomorrow has just been cancelled so I'm left with my Edrig which was oiled, watered & gassed up for the running day earlier this month which was also affected by the weather.

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