The Newly Renamed B&CV Railway

[GJFREESTONE]

hi Colin
thanks for a great afternoon ,Daves loco gave us all a good laugh .could not laugh to much my ribs were still hurting . Debs hospitality was great she kept us in drinks all afternoon .now I have seen your layout without snow it is very impressive . the lolly sticks saved the day
Graham Shrewsbury

 

[shropshire lad]

Thanks for your comments guys
Thanks to you all for coming and glad you had a good afternoon, we really enjoyed ourselves too

 

[shropshire lad]

A quieter day today on the B&CVR, however an opportunity was taken to test the sightseeing cars discovered in the recent workshop move
Elise climbing from the Easton bank

And leaving Milburn

 

[3Valve]

Cracking day on Saturday Col. Cheers bud.

Pass on my thanks to Deb too for the copious supplies of pork pie, cake, ice-cream, tea/coffee, cold drinks etc.

Hope I'm forgiven for the "get back to the sink" comment

Only shot a couple of pics. Too busy enjoying the banter.

Dave's V200 - ooh it's big.

No open day would be complete without a spectular Hub crash, and he didn't disappoint. To be fair, an out of gauge wheel set was the true culprit.

After receiving some 5-digit assistance up the Quay bank my Corpet hauled Col's blue n cream piko rake. Made up a nice looking train but he wouldn't let me take em home.

 

[shropshire lad]

Some nice pics there Gareth, glad you enjoyed it.
Think you got away with it mate
I did offer to keep your Corpet here to be fair

 

[whatlep]

Deb explains to Gareth what will happen if he makes another sexist comment....

Ruritania's breakdown train shows why LGB need to reintroduce the Corpet loco. In the background Dave's diesel is trying to sneak up on the train with evil intent.

 

[shropshire lad]

Good grief Peter, that pic even scared me
That second pic is lovely, a grey Corpet is on my wish list. Don't think Deb would mind me buying one either

 

[Richie]

Some great pic's shame I missed Dave's crash , I can see now why some one always brings along a break down train . Must get one for when Dave next pays a visit ,

 

[3Valve]

Good grief Peter, that pic even scared me
That second pic is lovely, a grey Corpet is on my wish list. Don't think Deb would mind me buying one either

I gave her the catalogue number mate for ebay search purposes. Here to help.

 

[shropshire lad]

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Good grief Peter, that pic even scared me
That second pic is lovely, a grey Corpet is on my wish list. Don't think Deb would mind me buying one either

I gave her the catalogue number mate for ebay search purposes. Here to help.

Top man
It worked with the barrel bar car last year so here's hoping!

 

[shropshire lad]

The running session last week only highlighted one serious concern which was the loop at Uber Junction. An R3 point was purchased as surplus from Cogges Railways recent upgrades and the other track ordered in readiness for the upcoming works.

The area in question before the works

And after
Due to a chest injury the works are not as substantial as I usually prefer but they can be beefed up later on.

A test train confirmed the track and wiring and also the newly fitted Piko wheels on the coaches were all ok. The former tighter alignment being fairly obvious in this pic too.
The B&CVR now has no R1 curves or points on it running lines

 

[whatlep]

The B&CVR now has no R1 curves or points on it running lines

Posh beggar! Looking good Colin.
Don't worry, Dave can still derail trains on R2s & R3s.
Ask me how I know.....

 

[Richie]

Great work Colin will be able to run some of my large diesels on your line now thats if you have a DC supply .

 

[playmofire]

Certainly giver a nice sweep at that end.

 

[CoggesRailway]

Glad to see the developments and hope the injury isn't too bad. I have tried a few times this week to sell track from the back of the car, but it hasn't met the success it did last Saturday afternoon. odd that.

 

[shropshire lad]

Thanks gents
That is strange Ian perhaps you'rein the wrong place
Your bigish diesels should go round now Rich, but I'm not sure if my reverse loop units will work on dc.
My ICE train always used to jumped off at Uber loop but has been running all day pretty much without too many problems.

 

[Madman]

Glad to see the developments and hope the injury isn't too bad. I have tried a few times this week to sell track from the back of the car, but it hasn't met the success it did last Saturday afternoon. odd that.

Anyone seen selling track from the back of a car is suspect

 

[shropshire lad]

Due to the afternoon heat and the ongoing injury to the PW gang leader the workshop turned out some refurbished engines.
Testing taking part after normal running hours.

A Stainz to be named Eileen is tested before being named and numbered

And Marion, again as yet not carrying nameplates, the B&CVRs oldest engine celebrates 5 years in service with the fitment of an experimental Zimo drive system