Sweet shunting.

chrisiveson · Post by **chrisiveson** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:20 pm

Shunting the "Rowntree Mackintosh" factory in York on Mid East Plus.

Chris.

RobertM · Post by **RobertM** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:47 pm

Come on Chris, stop teasing us, please

Post by **codrivermike** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:53 pm

Rowntree Macintosh eh. That explains the use of pastel colours then.

Michael

Website · Post by **Easilyconfused** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 10:01 pm

Ahh - that would be the facility now owned by NestlÃ© that is being / has been shut down with major job losses. No doubt the site will be redeveloped for housing. My daughter is at university in York so I pay attention to local affairs where she is living. The closure of the factory will have negative effects on the local economy.

Great screen shots though Chris.

Kindest regards

John

systema · Post by **systema** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:35 pm

Very tasty,

Mick Clarke

45002 · Post by **45002** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 1:46 am

And your making me feel hungary Chris

Brillant shots there

MARTIN

desiro5 · Post by **desiro5** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:24 am

mmmmmmmmmmmm Mideast Plus.........

*drools*

Cheers

Ali

eddief · Post by **eddief** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 12:58 pm

Those shots are good, I must say I had no idea the route was going as far as York, definantly worth getting now

delticcity · Post by **delticcity** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:03 pm

Wonderful shots Chris. How far past the factory can you get along the Foss Islands Branch? I have always planned to build the branch as my first attempt at route building and have hundreds of photos taken from the cycle path

I have always regretted never spending any time down there while the branch was operational. Cheers, Dave.

PS Rowntrees had their own fleet of industrial shunters for use within the factory confines, and Class 20s were common on the 'Kit Kat Express' as we used to call it, although 08s were the mainstay.

chrisiveson · Post by **chrisiveson** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 3:56 pm

delticcity wrote:Wonderful shots Chris. How far past the factory can you get along the Foss Islands Branch? I have always planned to build the branch as my first attempt at route building and have hundreds of photos taken from the cycle path I have always regretted never spending any time down there while the branch was operational. Cheers, Dave.

PS Rowntrees had their own fleet of industrial shunters for use within the factory confines, and Class 20s were common on the 'Kit Kat Express' as we used to call it, although 08s were the mainstay.

Well, all the way to Foss Islands and a couple of miles up the DVLR but please bear in mind the route builders quote below.
(Your photos might be of some interest.)

systema wrote:Please be aware while trying to be true to the feel of the ECML it is not a replication of the railway for any specific era. There are loads of anachronysms and compromises but it makes for a more interesting route in my opinion.

Rivet counters will go unheeded.

Regards,

Chris.

P.S. I had the pleasure of a LCGB trip from Layerthorpe to Cliffe Common and return one Winter around about 1960 with an 04 and two maroon Mk 1s.

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:02 pm

I am confused over the various versions of Mid East which are now available or will soon be available (steam era and otherwise). Can someone please clarify this?

rwaceyw · Post by **rwaceyw** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:11 pm

Theres 3 I beleive

Current Mideast
Mideast Steam Era ( basically what it says on the tin )
Mideast Plus ( A HUGE expansion of the current Mideast )

delticcity · Post by **delticcity** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:14 pm

There is the original Mideast which is patched up to about 1.4 I think, then there is the steam era version of this. Mideast Plus is under construction as we speak as a whole new route.
cheers, Dave.

dforrest · Post by **dforrest** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:16 pm

rwaceyw wrote:Theres 3 I beleive

Current Mideast
Mideast Steam Era ( basically what it says on the tin )
Mideast Plus ( A HUGE expansion of the current Mideast )

Thanks. A couple more questions:

Will MidEast Plus be available soon?

Can MidEast Steam Era and MidEast Plus be installed on the same system and exist separately?

.

delticcity · Post by **delticcity** » Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:48 pm

I think the usual answer is "It will be ready when its ready" but it is looking fairly advanced to my untrained eye. And yes you can have Mideast Plus on your system alongside Mideast Steam Era without any problems as it is a completely new and seperate route. Cheers, Dave.