Where has all the Colour Gone Wednesday

 Where has all the colour gone Wednesday. 

Andrew and his Barclay loco potter around the sidings at Fountain Colliery, something that happens most days, unless Peter and his Peckett are on duty. Peckett is a make of engine, not a euphemism by the way, but if you want to imagine it as such, that’s fine of course. 

Deliberation Dave is on shunting duty, so will push and pull point levers and fiddle with 3 link couplings as required. Anyone who uses 3 link couplings will know that ‘fiddle’ is the official term, frequently followed by bouts of swearing from even the most mild-mannered. 

As always with shunting in the land of the inch high there is never much of a plan, with often empty wagons being dispatched for Lydney and full ones being placed under the loading screen. 

The siding nearest has a small crane which is used for loading and unloading ‘stuff’, and it’s rumoured that Bachmann based their ready to plonk one on this one. Of course that might just be nonsense, but is is popular with stag night pranks from the nearby pub with the groom-to-be, hung by the collar from it naked from the waist down whilst wild boar nibble at his feet and other exposed body parts. All innocent fun I’m sure you’ll agree. 

The same goes for the stone based water tower which inspired the popular Wills plastic kit, though it’s not so popular with boozy stag and hen do revellers. Though I’m sure over time they’ll work on ‘fun things’ to do with the water filler hose. 

Most of my B&W pics these days I tend to shoot on traditional 35mm film. Fomapan 100 being the stock of choice here, it having all old school vibe which suits the subject well. Nikkormat FT2, 55mm Micro Nikkor.

Toot toot!

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