Sc59401 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Stuart Mackay has added two more photographs taken recently in Liberia by Thomas Johannesson to the Gallery section on the Railcar Association website. They show the same three cars which appear in other photographs posted earlier. They're at the end of this page, which also contains photographs of Swindon Inter-City DMUs in action on the Edinburgh-Glasgow line and stored elsewhere: http://www.railcar.co.uk/Gallery/126eg.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Stuart Mackay has added two more photographs taken recently in Liberia by Thomas Johannesson to the Gallery section on the Railcar Association website. They show the same three cars which appear in other photographs posted earlier. They're at the end of this page, which also contains photographs of Swindon Inter-City DMUs in action on the Edinburgh-Glasgow line and stored elsewhere: http://www.railcar.co.uk/Gallery/126eg.htm No problem with asbestos there then! Is that an 08 nose in the RH pic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc59401 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Is that an 08 nose in the RH pic? It is indeed a Class 08 nose. LAMCO purchased some Class 08s from BR which were equipped with buckeye couplers (for compatibility with the iron ore wagons) before being exported. Swindon Inter-City DMU cars were of course buckeye-fitted from new, which might explain their selection for the LAMCO sale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc59401 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Follow the link below for a very interesting progress report and photographs from a visit in 2010. Class 08 shunters and Swindon-built Edinburgh-Glasgow Inter-City DMU cars are visible among the other derelicts and advancing vegetation, but for how long? http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/tales/liberiatales02.htm The articles about the Bong Mine railway are well worth a look too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted November 28, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2010 ^^^ Nice to hear something positive from that part of the world. I agree that the abandoned locos and carriages are beyond salvage and are fit only to be melted down, judging from the state of them in the pictures shown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikes Posted May 16, 2013 Share Posted May 16, 2013 Folks, Further to the discussion re the LAMCO DMU'S, a little googling found the picture of one of the units in the following link... http://www.ourliberia.com/gaul.html I had not realised that some of the units were blue and grey out there in country! Also very interesting to note the BR font 'Lamco Inter city' logo on the side! Wouldnt it be awesome to repatriate two of them to meet up with and partner the surviving buffet, obviously with some very serious restoration! Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc59401 Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Very interesting Mike, thank you for posting. Did you work in Liberia? There's a photograph in a Railway Magazine from 1973 (?) showing the blue/grey cars ready for shipping, complete with BR-style lettering on the sides. Repatriation is something we've talked about in the past but I suppose that it will remain an impossible dream given the state of the cars now. We've already got our hands full with Sc79443 at the moment and the three-car unit continues to require attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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