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  1. 6 hours ago, ruggedpeak said:

    All the seats in RAF passenger aircraft face rearwards for safety (as per adb's experience) but the passengers are not paying for the ride and have to do as they are told without question. Flying backwards is not conducive to relaxing.

    I flew to the USA on a RAF VC-10 and yes we faced towards the rear. Also, no alcohol on the plane only orange juice. When we landed at Dulles airport we were met by a wing commander in a cadillac with a boot full of gin and tonic :)

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  2. 18 hours ago, Rivercider said:

    50025 Invincible went into Doncaster Works for refurbishment on 3/2/82, so it must be before that date.

     

    Edit - if this is another photo from 1981 then it must be before 26/7/81 as Invincible had been bulled up prior to working the Doncaster Dart railtour.  

     

    cheers 

    i have narrowed the date down to June 1981

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  3. I have obtained my late friend's photos who never recorded numbers, dates or locations. It looks like this slide was taken on the western region. On my original hi-def tiff scan the station name on the far left might read Reading.  It is a blue class 50 50025 standing ay the platform. Can anyone confirm the location is Reading?

     

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  4. I have obtained my late friend's photos who never recorded numbers, dates or locations. The previous slides in sequence were taken in south west England. Now it looks like he headed to the midlands. Thanks to everyone I have narrowed the date to 1981 and as he took his railrover holidays in June the date is June 1981. Now we have two photos seemingly taken at the same location. We have class 20 20087 and another hauling coal and class 56 56047 light engine. Can anyone identify the location?

     

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  5. I have obtained my late friend's photos who never recorded numbers, dates or locations. This slide was the next in sequence from the previous slide taken at Liskeard and the next slide taken at Dawlish Warren. It is possibly at or between Newton Abbot and Paignton. It is a blue class 31 with some interesting ironwork behind. Can anyone identify the location and if possible the locos number?

     

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  6. I have obtained my late friend's photos who never recorded numbers, dates or locations. This slide was the next in sequence to the one of a class 45 at Loughborough Midland station which I don't need identifying. It is a class 45/46 (I can't tell the difference) and it looks like it was taken from a train possiblty on the Midland main line around 1981. The the only identifying details are the farm buildings on the right. Can anyone identify the location

     

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  7. Carlisle Station 3 Septembr 2005. While waiting for class 52 D1015 "Western Champion" on the Pathfinder Tours 'The Western Heights' rail tour these two class 47s appeared light engine. The far loco is 47709 in Fragonset black livery with red stripe. Can anyone identify this loco which has black livery and Fragonset branding without the red stripe. I have googled Fragonset class 47 images but cannot find any results with Fragonset branding!

     

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  8. 3 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

    Photo by Dave Hill : D6706 at Brum New Street on 6th January 1962...

     

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    Photographer unknown : D6769 at Thornaby in the '60s...

     

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    Photo by Bryan Trent : 6997 at Cardiff General in 1972...

     

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    D6769 is my photo taken at Thornaby 21 July 1963 with my late friend on the left

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  9. 12 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

    Can I set a photo challenge…

     

    Three 47/4s had evidence of a high intensity headlight below the right hand red tail light, 47432, 47434 and 47523, before the standard headlight was fitted. I have seen plenty of photos of 47432 and 47523 with the headlight but not 47434. There are plenty of photos of 47434 with the holes plated over from 1975 and in 1979 when it entered Crewe works for collision damage repairs to No.1 end. I am convinced that 47434 never had the headlights fitted, despite the holes being cut, but does anyone have photographic proof that it did? Thanks.

     

    Here is 47434 approaching Durham station from the north on 3 August 1990

     

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