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Kennaway Tunnel at Dawlish has always struck me as of odd design, I can't recall seeing such a design/technique on any other tunnel. It almost looks as if two arched portals have overlapped and another portal was going to dug through the cliffs on an inland trajectory but was abandoned! Also, the arch of the main tunnel isn't a perfect arch, the side that intercepts with the 'fake' portal appears to drop lower than the other side. Can anyway shed any light on the engineering benefits behind this design? A couple of links that might help illustrate: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawlish_MMB_09_South_Devon_Main_Line_(Kennaway_Tunnel).jpg https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fc8.alamy.com%2Fcomp%2FCY07BY%2Fvirgin-trains-voyager-train-leaving-kennaway-tunnel-in-dawlish-CY07BY.jpg&tbnid=6qNxC42j4_709M&vet=12ahUKEwiAtfPo2JuEAxWPXaQEHeIgD_8QMygAegQIARBW..i&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Fstock-photo%2Fkennaway-tunnel.html&docid=MSLNj5lTtEvQtM&w=863&h=1390&q=kennaway tunnel &ved=2ahUKEwiAtfPo2JuEAxWPXaQEHeIgD_8QMygAegQIARBW Thanks, Ross.

That's really useful, thank you. I did wonder if Colour Rail had become the recipient of any of the CCQ slides but couldn't find them on their website despite searching the catalogue. I'll kindly take you up on your offer of sending you a PM with the MI slide details Regards, Ross.

I have a related query that I hope someone can help with, I thought it better to add to this thread rather than start a new one... I've recently acquired a few slides that have been produced by 'CCQ' and 'Modern Image Slides' but I cannot find any information about either company and suspect they may have ceased trading some years ago - if that is the case, what becomes of the copyright in this instance? If the stock/assets of the company are sold on to an individual or other business presumably the copyright goes with it? Thanks, Ross.

Thanks - corrected and credited 👍

A slide I recently acquired shows one of the Mk2c IC BFK's in prototype formation along with a MK1 RMB RBR (corrected - thanks to Flood) and some MK2 aircons on a 1990 cross country service (York to Bristol TM), in case anyone needs their appetite whetted further...

Very nice! Should certainly overcome the scale height oddities offered by existing models of these.... They will certainly look the part behind 50149 too 😍

Appreciate all the responses and clarifications which I've amended in the captions - this hobby is a never-ending (enjoyable) learning curve!

Here's a couple of slides I've purchased recently which show some long lost freight flows: 07th June 1975, An unidentified Class 31 is in the centre road at Exeter St. Davids with headcode 6B71 which at the time indicated the Torrington/Barnstaple to Exeter St. Davids Milk/Goods vans train, which according to the excellent RailGen website was usually a class 25 turn but is strongly suspected to be a Newcourt (MOD RN stores) trip working. 46002 running near Powderham with a southbound mixed freight, and what a mix it is! From what I can make out the consist features a Siphon G 'Enparts' van, four Presflo wagons (cement empties), a Weltrol Trestrol wagon, various box vans, various open OWV clay wagons and two Polybulks (china clay), comprising 35 wagons in total. This could possibly be the Exeter Riverside to Plymouth Friary Goods but any and all information gratefully received. No date information but circa 1979? All the best, Ross.

That is frustrating! It was a move to bring the additional JIAs down to replace the CDAs but apparently the driver wasn't signed to St. Blazey so they were looped at Lostwithiel to await a driver that could take them the final few miles.

A 35mm slide I purchased from that well known online auction site that caught my interest as soon as I saw it - someday during August 1978 a rather filthy pre-refurbished 50007 'Hercules' with a mixed freight at Tothill Park, Plymouth, with what's suspected to be the 7B64 12.55 Friary - Exeter Riverside goods: I bet it made a wonderful sound!

Excellent news! NSE TSOT and IC BFK ordered before my credit card conscience even had time to react! :D

Great stuff, we sure are being spoiled lately! These look fantastic, hoping there is an IC swallow livery brake amongst the future batches (although for now my wallet breathes a sigh of relief that it has time to prepare! 😄)

Thanks for all your replies, am certainly convinced it is an aircon, think it was slightly wishful thinking that it would be a MK2C due to their rarity in that livery!

I thought I'd seen all the possible variations and oddities amongst the Exeter to Waterloo NSE stock and then I saw (and purchased!) this slide from that well known auction site, as it features an IC red stripe brake vehicle in the middle of NSE stock, which is not something I've seen before - thought it may be of interest and use for those looking to flex their authentic modelling options! I think it's a MK2 C rather than a D/E aircon but it's hard to tell - anyone ever record this rake or seen other shots of it that may help to confirm? (I appreciate It's a little extend beyond the 'Exeter - Waterloo' title of this thread but it would have been part of that route around 60 minutes later!) Thanks, Ross.

I was very pleased to receive a surprise email from the Fifty Fund this week which announced a combined reissue of ex-Laira Depot fitter Mike Woodhouse's long out of print books featuring many tales of the Class 50's, which for this release has been partly re-written and updated with additional stories, complete with a forward from ex-Area Fleet Manager Geoff Hudson: https://www.fiftyfundstore.co.uk/product/blood-sweat-and-glorious-thundering-fifties-mike-woodhouse Very much looking forward to poring over this one! Regards, Ross