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That’s correct - 20092 & 20169 These were the only 3 locos as far as I know. Regards Phil

Hi Simon My thoughts were along the same lines as they appeared on the MK2 stock with the wraparound doors. I have the Harris Mk2 book but can’t see any reference to them, nor do the diagram drawings show them. On page 70 there is a photograph of brand new MK2d FK at Derby carriage works without any present. Regards Phil

Good morning On the Mk2B, 2C & 2D coaching stock there is an external horizontal “moulding” around the corner of the doors, approximately half way between the bottom of the drop light and the bottom of the door. It does not appear on the Mk2E/F stock. Can someone explain its purpose? Many thanks Phil

Further to the earlier discussions re these vehicles working with Mk3 sleepers, there is a photograph in Today’s Railways Review of the Year Vol 1 (1987) . It is dated 24/03/1987 and shows 47661 hauling the 2335 Kings Cross -Edinburgh “Night Scotsman”. The formation, as far as I can make out, is :- 2 TCV (blue/grey) GUV (plain blue ? NX Motorail variant) 10 Mk3 sleepers (SLE/SLEP) (9 blue/grey, 1 Intercity) BG (blue/grey) Hope this is of use to someone. Phil

Thanks for all of your interesting and helpful replies. Re the signal siting/sighting, I have a wide island platform with trains travelling in the same direction from both faces. My idea was to have a centrally placed double headed signal. Having measured it earlier, the signal would be a scale 17 feet from the platform edge which I think is stretching it a bit. A quick look online shows the lamp spacing in my era looks to be roughly every 40 - 60 feet. Google Earth has some modern stations at around 50 foot spacing. I always thought the 'T' shaped lamps had the head parallel to the tracks but a lot are actually at 90 degrees. Further exploration led to ukastle.co.uk - the UK Association of Street Lighting Enthusiasts, who have a 43 page discussion on railway station lighting on their forum so I'll have a good look at that as time permits. Kind regards Phil

Good Afternoon Please could someone advise me as to the maximum distance allowed between the platform edge and a colour light signal. Secondly, are there any guidelines for the distance between platform lampposts (the ‘T’ shaped ones, often with the station name on) and placing of the freestanding station name boards? (As supplied in Peco 5095 pack) I’m modelling the late 1980s period. Thanks in advance Phil

I believe there was also Motorail traffic to Kings Cross which ended in May 1988. Used the Newton Chambers TCV double decker vehicles (as announced by Heljan) as well as Motorail GUVs. Regards Phil

Went first thing. Sensible thinking to let people in to pay and shelter inside (although not as cold as February) prior to 10 o’clock. Lots of room in the new hall which made it a very pleasant experience. Good selection of trade and excellent layouts of all sizes, gauges and eras. Thanks to everyone involved. Phil

Interesting. I imagine the same happened with the county council in Derbyshire, where the fire service had over a dozen appliances with 999 in their registrations in the 80s. My limited understanding is that single, double and identical treble number combinations were kept back in later years. Elsewhere, DDC 1, originally a Middlesbrough plate has been carried by at least 4 fire appliances since the 1950s, and currently adorns their command unit, whilst West Yorkshire's carries the prestige WY1.

You’re very welcome John Searching for “class 33 Weymouth quay” seemed to bring up every photos of every train bar the one you were seeking out! Flickr drew a blank but Google images came to the rescue after searching “Weymouth quay 1986” and even then it was a long way down the page. Glad to have helped Regards Phil

Hello John Found this - dated 26th April 1986 http://www.class33crompton.co.uk/images/33-33060-1986-04-26-WeymouthQuay-x.jpg https://www.videoscene.co.uk/a-tribute-to-the-weymouth-quay-tramway Hope this helps Regards Phil

Great announcement. Trent bus livery for me - Red Red with silver window surrounds Red with beige/black stripes Barton variations The Lifeliner would be a great model but may have a limited appeal. Derbyshire Ambulance Service had a former Bristol Omnibus National in a similar role. See previous post by 37114 Regards Phil

To the best of my knowledge the CDL fitting came in around 1994 which would be the Swallow livery with INTERCITY branding. Don’t know about WR fleet but by this time many of the Intercity Cross Country (NE-SW) shorter distance services were in the hands of 47/8 and a fixed formation of BSO, 5 TSO, RFO. Regards Phil

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Hello The last loco hauled Cross country services I can find are from the Summer 1987 timetable 1O04 0753 SO Bradford Interchange - Poole - booked class 47 haulage 1V27 2233 FO Bradford Interchange - Paignton - booked class 45 hauled to Bristol Temple Meads In Summer 1988 there were only HST services as far as I know - weekdays had 0720 service to London Kings Cross (The Bradford Executive) and 1750 return (The Yorkshire Pullman) There was also a 1M15 0754 to London St Pancras and 1E13 the 1855 return Saturdays only - 1V38 0627 Bradford Interchange -Paignton and 1E43 the 1414 return Summer 1989 has the Kings Cross services running to/from Forster Square and the St Pancras services appear to have stopped The link below is an excellent resource, not for timetables, but for haulage details, you can search by loco, date or headcode https://www.railgenarchive.co.uk/sc/diarymenu.php Hope this makes sense and is of some interest Regards Phil