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why a K though and not just a 21T on the wagon????

Hi, a complete novice here asking this question, so apologies IA. Did steam locos back in the day use the "Counter-pressure brake" system to slow heavy freights? Which of course diesel locos couldn't, hence one of the reasons why the brake tender was used.... ? What I'm trying to understand is did steam locos use their cylinders in any way for additional braking capability ? TIA

Afternoon Andy, I appreciate that its not what you said, in the caption it says, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY VIC SMITH from whom it was said that it was used as such.

I'll amend the OP, I was meaning in BR days, pre privatisation

Thank you for all the replies, it seems the following sums up the pic? With a Z in its headcode denoting perhaps a test train, New AL6 electric E3167 (86228) is thought to be passing Halton Junction as it works a Freightliner from Liverpool, Garston sometime in May 1965. During April 1965 extensive familiarisation trials were carried out with 15 wagon sets of the new freightliner vehicles carrying empty containers mainly between Liverpool and Manchester to Willesden with electric locos being replaced by diesels at Rugby. Behind the loco is thought to be Dynameter car No. 45050 designed by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’s Chief Mechanical Engineer George Hughes and built by the company in 1912. At that time the Unions and BR were in dispute regarding guards riding in the rear cab of the locomotive and the ex-L&Y Dynamometer Car LMS No.1, 45050 was utilised solely as a guard’s van on these trains from April to December 1965, no recordings were taken. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY VIC SMITH, PIC BY THE LATE COLIN WHITFIELD/RAILPHOTOPRINTS

Hi, was wondering when the last time the royal train was steam hauled pre 1968 and the end of BR mainline steam? this is believed to be Barmouth on 10 august 1963. Can anyone offer any later outing behind steam? TIA

Hi, in the picture below is listed as a “test train” is it not actually a normal train but wit the guard riding in a coach before agreement was reaching for them to ride in the back cab? TIA

Thank you for everyone's help, I've written the following caption to go with the pic..... If the first decade of BR can be summed up as more of the same, the second was one of complete change. One aspect BR was finally getting to grips with was the duplication of major stations in large cities. Leeds for example had a duplication of major stations and bringing the services together to one combined station gave a much-improved passenger experience. Seen here is one of the elegant Class 123 Transpenine units at Leeds City station, with City House being built in the background. Remodelling of the routes around Leeds meant services from Leeds Central could be diverted into the Leeds City allowing Central to be closed from Monday 1 May 1967 and later demolished. At the time Leeds’ City station rebuilding it was served by some 500 trains on a typical day, with 2.75 million passenger journeys a year and after the works Leeds City station lost it suffix to simply become Leeds. It now sees over 30M passenger per annum making it the UK’s 13th busiest station. SLSL/LANCE KING COLLECTION

Hi, when the new Fort William station was built, would anyone happen to know it it were of a CLASP (Consortium of Local Authorities Special Programme) building prefabricated steel and concrete panel structures as used by British Rail and local councils across England during the 1960s and 1970s? TIA

Hi, could I ask please which Leeds station this is? Th pic dates from May 1963. TIA

Hi, Wouldn't anyone happen to know please the details of Scout Green signal box on the WCML, when it was built and closed etc, please? TIA.

Hi. (Please delete if inappropriate) I’ve volunteered to do a hobbies club at my local primary school and there are some young ones there who’d like to build a model railway. The head is looking for equipment for it and any donations or sales at a reasonable price would be much appreciated. Please pm me for a contact to the derbyshire school.

Hi. (Please delete if inappropriate) I’ve volunteered to do a hobbies club at my local primary school and there are some young ones there who’d like to build a model railway. The head is looking for equipment for it and any donations or sales at a reasonable price would be much appreciated. Please pm me for a contact to the derbyshire school.

Good morning, woukd anyone happen to know if the excellent railway bookshop across from Pickering station is open today Monday 27th swap please? (they don’t have a telephone number to save cost. Nor a website)

Hi, WANTED im looking to buy my mate (who has no model railway) a OO gauge deltic as he really likes him from his youth. It can be none working as I merely want to put it on a plinth as a present for his home pub to display. BR blue would be preferable. pm me please if you have one to offer,

Hi, would anyone happen to know the numbers of the class 37s regeared for 100mph running on the WR in 1966 please?

The cover of issue 3 of the BR Chronicles . The issue spans the years 1958-62

the Technicolor pics are Photographs Copyright © NRM / British Transport Films / Science & Society Picture Library.

Good evening, would anyone happen to know were there are pics of the XP64 train available for publication, there seems very few of it even anywhere..... TIA.

Issue 3 of on shed has a pic iirc of hitchin and some useful information about its workings etc

Hi, I noticed the other day on a pic of a class 31, AR above its number, I’m assuming that it stood for Anglia Region as the region it belonged to for infrastructure work? Many class 20s had LMR and yellow flashes above their numbers, but not seem many ARs… also iirc some Class 50s had WR near their numbers? I’m assuming there were ER and ScR examples? And SR? But they seem had to find, unless anyone knows of any examples pr has pics of such locos carrying the flashes/insignia? Tia

Hi, would anyone happen to know if there are transfers available for something similar to the attached pic? TIA

sorry to ask a supplementary question, and which types of paints do you then use?

they’re great figures. do they need priming at all before painting?

they’re great figures. do they need priming at all before painting?