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  1. It is a pity that none of the other B set designs was chosen instead. Chris
  2. I hope that the show is a success. I am usually there on the Sunday but I will be giving it a miss this year. Lately I have found it too much of an endurance test but others with more stamina than I have may disagree. Thanks to the incompleteness of the rail network I am stuck with driving, which is OK for the outward journey but often a pig going home. It will be a shame to miss out on meeting all and sundry there but it can't be helped. Maybe I will feel differently next year ... Chris
  3. I had intended to be there but my legs are not working very well at the moment. This is singularly unhelpful when it comes to driving about 100 miles each way and walking round a show. All being well, I intend to be there next year. Chris
  4. I would love to learn Welsh and wish I had done so when a lot younger. Any language where "moron" means "carrots" has a lot going for it. Chris
  5. I am 'chrisf' here because I was 'chrisf' at work! Chris [F]
  6. I think not. If I understand correctly a B set comprised two brake composites. It was not just B sets that were branded with the line on which they were intended to work. Chris
  7. I was struggling a bit yesterday thanks to backache. Fortunately there were enough chairs scattered about the halls for at least one to be available when I needed to rest my weary limbs. Since the show was last staged Nick Freezer, who selects the layouts for the MRC, has not lost his touch. Among those that I liked were Rossiter Rise and Redbridge Wharf, neither of which I had seen before, and Swaynton, which it was good to see again. As for Arun Quay and Copenhagen Fields, how can anyone not like those? I would have liked to spend longer admiring Wainthrop Bridge and Oak Road and will look out for them again when I am less infirm! Shopping comprised two bottles of butanone and two hefty books. My credit card took a pasting - more than it should have done, thanks to the venue's poorly publicised policy of not accepting cash. I am relatively happy to use a card to pay for a round of drinks, but £2.20 for a cuppa? Come on! I cannot comment on the catering because a long time ago I learned to bring my own fodder. It takes next to no time and not many pennies to make a few sandwiches! In addition to the select few with whom I had a beer I met a good few that I know and that I only see at shows! It's good to be back ... Chris
  8. To clarify the position re Class 122 power cars: several worked out of Reading and Southall from mid 1958. When the Class 121s were delivered a year or so later the 122s were transferred away. Chris
  9. I looked this up a few years ago: FOUR WHEELED COACHES IN SOUTH WALES From Railway Observer The following 4-wheeled coaches were observed in South Wales during August 1951, either in use or held as spare coaches for workmen’s trains. Owing to the poor external condition of the coaches in question the numbers printed may not be entirely accurate. The two coaches at Caerphilly with the “W” prefix, on the other hand, were in excellent condition in BR red livery. Caerphilly: W285 W2774 [Third, S9, November 1895] 721 Burry Port: W180 2796 [Third, S17, January 1898] Neath: 945 [Brake Third, T47, June 1900] 4189 [Brake Third, T49, June 1894, was 2605] Four other coaches were in use on the Cymmer – Glyncorrwg branch in July 1951 and details of these and other 4-wheeled coaches on the Western Region would be welcomed. - March 1952 Further 4-wheeled workmen’s coaches in use or laid by in South Wales 1946-51:- Neath 4157 Bridgend 743 – now Swindon Glyncorrwg 2691 2692 2766 2775 Aberavon 322 [T17 Brake Third] 345 [S17 Third] 373 683 2728 [S17 Third] 2698 [T17 Brake Third] Treherbert 750 Dowlais CH 686 719 Barry 4184 Burry Port 195 238 303 341 734 2793 2794 2799 (later Glyncorrwg, now withdrawn) 2800 The low-numbered coaches are former firsts and seconds - April 1952 Cymmer Afan – Glyncorrwg – North Rhondda: The four-wheelers which had been a feature of this line for so long have now been replaced by three GW clerestories painted red. - December 1952 Apparently the only non-bogie coaches still officially in traffic for public passenger carrying on British Railways at the close of 1952 were four former Great Western four-wheelers engaged on services in South Wales. They comprised Thirds 180 and 2796 [S17, January 1898] on the BP&GV line and Brake Thirds 945 [T47, June 1900] and 4157 [T59, November 1894, was 2649] at Neath. They are not upholstered and are used for the transport of colliers and other workmen, being attached to public advertised trains for this purpose. - May 1953 Chris
  10. Unlikely. I may drive to Sandy and take the train from there, or drive to Luton Airport Parkway. At a pinch I could drive all the way and have breakfast at a service area but that would not be my first choice. One thing is certain: I WILL be at Ally Pally. The advance ticket is too good to waste. Chris
  11. I had planned to do as I always do and ride by Thameslink into London on Saturday on my way to Ally Pally. Sadly I have just discovered that the section between Bedford and Luton will be operated by buses. Back to the drawing board ... Chris
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