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Wickham Green Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 11 hours ago, AlexHolt said: Class 309 at The East Anglian Railway Museum - Has since been moved back to the NRM for restoration I think that should have been "moved back to the NRM ( Locomotion ) for exposure to the elements". 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 BUT ......... a.n.other EMU which was left out in the weather at York for ages : - 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) ..... IS under restoration : - ( both photos 2/10/19 ) Edited December 9, 2019 by Wickham Green 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Great pics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nice pictures, and something a little different too. Couple of comments: The EMU referred to as a 309 would probably be the 306, as 309s didn't run in 3 coach formation and the surviving 306 is set 017. The LMS EMU at Hornby in Margate is presumably an ex Merseyside unit. Could be Class 502 or 503, depending on which survives - unless it is an earlier unit altogether. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 (edited) 41 minutes ago, AlexHolt said: ........ Used to work .... at the Mid Hants before I quit volunteering there due to 'differences' with the older circle of volunteers .......... Could have said exactly the same myself - though I'd probably use the term 'Bunch of volunteers' ( upper case B ). Anyway ...... spot the difference ! Incidentally ....... should this thread be in the 'Preservation' area ? Edited December 9, 2019 by Wickham Green 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted December 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2019 I see mention was made of 45379 (which, btw, will steam again at some stage although well down the queue). This is a shot of the thing on a freight on the MHR with yours truly giving the standard MHR greeting to the photographer (who is a mate) 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 11 hours ago, PhilH said: I see mention was made of 45379 (which, btw, will steam again at some stage although well down the queue). This is a shot of the thing on a freight on the MHR with yours truly giving the standard MHR greeting to the photographer (who is a mate) Ahhh! The railway salute. Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 The LMS unit at Margate is a Class 503 - built 1938. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 20 hours ago, Wickham Green said: Could have said exactly the same myself - though I'd probably use the term 'Bunch of volunteers' ( upper case B ). Anyway ...... spot the difference ! Incidentally ....... should this thread be in the 'Preservation' area ? Wow. I had no idea how small the APT body profile was compared to standard BR stock. I had seen the APTs during the early 1980s, and under construction at Derby in the late 70s, but the direct side-by-side comparison was never quite as dramatic. I am beginning to understand the claustrophobic feelings some passengers may have had inside the saloon carriages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 22 minutes ago, jonny777 said: Wow. I had no idea how small the APT body profile was compared to standard BR stock. I had seen the APTs during the early 1980s, and under construction at Derby in the late 70s, but the direct side-by-side comparison was never quite as dramatic. I am beginning to understand the claustrophobic feelings some passengers may have had inside the saloon carriages. Thinking about it, it does look kinda narrow compared to BR coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, jonny777 said: Wow. I had no idea how small the APT body profile was compared to standard BR stock. I had seen the APTs during the early 1980s, and under construction at Derby in the late 70s, but the direct side-by-side comparison was never quite as dramatic. I am beginning to understand the claustrophobic feelings some passengers may have had inside the saloon carriages. Well, we won't be getting claustrophobic feelings on the East Coast for much longer ............ and then, no feeling whatsoever in our bums beyond, perhaps, Welwyn. But that's not the difference ( on 4308 ) I was trying to highlight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 Thought you were doing heritage railways not theme parks! To be fair that railway has recently started a little not to heritage probably since Hoskins got involved but hasn't stretched to taking coach names off yet The sidings are network rails goodrington carriage sidings which are used for charters and lay over trains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 45 minutes ago, AlexHolt said: The difference between the unrestored picture of 4308 and the restored picture? I'm not too sure what I'm looking for. All photos of 4308 were taken at the same time : one car's still wearing faded NSE 'toothpaste' stripes - but the other sparkles in ........... ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 9 minutes ago, AlexHolt said: Oh its a different colour on each side? One side is BR blue and the other is NSE. Yep ! ....... maybe I should submit it to the 'Prototype for Everything' or 'When the Prototype looks like a Model' thread ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Some scenes from the Glos & Warks line over the years... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, AlexHolt said: iIts been a few years since I went there. We used it on a day out to Dartmouth. I'll admit Its very different to other railways, probably doesn't count as a heritage line and is like a theme park ride in all honesty. Those are some pretty large sidings for whats essentially a branch line route, Paignton station was only being served by Pacers and Single car DMUs. I think HSTs use them on summer Saturdays and charters certainly do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Early days at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway. At Keighley Haworth yard Oxenhope Oxenhope Oxenhope Oxenhope Oxenhope Peter 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Severn Valley... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted December 14, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2019 As this engine is about to make headlines, I thought i’d share a few from its past.. Jinty 7298 on its first workings at the ELR in 1989. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afroal05 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Is this thread exclusively for standard gauge railways? I've probably got a fair few photos from when I worked for the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. In the meantime; the Class 14 at Norton Fitzwarren with a short train being used for a GWR train planning 'practical education' day (playing trains). The formation was the 14, 3x mk1s and a 47 on the other end. Driving the 14 back up the hill to Bishops Lydeard was good fun! (2016) Severn Valley (2016) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted December 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2019 Some of Dad's to start with 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 West Somerset Railway... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Severn Valley... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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