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19 hours ago, Chris116 said:

Sometime in the 1980's I went in a real third class coach behind Rocket on the Colne Valley Railway at Castle Hedingham. A very interesting ride but I would not have wanted to go the whole way from Liverpool to Manchester.

In 1989 i made a short ride during 150 years celebrations of the Dutch railways, a replica the first train in the Netherlands caulled the "Arend" from 1839.

They had laid a circle of track with a sort of tunnel and everyone who would try could make a free ride.

I was in the second class coach the yellow one on the photo, open but with roof, i made the ride , but it was really deafening, strengthens by the 

enclosure of the roof, with all the squeaky noises and horrible in the tunnel, i was nearly deaf when i got out   

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21 hours ago, Chris116 said:

Sometime in the 1980's I went in a real third class coach behind Rocket on the Colne Valley Railway at Castle Hedingham. A very interesting ride but I would not have wanted to go the whole way from Liverpool to Manchester.

 

Better than the alternative which was to walk. Much of which was boggy marshland at the time. Probably do it in a day if you really needed to.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Moss

 

You could go by canal but that took days.

 

L&M took less than a couple of hours. Not much worse than it is now as testified by those who have ever used Northern....  :prankster:

 

 

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57 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said:

L&M took less than a couple of hours. Not much worse than it is now as testified by those who have ever used Northern....  :prankster:

 

Very soon after the opening there was a newspaper report about a Manchester businessman who had been to Liverpool twice on the same day. Presumably first class, the second time at least!

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2 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

Better than the alternative which was to walk. Much of which was boggy marshland at the time. Probably do it in a day if you really needed to.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chat_Moss

 

You could go by canal but that took days.

 

L&M took less than a couple of hours. Not much worse than it is now as testified by those who have ever used Northern....  :prankster:

 

 

Hi Jason,

 

I've had some rough rides across there on steam locomotives the worst being on 45407. On that occasion two of hit our heads on the cab roof and one of the other's leg went down the gap between the engine and tender as the fall plate was bounced up and stayed up, both sets of cab doors were bent out of shape and the tender coal doors burst open causing an avalanche of coal. When we arrived at Crewe two of the three lamps were missing, one oil and the head light.

 

Gibbo.

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6 hours ago, Coppercap said:

Just had an email from Hornby - delivery (not despatch) due on Monday. 

 

Like wise for me and after calling Hornby directly gladly going to new address as well to.

Time to find which box the Rocket pack is in for photos.

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Mine has just arrived. Direct from Hornby. 

 

Comes in a standard wagon sized box with Icecube packaging and a little bag with a long and short version of the chain coupling included.

 

There's no seats moulded in the body just the partitions. It feels like it's all plastic as it weighs only 11.7 grams. 

 

Few pictures for those interested:

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It would've been good if Hornby had decided to make some more of the coaches, with (at a guess) around 3,000 Rocket sets floating about having just 1,000 coaches seems a bit odd. Surely they could've sold 1500 or even a few more at a push?

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3 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

Mine has just arrived. Direct from Hornby. 

 

Comes in a standard wagon sized box with Icecube packaging and a little bag with a long and short version of the chain coupling included.

 

There's no seats moulded in the body just the partitions. It feels like it's all plastic as it weighs only 11.7 grams. 

 

Few pictures for those interested:

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Looks excellent! Looking forward to my one showing up when Hattons gets their stock in 

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50 minutes ago, Pre Grouping fan said:

Mine has just arrived. Direct from Hornby. 

 

Comes in a standard wagon sized box with Icecube packaging and a little bag with a long and short version of the chain coupling included.

 

There's no seats moulded in the body just the partitions. It feels like it's all plastic as it weighs only 11.7 grams. 

 

 

 

 

That's reassuring to know, because they didn't have any!    :)

 

Mine seem to still be in "processing".

 

 

Jason

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1 hour ago, Chris89 said:

Have to say the coaches are very smart and add to it. Each coach comes with two chain couplers as well to. 

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Genuine "cattle class", standing room only...

 

I thought they might have bench seats, so without them it'll be easier to populate them with tourists!

They look very smart.

 

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