RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2020 Where is that first picture taken? Third rail there makes me want to say the up goods loop west of Southampton Central for some unfathomable reason... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 There's another shot on the Flikr site looks like the same spot ............. an' an aerial view on the interweb seems to confirm the housing as So'ton ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted August 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 3, 2020 I thought so. I parked up a 377 there for an hour one Sunday afternoon and got water bombed by the local scallies.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 My first encounter with an exhibition train was at Marylebone in 1979/80? I'd love to find a pickure of it. I walked onto the platform (aged 12 or 13) with some friends. I remember exclaiming loudly 'Wow look at that!' and rushed towards the rather unusual looking coaches. My friends had made similar exclamations from just behind me. There was a guy standing by the nearest open door and i asked if i could look inside. He indicated i was more than welcome to however as i advanced he grabbed my locoshed book.... and wrote in it! I snatched it back with a loud 'hey' and darted inside. To my horror everything inside was to do with football. I made my way through the train and came out the other end. To my surprise my friends were still on the outside and hadn't made it past the guy at the door. It turns out he was a famous footballer. Completely wasted on me. I couldn't stand it then as now. I would be interested to know what it was all about and who the guy was that defaced my locoshed book. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted August 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2020 Marylebone was a very popular starting point for exhibition train tours, so I am afraid it may be difficult to identify yours. My records are rather scanty for your period. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 hours ago, LNERGE said: ...... an exhibition train was ... to do with football. ......... Hence the term 'FootEx' ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 GWR 150 Western Progress Rumney Cardiff July 1985 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthesod4479 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 When i was with BT we had the Buzby Train in IIRC 1979 and 1980. First time was at Kensington Olympia and it was stabled in the old milk dock at West Ealing, about 200yds from the office in 1980 I recall taking pics and still have the Buzby tie as well as a name tag.If this thread is still going,if i find them somewhere in the loft, will post them up 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 The chip pan fire safety exhibition wasn't a great success..... ZDB 975074 York 1980 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 Royal Journey coach at Nottingham London Road Low Level 1953 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 20 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Royal Journey coach at Nottingham London Road Low Level 1953 LSWR Ironclad brakes? Jon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomag Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 13/05/2021 at 19:46, montyburns56 said: GWR 150 Western Progress Rumney Cardiff July 1985 Useless trivia, the GWR exhibition train were all departmental 977xx stock. They were renumbered into the 996xx series in 1986 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 The GWR train at Barnstaple in 1985. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 5 hours ago, Bomag said: Useless trivia, the GWR exhibition train were all departmental 977xx stock. They were renumbered into the 996xx series in 1986 Not necessarily useless, you never know what questions might come up on The Chase! Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 23 hours ago, jonhall said: LSWR Ironclad brakes? Jon If you go to the Flickr page someone says they are and someone else says they might be " L&Y 4 compartment corridor brake thirds with 10 foot wheelbase bogies, poss diagram 91" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Here's a very similar LSWR Ironclad coach. The bogies look to be about the same and both have a simlar recess leading into the lookout section, but there is a difference in the roof. The L&YR design had separate rainstrips above each door, the Ironclads had a continuous one, so L&YR is likely correct. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 19 hours ago, BernardTPM said: Here's a very similar LSWR Ironclad coach. The bogies look to be about the same and both have a simlar recess leading into the lookout section, but there is a difference in the roof. The L&YR design had separate rainstrips above each door, the Ironclads had a continuous one, so L&YR is likely correct. Yeah, if you look at this picture of a L&Y coach ob this page the running board and underframe trusses match the exhibition coach, but the rainstrips don't match. I suspect that it has been modified and fitted with some old Ironclad bogies. https://lyrtrust.org.uk/our-collection/projects/1474-bogie-5-compartment-brake-third/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted May 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2021 Maybe there's a market for generic exhibition coaches? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: Yeah, if you look at this picture of a L&Y coach on this page the running board and underframe trusses match the exhibition coach, but the rainstrips don't match. I suspect that it has been modified and fitted with some old Ironclad bogies. Interesting conversion. The roof on that one wouldn't have given it away, of course, though replacing individual rainstrips with a continuous one makes more sense than putting on new individual door rainstrips when the doors are no longer there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 On 16/05/2021 at 19:18, jonhall said: LSWR Ironclad brakes? Jon This is the LYR bogie - looks similar to me https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsdepartmentalcoach/e6640bf2c The Ironclad bogie is similar, but the angled support appears to be round and not flat, and doesn't cross onto the top channel which is so characteristic of the exhibition coach bogie. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2021 11 hours ago, newbryford said: Maybe there's a market for generic exhibition coaches? Similar to the generic yellow ones? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 (edited) In later years a lot of Stanier coaches were used so the old Airfix models could make good conversion fodder, perhaps using pre-printed vinyl overlays. Edited May 19, 2021 by BernardTPM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 19, 2021 Author Share Posted May 19, 2021 19 hours ago, hmrspaul said: This is the LYR bogie - looks similar to me https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsdepartmentalcoach/e6640bf2c The Ironclad bogie is similar, but the angled support appears to be round and not flat, and doesn't cross onto the top channel which is so characteristic of the exhibition coach bogie. Paul Yeah, it does look like the bogies on the exhibition coach might be the original L&Y ones after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 While a number of 'Ironclad' brakes did enter departmental use, the first of them wasn't withdrawn from passenger traffic until October 1957 ............. I rest my case m'lud. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 I've just found some info about the Royal Journey exhibition on a blog. "The first was ‘London on Wheels’, in May 1953, in which year a mobile exhibition was arranged called ‘Royal Journey’, which comprised a number of royal vehicles that were displayed first in London and then visited a number of other towns and cities, attracting 154,143 visitors during the 80 exhibition days." https://machorne.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/britains-national-railway-museum-part-2/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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