davidw Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 minute ago, great northern said: The 9.55am Up Newcastle, one of the more prestigious expresses. So, what do Gateshead provide? A scruffy A3 Gladiator? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 6, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2021 15 minutes ago, davidw said: A scruffy A3 Gladiator? Correct, apart from spelling. Damn foreigners! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 6, 2021 I’m going with Gresley corridor carriages too. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2021 Filthy Gladiateur again, waiting for the off. Passengers are going to be walking past this on arival at KX. I wonder how many of them would even look at the locomotive, and of those who did, how many would care? 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 Gresley won with 9 votes. Bulleid had 5, and Bullied 2. I am relieved that I did not have to break a tie by invoking that. The streamliners today. Best complete train in pre war livery, taking into account matching of locomotive with stock. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 3rd Rail Exile Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 1 minute ago, great northern said: Bulleid had 5, and Bullied 2. I am relieved that I did not have to break a tie by invoking that. I'll confess to double-checking (twice) before posting, and then checking my post again after posting. It's far too easy to make that error (or have a spell-checker make it on your behalf...) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 The Coronation (the LNER one, of course) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, great northern said: Gresley won with 9 votes. Bulleid had 5, and Bullied 2. I am relieved that I did not have to break a tie by invoking that. The streamliners today. Best complete train in pre war livery, taking into account matching of locomotive with stock. GWR Flying Bananas. No locomotive required. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium thegreenhowards Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 13 minutes ago, JamieR4489 said: The Coronation (the LNER one, of course) There can be no other - especially with the beaver tail observation car just being restored. I can't wait for a ride on that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 The Coronation Sheer class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2750Papyrus Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Whilst I have a Silver Jubilee set in the to-do box, my vote has to go to the Coronation. A complete matching train; the latest issue of Steam Railway has a feature on the restoration of the beaver-tail observation car, surely a candidate for restoration project of the year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 Torn between the Coronation and the Silver Jubilee. Coronation I think... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Looks like this'll be a one horse race so I'm going to give a mention to the rival LMS Coronation Scot. Dispassionately, I will concede a somewhat half-hearted attempt compared to the LNER trains; however, it did give rise to the supreme example of the British express passenger pacific locomotive type (discuss!) and the continuation of the bodyside stripes along to the locomotive casing to their converging point above the front coupling was inspired, much more stylised. It also had a piece of music composed in its honour(!) Looking forward to delivery of the new Hornby coaches and posing the full rake on Shap Fell! Edited February 7, 2021 by LNER4479 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 Another vote for the LNER "Coronation" set with the Beaver tail observation car. Regards Chris H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 3 hours ago, great northern said: Filthy Gladiateur again, waiting for the off. Passengers are going to be walking past this on arival at KX. I wonder how many of them would even look at the locomotive, and of those who did, how many would care? Hate to be the mudslinger, Gilbert - but the loco chassis seems to have missed the weathering wand... will that motion be getting some treatment from the muckraking department? Cheers, Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 32 minutes ago, 2750Papyrus said: Whilst I have a Silver Jubilee set in the to-do box, my vote has to go to the Coronation. A complete matching train; the latest issue of Steam Railway has a feature on the restoration of the beaver-tail observation car, surely a candidate for restoration project of the year. Indeed. Vehicle 1729 restored to original condition (as opposed to 1719 which is in altered, BR form) Some pix of 1729 on the excitable Mr Dunn's twitter thingy: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Another vote for the LMS Coronation Scot 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 38 minutes ago, jukebox said: Hate to be the mudslinger, Gilbert - but the loco chassis seems to have missed the weathering wand... will that motion be getting some treatment from the muckraking department? Cheers, Scott That one is a 20+ year old weathering job Scott, and things have moved on a long way since then. We are working to catch up, but there is a lot to be done, some of which is more in need than Gladiateur. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 2 hours ago, St Enodoc said: GWR Flying Bananas. No locomotive required. I am going to agree with Sainty on this one, so that is now two votes for the Flying Bananas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 LNER Coronation for me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2021 My choice is the LNER Coronation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robmcg Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Silver Jubilee, A major leap for mankind. after all, it encouraged such as the Coronation Scot... The vote has to go to the LNER Silver Jubilee because of the astonishing 1935 exploits of A4 2509. On the other hand, I am experiencing an LNER phase at the moment, so next week it may be different. I mean, I'm even seeing beauty in Thompson Pacifics... and... just to even things up a tad... Edited February 7, 2021 by robmcg typos 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 7 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: I am going to agree with Sainty on this one, so that is now two votes for the Flying Bananas. Were you on a yellow card? I can't remember now, and at least you weren't the prime mover this time, so another instance of wilful misunderstanding will go unpunished. This poll is about proper trains, and primarily about carriages, so there. Nothing to do with bananas, though whoever designed those things may have been. 1 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted February 7, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2021 A last look at 60070 now. Nearly as dark and dismal as today has been. 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2021 4 minutes ago, great northern said: Were you on a yellow card? I can't remember now, and at least you weren't the prime mover this time, so another instance of wilful misunderstanding will go unpunished. This poll is about proper trains, and primarily about carriages, so there. Nothing to do with bananas, though whoever designed those things may have been. But you said Quote The streamliners today. Best complete train in pre war livery, taking into account matching of locomotive with stock. It is a complete train and the gentleman in the film shows you its motive power. And I thought I had a anti GWR bias. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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