luckymucklebackit Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 Closest you will get to the "traditional" trainset formation? 27018 Mallaig. 23rd February 1981 Photo used with permission of Tony Hunter on Facebook 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said: Closest you will get to the "traditional" trainset formation? 27018 Mallaig. 23rd February 1981 Photo used with permission of Tony Hunter on Facebook Nah, it would be a CK composite and BSK brake It is a wonderful short train though 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted April 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2020 Got a power car out of the box and want to shunt your weathered wagons. Photo reproduced with permission of Downpatrick and County Down Railway . 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Got a power car out of the box and want to shunt your weathered wagons. Photo reproduced with permission of Downpatrick and County Down Railway . That's pretty extreme 'weathering'. Can't help but wonder if the instructions to the driver included 'don't go over any rail joints' 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: Closest you will get to the "traditional" trainset formation? 27018 Mallaig. 23rd February 1981 Photo used with permission of Tony Hunter on Facebook A very similar Mk1 formation appears several times in "A Line for all Seasons", unfortunatley the only way to get a Mk1 Brake first was a kit build and Southern Pride haven't had that in stock for somtime. The same film also has a shot of a single coach train. I believe this maybe part of the overnight sleepers, on arrival at Fort William the day coaches were detached to form a morning departure to Mallaig. Edited April 10, 2020 by w124bob 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 hours ago, w124bob said: A very similar Mk1 formation appears several times in "A Line for all Seasons", unfortunatley the only way to get a Mk1 Brake first was a kit build and Southern Pride haven't had that in stock for somtime. The same film also has a shot of a single coach train. I believe this maybe part of the overnight sleepers, on arrival at Fort William the day coaches were detached to form a morning departure to Mallaig. That Mk1 BFK looks very much like a MkII to me !!?! 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Replaced one wheelset after stripped gear with a spare from Bachmann and forgot to weather the new wheels? 66004, no 2 end, axle no 6. Seen today. If you want to model new class 66 wheelsets, also notice how the outer of the bearing is a terracotta coulpur, very noticeable on a loco with 6 new sets. Jo 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted April 10, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2020 From over on the class 91 thread. Royal train to open the ECML to Edinburgh. 5 coach train containing no less than 2 catering vehicles. One to make the rivet counters head spin at an exhibition. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 12:39, Wickham Green too said: That Mk1 BFK looks very much like a MkII to me !!?! Sorry, it was the DVD clip which features the Mk1 BFK. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caradoc Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 In response to concerns over the lack of headroom for overhead wires on the Forth Bridge, trials with a low-height train design begin..... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Two RMB,s and it's Scottish https://www.flickr.com/photos/145100037@N05/40523280403/in/pool-3072977@N22/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted April 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, luckymucklebackit said: Presumably the tube is going to Rosyth for some work? An awful long way from London! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, nightstar.train said: Presumably the tube is going to Rosyth for some work? An awful long way from London! Yes - this was the refurb programme at Rosyth Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted April 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, nightstar.train said: Presumably the tube is going to Rosyth for some work? An awful long way from London! It looks like the picture was taken at Dalmeny and it’s been refurbished at Rosyth and heading back to London Edited April 11, 2020 by jools1959 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, luckymucklebackit said: Yes - this was the refurb programme at Rosyth Jim When was the date of the refurbs please? I have this pic' of a 31 going north through Crewe but no date. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted April 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, Owd Bob said: When was the date of the refurbs please? I have this pic' of a 31 going north through Crewe but no date. The refurbishment was on Piccadilly Line 73 stock and on close examination of the picture, it’s either 59 (Northern) or 62 (Central) stock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post luckymucklebackit Posted April 12, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2020 Worried about mixing up liveries and coach types in the same train? 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelixM Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) On 26/03/2020 at 16:34, Metr0Land said: In the earlier days of transition there were many case of DMU's having one car in blue and another in green etc. However, in more recent times I don't ever recall a 2-car Class 150 having different liveries. 150140 by 40011 MAURETANIA, on Flickr I got one of these from Bachmann. Hybrid Provincial / Regional Railways liveried Class 150 by – FelixM –, auf Flickr It started life as a RR liveried unit with a second hand trailer in Provincial added later. It even featured in my fast-running clock timetable short demo video: https://www.flickr.com/photos/91875255@N05/28009134271/in/album-72157669856624012/ Edited April 14, 2020 by FelixM 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 While on the subject of Provincial railcars - how about a Pacer you'd not have found in your Platform 5 !? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Two tractors for a load of 5 MRA tipper wagons? That's not the most unusual bit though, looks like whoever applied the numbers on 218 was pushed for time...especially the furthest set! Jack. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted April 14, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Jack374 said: Two tractors for a load of 5 MRA tipper wagons? That's not the most unusual bit though, looks like whoever applied the numbers on 218 was pushed for time...especially the furthest set! Jack. Perhaps the loco was on a gradient when the numbers were done 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted April 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 14, 2020 3 hours ago, rab said: Perhaps the loco was on a gradient when the numbers were done Years ago myself and a mate who sadly is no longer with us put the Mirage nameplates on D6732 carefully getting them level with a spirit level at weyborne unfortunately the loco was stood on a slight gradient and yes the plates were always slightly on the pi$$ 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 One of the maintenance engineers in a place I worked in had done his time in the NB Loco. One of his early apprenticeship tasks had been to make up a batch of worksplates, with individual numbers making up the works number. One had been a bit uneven, and he was afraid it would be rejected, but it was accepted. When he finished his time, he went to sea. Coming through the Suez Canal one day, he was up on deck as the ship passed a train stopped by the canal. Yes, it was an NBL engine and yes, the works number was somewhat uneven! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 04:42, luckymucklebackit said: Closest you will get to the "traditional" trainset formation? 27018 Mallaig. 23rd February 1981 Photo used with permission of Tony Hunter on Facebook Triang "intercity" Mk2s and a quite nicely done Lima 33 conversion . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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