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11 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said:

Oh... Now I get your drift! :D

Drifting trains? Been done already....

 

 

7 hours ago, WessexEclectic said:

 

Did anyone else think that this was a David Shepherd painting at first?....

Nah, far too detailed for one of his. :mosking: ;)

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11 hours ago, F-UnitMad said:

Drifting trains? Been done already....

 

 

Nah, far too detailed for one of his. :mosking: ;)

That was me doing the drifting. The railway itself has featured in Garden Rail.

 

I know how it feels to split the points. Driver and signalman both suspended after this incident. The engineer responsible for the interlocking had better watch out too.

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2 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Northampton 1961

 

42366

 

I know some of the LMS tanks had a bad reputation for lack of pulling power but a banker for a light engine move. Come on!

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On 16/03/2021 at 20:40, Mark Saunders said:

 

Material is quite  often removed by the breakers for reuse by the former owners, Tiphook recovered brake gear and bogies from vehicles scrapped at TJ Thompsons at Stockton.

Similarly, the majority of Freightliner's MWA fleet are using bogies and brake gear recovered from HHA hoppers by Greenbrier.

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Have we had a golden locomotive in these pages yet? If not, how about this one. I saw this very loco this morning parked up in a siding in Osnabrück Hafen but wasn’t able to stop and get a picture. This one of the same loco is by Nathan Vos on Flickr. 

 

653 07 te Osnabruck

 

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1 hour ago, Western Aviator said:

Have we had a golden locomotive in these pages yet? If not, how about this one. I saw this very loco this morning parked up in a siding in Osnabrück Hafen but wasn’t able to stop and get a picture. This one of the same loco is by Nathan Vos on Flickr. 

 

653 07 te Osnabruck

 

66117 according to the UIC number

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3 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said:

 

When the real thing looks like a model thread for this one, with a bit of over application of the old carpet underlay fluff on the embankment.

 

Jim

 

 

The 'close' coupling appears to be a little too literal for my liking. 

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1 hour ago, melmerby said:

66117 according to the UIC number


Thanks for that. I quite often see a class 66 type loco stabled over the weekend and always wonder if it’s an exile from the UK. Actually, I saw two this morning; the other was was dark green and hauling a load of scrap wagons into the Hafen sidings but was too far away to see a number.

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3 hours ago, Western Aviator said:


Thanks for that. I quite often see a class 66 type loco stabled over the weekend and always wonder if it’s an exile from the UK. Actually, I saw two this morning; the other was was dark green and hauling a load of scrap wagons into the Hafen sidings but was too far away to see a number.

 

It's not the 'UK' 66117.

That's still here, and a 4 door loco.

Not saying it isn't an ex- UK loco though !

 

Cheers,

Phil.

 

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38 minutes ago, Phil Mc said:

 

It's not the 'UK' 66117.

That's still here, and a 4 door loco.

Not saying it isn't an ex- UK loco though !

 

Cheers,

Phil.

 

Now that's confusing, because the painted number is 653-07

I wonder what the UIC registration number is for?

I thought it was supposed to include the running number.

 

Bit of history here:

https://www.mainlinediesels.net/index.php?nav=1000677&lang=en&id=68443&action=portrait

 

(not ex UK)

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23 hours ago, Western Aviator said:

Have we had a golden locomotive in these pages yet? If not, how about this one. I saw this very loco this morning parked up in a siding in Osnabrück Hafen but wasn’t able to stop and get a picture. This one of the same loco is by Nathan Vos on Flickr. 

 

653 07 te Osnabruck

 

Another gorgeous Collectors edition from Franklin Mint. 

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That ghastly thing was imposed on the Wolverhampton - Euston commuters

I saw it several times when running on the route, managed to avoid it.

 

If people wanted a bus ride to London, they could go by a proper road coach.

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7 minutes ago, melmerby said:

That ghastly thing was imposed on the Wolverhampton - Euston commuters

I saw it several times when running on the route, managed to avoid it.

 

If people wanted a bus ride to London, they could go by a proper road coach.

 

Probably luxury nowadays compared to new trains

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