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22 hours ago, keefer said:

 

Mk1 RKB (kitchen and buffet) with probably an RUO for dining (48 loose seats in 2+1 layout).

There were RSOs around but the ER seemed to favour the RUO.

 

Thanks. I've also found this picture which looks like they've used 2x RBR?? instead.

 

High Dyke Class 55 9007 Kings X to Bradford May 73 C1259

 

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For those early BR modellers who like pick'n'mix liveries I have just been reading some Railway Magazines from 1955. In the loco notes there was a comment that 6910 Gossington Hall had been seen at Paddington on 4/10/1955 in BR lined black livery but a green tender still lettered GW and carrying the GWR crest. 

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12 minutes ago, melmerby said:

How long did the Mk1 catering vehicles last in the rakes of later coaches?

 

 

I think the last ones were on the GE mainline for Anglia about 2000, probably hastened a little by the paranoia in the 90s about mk1s telescoping at the slightest bump.

At least they stay in line unlike that 800 at Neville Hill

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21 hours ago, ianmacc said:

Propelling a rake of wagons over set track curves is always a lottery! 

An issue made worse by modern small tension lock couplings, buffer locking replaced by hook swing creating derailments due to the small loops.

 

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20 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

"No you idiot, I said I wanted a sand COLOURED Western...."

 

Carlyon Bay, St.Austell, Cornwall 1992

 

3 of a kind No.3. 4w-4PH (SL 2.4/1981) Carlyon Bay, St.Austell, Cornwall.

 

Obviously a "cop" for the bloke on the left with book and pen!

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From what I remember of the beaches round St.Austell, the stuff wasn't sand as we know it but the waste from china clay mines washed down the rivers ............. it must be well over fifty years since I experienced it and still remember what it felt like under bare feet .... OUCH !

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Spot on!  A really thick beach mat and shoes was essential!

That little railway was a very successful operation in its day and was seldom seen running without a full load.  Maintenance might have been a problem with salt air and that sand, but ballast was freely available in large quantities.

 

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On 26/04/2021 at 08:52, john new said:

An issue made worse by modern small tension lock couplings, buffer locking replaced by hook swing creating derailments due to the small loops.

 

Yes and overriding lifting the trailing wheels of the leading wagon off the rails. Worse when mixing manufacturers. 

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On 28/04/2021 at 16:29, luckymucklebackit said:

If that Western was in Desert Sand Livery  would you be able to see it?

 

 

Yes, because it only became invisible in the Sahara. 

 

 

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On 28/04/2021 at 16:29, luckymucklebackit said:

If that Western was in Desert Sand Livery  would you be able to see it?

 

 

6 hours ago, jonny777 said:

 

Yes, because it only became invisible in the Sahara. 

 

 

 

6 hours ago, LMS2968 said:

I didn't see it there . . .

Nor me, but I did see a chromatic blue one.........

 

Whoops, wrong thread! :mosking:

 

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24 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Blue grey MK1 Pullmans with Pullman markings.

 

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Is that the SLOA set? I believe they were second class pullmans . Did they all survive 

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Surviving Mk1 Pullmans:

Hadrian Bar - 1 of 1

PSP - 7 of 7

PFP - 7 of 8

PSK - 3 of 15

PFK - 8 of 13

 

Many are mainline certified and running with the likes of West Coast Railways and Belmond Group's Royal Scotsman train-set. Some have been converted to sleeping cars.

 

Steven B.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Steven B said:

 

 

Many are mainline certified and running with the likes of West Coast Railways and Belmond Group's Royal Scotsman train-set. Some have been converted to sleeping cars.

 

Steven B.

 

 

A number of them can be seen in this collection in their more recent uses. 

 

https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/pullman

 

Paul

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30 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

 

Yes and they turned them into First Class coaches with a tin of yellow paint.

Which is the opposite of what often happened with real Pullmans which got downgraded as they were superceded with newer vehicles.

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