RMweb Premium 65179 Posted June 12, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2021 7 hours ago, roythebus1 said: Seen today on the Real Trainspotting FB group, a class 47 failed on the S&C with a heavy ballast train. A class 25 was summoned to assist. that couldn't move the load. It so happened an A4 was going light engine the other way and was summoned/hijacked to help and the entourage eventually got going, triple headed by a tender-first A4, 25 and dead 47! 1980-ish. See this thread: Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 The Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railtour 1967 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted June 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2021 Class 25 + 08 +40 + Brake Van Guide Bridge 1984 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 57313 dragging 'Braunton' near Tamworth in 2013 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 I would ask for my money back if a Pacer turned up at a preserved line as the train in service ! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 44 minutes ago, lmsforever said: I would ask for my money back if a Pacer turned up at a preserved line as the train in service ! Wait 50 years and you’ll probably find they’ll be the most popular thing on the line. I find the current popularity of classes 17, 21/29 and 28 (both prototype and model) quite amusing. In their heyday(?) in the 1960s they were almost universally reviled. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2021 I've always liked the high 'window to pillar' ratio in Pacers, which gives a very good view out. Having said that, I'd far rather be in a 153 (which is effectively a bogied Pacer and probably what should have been built in the first place). 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted June 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2021 20212 & 37375 Knockshinnoch 1988 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DavidB-AU Posted June 15, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2021 Interesting consist at Dawlish c1983. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Overpowered nuclear waste trains.... Workington 2013 by Richie B DRS 33 025 and 33 207 at Workington Docks 2005 by Kevin Smith Sellafield to Crewe nuclear train By Timothy Young 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simon b Posted June 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: DRS 33 025 and 33 207 at Workington Docks 2005 by Kevin Smith That's the first picture I've seen of the DRS cromptons actually hauling a service train! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted June 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2021 19 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Interesting consist at Dawlish c1983. Interesting, yes, but by no means unusual. The Speedlink trains that ran to and from Devon and Cornwall at that time were often a varied mixture of multiple wagon types. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted June 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2021 20 hours ago, DavidB-AU said: Interesting consist at Dawlish c1983. First vehicle is I believe one of the Interfrigo vans used for Spanish onion traffic, and other perishables. Used to see them come through Leighton Buzzard regularly, 2-3 times a week, usually with an electric on the front. If it was a warm day, they used to reek! 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Overpowered nuclear waste trains.... Workington 2013 by Richie B DRS 33 025 and 33 207 at Workington Docks 2005 by Kevin Smith Sellafield to Crewe nuclear train By Timothy Young I see your pairs, and raise you quads! All pics linked from Flickr... (Also a 57/3 on a flask working, which was quite rare...) In years gone by, multiple locos on multiple flasks was due to the train splitting for different destinations. Recently it’s been to get (usually) pairs between Sellafield and Crewe or Kingmoor for exams, maintenance or to get them out of the flask loco pool. Jack. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 15/06/2021 at 03:53, lmsforever said: I would ask for my money back if a Pacer turned up at a preserved line as the train in service ! I don't see it as much different from the WSR, in their early days, running a lot of services with repainted Park Royal(?) DMUs. It seemed very mundane and a bit of a disappointment at the time, but in hindsight, they were quite interesting vehicles, and it's regrettable that they've since had to be scrapped. And it was certainly better than no trains to Minehead at all, which seems to be the preference 40+ years on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 10 hours ago, rodent279 said: First vehicle is I believe one of the Interfrigo vans used for Spanish onion traffic, and other perishables Transfesa blue rather than Interfrigo white, but yes, one of the “onion vans”. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said: Transfesa blue rather than Interfrigo white, but yes, one of the “onion vans”. That's the one. I thought Interfrigo didn't sound right, but I couldn't think of the other. Thanks. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 DRS Carlisle Kingmoor's Open Day, 2019 by Ray Forster 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 One for the Accurascale Wish List ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted June 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 17, 2021 51 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: DRS Carlisle Kingmoor's Open Day, 2019 by Ray Forster So that's why they're called Sheds..... 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post The Pilotman Posted June 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2021 Doing some “research” yesterday I came across this unusual photo by Jeremy Gould on Flickr of 50046 running through Reading on the down main line with Westbury-bound stone empties. Interesting to see a couple of Tiphook KPAs in amongst the Bardon PHAs. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Western Aviator said: Doing some “research” yesterday I came across this unusual photo by Jeremy Gould on Flickr of 50046 running through Reading on the down main line with Westbury-bound stone empties. Interesting to see a couple of Tiphook KPAs in amongst the Bardon PHAs. Likewise there were three Tiphook hoppers on hire to Tilcon to boost the Rylstone trains when the PGA’s were used! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted June 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) I can't decide if I want to run a coal train or a steel train today.... t105-10 (2) by john catterson, on Flickr (empty HAAs were in use as barrier wagons) Edited June 18, 2021 by Steven B 16 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 58 005 & 58 004 at Toton 1985 by Adrian Nicholls 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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