Wickham Green too Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 (edited) I guess someone's finger slipped when typing out the number to be put on this ...... Edited April 21, 2022 by Wickham Green too Photo reinstated 6 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 17 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: I guess someone's finger slipped when typing out the number to be put on this ...... There's one too many digits? I thought Departmental numbers were 6 digits, not 7... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 EXACTLY ........... I guess it should be 977189 rather than 977188 - though they were both Mk1 SKs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted March 31, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted March 31, 2021 "Fancy a race?" 18 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 32 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: "Fancy a race?" I had an Austin 1800 S . It was probably heavier than a Brush type 4. 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 14 hours ago, montyburns56 said: "Fancy a race?" 1S41 was the Newton-le-Willows to Stirling motorail. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowley 47521 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 23 hours ago, montyburns56 said: "Fancy a race?" I’d love to see a recreation of that photo featuring one of the green mainline registered LSL 47s, but with a brand new Tesla parked next to it... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 21 minutes ago, Cowley 47521 said: I’d love to see a recreation of that photo featuring one of the green mainline registered LSL 47s, but with a brand new Tesla parked next to it... Hi Cowley, How are you going to get a Brush type 4 into space ? Gibbo. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Cowley 47521 said: I’d love to see a recreation of that photo featuring one of the green mainline registered LSL 47s, but with a brand new Tesla parked next to it... With the slogan 'Range anxiety? Let the train take the strain....' 2 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted April 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) No shunter on site? Use a digger to move Mk3's around.... Sadly those Mk3's will end up as a part of those piles of shredded metal The good news is this Youtube channel (no connection etc, but useful for modelling) has videos of the shreddings leaving site as scrap as well Edited April 2, 2021 by ruggedpeak 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 44 minutes ago, ruggedpeak said: No shunter on site? Use a digger to move Mk3's around.... Hi Rugged, That's nothing on the lads at Carnforth, they were shunting mainline registered stuff around with the bucket of a Bray digger against the lower part of the gangway thirty years ago. The reason for using the lower part was that they discovered that if they used the bucket to shove against the middle of the gangway it would bend. Gibbo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 On 31/03/2021 at 18:48, montyburns56 said: "Fancy a race?" The Self-Preservation Society Rail Tour.... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowley 47521 Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 19 hours ago, Davexoc said: With the slogan 'Range anxiety? Let the train take the strain....' Definitely going to have to be a 47/8... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 On 31/03/2021 at 18:48, montyburns56 said: "Fancy a race?" Hornby Mammoth, triang bogie bolsters and a minix Austin 1800. This was recreateable in miniature way back in the 70s! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 Found an unusual one on this video, if you scroll forward to 3 mins 30 seconds you see a Scotrail liveried coach in a five coach formation, which I assume is a portion off a Birmingham or Manchester working. FIrst time I have ever seen a Scotrail liveried coach hauled by an electric loco. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, luckymucklebackit said: First time I have ever seen a Scotrail liveried coach hauled by an electric loco. Same here. I’ve seen a few (maybe half a dozen) pictures of cross-country trains going to or from Scotland with a ScotRail-liveried coach in the formation but all of them were taken in the southwest of England. Of those that routed via the WCML, at least some of them would have had an electric loco on north of Birmingham but pictures are clearly scarce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted April 6, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 6, 2021 I've seen railtours in wooden open wagons, but not ones using 16 Tonners. Hemelite sidings Redbourn. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 8 hours ago, Western Aviator said: Same here. I’ve seen a few (maybe half a dozen) pictures of cross-country trains going to or from Scotland with a ScotRail-liveried coach in the formation but all of them were taken in the southwest of England. Of those that routed via the WCML, at least some of them would have had an electric loco on north of Birmingham but pictures are clearly scarce. That is a very short train with an 87 at the front. Would it be a Glasgow portion of a service which mostly went to Inverness? Sorry if the answer is obvious, but my Scottish rail knowledge is not good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: I've seen railtours in wooden open wagons, but not ones using 16 Tonners. Hemelite sidings Redbourn. Can't copyright a photo if you don't own it. The person who took it or the estate thereof might still have the original negs. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, jonny777 said: That is a very short train with an 87 at the front. Would it be a Glasgow portion of a service which mostly went to Inverness? Sorry if the answer is obvious, but my Scottish rail knowledge is not good. Possibly split at Carstairs, the rear portion being taken to Edinburgh? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2021 35 minutes ago, great central said: Possibly split at Carstairs, the rear portion being taken to Edinburgh? I have a feeling the Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh service was for many years worked as one train, two portions. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 13 hours ago, melmerby said: I have a feeling the Birmingham - Glasgow/Edinburgh service was for many years worked as one train, two portions. I noted from the video that the first three WCML expresses featured were all short trains with similar formations. All three had 5 passenger coaches although two had a BGs attached. Unfortunately the Scottish Region carriage working books on Robert Carroll's site don't include 1986. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 23 hours ago, melmerby said: Can't copyright a photo if you don't own it. The person who took it or the estate thereof might still have the original negs. I haven't. The pictures are from Flickr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 (edited) 13 hours ago, montyburns56 said: I haven't. The pictures are from Flickr. The picture clearly says "Copyright © Robert Gadsdon 2020 - original photographer unknown", so unless you are Robert Gadsdon using an alias, it doesn't apply to you. Edited April 8, 2021 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2021 How about some variety in your US freight train motive power: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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