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On 19/09/2019 at 17:05, SP Steve said:

 

According to the timetable the next up working to the "Royal Scot" would have been the 10:35 Glasgow Central - Liverpool Lime Street / Manchester Victoria (which conveyed a portion from Edinburgh which left Waverley at 10:21).

 

The Train Marshalling Circular of the time shows this to be composed of Mk2 Air Braked stock (not shown as air conditioned) so possible this was the working shown.

 

The full consist was given as BFK - FK - TSO - RMB - TSO - TSO - BFK - TSO - TSO - TSO - NEA

 

The next possible culprit was 11:23 Glasgow - Birmingham New Street (again with a Edinburgh portion) which was Mk2 Air Conditioned stock

 

The stock for the "Royal Scot" shows as Mk3 and was composed of NEA - FO - FO - RKB - TSO - TSO - TSO - TSO - TSO - TSO

 

Sorry for jumping back some days but I have been away and am just catching up. I am also showing my own ignorance here but could someone please offer a brief description of the "NEA" coach code in the train consist shown above. I am not immediately familiar with that term and cannot find any reference to this in lists of BR coach designations. Probably very obvious and I am being dense but, for the moment, I would appreciate it if someone could humour me. Thanks. 

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NEAs were Mk1 BGs fitted with BR4 bogies and through(?) ETH for working in passenger trains. They were maintained for 100mph running. NHAs were the same but 110mph running. Eventually renumbered in the series 92000 to 92207, though when I don’t recall.

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On 22/09/2019 at 17:39, DaveF said:

 

 

It doesn't reach the ground, it is simply a part of one of the structures of the original 1500VDC system, one is shown in the link to flickr below.

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/8412443124

 

If you search for "Altrincham station" using Google  and then select "Images" you will find several photos showing the type of structure, or follow this link:  https://www.google.com/search?q=altrincham+station&safe=active&rlz=1C1DSGP_enGB481GB481&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT0_GhsOXkAhXqSRUIHdilDJ8Q_AUIEygC&biw=1920&bih=937#imgrc=_

 

For anyone who is interested in the line from Manchester to Altrincham I can recommend two books:

 

 "The Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway" by Frank Dixon, published by Oakwood ISBN 0 85361 454 7 - that is the 1994 edition. 

 

"Altrincham to Manchester before Metrolink"  by N R Knight, published by Foxline, ISBN 1 870119 60 6

 

Both books have a number of photos showing the structures used to support the catenary.

 

 

David

 

 

Thank you, David.  I can see that so clearly now. At least I'm not having a Senior Moment yet........mind you, if I believe Alan Tichmarsh, I had better pick my hole on the wrong side of the grass....:swoon:

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On 04/08/2017 at 22:45, lanchester said:

About this time (1974-5) Derby Litchurch Lane was churning out large numbers of containers branded Bell, in a fetching purply colour

Yes, and one of the tricks played on new trainees was to shut you inside to look for leaks by seeing if any light seeped in - while everyone else went for lunch and left you there for an hour.

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When these photoes were taken I worked at Mossend TOPS office, the road to which ran behind the scrapyard in some of the pictures. Cycling in for the night shift one Saturday the scrappies (giant) guard dog appeared from nowhere and chased me down the road, managing to bite my heel. Fortunately, by the Sunday morning it had disappeared and I got home safely. Think of the compensation I could claim nowadays !

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I've recently been watching some YouTube videos of London buses c.1986/7 and a lot of those types of car were still in use. So it's not like they have necessarily been in the scrapyard for that long.

They might be classic '70s cars but they lasted a lot longer than you think  - i suppose cars were easier to fix then anyway and there would be plenty of scrappers to provide parts.

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19 minutes ago, keefer said:

I've recently been watching some YouTube videos of London buses c.1986/7 and a lot of those types of car were still in use. So it's not like they have necessarily been in the scrapyard for that long.

They might be classic '70s cars but they lasted a lot longer than you think  - i suppose cars were easier to fix then anyway and there would be plenty of scrappers to provide parts.

 

 

I used to frequent scrapyards a lot at that period and that was the general fodder,  there were yards that were classed as specialist that had newer write off cars but normal yards were full of the stuff we see in David's pictures 

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Hi, Dave. I like the Mossend photo’s which are fantastic and just right for anyone modelling a scrapyard scene, with, as mentioned already, those cars awaiting scrapping in the adjacent scrapyard.

In C11815, with 86508, on a light engine movement, you have captured a great portrait shot of that locomotive.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

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Hi, Dave. I like the Thornaby photo’s which are all full of interest. In C18251, with classes 37 and 60 and also classes  08 and 20, you can see a most interesting four wheel vehicle next to the class 08. I cannot recall having seen such a vehicle, and wonder what it was used for.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

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Fantastic pictures David,  one of the 37s could be 419 quite amazing that I drove it up the back then and still drive it today in the same livery 

The four wheeled vehicle is preheat heat boiler van, not sure why by several turned up from the Norwich area they hung around for a bit before going for scrap at Thompson's 

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1 hour ago, Market65 said:

Hi, Dave. I like the Thornaby photo’s which are all full of interest. In C18251, with classes 37 and 60 and also classes  08 and 20, you can see a most interesting four wheel vehicle next to the class 08. I cannot recall having seen such a vehicle, and wonder what it was used for.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

Looks like Dobbin the carriage heater used at Finsbury Park.

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Hi, Dave. I like the York photo’s which are so nostalgic and full of interest. In C9542, with a converted parcels DMU and 144001 on a Selby to York service on the 26th June, 1988, the parcels unit is actually one of the Derby heavyweight class 114 units. You can tell from the ‘half window’ after what was the first passenger door, and also the oval buffers - the 108’s did not have those buffers as far as I can recall. The body profile is different too.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

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