big T Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 As Im looking to run 4 coach mail trains on my layout, Im looking for prototypical formations of coaching stock. from the 1990's to the cessation of RES Does anyone have that sort of info, or know of where I can investigate train formations please? Thanks Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted January 31, 2018 Share Posted January 31, 2018 Well, in the later RES period they tended to use the formation of PCV/SUPER GUV/SUPER GUV/PCV so I guess you could use a formation like that, although I think they generally ran two or more of these together in a single train. There's also this picture of a 47 with just two TPO coaches. http://www.philt.org.uk/keyword/class%2047;royal%20mail;cardiff%20central/i-DPFndf8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2018 Try looking at the formations that arrived at Plymouth during this time. From memory they were not very long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Try looking at the formations that arrived at Plymouth during this time. From memory they were not very long. For example from the RES working book dated summer 2002 1C06 13,53 Plymouth - Bristol Parkway Loco, NAA, NKA, NKA, NAA 1M65 19.15 Plymouth - Willesden Loco, NAA, NKA, NKA, NAA And elsewhere 1M29 19.52 Norwich - Willesden Loco NBA, NKA, NKA, NBA cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2018 Mail trains aren't my area per se, but the Cumbrian coast workings were quite short sets I recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Agree. I was looking into this for a res formation for Warren Lane a few years ago, bg-guv-guv-bg (or multiples thereof) with a pair of 47s up front crops up a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Dover - Willesden in the 90's - couple of TPO vehicles & BG - berthed in Ashford Down Yard during the day - ran down to Dover Priory in the early evening and then back to Willesden via Canterbury West ........................................ Vehicles went to & from Wembley RM depot ISTR - always a Class 73https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2829/13687855003_e7d8848518_b.jpg Edited February 1, 2018 by Southernman46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 1, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2018 (edited) Plenty of Class 73 livery choices incl this one with Pullman and NSE variants https://flic.kr/p/cfRYN7 Also in the latter days of the Dover Postal with 73's being run down a 73/47 TnT combo was not unknown but I can't track down a pic at the mo' Edited February 1, 2018 by Metr0Land 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted February 1, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2018 1EO1 Workington-Whitehaven-Huddersfield TPO normally ran with one POS and two or three BG: http://www.trainweb.org/drs/tpo.htm http://davemcalone.zenfolio.com/p227365127/h578372B0#h578372b0 A little earlier than your period, but in 1985 there was a Crewe-Cardiff and return working which was made up of BSK+BCK+POS+POS with between one and ten GUVs added depending on direction and day of week. Steven B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Another link for the Whitehaven/Huddesfield, https://www.flickr.com/photos/eastfield/sets/72157633520513832/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 As far as I'm aware, RES (by then under EWS ownership) "streamlined" their operations once the Princess Royal Distribution Centre hub came into usage, with the outlying collection points at Cheltenham, Doncaster, Norwich amongst others. As the above posts have hinted, their default rakes were of a pair of super BG's (or Propelling Control Vehicles at Carlisle for instance) bookending a pair of super GUV's. Multiple rakes of four being picked up en route to the London PRDC. Before this time, practically anything goes! C6T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 2, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2018 As far as I'm aware, RES (by then under EWS ownership) "streamlined" their operations once the Princess Royal Distribution Centre hub came into usage. C6T IIRC some time in 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Thank you all very much for your responses, I will take the time to check out each of your links - apologies for not responding sooner. Cheers Trev. p.s. Now looking for some Replica PCV's!!! (and another mortgage to get them with!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted February 14, 2018 Author Share Posted February 14, 2018 Oh heres a Flickr group Ive set up for RES pics: https://www.flickr.com/groups/2964504@N25/ Please feel free to add any RES pics you have Thanks Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11B Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 There is also this topic http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/128853-whitehaven-huddesfield-tpo-mid-70s-power/ Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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