montyburns56 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 "Can you give us a tow mate?" Class 252 001, W43001, Derby 1977 by Jamerail 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth 73 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 10 hours ago, scottystitch said: One for the weatherers... U mean like this 8 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 58 minutes ago, Gareth 73 said: U mean like this Also unusual as it has oval buffers fitted while in green, very rare and nicely modelled 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 45593 Skipton April 1966 by Cliff Bancroft 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The old and the new. From Dallam Dave on flickr, a pair of brand new shiny out-of-the-box Class 20s in BR blue head south through Warrington, passing a prehistoric rectangular tar tank on a wooden underframe: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 On 18/11/2021 at 19:24, montyburns56 said: NCB East Hetton 1981 by Murray Liston Oh! The Hunslet front plate from that is, er, in my er safe keeping! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: Oh! The Hunslet front plate from that is, er, in my er safe keeping! You did a sterling job by saving it from being nicked by someone else! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 14 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: The old and the new. From Dallam Dave on flickr, a pair of brand new shiny out-of-the-box Class 20s in BR blue head south through Warrington, passing a prehistoric rectangular tar tank on a wooden underframe: Another one for the '1Z** or 1T**' thread - I've never seen 2-for-the-price-of-1 on a test train before, maybe the new loco plus another normal one just-in-case but not 2 the same. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 1 minute ago, keefer said: Another one for the '1Z** or 1T**' thread - I've never seen 2-for-the-price-of-1 on a test train before, maybe the new loco plus another normal one just-in-case but not 2 the same. Dallam Dave has lots of photos of these Class 20 running-in trains, sometimes one, sometimes two, but the pairs are oriented like this each time. The earlier shots are in green, most in blue. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 The production line probably turned them out a particular way round, and either there was no facility to turn them, or it wasnt worth the bother. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Andy Kirkham Posted February 22, 2022 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted February 22, 2022 The Clydach Gorge on the Heads Of The Valleys line. By Derek Chaplin - Peter Brabham collection 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 4 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Oh! The Hunslet front plate from that is, er, in my er safe keeping! Are you sure Neil? The man that removed most of them (and has the sales receipts) was sat in my living room room just a few days ago. I've got the gauges out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 11 hours ago, Nearholmer said: The production line probably turned them out a particular way round, and either there was no facility to turn them, or it wasnt worth the bother. On this occasion they seem to have turned out a shoebox to go with the wardrobe: From Dallam Dave on flickr 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 21/02/2022 at 22:21, 37114 said: Also unusual as it has oval buffers fitted while in green, very rare and nicely modelled Oval buffers were reasonably comon on NE based locos, probably due to heavy unfitted trains knocking hell out of the relatively fragile round oleo versions 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Interesting one side only platform arrangement at Crook station 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Who had these bins at their school? Edgbaston 1970s by Geoff Dowling 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted February 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 24, 2022 22 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Who had these bins at their school? Edgbaston 1970s by Geoff Dowling When I worked in a social services department facilities management section, we had the wheeled version for our larger homes and day centres - brand name Paladin. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 1951 or 1921? Chathill Station 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 Stranorlar 1958 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Stranorlar 1958 They have a very sort of IoM look about them to my eyes - chunky running boards, livery etc... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Its the gauge and age. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 Ventnor 1966 by KDH Archive 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 What an unrealistic place for a phone box! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flittersnoop Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: What an unrealistic place for a phone box! And an unrealistic place for an island platform, too. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Have you seen the way the track pops out of a tunnel through a huge hill, straight into a BLT? The whole layout is totally implausible. I mean to say: coal merchants using caves in a cliff face? Honestly! 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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