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Ahh, 37s make the world a better place, their like a trusty old donkey. Incidentally what's the meaning of 'Six-eights'?

 

I think Six Eights comes from there original numbers e.g. D6836 37136 37905 So its just there pre tops number

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Ahh, 37s make the world a better place, their like a trusty old donkey. Incidentally what's the meaning of 'Six-eights'?

 

The original series was D6700-D6999/D6600-D6608

I believe the "six-eights" term is mainly South Wales in origin as many of the D68xx series were first allocated there.

 

Cheers,

Mick

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here's a few of the Glasgow test train!!

 

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010 having just arrived from Glasgow works

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156 waiting to head back to Glasgow

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??? standing in centre road (can't find number of this one,anyone help)

 

Ray

Hi Ray, If you manage to get the name it could be a lot easier, unfortunately I cant make it out

SGJ

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The original series was D6700-D6999/D6600-D6608

I believe the "six-eights" term is mainly South Wales in origin as many of the D68xx series were first allocated there.

 

Cheers,

Mick

It was usually 'six-eighter', sometimes split into 'six-sixer', 'six-eighter' and 'six-niner' by the locals when I started spotting in about 1966-7. If an Eastern one turned up on the Whitemoor- Trostre, that was a SIX-SEVENER, and we'd all be on our push-bikes going to Llandilo Junction to see it- usually arriving too late. By that time, the lowest numbered WR EE Type 3 was D6877, I think, but six-eighter remained the generic name for the centre-headcode ones.

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Hi, the post-quote button has stopped working, so I just wanted to ask, in your post Ray, what livery is 501 wearing?YoursScR.

Its in the British Steel livery, was painted in this livery early 1987 I think.

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