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New South Wales 1500v DC electric built by Metro Vick - Lithgow, September 1994

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Deltic 55003 'Meld' at York, May 1980

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Indian Railways (Central) 1500v DC electric built by English electric - Mumbai, October 1978

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For something calling itself "Sun Rail", that's an awful lot of windscreen wipers... 

 

The rain here in Florida is terrible, I never saw anything like it in the UK. its hard to describe.

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Kev, that is perfection, looks fabulous in lined green..!

 

D1015 disguised as D1010 and D1058 at the SVR yesterday...

 

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Why do they change the numbers and names? The cognoscenti know the original number etc. - those that don't probably don't care. Poor old SDJR 88 was renumbered 53807 back in 1989 - mind you that was trumped by painting it Prussian Blue - even more fictitious.It seems justified for films, like Olton Hall's journey into magic land. 

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Why do they change the numbers and names? [...]

It's usually done for one of two reasons:

 

1.) Recreate a long-gone scene with surviving members of the class

2.) Someone with deep pockets and a fondness for a particular identity pays the owners to renumber/rename it for a weekend or two.

 

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Matt

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Our only regular goods working, down the Seaford branch - deliveries of aggregate to Day's siding Newhaven - 

There seem to be a lot of 'aggregates' in the caption but that's what happens with dedicated freight companies delivering specialized loads to specialist companies!

Searching for that to upload it here I came across one Dad did earlier - 26 8 1988 to be precise

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Negs just found!

Sir Nigel at Carnforth, summer of '78. Taken with Petri 35mm

08 171 at Scarborough

44932 in green, Carnforth summer '78

4472 at Carnforth summer '78 - published before, but this is from the neg

 

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Pushing the boundaries a little...

Rebuilt 'West Country' Class 34028 "Eddystone" undergoing overhaul in Herston Works.

 

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The loco is currently being stripped of numerous parts in preparation for moving to the South Devon Railway, where Boiler work will be carried out. The bottom end will then be contracted out to Tyseley for overhaul.

 

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Matt

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Pushing the boundaries a little...

 

Rebuilt 'West Country' Class 34028 "Eddystone" undergoing overhaul in Herston Works.

 

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The loco is currently being stripped of numerous parts in preparation for moving to the South Devon Railway, where Boiler work will be carried out. The bottom end will then be contracted out to Tyseley for overhaul.

 

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Matt

Beautiful, even after the surgeon has made his first cut.
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Pushing the boundaries a little...

 

Rebuilt 'West Country' Class 34028 "Eddystone" undergoing overhaul in Herston Works.

 

attachicon.gifSwanage Railway - Herston Works 26-07-2016-1 - 1.jpg

 

The loco is currently being stripped of numerous parts in preparation for moving to the South Devon Railway, where Boiler work will be carried out. The bottom end will then be contracted out to Tyseley for overhaul.

 

Regards,

Matt

Super, interesting and enlightening photo, Matt: got any more?

Cliff

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