Bristol_Rich Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 52 minutes ago, 45125 said: Normal mgr wheel sets are 42" (1.022M) most three hole wheel sets are around 36" (.952M). Exactly, which adds even more confusion as it's running presumably on a smaller wheel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U36B Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 On 29/03/2024 at 01:57, railsquid said: If you are modelling Deutsche Bundesbahn in the 1950s but are short of German coaching stock, feel free to drop in a Mk1 BCK behind the Danish coach: The consensus here (German) is that it is indeed a Mk1, but no conclusion has been reached as to the how and why. Well, the Mk1 did breed and by 1971: 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 27 6 minutes ago, U36B said: Well, the Mk1 did breed and by 1971: Fascinating, looks like an exhibition train. Mk2b(?) M3168, Mk1 DW150353. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Arbury Hall at Twyford Bridge 1961 by Steve Banks 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted April 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27 4 hours ago, rodent279 said: Fascinating, looks like an exhibition train. Mk2b(?) M3168, Mk1 DW150353. Mk2c FO Mk2b only had FK (13xxx number) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 6 hours ago, rodent279 said: ... M3168 ... See http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1240 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 (edited) 7 hours ago, rodent279 said: looks like an exhibition train The flickr caption says Quote Werbe-Zug der British Railways zu Gast in München 1971 Or “Advertising train of BR as a guest in Munich 1971” There are more in that collection of the same train, e.g. “Come and see Britain by Rail” on DB975074 and DB975073: and cinema coach DW150353 I wish the flickr captions would get displayed here - save a to of to-ing and fro-ing Edited April 27 by eastwestdivide 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Would be interesting to know why DW150353 ( http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1108 ) was given a DW rather than DB number !!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted April 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27 5 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Would be interesting to know why DW150353 ( http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1108 ) was given a DW rather than DB number !!?! It's probably just because it was a Western Region vehicle. It was converted from W1012 at Swindon in 1963. This is long before the the other exhibition coaches were converted, which I think was done shortly before their European holiday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Morgan Posted April 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 27 15 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Would be interesting to know why DW150353 ( http://www.cs.rhrp.org.uk/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=1108 ) was given a DW rather than DB number !!?! Here it is a few years later (1980?) in Newport, South Wales, when it was ZDW150353 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 12 hours ago, Jeremy Cumberland said: It's probably just because it was a Western Region vehicle. It was converted from W1012 at Swindon in 1963. This is long before the the other exhibition coaches were converted, which I think was done shortly before their European holiday. Actually not quite as simple as that : re-reading Platform 5's 'Departmental Coaching Stock, I see that "The DB97xxxx series was first used at the end of 1966 ..." ...... so everything must have gained a regional 'D' prefix before then - but I guess there were few BR standard vehicles departmentalised that early ! ( Though from an early Lot of Mk1s, W1012 was only about a dozen years old when converted.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted April 30 Popular Post Share Posted April 30 (edited) We've had the 'bus on the bridge with a train passing underneath', how about the reverse... Edited April 30 by Rugd1022 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted April 30 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30 27 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: We've had the 'bus on the bridge with a train passing underneath', how about the reverse... So contrived. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 20 minutes ago, wagonbasher said: So contrived. .... not least that leading bus - I've never seen one like that before ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Chequerbent 1965 by Nigel 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 30 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30 22 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Chequerbent 1965 by Nigel The poor little fella’s legs must have had to go like the clappers to keep up. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 I think his 'legs' have been taken off for the move ! 1 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 (edited) Spanning the decades at Rotherham today: 1960s loco (City of Truro, named after a 1900s loco), towing a late-1970s loco (rebuilt in the 2020s), being passed by a 2000s DMU. Bonus points for a circus-related pun for the big top in the old football ground car park! (47749 City of Truro + 69008 running from Leicester-Doncaster, 170473 on a Sheffield-Scarborough) Edited May 6 by eastwestdivide Numbers 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 May The Fourth Be With You railtour, Exeter Central: 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted May 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6 (edited) Not sure that Class 73 banker was really necessary to get them up the hill from St. David’s 🤔 Edited May 6 by The Pilotman 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 There must have been some fat people on that train! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 It's the future: net zero railtours. A load of colourful diesels on the front doing nothing more than provide highly-amplified DCC sound effects, and an electric loco subtly pushing from the back. 5 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6 20 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: It's the future: net zero railtours. A load of colourful diesels on the front doing nothing more than provide highly-amplified DCC sound effects, and an electric loco subtly pushing from the back. I thought they were using a pack of rechargable AA cells to provide the traction current😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, BR(S) said: May The Fourth Be With You railtour, Exeter Central: And there I was on Friday thinking three locos was overkill for a 4-TC... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WessexEclectic Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, LMS2968 said: There must have been some fat people on that train! "...due to a flow of unusually large passengers..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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