RMweb Gold PhilH Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Seems unbelievable now but it really did used to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 What an absolutely fascinating picture! Thanks for posting the link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Although the specific journey seems bit convoluted, the concept is great. Why have we ruined transport? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Why have we ruined transport? We ruined it in the pursuit of making it better... I admit that personally I view the past with some heavily rose-tinted specs, but I do find public transport sterile and impersonal now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 It used to be about the journey... its now just about getting there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Handley Page Herald - built in Reading at the airfield where Douglas Bader had his accident! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Thanks. We did that in 1970 or 71 for a weekend break in Paris. Our plane was a BAC 1-11 I think, I remember entering up steps into the rear. Ed Might have been my last year in school or possibly just after I had started my apprenticeship. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 When BR launched a new campaign for rail-air at Gatwick in the mid-80s, including the double arrow symbol with a portion lifting off, they used the slogan "Catch the train and you've caught the plane!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted March 2, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 And another thing...if I hadn't made so many false starts with my modelling already I could really go for that multiple unit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Handley Page Herald - built in Reading at the airfield where Douglas Bader had his accident! Not quite - definitely designed originally by Miles Aircraft at Woodley but the company was taken over by Handley Page and the Heralds were built at Radlett it would appear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Remember the old Car Ferries from Southend Airport? Immortalized in an early Sean Connery/James Bond film? My favourite was "The Night Ferry", surely the most elegant way to travel from London to Paris - I feel privileged to have used it... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Not quite on the tarmac but the 1992 station at South Bend Airport IN comes close http://www.flickr.com/photos/kidat62/5497781602/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Not quite - definitely designed originally by Miles Aircraft at Woodley but the company was taken over by Handley Page and the Heralds were built at Radlett it would appear. Such an interesting company (Miles).... Not many people realize the part they played in Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight (the elevator design), of course, they received little or no credit.. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 And another thing...if I hadn't made so many false starts with my modelling already I could really go for that multiple unit. Like most French models, they retain their value. It's by Roco, just the two coaches, and I have yet to see one under £200 secondhand on ebay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Remember the old Car Ferries from Southend Airport? Immortalized in an early Sean Connery/James Bond film? My favourite was "The Night Ferry", surely the most elegant way to travel from London to Paris - I feel privileged to have used it... Best, Pete. Goldfinger with Carvairs flown by British United Air Ferries. The ATL-98 Carvair was a DC-4/C-54 with DC-6 engines a new tail, and of course the complete new nose section. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 At Schipol (sic) I believe that the station is actually underneath the main runway. Not too certain, however... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Such an interesting company (Miles).... Not many people realize the part they played in Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight (the elevator design), of course, they received little or no credit.. Best, Pete. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles_M.52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted March 2, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Anyone know what class the unit is? Edit..found it X2724 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 X2720 class. They were heavily modified in the late eighties with replacement cabs. A look at railfaneurope.net shows photos of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2014 Such an interesting company (Miles).... Not many people realize the part they played in Chuck Yeager's first supersonic flight (the elevator design), of course, they received little or no credit.. Best, Pete. My dad actually worked for them for a while in the early months of WWII - until the Ministry of Labour drafted him out of the aircraft factory and put him on building wooden huts at Portsmouth dockyard; seems they did some really daft things at times with skilled craftsmen! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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