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Interesting in itself for the BG - the yellow band usually applied to those on a Circuit working, they would sometimes also be branded with the Circuit/route etc.

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7205455 Just to the right of the lamp post, still there 2yrs ago although the platform line is very overgrown. This next view shows that the two lines on that side of the platform joined together into a headshunt for the yard: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arbroath_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2996955.jpg IIRC it was also on this platform line that local trains arrived/departed - the headshunt allowing a loco to run-round.

Years ago now but I remember seeing a loading gauge still mounted on the cutting wall at Arbroath - on the long siding just south of the station/overbridge on the Down side. (Actually maybe the line shown in the pic above but way behind the camera)

J030 - would that be the famous Scotch Goods? J031 Returning south after working the Cliffe-Uddingston cement? I wonder if there were any other SR-ER through freights at the time?

Presumably the RBRs used in the Special Trains Mk1 FO set? Old thread here: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/21006-formations-of-the-intercity-charter-rakes/?do=findComment&comment=206429

Class 7 was partially-fitted but with more fitted wagons than a Class 8. https://www.2d53.co.uk/Headcode/Headcode41.htm

I think that there probably aren't as many 'true' even 3-way points as we'd think - in the real world the track is made to fit the location/purpose so they are often single- or tandem-points superimposed on each other.

There's one for the 'Prototype for Everything' thread! Presumably the BG is needed somewhere and this was the quickest way of getting it there, while handily providing part of the fitted head?

Don't know if it represents a prototype or was just an exercise in 'Can I.....': http://www.clag.org.uk/green14.html

Mk2c FO Mk2b only had FK (13xxx number)

"But quite astonishingly: the BR1 bogie was famous for its poor running quality!" Parkin explains this as well - the BR Standard bogie was excellent when new or after refurbishment but as wear set in to knife-edges and bearing surfaces, the ride deteriorated quite rapidly i.e. bogies became rough-riding long before they were due for shopping (or would require more frequent works attention). Hence for a large proportion of their use, they could give a poor ride quality. The next alternative, the Commonwealth bogie did not suffer from the same problems but was more expensive and weighed 1.5 tons more than the BR. This led to the in-house (Swindon) development of the B4, which matched (or even exceeded) the wear performance of the CW but was lighter and cheaper. Until these were available in sufficient quantities, some Mk1 RUs even got Gresley bogies in the '70s - not ideal but better than the BRs

J3015 - 1M88 used to be the up Waverley (Edinburgh-St.Pancras via Waverley route) J3017 - interesting for the gangway shield in use, I'd have thought their use ended well before!

@jbg06003has some cracking 1980s videos on YouTube (though possibly getting more into Large Logo era for the 37s). His channel is here: https://youtube.com/@jbg06003?si=kHhlEGWLdskqswQ_

My main experience was of the 27s being thrashed on the l/h Edinburgh-Dundee trains which started in 1981 (previously DMUs were used). 4 coaches of Mk1/2z stock usually TSO/BSO but sometimes with SK/BSK. Very occasionally, a cl.26 could appear but ISTR they weren't suited and could self-ignite! Cl.47s became more common in later years before the trains were replaced by cl.150/2 Sprinters in 1987(?). Excellent video by @jbg06003:

History of the Electric Telegraph Company: https://distantwriting.co.uk/electrictelegraphcompany.html British railway Telegraph Code Words: http://www.railwaycodes.org.uk/features/telegraph.shtm

This came up from an older, similar request. Article on the Needle Telegraph used by British railways: http://www.samhallas.co.uk/railway/single_needle.htm

As featured in the film Trainspotting when Tommy suggests they 'go for a walk'😄 on Rannoch Moor. Also known as MAMBA country (miles and miles of b*gger all)

Easiest way to turn rotation into lateral movement (and v.v.) - and older than steam age!

Working on iPlayer via browser or app. Full link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001v91y

Link to BBC iPlayer

That's maybe what I was thinking of (probably read it on RMweb). Just seemed odd that the units on modern bogies had the same max. speed as those on a glorified 4-whl wagon underframe!

My mistake, I assumed they were 90 (certainly the 155/156) with the 158s being 100mph

I'm sure I've read somewhere (General or Sectional Appendix) that even where locos could go over the hump, cl.40/44/45/46 were still excluded (due to their long bogies). As mentioned earlier, each hump yard probably had its own particular Instructions in addition to general procedures.

Griddle car in the formation. IIRC there were two coaching diagrams, one with a Griddle and the other with an RB. These worked a Glasgow QS-Inverness and a GQS-Aberdeen (and returns) on alternate days. Have seen similar trains hauled by a 37 but don't know if the 27 was just a stand-in.

The MU connections between Master and Slave locos looked similar to 'Blue Star' equipment. 27-way control jumper and (white cocks) Regulating Air pipe. http://www.nigeltout.com/138_31A_Tinsley_19740806.jpg