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Those 108s looking very smart in their new white/blue livery. This started in 1975 so these units must have only recently had the livery applied (or had been repainted already), as it became very dirty very quickly. An interesting detail in J5307 is the miniature headcode display in the second-man's windscreen, I'd never seen this before. Details of the refurbishment of the 108s at Railcar.co.uk: https://railcar.co.uk/type/class-108/refurbishment

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A different view of the famous Stourbridge 'failure to stop': By Walsall1955 on Flickr

@Pacific231G It would seem that the 'Research Centre' is actually BR's famous facility 'The Grove'. IMDb mentions 'British Rail Centre, Watford' and a general search brings up a thread on railforums.co.uk: John Webb states (after comments that the track etc. don't look quite right): "I can confirm that the bit of railway seen in the "Positive/Negative Man' was a training set-up at The Grove near Watford; one of our members had been there. Even Civil Engineers have to be taught about railway equipment in general when they are working on the railway so they know what is what alongside or crossing the track or whatever they are expected to work on. The signal box was part of the installation by BR, I understand."

Thanks for that Boris, always thought that bit was part of the adaptor and the normal BS/BS 'clip' was just a locating pin or similar.

Was just going to say, even from anecdotes on RMWeb, there were obviously plenty of incidents which didn't get reported - no casualties and not too much damage? Then just get it sorted as best/quickly as possible and save everyone a load of hassle & paperwork. If the high-ups didn't hear about it, it didn't happen and The Job gets back to normal more quickly - although, no doubt, the guilty party would never hear the end of it (and may even get a nickname/reputation for the rest of their life!😄)

Looks like the adaptor clip flying off and landing on the track (after putting a bend in the A4's gangway in the process)

J5991 is definitely a 45/1 as it has ETH jumper and socket. J5334 DMU is a cl.116. I didn't realise that this class had TC coaches and unusually amongst DMU types, they didn't have a toilet.

Now that you mention it, there were probably a few manufacturers of those 'traditional' prams, Silver Cross being only one (and perhaps the best known) of them. Certainly SC are still going and they're very much a niche item.

I don't know how they were priced back in the day but they seemed fairly common - firmly a luxury item nowadays though!

The Railways Archive has a page for the accident but doesn't have an Official report.

Found the picture I was thinking of, which is actually earlier than I thought (1966): 60024 at Aberdeen 29/06/1966 by Trevor on Flickr

The Sleepers got B5 bogies. Like you say a Transitional time for liveries and associated wording - I've seen 'Sleeping Car' i.e. lower-case, in Rail Alphabet. (When did 'Inter-City Sleeper' come in, early '70s?) Does seem like the stripe is 2 berths too long though!

And pair of manky 4VEPs on the back.

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