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AFAIK the air pipes would be a standard length. The only difference I've seen documented is with the iron-ore PTA (rotary) tippler wagons - they were fitted with longer (33") pipes so they didn't separate during tipping. This, along with the rotary tightlock buckeye couplings, meant trains could be unloaded without having to split the wagons.

I think the biggest issue with combining Pacers and Sprinters was remembering there was a Pacer on the back when driving from the Sprinter cab. Sprinters were 90/100mph but the Pacers were only 75mph!

Is that some sort of circular gauge visible through the left-hand access cutaway? I wonder if it is a wagon to place broken gauges for repair/scrap? The wagon has an Internal User number, so would not be allowed out of the yard.

IIRC it was Babcock at Rosyth Dockyard (becoming a separate commercial entity to the RN base nextdoor over the years) and they also refurbed a lot of LU stock!

Can't see a Wagon lettering & numbering volume on the Barrowmore site: http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/Prototype.html BR9210 'General Instructions No 10A (Revised January 1963)' covering the repainting of repaired freight stock etc. unfortunately does not detail what is to be written - only that the information is to be written in white lettering paint 'in accordance with revised instructions issued April 1963.' (perhaps this is the change mentioned by others above?). http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/BR_9210_Repainting_Treatment_web.pdf

Notice by this time (after 1982?) a) Red indicator lights finally allowed to be used instead of an oil lamp on DMUs b) Two red lights used. Initially, only a Royal Train was authorised to use two tail lamps but the cl.27 Edin-Glas push-pulls (and later cl.47+DBSO sets) also used two

As mentioned, this is a cl.117 unit - according to railcar.co.uk L420 was formed 51367, 59519, 51409 (DMBS, TCL, DMS) and the unit was gangwayed. The Met-Camm TCL was one of three allocated to Reading, used to strengthen services to 4-car. These TCLs were replacements for three converted l/h Hawksworth coaches (which had initially been used in Cross-Country sets). https://www.railcar.co.uk/type/class-117/operations

I think it came up before that ScR-ER (and v.v.) trains with a number over 70 or so were often 'extra'/relief services

Going OT, I think there were some lines like this in NW London - former Underground tracks also used by BR 3rd-rail units, had the 4th rail retained but lowered when the Underground services stopped running. Incidentally, the cl.501 EMUs were originally 4th-rail but were changed to 3rd-rail in the '60s.

Thanks for mentioning this, I was going to post but couldn't remember where it happened (other than ScR RETB)

Certainly in the '70s, ER-ScR Specials via Berwick were 1Fxx. LMR-ScR via Carlisle and all ScR southbound Specials were 1Zxx.

Or local Oxfam shop was closed down a few years ago by Oxfam - not because it wasn't paying its way or clearing a profit (it was) but because it wasn't enough profit. ISTR comment from Oxfam at the time that any shops making under 20% profit were to be closed.

There is also the problem of targeted pirate/government broadcasts being transmitted on and disrupting known frequencies. Clips of music or spoken propaganda are often included in other 'secret' broadcasts such as number stations etc. which I suppose may be picked up through interference.

I remember first seeing the DMUs as on the right and thinking how strange they looked! The black surround is, in effect, a rubber gangway and when coupled up to another unit, the entire cab front hinges open to allow passengers through. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IC-3-coupled2.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

APT power car testing: http://www.traintesting.com/APT-P_power_car_test_train.htm General APT testing page: http://www.traintesting.com/APT introduction.htm

As mentioned, Glasgow Central has Clyde Street going under the station throat area (not really any platforms there though). However there is also Midland Street which goes under the end-of-the-platforms area. Looking west, from Jamaica St. to Oswald St. And famously, 'The Hielandman's Umbrella, where Argyle St. goes under many of the platforms. Each side of the street has small shops.

Looking north on Southfield Place (at eastern end of station/yard area where tracks narrow back down en route to Edinburgh)

A quick look at the 47.co.uk galleries (filtered for GFYE) show a good few TTG 47/3 in 1976/7 but haven't spotted any more dominos - most seem to be '0000'

'Special Delivery' indeed - by Yodel by the looks of things

You did well to get some of those shots Dave - the fact that you can see the light from the destination blind and marker lights shows how dark it was!

What I meant was, the ORR are stating the 'what' but there's no mention of the 'why'. A few lines mentioning exactly what WCRC did to lose their exemption in the first place, and the result of the JR would hopefully let the general public see that this whole situation is entirely of WCRC's own doing. I think it's in everyone's interest that the WCRC 'poor me' defence is shut down and shown exactly for what it is - a complete sham. They are going for every ounce of sympathy and will no doubt mention all the real folk who are going to suffer as a result of this, while carefully failing to mention the serious safety breaches (and further subsequent refusal to comply), by them, that led us to where we are.

Fancy a shiny, new IC225 set but can't be @rsed updating the layout?🙂

Thanks for that Phil. A rather non-committal response from ORR, I'd have expected them to reveal a bit more as to why the exemption failed. After all, a legal Improvement/Prohibition Notice and Judicial Review are pretty significant reasons!

Love the Otterington pictures. The station had been closed for about 18 months by then but can see most of the station is still in place, albeit with some track changes and minus the platforms. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/o/otterington/index.shtml

Notice too in the BBC article, there is no mention of: a) Why WCRC lost their current exemption. b) WCRC taking the ORR to court and losing. Still peddling the 'innocent victim of unreasonable beaurocracy' line to the media, despite being on the wrong end of about three separate (but connected) legal processes 🙄