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Even if it was E29245, that doesn't fit any normal Mk1 number ranges.

Another one for the list is the BT5, used on the prototype (HST) Mk3 coaches (and the Mk1 RKB used in the set, although I've also read that it had BT10)

It is strange that it's a bogie mod that most people haven't heard of, or indeed seems to have been documented anywhere. My first thought was to check traintesting.com but that only had the others we've discussed above.

The T4 was preferred and was better riding up to 125mph, but there was too much coach movement at 140mph. From a thread on cl.91/Mk4: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/141261-ecml-electrification-class-91-fleet-march-2019-service-of-30-years/?do=findComment&comment=3432739 "[On the ECML there was] limited capability of the overhead to accommodate vehicle movement. The maximum permissible kinematic vehicle movement on the ECML was apparently less than that for a T4 at 140 mph. The SIG bogies had less dynamic movement at 140mph than the T4; to do this they needed to be stiffer. The upshot was that when running at 125mph the ride was worse than a T4 and even worse than a BT10 in areas where track geometry was 'challenging'. I was told that by turning the bogies round 180 degrees and modifying the dampers etc they got the ride to something closer to the T4 but limited the stock to 125 mph." The irony being, the trains were only ever 125mph in service, hence the T4 could have been used and probably a lot of the Mk4 riding/damping issues would've been avoided! (Ain't hindsight wonderful?) Of course, what really did for 140mph was the lack of suitable signalling.

Note the T4 has an air bag on the top edge of an angled frame, so not your bogie, but does have similar wheelsets. The 313 bogies were BX1, I think reference to these is in regards to development of a lighter (but still as strong) and simpler frame with air secondary suspension.

Didn't even notice that, doh! The linked pictures mention BT35 - kind of like a BT10 but with 'conventional' axleboxes. The Flickr comments mention them as an experiment into axle-mounted disc brakes as were eventually fitted to the Mk4s.

Looks similar to the experimental BT7 bogie with Clouth rubber primary suspension that was fitted to l/h Mk3 TSO M12140: http://www.traintesting.com/M12140_Mk3_coach.htm Although in this case, there are primary springs. The main difference from the normal BT10 being conventional primary springing (like on a B4) instead of radius arms.

1M88, only a few years before, was the Up 'The Waverley' (Edinburgh - St. Pancras). Originally ran from Princes St. station but after closure in 1965 ran from Waverley, until the closure of the Waverley Route in 1969.

Or modern trains designed to have a lot of crucial electrical/electronic equipment mounted on the roof, even when the problem has been known about from previous modern trains. Hitachi may argue as to the exact definition of 'seaworthy' but the problem is a simple and well-known one - can/will the trains still work when covered by seawater?

From the 1956 OS 1:1250 map: https://maps.nls.uk/view/102894967

This is the one I remember at Scarborough. I was on holiday at the same time as the photo and 03073 and 08339 were the station pilots. Normal timetabled and Summer Saturday loco-hauled trains, coaches hauled out to release the train loco then propelled back in to form the next departure. Very busy at times but a very slick operation. © Ado Griff on Flickr

@Hobby It's in West Ealing. https://www.reelstreets.com/films/carry-on-constable/ EDIT: had a chance to read the page now. (Quote): The scene where P.C. Charlie Constable (Kenneth Connor) and W.P.C. Gloria Passworthy (Joan Sims) walk along the road and JS goes up some steps as KC proclaims his love for her was filmed at the west end of Manor Road, opposite the corner store. The steps led up to a footbridge over the railway (known locally as Jacob’s Ladder). The nearest span to Manor Road was removed to build a warehouse and there is now a footpath to the bridge. Sorry but I now live some distance away and don’t have a recent photo. This is a link to Google Maps – https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.513772,-0.325762,180m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

They didn't need to be ballasted as they were only there to activate the track circuits and they didn't actually need to be braked at all. The main reason the vacuum pipes were connected up was so that the vacuum brake was available when shunting whichever way round the loco/runner combo was facing (particularly with rakes of coaches when on station pilot duties, or more than a couple of wagons). Otherwise, time would be wasted releasing then resetting the coach/wagon brakes. Some of the runners also ended up through-piped for air brakes - brake and main reservoir cocks on the bufferbeams, connected over the floor of the wagon by nothing more complicated than a couple of metal pipes.

Even in (early) blue/grey days, it wasn't guaranteed that certain catering vehicles would have a red stripe, I'm sure I've seen RK kitchen cars with no stripe and the RU in the XP64 set didn't have one. From reading Parkin, the RSO vehicles were a particular minefield, especially when converted to/from FO/SO (also whether they were renumbered when re-classified). Into Executive/Swallow days application of red/yellow stripes on Mk3 RFM was not uniform, vehicles could have both/one/none! Application of the red band seemed to vary, presumably according to what was signified (and decided by someone at the Works?) - was it the preparation area only, the seating area only or the whole coach?

I'm not sure when they started but this was/became the RGC yard for building North Sea oil platforms. Seeing one towering over the local community was quite a sight Aerial view: https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1672379

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/a/alnwick/index.shtml Has a picture of a 101 in green w/whiskers in 1962

Thomson's MagLime tippers

Wondered how the vacuum pipe is off its seat but presumably the loco has a straight-air brake?

I did wonder if I was the only one thinking 'Ra-ra-ra-peeeeeee-do, brlbrlbrlbbb' ☺️ (and in the words of Antoine de Caunes - 'and eef you don't like it, then why don't you just peess off!'😄)

There weren't any class 152

Thought there might be something on RCHAMS Canmore but just really the '70s b/w photos. (Canmore is full of photos taken by Prof. John R. Hume in the mid-70s. All over Scotland, he just seemed to be recording towns as they were i.e. not necessarily historic/famous subjects. They are fabulous in their 'ordinariness'). That said, there is this interesting geological diagram of the tunnel, including the various ground strata. I had always assumed the Tunnel ran 'downhill' to Waverley but it actually runs up! https://canmore.org.uk/collection/1224652 Subbrit.org has some 'old' stuff but not of Scotland St. station

From what i can remember, there were: Double-cabbed like cl.58 Single-cabbed like cl.20 ('A' units) No-cab ('B' units). Bo-Bo or Co-Co I'm sure there was a reference to 'warmer climes' but don't know if it was provision of a/c or increased/different cooling etc.

The line from Inverkeithing up to N. Queensferry is 1 in 70, with a tunnel which ends just before NQ station. There was a derailment in 1954 caused by a loco slipping back in the tunnel without the driver realising it - the 13-coach train ran back through catch points (on the Inverkeithing side of the tunnel). The last 3 coaches derailed, one of them foul of the Down line but there was only one recorded injury. The line here is also on a high embankment and it is only due to good fortune that there weren't more casualties. https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=982 Para.27 of the Report is interesting in that records showed that between 1/1/52 and 7/3/54, 30 trains had "failed to negotiate the 'Forth Bridge Incline' ." - 12 of these (2 pass + 10 freight) were at NQ tunnel. In most cases, an assisting loco was sent from Inverkeithing. Mention is also made of the fitting of tunnel wall lights to assist drivers, referencing previous similar accidents at Glasgow QS (1928) and KX (1945)

If you have a Smart TV you can press the Red Button ('Encore' at top-right of screen) and access the channel's Catch-Up Player. Loads of different content available i.e. films, documentaries, TV shows etc. (Who remembers 'The Flockton Flyer and Runaround? 😊).

Can't remember where I saw it (years ago) but there was an information page which showed the possible variations on the 58 design. It was designed to be modular, so there were Bo-Bo versions, single- or double-cabbed and various options for more tropical climates etc.