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  1. andye
    As an aside to the wagons, there were some ex BR road vehicles that had Railtrack branding over the BR branding, such as astra vans etc - does anyone have a picture of any? I have trawled the ususal places but drawn a blank...
  2. andye
    That is my new favourite website, many thanks to those who have set it up, and of course a big thank you to Merfyn for saving and collecting the data in the first place!
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    J9627 of the tug is a great picture! Its a Lansing Bagnall TOER 4.2, all mod cons on that one even a wing mirror! The Royal mail ones seemed to always have cabs, the BR ones often didnt, the railwaymen must have been way more hardy!
  4. andye
    The terrier was also used for dropsides, some had a hiab type crane on, and there were some box vans as well, and as said above lots of short wheelbase personnell carriers. Look out for the Railway motors group on flickr, with Merfyns pictures, and also a BR road vehicles group on facebook.
  5. andye
    Thank you russ and Merfyn, so they are mostly J and K, which makes them the earlier mk 3. Some of Merfs pics from the flickr railway motors bible, show different hubcaps and roof rails etc, so probably a case is BR bought whatever was cheap and available, as long as they were yellow / white! Oh and merf, I sent you a Pm
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    Now, I have a question please. Ref the Mk 3 astravan, as per the mainline one pictured earlier in the thread, does anyone know (Merfyn, Simon et all) if there were any that were yellow and carried NSE branding? I know that some carried BR branding, and also INTERCITY, and one of merfyns pics shows RR branding, but NSE anyone? Pictures of any Mk3 astras seem hard to find, so am hoping that someone may know! I have a project in mind....
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    What a fabulous picture, in all the years I search on line for pictures of bruffs and recovery vehicles, I think this is the first I have seen of a bruff moving a rail vehicle!
  8. andye
    A nice bedford HA for sale, a replica : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bedford-HA-Van/224155865208
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    This has been for sale on and off for a while, its not moved for many years, the owner has lived in it for over twenty years. Nothing much original left, and like has been said, parts are hard to find now, and yes, they rust like hell.
  10. andye
    I didn`t realise that 55034 carried white blue - when we repainted 55024 in maroon back in the day, I pressed for white/blue, but in retrospect that may not have been the best choice for a sandite car!
  11. andye
    Great picture, interesting in that none of the sidings appear to be connected to the line that the DMU is on, and yet there is stock in the sidings!
  12. andye
    Andrew, This video is well worth a watch, not mine but a good view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckVQCRg9Aj8
  13. andye
    Ref the roof bars, does anyone have any drawings or know who they were made by? Eventually I`ll need a set for my escort van, or even a good picture and I can make some! Cheers Andy
  14. andye
    Russ, were the astras the astra "f" shape, i.e. the rounded one? If so I have never seen a picture of that shape with BR markings, they ran from 1991 to 1998. I know a chap who has an ex BR S&T one in yellow that came with alloys. I had an ex gas board 1.7 diesel one, but the head gasket and head went, so I got rid.
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    Russ, it specifies warning yellow, but as you say, the maestros and freight rovers etc were highway yellow, the warning yellow is a bit more creamy. I think some of the coachbuilders used whatever bright yellow they had, ford summer yellow is almost identical to highway yellow, the escort combis and vans were the ford standard colour yellow, pale and didnt weather very well!
  16. andye
    I think a lot of the positions were down to whome and where they were applied, and who could be bothered to get it right! Like this one: (NMP and credit to who took it)
  17. andye
    Some memories there! I think the photo of the miniature railway, the 7 1/4 gauge steam loco is "tiny", driven by i think the (must) be late Tony Challins, form the Harrow and Wembley Society of Model Engineers.
  18. andye
    This is up for sale on ebay. a replica, but looks the part, russ P you could have another one? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Maestro-500-Van-Non-Turbo-Diesel-Full-MOT-British-rail-replica-model/163990456201?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
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    Love the Marylebone Pics, in C9582, the two trollies on the right, I reckon one of them became the depot trolley, "regs trolley", that could be the one in my back garden. The one being filmed, I think that might be ex works after a repaint into NSE, as there is no destination blind fitted and it looks very shiny!
  20. andye
    Yes I did do pad ODM, thoroughly enjoyed every minute, I was earning something like £65 per week, and My dolomite 1850 used about £75 worth of petrol getting there, but it was worth it, I remember the basement full of rubbish and rats, the security guard who was the same every morning, but still wanted to see our ID cards every day! Dave Vaughn was the supervisor, John Derby (rip) the storeman, I used to work with Kevin dare a lot. Good Times!
  21. andye
    and that right there is what its all about! (well, to me anyway)!!!
  22. andye
    And after all these years,and having been an apprentice at OOC ODM, i never knew it stood for out door machinery! i thought it was on depot maintenance, or latterly only do minimal....
  23. andye

    Hornby RailRoad HST

    andye replied to MrTea's topic in Hornby

    I alwsys liked the lima HST, looks good, typical lima motor, but if the Hornby re release has a decent motor then its a winner!
  24. andye
    and talking of scrap, this crewbus body has apperaed on ebay, make a nice shed / workshop / model railway room etc ! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/used-railway-carriage/153463149899?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Db262696951ea43e287f8f0c400d18082%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D192891994505%26itm%3D153463149899&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A5b3c4e1e-6764-11e9-b370-74dbd1802c1a|parentrq%3A54d8775816a0ab14d582165cfff1892d|iid%3A1
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    not for me, its gutted inside and now badly painted, it got to £2750 and then the ebay listing vanished! I think I have enough scrap now....
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