Chris Turnbull

Table 40 gives you the stations from Peterborough to Ely and Table 35 those from Ely to Peterborough all as posted above. The current service may be found here:- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/sites/default/files/assets/download_ct/ga1705_web_regional_table_7.pdf Chris Turnbull

To get back to the original question, here's the 1943 WTT for trains between Peterborough North and East stations. 1943 WTT Peterborough North - East.pdf Chris Turnbull

Sorry, there is a bit of misinformation in the last post. The 2.7 p.m. from Peterborough East was a through train to Ipswich. The 1.18 p.m. from Peterborough North was a service to Broad Street and offered a connection via Huntingdon where it arrived at 1.42 p.m.. This gave you plenty of time to stroll down the "open pathway, 100 yards in length" between Huntingdon North and Huntingdon East where you waited for the train from Leicester due in at 3.7 which arrived in Cambridge at 3.45 p.m. The 2.7 p.m. from Peterborough was due to depart Cambridge at 4.4 p.m. Those were the days! Here is a part of Table 40 and all of Table 41 which give further details of trains between Peterborough North and East, albeit for 1957 not 1952. 1957 Timetable Table 40.pdf Chris Turnbull

I don't have a 1952 or 1953 timetable but I do have a 1957 version for 17th June to 15th September which I attach below. Table 35 page 295 shows a 1.18 p.m. Saturdays only departure from Peterborough North to Ipswich via Huntingdon, St Ives and Cambridge running from 13th July to 31st August. On weekdays and Saturdays outside this period it started at Peterborough East. 1957 Timetable Table 35.pdf It doesn't say what the request stops are but the WTT for 1943 commencing on Monday 3rd May (below) does give a possible indication. The 3.30 p.m. off Ely shows request stops at Kennett, Higham and Saxham "when required to set down passengers only." 1943 WTT.pdf Chris Turnbull

Yes, I still have all the stock for this layout. A class 150/2 in Anglia livery, two class 153s one in "one" livery, the other in Anglia, two 170/2s one in "one" livery, the other in NXEA/Greater Anglia livery, and a class 156 which is unpainted and needs a bit of work to finish the underframe detail. Chris Turnbull

Yes, it is still in action. I did have it running only the other day just to check it out. Chris Turnbull

Could it be an American term? See: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AKYeAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=Female+%22gaugers%22&source=bl&ots=5uNG2pOJLo&sig=V2sOcXtHpZJrnmDwA-rEz-gSqYE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi55OaL4u3VAhWBIVAKHTXlDvcQ6AEIPTAG#v=onepage&q=Female%20%22gaugers%22&f=false Chris Turnbull

When NXEA introduced through trains from Peterborough to Liverpool Street via Ipswich the route automatically became a third permitted route from Ely to London and was one that I used to use if I wasn't in a hurry and fancied a ride. However when first introduced, I was warned by the booking office staff that there had been a furious argument a few days previously between a guard and a passenger as the guard was not aware of the finer points of the ATOC routeing guide - i.e. that all through trains are permitted routes. Up till that time rebooking at Ipswich was necessary. Much to my disappointment all the guards I came across had no problem with me using that route. Sadly this option is no longer available as all trains from Peterborough now terminate at Ipswich. Chris Turnbull

I've just picked up on this thread (better late than never) and would like to thank everyone for their kind comments on Cromer. Chris Turnbull

It looks like it. My 1969 Combined Volume includes "Falcon" under the heading "Locomotives on Trial: British Railways are providing facilities for road tests of the following locomotives, which remain the property of the manufacturers and are not included in BR stock." Also included are DP2 and "Kestrel". Chris Turnbull

It seems to me that the list was "work in progress". The original list published in the September 1968 Railway Magazine had no Class 34, all of the D65xx locos being class 33. My Ian Allan Combined Volume current at January and February 1969 had the locos with train air brake equipment and multiple-unit control apparatus as class 34. There were no class subdivisions at that time as in 33/1, etc. Clearly someone had a rethink and decided that it was more logical to subdivide the classes as in Keefer's post above. The change to 33/1, /2 and /3 along with that to 73/1 and /2 was also reported on page 597 of the October 1969 Railway Magazine. Chris Turnbull Edited to add last sentence

As an addendum to my previous post I would like to point out that things did not go as smoothly as BR intended. On page 594 of the November 1973 Railway Magazine there is a list of amendments to the previously published list along with this: "We are also informed informed by BR that some reclassifications have been decided on since the list was published, and details of these will be given when they are available." Subsequent months included long lists of "renumbered and reclassified locomotives" together with "revised locomotive classifications", for example, page 207 of the April 1974 edition. Chris Turnbull

You won't find any reference to TOPS in 1968 as that acronym didn't come in until the 1970s. In the September 1968 edition the Railway Magazine listed the "numerical classification system for diesel and electric locomotives [that] has been adopted by British Railways, to suit computerised accounting records." (page 565). A similar list appeared in Railway World. This was the introduction of classes 01 to 55 (diesel) and 70 to 86 (electric), with gaps for possible future builds. TOPS was originally a wagon control system. See, for example, page 472 of Railway Magazine for September 1973: "Field trials of British Railways computer wagon control system, TOPS, were due to take place at Exeter in August..." The system was to be implemented in September. Area Managers and their principle assistants plus "100 or so specially-appointed TOPS men" were sent on instruction courses in July. "These, in turn, will be responsible for training staff at some 180 terminal locations throughout BR." In October 1973 on page 538 the Railway Magazine reported the renumbering of BR locomotives when, for example, class 03 number 2004 became 03004. Again there was no mention of TOPS as this just related to wagons at that time. Chris Turnbull

The name was changed in 1937 according to: http://www.kxrlg.org.uk/history/timeline.pdf Chris Turnbull

I agree. West Hartlepool did not have a roundhouse as this photograph of the outside shows. It could be Thornaby as I well member being shown around by a member of staff after my father slipped the foreman a tenner - a lot of money in those days. A great father, my dad. Mum wasn't too impressed though! Chris Turnbull

This is from page 38 of "Eastern Electric" by John Glover: "To work the new [shenfield] service the LNER ordered 92 sets of three-car units in 1938 though none was delivered until 1949." Chris Turnbull

Hmm...perhaps you're right. Chris Turnbull

It doesn't look like a trick of the light to me, it looks like blood and custard but I have never come across any reference to an EMU being painted in this livery. Could this be an unofficial repaint? Fascinating! Chris Turnbull

Dave Talking about Weekday Cross, you may recall post #337 on this thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/91758-chris-ts-photo-archives-updated-6th-march/page-14 Chris Turnbull

Just discovered this on Youtube. The Big Boy is at 1.55. Chris Turnbull

It's gauge 1, 1/32 scale. Set up for gas firing at the moment but can also be coal fired. Chris Turnbull

Having been inspired by this thread I bought one: Chris Turnbull

Here's a photo of the area on 7th April 2012. The building can be seen behind the 170/2. Chris Turnbull

I've just bought a second-hand copy of "Branches & Byways East Anglia" by John Brodribb and this is part of the description of Lavenham:- There were loading docks behind the main up platform, together with a substantial brick-built goods shed and stores for local feed merchants. So, local feed merchants perhaps. This would explain why the "coal staithes" were covered! Chris Turnbull

How nice to see a photo of the Wisbech and Upwell tramway, even if it is only the trackbed! I only once saw a train on the branch and that was in the early '60s. Every year we would go the see my paternal grandmother in Middlesbrough and sometimes my father would go via Wisbech and the A1101. I was always fascinated by this railway track that we kept crossing and then one year we struck gold! You can still see evidence of the trackbed today if you know where to look. Chris Turnbull