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  1. The Pilotman
    I agree, and the same goes for Swayfield as well. I love the picture of the 40 with a mixed goods that seems to stretch back to the horizon! It's a shame that such interesting trains have disappeared from the current scene. Well, in the U.K. anyway. I was waiting for my train to work a couple of weeks ago in Osnabrück (Germany) and a monster 42 wagon freight ran through with a real mixed bag of steel, timber, coal and chemical tanker wagons, amongst others; at least a dozen different wagon types. And that was on a Sunday morning!
  2. The Pilotman
    Likewise! Now, let the Deltic identification begin!
  3. The Pilotman
    I had lots of practice at this when out flagging signals. There wasn't much else to do between trains...
  4. The Pilotman
    You sure about that? Looks like headlight on, tail lights off and a driving operative in the cab to me.
  5. The Pilotman
    Whilst trapped in a YouTube vortex the other day, I was very surprised to find a clip showing an NSE BG in a postal train. Where? Tebay, of course!! It's right at the end of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLr3cXd9qo4
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    Saw a 42 wagon mixed freight pass through my local station in Germany the other day. At least ten different types of wagon! Wonder when the last time this happened in the UK. On a Sunday.

    1. DonB

      DonB

      Some 5-years ago saw many passenger trains running on Xmas Day alongside the Rhine.

    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Zis iz ze German way.

  7. The Pilotman

    Whilst waiting for my train to work yesterday morning at Osnabrück Hbf, a mixed freight passed through with 42 wagons of at least ten different types. On a Sunday!

    1. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Aaah...Nostalgie!

  8. The Pilotman

    Whilst waiting for my train to work yesterday morning, a mixed freight passed through Osnabrück Hbf with 42 wagons of at least 10 different types. I wonder when the last time that happened in the UK. On a Sunday!

  9. The Pilotman

    Whilst waiting for my train to work yesterday morning, a mixed freight passed through Osnabrück Hbf with 42 wagons of at least 10 different types. I wonder when the last time that happened in the UK. On a Sunday!

  10. The Pilotman
    Nice mostly British motors in the last one. Let's see (R-L) Austin Maxi, Triumph Dolomite, Ford Cortina, Mini, Triumph Toledo, and not sure on the last one. Peugeot (304?) Estate?
  11. The Pilotman
    You could well be right that the NSE BGs never appeared in a parcels train but you never know; stranger things have happened. In any case, I just thought it would make for a very colourful train if all those liveries were available. There is a thread about NSE BGs on which I posted several photos: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94131-mark-1-bgs-in-nse-livery/
  12. The Pilotman
    And while I think about it, BGs in ScotRail and NSE liveries shouldn't be too difficult to produce and would complement some of the recent and imminent releases. I quite like the idea of being able to run a colourful parcels train with some GUVs in blue and Post Office red along with BGs in blue/grey, Post Office red, InterCity, NSE and ScotRail colours.
  13. The Pilotman
    Just a small amount of froth here, well, more like a few bubbles really: a Mk1 RMB in InterCity colours to go with the Mk1s and 2Ds (whenever they materialise).
  14. The Pilotman
    They probably had enough sand for the new beach by then...
  15. The Pilotman
    Nice to see 37099 is still going strong! Back in January 1985 I went on a rail tour from St.Pancras to Cornwall via Birmingham and 099 featured, paired up with one of the local tractors (207) to top and tail on the Parkandillack and Fowey branches. I think she was a March loco then and was sent west to provide a bit of heat.
  16. The Pilotman
    Good news! Must be the lighting in the Rails photo. Or my eyes (equally likely).
  17. The Pilotman
    Looks like the Capital Connection train packs have arrived (in some shops at least). From the photos on Rails' site it looks to me like the loco is in the correct, lighter shade of blue, complete with Stratford's Cockney sparrow logo. As for the coaches, all three look to be the same darker colour as the previous Mk2s but they're in a separate photo from the loco so it's hard to compare directly. Still, it's only the loco I want so I'm not that worried about the coaches.
  18. The Pilotman
    Well, what a coincidence! Last week I was at a theme park in Holland with one of the offspring (half-term) and at the entrance to a roller coaster called "Mine Train" there was an original GWR sign exactly like the one in C0877. The ride itself reminded me of travelling from Reading to Portsmouth on a class 205 Hampshire unit.
  19. The Pilotman
    Agreed. If Dave says it was in the train, that's good enough for me.
  20. The Pilotman
    Oh no, I thought "08-gate" had been put to rest...
  21. The Pilotman
    The 1984/5 WTT shows a 3C24 0300 Plymouth-Penzance Parcels/Mail (timing load D490, as was 3S15) which, I suspect, was largely formed of vans off the previous day's 1V23 1539 Leeds-Plymouth Parcels/Mail which was booked to arrive at 0051.
  22. The Pilotman
    Some cracking shots in post #412. Immediately behind the loco in the freight hauled by 85038 is almost half of the entire fleet of PRA china clay wagons in existence.
  23. The Pilotman
    Indeed! At least a dozen Carflats and eight coaches at least. That would make a good length train even in N.
  24. The Pilotman
    So, instead of doing what I should have been doing this afternoon (gardening, yawn...) I did a bit of research and found an article here: http://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/hayle-wharf-branches.html which shows that the propelling move did indeed come all the way from St.Erth and down the incline to Hayle Wharf. Scroll down until you find some pictures with trains in them and the sequence begins with picture 7.
  25. The Pilotman
    I fully agree that would have been safer, but if there was nowhere to run round in the wharf, it seems that is exactly what they did.
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