The Pilotman

2 hours ago, The Johnster said:

I'm using headphones, as I like the volume up a bit more than she's happy with, and the sound is good.

What you really mean is you’re going a bit deaf 🤔

Not just Old Durham Town that he’s left then. 🥺

15 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Chaloners Whin Junction  Class 47 12.00 Newcastle to Colchester via Durham Coast line March 67 J796

Nice to see that little green shed again. 

Here she is passing Dawlish just now, complete with headboard and a nice fanfare on the horns. Having seen these replace Class 45s, 46s, 47s and 50s on this stretch of line in my childhood, it was strangely emotional to see this last passing today. 

4 hours ago, DaveF said:

Burton le Coggles Class 31 5640 down cartics Aug 71 J2761

Wouldn’t they be carflats rather than cartics? I always assumed cartics implied articulated vehicles, but I’m no expert.

900 pages of the Forum Jokes Thread!! Sadly that doesn’t equate to 900 pages of jokes 🙄

On 24/11/2021 at 13:32, Steven B said:

@Revolution Ben @Revolution Mike How are you planning on joining the segments of the Cartic-4 together? Hook and loop like the NGS kit or something else?

 

 

Steven B.

11 minutes ago, Steven B said:

How are the segments joined together on the shared bogie?

 

Steven B.

I thought that question sounded familiar 🙂

On 09/09/2023 at 12:09, Rugd1022 said:

I've been looking for this image in my files for ages - taken by an unknown snapper at Acton Yard in 1983, 31 135's unique livery application had been done in the Factory at nearby Old Oak in the first week of April 1982...

 

 

 

 

 

31135’s livery variation seems to have lasted quite a while as it pops up at Grantham in this video (about 22 minutes in) in 1987, still in this condition.

23 hours ago, PeterStiles said:

Ok... 120 quid for two coaches... n gauge coaches. With the same running number?

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204455280309?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=yOKo-Wc5Q-a&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v6cpl3kbqqi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

This must be a mis-placed decimal yes? 

This buyer is probably trying to capitalise while they can on those people that don’t know that another run of these coaches should be arriving in the coming weeks. As the new stock will be on sale for about three-quarters of the price this seller is offering, it doesn’t appear to be an excessive mark-up to me. But the new stock will have different running numbers which clearly makes them more valuable in some eyes. 🤔

6 hours ago, KingEdwardII said:

Misses the point - what these projects do is to enable getting to the airport by train easier. The vast majority of transport to/from Heathrow is by road. That's because for many folk, the train journey is pants. To/from central London is OK - as also the journey from Essex along the Elizabeth line now. From many other places, the journey takes forever. Result: people go by road, as I have done and still do for over 40 years.

Exactly. Heathrow operates at close to 100% of its theoretical capacity most of the time, so without a third runway (can’t see that ever happening) this rail link would not increase air traffic or passenger numbers. What it would do is reduce the large car park that the M4/M25 interchange becomes for large parts of the day.

By the way, if the UK had a joined-up transport policy and had invested in domestic high speed rail links of the kind that exist in France and, to a lesser extent, Germany, air travel from London to places like Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow and Edinburgh wouldn’t really be required. 

7 hours ago, PMP said:

In the mid 70’s a school friends elder sister was married to a BA second officer on the 747. I think he was one of the youngest, early 30’s, and it was a plumb job as they used to say twirling their moustache’s. He’d done well, gone through Hamble air training to 747 fleet pretty quickly and drove an E-type. His father was ‘someone’ in BOAC, and I suspect a waft of nepotism more than ‘assisted’ his career progression in those days!

Was his name Nigel?

21 hours ago, PaulCheffus said:

Hi

 

When did you receive the newsletter as I am subscribed but not seen one since November last year

 

Cheers

 

Paul

Wednesday 30th August. 

8 minutes ago, Stoke West said:

Northfleet to Greaves , at least in the late 60's and into the 70's were of the bogie variety 

OP asked about c.1992 and c.2008.

6V72 Northfleet to Theale loaded cement and 6O60 return empties ran with those wagons in 1992. 

It gets a mention in the latest newsletter:

Paging @phil_sutters , your assistance is required please!

I can’t believe that after four days nobody’s mentioned flange greasers. 

16 hours ago, big jim said:

 

if you’ve seen the Barbie movie you will get this one! 

I think you might be in a small minority there, Jim…

22 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

Dab is a specific species distinct from an illegally undersized plaice; delicious.

Indeed. Whilst the common dab (Limanda limanda) and European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) are both flatfish, they aren’t even in the same genus. 

4 hours ago, 47475 said:

It certainly was.

Well you, of all people, should know 😆

On 24/08/2023 at 12:30, Ed-farms said:

 Scotland & North East - 47465 Trans Pennine Provincial

47475, wasn’t it?

Did they just wait for the tide to go out again?

1 minute ago, jbqfc said:

That don’t impress me much.

2 hours ago, Tim Dubya said:

Ask Gordon, he’ll probably know. 

6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

Well, considering they probably banned all the good comedians we are left with the dregs.

And who might they be?