The Pilotman

And who might they be?

Around that time there were also some other interesting locomotive/livery types that turned up on rakes of CDAs. Flickr has images of: 47490 in debranded InterCity livery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/16867856@N07/17013787166/ 50029 in original Network SouthEast: https://www.flickr.com/photos/actonwellsjunction/15133704841/in/photolist-p4jccx 37412 in large logo blue https://www.flickr.com/photos/mick_page/38528822800/in/photolist-2o8JHdP-2okZ3Qf-s38CQb-226NVxb-2nLdYcK-2kQQh4X-2m6Yid8-QuFDp5-24KDyfL-238CWpj-2om2vFX-2m8XJLJ-noEdAE-2f6Y9V8-21GEhGh-2ovP2W7-PBmAxG-2nBeX3d-26Qd311-2jx5SBm-2oHZoQo-o4YoFW-RQF8S6-SauZ14-23YmYyj-2oResLR-27RcbWJ-gVdPwp-2m3nZJo-JgMPhX-bAND3N-Zt6dUv-NHKVYH-dvUdHh-dvNxqK-ok6Uvs-2jtwHGA-2o63VSk-d4yHsG-gv16sW-xBwuiN-2jZvNd1-fzg6NG-P3F2JB-T2FBCH-PNehTE-2oHZ7b6-aNWZnv-a34FuR and 37420 in Mainline (InterCity) livery. https://www.flickr.com/photos/34906043@N07/14634871131/in/photolist-oiexjk Also, I’m fairly sure there’s an image in one of John Vaughan’s books of a plain blue class 47 on CDAs on the Cornish Mainline and I’m 99% sure I’ve seen a picture online of a plain blue 37 at Golant on CDAs but can’t find it at the moment.

To my eyes, that HST looks like it has headlights showing and a driver in the cab, indicating a down train (and it’s platform 12, not 1). As to why it’s in the platform “behind” a DMU is anyone’s guess, although David alluded to there being problems that day. I doubt it was a normal move for a through train to run permissively into a platform behind another service, but you never know. Taunton, although not one of the principal destinations for trains from Paddington, did have some terminating services. These would have been extensions to a Bristol or Weston-Super-Mare service. As I recall, the 1815 ex-Paddington ran to Taunton on weekdays for many years via Box and Weston. After Bristol, it called at Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton, Weston Milton, Weston-super-Mare, Highbridge and Bridgwater.

You will find several examples of Class 37s on CDAs if you do a search on Flickr for (for example) Fowey 1988. However, that selection only features locomotives with the red stripe. If you’re looking for an example without the red stripe, then that might be trickier to track down. I suspect that by the time the CDAs had arrived, all of Laira’s Class 37s had had the red stripe added, or were even in the newer Railfreight livery.

From said project page:

I went for an interview yesterday for the job of pointing out why funny pictures and memes on web forums aren’t actually correct or have been altered in some way for comic effect. I didn’t get the job because I’ve got a sense of humour, a personality and friends.

I hope this isn’t going to spawn lots of amphibian jokes.

I’ve got some Farish RMBs (blue/grey and InterCity), one RU and one RFO (both blue/grey) so I doubt very much I’d be buying another coach with a red stripe. In fact, I didn’t even know there were any other types.

It’s just a dirty blue/grey BG. Lots of mail and parcels trains used that platform (9, as was). It was the closest platform to the Royal Mail depot on the north side of the station.

There is a note on the airfield chart that states “Aircraft landing on runway 27 must proceed to the end to vacate, unless otherwise instructed by ATC”. For a 737-800 to land on runway 27 and vacate at taxiway Foxtrot, I would imagine the braking would have had to have been on the aggressive side 😳

Yes, me! Any of them would be good (although a “Royal Train condition” 484 or 500 would be my choice) but if they did a special box set of all four I’d be up for that too.

Great picture! There can’t have been many spilt headcode tractors that got their noses under Paddington’s train shed.

This image made me look twice. Until I’d scrolled down to the bottom, I did wonder why you’d posted a picture of one of the towers in Bologna, Italy…

With that being the case Adam, is it possible that you’ll be offering the new version body shells as a spare part for anyone who has the original version and just wants to swap the new, better body shell onto it?

Looks like 4L43 Washwood Heath to Harwich Parkeston Quay. Was often booked for a crew change/swap with the corresponding empty working 4M34 at Reading in the small hours.

Well, that’s another possibility, of course 🙂 I thought the 56 was ok; not brilliant but reasonable, but it’s still surprising that a retool is being undertaken when it’s less than ten years old.

Hopefully they’ll do the same with the Class 50s. It’s streets ahead of the old Farish model but not quite there looks-wise.

J1478; a class 31 with 12 on. Good job it’s flat round there.

From the FAQ section of Revolution’s website:

I’m sure I rode on one of these sets on an InterCity Luxury Day out in around 1990. Is that possible? If so, I’d be up for a set of these for charter purposes.

Try this Kevin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rail_accidents_in_the_United_Kingdom

In Red for Danger by L.T.C. Rolt I’m sure there’s mention of a head on collision at Menheniot in the 19th century. Can’t remember if passenger trains were involved or if there were fatalities though. Not at home right now so can’t check.

Looks like 2 GUVs then 5 BGs to me.

Indeed it is! In the InterCity era Pullman rakes appeared in the West Country on Summer Saturday cross country services so these coaches wouldn’t just appeal to WCML modellers.

Class 117, isn’t it?