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I haven't seen any evidence that there was wiring at Chichester Yard. There was one or possibly two 3rd rail electrified roads, and four or five standard roads. Presumably the yard pilot made up the Norwood train and put it onto the electrified road in time for departure.

And another photo of the set in use on daily return Oban workign, this time in 1975.

Nose-first running was much more common in Scotland, and also seen on short trip workings around Barrow Hill, and of course in the East End of London when first introduced. I'm interested in getting one of the 'Hornbys' - electric locos with steam heating boilers, very quirky.

This being the only photo I've seen of one actually doing some banking.

Photo here - June 1985 following works repaint in May. Not quite sure whether it is black paint - some has come off over the cab.

Another whistler in difficulty, working the Aberdeen - KX fish in 1975. It was a at Crewe Works the following month.

Ah, maybe so...

Not so, D5181 was also plain GFYE in April 1968. I would take issue about the lack of air brake hinges on 25032. It clearly had the hinges on the one side affected.

Couple of photos of the prototype refurb 101 working the 1B11/1T53 trip on the Glasgow - Oban line in 1974 and 75.

And the position of the steering wheel…

Yes perhaps it was a single engine failure on the Warship, or the load limit was exceeded on this occasion - requiring a pilot.

In the photo at Barnstaple, 6C17 was 04.25 Exeter Riverside - Barnstaple Freight and Milk empties in the 1969/70 WTT. 7C43 was a 22.30 Exeter Riverside - Tavistock Jn freight in the same period. It may have run as Class 6 on occasion. The D63xx could have run back east in time to pilot this train to Ilfracombe, without a headcode change on the cab facing west. The train is likely to be the 8.50 SO from Paddington which was due to arrive at 2pm.

Anything from catalogue number 3509 onwards has the later wheels from new.

This working was a 6-car set.

For info - sixbellsjunction does not allow direct linking.

Also West Hartlepool on a Rugby special from Coventry for the Durham v Warwickshire County Final, 13th March 1965.

They were designed for gradients - the long stretches of 1/90 and 1/100 on the Midland route through the Peak District for instance. That they needed piloting over the South Devon banks is neither here or there - many things did in those days. And without having been load tested on the route before, caution would no doubt have prevailed. The load limit for 2000hp over the Devon banks was around 400 tons, and an 8-car set is pretty close to that.

Hatton now advise Q2 2024 - i.e. between April and June.... Another price rise before arrival then!

Another good website replaced with one optimised* for mobile, with acres of unused white space. Not noticed any change in functionality however. * it is currently very slow to load images. Edit: Hmm, not great - it won't allow you to select more than one search filter, and for some reason the manufacturer listing is not in alphabetical order, and includes anyone who has ever made models, regardless of whether anything is in stock. In short, frustrating and pretty much useless - can we have the old website back?

....from Hartlepool actually, since 1865.

Packs F & G (of the 1/109 rivetted type) are also steam era. Indeed Pack F has a 1951-built wagon included, which is the earliest one modelled in original livery as far as I can tell. In terms of production, there were approximately 17,000 diag 1/108s, and 5,500 diag 1/109s with 1950 and 1951 build plates. Peak production was between 1953 and 1957 however.

Nice one - you can't have enough 16 tonners! I assume Pack H is supposed to be Pre-TOPS Coal 16?

I should have known that - I was only travelling in sister vehicle 1469 at the weekend!

Camping coach at Borth then, and later. A LNWR diagram 131 CK originally.

Okay so not Flickr, but I spotted this in someone's garden whilst wandering around Strathpeffer a few years ago. It bears some similarities with the one at Kyle of Lochalsh. Zoom in over the sheds in the foreground. Anyone know what it is (or was)? Ok, I found out it was a 1920s showman's wagon, with a clerestory roof. As you were! Bulleid SK at Haymarket in 1970