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Yes that is Gateshead. Same buildings can be seen middle right in this photo. Agree that the D2079 is at Shildon Wagon Works. 20198+20179 37299 by Hoover 29, on Flickr

J1625 is one of the Yorkshire Engine Co DE1 or DE2 slope-sided locos, of which Stanton had at least half a dozen of.

Was it defintiely 821? I doesn't look like it was bulled up for the job, judging by this photo taken a month later. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/9736503588

Someone had already commented it might be 31016 due to missing gangway door clip. From my photos I would say 31001 is possble for the same reason.

I know in the mid 1960s Modern Railways in particular, often reported sightings of Brush Type 4s off region. As someone who grew up watching trains in the 1970s, this seems to me wholly unremarkable. There were over 400 boiler fitted locos - surely getting all over the place was part of why they were orderd in the first place?

That was a class 74. I mistakenly put class 71 in the other thread. Even so a very rare visitor to Reading.

Interesting to see that D855 took the railtour back to London Victoria. I don't think I have ever seen a photo of a Warship there.

Looks like we are in agreement! There are plenty of other photos of the tour on that Flickr link. Not a bad tour fro haulage, Class 74, 2 x NBLs, and a big steamer...... Strongbow was an appropriate choice for a visit to Bulmers cider country! Edit: corrected SR electric loco class

Nice! Looks like it might be the LCGB Woodpecker Railtour of 20 April 1969. Is that a woodpecker on the other headboard? Location Ashchurch?

Plated boiler grille, no triangular grille, split centre headcode, named on two lines, steam heat, means you are looking at either 45040 or 45043. I too think it is 45040, from the nameplate letter spacing on the first line. https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/9342964998/

Not forgetting Wide Open and Longbenton further north of course.... Pity Me is apparently a corruption of Petit Mere, or so I was told.

And in my 1970 WR WTT, the timing information appears between the Explanation of References, and Four-Character Train Identification System. I have no E6 timimng load but I do have 7 and G6 timing refernces. WTT1970 by WTT1970a

Timing load references. If you look at (usually) pages 4 and 5 of the WTT you will find a table that gives the maximum load and point to point timings for that reference number. The higher the number the faster the train and the lower the load.

The departure times were a little different in the 1973-1974 timetable that was in force at the time of the photos. 1M20 10:00 Glasgow - Euston 1S53 08:15 Birmingham - Glasgow 1M30 11:40 Glasgow - Euston I do like double-headed class 50 shots! It's interesting that the lead loco seems to have it's ventilation louvres wide open, compared to the second loco which I assume was working less hard.

Like a lot of people who have stayed at Culrain Castle YH, I've walked over that bridge too. I'm afraid you missed the pub on the other side which was the main reason for going! I was there a couple of years in a row, about 30 years ago now too.

It's funny someone was saying somewhere that Hymeks rarely were paired up, and there's two shots of them on the Lickey! Thanks for sharing them - I don't think I've seen a photo of two blue locos used for that duty before.

More like 6 Mk1s, they are typically 32-33 tons each; passengers and luggage extra.

That's probably something like 120 tons. I make tractive effort between 11,000 to 15,000 lbf depending which series of production you take. I'm not 100% clear on the details of the preserved loco. According to Classic British steam locomotives by Peter Herring (via Wikipedia), they were able to haul 275 tons at 50 mph, which might amount to a dozen coaches in it's original operating era.

D5096 appears to have lost one of it's multiple working jumpers too.

Yes that is probably the one. Have you added a comment to Rail-Online? I've made a few in the past on this site and others, and they are usually grateful for errors to be corrected. Nice to see you tracked D7094 in GFYE down!

Interesting photo. .....though people from Teesside do like to point out it is spelt with double s...

Yes I got the same two days ago. It really is a shame these items are becoming hard to get. With price rises across the board, I suspect there are quite a few people wanting to detail some old locos - I know I do!

An excellent choice of model - I'm just surprised it's taken this long for someone to pick it up. I will be having a few having seen them many times in the 1980s. There have been a few short run kits in the past, but they have never been widely available. I wasn't aware that Wild Boar Models were planning on doing one though....

There were Plum and Split Milk sets on the LMR, LNER and SR using mainly Period III, Thompson/Gresley, and Bulleid/Maunsell stock respectively. There was also a set on the WR but I don't know what coach types were so painted. Of the known coach types there was no Plum band below the cant rail - the Split Milk went all the way up. The SR stock painted into P&SM was sets 299 and 788. There were also 3 Maunsell coaches painted FK 7224 and 1200 and 1254 (both TK). I can't definitively answer the question about lining as photos are very scarce. Colourail do have one photo of a Lord Nelson in experimental green leaving Eastleigh with set 788 - the lining looks it might be gold. One of the early issues of Railway Backtrack had an article on the experimental liveries, and Yahoo BR Coaching Stock group has some more details if needed. I think the Southern coaches in particular would make a very nice set for Bachmann to produce - but their Bulleid coaches probably need an upgrade first!

I have a 1970 WTT for Newton Abbot, and there were about 10 freight trains and 6 passenger trains in both directions which had a pilot loco booked. Even into the 1980s the overnight sleeper service was piloted over the Devon banks to/from NA.