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  1. Wickham Green too
    it was coupled to .174 and .172 was seen heading north through Ely later ..... that's all three ex GWR sets ! ( there's also a red ex Gatwick one around - according to Platform 5 )
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    Sort of ! ............ a batch of 158s were diverted and were 'rebuilt' as 159s in the process ....................... though I've never sussed out what the 'rebuilding' involved.
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    ... or drab green : - 3/9/23
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    For a second I thought you meant the TV series was filmed there ! .......... DOH !
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    I think it's fair to say that Thameslink has NEVER had a pleasant livery on any of its trains since demise of the Network SouthEast toothpaste stripes !
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    Hmmmm ....... a block train of piped-only wagons is an interesting concept !
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    Yes an' no - the former home of the other half of the 455 fleet is certainly a one livery/one unit railway but the Networkers ( and 376 ) on Southeastern still carry a pleasant livery in contrast to the long distance drab and matching 707s which have flown in recently. ( can't comment on the current Mereseyrail situation ) Bromley South : 6/4/24
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    ... which, itself, is much better than the latest SWR drabness - which is unlikely to spread to the 455s before withdrawal.
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    How many piped vehicles survived at that time without having gained 'proper' vac-brakes ? ...... I've certainly never heard of a VANPIPE or similar coding !
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    ... they operate it.
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    Nobody else* was using round topped wide fireboxes and parallel boilers so it's GOT TO look like a Gresley type ! *for UK use
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    In the context of rolling stock* there's no reason for a direct link but their archives SHOULD contain vast amounts if info on the fixed assets they're responsible for - such as York station ! * hmmmm .... if a container has no wheels is it rolling stock ?
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    At least they've used P4 wheels ............. chunky RTR 00 wheels on a layout look SO awful !
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    LNER K3

    Wickham Green too replied to Fredo's topic in Bachmann

    A cylinder thing in front of the cab is probably part of a BR AWS system ......... which may or may not be right for your chosen date !!?!
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    Not many options there in malachite green !!
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    .... and here - on its own thread ! : https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/185248-lner-container-or-wagon-found-buried-in-antwerp/page/2/#comments
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    This popped up on a thread a month or two ago ............... now what on earth WAS it ??!? ..... this one : https://www.rmweb.co.uk/forums/topic/135466-lowmac-carrying-a-container-in-1968/page/2/#comment-5471544
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    Indeed ! ................ it was the slowing down / speeding up aspect of things I was trying to compare rather than the physical orientation.
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    ... and in Scotland you could mix in Mk1s, LMS stock of various vintages and pre-groping stock from native railways ..... yes even a few GER coaches found their way up there.
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    Interestingly, that's the opposite of the principle on the UndergrounD where stations are often on a hump - the entry rise being used to slow arriving trains and the dip from the platform end used to accelerate away.
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    I suspect British weaving looms - back in the days they were available - would have been supplied as kits of parts and built on site ................... inserting fully assembled looms into each floor of a dark satanic mill would have been no easy task.
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    Erm ..... how shallow was the water pipe ..... or how deep were they tamping ???!!??
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    T'other way round : BR ( LNWR ) tracks formerly used by the UndergrounD ...... Harrow to Watford.
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    No necessarily heavily used sections but those remote from the power feed ...... my local - Hayes - line still retains a fourth rail for much of its length : a lighter section than the standard juice rail so my guess is that it's original LSWR third rail !!?!
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    Hmmmm .......... Mk1 BFKs weren't particularly numerous at the best of times but the 1982 Platform 5 only list ONE allocated to the WR ..... so, unless it's been 'borrowed', that's W14022 on the tail.
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