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  1. Stoke West
    Warships got to Barry i've seen phots of them working out of the docks on block load trains (not bananas ) , probably been round the Vale on the way to Margam due to incidents on the main line . Caught a train from Patchway morning time warship hauled
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    Canton had some intercity units about 76/77 that worked it along with the North and West and then single units on a Newport to Gloucester shuttle
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    Interesting its somewhere i didn't visit very often and sidings always seemed rusty and that was the year a lot of South Wales traffic went that way with the Badminton line closed
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    Your shot of the unit at Truro in the branch platform is a good record shot , showing what happened
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    In your shot at Stroud the 46 is in the sidings which at this time were for engineers use only
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    After the chaos of 1957 , summer saturday trains were limited to single engine loads on the Torquay line
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    Going by your name i would have thought you knew Pontypool Road was the centre of the universe
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    4-6-0 's piloted over the S outh Devon banks thats why Manors were allocated NA and LA , summer saturdays had a booked King piloting a King , prairies banked the goods and also passengers out of Torquay
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    The train would travel via The North and West to Salop and then be passed on to the LMS
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    Block trains of Vacuum fitted 24 tonne hoppers were used on the Mersthams for the M25 and Gatwick for new runway where possible to get maximum tonnage , other trains 21T and the reason the Warships were retained and these were some of their last workings banked out of Westbury to Warminster
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    Thanks for putting them up in the first place , two absolutely brilliant shots of EE type 4 on top link workings
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    J081 and your later j080 are both wrong way round just looked in mirror , totally confused me , your description is correct , brilliant shots
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    J081 looks like an up train on the down fast
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    House coal concentration wagons would be used in the fitted heads of main line traffic due to so few in number with unbraked making up the bulk local workings probably marshalled adhoc . Many were used on aggregate flows from the early 1970's due to the shortage of fitted stock suitable for that traffic there was a mad dash to rebody and vacuum brake non fitted examples . The NE one has got the wrong brake handle . There were a few grey fitted ones about , i would stick it inside the brake van then it looks good .
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    Settle footbridge was installed 1993 from Prestonpans
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    Ribblehead did have a down platform directly opposite the up platform but was demolished to build the longer stone loading sidings the previous quarry sidings were shorter
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    Of course at Yeovil Junction the north side platform was not thro running until 26-03-1975
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    Those compartments tended to be a bit draughty
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    You can tell its ex Midland Railway by that van in the dock
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    Non of the Settle to Carlisle stations had a footbridge except Appleby so all passengers had to use foot/barrow crossings , Giggleswick has a foot crossing only , there must be stations only accessable by foot crossing , Stogumber on the WSR being one .
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    At St Davids pre MAS there were no lights but a bell would ring when " vehicles or train " was approaching from Central
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    Bristol Temple Meads had a barrow crossing at the London end and the platforms were not in line , was mainly used by Royal Mail even tho they had their own bag conveyor to platforms
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    Your probably right as they were at that end daytime , but ive seen them on Bath Road at weekends , but when did Old Oak become able to service diesels .
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    Theres a phot of a 26 In Bylines i think doing just that at Aberfeldy
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    Bristol pullman set was serviced at Dr Days sidings but went to Bath Road for maitenance
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