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The WR sets went in to service a few months later (September 1960), the LMR set was July 1960.

The TPO at Aberdeen was turned on the turntable at Ferryhill at one time.

Mike, more than the odd one got through, Briton Ferry and Newport docks where common locations for them. Regards Al Taylor

The moron actually replaced 2+7 HSTs with 4/5 car piles of poo. The whole operation ugly sister was a farce...........

Several CCTs had the doors sealed when the foot steps were removed. Most appear to have the operating linkage for the locking bolts partially removed and locking plates secured across the doors. However most kept their CCT branding. Regards Al Taylor

Some one has looked at refurbished mike that has had the gangway face plate ferodo rubbing strip replaced with a devol rubbing strip and assumed all IIe's have this fitted from new.

There was a period that the blue stars only appeared on the sockets rather than on the nose ends. Al Taylor

The data panels were blue, with the various details added with numbers which were mounted on a clear film. The very early ones had a tendency to fade or get white areas on them. Precision labels do a very good rendition of all the styles.

The Albion engine were 230hp but got derated to 200hp. Al Taylor

Looks like not only a vac blow thru, but is an air blow thru too from the position of the distributor isolating handle.

90 and 9s can couple to HSTs using the bar, how ever an adaptor and wedge is need, these are carried on 91s as part of the emergency equipment. Regards Al Taylor. PS have coupled 91 to an HST a couple of times, and the rubbing strip comes no where near the nose end /open nose door.

The correct name for the coupler on HSTs is, Alliance. It is basically a solid shank buckeye. HSTs have run with no rear power car on several occasions between Leeds and Edinburgh( 1S11/1S03) due to power car failures at Neville Hill. A replacement power car being provided in the Waverley. Regards Al Taylor

The ones on 50004 are!.

Thats about the going rate for a TM repair, it very rare for a TM to have a full rewind. Most armatures will get a clean then checked over for faults then will be VPI (vacuum impregnated) , i.e. dipped in varnish and the stuck in a vacuum oven for several hour this draws the insulating varnish in to the windings. The comm will the be skimmed. The main field can be removed easily in pole section (pole bricks) if they need any repairs they are dismantled and retaped and coated in insulating varnish. The whole lot is then reassembled (after bearing checks) and tested. Al Taylor

You must be going to the wrong suppliers, most imperial threads are still available. You would be hard pressed to get any company that has apprentices getting them involved.

All the horse box conversions were mainly the ones used by the M&EE department as instructional vehicles for training maintenance staff and drivers on the various types of "steam generators". The pre heat vans more often than not, had two Spanner Mk1 boilers in them. Al Taylor

The 114 at leeds also appears to have a non standard roof colour, it looks like a very light grey not too dissimilar to what a roof paint goes when it has been on a while.

The yellow cab door was on the original paint spec, so several works did them Donny, Derby, Glasgow etc were know to have done them. Al Taylor

It must be remembered that many depots didn't keep their sets in fixed formations, therefore when a vehicle was due exam, repairs or works it would be knocked out of the set for relevant work to be done. A spare vehicle would be added to the set. So when a livery change came about a lot of mixed sets would be running round. The depot I worked at had blue/green and blue and grey/ green sets the later had blue/white and blue sets, the even blue/white and blue/grey and blue, and we did try to keep units the same livery but it didn't always work. Al Taylor

The BR blue period was quite an interesting period. BR green took a fair while to disappear, the renumbering came along. After that came the subtle changes in livery blue and grey to slightly different shades . Then the final years as large logo, sector liveries etc appeared. The livery was supposedly standard, but each works had its own little ways of interpretation of the livery book. Thats one of the reasons I model the early Blue era, and it was the era I started to take a greater interest in railways in general.

The axle box has been jacked up since its days at Toton. The spring was removed to allow the wheel set to be jacked upso the flange could clear the rail head, The wheelset or the traction motors hasd seized. 1-Co bogies were not allowed on wheelskates. Al Taylor

The doors on the top of the nose are released by two catches inside the nose end. You would release these then climb up the outside to open them. It very easy to open them from inside the nose, done it loads of times either to change wiper blades or climb on the roof to open the engine/bolier roof doors. Al Taylor.

The diagram books for this sort of info are almost useless as they show the standard arrangement. Al Taylor

None taken. Al Taylor.

Kinematic envelope is one of the reasons mk3 and 4 DVT are C3. The shape of the vehicle, throws on curves and vehicle roll all go in to the decision what restiction the vehicles come under. Regards Al Taylor