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Somewhere I read recently that this loco had received FYE over its tired early XP64 blue, and before its standard blue repaint. 

The photo at Oxley in 1967 would have coincided with the mass applications of FYE over green, and to that extent the picture is inconclusive. 

Personally I very much doubt that D1733 wore XP64 blue, unbranded, with FYE, and in the absence of photographic evidence I will assume it ran in its 1967 condition throughout 1968 too. It went standard blue in December 1969.

Unless anyone else has found more pics we've not seen.....

1 hour ago, EddieK said:

Recently I blundered into this image of 47152 in two tone green with TOPS numbers and still with three piece fixed grilles.

 

 

The image is dated late April 1975 - how long did this lici last in this condition?

19th August 1975 it's reported as having gone blue, presumably a works release date back to traffic, so it probably lasted in service in green into the hot summer!

9 hours ago, Roy Langridge said:

Shame the 31s were D5500-5699 and D5800-D5862 then 😉

 

Roy

Of course they were! How could I forget the MetroVicks? 

On 27/02/2024 at 17:04, zr2498 said:

Any photos of D5799 for us to look at - please

 

Yes please, I love a Class 31, me.

14 minutes ago, Pmorgancym said:

So how come everything TT120 is crammed onto one post?  Why are there not separate topics for each release, as you see for the rest of the Hornby range?

Sorry, it made my eyes hurt.

1 hour ago, phil-b259 said:

 

I really don't see how a brakeman being sat at the end of a siding for decades can be counted as a 'celebrity' 

 

A brakeman would definitely attain celebrity status if he had sat at the end of a siding for decades! 

He'd probably attain piles as well.

On 12/02/2024 at 13:18, blueeighties said:

All 'of the' howlers.

All of the howlers ARE...

The great thing about 45 and 46 detail permutations is the late Russ Saxton's easy to use reference list, meaning a novice can body swap with relative impunity!

The available combinations also act to self-limit the possible RTR fleet size, which is useful!

35 minutes ago, Covkid said:

Am I right in thinking that Bachmann 46 was missing an exhaust port ?

Obviously no problem to fit

Battery-box covers are my only stipulation transitioning between the two types. 

My Speke to Bathgate cartrain has a payload of Minix FCs, given that it's running in 1967-68. The FAs will be on-street!

One vehicle I've not seen referred-to on this thread (I may well have missed it) is the Lesney Vauxhall Victor FA (No.45) which I'd long harboured and finally got round to measuring yesterday. It scales at 1:76 pretty much exactly.

Note Husky Citroën Safari at the back!

43 minutes ago, atom3624 said:

Batch 1 still on for April?

Al.

The post eighth above yours would indicate so.

I can't quite make out the name on my phone's little screen, is it Western Consort?

This is sure to be a very welcome addition to the RTR armoury; I openly declare a fondness for this family of York-built trains, the Class 321 new build being the first project that I worked on upon joining the Railway in 1988. 

11 hours ago, AY Mod said:

 

Some felt the Molecular Integrity Longevity Fix was worthwhile.

Subtle acronym there!

Seems to be a collosal waste of taxpayers' money to me. When there are other parts of TfL haemorrhaging cash and the tube is being propped up by ULEZ taxation this must feel like a slap in the face to locals.

On 08/02/2024 at 00:46, stovepipe said:

 

I do like the economy green Peak, D25, and it looks like it was in this condition between May '66 and Feb '69.

D25 was one of two Class 45s to receive FYE whilst in green (D26 being the other). It ran with FYE in economy green from some time in late '67 or early '68; a photo of it in this condition on the S&C working 1S64 providing the evidence. 

53 minutes ago, SRman said:

 

Ahh! 😉

....soul.

The 2024 Locoshed book (Ian Alien) shows 37418 and certain other engines as livery code AH, because like opinions, everyone has got one.

No idea how I had missed the latter posts from 2020, but I've now read and absorbed them. This is fascinating in many ways, and in terms of the types of Upperby-allocated DMU that worked into Edinburgh. Notably Derby lightweight units, as 12B didn't have any units in common with Leith Central (Gloucester,  Metro-Cammell and occasional Crivvens).

On 09/01/2024 at 13:51, The Stationmaster said:

 .... a nice consolation prize for me with a triple pack of Coke Hoppers at a very competitive price.

Yes, those novelty cola items are usually eye-watering, not to mention teeth-rotting.

I never had you down as the typical buyer of the range, you were obviously as impressed by the Lowmac with the bottle aboard as Sam's Trains was!

I've assembled a sizeable fleet to fulfil a Working Timetable for a secondary mainline set in an 18 month window. This is around the end of steam and defined by the Transition Era. 

This requires many BR standard types, especially coaches and wagons.  Hornby Railroad MkIs feature in approximately equal numbers to their Bachmann counterparts. Generally they stick to rakes comprising one or other manufacturer (more for the purposes of reliable running than anything else). As such there's little or no discernible clash or visual disjointedness. This is helped by the fact that mixed rakes of maroon and blue & grey are common. I also take the view that real MkIs were produced to common designs by both BR works and outside private builders. Thus there are subtle, generally imperceptible differences between batches of the same vehicle type.  I'm not an LHCS rivet-counter, nor was I an active enthusiast in 1968, so this arrangement suits my appetite.

Ventilated vans are mainly Bachmann, except where their attempt at a prototype falls short (undernourished 12T MR/ LMS van, I'm looking at you). For consistent running, to represent the types where Bachmann is absent, I marry another maker's body to spare Bachmann chassis. This includes Dapol LMS vans, and some Parkside kits likewise. This gives the best of both worlds - roughly accurate bodies and uniform underframes. 

What's a US stock car racer's favorite cheese?

Nascarpone 

On 03/11/2023 at 01:19, Covkid said:

 

Just leafed through Mike Hollick's book "Changing engines" and he has a photo of D8043 at Crane Street junction Wolverhampton, on a train of bogie bolsters on 14th April 1966 working T33.  Also D8137 in the up yard at Bescot displaying 8T34. On this date (23rd August 1968) it was a local trip to Aston Goods.

Declaring an interest, as a 'local' too, by Aston Goods, would that have been the Windsor Street branch (famous for its being a Condor terminal), or another local goods facility? 

Sorry for the off-topic jaunt.