AndyD

If you feel like reading all about TOPS, there's this "TOPS: The Story of a British Railways Project" available from the Railways Archive, all 122 pages. http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=4923 Cheers, Andy.

The Waterloo - Bournemouth/Weymouth trains formations at the time are dealt with in (fascinating) detail here... http://www.bloodandcustard.com/bournemouth1966.html David, thanks for sharing all the photos, great stuff, look forward to looking at them each time I visit RMweb. Andy.

Morning Mark Most people I think can't see anything beyond green/applied green vinyl/which may seem dull sometime soon... Lots of good points made in your posts, sadly lost on the majority of people on RMweb Most people I think can't see anything beyond green/applied green vinyl/which may seem dull sometime soon... The railway enthusiast world runs around in ever decreasing circles! AmdyD

The mixed Class 110/101 is definitely unusual, more so for the wrapround yellow ends on the the leading car. The photo and details are worth sending to railcar.co.uk for further comment. AndyD

Possibly, could also be one of the XP64 Mk1s? Andy.

From the 1976 Handbook and Locomotives of the Ministry of Defence. It was HC D610 of 1939, new to the Air Ministry 01/1939 as AMW146, sold to T Mitchell (dealers), Bolton in 1964 and onward to Brown & Tawse, scrapped 12/1977. An 0-4-0 DM with a 150hp Davey-Paxman PR8RWT engine. Cheers, Andy.

I'd heard of it, without knowing where it was though. Interesting photo, the standard gauge shunter is ex BR Class 02 D2865, arrived from BR at Goole in 1970. Two different styles of narrow gauge shunter on the left, the yellow one is a 104hp Motor Rail loco, delivered new in 1974, and the white one on the right is one of a pair of Ruston & Hornsby "100DL" locos built in 1949, they worked there from 1952/1959 until the place closed in March 1984. On closure D2865 moved to Beeston Cement Terminal, wasn't used there and would be scrapped by Vic Berry in 1985, the Motor Rail would pass to the Shane's Castle Railway via Alan Keef, one of the Ruston locos was scrapped, the other one ended up with the Irchester NGRT, no idea if it still exists though. Fascinating photo, thanks for posting (same applies to the whole thread BTW!) (And...) Newstead Colliery, the shunter's an 0-4-0DH with a trusty 203hp Gardner under the bonnet (HE5623/1960) Cheers, Andy.

Re 33/1+TC+TC+33/1... The winter 1988/1989 timetable had I *think* a Yeovil Junction to Waterloo service propelled to Salisbury (TC+33/1), where a 33/1+TC were added for the run to Waterloo. I did the train from Salisbury in early Jan 89 but can't remember if the 33/1+TC was added to the front of the train at Salisbury or the rear. AndyD.

From chapter 7 of "Life & Times Series - Freightliner" by Michael J Collins, OPC 1991 ISBN 0-86093-455-1 The chapter's by Roger Silsbury and lists the vehicles as follows... Number/Donor vehicle type & Number/Converted at B963901 BG M30820M Gushetfaulds 06/66 B963902 BG M30926M Gushetfaulds 06/66 B963903 BG M30962M Gushetfaulds 06/66 B963904 BS S43383 Garston 06/66 B963905 BSK S4251S Garston 06/66 B963906 BS S43382 Garston 08/66 B963907 BG M31065M Longsight 07/66 B963908 BS E43136 Derby 07/66 B963909 BS E43155 Derby 07/66 B963910 BS E43119 Derby 07/66 B963911 BS M43277 Derby 08/66 B963912 BG M30951M Derby 08/66 B963913 BS M43247 Derby 08/66 B963914 BS M43283 Derby 09/66 B963915 BSK M26304M Derby 10/66 B963916 BSK E26579M Derby 10/66 B963917 BS E43194 Derby 11/66 B963918 BS M21036M Derby 11/66 B963919 BS M43257 Derby 11/66 B963920 BSK M26233M Derby 12/66 B963921 BSK M5722M Derby 01/67 B963922 BSK E26360M Derby 01/67 B963923 BS E43133 Swindon 03/67 B963924 BS E43114 Swindon 04/67 B963925 BS E43115 Swindon 04/67 B963926 BS E43126 Swindon 06/67 B963927 BS E43132 Swindon 06/67 B963928 BS E43134 Swindon 06/67 B963929 BS E43135 Swindon 06/67 B963930 BS E43139 Swindon 06/67 B963931 BS E43144 Swindon 06/67 B963932 BS Sc43342 Swindon 07/67 B963933 BG M30427M Swindon 07/67 B963934 BS Sc43311 Swindon 07/67 B963935 BS Sc43313 Swindon 07/67 B963936 BS Sc43201 Swindon 07/67 B963937 BS Sc43340 Swindon 07/67 B963938 BS Sc43315 Swindon 07/67 B963939 BS Sc43227 Swindon 07/67 B963940 BS Sc43199 Swindon 07/67 B963941 BS Sc43330 Swindon 07/67 B963942 BS Sc43331 Swindon 07/67 B963943 BS Sc43215 Swindon 08/67 B963944 BS Sc43332 Swindon 08/67 B963945 BS Sc43202 Swindon 08/67 B963946 BS Sc43212 Swindon 08/67 B963947 BS Sc43314 Swindon 09/67 B963948 BS Sc43218 Swindon 09/67 B963949 BS Sc43200 Swindon 09/67 B963950 BS Sc43322 Swindon 09/67 B963951 BS Sc43316 Swindon 09/67 B963952 BS Sc43326 Swindon 09/67 B963953 BS Sc43341 Swindon 09/67 B963954 BS Sc43335 Swindon 10/67 B963955 BS Sc43321 Swindon 10/67 B963956 BS Sc43337 Swindon 10/67 B963957 BG M30685M Swindon 10/67 B963958 BG M30735M Swindon 10/67 B963959 BG M30739M Swindon 10/67 B963960 BSK M26463M Swindon 11/67 Hope this helps, AndyD.