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    The human side of the railway...

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

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    Photo c/o GWS collection : Reading in 1958 with members of the CMEE Department, l to r : Don Flook, Jack Dowsett, Ken Gibbs, Horrace Rhodda (possibly related to veteran Old Oak driver and ex- Arnhem paratrooper Jack Rhodda), Fred Kitchen, Dennis Norris.

     

    Behind them is ex-1908 built Steam Railmotor No.93, rebuilt as auto trailer 212 in 1935, retired into departmental service in 1956 and renumbered 0799014.

     

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    Class 47s on unfitted coal trains - when did they cease

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    17 hours ago, br2975 said:

    Best I can do is this, dated May 1979.

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    A 'namer' with a part-fitted train ex-Radyr, enters Cardiff Central, destination unknown but likely to be the London area.

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    As mentioned earlier, Cl.47s on unfitted coal in South Wales was uncommon, not unheard of, just uncommon.

    Cardiffandsouthwales820.jpg

     

    Probably household coal bound for Acton Yard, and the 47 looks like 089 'Amazon' with its chipped nameplate where someone tried to 'liberate' it, 081 'Odin' was the same on one side too for a while.

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    For those interested in old cars.

    in Wheeltappers

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    12 hours ago, Jol Wilkinson said:

    As Citroen and Maserati are both part of the Stellantis Group, might we see another Maserati engine equipped Citroen? Just asking.

     

    I doubt it, but I rather like the idea. When De Tomaso stepped in and saved Maserati from the brink in 1975, he started 'de-Citroenising' the Bora, Merak and Khamsin models almost straight away and got Giugiaro to design the Quattroporte III which had no Citroen content at all. It would be rather ironic if Stellantis reversed it!

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    Class 31, by Accurascale - It's time 2 Brush Up!

    in Accurascale / Irish Railway Models

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    On 26/04/2024 at 09:26, Accurascale Fran said:

    Morning folks,

     

    We'll just leave this here... 🤭

     

    IMG_1455.jpeg.2f087f7145f72bec41b0f948063b8041.jpeg

     

     

    Make sure you pop by, to see our (almost, we have amended the headcode font and fit) final production sample on the stand. 

     

    A full update will follow in the coming days. 😎

     

    https://www.accurascale.com/collections/brush-type-2-class-30-31 

     

    Cheers!

     

    Fran

     

    A genuine 'wow' looking at that - I can almost hear it coming towards me, passing through the carriage washer at Old Oak on its way up to Padd with a rake of empty Mk1s... wrong number for an Old Oak machine of course but you get the picture.

     

    Fabulous!

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    Labour's plans for the railways

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted · Edited by Rugd1022

    Nothing will really change 'on the ground', it's another Labour pipedream which won't really go anywhere. As a railwayman, a former Labour voter and a member of a trade union which used to be the most militant on the planet I ought to be onboard with it, but I still don't believe a word of it. Starmer is as deluded now as he was the day he became 'leader'. It'll no doubt keep the already converted onside coming up to the election, but I'm not convinced at all that it will improve the railway as a whole, either short or long term.

     

     

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