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    I Love To Boogie - T-Rex
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    The second photo is taken at Trent Valley Junction, just north of Newbold Road bridge, in fact the Ivatt is passing over the diamond crossing which carried the old Up Birmingham line over the Down Fast or Down Slow, this flat junction was replaced by the concrete flyover in 1959.
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    Oh dear. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear... what a dreadful pity I still don't have the room for a 7mm layout based on the Rugby to Market Harborough line c.1965....!!! I mean, what's a chap supposed to do...?!!! Just buy one anyway...? 😁 It looks a real beauty of a model, imagine a green / SYP example nicely weathered....
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    My grandad was the sound recording engineer on some of his live LPs! (And Jasper Carrot's). I remember one of Max's catchphrases was ''I know, coz I was there...''.
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    Photographer unknown : 85s at Stafford... Photographer unknown : E3129 on test at Bescot...
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    Also known as Greaves Sidings, there was a signalbox opposite bearing this name. One of the regular signalmen there was Nigel Fletcher, drummer from the pop group Lft.Pigeon, who had a hit with 'Mouldy Old Dough' in the '70s. He also recorded several Westerns at Leamington Spa and put it out as an LP.
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    As someone who's driven almost half of the class I'd say they were a very reliable workhorse, during the time I was with EWS I only ever had one failure on a '60 and that was due to a braking problem. I certainly miss them, the cabs were quite small but they were very comfortable and enjoyable to drive, with that lovely deep rumble behind you when you opened them up.
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    Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen
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    Happy Jack - The 'oooooo
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    Back In The USA - MC5
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    I remember going into SW Sidings in the old days and coming to a stand at the stop board at the Acton Wells end, then having to walk all the way down to the other end to wake the shunter up who was fast akip in Acton Lane 'box! About a year ago I was sat at Canal Wharf waiting to get across the junction at Wells when a Richmond bound unit failed right on the points, I sat there for two hours while it all got sorted. With five double track lines converging it's a very busy bottleneck at times.
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    Photo by John Marsh...
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    Still a mix of semaphores and colour lights semaphore Keefer - here's a (very) quick sketch of the route with Acton Wells on the left and Dudding Hill on the right... There is still plenty of traffic using as it's a vital north to south connection in that part of London.
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    Other half's dad told me he thought it looked like something from another planet when he first laid eyes on it aged about nine.
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    There are some about but that is very nice indeed. My other half's dad used to cadge a lift on it occasionally when he was a booking lad in Slough East 'box.
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    There are home signals with distants below them on the Dudding Hill to Acton Wells line, with one in each direction between Dudding Hill and Neasden Junction. In forty years of knowing the branch I have never ever seen either distant signal in the off position! Having said that, Neasden Junction 'box is often switched out.
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    I'm afraid I couldn't resist posting this again... 😉
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    I was there that weekend with my Dad, it was the first motor show to be held at the NEC. I came home with carrier bags full of brochures for BL and Ford stuff, still got some of them too.
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    In JVOL2008 the overbridge in the background was a 'farm' bridge connecting the golf course on the left to the land on the right which backed on to Butil Road, it was demolished in the early '60s. The track up against the flyover arches was the Up Fast Goods Loop which for a very short period was wired up for high speed testing of early AC Electrics.
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    Girl In A Sportscar - Alan Hawkshaw
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    Mother Nature's Son - White Album Fabs...
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    Mathew & Son - Cat Stevens
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    In the '50s my nan had a cleaning job at one of their premises, she kept schtum mostly but told us a few stories about them which were rather grim. Another bit of Jag based nostalgia - a Daimler Double Six receives some fettling at the Vanden Plas works in Kingsbury, London...
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    There's a thread about ex-rozzer S-Type Jags on Pistonheads which mentions that very car... https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=140&t=1917262
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