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That's not what I was informed by the project mech engineers. Firstly Mk3b carriages would have been much cheaper to build than Mk4s, both on a development cost and a per-unit basis. The cost of design swing plug doors had already been paid for by the CIE/442 work. Also, apart from the design of the bogies, the Class 89 was described to me as being very similar to a class 90. As the prototype development work had paid for the bogie design, 31 Class 89 should have been cheaper than paying to design a brand new loco, bogies and drive system for Class 91's. The reason why we got 91s/Mk4 is that the specification was upped from trains with a maximum of 125mph to 140mph to improve the COBA score. There was no way 89s/Mk3bs were going to meet this spec. I am guessing that the person who did the COBA score may have miscalculated the cost of signalling adjustments which is why we never got past 125mph in service. There was some actual work done on the track side, looking at the section from Grantham to Peterborough to fit in the new 90mph 158s with the 140mph 91s - it wasn't as simple of assuming that it was the same as with 75mph 156s and 125mph HSTs. The irony is that with an extra 1500hp on the maximum rating Class 89s would have been better for the current 125mph service, even taking into account the 240hp reduction in continuous rating.

So in that case cost goes up to whatever but for preorders heres £x for full and final compensation for breach of contract. Only a suggestion. While the GF max discount for 90 days probably does help local shops I don't see the benifit for Dapol products, they either don't produce enough in which case they are never seen in the shops or they produce to much in which case you migt as well wait for the Int N Gauge show where Dapol will masively undercut shops to shift thier stock (particularly stuff with livery errors!). Roll on the N gauge version

Renumbering on TOPS was probably late 83, but the number on the side of the coach may have not been changed for some time.

Oh one of those, given that every vehcile engineer I spoke to sweared blind that nose hung TMs on class 86's had no impact (ha!) on the p/way or that it was just bad trackwork - which it wasn't - then no wonder pronocements about track forces were taken with a bag of salt by the p/way department.

So I have to pay for something I don't want and will have to take out just because you cannot get a layout to work on DC? I don't mind people going DCC as long as they don't start insisting that I have to adopt it. As for the 142s its about time, but I would want both axles powered.

Don't forget the ECML Pullman sets (one for Yorkshire one for TT) These were TGS, 2xTS (later 3), TRFB (kitchen end to the north), TF, TRFK (kitchen end to the south), 2xTF. On the lunchtime fill in trips to Leeds and back the middle TF was often declassified.

What all 16 main body variants?

I think the point being made is people who deliberately want to stop other enthusiasts enjoying their hobby, solely on the basis that they don't like 'the right type locos' are the ones who should be seen as being unreasonable. I go to reasonable lengths to avoid being hauled by GW locos, but I don't expect my local lines to ban them because I want maintain their 'purity'. If the group of 'steam enthusiasts' were real 'enthusiasts' then they perhaps would have donated the money to restore one of the many kettles needing works attention on the Bluebell irrespective of whether the charter ran.

Good news, expression of interest now in with the extra two RFMs

It looks to be just north of Aller Junction looking south with the A380 street lights in the background. The train would therefore be NB train from Paighton to Waterloo. I think Brighton to Plymouth would be a Regional Railways service.

It runs with one Mk3a (TSO) with the original vents, a Mk3b FO with the revised vent and a Mk3/Mk3a RFM converted from a HST TRUK. All eight prototype MK3s day coaches are still in use - in HSTs, NMT and the royal train

Are you doing a class 252 in addition to Dapol?

In that case it wouls be Kato, fine as long as it's 1:148 or 1:152 and not 1:160.

Definitely agree on the catering vehicles; I was thinking this was a dead cert but now I will have to consider it. If it was just the power cars or 8 car set with re-liveried RFMs then fine but AFAIK it almost never ran with 4 FO+4TSO - for a start 11001/12001 were hived off to the royal train fairly early. Having looked at the flyer it has two extra reverse liveried coaches why? Since the book set has all eight. Now if the did them as 41001/002 42001/002, 41170-41174 or 42353-42357 in B/G, ICE or ICS then I would have some.

A bit like Osborne, an anouncement about an anoucnement. Is there a reason it we cannot be told now?

In which case the BCK is 21096/99080 According to SBJ 4468 ran a special on 11th May 1986 from Cambridge to Stratford by the CURC - SNG from Ruislip to Banbury where it was replace by a unknown loco while 4498 was turned via the Hatton curve)

Except for our teeth which is why they use them in archaeology for finding where you grew up.

In pedantic mode the prototype HST did not have two buffets it had one buffet (TRB) and one kitchen car (TRUK). As for picking holes in the design of the generic TRSB/TRUK/RFM, even a coach nut like myself would find it hard to tell the difference, I would much rather have a three vent roof open with no secondary coach locks.

I would have though that it would be referred to as the QE2 - as in 'take the QE2 to Paddington'

There were 10 coachs in total 10000, 10100, 11000-11003 and 12000-12003. 11001/12002 were converted for the 1977 royal train (2903/2904) and there remainered were renumbered into the 4xxxxx high speed trailer series. However I don't know the dates of them being renumbered - presuamably before the production stock was deleived from 1976.

It would be amazing if they produced an accurate replica of a Mk2f FK or BFK. If they settled for a Mk2d FK and BFK I would be happy - they came in B/G, ICE, ICS, ICS charter stock and there was even a NSE FK.

Off the top of my head it could be at the 16MP south of Derby on line to Birmingham. The power station is a fit for Willington and there are aggregate quarries on the SE side of the track. Also it looks like a Tyesley 116. If its not that it could be on the Derby- Notts line with Castle Donnington in the background - most power stations in the area have towers in lines rather than in a V.

Well one Mk3, one Mk3a and one Mk3b

So what were the three questions and what were the answers? I have no problem with you asking questions relavent to you but since these may also be relavent to other then it may be helpful relaying what PECO said.

The new one was looking better until I looked at their terms and conditions; irrespective of the lack of acquaintance with current consumer law they seem to say that you cannot expect the products to last for more than 14 days as that is the extent of the warranty!