RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 30, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2022 For those of you who like landrovers, here is one nature is reclaiming. It's even more overgrown now. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 1 hour ago, Stubby47 said: For those of you who like landrovers, here is one nature is reclaiming. It's even more overgrown now. Ah a keeper looks like a series 1. Probably just drag it out and it will run. Keith 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I love it when anyone finds the origins for anything in TTTE Quote Alfred and Judy are two four-wheel saddle tank railway steam locomotives. They were built by W.G. Bagnall for use at Par harbour in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The unusually low design was required to cope with extremely tight curves and a very low bridge under the Cornish Main Line. The locomotives are both preserved in operational condition on the nearby Bodmin and Wenford Railway and inspired the Rev. W. Awdry to include them in The Railway Series of children's books as Bill and Ben. Well, OK, "unusually low design" sounds plausible when you see Alfred by himself. But when you see Alfred out on a date, you have to wonder - WTF is happening? Did those wagons never go under the fabled "low bridge", and if they did why was Alfred so cruely truncated? Alfred and his sister Judy are both now in Bodmin. https://bodminrailway.co.uk/the-railway/meet-the-fleet/ 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 6 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: Did those wagons never go under the fabled "low bridge", ... Perhaps a picture of one of the locos with a clay tipper wagon might answer that !!?! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 3 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: I love it when anyone finds the origins for anything in TTTE Well, OK, "unusually low design" sounds plausible when you see Alfred by himself. But when you see Alfred out on a date, you have to wonder - WTF is happening? Did those wagons never go under the fabled "low bridge", and if they did why was Alfred so cruely truncated? Alfred and his sister Judy are both now in Bodmin. https://bodminrailway.co.uk/the-railway/meet-the-fleet/ That's a shockvan. It was shocked by the sight of the bridge it was being asked to go under! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted July 1, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2022 11 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: I love it when anyone finds the origins for anything in TTTE Well, OK, "unusually low design" sounds plausible when you see Alfred by himself. But when you see Alfred out on a date, you have to wonder - WTF is happening? Did those wagons never go under the fabled "low bridge", and if they did why was Alfred so cruely truncated? Alfred and his sister Judy are both now in Bodmin. https://bodminrailway.co.uk/the-railway/meet-the-fleet/ Alfred was a really helpful engine, so when he wasn't taking wagons under the low bridge, he shunted some of the wagons in the yard 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Clay Cross by Steve Sterland 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Dwygyfylchi 1965 by Brian Flannigan 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 7, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2022 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Dwygyfylchi 1965 by Brian Flannigan Far too many 'y's Bit like my kids really.... 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Scotby 1967 by Brian Flannigan 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 9, 2022 Exhibition train at Aviemore 1987 by RobT653 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2022 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Exhibition train at Aviemore 1987 by RobT653 What a brilliant consist! Ideal modellers train, one of everything... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 9, 2022 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Exhibition train at Aviemore 1987 by RobT653 I assume it's a pitch to businesses to show them just what the railway can carry. I wonder whether the two army scout cars are real? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth 73 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 9 hours ago, melmerby said: I wonder whether the two army scout cars are real? They are saracen armoured personel carriers. Part of the Alvis 6 wheel drive family of military vehicles. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 20 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: What a brilliant consist! Ideal modellers train, one of everything... Plus you don't have to weather them! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 10, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2022 Crieff 1963 by Brian Flannigan 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted July 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2022 21 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: What a brilliant consist! Ideal modellers train, one of everything... And in N Gauge at least, every wagon has been produced (or soon will be) in either RTR or kit form except for the InterFrigo van at the front and the tanker third from rear. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 15 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Crieff 1963 by Brian Flannigan Is that the experimental railbus behind the loco? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 19 minutes ago, 62613 said: Is that the experimental railbus behind the loco? One of two built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles - the one in the photo is 79959, the other being 79958. Novel features included: - lower floor than the other railbuses, only 7in above nominal platform height - resilient wheels - disc brakes with wheelslide protection using the Dunlop Monitor Brake System - SCG 5-speed transmission transmission with centrifugal lock-up clutch and overdrive function Nevertheless, they are generally regarded as the worst of the five railbus types. Too many "novel" features? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, 62613 said: Is that the experimental railbus behind the loco? It's one of the Bristol ECW ones Sorry didn’t see previous post Edited July 11, 2022 by russ p 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2022 3 minutes ago, russ p said: It's one of the Bristol ECW ones Sorry didn’t see previous post It gives the details in the photo caption. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 (edited) Dundalk 1989 by Paul Haywood Edited July 12, 2022 by montyburns56 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted July 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2022 49 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Dundalk 1969 by Paul Haywood 1989 rather than 1969. Cheers Darius 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 55 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Dundalk 1969 by Paul Haywood The former prototype RSS (Restaurant Self-Service) used to trial the APT-P buffet car concept. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2022 Another one of those "anything goes" formations. Love the multicoloured window frames on the Mk2. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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