Whats your fav charter rake?

[FlyingScot]

Yes,charter rakes.Y'know,the ones which steamers pull on the main line.but which is your favourite?No poll,just tell me and I might agree!Mine is the one that top gear uased for the race to the north.Agree?Me too!

 

[GNERman]

I like the scotsman set as well as "the riviera" set, very smart...

 

[43034 The Black Horse]

EH01 is my favourite. Mk2 PV one end and Mk1s in the rest. Like the seats in the PV so it's nice

 

[SouthEastern-465]

"Golden Arrow" Pullmans.

 

[37401]

Yes,charter rakes.Y'know,the ones which steamers pull on the main line.but which is your favourite?No poll,just tell me and I might agree!Mine is the one that top gear uased for the race to the north.Agree?Me too!

not just steamers that haul them , mine vairies on the traction, if 87002 is hauling it then cargo-d Mk2`s, anything else WCRC Mk1`s

my fave is the WCRC Mk1`s, love the smell of them and the seats

 

[4SRKT]

I like the SRPS rake myself. Nicely kept Mk I FKs (not that I ever sit in these!), plus a few decent TSOs and a solitary Mk II TSO as well.

As a Dublin based lad yourself FlyingScot, how do you rate the RPSI's set of Mk IIs? I was very pleased to see the old NIR Mk IIb grill bar car no. 547 in service and looking very good indeed on the Steam Enterprise this summer. I have good memories of this vehicle in service IRL.

 

[Daimler]

The VSOE British Pullman rake, what else?

If only I could actually stomach the cost of travelling on it...

More 'realistically', the newly refurbished Royal Scot blood 'n' custard (or, more elegantly, carmine and cream) rake of Mk1s is rather nice, with lovely moquette inside.

 

[67029]

MRK3 Sets And MRK1 Sets

 

[FlyingScot]

I like the SRPS rake myself. Nicely kept Mk I FKs (not that I ever sit in these!), plus a few decent TSOs and a solitary Mk II TSO as well.

As a Dublin based lad yourself FlyingScot, how do you rate the RPSI's set of Mk IIs? I was very pleased to see the old NIR Mk IIb grill bar car no. 547 in service and looking very good indeed on the Steam Enterprise this summer. I have good memories of this vehicle in service IRL.

Yes,I love those coaches!But personely,I like the set they use on the santa express.I would love to go on it again,even if Im too old!

P.S.I've even been on a cdr railcar!:roll:
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not just steamers that haul them , mine vairies on the traction, if 87002 is hauling it then cargo-d Mk2`s, anything else WCRC Mk1`s

my fave is the WCRC Mk1`s, love the smell of them and the seats

Well, they sound really nice.I also like those green coaches they used in the 1970s-1990s.I would be over the moon to travel on a steamer railtour!

P.S.I never thought that I would get this many posts!
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Awesome! Maybe you can get work experience with the
new GNER that's coming in 2011!
Best of luck.
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I like the scotsman set as well as "the riviera" set, very smart...

Finished Work Experience With Grand Central and IT WAS AMAZING

AWSOME, maybe you can get work experience on the new GNER thats coming in 2011

 

[4SRKT]

P.S.I've even been on a cdr railcar

Was this when they had that museum up at Derry, and you could ride on the CDR car for a few hundred yards along the old GNR alignment? I did this when I was at University in Northern Ireland. I only started keeping a log of all rail journeys from the start of 1991 (my second term there), and as I can't find any record of it in the log, it must have been between September and December 1990.

 

[FlyingScot]

Was this when they had that museum up at Derry, and you could ride on the CDR car for a few hundred yards along the old GNR alignment? I did this when I was at University in Northern Ireland. I only started keeping a log of all rail journeys from the start of 1991 (my second term there), and as I can't find any record of it in the log, it must have been between September and December 1990.

No,I went on it at this place that went on a straight line along the coast.I think it was fintown.I was 7 at the time but now Im 10 so it wasn't that long ago

 

[4SRKT]

No,I went on it at this place that went on a straight line along the coast.I think it was fintown.I was 7 at the time but now Im 10 so it wasn't that long ago

You're 10??? Wow. I've not encountered many railway enthusiasts in Ireland of any age, never mind so young!

 

[mumrar]

You're 10??? Wow. I've not encountered many railway enthusiasts in Ireland of any age, never mind so young!

Steady on, Ireland's a bit touchy on the subject of encountering youngsters at the moment. Something to do with a religious sect and self preservation I believe.