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A rake of several blue/grey coaches topped and tailed by class 47's I believe, passed through New Milton on the up line. No mention of this on RTT. What was it? ECS from Swanage? To where?

I just saw 1Z84 passing New Milton heading up. A rake of pullman coaches with a class 47 in BR 2 tone green bringing up the rear. Time:- around 16:50. Any idea what was hauling it and what the train was?

I was reminded of this incident recently and remember it every time I hear Didcot mentioned although this happened nearby at Milton.I remember seeing the aftermath of this derailment, as a 4 year old child, from a passing train The sight of the crumpled carriages and the locomotive on its side...

What is the articulated train shown at the beginning of each programme?

I went on a basic welding course whilst a train maintainer at Northfields depot. Never used the knowledge gained though.

Reinstating X Country services stopping at Brockenhurst?

Wow! That brings back memories. ! was on a train that passed through the site Didcot train crash within hours of it happening. (Would that happen now?) All I can remember (I was a child) is seeing upturned steam locomotives and carriages on their sides in fields on the left as we were travelling...

Do 2 class 43's at each end of a train have more traction than acouple of more recent diesel locomotives?

..... and still should!!!!!

Does the May timetable reinstate Brockenhurst as a regular XC stop?

Thanks for all the info. Heljan are producing O gauge classes 149, 150, 121, 122 and 2 and 3 car 117 DMU's. These formed the backbone of my train spotting youth and I went on several Western Region Sunday mystery tours on these DMU's. They used to couple together loads of them into quite long...

Did the class 149 the driving trailer of the class 117 genre ever have the inter-car connections fitted at a later date like the class 117's did, I imagine not but don't know? The class 149's were often coupled to a class 121 where I lived (West Drayton - Uxbridge, Vine Street) although you...

Not my photos so no, sorry. They came from a colleague at Ruislip depot.

Ever wondered what happened to it.

I did this job on LU (Call Point Car Examiner - Later Train Technician) for many years and very interesting it was too. Door valves, heater/lighting fuses, motor control circuits The list is endless of jobs that can be done whilst the train is still in service. I was on the western end of the...