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matchmaker replied to the thread Furthest a shunter locomotive has moved under its own power?.Two traction motors so two directly driven axles. -
matchmaker replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.Good thread on RMWeb about the Freightliner brakes, including photos. RMWeb
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matchmaker replied to the thread Report of collision Bedford (Elstow) - 19/06/26.You can go back a long way for such accidents - Harrow in 1952 being by far the worst.
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matchmaker replied to the thread Guards vans on fully-fitted freights.I saw one of these brakes going through Arbroath on a Freightliner in 1967. From what I recall it was painted white or cream and badged...
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matchmaker replied to the thread Furthest a shunter locomotive has moved under its own power?.To operate the Dornoch Light Railway. 1646 early in 1957 after the Highland Railway tank kept to operate the line broke its crank axle...
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matchmaker replied to the thread The Telegraph reporting that some SouthEastern trains cancelled due to bed bugs.If it was what?
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matchmaker replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).I wonder what "Toram Beg" (driver Norman McKillop) would have thought about this?
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matchmaker replied to the thread Glasgow Central, Scotland's rail infrastructure and steam workings in 1965. (long).The preserved Scottish locos were indeed stored at Dawsholm. All, apart from GNoSR no.49 "Gordon Highlander", are in the Riverside...
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matchmaker replied to the thread Shocking incident in Telford.I Googled Glasgow bus conductor murdered and found my own comment on a now closed thread on this very forum... "I can remember a...
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matchmaker replied to the thread Class 120 DMUs.Yes, a Mansons tablet catcher operated by the guard. The Aberdeen - Inverness line was the last place that any automatic token exchange...
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matchmaker replied to the thread Ways for passengers to stop trains in emergency.And a Hibs shirt would not be a good idea.
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matchmaker replied to the thread Last use of non-bogie passenger carrying stock on scheduled services.Some ex Caledonian 6 wheel coaches survived into post nationalisation days. Whether or not they were actually used I don't know.
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matchmaker replied to the thread Trivia. Stations which are busier at the weekends than in the week..Corrour?
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matchmaker replied to the thread Mk1 Carriages Before Blue/Grey Era.Most first generation DMUs had screw couplings and Scissors gangways. The exceptions were as far as I know the Swindon built Inter City...
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matchmaker replied to the thread Memories of diesels in the Highlands.As a penniless schoolboy in the 1970s I could only afford black and white film - Ilford HP4 from memory. I developed it myself. I now...