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Of course the diesels would have survived a nuclear attack. As long as they were stored at somewhere like Longsight or Newton Heath which as any self respecting CND member would know both reside within the Nuclear free city of Manchester........

It's all the preserved locos. Right under our noses, lovingly maintained at no cost to HM Gov and can be requisitioned in times of war.

56011 was cut up a good while back but the other locos you list are still around. I think all of them should convert to Class 69 as part of re power project. 56006 will soon be the only 'operational' Romanian loco in near original condition.

Not speculating on the specifics but often it's a case of the lesser of two evils . If the train stayed in line and didn't separate , the brake pipe remained continuous and the train continued albeit with additional drag which can be difficult to detect if loco us high power like a 66. Hence...

Built at VF . I have engine test reports for 16RK3 from late 1970's Newton of Willows showing the customer as BREL Freight.

Built in Romania because neither Brush nor BREL had workshop capacity at the time. Someone wrote a book about the 56s but don't think it's in currently in print.

I've acted as owners rep on a diesel FXP on the ELR and if the steam equivalent is similar it should be enjoyable for your son. 8 miles driving, 8 miles as second man then 8 miles ad guard and 8 miles on the cushions.The meal is spot on ( family can acompany your son snd travel on the train)and...

They did, they also carried a regional prefix like a DMU , E43058 etc..... .

Sorry l thought all the XXXXs were a clue......

So unless the characteristics of the forum have changed significantly it's not really going to predict much. Good discussion thread though. Politics is banned on certain other railway forums because they can't remain civil.

47901, which I'd reconvert to 47601.

The one in Scarborough, never seems to be open when it's supposed to be. I've been on holiday three times and given up even trying to go in now. One day I walked down as I'd checked the opening hours sign in the door the day before. Should have been open 10am til 2pm but when I got there about...

56s are currently banned from the Nene Valley Railway.

I recall the problem was to do with the fact the metro tunnelling somehow damaged part of the drainage system for the washer. That would mean oil and diesel could flow straight into the ground and finally into the river Tyne below. As salmon had just started to return to the much cleaned up...