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I'd never seen it like that, I always saw them as just amusing. The first class I recall knowing had a nickname were the 50s being Hoovers which seemed spot on.
look forward to bumping into you at a party sometime
Good point about the sound although the nicknames are not always based on that of course. I hadn't heard, but like, your 777 Jackpot suggestion - certainly works for me and will use it.
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Don't know if this has been discussed previously but it occurred to me that we will need a nickname for the class 99 e.g. such as Westerns, Gronks, Hoovers, Grids, etc.
I should like to put forward 'Flakes' in part for the obvious ice cream reference but I also love the idea of the irony that...
Thank you @Otis and @43096 - 6M26 was the answer I was hoping for!
I didn't know about the RTT quick search trick for loco numbers, that's very useful.
In this case I thought it was 66788 I had seen and used location and time on RTT to confirm what the headcode was. I then looked at both the...
Data from a year ago or so suggested that West Midland 350 units 350233; 350246 and 350264 were in non-standard formation.
Does anyone know if this is still the case please?
An earlier post on here which is no longer open to replies, indicated that the following are in non-standard configuration:
350233: 61433 + 65233 + 67533 + 61546 (ex-350246) [from ????? - last checked 28/4/19]
350246: 61446 + 65246 + 67546 + 61564 (ex-350264) [from ????? - last checked 28/4/19]...
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