Guess the Train...

[Cowley]

Well I'm slightly scared to say it but is it an Arriva DVT Mr Bridge?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Well I'm slightly scared to say it but is it an Arriva DVT Mr Bridge?

Hey, you shouldn't be scared there Mr C

But I'm sorry to inform you that it's not a DVT of any operator, anyway perhaps it's time now for a little assistance so I'd better add that's not any type of coaching stock or freight vehicle and if you want the shot expanded a little just let me know.

 

[GusB]

Class 37?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Class 37?

We have a winner!

Well done there Gus

 

[Cowley]

Nice.

 

[GusB]

Open floor while I hunt down some photographs. I may be some time...

 

[Cowley]

Not sure if I've done this one yet? This is a wiper that wasn't wiping at the time.

 

[185143]

Voyager?

 

[Ash Bridge]

It looks more HST powercar to me, though you should never underestimate Mr Cowley as he has been known to post a shot of his van here in the past, personally I wouldn't put it past him to have given it a yellow front panel just to trick us

 

[Cowley]

It looks more HST powercar to me, though you should never underestimate Mr Cowley as he has been known to post a shot of his van here in the past, personally I wouldn't put it past him to have given it a yellow front panel just to trick us

The van needs a wash at the moment, so this was the best I could do.
Your turn...

 

[Ash Bridge]

Is it stopped for a C exam also?

This is the best I've got at the moment I'm afraid,

 

[Karl]

Is it a MK2 DRS carriage on the Cumbrian coast line? (Between Foxfield and Green Road?) I'm not au fait with the codes for carriages. TSO, BSK, or DBSO?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Is it a MK2 DRS carriage on the Cumbrian coast line? (Between Foxfield and Green Road?) I'm not au fait with the codes for carriages. TSO, BSK, or DBSO?

It is Karl and probably somewhere close to where you state, it would have been a TSO the DBSOs had not quite entered service then.

 

[Karl]

Nice one Ash. Thanks. Unfortunately I have nothing to offer so it's open floor folks

 

[Cowley]

Hm, open floor eh?
Well I've got to go to Tescos with Mrs C, so you can all suffer this while I suffer that...

 

[DasLunatic]

That concrete fourfoot suggests high-speed rail. Is it a 373?

 

[Cowley]

Not any kind of high speed rail Mr Lunatic.

 

[Ash Bridge]

I know there are some white painted rails in the vicinity of Exeter St Davids (is that to deflect the hot summer sun?) never seen it up in these parts, obvious reason for that I suppose, anyway I'm guessing that could be a class 66 down in Exeter?

 

[Cowley]

Pah. I thought that was really hard. Yes the white painted rails that reflect the intense heat that we get down here. I'd have got a better shot but all palm trees kept getting in the way.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Seriously though, I've only ever seen those white painted rails in the more southerly locations, speaking of stations with palm trees Lostwithiel springs to mind, got some nice shots of 37s on Fowey China Clay trains framed between them back in the early 90s

Sorry I'm rambling on a bit now, try this...

 

[DasLunatic]

It's a Freightliner loco of some kind because of the "Zero Injuries" thing. Is it an 86?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Sorry, not an 86.

 

[Cowley]

Well I had no idea until Mr Lunatic said it was a Freightliner one, so leaping on the back of his guess I'll go for a FL 70?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Sorry, but it ain't one of those either Mr C.

 

[Karl]

Could it be a class 66?

 

[Ash Bridge]

Could it be a class 66?

It certainly could

 

[Karl]

OK thank you, let's have a go. I've had a root through my old hard drive. Does this one bring back any memories?.....

 

[trainmania100]

Must be a coach of some sort if it isn't a 483

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Is it a Mark 1 Coach?

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Some early Mk 2 vehicles had that style of lighting button as well.

There's a few still mainline listed; I'll go for a Mk 2 numbered between 5157 and 5487.