I remember having the opinion at the time that the Gatwick Expresses spoiled the challenge of scoring ED's for haulage. I even underlined them in a different colour in my Platform 5 book if I had 'only' secured the mileage on a GE working. The twisted logic of an enthusiast, I guess!
I did it on a normal Macclesfield-Weymouth day return back in the late 1970s and had no problem. In the 1977 timetable it only appears in its own table, 273, but there is no indication that the trains are restricted in this way. However it doesn’t appear at all in the main Southampton/Bournemouth table, and I have a recollection that at another time it did in some way.
I did it through to the quay in the late 1970s using a Southern Region Railrover, with no intention of getting on any sort of boat.
. Not quite sure how that happened (well I do, it's all you lovely lot encouraging me on), so it has been quite the voyage of re-discovery of a fondly remembered past.
I think that makes you one year younger than myself. I was into a bit of cycling as well at the time, before saving up for my camera, every penny - plus Christmas, plus Birthday gifts - went on buying a handmade racing bike. The rolling hills of Devon and Cornwall can make for some challenging days in the saddle!Evocative moody nocturnal images as always @lostwin(m)
On the dates you were taking the shots for posts 996-999, I was punishing my muscles on a two-week cycling break just post "O" Levels, with 3 school friends, around Cornwall and Devon.
If only I'd known I was missing out on 73/0s and interesting train workings!
Carlisle had a huge overall roof. It was cut back to its current extent but the high walls remain. The canopies that replaced the overall roof look post ww2. Someone on here will know the story.
Thanks for the date. I thought around then.
Likewise, good sir. Your encouragement on my thread and your inspiration on this one, have been a delight.
See this thread
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They were often bashed by guards/shunters/secondmen throwing the end of a screw coupling over the drawhook while coupling up. I'm afraid I was one of the guilty parties!
Excellent, thank you.See this thread
from whichA couple of class 33 questions?
Evening everyone. I wonder if anyone would be able to answer a couple of questions for me, and maybe just share any extra information that isn’t often mentioned but may be interesting for people like me that like these machines? The first question is a little obscure but I was wondering if...
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The car behind it is a Mark 2 Vauxhall Cavalier.
Oh dear! I was peering closely at it as well with a smidgen of doubt thinking that it could be.
Defo a Cavalier Mk2. My father had a Mk1 and a Mk2 face-lift as company cars.
Cracking photo, many thanks.28/12/86. The Christmas before also had me staying down on the Kent coast. Slipping out pre breakfast allowed me to intercept 73004 on the last leg of the 04.25 Victoria - Dover P mixed paper / passenger. Captured here leaving Dover P into the tunnel with the now empty stock. In the end, only 73006 eluded me for haulage of the original batch - not bad for a Leicester based teenager.
Oh, and the 1,000th post on this thread
How many of us remember standing that close to the four-foot, camera in hand and no sudden apprehension from the BTP!
I really don't want to de-rail the thread, but the CX was a thing of beauty (in my humble opinion). I always liked the Citroen look, but it wasn't until my dad bought a BX that I really began to appreciate them. (Maybe we need a "Citroen Wibble" thread...
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