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ac6000cw replied to the thread PF/UKRT Western Champion 'One Way Wizzo' Railtour 14/4/24.Seeing the loco running light at New Street brings back memories of trainspotting days there in the early/mid 1970s, hoping the... -
ac6000cw replied to the thread Air brake distributor valves.This has a section about distributor valves -...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread DB HTE Class 66s.Nice photo 8-) There is an existing thread about these locos - https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/db-hte-class-66s.262127/
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Beeching Cuts and the Big Four.It's part of the life cycle of large mature industries, really, not least because the performance of the economy (of the country) also...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Marylebone to the Continent….I agree. I suspect if you are trying to raise private investment on the scale needed to build the GC London Extension, I think...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Epping Ongar Railway.I've been a fairly regular visitor to the EOR events/galas for some years. I think it's a great railway, with a different atmosphere...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Beeching Cuts and the Big Four.Yes, it was - I grew up about 2 miles from it, and watching the banking of oil trains between Cradley Heath and Rowley Regis up the 1 in...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Freight locations.Peterborough, Ely, Ipswich and anywhere along the Felixstowe branch (my favourites are Westerfield and Trimley).
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Pre-nationalization diesel (or petrol!) railcars/sets.That looks stunning - well done to all concerned with the restoration!
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Youtube links and Video sites.Video from a visit to the UK Bluebell Railway 'Giants of Steam' event nine years ago in October 2015. It was a very popular event, with...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Pilot Engines.Yes, I agree. I think banking trains (especially long and heavy freights) is one of those things that looks relatively easy but actually...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Countries where rail traffic drives on a different side to road traffic.In terms of right versus left, equally interesting is lines where in steam days the locos were driven from the opposite side of the cab...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Pre-nationalization diesel (or petrol!) railcars/sets.In the USA, various companies including McKeen, GE, Brill and EMC (which became EMD after GM bought it in 1930) produced petrol and/or...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Pilot Engines.It's also possible the loco had run out of sand (or the depot had!). I grew up not too far away from Bromsgrove, and occasionally...
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ac6000cw replied to the thread Pilot Engines.Yes, whistle/horn codes would be the normal method. The distance between the front and back of a long freight train (and that the two...