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  1. pieguyrob

    Non-Urgent TOPS Requests

    Does anybody know which West Coast class 33 is at Southall today, (11/9/23)? Thanks in advance.
  2. pieguyrob

    taximeter misbehaving.

    All the taxis I have driven, has a meter that took a pulse from the speedo cable to work out the distance. In Blackpool, all the companies use the GPS based dispatch systems, where everything is done on an app. The driver in the op, was wrong to charge the extra. I now work on the dispatch side...
  3. pieguyrob

    Please help withthis jigsaw

    Thank you all for posting replies. It has been very helpful.
  4. pieguyrob

    Please help withthis jigsaw

    My dad has just received this jugsaw of our next door neighbour, I was wondering if you could help name the locations? Please? 1666932987 I know one of the pictures is alongside the Kennet and Avon cannal. The coronation scot is alongside the grand union canal somewhere between London village...
  5. pieguyrob

    Class 47 cabs seen today

    I wonder if they are the cabs from 47234?
  6. pieguyrob

    Urgent TOPS Requests

    Again, many thanks.
  7. pieguyrob

    Urgent TOPS Requests

    Ok Thank you. Would you know where it is stabled?
  8. pieguyrob

    Urgent TOPS Requests

    Is 508123 working today?
  9. pieguyrob

    Blackpool lines- decline and fall

    No one has mentioned that the M55 and Yeadon Way use the old track alignment of the Marton extension. Maybe the council lobbied to have central closed so that the motorway takes the more direct route from Preston better serving all of the fylde coast and getting tourists straight into the centre...
  10. pieguyrob

    DB Class 60 for sale

    Ah, thank you for that. A possible candidate for preservation if someone had deep enough pockets?
  11. pieguyrob

    TOC merchandise

    In the LNER shop, I presume that bigjigs, is the current name for brio? It looks the same. The GWR ticket holder looks useful, I don't know about the tie slide though.
  12. pieguyrob

    DB Class 60 for sale

    If you don't mind me asking, what is 60098's historic importance?
  13. pieguyrob

    People sprinkling coins as a good luck gesture (including on a railway line).

    Never understood that. What a waste of a perfectly good padlock.
  14. pieguyrob

    What was longest running (in years) loco hauled service by same class of loco

    38 years for the class 86's on the WCML vs 33 years for the class 91's on the ECML.
  15. pieguyrob

    Mail bag conveyors at stations

    Preston had one. It was taken out of use and demolished in the early 90's. Manchester Piccadilly had one as well.
  16. pieguyrob

    Accurascale class 30/31

    They have daid they would rather offer it without, than with the incorrect sound file. The problem is find the right engine. There are some Scottish tug boats that have the right engine, but, would still not sound right. Its one thing revving an engine with no load on it, but, when you traction...
  17. pieguyrob

    Accurascale class 30/31

    Basically the TOPS class 30 designation was reserved for the Brush Type 2 as built. As built they had Mirlees diesel prime movers. These turned out to be rather unreliable. So BR had the whole class re-engined with the English Electric 12SVT, whereby the TOPS designation became class 31. That is...
  18. pieguyrob

    Class 92 Locations

    Thank you very much for your help. When I can walk again, I'm going to have to get to Crewe.
  19. pieguyrob

    Class 92 Locations

    Where abouts at Crewe Electric is 92029 stored? Is it visible from public property?
  20. pieguyrob

    Accurascale class 30/31

    Well Heljan made an accurate class 17, so you never know!

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