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So come on then whats your favorite or least favorite Power Car then, my favorite has got to be 002 Techniqest, always used to think The Black Horse now re named sounded like a bag of nails and all i seem to see at the moment is Oxfordshire 2007
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« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2008, 20:56:38 » |
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So come on then whats your favorite or least favorite Power Car then, my favorite has got to be 002 Techniqest, always used to think The Black Horse now re named sounded like a bag of nails and all i seem to see at the moment is Oxfordshire 2007
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« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2008, 21:27:26 » |
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My favourite power car is this one: http://www.savethetrain.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5829.msg10504#msg10504 It was renamed thus last Saturday - and grahame, Lee and I were there to see it!   |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2008, 21:32:29 » |
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That would be 43034 |
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2008, 21:36:10 » |
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... and you would be right! |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2008, 08:42:42 » |
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So come on then whats your favorite or least favorite Power Car then, my favorite has got to be 002 Techniqest, always used to think The Black Horse now re named sounded like a bag of nails and all i seem to see at the moment is Oxfordshire 2007
Techniquest no longer in existance 002 is still ace name or no name...lets hope they dont get any silly ideas and name it ...Tony Ambrose...., now theres a thought...............isnt 034 the ex Black Horse |
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Jim
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2008, 09:16:55 » |
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So come on then whats your favorite or least favorite Power Car then, my favorite has got to be 002 Techniqest, always used to think The Black Horse now re named sounded like a bag of nails and all i seem to see at the moment is Oxfordshire 2007
Techniquest no longer in existance 002 is still ace name or no name...lets hope they dont get any silly ideas and name it ...Tony Ambrose...., now theres a thought...............isnt 034 the ex Black Horse 034 was The Black Horse yep. 002 was never Techniquest, it was Techni?uest  |
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2008, 13:55:21 » |
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002 is still ace name or no name...lets hope they dont get any silly ideas and name it ...
Looking at the Fen Line (to King's Lynn) you'll find that electric unit 365527 is called "Robert Stripe, Passengers^ Champion" - so there is a precedent for naming stock after individuals as well as organisations who have achieved a great deal for passenger rail transport in their area. Personally, I think I would prefer to name services. I would love to be in the happy position of helping to choose six names - one for each round trip on our local line each day - and I can already think of more candidates that trains. Except in one case (a good friend of the railway service here abouts who passed away last year) these would be keen living supporters - a big "thank you" if we get the service, and [ulterior motive] a chance for those people who have been so helpful in what would have been the regaining of a service to allow their names to be used to help us to then retain the service. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2008, 18:56:11 » |
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If you're successful in restoring the TransWilts line then someone should suggest naming the 153 that might run it "Graham Ellis" on the opening day. I'm sure we would all turn up to cheer.
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« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2008, 19:13:35 » |
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If you're successful in restoring the TransWilts line then someone should suggest naming the 153 that might run it "Graham Ellis" on the opening day. I'm sure we would all turn up to cheer.
I trust you'll all turn up to cheer - even for a nameless 142 . You see me talking about "regain and retain"? The ultimate confirmation will be when the service of 6 trains a day that we intend (!) to get from December is enhanced further; you're welcome to apply my name to the 06:15-ish Weymouth to Oxford and beyond. This will take commuters from Dorset and Somerset via Melksham to Swindon and Oxford. "Beyond" is in planning - via Bicester, Milton Keynes, to Bedford ... or via Banbury, Coventy, and Nuneaton to Leicester. I think we need a 158, although I'm worried about overcrowding between Frome and Oxford ... |
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« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2008, 20:36:08 » |
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Hope that's not one of the ones that is reported elsewhere to be heading north.
What odds can I currently get at Ellis Bookies for your campaign being successful, and how long do you reckon before a final decision one way or the other?
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« Reply #11 on: March 09, 2008, 20:52:56 » |
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034 was The Black Horse yep. 002 was never Techniquest, it was Techni?uest 002 used to be TOP OF THE POPS |
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« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2008, 22:01:14 » |
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034 was The Black Horse yep. 002 was never Techniquest, it was Techni?uest 002 used to be TOP OF THE POPS I was pointing out the error in the name given.... |
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« Reply #13 on: March 09, 2008, 23:44:34 » |
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034 was The Black Horse yep. 002 was never Techniquest, it was Techni?uest 002 used to be TOP OF THE POPS I was pointing out the error in the name given.... Jim I gathered this. I just thought that maybe some of us on here might want to know the previous name of 43002 |
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« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2008, 00:03:02 » |
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Anyone know the whereabouts of power car 43004 since it came back to FGW▸ from Brush for cab refrofit (30.11.07) as nobody I have spoken too has seen it this year (2008)
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