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Title: What a difference 50 years makes..... Post by: PhilWakely on April 06, 2024, 17:36:31 What a difference 50 years makes!
Hastings unit 1034 passes the closed station at Pinhoe with the Saturdays Only 1355 Exeter St David's to Brighton in April 1974; (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww255/PhilWakely/Hastings-Pinhoe-1.jpg) Faux Hastings Unit 1001 passes the well-used station at Pinhoe with the returning 'Cogload Climber' (1Z15 1440 Exeter Central to Hastings) on 06/04/24 (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww255/PhilWakely/Hastings-Pinhoe-2.jpg) Title: Re: What a difference 50 years makes..... Post by: JayMac on April 06, 2024, 18:12:04 A quick and dirty video of 1001 as I passed it at Gillingham, Dorset on my way home.
https://youtu.be/eQCBAx1KcIs?si=PqJWzBw_MKlP_cUj Title: Re: What a difference 50 years makes..... Post by: Electric train on April 07, 2024, 07:32:45 What a difference 50 years makes! Hastings unit 1034 passes the closed station at Pinhoe with the Saturdays Only 1355 Exeter St David's to Brighton in April 1974; (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww255/PhilWakely/Hastings-Pinhoe-1.jpg) Faux Hastings Unit 1001 passes the well-used station at Pinhoe with the returning 'Cogload Climber' (1Z15 1440 Exeter Central to Hastings) on 06/04/24 (https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/ww255/PhilWakely/Hastings-Pinhoe-2.jpg) 1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper" Title: Re: What a difference 50 years makes..... Post by: PhilWakely on April 07, 2024, 10:55:14 1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper" Agreed, but the '1001' shown above is not the original 1001, but an amalgam of 1012, 1013 and others. I should really have described it as 'Faux 1001, Hastings Thumper' Title: Re: What a difference 50 years makes..... Post by: Electric train on April 07, 2024, 12:36:36 1001 is actually a genuine "Hastings Thumper" ................ 1034 is just a standard "Thumper" Agreed, but the '1001' shown above is not the original 1001, but an amalgam of 1012, 1013 and others. I should really have described it as 'Faux 1001, Hastings Thumper' All the "big 4" and BR locos, multiple units and rolling stock were an amalgam of bits even to the extent multiple unit coaches were swapped when in the works for refurb This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |