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« on: November 29, 2015, 20:08:21 »
Can't believe I'm posting this ... same capacity, same timings, must be a nightmare to keep both th empower cars with the same rake of coaches.   But I'll admit it looks smart.
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2015, 20:10:18 »
Quote from: grahame on November 29, 2015, 20:08:21
Can't believe I'm posting this ...

I think you probably need to get out a bit more.  Wink Cheesy Grin
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2015, 20:26:54 »
I took, in my opinion, a near perfect picture of the same train in Swindon last week but decided not to post it as the leading power car had an added embellishment which I didn't notice initially.  A dead pheasant hanging from the drawgear door!   Huh
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2015, 22:03:04 »
Quote from: bobm on November 29, 2015, 20:26:54
I took, in my opinion, a near perfect picture of the same train in Swindon last week but decided not to post it as the leading power car had an added embellishment which I didn't notice initially.  A dead pheasant hanging from the drawgear door!   Huh

Another pheasant surprise.  Grin

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« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2015, 05:59:15 »
Quote from: trainer on November 29, 2015, 22:03:04
Quote from: bobm on November 29, 2015, 20:26:54
I took, in my opinion, a near perfect picture of the same train in Swindon last week but decided not to post it as the leading power car had an added embellishment which I didn't notice initially.  A dead pheasant hanging from the drawgear door!   Huh

Another pheasant surprise.  Grin

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That'll be on the Pullman menu this week!
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« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2015, 09:34:55 »
Reminds me somewhere I might still have a picture of a Britannia entering Arnside in 1967 with a pheasant on the buffer beam. Spent quite a lot of time chasing and riding behind the last steam that Summer.

Did the Preston loop on a Glasgow Blackpool train behind a Black Five. It's quite strange that 15 minutes  after going South/East through Preston you are going through Preston again but in the other direction.
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« Reply #6 on: November 30, 2015, 19:52:04 »
Quote from: eightf48544 on November 30, 2015, 09:34:55
Reminds me somewhere I might still have a picture of a Britannia entering Arnside in 1967 with a pheasant on the buffer beam. Spent quite a lot of time chasing and riding behind the last steam that Summer.


I almost said I may have met you there, but now I recall correctly, I was there in 1966 (watched the cup final there, helps anchor the date) My uncle, with a little help from a new fisherman, got a couple of nice salmon that had found themselves stuck in pools as the tide went out. Pheasant would have gone down well too.

Wasn't there recently a train pulled into Gatwick Airport station with an unfortunate deer stuck to the outside, which caught fire when it caught on the third rail?
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