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Yesterday evening between Dilton Marsh & Upton Scudamore. Very impressive sight - even more impressive sound !!!!  |
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John R
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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2009, 11:39:08 » |
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It was quite surreal departing Temple Meads just before 5pm last night with Tornado waiting to head south and then immediately passing Oliver Cromwell simmering in the sidings at Bedminster.
Great picure, by the way.
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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2009, 15:59:54 » |
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« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2009, 16:21:22 » |
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Do you wish to make any comments regarding the rare bogies too?  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2009, 16:46:50 » |
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Do you wish to make any comments regarding the rare bogies too? Oh you mean the Commonwealth bogie's instead of the more common B4 bogie's both of which have SKF or Timkin roller bearings coil springs and not leaf springs and white metal journal bearings of the B1 Boigie, it's been the 30 years since I worked on Carriage and Wagon. |
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Starship just experienced what we call a rapid unscheduled disassembly, or a RUD, during ascent,”
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« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2009, 17:19:39 » |
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I wouldn't have said Commonwealth bogies were exactly rare. In fact they became more and more common towards the end of loco-hauled mark1 stock because BR▸ kept hold of the commonwealths and got rid of the older B1 and variants. I've heard various stories from preservationists who were involved with procuring mark 1s from BR in the early 80s to the effect that it was impossible to purchase any stock with commonwealths because BR would swap the bogies for B1s before parting with the vehicle!
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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2009, 10:28:44 » |
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OK then ! all you experts, let's see how good your powers of observation are - what is "wrong" with the Brake Composite Corridor immediately behind the loco?  Is it that's there's no figure '1' on the door to the first class area? (the door to the left of the guard's door) |
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moonrakerz
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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2009, 12:32:40 » |
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BBM is getting close - literally !
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devon_metro
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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2009, 12:38:50 » |
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Did loco hauled Mk1s not have the seating bay with a door in the middle? (akin to VEPs)
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2009, 12:55:51 » |
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Not as far as I know - although corridor stock does have a centre door this is in a gap between two compartments (so, for example, in an SK the compartments are in two groups of four, with a transverse corridor separating them that gives access to the longitudinal corridor running the length of the vehicle).
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moonrakerz
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« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2009, 18:39:19 » |
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Getting warmer ! |
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« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2009, 11:26:42 » |
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This isn't the answer, but it looks like the bogies on the coaches have all been photoshopped about 3 feet forward from where they should be on the carriage bodies. Optical illusion or what?
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To view my GWML▸ Electrification cab video 'before and after' video comparison, as well as other videos of the new layout at Reading and 'before and after' comparisons of the Cotswold Line Redoubling scheme, see: http://www.dailymotion.com/user/IndustryInsider/ |
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