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Here are the last 25 comments that people have left on the site.

  • 975695

    31 August 2010 - Tony Kunzmann

    Thanks for that Rob. I found an old B&W photo.Your memory is about right. Putting all info together, and filling in the gaps it looks like-

    Guard

    Coach Fitted

    with Internal

    Handbrake.

    Thanks Tony.

  • 975695

    31 August 2010 - Tony Kunzmann

    Thanks for that Rob. I found an old B&W photo.Your memory is about right. Putting all info together, and filling in the gaps it looks like-

    Guard

    Coach Fitted

    with Internal

    Handbrake.

    Thanks Tony.

  • 975695

    31 August 2010 - Tony Kunzmann

    Thanks for that Rob. I found an old B&W photo.Your memory is about right. Putting all info together, and filling in the gaps it looks like-

    Guard

    Coach Fitted

    with Internal

    Handbrake.

    Thanks Tony.

  • 975695

    31 August 2010 - Rob Morel

    I seem to remember certain vehicles stencilled with (from top - bottom)

    guard

    internal

    handbrake

    fitted

    usual practice for the guard to ride in the rear cab of the loco on the wiring trains

    but when train preparing or disposing of set it was easy to forget after checking the external handbrakes on the cable drum wagons that two coaches had internal handbrakes. The majority of the other coaches did not have handbrakes so after a few "dragging brake" incidents where the internal handbrake was left on, the stencils painted on.

  • 975695

    30 August 2010 - Tony Kunzmann

    Hi, does anyone know what the small writing on the "guards" door says. I am modelling one of the sets and i would like to make the correct transfers for it.

    Cheers Tony.

  • 395401

    27 August 2010 - Rob Morel

    this coach destroyed at Rugby on 9th December 1984 when the 12:00 Wolverhampton - Euston led by 87 023 ran into the rear of the ohlm train

  • 975290

    26 August 2010 - Matt Stoddon

    There's also a photo at http://www.traintesting.com/images/class%2037%20steering%20bogie%20Glenfinnan.jpg which shows Test car 6 with the red livery band, whilst it was behind 37175 testing the CP5 self-steering bogies.

  • 977469

    20 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    New livery for Lab 5 after British Rail Research was taken over by AEA Technology.

  • 977469

    20 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    Lab 5 marshalled at Dunkerque on 4th May 1990, after leaving the ferry, ready to transit to Würzburg for the start of the 'Grand Tour' on behalf of the ORE Committee.

  • 321047

    20 August 2010 - Ben Williams

    Moved to Great Central this week apparently along with 4 other mk1s from the airfield site.

  • 999606

    16 August 2010 - Robert Burch

    The coach was from the 4-CIG/BIG fleet on the SR. The bogies were motorised with 2 x EE507 traction motors each. The other vehicles 999602 & 5 also have the same type of Mk6 SR power bogies since these were from 4 REP units. Certain other SR units featured the Mk6 bogie including the 4 BEP units modified at swindon. Heavy duty and good runners.

  • 975876

    15 August 2010 - Paul

    Any ideas when Blue/Grey livery was applied, as the only 1960 Metro Cammell pullman type vehicles I can recall in this livery was the handful that became Open Firsts (E347E - E353E) which I recall being on Norwich - Liverpool Street services in the late 1970s, and of course The Nightcap Bar M354E which Bachmann have produced a model of.

  • 889026

    14 August 2010 - Ben Williams

    Believed scrapped on site yes around October 2008 but not sure who did the work...

  • 889026

    14 August 2010 - James Cleevely

    Hi Ben,

    These wagons went a few years ago now, seeing this image has reminded me of these wagons. I dont know if they were scrapped on site or scrapped at all, but they havent beem there for about 2 years at least.

    Thanks

    James

  • B 854958

    14 August 2010 - Phil Scott

    I didn't notice this van on a recent visit to Shrewsbury. Does anyone know if it has moved or been scrapped?

  • 977469

    13 August 2010 - Matt

    Thanks Arthur.

  • 977469

    12 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    In May 1990 Lab 5 was commissioned to carry out a Track Survey as part of an ORE project. The countries passed through were France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

  • 977469

    12 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    In May 1990 Lab 5 was commissioned to carry out a Track Survey as part of an ORE project. The countries passed through were France, Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.

  • 975089 & 975090

    12 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    In October 1976 Lab 5 was shipped to Zeebrugge to carry out a track survey in Holland for an ORE project.

  • 975089 & 975090

    12 August 2010 - Arthur Richards

    Between December 1984 and January 1988, before the LUL Track Recording Vehicle entered service, Lab 5 was used to collect track data for those sections of LUL track over which the vehicle was in gauge.

    The unit was self-propelled and driven by a BR driver with a LUL pilot.

  • 977941

    8 August 2010 - Dave Shell - Northumbria Rail Ltd.

    It would appear this HAS now moved to shildon - unsure of owners or it's eventual destination once restored though...

  • 975430

    7 August 2010 - davesheps1

    Anyone know why it has no black-windscreen surrounds (or numbers), which I thought all PEPs carried throughout?

    Alos, does anyone have any shots of 4002 (which became Test Unit 057) at Booths, in 1990 - or anywhere en route after it left its long term resting place at Clapham Junction? One appeared in Rail, but of a lone centre coach rather than a driving car. A favourite of mine, it's a picture I don't really want to see, but it would at least complete my records - and would be the only thing to persuade me that I'm not miraculously going to find it in a siding one day. Dreams...

  • 061012

    6 August 2010 - Ben Williams

    Yes this is a mistake - now deleted. I believe the other hand crane was mistaken for this one.

  • 061012

    6 August 2010 - Andy B

    There is a sighting reporting it extant at East Lancs in 2007?

    My records show it preserved with the crane to ELT in 1986, if it was photographed at Allied Steel and Wire I suspect in never went to the East Lancs and was used as an Internal User at ASW? Does not explain the sighting at the ELR in 2007 though!

    I also have a note that B746416 was written off TOPS in July 1987 but have no location for it.

  • 061008

    6 August 2010 - Andy B

    I have 061008 as being ex KDB997735 allocated to Cardiff Canton?