977219

Your comments

• Rich Mackin

  9 August 2004, 08:07:34

  What were all these exhibition coaches used for?

• Jack

  29 March 2009, 09:58:32

  for exibiting

• peter Cummings

  29 March 2009, 22:00:09

  There were, in the mid-80s, 32 vehicles available at the base in Salisbury and fulfilling various functions. Customers, be they commercial companies, govt departments, or railway, specified the vehicles needed. Usually a repaint for the contract duration was involved.

  A Rank Zerox train spent 3 years touring the country in the mid-70s, including forays onto the continent and behind the iron curtain.

  The train in the pic was BR celebrating the 150th anniverary of the GWR. Early 80s, IIRC.

• Jon Horswell

  29 March 2009, 23:32:37

  Off context I know but does anyone know the vehicles that made up BR's travelling college during the early '80's. Were they numbered in the departmental series so as to fall under the content of this website? Also is there a publication available which covered the formation as I would be interested in finding out more about the train and its use?

• Chris Willis

  30 March 2009, 21:06:49

  The whole 12 coaches from the travelling coolege were brought by the Bluebell Railway. I suggest you contact Richard Salmon fron the Bluebell,s website.

  Regards

  Chris

• peter Cummings

  30 March 2009, 23:12:58

  Obviously BR operated it, but the college was a private venture.

• Simon Bendall

  31 March 2009, 13:08:23

  Travelling College was in the private owner coaching stock series, TCL 99160-71. It was featured in the mags at the time, for example Motive Power Monthly May 1990 had a feature on it, including interior pics.

• Rob Morel

  31 March 2009, 18:25:14

  8 vehicles ran in the GW exhibition train and were transferred FROM departmental stock-

  s99654 ex 4323

  s99655 ex 4321

  s99656 ex 4298

  s99657 ex4569

  s99658 ex 4592

  s99659 ex 4518

  s99660 ex 21188

  s99661 ex 80510

  all these converted in 1986

  former departmental numbers

  ADB 977215/31/30/17/18/16/19.

  a FURTHER 34 vehicles being used between 1970 and 1985

  s99600/01/02/08/09/10/20-25/29-38/41-50/52/53.

  s99602 being an eight cubicle toilet vehicle

• Rob Morel

  31 March 2009, 18:44:46

  s99600 ex 35467

  s99601 ex 34577

  converted 1970 .

  s99602 ex 21145

  s99608 ex 34063

  s99609 ex 34303

  s99610 ex 34395

  converted 1972 .

  s99620 ex 34692

  converted 1975.

  s99621 ex34697

  s99622 ex 34584

  s99623 ex 34700

  s99624 ex 34084

  converted 1972 .

  s99625 ex34693

  converted 1973 .

  s99629 ex 25972

  s99630 ex 34695

  s99631 ex 1018

  converted 1979 .

  s99632 ex 4329

  s99633 ex 3827

  s99634 ex 25317

  s99635 ex 25637

  s99636 ex 25646

  s99637 ex 15854

  s99638 ex 21221

  converted 1981 .

  s99641 ex 1036

  s99642 ex 1040

  converted 1980 .

  s99643 ex 4272

  s99644 ex 3852

  s99645 ex 1765

  s99646 ex 1766

  s99647 ex 34629

  s99649 ex 80502

  converted 1980 .

  s99650 ex80830

  s99652 ex 2004

  converted 1983 .

  s99653 ex 2005

  converted 1985 .

  odd ball was 4 wheel wagon (20 tonne ferry van) -

  s99648 ex B787017 ( UIC 21 70 21 40 144-3)

  going for a lie down now=====

• Andy Prime

  31 March 2009, 19:17:24

  If I could just interupt your lie down for a moment Rob ;o) , 977232 was also in the GWR150 livery and ended up at Hoo Junction grounded as shown on this site but doesn't appear in your list. I believe this was the generator van for the GWR150 rake. When seen at Cardiff Canton Open Day on 6th July 1985 the formation was:

  Buffer Stops end 977232/219/216/218/217/230/215/231

• Dave Blacksmith

  1 April 2009, 08:35:39

  all these numbers are already on the site why bother re-listing them