RMweb Premium Derek 19B Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 Great train robbery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bob-65b Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 (edited) On 30/06/2024 at 15:42, hexagon789 said: That's a CWN though, not the DMU diagram book. I assume the CWN book only includes E&G diesel services and possibly Aberdeen/Inverness and Glasgow/Ayr/Stranraer. I think in 1964 only the Gloucester 100s and Cravens 105s in Scotland had driving trailers, which would've been used only on local services and not included in the CWN. Incorrect, these are from Passenger Train Marshalling Books - though it listed some of the MU codes these books did not include marshalling or workings for any of the MU stock but were purely for Loco-Hauled Stock. It's worth noting that the ScR continued to call them PTM Book as did the LMR whilst others like the ER copied what they'd done from LNER days and called them CWN's all were effectively the same thing giving the workings of the Loco-Hauled Stock. Interestingly the WR (I blame it on Stationmaster :) ) also included MU workings but for neither stock type gave the old Telegraphic codes. Edited July 2 by Bob Reid Spelling and additional note. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sitham Yard Posted July 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2 8 hours ago, cctransuk said: The crosses were commonplace on LMR breakdown vehicles - could they indicate which vehicles carried first aid equipment? CJI. My recollection is I read somewhere that the white cross showed where the handbrake is inside the vehicle. Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 15 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: It has a strong hint of one of them about it! I'm a bit more interested in where it is as the scene has a hint of familiarity although i can't place it. it's definitely redolent of my childhood. I'd have been sitting on the back seat of the car with a bottle of pop and a packet of crisps. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 Can't you just feel the icy chill? 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, Derek 19B said: Great train robbery? Definitely not Derek - it's somewhere around Maidenhead I think with the D600 heading west on the down main, the location looks similar to the on used in the black and white Miss Marple film 'Murder She Said' which showed D603 heading west. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: Definitely not Derek - it's somewhere around Maidenhead I think ... It's not their fault they do not know The birdsong from the radio, It's not their fault they often go To Maidenhead And talk of sport and makes of cars In various bogus-Tudor bars And daren't look up and see the stars But belch instead. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted July 2 Share Posted July 2 3 hours ago, Bob Reid said: Incorrect, these are from Passenger Train Marshalling Books - though it listed some of the MU codes these books did not include marshalling or workings for any of the MU stock but were purely for Loco-Hauled Stock. It's worth noting that the ScR continued to call them PTM Book as did the LMR whilst others like the ER copied what they'd done from LNER days and called them CWN's all were effectively the same thing giving the workings of the Loco-Hauled Stock. Interestingly the WR (I blame it on Stationmaster :) ) also included MU workings but for neither stock type gave the old Telegraphic codes. I have a Scottish Region one which lists MU workings on Glasgow to Stranraer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 2 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2 4 hours ago, Darius43 said: Looks like it - back in the days when drinking and driving was commonplace. Cheers Darius He'll be up the bankside in no time and in the seat of the 600! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted July 2 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2 Is it the former pub near the A4 bridge at the site of the original Maidenhead station? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted July 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3 9 hours ago, Mike_Walker said: Is it the former pub near the A4 bridge at the site of the original Maidenhead station? I like a challenge like this! I think you've cracked it, and it has a history as well. https://www.maidenhead.net/history/old-stn.html 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3 19 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Definitely not Derek - it's somewhere around Maidenhead I think with the D600 heading west on the down main, the location looks similar to the on used in the black and white Miss Marple film 'Murder She Said' which showed D603 heading west. 14 hours ago, Mike_Walker said: Is it the former pub near the A4 bridge at the site of the original Maidenhead station? 4 hours ago, rodent279 said: I like a challenge like this! I think you've cracked it, and it has a history as well. https://www.maidenhead.net/history/old-stn.html Yes However Nidge has gone slightly adrift as it was on the Maidenhead side of the bridge where the A4 passes under the railway. And that was what was nagging at my mind because the position of the building was wrong for the Down side which would have put it east of the bridge (where the 'Murder She said', and various other film footage including some in 'The Last Journey', was shot). But it wouldn't fit there for two reasons - the only building that could have been the pub stood parallel to the road and at the time that photo was taken the WR, formerly GWR, Road Motor Driver training school was between the building and the railway and was still in operation complete with its road layout. Thus the photo des not show the Down side but shows the D6XX on an Up train. I suspect that the train is on the Up Main because had it been on the Up Relief the running gear would be fully visible from that viewpoint. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 22 hours ago, hexagon789 said: I have a Scottish Region one which lists MU workings on Glasgow to Stranraer. If you join this group there are dozens of Carraige Working books in pdf format to download. https://brcoachingstock.groups.io/g/main As an aside for years I thought SPV was Special Parcels Van, not Small Parcels Van (or Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D7063 Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 2 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: If you join this group there are dozens of Carraige Working books in pdf format to download. https://brcoachingstock.groups.io/g/main As an aside for years I thought SPV was Special Parcels Van, not Small Parcels Van (or Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle) Was that another Captain Scarlet reference sneaked in there ? :) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted July 3 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 3 10 hours ago, The Stationmaster said: Yes However Nidge has gone slightly adrift as it was on the Maidenhead side of the bridge where the A4 passes under the railway. And that was what was nagging at my mind because the position of the building was wrong for the Down side which would have put it east of the bridge (where the 'Murder She said', and various other film footage including some in 'The Last Journey', was shot). But it wouldn't fit there for two reasons - the only building that could have been the pub stood parallel to the road and at the time that photo was taken the WR, formerly GWR, Road Motor Driver training school was between the building and the railway and was still in operation complete with its road layout. Thus the photo des not show the Down side but shows the D6XX on an Up train. I suspect that the train is on the Up Main because had it been on the Up Relief the running gear would be fully visible from that viewpoint. Yes, certainly an Up train, and I bow to The Station Master’s suggestion that it could be on the Up Main. Used to drink in that pub during the late ‘60s/early ‘70s after Thursday night meetings of the Maidenhead and District MRC which held meetings and had a layout in one of the rooms of Taplow Station, on the Up Relief platform. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 4 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4 74009 Old Oak Common 1975 by Kevin Connolly 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Morello Cherry Posted July 5 Popular Post Share Posted July 5 When you fancy something a bit bigger for your industrial shelf layout. Just need to check the minimum radius curves first. 25 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 6 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 6 I was surprised to see such a traditional mixed freight train at this date and it got me wondering when were the last regular short wheelbase van trains? (not including the VEA trains for MOD sites). Stainforth 1983 by David Chamberlain 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 On 05/07/2024 at 19:27, Morello Cherry said: When you fancy something a bit bigger for your industrial shelf layout. Just need to check the minimum radius curves first. One for the Pugbash&Jintystein thread methinks :) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 People often photographed Red Bank, but just a little further on were some DMU sidings which is now where the Queens Road Metrolink depot is located 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post woodenhead Posted July 8 Popular Post Share Posted July 8 Despite just being a long walk down platform 11, I never visited this end of the station complex, much to my dismay now. 24 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 8 Sheffield Victoria 1963 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sitham Yard Posted July 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8 On 06/07/2024 at 16:17, montyburns56 said: I was surprised to see such a traditional mixed freight train at this date and it got me wondering when were the last regular short wheelbase van trains? (not including the VEA trains for MOD sites). Stainforth 1983 by David Chamberlain I don't know the answer. However as the vans appear to be all vanwides, the vans that became VEA on conversion to air braking, could they and the opens be for MOD traffic? Andrew 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 9 Author Share Posted July 9 21 hours ago, Sitham Yard said: I don't know the answer. However as the vans appear to be all vanwides, the vans that became VEA on conversion to air braking, could they and the opens be for MOD traffic? Andrew Yes, they could be, but I was just curious about what non-MOD traffic was still using these type of vans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted July 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10 Could be commercial explosives. Here's a Truro to St Blaizey in 1981 with two gunpowder wagons alongside at Vanwide (VEV) (ACTON WELLS JUNCTION on Flickr) 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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