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Here's a picture of one of the pre-Pacer railcar prototypes (that is quite obviously based on the Leyland National) that I took at Laira depot open day back in 1982. http://the-siding.co.uk/unclassdmu/pages/lev3.htm

I'm told by the chap that took this photo that Shildon volunteers are starting to do the bodywork up. Looks like they have quite a job on!

Train was the 1505 Guildford to Waterloo,UID W82198, Headcode 2G46 Unit was 5913

Hi to anyone who remembers me, (and indeed to anyone that doesn't). I haven't visited here for ages but came across this thread while looking for something totally unrelated. Just felt I'd like to add a few comments. 66581 was named "Sophie" in memory of ten year old Sophie Storey who was...

While 480Mb/s (60MB/s) is the theoretical maximum speed of the USB2 "high speed" standard, USB flash drives won't come anywhere near this sort of speed. They are limited by the speed of the nand flash memory chips used in them, (nand flash being very slow when compared to other forms of memory)...

Dunno about that but I reckon it could have been a certain medical problem of his involving sudden 'air distubances' that started the tornado in the first place! :grin:

It's actually a bit more than a mark. As you can see in one picture it's a hole. I thought it was made by a washing line eye that was screwed to the post that fell on the car but I suppose it could have been Damon riding over the car practicing his trick cycling! Some of the pics look a bit...

I saw this book at the weekend. I only had a quick flick through but what struck me most was that the colour seemed a little over done. The book has loads of pictures but the saturation of the colour was such that it made everything look unnaturally bright and gaudy. Unless of course I was...

MTU = Motoren und Turbinen Union (Motor and Turbine Union) Frank

Another good site for anyone interested in signal boxes and signalling equipment, both past and present, is John Hinson's "The Signal Box". Frank

Well I suppose they might like the bigger 2.5 inch LCD display on the 5700 (5600 is 1.8 inch) or the much better 230000 pixel EVF which is a big improvement on the 5600's 115000p (this would make things like manual focusing easier). The 5700 has two macro ranges instead of the single setting on...

Received this tonight. Spread the word. Someone, somewhere must know something. Frank

I'd forgotten those were still there! :grin: Ah, wasn't he cute? Whatever happened? What I've always found most amusing about the top picture is the member of Thomas' crew eating his coal-dust sandwiches. Frank

You hate me? Why? They're hardly the worst pictures of you that I've ever seen! Anyway, am I bovvered? - I aint bovvered! Frank

For anyone interested in the photography side of railways Colin J Marsden's "Railway Photography" is worth a look at. It's free and is available in pdf format by email or can be downloaded from here:- http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Railway%20Photography/RP%20Download.html Frank