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    Info sought on Southern Railway man

    Hi there If it is any help, the National Archives at Kew has a complete set of the Southern Railway Magazine for the life of the company Simon
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    Loco Shed Directory

    I remember the Directory, a Class 47 and 37 at Stratford on the cover. It was an Ian Allan publication for sure. Last time I saw one was on the Class 47 Preservation Project sales stand at a model show. If you were after one might be worth dropping them a mail to see if they still have it...
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    Class 71s and 74s

    I am currently researching the Class 71s and 74s with a view to turning the results into a book. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has worked on them, driven them, experiences of them, has photos of them (though not E5001 as preserved), manuals, drawings, or anything else. So...
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    BR Station Announcers of Old

    My best friend from school, indeed still my best friend, was the station announcer at Kings Cross for a while in the early 1990s. Quite spooky to hear the voice and know who it is!
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    Intercity Mark 2 A/B/C

    Judging by the roof hatch at the far end of the vehicle my thoughts are that it is a 2C vehicle. Michael Harris' book on the Marks 2s says that only around 20 or so Mk2,2A,2B,2C vehicles were painted in Inter-City livery
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    Class 71 and 74 Research

    I am currently doing some research on the Class 71s and 74s with a view to turning it into a book at some point. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has experience of working on these locomotives when in service, or who drove them or has any other information about them. Please...
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    Film 'One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing' locomotive identify?

    It was 5322 used. Railway Magazine as I recall had pictures of the filming
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    New Book on Southern Railway Booster Locomotives CC1 CC2 & 20003

    Just to say a big thank you to those of you that have bought the book so far. Sales have been really encouraging. It went on sale at the Alexandra Palace model railway show and had sold 182 copies by the Tuesday after. When I looked last week on Wednesday it was at no 4 in the Amazon railway...
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    New Book on Southern Railway Booster Locomotives CC1 CC2 & 20003

    Just to give you a quick progress update. The second set of proofs have now been reviewed and comments back to the publisher. Quite an effort but we think we have eliminated everything, but who knows. On course for publication in late March I believe. Best wishes Simon
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    East Coast Electrification in the 60s?

    If you go to the National Archives at Kew and look at files such as those of the Supply Committee, Works & Equipment Committee, and the Technical Committee along with the minutes of the Eastern Region Board you will see that the ECML electrification was a "live" project during the late 1950s and...
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    New Book on Southern Railway Booster Locomotives CC1 CC2 & 20003

    Just to give everyone a quick update, the proofs to the first two chapters have now arrived back from the publishers. I am going through them line by line to make sure that no glitches or gremlins have crept in.
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    New Book on Southern Railway Booster Locomotives CC1 CC2 & 20003

    Thanks for the replies. I have been to the Noodle Books site and this is the link to page 10 of their current catalogue for 2014-2015. http://www.noodlebooks.co.uk/catalogue2014-15/index.html#10 Details of the book are on the lower half of page 10. I have also re-added the link to my...
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    Second Hand Bookshops.

    The Class 47 Preservation Project Sales Dept carry a wide range of second hand books on many different aspects of railways,including steam, modern traction, modelling etc. They always welcome wants lists so email them at [email protected] I am sure they will be pleased to be...
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    New Book on Southern Railway Booster Locomotives CC1 CC2 & 20003

    Noodle Books have just announced the publication of a new book in April 2015 on the three Southern Railway booster locomotives CC1 CC2 and 20003. This is the first time such a comprehensive look has been taken at these locomotives. We have drawn on archive material at the National Archives in...
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    Old Rail Magazines

    The Class 47 Preservation Project often has back copies of magazines like that. Send them an email with your wants list and see what happens. Their address is [email protected] Regards Simon
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    When the ''Big 4'' were nationalised...

    The Southern Railway ceased to exist on 10 June 1948 according to Michael Bonavia's history of the company when its dissolution was gazetted in the British Gazette. Simon
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    FGW rumours

    Just so there is no doubt from anyone on this, the disruption began on the morning of Monday 10th Feb. National Rail Enquiries departure board for Langley showed that there was no train stopping at Langley London bound before 7am and ones after were already showing as delayed. Friends of mine...
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    FGW rumours

    Indeed I can. It was I who contacted Fiona Mactaggert's office on the Thursday, they rang me back to say she was on the case, on the Friday they rang me again to say what she had done and backed it up with an email and a letter. Other than that it would be pure guess work!!!! --- old post above...
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    FGW rumours

    No I think the problem is with FGW not thinking through what to do when the job stops for several days. It is not right that they only started to do that when a Member of Parliament got onto them and started asking awkward questions.
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    FGW rumours

    Quote: Originally Posted by 21C101 View Post Will this do? You must have missed this post then... Quote: Originally Posted by Busaholic View Post FirstGroup ran virtually all local buses in Maidenhead area until about five years ago since when Courtney have established themselves...

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