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  1. Martello

    GC London Nottingham trains 1960s

    I grew up close to the GC main line in Harrow and was a regular observer of the Marylebone to Nottingham steam hauled trains in the last year or two of operation (1965 and 1966). My recollection is that there was an up train via Harrow on the Hill at about 11.00 that formed the 14.38 down...
  2. Martello

    Articulation - how is load transferred between coaches?

    The introduction of the Greater Anglia 745 / 755s prompted me to do some research into how the load is transferred between articulated coaches. I eventually found an excellent picture of the coupling between a pair of coaches, see below https://bahnbilder.ch/picture/9850 This shows that (a) the...

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