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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

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...

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

According to reports on a couple of gen groups 73235 is going down to Bournemouth (from Stewarts Lane) today LE with 73109 where 235 will be put into store. Presumably no longer needed with the demise of the Wessies. Frank

Yes, don't get me wrong, I still think the 'old' livery looks better. I was just making the point that the new Barbie one didn't (to me!) look as bad in the flesh as I had first thought. I'm as fed up as anyone with pink and purple and the word 'First' painted all over so much stock these days...

Saw one of the new First/GBRf liveried 66s go past the window this morning, (66726) the first one I have seen 'in real life'. I don't know if it was because of the sunshine and the fact that it looked in 'just out of the box' condition, but I thought the new livery looked a lot better than I had...

I seem to remember this coming up a few months ago. The full Group Regulations document entitled "Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) Warning Line on Traction and Rolling Stock" can be found here (although note the actual URIs on this site have a habit of changing frequently). This document will...

Well spotted! I hadn't noticed that either! :grin: Mind you, the file is called 83035 which, as a number, never existed. There was only 15 of them numbered 83001 to 83015. But I'm drifting off topic now so I'll shut up! Frank

Just for the record, pictures 1 and 2 are both class 83, E3035 becoming 83012 under TOPS numbering. Frank

You can see the tail lights in those pictures. The nearest you got to front lights in those days was the lit up headcode panel. Frank

Yes, it's definately a 47 - I wasn't suggesting otherwise. (After all the 57s have only been around for a few years). I only included the comparison links because a previous poster said that not much had changed between the old 47 picture and the 57s when in fact quite a bit has changed. The...

Class 47 must surely have been dual braked from the start. For anyone interested in the differences between 47 and 57 cab layouts, have a look at these:- Class 47 http://www.brushtype4fund.co.uk/in_the_cab/index.htm Class 57 http://www.brdw.co.uk/pic57-5.html Frank

No, picture doesn't show for me either unless I cut and paste the link. There's another picture on page 3 of the latest Railway Herald:- http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/BackIssues/Issue48.pdf Frank

2416 formed an up service with 2420 this morning. These units will return as the 11:35 Waterloo - Weymouth, and if a further run is needed (they are assessing the air-con) will lead the 16:00 Weymouth - Waterloo from Bournemouth. (info from Andy Jupe, WRgen group) Frank

It's a strange thing, this 'personal opinion' thing ain't it? Everyone has a different favourite train, favourite livery etc and of course, as they say, the world would be a boring place if we all liked the same things. Having said that I can't see how anyone can prefer riding in the hard...

I wouldn't say they are always chopping and changing. Adding new extra vehicles yes, but they don't change them around much. Frank

57373 is the vehicle number for Wessex unit 153373 so I guess it's not really a stranger to Southampton. Don't know about the Leicester bit though! Frank

According to posts on the WRGen group the first class 442 Wessie has been withdrawn. The unit 2416 "Mum in a Million 1997 - Doreen Scanlon" has been taken off lease due to "non standard troublesome air conditioning and a shortage of spares for the rest of the fleet". Frank

Im not sure what the English translation of that is, but if you're asking if 60016 and 60500 are the same machine then yes. 60016 was renumbered as 60500 to celebrate the 500th edition of RAIL magazine, which is of course the loco's name. Frank