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Bizarrely the NSE architects' office was in Hudson House in York...a small group that worked on Southend line stations and other works on the ECML to Peterborough etc. Alongside larger teams of Intercity and Regional railways architects and support. All ended at privatisation of course, sadly.

Perth to Balquidder via Crieff

Hi, York to Selby on the Derwent Valley via Wheldrake... If I can have one other please...Perth to Lochearnhead via Crieff, Comrie, St Fillans and er a very early concrete viaduct! Cheers, Jim

Aye, as has been mentioned on another thread some time back, a J36 (65345?) lingered on BR metals at Thornton to shunt the colliery sidings and exchange. This was due to the prolonged failure of the rostered diesel (a Clayton, unsprisingly?). This arrangement carried on for several months after...

I would agree about the short-lived Sand Hutton line. It even ran excursion trains on Saturdays for locals with a sort of cafe car which is now (after a spell as a cricket pavilion) in North Lincolnshire. No trace of line nor the countryhouse...Lovely countryside round there though.

Aye, to concur with Signalman's Eye above, I copped D4 at Perth 23/1/61 and D7 5/7/61 both ex Anglo-Scottish WCML trains.

Yeah, I worked for BR architects in York around then. We had a project in Stoke and I decided to travel via Derby and was surprised to find a departmental 47 and a rake of coaches substituting for the rostered 158 on the Nottingham/Crewe...a spirited run too. Seems the 158s had door problems...

There was also a fascinating article re York in a Railway Magazine within a year of the visit which listed all the extra services. of course there were double the number of movements as a result of stabling, some as far away as Darlington, despite the fact that it was pre modelling York for...

That's interesting, Castlecary. Is 'perpots' local slang or was it stencilled onto the vans, as GW telegraphic practice...such as 'fruit D', 'Locowag', and 'Syphon G' etc. I know it's a digression from the subject, but always fascinated by GW telegraphic acronyms and shorthand... Here's one...

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It's interesting that Perth had no photos published in the middle of the North-bound platforms (7n+s) even though they were busy with loco changes and stock splitting and additions...even by WJV. The overall roof (same designer as Carlisle) was wide at North and South end but narrower in the...

I have to say that I assumed that CDL meant that it couldn't leave the station, but it had CDL fitted, the door wasn't on the catch, but was a trailing door...ie catch towards the book of the train. There is no way I'd have pulled the door shut against the slipstream, I would have definitely...

I may say the door was not on the catch. it was just blowing in and out with slip steam. That is indeed what baffled me, along with the guards reaction. Anyway, no harm done, but...?

Don't recall that, but I was on a mid evening 125 KX North which regularly used platform 1 at Peterborough. After we had departed and running at probably 60mph I walked through first to visit the buffet only to find a trailing door (platform side) open and blowing in the slipstream. I slammed...

Howdy... 42 copies of various dates available on abebooks.co.uk from 61p +post etc. Of course, don't overlook the superb work of the 'disused stations' guys. Plainly the likes of Railway Magazine (all available for public view at the NRM, though they appreciate a warning that you'd like to...

I have a completely wrecked copy of Tomlinson's, The North Eastern railway...Its Rise and development. Published 1914 but with loads of early prints, maps and documents...from early 19thC. Nowhere is there a mention of 'railroads'. So I can only guess you are viewing some sort of American...

I am going to guess 1990/1...ran to Leeds in '89. First to York, on an Institute of Electrical engineers celebratory excursion was signalled into the now platform 4 (beyond 3) where the pantograph popped up (at the end of the knitting) and knocked out a bit of cast iron valence. I guess that...

Perth to Dundee West, probably early 50s. Most likely hauled by a C16 or Shire, a stopper with non-corridor coaches. On the return we always piled off at Perth Princes St. (anyone remember that one?) as it was near a good chippy. To be honest, I've no idea why Princes St lasted so long as it...

A couple of copies of said book available on abe books uk...cheapest £20 http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=10912336330&searchurl=an%3Ddigby%26amp%3Bsts%3Dt%26amp%3Btn%3Da%2Bguide%2Bto%2Bthe%2Bmidland%2Band%2Bgreat%2Bnorthern%2Bjoint%2Brailway

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