Will fit in well with all those rusting coaches in Carnforth!
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1st gen DMU movement
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DarloRich
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I assume it is a trip over a wheel lathe to sort out the wheel profile.
47403
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Doesn't it. I thought the Barrow to Manchester Airport had taken a turn for the better.
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Which is universally known as “tyre turning”. I have never heard the term “tire [sic] flip”.
magpiespy
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I was only fortunate enough to have this happen to me on one occasion. It was mid July 1988 or 1989, and our school railway society's annual trip was to Wales that year. We arrived at a junction station, which I think must have been Clarbeston Road from having looked at a map, to see a Railfreight liveried 37 at the head of a DMU. We took it to the end of the line, probably Milford Haven but I'm not sure. There it ran round and brought us back. It was the luckiest break I ever had in terms of haulage.
I believe it was 37198, but have been unable to find any record of the working.
I suppose it must have been easier to get hold of a 37 than a working DMU in that part of the world at short notice!
47403
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Those of us of the older generation can probably associate with similar tales of this.
Sun Chariot
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My only "Tractor hauled unit" was 37140 hauling 305403 from Enfield to Stratford. Sadly, I didn't get to travel on a failed 108 out Cardiff Central, for Maesteg, behind a Civil Engineer pair of 37s. Once I'd got my photos, they left...