O/T FAO Alfinyalcabo/Oldcolner

[oldcolner]

Quite possible Alf, didn’t know you’re a Nelsoner, I went to Edge End getting the school bus at 8.10 and my parents lived up Walton Lane in retirement. We lived the other side of Colne to the Station so we got the bus to the Turf and had to pay! Sometimes the milk man gave us a lift in his van, which stunk of sour milk?
Played with a few from Primet and Fisher Moore in what eventually became Colne Dynamos but I only played a few times. Too skilful x- not!

[alfinyalcabo]

Running onto the line near chauffeurs signal box in Netherfield rd Nelson to stick an old penny on the line and watch it get squashed by the old tank train then pick it up whilst it was still red hot.. Cabbing the trains at the sheds then getting chased out by the foreman.. Dangerous times indeed

[alfinyalcabo]

Quite possible Alf, didn’t know you’re a Nelsoner, I went to Edge End getting the school bus at 8.10 and my parents lived up Walton Lane in retirement. We lived the other side of Colne to the Station so we got the bus to the Turf and had to pay! Sometimes the milk man gave us a lift in his van, which stunk of sour milk?
Played with a few from Primet and Fisher Moore in what eventually became Colne Dynamos but I only played a few times. Too skilful x- not!

So you were a technical twerp and I was a grammar school grub..lol..

[oldcolner]

So you were a technical twerp and I was a grammar school grub..lol..

My wife thinks I didn’t pass my 11 plus.

Here’s the Deltic



And the Duchess of Hamilton in her two guises, though the streamlining didn’t work that’s how she is now.

[chalky_ncfc]

That red train ^^^ looks awesome,a lot better than the box's that we have now,is the Intercity 125 still running,I once read that we can't have trains do more than 125mph because of the infrastructure that we have,you would have thought that with the advancement of cars and planes that trains would be a thing of the past,the idea does seem Victorian after all

[oldcolner]

That red train ^^^ looks awesome,a lot better than the box's that we have now,is the Intercity 125 still running,I once read that we can't have trains do more than 125mph because of the infrastructure that we have,you would have thought that with the advancement of cars and planes that trains would be a thing of the past,the idea does seem Victorian after all

That’s the Duchess of Hamilton no less restored for Museum display to her original livery.

Yes the 125s are now called HSTs as one holds the world record for fastest diesel train at 143mph.
They are at or beyond their planned life but have had new engines and will still be used around the network.

HSTs operating with Great Western Railway and Virgin Trains East Coast will be replaced on their current duties by Class 800/801/802 trains by 2020. Twenty-six sets each with four or five carriages are to move from Great Western Railway to Abellio ScotRail and be refurbished with controlled emission tanks and plug automatic doors.
They will operate on services from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Aberdeen and Inverness.

Great Western Railway are to retain 24 powercars and 48 carriages to form 11 four-carriage sets for use on local services between Cardiff and Penzance. The carriages will be fitted with automatic doors and controlled emission tanks.

InterCity 225 is an electric high speed train in the United Kingdom, comprising a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer (DVT). The Class 91 locomotives were built by British Rail Engineering Limited's Crewe Works as a spin-off from the Advanced Passenger Train project, which was abandoned during the 1980s.
The trains were designed to operate at up to 140 mph (225 km/h) in regular service, but are limited to 125 mph (200 km/h) principally due to a lack of cab signalling and the limitations of the current overhead line equipment. They are used on services from London King's Cross to Newark North Gate, Leeds, Bradford Forster Square, Skipton, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Central.

[Altobelli]

Michael Portillo is doing the Flying Scotsman on his Great British Railway Journeys if anyone is interested.

If you miss it, you may catch up on Iplayer, its #1/15.

[alfinyalcabo]

Michael Portillo is doing the Flying Scotsman on his Great British Railway Journeys if anyone is interested.

If you miss it, you may catch up on Iplayer, its #1/15.

cheers Alto,I will catch up on that one..

[oldcolner]

Thanks for the tip.
Did you see the programme on Tornado 100mph recently. Think it was a repeat but it’s on you tube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xcBPrfCQMBQ

[oldcolner]

Flying Scotsman is popular.
A Series starts Channel 5 Monday at 9pm
http://www.channel5.com/show/the-flying-scotsman/

Interesting blog on the plans
https://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12391