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sprinterguy
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How many Class 08/09s are still in service?
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171 class 08s in National Rail or industrial service, which excludes those in preservation. Ten class 09s in similar use. Thirty six...
Yesterday at 22:43
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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One thing I always thought Lima diesel/electric locos had going for them was that the livery detail always precisely applied (even when...
Saturday at 14:11
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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I can't claim that's ever been apparent from a personal perspective. The old 1970s Hornby one seemed/seems crude by comparison when both...
10 May 2024
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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Yeah, the old Lima class 47 tooling used in Hornby's Railroad range still stands the test of time, in my view.
10 May 2024
sprinterguy
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Network South East branding in retrospective
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Personally, I thought that the NSE livery was quite carefully tailored to suit the stock it was applied to: It seems to me that the...
8 May 2024
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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Ah, I wasn't aware of that. Personally I'd still be quite happy to accept the existing Hornby K1 in apple green as 2005, though it does...
8 May 2024
sprinterguy
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WCRC loses judicial review in High Court
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As far as I'm aware, all the remaining main line railtour mark 1s are wired for electric train supply. Some (perhaps most?) are dual...
30 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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XC Voyager Refurbishment
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For a colour palette that none but a minority will ever hear of, that doesn't seem like an issue.
24 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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XC Voyager Refurbishment
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So you objected to representative names not being there, and then object when they are? Sounds like you'll never be pleased. I...
24 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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DB class 90 updates
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And is in fact well on it's way to being cosmetically restored at the Crewe Heritage Centre, where it currently resides on loan from...
23 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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lostwin - BR in the mid 80's
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Yeah, it passed into preservation at the embryonic Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway after Vic Berry's yard closed down in the early...
22 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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That's true, I forget sometimes that the surviving K1 has spent some time named while in preservation - though it seems to have also run...
20 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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What's your latest acquisition?
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Wonderfully smooth, quiet and capable runners, those Hornby K1s. Mine has been the stalwart performer on the 'Jacobite' equivalent on my...
19 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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lostwin - BR in the mid 80's
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It's definitely been a great jumping off point for further discussion and reminisces.
19 Apr 2024
sprinterguy
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Early colour photos of Mk2 carriages in maroon livery
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Yeah, it's a pity that one is now rarer than hen's teeth in the second hand market, demanding sky high prices when it does turn up. I...
19 Apr 2024
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