The Rail Enthusiast thread

[BrumJim]

66508 passing thru Stapleton Road this afternoon, just after I'd got off my commuter train ...

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Was just up the track at Ashley Down on Monday this week.

 

[BrumJim]

…. if you don’t believe me.

 

[Spartak]

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…. if you don’t believe me.

Good location for a bollard ... 😳

 

[BrumJim]

Good location for a bollard ... 😳

Indeed. Stops traffic incursion. i.e. someone driving their car onto the footpath, then station platform, then track.

 

[Mike_P]

Presumably this beer mat did not sell in Swindon

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

My loco, 'Victor'!

This was the disabled coach, a standard MK1 by the looks of it, but has clearly been converted and had windows added. Unfortunately, the glass was filthy!:

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Named after the plane, seemingly:
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I had very little time here as I had a boat to catch back at Lakeside, hence the slightly odd pictures:
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Which boat did you get?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Which boat did you get?

Oh yeah, forgot, the 'Tern' from Bowness to Lakeside and then the 'Swan' back to Bowness. Due to the nature of things, I didn't get any decent pictures of them, particularly as we were just arriving when Tern did at Bowness and then my phone ran out of juice on the train before I even got on the Swan.

I did have a pint of the 'Swan' beer though!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Which boat did you get?

The Tern:

Swift was arriving:

Arrival at Lakeside:

 

[Moon bunny]

All in a day’s work, can you see what it is?

 

[BrumJim]

Class 84?

 

[accountantpete]

The Class 99 looks a beast - move over 66

 

[Jenkins]

The Class 99 looks a beast - move over 66

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Had a little read up on those a little while ago - looks interesting and wondering if they'll be tested on the freight run to and from Felixstowe Dock.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

All in a day’s work, can you see what it is?

The '84?

EDIT: Looks like Brum Jim got in there first!

Actually, I thought it was the '31 at first, due to the way the white plastic was covering the solebar, but on closer inspection it certainly looks likes an old AC Electric, so I can only imagine it to be the '84, I mean there is no flexicoil suspension, so it isn't the '87 and besides, the cab shape is wrong anyway (it's raked back).

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

All in a day’s work, can you see what it is?

Them bogies are a give - away, with that big bit in the middle of them that hangs down from the body:

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

All in a day’s work, can you see what it is?

What's happening with it anyway? 🤔