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PhiliPamInCoventry
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Mon 6th Feb 2012 2:28pm
Hi & thank you. ![]() ![]() |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks Thread starter
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Mon 6th Feb 2012 8:44pm
Hi, continuing the Kenilworth to Berkswell issue. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Tue 7th Feb 2012 3:18am
To make matters even worse Philip they lifted the passing loop between Gibbet Hill and Coventry station in 1970 so it was no longer even possible to hold trains there while waiting for the line through the station to clear.
I believe the passing loop was reinstated recently at huge expense to the taxpayer.
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Fri 17th Feb 2012 7:23pm
On 16th Feb 2012 2:00pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
I love the advertisent for our site on Hall Brooks railway. Can you imagine the figures on the station murmuring about the www. "What on earth is that?" they ask.
Indeed Philip. It occured to me that few people would have had a phone during the period in which the layout is set, let alone an internet connection! ![]() ![]() Question |
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields |
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Fri 17th Feb 2012 7:41pm
It's a Railway Company Boundary Marker.
And that looks like Broomfield Park, pretty sure I've seen it.
There's a footpath opposite John Taylors butchers by the Earlsdon Ave North railway bridge then runs by the side of the cutting and comes out at Moor St/Myrtle Grove, about halfway along (top of Poplar Rd) there is also one of these railway company boundary markers, it's taller and resembles a bollard but is on the railway side of the fence, I'll get a snap soon while it's not overgrown ![]() Triumph - 'The Best Motorcycle in the World'.
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Fri 17th Feb 2012 7:51pm
Okay thanks
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks Thread starter
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Sat 18th Feb 2012 10:02pm
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Sat 18th Feb 2012 10:32pm
Fascinating stuff, thanks Philip
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks Thread starter
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Sat 18th Feb 2012 11:37pm
Hi Dutchman. ![]() ![]() ![]() Question |
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 1:40am
On 18th Feb 2012 11:37pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
Where did the nick-name come from, Mickey Mouse?
I know of three theories, none of which is totally convincing.
1) Some people claim that viewed front-on it resembles the face of Mickey Mouse. I can't see it myself?
2) It's possible Mickey once rode on top of a model of a similar looking 2-6-0 loco in a cartoon.
3) And most likely, because it was almost laughably small!
On 18th Feb 2012 11:37pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said:
Doodle-bugs were the higher boiler mounted class 4s.
Or Flying Pigs or Mucky Ducks ![]() |
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Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia |
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 3:28am
On 18th Feb 2012 11:37pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: Also the advert for Keelavite. During my early days at Courtaulds, I visited several mines where their props were being used & tested. I had to count them.
Hi Philip. Not wanting to stray from the good ol' engines, and believe it not, I do love looking at them but I was drawn to the Keelavite advert. Tony, my husband, worked there in Meriden for about ten years before they were taken over by Lucas Hydraulics, so just seeing the ad took US back, thanks for that Dutchman ![]() |
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Midland Red
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 9:13am
On 18th Feb 2012 10:32pm, dutchman said:
Coventry's own "Mickey Mouse" 46520 was Swindon built and often seen running light through the station.
Weren't 46445 and 46446 "our" local mickeys for some years? ![]() |
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks Thread starter
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 9:58am
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 1:54pm
46445 and 46446 at Coventry shed:
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields |
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Sun 19th Feb 2012 3:18pm
Thanks for those photo's dutchman, they're the first images I've seen of Coventry shed, I've been looking around for ages and only came up with the two of the goods yard I posted earlier in this topic.
Cheers ![]() Triumph - 'The Best Motorcycle in the World'.
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