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Baz
Coventry
106 of 1116  Thu 24th May 2012 9:11pm  

Hello all people steam. Coventry had a steam engine named after our great city. It mainly did shunting work at Haunchwood pit in Nuneaton. Wink
Always looking forward to looking at the past.

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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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107 of 1116  Mon 28th May 2012 1:46pm  

Hi Baz Wave I saw it working both at Keresley & Newdigate. Fast forwarding to the last days of steam at Keresley, when the pannier 1501 first went to the Severn Valley, a group wanted to name the pannier 'City of Coventry'. The restoration took so long that the notion was dropped. Those working on its preservation said that it was in worse condition than locos dragged out of Barry. Wave
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dutchman
Spon End
108 of 1116  Mon 28th May 2012 10:16pm  

Coventry Colliery had seven locomotives, including one diesel, with the same name - link.
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scrutiny
coventry
109 of 1116  Mon 4th Jun 2012 8:17am  

Another one from the Radford Kid (Colin).
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
110 of 1116  Sun 10th Jun 2012 5:46pm  

Sorry not Cov related but we had a similar one to that in Daventry, it was a gift from the local ironstone works and from the mid 60's until the H & S said it was unsafe about 8 years ago it was used by us kids as a climbing frame, I remember pulling the asbestos lagging off the boiler underneath the loco, it was a 0-6-0 Bagnall Steam Locomotive named 'Cherwell' after the rivers source near Byfield at Charwelton. It got taken away and now is doing nothing at the Rushden Transport Museum, Northants. It had a Wakfield mechanical lubricator (just behind the sand-box) we used to keep topped up with sand. Blush The photo is of an old friend playing by it in the Daventry Recreation grounds in the late 60's.
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Rob Orland
Historic Coventry
111 of 1116  Sun 10th Jun 2012 6:53pm  

Must be a popular type of engine - here's one we saw at the Battlefield Line near Bosworth in 2002, named Lamport No.3.
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
112 of 1116  Sun 10th Jun 2012 7:55pm  

Yes, the same type and worked the Northamptonshire quarries as well Smile
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
113 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 10:10am  

Looks like it's in one of the bays, shame what's happened to that lovely old station, I spent many hours there and now it's just a glorified bus shelter with no character. Sad
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
114 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 2:05pm  

By the look of the buffers it must have been used for some special event as there's still silver/white paint on the outsides, those old Leamington bays have the Pendolino 'Rescue' locos waiting in them now (or they did a few years ago) with special couplings on the buffer beams so as to be able to rush off and drag a dead EMU from disgrace, they were named after the Gerry Anderson 'Thunderbirds' rescue vehicles if I remember right.
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Midland Red

115 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 2:38pm  

Yes, class 57/3 Thunderbirds were used as Virgin Train rescue locos, but their necessity has now diminished and many of them have lost their names and been transferred to other operating companies such as DRS
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dutchman
Spon End
116 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 3:28pm  

Can someone please tell me which livery the AM4 multiple units (Class 304) first carried when serving Coventry? I have a vague recollection of them being BR Green and thinking they were simply DMUs adapted to run on OLE.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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117 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 5:26pm  

Hi all Wave I am loving this thread of railway history, the pics & discussions. I can only remember the 304 units as blue, so I cannot comment on their colour when they first arrived. As steam vanished, so did I as a trainspotter. It was when my son arrived that my interest in railways was rekindled. I once had a ride behind 46240 on a Euston to Liverpool train about 1962. It was in crimson. I will try & find out about the 304s from my friends on Flicr. Wave
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dutchman
Spon End
118 of 1116  Mon 11th Jun 2012 6:59pm  

On 11th Jun 2012 5:26pm, PhiliPamInCoventry said: I can only remember the 304 units as blue, so I cannot comment on their colour when they first arrived. As steam vanished, so did I as a trainspotter. It was when my son arrived that my interest in railways was rekindled. I once had a ride behind 46240 on a Euston to Liverpool train about 1962. It was in crimson. I will try & find out about the 304s from my friends on Flicr. Wave
Coventry was almost unique I think in making the transition from steam to electricity almost overnight with no intervening diesel period. The AM4s didn't stick around very long as they were replaced almost immediately by AM10s with better toilet facilities for the journey between Rugby and Euston.
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dutchman
Spon End
119 of 1116  Tue 12th Jun 2012 2:06am  

Thanks for that Thumbs up I seldom saw a train on the WCML during those years so didn't notice. Blush Virgin's original livery was so hideous I had to look away whenever a train passed. Oh my
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Midland Red

120 of 1116  Tue 12th Jun 2012 7:07am  

I believe Virgin Trains still run one as a Friday evening relief from Euston to Birmingham and Crewe, the set is nicknamed "Pretendolino" Big grin consisting of a Class 90, Mark 3 coaches and a DVT - it is also a standby and charter set for Virgin Trains Thumbs up
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