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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
151 of 1121  Mon 6th Aug 2012 9:35am  

I sat on that particular 9F's cab roof eating my sandwiches and watching the scrapmen cut a GWR 'King' or 'Castle' up, they had done all the boiler outer plates and were starting on the tubes, it was a bit sad but Dai Woodham realised there was money to be made and resisted cutting up the loco's while he had loads of wagons to scrap, luckily nearly all of those 97 locos I saw have now been rescued and most are running again on preserved lines so in a way we have to thank Dai for saving them a bit like Dr Beeching, if he hadn't closed so many lines there would not be the preserved railways which run on those closed lines. It's a funny old world Smile
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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152 of 1121  Mon 6th Aug 2012 9:44am  

Hi again, I am going to put up some pics from my 1973 Railway world annual. The church outing was 1975. Also, the modern age there. & finally, The good news is that over the last two decades, I have seen the Duke over a dozen times, working specials & so on in all of its glory. In fact, it has out-performed anything that it did on BR, where it was treated as an unwanted orphan. Wave Thumbs up
On 6th Aug 2012 9:35am, Catshed said: I sat on that particular 9F's cab roof eating my sandwiches . . .
There we go again, more food. I have just boiled a couple of eggs to make some egg & cress sandwiches for when Pam gets home in an hour. I love egg & cress, now see what you have done! Big grin Thumbs up Thumbs up
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
153 of 1121  Mon 6th Aug 2012 11:21am  

Ah you got there before me,as the 'Duke' had gone by 1979 and there were no diesels (Warships/Westerns) left. The story of the Duke of Gloucester 71000 is fantastic, the amount of dedication that went into it (like all restorations) was amazing and with this they as you know found design flaws and actually got it steaming better than original. I remember it being restored at Loughborough GCR in the early 80's right up until painted in primer for its first steaming since the BR days. This was an old goods van converted into a workshop for just scraping and finishing the new valve covers & cylinders, note the propshaft for the Caprotti valve gear, I took this at the GCR approx 1981. As for food and railways, well my 9F cab roof sarnie eating was my very own 'Orient Express' restaurant Thumbs up
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dutchman
Spon End
154 of 1121  Mon 6th Aug 2012 1:00pm  

On 6th Aug 2012 9:07am, Catshed said: Here a couple of photos I took that week, one of a BR 2-10-0 9F and the other where the sun had faded the new BR logo so you can see the old Lion and Wheel.
Otherwise known as the 'Unicycling Lion' as opposed to the 'Ferret 'n Dartboard' Lol
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
155 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 1:19pm  

From what I can gather the tenders were; Tender coal: 10 tons Water: 4,000 gallons Assistance: Steam powered coal pusher Water pick up gear: LMS standard type Andy
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
156 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 1:34pm  

Have a look at this site on 6233 Duchess of Sutherland, click on 'Apr 11', it shows them working on the coal pusher, as I understand it all the class were fitted with them.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
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157 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 5:18pm  

Hi all Wave The lack of coal pushers was one of the reasons that the Princess Class were generally kept off the through Anglo-Scottish services. I have no way of confirming this, but I understand that two of the Coronation Class had a Berkeley mechanical stoker fitted, as well as the steam operated coal pusher. I am always up for learning. Wave
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
158 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 5:50pm  

Looking at the picture it's amazing how many coaches they pulled in those days, looks like 12 to 13 on. Even though it has the 'Banker' engine pushing it the fact it got up there when most modern loco's only pulling 8 or 9 coaches still struggle. Would sure cure overcrowding if they hauled that many today.
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dutchman
Spon End
159 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 5:58pm  

The present day Coventry station was built to accommodate 19-coach trains but by the time it was finished few trains had that many coaches any more.
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Catshed
Old Chapelfields
160 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 6:33pm  

Seems crazy that most stations have the platform lengths but no longer pull a train of carriages long enough the utilise the platforms. Look at Rugby (Midland) those platforms were/are so long they had a switchback (I think that was the name) half way along the platform so if a local pulled in before an express then the express behind it could pull round the outside of the local and vice-versa, then when they re-structured the lines a few years ago they didn't include them, my description may be rough and others might be able to phrase it with the correct terminology but you get the idea I hope Big grin
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dutchman
Spon End
161 of 1121  Thu 9th Aug 2012 6:52pm  

The problem for Coventry station was that the rebuilding work was carried out during the period 1959-1962 when people were already switching from rail to road transport so the expected passenger traffic no longer existed. The partial closure of the station during that period probably eroded passenger numbers even further.
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dutchman
Spon End
162 of 1121  Fri 10th Aug 2012 12:11pm  

The proposal was made by an electoral candidate who received financial backing from the GWR just before a general election and abandoned immediately after the election. I doubt very much it was ever a serious proposal.
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dutchman
Spon End
163 of 1121  Fri 10th Aug 2012 6:12pm  

Agreed Thumbs up
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TonyS
Coventry
164 of 1121  Sun 19th Aug 2012 9:13am  

Just found this page relating to 'Canley Gates' (more recently known as Canley Halt) from a link posted elsewhere by 'Chaingang' - Canley Gates Thought it might be of interest.
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PhiliPamInCoventry
Holbrooks
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165 of 1121  Sun 19th Aug 2012 10:25am  

Hi & thank you both Wave Canley Station came into existence in much the same way as Daimler Halt. There were binding rules that made the descriptive name given to a station, like 'Halt' which in this case relieved the railway company of commitments that it would have to to adhere to if it was called a station. Thank you for the link Tony. Wave
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