tirsdag 17. april 2018

Loving to Hate Duffs - Part II

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Ah duffs. T'is a long time since I last blogged on them, but as in the good old Blue 'n' Yella' days, they got just about ev...
torsdag 12. april 2018

The Truth About Class 40s?

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A martian may happen to read the Wikipedia insert for the BR Class 400 (EE Type 4 D200 series) and think of them as rather a faiiled locomot...
mandag 15. mai 2017

Alternative Type 3 That Could Have Happened

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A favourite past-time of many a basher and enthusiast is to discuss the locos which could have been, or the improvements which should have b...
mandag 16. januar 2017

Hybrid Trains, Electro Diesels and Dual or Triple Mode Multiple Units

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Through the days of 'blue n' yellow' BR railways, electro diesels and dual mode multiple units were a bit of a side show, but lu...
torsdag 29. desember 2016

Trains For the Future? Diesel Lines Will Exist, what shall we do?

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For the first time in forty years, the UK sees a new mixed traffic Locomotive type enter service. They will run a lot of services which prev...
mandag 23. mai 2016

Tantalising Tractors ....More What If? Locos

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A couple of thought occurred to me when the smooth metals and third rail of the SR came to mind. Not a stranger to the RK derived 10 inch by...
mandag 1. februar 2016

Railway Economics and the Failure of the UK Privatisation

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There is a campaign group in the UK called 'Bring Back British Rail' - does what it says on the box, so to speak.... Of course many ...