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70000 'Britannia'

Dieses Thema im Forum 'Steam Traction' wurde von 46118 gestartet, 24 November 2009.

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  1. RalphW

    RalphW Nat Pres stalwart Staff Member Administrator Friend

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Black on black Mark, nice touch though with the car headlights and the whistles...
     
    RalphW, 17 März 2011
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  2. osprey

    osprey Resident of Nat Pres

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    osprey, 17 März 2011
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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Many thanks also from myself for the excellent videos
     
    45717 Dauntless, 17 März 2011
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  4. Duty Druid

    Duty Druid Resident of Nat Pres

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Just thought you all might like to know the reason 70000 was running so late.

    My Dad received this email from a friend of his!

    Subject: visit of 70000



    Hi all, the 70000 finally arrived in Church Stretton at 6.10pm yesterday. Some clown of a signalman forgot to go to Crewe to open up the way out of the workshops and it started an hour late. It then got tangled up with the evening rush hour traffic and had to be put up sidings to let expresses past.when I got to the station at 4.15 there were about 15 of us, when it arrived there were so many people that the police came to control the crowd.The result was a bit of a carnival atmosphere with a big cheer when it arrived. It was magnificent, but no photos as it was now dark and the loco was black. Bye all. Derek
     
    Duty Druid, 17 März 2011
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  5. Neil_Scott

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    The delay's gone down to the depot - so far.
     
    Neil_Scott, 17 März 2011
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  6. GWR4707

    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Just out of interest where was the stock heading to? Possibly the most rag tag selection of stock I have seen for a long time!
     
    GWR4707, 17 März 2011
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  7. mattspencer

    mattspencer Well-Known Member

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    The stock went back to Crewe. It went to Bristol to provide a load for the Brit.
     
    mattspencer, 17 März 2011
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  8. 82B

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Nice lot of photos of 70000 taken today on WSR ON WSR.Org website.

    Dave
     
    82B, 17 März 2011
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  9. martin butler

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    does anyone know if everything is ok with 70000 after its run, after all its the furthest its ran in quite a long time and a fast run with a load behind it is bound to find any last niggles if there are any
     
    martin butler, 17 März 2011
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  10. Britfoamer

    Britfoamer Well-Known Member

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    When is Britannia due to get a lick of the green paint, I've had a quick look back and can't find a previous comment, but I guess that may have changed anyway?
     
    Britfoamer, 24 Mai 2011
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  11. Mighty Mogul

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    IMHO before it goes green they should line it out fully and put red-backed plates on. Repaint the tender axle boxes yellow with the red stripes too...

    Scheduled for a test run today I see on UKsteam - so hope all goes well with that.
     
    Mighty Mogul, 24 Mai 2011
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  12. gwr4090

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Then off to the WSR on Saturday (engine and coach). It may operate the Quantock Belle dining train on Saturday evening, turning and coaling at Minehead in the process. I'm not sure if it will appear on any other WSR service trains during its 9 day stay.

    David
     
    gwr4090, 24 Mai 2011
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  13. MarkinDurham

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    In the grand scheme of things, and given the work that's been required to get 70000 back on the main line, I'd respectfully suggest that repainting is a fair way down the list of priorities...

    <ducks away from 'incoming' :p >
     
    MarkinDurham, 24 Mai 2011
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  14. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    class8mikado, 24 Mai 2011
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    guard_jamie, 24 Mai 2011
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  16. Sheff

    Sheff Resident of Nat Pres

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    That's an amazing model - how'd you make it? Start with a 9F at a guess?
     
    Sheff, 24 Mai 2011
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  17. ADB968008

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    I reckon a Britannia, fantastic model, whats the wheelset from ?
     
    ADB968008, 24 Mai 2011
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  18. Bulleid Pacific

    Bulleid Pacific Part of the furniture

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    If I'm not very much mistaken, I'd say that wheelset looks like one 'borrowed' from a good old-fashioned Hornby 8F (ie. not the most recent tooling)...
     
    Bulleid Pacific, 24 Mai 2011
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  19. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Sorry BP not the case, the wheels are 21mm diameter from a kit supplier (dont know whether that includes the tyres) they are pretty accurate to the 5ft 3 envisaged for the 1951 design for this locomotive
    Started life as a Brittania model, the frames and motion are bespoke build, pony truck and cylinders (?)of a 9f (?) ... so not disimilar to what you'd need to build one for real....any takers ?
    Also its the work of Ian Mellors of Redgate Models (not my good self) who has saved me the cost of commissioning one for the time being. and in true nat pres style it was painted unlined black first (see my profile gallery Mikado fest) but unless i buy it it wont be going green any time soon....

    I am copying the Post to a more relevant thread...

    http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/ind...tach_id=100115
     
    class8mikado, 25 Mai 2011
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  20. ADB968008

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    Re: 70000 "Britannia" at Crewe

    Why not ;-)
     
    ADB968008, 25 Mai 2011
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