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Swanage Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' started by Rumpole, Oct 10, 2012.

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  1. WorkingPressure225

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    It’s the other way round too :):)

    Apparently it’s going to be staying with us for a week or two. The other two visitors were on the RRI this afternoon.
     
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    Yep turntable is in light use, the bucket was perfectly balanced upon it and could have been kept 'spinning all night'' according to a source close to the bothy.
     
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    Obviously the Dukedog repaint debate on the Bluebell thread caused this to pass under the radar.
    Taken from the railways Facebook page.

    T3.jpg
     
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    Despite my general disdain for BR Black, I have to admit that looks rather good.
     
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    What could have been fun was to suggest that the cab would be boxed in with plywood to resemble an Adams radial
     
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    I think that a stylish machine line the T3 would look good in any livery - within reason!
     
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    Shades of City of Truro! At least that was really painted. :)
     
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    The purists will be complaining about the LSWR headcode with a BR livery :rolleyes:

    Tom
     
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    Furthermore, had the T3 remained in service into BR days, it would have been carrying a Drummond-style lipped chimney rather than the Adams stovepipe.

    All the same, a pretty convincing spoof!
     
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    Any planned running days for Rennes before it goes back to Dean Forest?
     
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    ....to say nothing of the austere Adams stovepipe chimney which it lost in favour of the more elegant standard Drummond chimney in the early part of the last century.:)

    Peter
    EDIT Just realised that I wrote this this morning but forgot to press the send button. Clearly @John Petley and I are on the same wavelenght
     
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    Surely only the opposite of this Tom:) Another one for the purists.
     

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