Many thanks for that. I'm no longer up that end of the country,but I also seem to remember a small 4 wheel saddle tank behind Loughborough shed...
I stumbled across your industrial thread by accident. After reading the content and coming across a post about Robert Heath no.6, it jogged my...
ive just tried the new web site and had no problems, 2 clicks and i'm in the diesel news/wagon news etc., and typed in the address for the staff...
Many thanks for those. My parents house overlooks Toton depot and I have an uncle that used to work there. I remember one evening when I was about...
nice picture. i remember this loco spluttering around derby/toton in the late 70s/early 80. the class 24s often get overlooked or forgotten about....
plate 21 is a class 127 "bedpan" unit, being diesel hydraulic and running between Bedford and StPancras and preserved on the GCR, and plate 23i'm...
i was working on th G.C.R. with Nick Tinsley (1986ish) marking up sleepers for replacement between Swithland puddle and Kinchley lane cutting when...
were the gradients at Tinsley more severe than the likes of Toton, or did Tinsley deal with heavier trainloads with Sheffield having the steel...
just noticed the 13s have full length buffer beams, was this for extra wieght for adhesion?
many thanks, will have to see if i can get up for a look in the new year sometime
It looks a decent size shed. All to often diesels just seem to be left outside, exposed to the elements. I'm not familiar with the east somerset...
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