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Basingstoke Open Day 26/9/87

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Evening All

    I have added a collection of Open Day photos by Alan Costello of the Basingstoke Open Day 26-9-87

    plenty of Current locos & preserved diesels on display, also photos of 3 passing railtours
    D200 (40122) The Hampshire Whistler railtour Basingstoke Open Day 26-9-87
    http://tinyurl.com/oqrfs9n

    37116 passing by with the Ludgershall Limited Basingstoke Open Day 26-9-87
    http://tinyurl.com/oqpnghl

    33111 passing by on 'Bournemouth Belle' Basingstoke Open Day 26-9-87
    http://tinyurl.com/nl7f2e6


    Diesel Locos present
    Class 20/25/27/31/56/58/59
    http://tinyurl.com/odoem6h
    &
    Preserved Diesels
    D100/D213/D9000/55019/D7018
    http://tinyurl.com/q7d269p

    2 Locos from Derby RTC
    97201(24061) & 97403 Ixion (46035)
    http://tinyurl.com/op2sv64

    Electric locos present
    73 & 86
    http://tinyurl.com/nn83cg3
    &
    preserved EM2 1502 (27000) Electra
    http://tinyurl.com/qeplplk

    Neil
     
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    Reading General Part of the furniture

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    how things have changed.... :-(
     
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    Yeah, I was there at the time & the Winchfield event around the same time give & take a year or so.
    Looking at Streetview if it is the same place, it has totally changed.
    The wire fence has given way to a solid wooden affair & where the tents etc were is now flats.
    The lines themselves look abandoned & overgrown.
     
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    I was there for that - I have some badly over-exposed photos somewhere or other. Frightening to think that the first four 59s are 26+ years old now…

    Simon
     
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    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

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    I have vague memories of a top class beer tent at the event. I think Pitfield Dark Star did most of the damage. :)
     
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    Two Google Earth views of what I think was the open day site, one from 1999 & one from 2008.
    Also a current streetview picture of the road alongside I think. The flats on the right is where the tents etc were & the railway behind the wooden fence.
    A question, is the 2BIL unit still around? I remember those running in & out of Reading South(ern) on the Waterloo services.
     

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    Isn't the 2Bill unit at Shildon.
     
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    Wonder how long they will last?
     
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    buseng Part of the furniture

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    Well there are 8 more 66's just been ordered by GBRF, same basic design. So must be alright.
    How long did the 56's, 58's & the like last?
     
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    The class 56's & class 58's lasted until the coal traffic vanished!
     
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