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Class 27 Buried!

Discussion in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' started by Matt37401, Sep 5, 2014.

  1. Matt37401

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    I remember reading an article about 27's that mentioned rather than remove the Asbestos, it was cocooned and buried! Could anyone shed any more light on this? Many thanks Matt
     
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    Nice one Simon thanks
     
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  4. Reading General

    Reading General Part of the furniture

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    I'm going to start a facebook group to unearth it, repatriate it to Birmingham and rebuild it. Who's with me?
     
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    Surely Dunstable would be a better option, what with the wealth of asbestos removal experience in the area and prospect of a short preserved line available in the future?
     
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    Naughty!
     
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  7. ADB968008

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    There's a rumour that somewhere in the bushes of Hampshire theres a class 27 buried under blackberry bushes in a siding, it's green so faded it matches the weeds.
    Probably easier to dig up and you might not need the PPP equipment to enter it.
     
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    27007 at MHR has a new owning group and is already in the sidings at Medstead being worked on.
     
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    Give the poor man a chance, he hasn't finished regauging those Irish units yet ;)
     
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    Unfortunately the scrapman got there before him.
     
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    Look all I wanted was a bit of info, all of a sudden its been excaveted, reengined, rebogied and regauged...! Any chance I can press Engine Start...When its up and Running. And Im all for BR Blue! Just to start livery Froth!
     
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  12. DisusedBranch

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    It's part of Fat Alex's Strategic Reserve. Just another bit of cloud cuckoo land guff to go with all the rest of saying what he thinks people want to hear. :rolleyes:
     
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