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GWR Railcar

Rasprava u 'Diesel & Electric Traction' pokrenuta od Enterprise, 15. Studeni 2025..

  1. Enterprise

    Enterprise Part of the furniture

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    Does anyone know whether a GWR Railcar made it to Brighton at the end of their life in the 1960s? A confirmation or not would settle an argument! Many thanks for any gen.
     
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  2. 5944

    5944 Resident of Nat Pres

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    W20 being delivered to KESR?
     
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  3. Miff

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    W20 was delivered in 1966 via Robertsbridge, on the Hastings line so wouldn’t have gone via Brighton.

    It was out of gauge for the ‘Restriction 0’ route so a possession was required, with nothing permitted to move on the other track, and the Railcar weighted to lean over towards the centre.
     
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  4. Enterprise

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    Thanks. A friend, who is not a railway enthusiast, described a train he thought he saw at Brighton in the 1960s. After some discussion, I showed him on my phone a photo of a GWR railcar. He said that was it. I told him that he wouldn't have seen one at Brighton, but he was adamant.
     
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  5. Fred Kerr

    Fred Kerr Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    Could this possibly be a railcar either attending a Gala / Open Day event a Brighton Works or en route to a heritage line for a gala event ? Remembering that in the early 1960s preserved vehicles were quite often moved around the network unofficially thanks to enthusiast railwaymen. One such case occurred in the 1970s when railwaymen "arranged " for a class 45 to work a Birmingham - Brighton service throughout aided by the diagramming of crews who knew both the traction and the appropriate routes.
     
    Fred Kerr, 18. Studeni 2025.
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