Mid Hants Railway Operational Matters

MHR featured in the Series 5 trailer for Endeavour shown at 10.00pm this evening on ITV. Ropley features as Norborough station. Can't wait for the show to return


Better quality (HD) trailer also available here:
https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week6/endeavour

Edit: MHR Features in Episode 3, "Passenger"
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Those "Norborough" signs caused a weekend of confusion. The set dressers turned up early and the signs went up covering Ropley signs. There were more than a few puzzled passengers wondering if they had mis-read the timetable!

 

Some stills I took from the trailer showing Endeavour Morse at the Ropley ticket office, a man running across a field next to the MHR (between Medstead and Ropley?) and two exterior shots of Ropley as "Norborough":

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Love the Ford Zodiac.

 

Another longer trailer for Endeavour has been released on faceache https://m.facebook.com/story.php?st...5379400261&refsrc=http://t.co/vSiBxH8LJK&_rdr
It features the Class 33 and Morse travelling on the train and running through the field next to the line shown in the first trailer. Looks like they did a lot of filming at the MHR:


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Or is it a Zephyr?

 

Could be but I know that through my Father who worked at the Surrey police MT garage just outside Guildford for a number of years that the Mk4s were 3 litre V6 Zodiacs, the 2 litre V4s and 2.5litre straight six engines were Zephyrs.

 

Whatever they are they will always be Z Cars.

 

Definitely a Zodiac. Zephyrs had single headlamps.

 

So one headlight is a sign of the Zodiac? (I'll get me coat....)

 

Don't forget to put you CAP(ric)O(r)N

 

No! The sign of the Zodiac is clearly Gemini, The Twins! Twin headlamps, see? (My coat's here somewhere!)

 

what a load of Taurus dung

 

81 D, stop being so Bull headed,

 

Does this then signify the dawning of a new age............................

 

Promo shot for Episode 3 of the new Series of Endeavour posted on Twitter earlier featuring 76017. MHR has a starring role this coming Sunday at 8pm.


The freight train also seems to be making
an appearance:

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Is that headcode correct? Asking for a friend

 

Never mind that, I am surprised that no one has picked up on steam being used in "Oxfordshire" during 1968....

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I know, but 76017 looks very nice in that picture!

 

Given that in the original Morse, he used to be able to drive without holdup through the centre of Oxford and then just park at will without difficulty more or less at will anywhere in the centre of town, I think a couple of years slippage on phasing out steam is the least of your worries when it comes to suspension of disbelief!

Tom