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The Sword and Pen tour & trip around MOD Kineton 10/6/2000

Discussion in 'Diesel & Electric Traction' started by neildimmer, May 20, 2014.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Evening All
    I have added a collection of photos of The Sword and Pen tour & trip around MOD Kineton 10/6/2000
    tour locos
    66027 + 66096
    MOD shunters 274 (Thomas Hill 322V:1987) + 278 (Thomas Hill 333V:1988
    66027 Finsbury Park - Freight Terminal Jn - Camden Road - Gospel Oak - Kensal Green Jn - Willesden Junction High Level - Acton Wells Jn - Ealing Broadway - Slough - Reading - Didcot Parkway - Oxford - Wolvecot Jn - Aynho Jn - Banbury - Fenny Compton - Kineton Exchange Sidings (Burton Dassett Platform)
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-rCd3S4n
    Something a bit different on the MOD base a couple WW11 V2 Rocket Fuelling tanks
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-cdCVwdk
    unimog
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-QhjB3fz
    274 & 278 The MOD locos to do the tour
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-F5WCH7X
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-FjLL4Zh
    274 (1) Burton Dassett - (via stop boards 6, 7, 9, 14, 13 & 12) - stop board 11
    278 (2) stop board 11 - (via stop boards 13 & 15) (5) - stop board 16
    274 (1) stop board 16 - (via stop boards 15, 14, 9, 7 & 6) - Buron Dassett
    Various emu’s around the site
    Scot rail class 334’s
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-M9WtTkB
    Class 415 4-EPB 5001 Class pioneer 5001 was stored following withdrawal in 1995 no buyer was found and the unit was scrapped in 2004
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-VrRKb4t
    Nightstar coaches
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-rmm43sf
    4 coaches 2 of which i am not sure what they are
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-3V9jj6R
    66096 (3) Burton Dassett - Fenny Compton Exchange Sidings - Fenny Compton Down Main
    66027 (4) Fenny Compton - Leamington Spa - Hatton - Bearley Jn - Stratford-upon-Avon [P1]
    66096 Stratford-upon-Avon [P2]
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/Railtours-Year-by-Year/19912000/2000/The-Sword-And-Pen-10-06-00/i-XJvSd8s
    Stratford upon Avon - Bearley Jn - Hatton - Leamington Spa - Fenny Compton - Banbury - Aynho Jn - (reverse of outward route) - Finsbury Park
    (1) 278 on rear. (2) 274 on rear. (3) 66027 on rear. (4) 66096 on rear.
    Neil
     
    neildimmer, May 20, 2014
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  2. threelinkdave

    threelinkdave Well-Known Member

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    Neil - coach in pic 19 has a bit of a Maunsell look to it. It is mainly the high picture windows plus the overall look. That it is riding on what look like B4 bogies is probably an MOD change, posibly at Longmore
     
    threelinkdave, May 21, 2014
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  3. Reading General

    Reading General Part of the furniture

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    looks more LMS to me. Has number 251, in the Royal series? Shame to se it and others languishing there
     
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