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« Reply #90 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 20:01:19 » |
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Wootton Bassett could re-open also....and then Stratton Park Halt, for the proposed eastern expansion. It's a real shame that our lost lines, weren't incorporated into some sort of tram type system, to cater for Swindon's expansion.....the present road structure isn't going to be sustainable in the long term.
As a comment in the paper said, we have a road system designed for 80,000 yet withing a few years there will be 200,000 living in the area!
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« Reply #91 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 20:35:50 » |
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As a comment in the paper said, we have a road system designed for 80,000 yet withing a few years there will be 200,000 living in the area!
Yep....madness. Here's a pic of a Swindon built Class 120 DMU (well a couple of them)....3 car units The 120, was a proper old workhorse, and hasn't really got the appreciation it deserved. There were also Swindon built Class 123, 124 and 126.
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« Reply #92 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 20:50:27 » |
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They've been talking about re-opening Purton station for over 20 years. It'll never happen.
Over the summer I regularly cycled through Oaksey, there were often spotters out on the bridge as you go into the village. Quite a good long straight stretch of track there that and a fairly low bridge that gives a good photo opportunity I suppose.
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« Reply #93 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 21:13:43 » |
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Yep....madness. Here's a pic of a Swindon built Class 120 DMU (well a couple of them)....3 car units The 120, was a proper old workhorse, and hasn't really got the appreciation it deserved. There were also Swindon built Class 123, 124 and 126. Any idea of the station Reg?
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« Reply #94 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 22:29:06 » |
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« Reply #95 on: Monday, December 8, 2014, 23:22:10 » |
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The Class 126's were built for use in Scotland.....apparently there's a few preserved, where they're known as Swindons http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/dmulist.htm
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« Reply #96 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 08:08:47 » |
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Derby, seem to remember going to their old ground - The Baseball Ground - where they had their own platform for match days!!
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« Reply #97 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 08:11:06 » |
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I used to work on the 120's when I was at the Apprentice Training School for the year or so, 126's were ugly spuds as were 124's.
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« Reply #98 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 11:57:15 » |
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I used to work on the 120's when I was at the Apprentice Training School for the year or so, 126's were ugly spuds as were 124's.
Think something must have happened to the 126's as the original 50's design were quite friendly in a Thomas the Tank engine sort of way. They went from this to this... Probably something to do with the harsh weather...
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« Reply #99 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 12:41:41 » |
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I understand that the 2 variants were so that the ones with the gangway door ends could be coupled together for inter-city expresses where only one guard was needed for the whole train rather than one per unit. Often used on Glasgow Central to Ayr semi fast services.
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« Reply #100 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 13:51:43 » |
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I understand that the 2 variants were so that the ones with the gangway door ends could be coupled together for inter-city expresses where only one guard was needed for the whole train rather than one per unit. Often used on Glasgow Central to Ayr semi fast services.
Ah...that makes sense. Same sort of thing with the class 124 Trans-Pennine fleet.... originals like this... joining units like this...
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« Reply #101 on: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 14:17:18 » |
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Yep thats right, only the Swindon built DMU's were used for long haul inter-city trains so it was either designed for that or put on the inter-city trains because of the design, could be have been either.
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« Reply #102 on: Friday, December 12, 2014, 23:18:26 » |
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Doing this tomorrow. So happy
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« Reply #103 on: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 16:02:37 » |
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2hrs 20 mins late arrival in Canterbury ouch
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« Reply #104 on: Saturday, December 13, 2014, 16:11:30 » |
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However one of Swindon's finest creations doing what she was built for this morning.
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