GREEN RED SHED
Guy Vincent
Guy Vincent
Not a brilliant picture but given the weather and available light today my best effort. Newly branded DB Cargo loco 66150 in Westbury this morning having arrived overnight with sister loco 66085 (also in ex-works condition but minus the 'We are the future' message). 66150 has been modified to run on HVO (see marking on fuel tank) which is apparently 'Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil'. Not sure at this stage whether or not it can be mixed / used with standard diesel but no doubt in time this will be revealed. Hopefully this trial will be successful and we can look forward to further conversions in due course.
Regards, Guy Vincent
Regards, Guy Vincent
Westbury Yard 66150 18th December 2020 Copyright Guy Vincent
An enlargement of the above view of the fuel tank of 66150 at Westbury on the 18th December 2020 Copyright Guy Vincent
If this is the future and it reduces CO2 - let's have more of it - let's have a greener world.
Many thanks Guy
Exeter (long time ago)
Steve Widdowson
Steve Widdowson
Nice in black and white. Here we see 50008 Thunderer at Exeter St Davids on the 4th September 1987. Copyright Steve Widdowson
Many thanks Steve (Thunderer)
Problems with the new sea wall at
Dawlish
Dave Ward
Dawlish
Dave Ward
Network Rail is investigating a problem with a section of the new £80million Dawlish sea wall, less than three months after the structure was unveiled.
ITV West Country can reveal pieces of closed-cell neoprene, which were applied to joints in the wall panels to maintain structural integrity, have become dislodged and are being washed into the sea.
This is causing concern for local residents, campaign groups and environmental campaigners.
ITV West Country can reveal pieces of closed-cell neoprene, which were applied to joints in the wall panels to maintain structural integrity, have become dislodged and are being washed into the sea.
This is causing concern for local residents, campaign groups and environmental campaigners.
Many thanks Dave - as Dave says better fit more effort was put into the Tavistock route as an alternative.
New Book
Ruth Mansergh
Ruth Mansergh
Dear Sir
I’ve just self-published a book about private stations in Britain and Ireland. Perhaps some of your members would be interested in it. I’d appreciate any online publicity, for example.
Yours faithfully, Ruth Mansergh
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRB3DWV/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1608222568&refinements=p_27%3ARuth+Mansergh&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Ruth+Mansergh
The preface is as follows:
Men in Britain and Ireland, mostly peers of the realm, could give orders that a train was to be stopped at their own private station whenever they needed it, and could keep it waiting until they were ready to climb on board - as one does.... This is a story, with lesser-known quirks, of those stations - which include Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire, Earl Fitzwilliam’s in South Yorkshire and Mrs Ballentine-Dykes’ in Cumbria - and of private stations that served industry, such as mines and docks, and military facilities. Castle Howard station was essentially a private halt. One oddity was Peterhead Prison station (opened c1888), Aberdeenshire, on a private railway line from the prison (now a tourist attraction) to the quarries where the inmates worked. Another was Cripples’ Home Siding on the Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway. “Most Butlin Holiday Camps have their own railway station, and at the others transport is readily available from station to Camp. Through trains run between every Butlin Camp and the principal railway centres every Saturday during the summer holiday season,” Butlin’s advertised in 1957.
I’ve just self-published a book about private stations in Britain and Ireland. Perhaps some of your members would be interested in it. I’d appreciate any online publicity, for example.
Yours faithfully, Ruth Mansergh
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QRB3DWV/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1608222568&refinements=p_27%3ARuth+Mansergh&s=books&sr=1-3&text=Ruth+Mansergh
The preface is as follows:
Men in Britain and Ireland, mostly peers of the realm, could give orders that a train was to be stopped at their own private station whenever they needed it, and could keep it waiting until they were ready to climb on board - as one does.... This is a story, with lesser-known quirks, of those stations - which include Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire, Earl Fitzwilliam’s in South Yorkshire and Mrs Ballentine-Dykes’ in Cumbria - and of private stations that served industry, such as mines and docks, and military facilities. Castle Howard station was essentially a private halt. One oddity was Peterhead Prison station (opened c1888), Aberdeenshire, on a private railway line from the prison (now a tourist attraction) to the quarries where the inmates worked. Another was Cripples’ Home Siding on the Basingstoke & Alton Light Railway. “Most Butlin Holiday Camps have their own railway station, and at the others transport is readily available from station to Camp. Through trains run between every Butlin Camp and the principal railway centres every Saturday during the summer holiday season,” Butlin’s advertised in 1957.
Looks interesting