Recent content by TerryD147

It was (and still is) red; see my reply to Richard Dye for more details.

Yes, Richard, I quite agree. There was a lot of infighting arising from the various companies which had been unwillingly shoved together under the BLMC banner. Had there been a coherent policy to manage the merger, much good could have come from it, but my gut feeling was that it should never...

Interesting to read this, because the export TR6 s to USA were downrated to 104 hp with lower compression and twin Strombergs to meet emission regs; less than impressive performance. By contrast the UK market cars had Lucas fuel injection and higher compression and gave 150 hp, enough to see off...

I can empathise with wanting to work with model railways! Mention of Barnby's reminds me that it used to be in Cherry Street. Did it move to Colmore Row? It was certainly a mecca for me in the early/middle 50s with all the Hornby Dublo, Triang and Trix trains. My first Dublo train set came from...

As an ex-pat Brummy now living near Aberystwyth, this photo is special. It's a pity that the nice straight road which bypasses Llanidloes was built on the formation of this very line through the old Llanidloes station. At least the impressive former station building still exists right alongside...

I guess we're lucky that we have 2 Britannias, given that 70000 was almost lost. She spent some time at Bewdley on the Severn Valley around 1970-71 where I photographed her. Not sure whether any work was done on her there?

It's a shame that the Cadbury family members sold their interest in the business. Were they conned into believing that the business would carry on as it was? Or were they just taking the money and running? If you want to keep a business running as it was and doing what it was, you have to keep...

It's Tyseley. The main line to Warwick, Banbury & Paddington veers off to the left behind the signal box, while the North Warwickshire line to Stratford & Cheltenham goes off to the right. The train is non-corridor stock, meaning it's probably a suburban working, maybe arriving from Lapworth...

How useful that line would be now? Small fast units in & out of New Street and with modern signalling methods the old hold-ups which bedevilled that line decades ago would be no problem.

I certainly recall doing some train-spotting trips from New Street to Tamworth and back and finding that when you banged the carriage seats, clouds of dust rose from them. However nothing can diminish the joy of seeing the hordes of locomotives in Saltley depot. As we passed by quite slowly, we...

It was just such a brief period in which the joys of post-war steam traction could be enjoyed. I was so glad to be old (proper baby boomer born 1946) enough to be able to start enjoying this short spell. The joys of trainspotting were so fleeting. We thought they would last forever, but...

Judging by the buses in early WMPTE livery especially the MCW Metrobus, it is late 1970s/early 1980s.

Lloyd makes an interesting point, but I can't help thinking that the two areas merge into each other. Many a transport heritage vehicle/loco has had substantial parts replaced during "restoration" meaning in some cases there is very little of the original left. Conversely, many of the...

Yes you are quite right. If I recall correctly the earliest ones were the 6-car Midland Pullman trains running between St Pancras and Manchester Central. The Birmingham Pullman sets used the same powercars but there were two extra coaches in the consist, making it an 8-car set. I understand they...

I certainly remember the News Theatre in Station Street. I used to pester my dad to go and watch the daytime cartoons while mum was off shopping. Well, I was only 7!