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Class 108 DTC 56224 For Sale
The vehicle is located at Wirksworth on the Ecclesbourne Valley
Railway .It was last used at the Annual Convention and serviceable. Recently fitted new
set of batteries, and very good tyres having had new set of bogies before being
withdrawn. Requires ceiling replacement in second class. Ring Mike Evans on
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New Railcar Bulletin
Chris Moxon has begun producing the next generation of TRA Bulletins, picking up
where the old ones left off at issue 97. Now in colour and featuring all the
latest preservation news, it can be found here.
Contributions for the next issue can be sent to Chris at
railcar@live.co.uk. |
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Overhaul Documents
Does anyone have any of the following documents? We can swap copies of
others if we can get copies of these.
stuart.dmu@gmail.com
Engineering
Instruction MD/10 - Provision of tail lights
Engineering
Instruction MD/80 - Brake cylinder trunnion brackets
Engineering
Instruction MD/98 - EP Control relay panel
Engineering
Instruction MD/160 - Exhaust system
Engineering
Instruction MD/278 - Trico windscreen washer equipment
Engineering
Instruction MD/348 - Cab heater and demister motor circuit
TP/TS/0319 -
Overhaul of Final Drive |
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Liberia
The fate of the LAMCO Swindon Inter-City vehicles has been a mystery for
some time but this picture
http://www.larsjohannesson.com/photo/albums/liberia-bilder/Yekepa_Industrial_Area/12_Railbus_End_Station.html
shows rusting shells that have been well stripped of almost everything. Five
vehicles were exported, one crash damaged vehicle was pushed into a swap many
years ago, and the pics show at least three of the other four surviving in March
this year. The railway has been re-opened by
Arcelor Mittal and, if they haven't already, will no doubt be cut up as the
company clears up the site. |
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Seats Available
The Mid Hants Railway Vintage Carriage Group have some ex-Cravens seats formerly from 51681 or 2 (Rolls Royce engined
type)
which had been fitted in their Bullied 4367 coach when the army used it as an
inspection saloon at Long Marston, presumably acquired from nearby Birds of Long Marston.
They would like to offer them to a good home in return for a donation to their funds
as it would be a shame to scrap them after surviving so long. If anyone is interested contact
Martin Sims at mpsbodmin@aol.co.uk or 07792528462. |
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Preserved Railway Stock List
You may be interested in this comprehensive list of all preserved vehicles
around the country, which has over 17,000 entries
www.preservedrailwaystocklist.org.uk |
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2010 Railcar Convention
Next year's event will be hosted by the DMU Group (West Midlands) at the Severn
Valley Railway, and the dates have been announced as the 7th to 10th October. The outline plan as follows
(subject to confirmation):
Thursday 7th Driver Experience (Limited to fully experienced drivers
from heritage railways)
Friday 8th Timetabled public
passenger service.
Saturday 9th Timetabled public passenger
service.
Saturday 9th TRA annual meeting to be
held at Engine House, Highley at 14.00. There will be at least one steam path
this day, and a special DMU service
Kidderminster to Highley and return.
Evening DMU service to Bridgnorth at 19.00 for F&C meal on
arrival.
Sunday 10th 1960's annual Classic
Vehicle event, with mixture of DMU and steam services a la 1960's. |
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Spoon And Handle
Karl Bowman from the East Kent Light Railway is after a reverser "spoon" and
brake handle if anyone has any spare. He's also after spares for their 101 if
anyone can help.
karl.bowman@doverport.co.uk |
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Book News
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Modern Locomotives Illustrated
We keep hoping that there will be an issue of the excellent
Modern Locomotives Illustrated looking at some DMUs in detail - in the
meantime there's a section on First Generation DMUs in the first annual. It
can be
ordered here from Amazon for £12.59 (rrp £17.99). |
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Blue Pullman
The classic volume on the Blue Pullmans by Kevin Robertson
has been reprinted. Available
here from Amazon. |
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Blue Pullman Supplement
A supplement to the excellent Kevin Robertson book on the Blue Pullman is now
out. Containing a further 100 pages on the sadly missed vehicles
featuring previously unavailable material and unseen photographs,
it can be ordered here from Amazon for £9.77 (rrp £13.95). |
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Flickr Multiple Unit Group
Chris Adams has set up a pool for multiple unit pics on the popular pic hosting
site Flickr. Covering all sort of MUs - EMUs, DMUs and DEMUs in traffic
and preservation, there's already over 5,600 there. You can find it at
http://www.flickr.com/groups/819676@N21/pool/. |
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Railpart Clearout Sale
Railpart is clearing out some items for older vehicles, with prices about 20% of
the listed price. The sale is being co-ordinated through Keith Bulmer, so
contact Keith on keith.bulmer@kadant.com
or kbulmer@talktalk.net if you are
interested in any of these parts. Right click the links below to download the
spreadsheets. There are also lists for diesel locos available, contact Keith for
these.
DMU spares
Coaching stock spares
SR EMU & loco spares |
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You Tube clips
Perry from the Helston Diesel Group (Park Royal unit -
http://www.helstondieselgroup.co.uk/) advised as about two superb videos
on youtube, one shows the last train arriving at Perranporth station in 1963
formed of what appears to be a 3 car 118 and a 2 car 118 and the other video
showing 2 seperate films that are on board a DMU on the same line in 1963.
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For Sale
3-car 115, 2-car 117, Class 47. All at Barry depot. Also a cab cut off from a
101. Contact Carl at 01656 740262
or Carl.Hookings@ntlworld.com
for details. |
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Rhodesian Wickhams
I don't feature a lot of foreign railcars here but this item was interesting
http://www.sandstone-estates.com/interim/a_sad_end/The_Wickham_Railcars_of_Rhodesia_Railways.html.
You can see a lot of similarities in the body between this Wickham and the twin
sets they built for British Railways. If only someone could produce a picture of
some abandoned Swindon units in Liberia! Thanks to Geoff Ingram for the link. |
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Blue Lenses
Ritchie Marcus (Battlefield) has had a batch of the 1 inch diameter blue glass
lenses for the cab engine and air/axle light fittings made from glass from
the original patterns, and is offering these for sale. They cost £5 each, inclusive
of VAT and postage. Contact him at rjmarcus@doctors.org.uk
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Video Clips
As video clips are nearly as common on the internet nowadays on the likes of You
Tube, then perhaps DMU clips should also be listed here? If anyone wants to send
in links, send them to here (links
only, no clips/files!).
This one
- Vehicles stored at Thornton Junction including 101s, 120s and the
Mexican Bean unit.
This one -
Class 101 51188 and 51505 2-car unit + bubble car 55006 arrive into Wirksworth
simultaneously.
This one -
Class 101 51188 and 51505 2-car unit + Class 117 51360 and Class 108 56224 leave
Wirksworth together.
This one -
Fire drill onboard M55006.
This one -
The
last train arriving at Perranporth station in 1963 formed of what appears to be
a 3 car 118 and a 2 car 118
This one - Two separate
films that are on board a DMU on the line above in 1963. |
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Metalastic Bushes
These are used in the mounts of most Leyland 680 / AEC engines. Two fit
on the engine, and two on the vehicle. A new batch of these have just been made,
and available in sets of four at a cost of £115 (including VAT and
P&P). There are just eight sets available, if you are interested please
contact stuartsellar @ blueyonder.co.uk.
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Yahoo Groups
For those that are not aware of the Yahoo DMU groups available,
the main ones are:
101DMU -
"This group is for anyone interested in Class 101s (Metro-Cammell
built diesel railcars). Anything relevant to these trains is
welcome. Other types of first generation DMU are also
acceptable. Report all your sightings, and share news,
information, photos and opinions."
1st-gen -
"1st-gen is a forum for owners and operators of
1st-generation DMUs (and anyone else interested). Particular
topics are requests for information / technical help and parts
for sale / wanted."
mueg - "MUEG
is an E-mail group for people interested in Multiple units of
all types, ie EMU DMU DEMU. We cover both old and modern, and
also heritage railways which these are used on."
Blue
Pullmans - "A group for anyone interested in the
erstwhile British Rail Blue Pullman sets which operated between
London and Manchester / Birmingham / South Wales."
Thumpergroup
- "News, views and latest
information on ex-BR Class 201, 205, 207 and 210 DEMU's,
also Northern Ireland '80' and 'castle' class DEMU's - all
carrying English Electric 4SRKT engines."
Wickham Of
Ware - discussing all things Wickham – Railcars,
Railbuses, DMUs, Trolleys, Trailers etc. |