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| The Mails (old) 30/10/2011 at 20:57 #22280 | |
derbybest
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Found this about mail trains it is old but good views of Euston & Crewe boxes. Look how they throw the levers about at Euston http://www.britishrailways.tv/british-railways?task=viewvideo&video_id=1908 Chris Last edited: 30/10/2011 at 20:58 by derbybest Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 30/10/2011 at 21:06 #22281 | |
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UKTrainMan
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" said:Look how they throw the levers about at EustonDoesn't really surprise me Chris, seems they've got two people working the one box with a large amount of levers each. Knowing how busy Euston is, or can get, it does not surprise me at all. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Last edited: 30/10/2011 at 21:06 by UKTrainMan Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 30/10/2011 at 21:30 #22283 | |
jc92
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nice LNWR frame, train describer and block instruments- easiest freindliest ones to operate
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| Re: The Mails (old) 30/10/2011 at 21:43 #22286 | |
northroad
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Excellent film Chris, the commentry is very official though. Have the eagle eyed people like me spotted the cutting room errors.....11 minutes and 8 secs into the film just as she enters Crewe have a look at the cabside number.....oh dear oh dear it's a mirror image....a bit of cut and splice errors there I think.....is there any more? Geoff Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 31/10/2011 at 20:10 #22349 | |
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postman
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What a great film. Being a postman it was great to see the TPO staff and the lineside mail apperatious too!! Lovely shot inside Crewe North Junction too. 
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| Re: The Mails (old) 31/10/2011 at 21:05 #22354 | |
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AndyG
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Interesting film, but did you notice in a couple of places some of the mood shots are reversed ie in LMS the S looks like a Z?
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| Re: The Mails (old) 31/10/2011 at 21:19 #22359 | |
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Danny252
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" said:Excellent film Chris, the commentry is very official though. Have the eagle eyed people like me spotted the cutting room errors.....11 minutes and 8 secs into the film just as she enters Crewe have a look at the cabside number.....oh dear oh dear it's a mirror image....a bit of cut and splice errors there I think.....is there any more?The loco changes at the start of the film: 6207 comes off shed, but it looks like an Austerity leading it out of the station. The clock has "Fenchurch Street" as its name. They show a TC indicator to indicate that the train is able to proceed! Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 01/11/2011 at 07:50 #22377 | |
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David Russon
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The Engine commences as 6207 , becomes 46212 leaving the shed , is a Coronation class loco backing onto the train , leaving Euston is a "Royal Scot" (46106) , a reversed image, whilst the loco arriving at Crewe is a "Coronation class" loco (6234) , then cuts to a reversed image of "Princess Royal" loco 46211 leaving Crewe. DavidR Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 01/11/2011 at 19:37 #22384 | |
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danrobjones
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What an excelent film, I have a sudden erge to fire a double fairlie with 11 in toe... Merddin please. Also noticed we are a picky bunch us railway folk. DJ Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 01/11/2011 at 20:38 #22387 | |
postal
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Amazingly, there was little changed indoors between the making of the film in 1946 and the cessation of the TPOs in 2004. The apparatus for picking up and dropping mail bags on the fly was last used in 1971, but apart from that the only significant changes were fluorescent lights and (unofficially) casual clothing instead of uniforms and regulation dust coats. Good to watch and brought back 10 years of my working life!
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| Re: The Mails (old) 02/11/2011 at 08:04 #22394 | |
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nimbus32a
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Good film to watch, But oh the gangers, no orange vest in sight hope nobody tell the good folk of the HSE they would have kittens if it was today
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| Re: The Mails (old) 02/11/2011 at 08:37 #22395 | |
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northroad
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" said:Good to watch and brought back 10 years of my working life!Showing your age there Postal old chap. He He He.....  I seem to remember that the York - Shrewsbury sometimes produced a Deltic now and again if my memory serves me well, but where did they take the Deltic off...surely it did not go all the way. Geoff Log in to reply |
| Re: The Mails (old) 02/11/2011 at 08:57 #22396 | |
Meld
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" said:" said:The Deltic would come off at Stockport for an AC forward to Crewe to be taken over by a 47 to Shrewsbury which would normally work the first Euston service.Good to watch and brought back 10 years of my working life!Showing your age there Postal old chap. He He He..... Passed the age to be doing 'Spoon Feeding' !!! Log in to reply |