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SWTH said:
RichB said:
Rich1973 said:
It was unveiled at the 40th anniversary event in Bristol.
For me, the brown/grey, off-white and red stripe 'Swallow' livery was best. Edited by RichB on Saturday 29th December 21:50
gazzarose said:
I'm too young to remember the original intercity blue livery so the swallow livery is what I think of as 'the' intercity livery. However the blue livery does hold good memories as I had an Intercity train set when I was a kid but it was pre hst so I think it was a class 37.
As far as I recall, the driving cars were never in what was known as "rail blue" livery although the coaches were. Here's a shot of mine of the inaugural revenue-earning run between Bristol and Paddington in 1977. Taken at Badminton:
Class 37s were not used on express passenger work at that time. They were used for a short period around 1965 working in pairs on the WR, and later on secondary passenger services such as Bristol to Weymouth
rs1952 said:
gazzarose said:
I'm too young to remember the original intercity blue livery so the swallow livery is what I think of as 'the' intercity livery. However the blue livery does hold good memories as I had an Intercity train set when I was a kid but it was pre hst so I think it was a class 37.
As far as I recall, the driving cars were never in what was known as "rail blue" livery although the coaches were. Here's a shot of mine of the inaugural revenue-earning run between Bristol and Paddington in 1977. Taken at Badminton:Class 37s were not used on express passenger work at that time. They were used for a short period around 1965 working in pairs on the WR, and later on secondary passenger services such as Bristol to Weymouth
marksx said:
Evoluzione - could you post up some photos of the IKEA birstall area. Be interesting to see how it looked, if there is anything recognisable in the area.
I'll do a couple or so, I don't really want to 'dominate the thread' with them all as they aren't really what was requested. Maybe i'll start a thread in the Yorks section.This isn't one of them, but the Flying Scotsman coming out of Leeds old Central station. This was in between Whitehall Rd and Wellington St and part of it (a wagon lift building) is the only bit still standing.. What we use today is what was known as Leeds New Station, but back then it was one of two:
marksx said:
Evoluzione - could you post up some photos of the IKEA birstall area. Be interesting to see how it looked, if there is anything recognisable in the area.
Taken from somewhere near the end of Windmill Lane (the base of the windmill is still there) near the sports centre at Howden Clough this is by the side of Upper Batley Low Lane and is on its way to Howden Clough Station and then to Drighlington, some of the banking is still there. Scotchman lane and The Needless in the background. They were doubled up to gain traction as it was a steep pull up to Drighlington.
As you may know the A65 Drighlington Bypass roughly follows the line of the tracks, only the chimney of the old Brickworks just off Gildersome roundabout remains and that is what you can see in the back ground there:
The roundabout was a crossroads (a turnpike IIRC) and the trains ran under it.
gazzarose said:
SWTH said:
Take your pick! IC Swallow is a great livery, but I (only just, mind) prefer the original Intercity 125 livery.
I'm too young to remember the original intercity blue livery so the swallow livery is what I think of as 'the' intercity livery. However the blue livery does hold good memories as I had an Intercity train set when I was a kid but it was pre hst so I think it was a class 37. 
Evoluzione said:
Taken from somewhere near the end of Windmill Lane (the base of the windmill is still there) near the sports centre at Howden Clough this is by the side of Upper Batley Low Lane and is on its way to Howden Clough Station and then to Drighlington, some of the banking is still there. Scotchman lane and The Needless in the background. They were doubled up to gain traction as it was a steep pull up to Drighlington.
As you may know the A65 Drighlington Bypass roughly follows the line of the tracks, only the chimney of the old Brickworks just off Gildersome roundabout remains and that is what you can see in the back ground there:
The roundabout was a crossroads (a turnpike IIRC) and the trains ran under it.
Interesting, thank you. The first picture, I certainly recognise the area and the pub. The chimney in the second pic is certainly a landmarkAs you may know the A65 Drighlington Bypass roughly follows the line of the tracks, only the chimney of the old Brickworks just off Gildersome roundabout remains and that is what you can see in the back ground there:
The roundabout was a crossroads (a turnpike IIRC) and the trains ran under it.
I took this video at Shelton. A4 Pacific "Bittern". Turn the sound up 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJSCWCDhCg
...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLJSCWCDhCg
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