Trains... Choo Choo, not the dirty kind.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-02-2018, 12:09 AM

Slip Coach from 1858 to 1960...

Carruthers · 07-02-2018, 03:20 AM

Thanks, Bruce. I'd never heard of that operation before.
It doesn't look a particularly safe procedure on the face of it!

I noted the reference to a 'Warship Class' diesel as the train left Paddington.
Some years ago, a mate of mine noticed a particularly grubby diesel loco at Euston with the name 'Scharnhorst' tastefully inscribed in the grime.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-02-2018, 06:19 AM

I imagine when they started in 1858 without wireless communications and with more primitive equipment, everyone had to be on their toes. Of course back then the riders probably accepted more jostling than they would today.

Carruthers · 07-02-2018, 06:30 AM

I've just mentioned this video to Dad.
He remembers the use of slip coaches at Princes Risborough which is on the line shown and about twenty miles SE of Bicester.

Preparing lunch, hence brevity.

Griff · 07-02-2018, 06:39 AM

That is very cool. It seems like an update could be effective again.

Griff · 07-02-2018, 06:46 AM

The girls are in England btw.

Carruthers · 07-02-2018, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

The girls are in England btw.

North Yorkshire Moors Railway?

07-02-2018, 12:09 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Slip Coach from 1858 to 1960... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-02-2018, 03:20 AM	#2
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	Thanks, Bruce. I'd never heard of that operation before. It doesn't look a particularly safe procedure on the face of it! I noted the reference to a 'Warship Class' diesel as the train left Paddington. Some years ago, a mate of mine noticed a particularly grubby diesel loco at Euston with the name 'Scharnhorst' tastefully inscribed in the grime. __________________

07-02-2018, 06:19 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I imagine when they started in 1858 without wireless communications and with more primitive equipment, everyone had to be on their toes. Of course back then the riders probably accepted more jostling than they would today. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-02-2018, 06:30 AM	#4
Carruthers Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Buckinghamshire UK Posts: 4,059	I've just mentioned this video to Dad. He remembers the use of slip coaches at Princes Risborough which is on the line shown and about twenty miles SE of Bicester. Preparing lunch, hence brevity. __________________

07-02-2018, 06:39 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	That is very cool. It seems like an update could be effective again. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-02-2018, 06:46 AM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The girls are in England btw. Attached Images __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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