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Old 07-02-2018, 12:09 AM   #1
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Slip Coach from 1858 to 1960...

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Old 07-02-2018, 03:20 AM   #2
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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.
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Old 07-02-2018, 06:19 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 07-02-2018, 06:30 AM   #4
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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.
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Old 07-02-2018, 06:39 AM   #5
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That is very cool. It seems like an update could be effective again.
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Old 07-02-2018, 06:46 AM   #6
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The girls are in England btw.
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Old 07-02-2018, 06:54 AM   #7
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The girls are in England btw.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway?
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