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The future is unwritten
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Slip Coach from 1858 to 1960...
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Junior Master Dwellar
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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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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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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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That is very cool. It seems like an update could be effective again.
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The girls are in England btw.
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