"The Palatine".......now departing from Platform 5

r00fie1

r00fie1

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16:25 Manchester [Central] to London [St Pancras] via Chinley North Junction, Matlock, Derby [Midland] and Leicester [Midland]
Stanier "Black Five" 45114 hauling "The Palatine" c1963
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Architectuly "Manchester Central" the most attractive main railway station in Manchester before it was closed.
Ironic that Sunak in his party conference [at GMEX] announced the end of HS2 Manchester route.
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I saw the Palatine several times as a train spotter when I lived in Matlock when I was a kid.
It was replaced by a diesel with a yellow strip along the sides, if I recall correctly, before the lines were ripped up north of Darley Dale as part of the Beechin cuts.
 
red_clowne said:
I saw the Palatine several times as a train spotter when I lived in Matlock when I was a kid.
It was replaced by a diesel with a yellow strip along the sides, if I recall correctly, before the lines were ripped up north of Darley Dale as part of the Beechin cuts.
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Four-All said:
That's rebuilt Royal Scot 46114 'Coldstream Guardsman' in the photo - the smoke deflectors are the giveaway as Black 5's didn't have them.
I'll get my anorak......
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Beg your pardon I thought it was 45114 - you`re correct of course. In the years just after the War, not all Royal Scots were fitted with smoke deflectors of course.(y)
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Lemmy_kilmister said:
That'll be a 45 I think. 46's weren't built until 1961 and all the 44's were namers.
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Yes. The 44`s [Cromptons] had two panels, not unlike connecting doors, on the front of the cab..

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The only named class 46 was no: 46026 [ex D163] "The Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry".
That name now belongs to Class 45 no. D123, based on the Great Central Railway. (y)
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red_clowne said:
I saw the Palatine several times as a train spotter when I lived in Matlock when I was a kid.
It was replaced by a diesel with a yellow strip along the sides, if I recall correctly, before the lines were ripped up north of Darley Dale as part of the Beechin cuts.
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There was also the short lived Blue "Midland Pullman"
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red_clowne said:
I saw the Palatine several times as a train spotter when I lived in Matlock when I was a kid.
It was replaced by a diesel with a yellow strip along the sides, if I recall correctly, before the lines were ripped up north of Darley Dale as part of the Beechin cuts.
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"The Switzerland of England" (y)
 
Wow.

I sit lost between this and the Championship Manager threads with nothing to contribute other than to express feeling like I have got off the bus at the wrong stop, on an unfamiliar route, wondering if it’s Sunday service.

I‘ve already got my coat. Choo choo! 🤣🤪
 
Wonderful painting of the "Hook Continental" connecting London with Harwich for the Ferry to Holland.
Awaiting departure from Liverpool street......

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