Eye-catching black and whites

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  On 16/03/2025 at 14:28, uk_senator said:

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A practice exercise for the police, in case of an accident in the new Clyde Tunnel in Glasgow.

That's the Lord Provost's Austin Princess behind the Ford.

[D.E]

England, circa 1925. Exact location unknown.

[Richard_FM]

  On 16/03/2025 at 13:54, uk_senator said:

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I don't remember that episode of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)!

[Yoss]

  On 15/03/2025 at 11:11, Metal Guru said:

I remember the streamlined trains of the 30s. As I understand it, they bolted the streamline body onto the existing train, and the increased weight, more than cancelled out any increase in speed due to aerodynamics . Or is that an urban myth?

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Depends if you start from scratch with streamlining in mind. This was the Henschel Wegmann Zug. Entered service in 1935. It was built as a whole train, coaches and all. It was also designed to run at the same speed in both directions. It is a large tank engine - it carries its water and coal on board, not in a separate tender - so on arrival it can quite easily run round its train without having to go off to a turntable to be turned. It had a 100mph cruising speed. 

The coaches had much closer couplings than normal and they had both underskirts and smoothed off ends. I'm struggling to find actual photos so I'm having to resort to models. 

It was designed to show that steam could compete with the modern high speed diesel railcars that were already running in Germany by this time. Like this. 

After the war 61 002 (they only built two locos) found itself in the east when everything was divvyed up between the two new countries. The east Germans rebuilt it in to this. 

It bears absolutely no resemblance to how it was but is equally striking I think. Obviously only the frame was kept, even the wheel arrangement has changed, and it has gained a tender. It still survives like this today. This reached 109mph in what is really not a streamlined design. 

[sheffcortinacentre]

  On 16/03/2025 at 22:30, D.E said:

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Taxed til 01/01/87

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Bugatti Railcar.

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  On 16/03/2025 at 22:46, Richard_FM said:

I don't remember that episode of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)!

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Wrong Vauxhall Gromit.

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Portree, 1934

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

  On 17/03/2025 at 20:20, D.E said:

Portree, 19:34

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Portree would not have been much different by quarter past eight ...

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(BTW It is the Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry , not Portree )

https://www.google.com/maps/@57.2291689,-5.6551742,3a,75y,263.24h,80.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D9.651938443995775%26panoid%3Dx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA%26yaw%3D263.2367266061153!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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MLOR I think you are right there .

[D.E]

  On 17/03/2025 at 20:34, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

Portree would not have been much different by quarter past eight ...

🙃

 

 

(BTW It is the Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry , not Portree )

https://www.google.com/maps/@57.2291689,-5.6551742,3a,75y,263.24h,80.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D9.651938443995775%26panoid%3Dx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA%26yaw%3D263.2367266061153!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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Thanks, seems a match! I wish we had spectacular landscapes like that here...

I just copied the description. Tbh, I am uncertain if the year is correct too. The dark coloured car is, I think, a Ford Ten, but the car in front looks like a Hillman Minx which was first introduced in 1936.

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https://skyeferry.co.uk/

 

 

 

 

 

[Momentary Lapse Of Reason]

  On 17/03/2025 at 22:19, D.E said:

Hillman Minx which was first introduced in 1936.

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Hillman Minx was first introduced 1st October 1931

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  On 17/03/2025 at 22:24, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

Hillman Minx was first introduced 1st October 1931

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Sorry, you're right of course, what I meant was the more streamlined The Minx Magnificent, which imho does look similar to that car on the boat.

[High Jetter]

  On 17/03/2025 at 20:34, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

Portree would not have been much different by quarter past eight ...

🙃

 

 

(BTW It is the Kylerhea to Glenelg ferry , not Portree )

https://www.google.com/maps/@57.2291689,-5.6551742,3a,75y,263.24h,80.35t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D9.651938443995775%26panoid%3Dx61ojkl5FDlAqgqG2whLBA%26yaw%3D263.2367266061153!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

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Class.

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[D.E]

Fokker F-XII, Hedon aerodrome:

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Sheffield, 1975

[lesapandre]

  On 18/03/2025 at 11:59, Momentary Lapse Of Reason said:

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1941 bombing.

1868 construction.

[Richard_FM]

[sheffcortinacentre]

  On 18/03/2025 at 11:24, MiniMinorMk3 said:

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Lasted to sept 99

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