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  The big picture.

Three number one's. at Laxey.
​Snaefell # 1 new in 1895, vestibule saloon. built by Milnes.
Steam railway # 1, Sutherland, Beyer Peacock 1253 of 1873. 
M E R # 1 Roofed toast rack of 1898 56 seats.  
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From the Isle of Mann.
Touring caravans from the past.             No details - but looks a lot like Minehead.                             Images from Highgrove.
There are no dates to go with the above as three  of the four contributors are no longer with us.
From almost every angle..                             48773, 8233 or 307.LMS 8F, NBL w/n 24607 1940.                           (c) RTG..     
          Southern Vectis.                                                                                                                       images Andrew Holmes.
                                                                                    .Sixty years of Sandtoft.
                                                                            from Richard Smith.                   Images, (c). R Smith.
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WUPPERTAL  SCHWEBEBAHN.
   Suspension railway in Wuppertal, Germany.  Its original name is Einschien Hangerbahn system Eugen Langen.  It is the oldest electric elevated railway with hanging     cars in the world and is a unique system in Germany.  Route length is 13.3 km (8.3 miles)  Twenty stations opened in 1901. No gauge as it is a monorail. 
   Other things to mention - entrance doors on one side only (no island platforms) cars make sharp turn at both termini at Oberbarmen and Vohwinkle site of the depot and
   workshops.  Journey only takes 25 minutes so very basic plastic seating. Gaurd in each unit to control doors and give starting signal. 
   Images below, first 4 taken August 1977.     
                                                Talyllyn  Railway celebrating 70 years of preservation from 1951.             (c) D Brown, M Evans.
  •  Le train Capital. . . .            Champs  Elysee, Paris.            May/June  2003.                 
No proper details for this event, some replicas and other items from SNCF Mulhouse along side new rolling stock.
                            'From every angle.'               LMS  Jubilee  5690  Leander.                                      at S V R.
Built Crewe in 1936 to Crewe north depot.  To Bristol Barrow Rd in 1947 till w/d in July 1964.
Named after young man from Abydos who 'fell' for Hero a girl from Greek myth.
Loco withdrawn 1964 taken to Woodhams till 1972, then restored at BR derby works and later to Dinting museum. 
In 1980 Leander arrived at the SVR for boiler repairs, leaving in 1981. In 1983 put up for sale with 45699 Galatea, both then 
acquired by SVR. In 1994 both loco's sold and 5690 went to East Lancs Rly.
​As of 2008 operated by WCRC at Carnforth and back on mainline in 2015.  Home base is still Carnforth but main line certificate expires in 2021.
                Photos from A Stevens, negatives rescued at auction.  Unknown photographer dated 1985/87.  
      More three of a kind...
                                1965                                                  1955                                                              1934
From the Andrew Holmes collection..
Images from Group library.                                                                                                                                                                           (c)     All images copyright..
The Butterwick stop at Hammersmith just after trolley bus routes finished (630, 628, 655 etc) early 60's. Later used by Reading London line on return journeys.
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Images from Andrew Holmes. C-right.
Mercedes  711D, 25 seat ,new 1994.            MB811D, 33 seat,  new 1993.                      811D  31 seat new in 1994.
Havenstreet station crossing, after a classic car event.                                                                      Images from Highgrove.
      An ultimate three of a kind.                                                                                                  Copyright, Highgrove collection.
     
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From almost every angle;                          GWR 6000,  King George V.                              from May 1987.                   A Stevens.
Reading buses from the 70's and 80's              (c) Copyright A Holmes.                    
           
  Vintage automobiles.                                                                                                                                                                                         copyright (c)..David Brown.
        
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