your first ecounter with the southern?

i heard that unrebuilt pacific 'bibby-lin' axles snapped during service then,'foreigners' gresley V2s took the service while all were withdrawn for inspection?is this one of the reasons they were re-built,but this was in the 50s when this accured

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Originally Posted by SOUTHEASTERN-465

i heard that unrebuilt pacific 'bibby-lin' axles snapped during service then,'foreigners' gresley V2s took the service while all were withdrawn for inspection?is this one of the reasons they were re-built,but this was in the 50s when this accured

Two of Colwick's (38A)B1s 61188 & 61192 were also "loaned" to the Southern region at that time for two weeks that was in 1953 I don' know which section of the Southern so I don't know where they worked to.

ill look it up and tell you tommorow,but im shaw it was a bournmouth bound train?as for the part of the southern they were working on i woudnt have a clue but i'll look that up to,but i guess they had to do all the pacifics jobs!

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Originally Posted by SOUTHEASTERN-465

ill look it up and tell you tommorow,but im shaw it was a bournmouth bound train?as for the part of the southern they were working on i woudnt have a clue but i'll look that up to.

If the B1s worked to Bournemouth that would be the "Waetern Section" working out of Waterloo they could have been on the "Eastern section" working out of London Bridge to Dover.

[6678bjm]

a 33 on the kensington-olympia drag. in late 80's then the bubble on the greenford branch. after that watching 50's through clapham.

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I've bever got round to travelling in Southern territory yet, but my first encounter with a Southern locomotive was 34067 Tangmere at the East Lancs Spring Gala back in 2006 (I think it was 2006, but that sounds like a long time ago now!).

thanks pavorossi,and,6678bjm,your a luckyman seing a 'cromptom' class 33 in its heyday,and povorossi is 34067 unrebuilt,or original?

reply for bubblewrap,
it was april 1953,and centre driving axle of no.35020 'bibbyline' snapped as it passed crewkerne with the 2:20 pm ilfracombe-to-waterloo,all MNs were withdrawn for inspection,while gresley V2s worked the 'bournmouth belle','britanias' worked the 'A.C.E' and 'Black Fives'and the B1s undertook lesser duties releasing Light-pacifics for Merchant Navy work,
hope this helped,SouthEastern-465,Nsers member
_______________________________________________BR Network-SouthEast 1984-1986'old,late,and dirty' the good days of the southern!

[pavorossi]

Tangmere is in original condition, and can often be seen on the mainline down south. Alas, it doesn't tend to venture North as much as it did when it was part owned by Ian Riley.

thanks adam,
do you have any unrebuilt pacifics on the east lancs?