7mm The Colonel's Birmingham Bodges. EMU's & now Mk2 coaches.

[iploffy]

Found A train kinda blue but it's quite interesting the similarities between the British and the turkish system
excuse the colours and the blurred pictures as the were taken off a coach fitted with ultraviolet window shades




And then the coach driver fainted at the wheel, a polish bloke went to the front of the coach stopped it and then we were evacuated to the hard shoulder

 

[marsa69]

I'd swear those are Lima ferry vans in the 4th pic lol

 

[40126]

That's amazing Mark, Pm sent

Steve

 

[Jon Fitness]

Last time I went to Turkey (welll.the only time I went to Turkey actually). this chap was shunting the yard at Irmak...

I think it ended up "plinthed" somewhere out there. Some wag had attached an 8E shed plate to the original Stanier smokebox door. It had been through the main works at Canciri (probably spelt wrong sorry!) gaining a Turkish smokebox door to which the works had re-attached the shedplate..
1983 I think it was
Jon F.

 

[Jordan]

Yes, Turkish Railways famously ran Stanier 8F's for some years after the UK ended steam. They were called "Churchills" IIRC, as they went to Turkey during WW2.

/Anorak mode /OFF.

Edit. Hasn't one been brought back to the UK for preservation?

As for the Colonel's holibobs diet, I guess we'd better make extra room for him by the Test Track at Telford...

 

[iploffy]

You better had. Guess where we are off to on Wednesday. .................come on have a stab.

 

[Jordan]

Iraq....??

 

[iploffy]

Wrong country

 

[40126]

Iraq....??

Steve

 

[lancer1027]

Afganistan !!

 

[Phill Dyson]

Telford??

 

[iploffy]

Telford is the roughest, got my kalashnicov ready for the heljan stand, but no its in turkey. A clue does anyone want pictures of a stanier 8f

 

[Jordan]

The Colonel is to photograph a Kettle ???

This we must see!!!

 

[iploffy]

32 of them

 

[marsa69]

32 kettles? How big is the tiffin?

 

[iploffy]

Ahhhhh it's ring of kettles

 

[Colin M]

Hope you took some emergency Tiffin rations in your suitcase... I don't think they serve it in Turkey!

 

[iploffy]

Ahhhh they do but I had to bring it with me if you know what I mean. It would have cost me 19 camels and a lifetimes subscription to jorders magazine.

 

[marsa69]

Could you not just have given them the wife instead? Then again I've met her and they'd want a refund

 

[Colin M]

And you must have good ole English breakfast tea too. Tiffin just doesn't sit right with Turkish coffee!