Article in the Meccano Magazine (Aug 1956) describing the SMJR Railtour - The SMJ Society2024-03-29T06:59:47Zhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/forum/topics/article-in-the-meccano-magazine-aug-1956-describing-the-smjr?commentId=3138568%3AComment%3A69628&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe station is indeed Byfield…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2016-01-16:3138568:Comment:696312016-01-16T15:26:57.206ZRobin Culluphttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/RobinCullup
<p>The station is indeed Byfield.</p>
<p>There must have been many hundreds of photos taken of 43222 and train on the SMJ on this Sunday. What is perhaps amazing to us today is that the special ran on a Sunday meaning that several signal boxes must have been opened specially for the train to pass - would the railways go to that trouble and expense today? I doubt it.</p>
<p>Would that we could travel behind a 3F today.....</p>
<p>Robin</p>
<p>The station is indeed Byfield.</p>
<p>There must have been many hundreds of photos taken of 43222 and train on the SMJ on this Sunday. What is perhaps amazing to us today is that the special ran on a Sunday meaning that several signal boxes must have been opened specially for the train to pass - would the railways go to that trouble and expense today? I doubt it.</p>
<p>Would that we could travel behind a 3F today.....</p>
<p>Robin</p> The station is Byfield isn't…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2016-01-16:3138568:Comment:696282016-01-16T14:35:02.064ZGaryhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/Gary
<p>The station is Byfield isn't it?<br/>Great bit of history.</p>
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<p>The station is Byfield isn't it?<br/>Great bit of history.</p>
<p></p> Thanks for this, Dick. The ar…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2014-11-11:3138568:Comment:647432014-11-11T23:00:02.580ZRobin Culluphttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/RobinCullup
<p>Thanks for this, Dick. The article is in the August 1956 edition of Meccano Magazine (page 402) - I've seen (got) many photographs of 43222 on this special, but I've not seen this particular view before.</p>
<p>Robin</p>
<p>Thanks for this, Dick. The article is in the August 1956 edition of Meccano Magazine (page 402) - I've seen (got) many photographs of 43222 on this special, but I've not seen this particular view before.</p>
<p>Robin</p> Robin
Great stuff!
There's a…tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2014-11-11:3138568:Comment:648402014-11-11T20:15:15.684ZDick Bodilyhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/Dick
<p>Robin</p>
<p>Great stuff!</p>
<p>There's a famous photo of the Claud at Kings Cross complete with SMJ headboard. It appeared in the 1958 Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Britain. I wonder why it was taken off at Hitchin as Clauds sometimes ran through to Bletchley and where frequently seen at Northampton Castle in the late 50s, was there a problem? Do you have the date of this magazine so that I can add it to the list of articles on the appropriate webpage?</p>
<p>Dick</p>
<p>Robin</p>
<p>Great stuff!</p>
<p>There's a famous photo of the Claud at Kings Cross complete with SMJ headboard. It appeared in the 1958 Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Britain. I wonder why it was taken off at Hitchin as Clauds sometimes ran through to Bletchley and where frequently seen at Northampton Castle in the late 50s, was there a problem? Do you have the date of this magazine so that I can add it to the list of articles on the appropriate webpage?</p>
<p>Dick</p> Souvenir of that trip.tag:thesmjr.ning.com,2014-11-11:3138568:Comment:644362014-11-11T19:04:23.677Zalwyn sparrowhttp://thesmjr.ning.com/profile/alwynrobertsparrow
<p>Souvenir of that trip.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490437859?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490437859?profile=original" width="512" class="align-center"/></a></p>
<p>Souvenir of that trip.<a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490437859?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1490437859?profile=original" width="512" class="align-center"/></a></p>