Afternnon MK! Many thanks - really looking forward to that one. Did you see"Mrs Biggs" at all last night - they really got their "eras" mixed up on that one, even in the first four minutes - a green Brush 4 in "Ocober 1957" passed a rake of maroon Mk IIs and then pulled into a station with a blue Western alongside!! Will watch it this eve in full and keep count of gaffs on the bus front!!
Evening Mk! Been watching the railway bits again on Mrs Biggs, seems to be a mish-mash of locations - there is an ex-Great Central station which I don't recognise (it's not on the preserved GCR); the 47 running wrong-line on a viaduct with St.Paul's Cathedral superimposed in the background; and the terminus appears to be Paddington(?) with the Class 52 & another green cl.47 superimposed on the right hand side -to hide the electric cantenary(?)! plus a mention of "training on an EE type 3000"!
More fantastic material MK! A 1000 thanks for putting this on. I spent a fair bit of time there myself 87-89 trying to catch the last of the 20s and 45s. Incidentally I managed to see the sand train at Carlton twice now. It seems to have settled into a "regular time(!)" of arrival at 1545hrs witha healthy 31 wagon-consist. You seem to have put a fair bit more on YT too, did you manage to get that Cl.31 at M/bretton on here that you mentioned a while ago, on by any chance?
Evening Mk! Yeah that's the one alright - you said the clip was too long for YT I recall. Would be nice to see something non-American moving on that stretch. Incidentally I was amazed to learn of the Sheffield - Bedford electrification - how long will Dore Tunnel take?! Plenty of diversions along the "old Road" me thinks!
I did, i was told to be quiet by the gaffer, after pointing the mistakes out, it will be fun to see how the train robbery went on, maybe they'll have a Class 08 on front of the train !. Why don't they (TV Companies) ask for advice from people who know about railways and do the job correct ?
I believe that platform is still in place today. Wasn’t it part of the old Rawmarsh & Parkgate station? Also was the 150 working a Nottingham - Leeds service?
To split hairs it was called Parkgate & Rawmarsh. There were three bridges, carrying the fast lines, the slow lines, and a shunting spur from Aldwarke Main colliery to a slag heap on the south side of Aldwarke Road.
