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[Matchless]

You often see them with rotten bodysides just above the soleplate....I wonder how close they are to bending in the middle?

[Marks DTM Calib]

You often see them with rotten bodysides just above the soleplate....I wonder how close they are to bending in the middle?

Probably not very as the key structure is a large lattice work inside the skin (which you crack your head on inside) with the skin on top so the areas are kept fairly small.

I saw a Mk2 coach which was rather banana shaped due to that very problem though

[tidla]

my brother joined the " rail riders " club many moons ago and and as a lucky new member got to attend the naming ceremony in york and a ride in the cab of "47406"
fate unknown of engine?

[Lizzie_Zoom]

my brother joined the " rail riders " club many moons ago and and as a lucky new member got to attend the naming ceremony in york and a ride in the cab of "47406"
fate unknown of engine?

I don't know about the diesel version of class 47, 47406, but the steam version, LMS 3F 'Jinty' 0-6-0 47406 looked like this in Dia Woodham's Barry scrapyard:



It has recently been steamed on the Great Central Railway at Lougborough for the first time since 1966, and will soon be back pulling trains like this sister engine 47493 on the Severn Valley Railway:



  8-) 8-)

.............In terms of the Class 47 version it is not good news!  I have found by research that it is:

SCRAPPED
Cut-up :: M.R.J. Phillips at FH :: December 1995
Depot :: HQ
Livery :: InterCity

Another one gone!