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Old 12th March 2006, 23:23
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Originally Posted by dario
On this book there are two pictures of the LNER Coronation train of 1937, showing the Tail-car inside and out.
My question then is: did this train also reverse into the Terminus?
What was British practice for this operation?
That's a hell of a good question Dario. I don't think that there is a 'wye' outside of Kings Cross, so I suppose that the 'beaver tail' was detached from the rest of the stock and turned on a turntable. I've never read anything about it though, so I'm only guessing.
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