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Old 24th April 2012, 08:52
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Originally Posted by Madcaravanner View Post
You mean this lot that in the late 50's, British Rail tested Railbuses, produced by a variety of manufacturers.
These proved to be somewhat unreliable.
Unreliable ?

I remember reports of passengers at Maldon having to push the railbus along the platform to "bump start" the engine.

I see the Colne Valley Railway have one (or more) railbusi (plural of railbus ? )
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