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your first ecounter with the southern?

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Old 8th April 2009, 14:51
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Smile your first ecounter with the southern?

i would just like to know peoples first ecounter with the southern,its just that mine was in june,1998,and it was a NSE livered class 421 cig,and it was such a good memory,and thats my story what about yours?


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i would just like to know peoples first ecounter with the southern,its just that mine was in june,1998,and it was a NSE livered class 421 cig,and it was such a good memory,and thats my story what about yours?
Bullied Pacific Waterloo to Weymouth in 1965 ! (aged 7 at the time)
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thanks for comment MC,
i would of loved to be around in the age of the steam,but out of all the trains ever been built for the southern i think the pacifics are the southerns iconic image,what do you think?
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Bullied Pacific Waterloo to Weymouth in 1965 ! (aged 7 at the time)
Waterloo to Weymouth via Alton (engineering works) & return direct route

Merchant Navy, Battle of Britain/West country rebuilt & spam can & standard class5(named).
Touched nearly a 100 Mph coming back the fastest I did behind a steam loco.
This was over a Saturday night & Sunday Visited Weymouth,Bournemouth,Eastleigh & Basingstoke Sheds I was 17 at the time most of my "spotting was done on the Midland & eastern regions although I did go to Birmingham(Snow Hill)a few times.
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Smile first ecounters

the origianals,but i think BR spoilt them making the light pacifics,do you?and out of all the storys i have heard so far,i think yours is the best so far for the ecounter with the southern,do you agree on the unrebuilt-pacifics are the southerns most iconic train?
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I can't remember that ! I lived in Derby at the time, and remember being surprised they still had steam on the route ...
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Old 10th April 2009, 16:24
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i think there was the occasional pacific midland!
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the origianals,but i think BR spoilt them making the light pacifics,do you?and out of all the storys i have heard so far,i think yours is the best so far for the ecounter with the southern,do you agree on the unrebuilt-pacifics are the southerns most iconic train?
The main reason the Bullied pacifics were rebuilt was their chain driven valve gear.
In their rebuilt form they were some of the finest locos to run on British Railways
regularly reaching 100mph.
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Wink unrebuilt best!

i know but i just have a thing for the unrebuilts!
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