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« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2024, 19:45:40 »

Hmmm. Roll Eyes

58040 is an interesting one.  It could be that train:



... or it could be this one:



Either way, it's not a bus.  Wink

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« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2024, 20:08:16 »

Thanks for that update, JayMac.  Somewhat surprising - it seemed to be a fairly modern and roadworthy vehicle, in the image I posted.  Roll Eyes

03 plate, so 21 years old.
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« Reply #17 on: December 20, 2024, 00:49:54 »

60007 is certainly a train:



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« Reply #18 on: December 20, 2024, 00:51:31 »

... as is 66087:



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« Reply #19 on: December 20, 2024, 09:41:21 »

70017 hauls a heavily laden VSTP 6Z41

Could it be this locomotive?  Grin  Grin
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« Reply #20 on: December 20, 2024, 09:55:26 »


From Wikipedia

70017   Arrow   built at Crewe   June 1951 - October 1966   Withdrawn as a result of damage incurred on 30 July 1966 in a collision with a goods train near Carlisle.
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« Reply #21 on: December 20, 2024, 10:09:30 »

66564 is another train:



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« Reply #22 on: December 20, 2024, 13:07:23 »

At least when the new class 99 freight locomotives are introduced next year they shouldn't be confused with the last "99's", they were considerably heavier and they floated!
I don't believe the ships physically had the number on them it was just an allocation they were given in the TOPS (Total Operations Processing System) system.
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« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2024, 14:17:57 »

66847 is yet another train:



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« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2024, 16:00:05 »

And finally, 70807 is also a train:



That's all, folks: we have now identified everything in grahame's list.  Grin

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