Comments on: Crewe: The Gathering

By: Geoffrey Chandler

Geoffrey Chandler — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:37:29 +0000

Stephen.I have enjoyed your reports and pictures regarding The Great Gathering. We were lucky enough to be in England at the time of the event and I attended on September10.My question is not about railways but rather about a Foden lorry thatI photographed by the heritage vehicles.It looks as if it was maunfactured in the late forties or early fifties. Red in colour it has J.H.Lunt enscribed on it licence number MVS 582 Any idea of the year and model or could you put me on to someone who would know? Thanks Geoff Chandler London Canada.

By: Tim Hall

Tim Hall — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 20:50:13 +0000

My first rail commute was in Southern Region (now SWT) class 455 EMUs, which were almost new at the time.

For a short time I commuted into central London in locomotive hauled Mk1s behind class 50s, which have been preserved for more than ten years.

By: Stephen Karlson

Stephen Karlson — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 14:46:08 +0000

It’s when one’s regular conveyances begin turning up in museums that one really becomes aware of advancing age. The Illinois Railway Museum holds three gallery coaches and a diesel from the Chicago and North Western that were in regular commuter service when I started at Northern Illinois.