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70000 Class Locomotives 04/04/2010 at 00:51 #8161
UKTrainMan
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My fellow railway enthusiasts have come up with various names for these locos. Things like "Huxley Pig", "Predator" / "The Predator" and various others which I've now forgotten

Also it has been mentioned to me that these locos are apparently banned from the Lickey incline? ::

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70000 Class Locomotives 05/04/2010 at 21:37 #8213
Signalhunter
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UKTrainMan said:
My fellow railway enthusiasts have come up with various names for these locos. Things like "Huxley Pig", "Predator" / "The Predator" and various others which I've now forgotten

Also it has been mentioned to me that these locos are apparently banned from the Lickey incline? ::
I don't know about the Lickey Incline but they are banned from the Harrogate circle. i.e. Leeds-Harrogate-York. There is a bridge for them to hit. The same one as got hit by a kettle recently.

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70000 Class Locomotives 14/04/2010 at 10:50 #8494
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I saw one for the first time the other week, while I was driving to work. I was surprised that they're not *actually* that ugly. If you're looking from a distance, that is. Such as across a river. And you can't really look, because you're driving.

What I did think, though, as I drew level with it, is that seen side-on they do seem to have a slightly dashing rake to the nose. A bit like a Hymek, in some respects. Maybe if you close one eye and squint the other (whilst driving a car on the opposite bank of a river, still.)

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