Churchill funeral train

Started by Agrippa, January 17, 2015, 10:34:01 AM

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Bealman

There is a beautifully preserved sandstone funeral platform and building just south of the terminating platforms at Sydney's central station here in NSW.
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

crewearpley40

theres an article in the January edition : the railway magazine

d-a-n

Just been reading 'Western Diesels in camera' by J.A.M Vaughn and it says D1015 Western Champion pulled the Pullmans on the return journey from Handborough to Paddington. If only Dapol and Hornby got together for the ultimate scraping the barrel, money spinner!

Railwaygun

#18
I have just visited the NRM and the Churchill Funeral Train is represented there by the Winston Churchill, 1x Pullman car and the Bier / Hearse waggon

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The restoration work at Shildon

http://tinyurl.com/qamsq6g

Will try and sort out the images - they are the right way up on my iPad!! - My Mac fixed this but ?? why it happens (randomly)

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I just thought you'd gone to the NRM's Australian branch.

Bob Tidbury

OSBORNS Models are doing a Dapol siphon and overlays to make the coffin wagon. Does any one know which type of Pulman coaches made up the train formation and the names of the coaches please.
Bob

Karhedron

#21
Details of the funeral train formation can be found here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR_Battle_of_Britain_class_21C151_Winston_Churchill

I think that the Pullman coaches are the steel-sided ones so slightly different to the old Poole-Farish coaches but they might be close enough for Rule #1. The current Mk1 pullman coaches are definitely the wrong sort though.

The forthcoming Farish Bogie van might be a better match for the hearse van although some repainting will be required.
Quote from: ScottyStitch on September 29, 2015, 11:28:46 AM
Well, that's just not good enough. Some fount of all knowledge you are!  :no:  ;)

Karhedron

Just checked, the stock was not a consistent diagram of vehicle. Pullman kitchen-parlour car Carina was a 1951 steel-sided vehicle while Pullman kitchen-parlour car Lydia was a much older 1928 vehicle (that probably would match the old Farish ones).
Quote from: ScottyStitch on September 29, 2015, 11:28:46 AM
Well, that's just not good enough. Some fount of all knowledge you are!  :no:  ;)

acko22

While it is morbid, I can see why it has been done.

The Burial train for Sir Winston Churchill is one of the most significant world evens the railways has been involved in since the send of the second world war even up to today.
While way before my time my dad remembers his death and says there was a sense of loss even though my dad was a post war baby.

I am a little tempted to buy it, but I would rather model the train which carried the Unknown Warrior from Dover to London  in a South Eastern and Chatham Railways General Utility Van No.132
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steve836

Quote from: Bealman on January 18, 2015, 01:26:42 AM
There is a beautifully preserved sandstone funeral platform and building just south of the terminating platforms at Sydney's central station here in NSW.

I assume it's a dead end rather than a through platform! :D
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Bealman

If you want to get in there, you gotta do a few shunting manouvers that hopefully  I'm not ready for yet  ;)
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Agrippa

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Newportnobby

Quote from: Agrippa on March 27, 2015, 11:06:04 AM
Just remember you only need a single ticket.....

.........to the dead centre of the city

steve836

No hurry - all the passengers are late already
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Agrippa

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