Saturday, February 25, 2023

Saturday Film Club: How to fix a Glasgow Subway Trains

Peter Purves heads down to what would become (when the new stock arrived) known as the "clockwork orange") to take a look behind the scenes. He pokes his head out of the side and they abandon a cameraman in the tunnel, to the fascination of the passengers.

I met Perves once, and he was really nice. Happy to chat to a couple of cub scouts helping out at a Guide Dogs for the Blind event. A marked contrast to Barbara Woodhouse on the same day...

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  1. If ever there was a candidate for a OO Gauge Train Set then the Glasgow Subway would be it...

    - Train 2 Carriages (or rather cars) long
    - Continuos uninterrupted round and round loop.
    - Track gauge 4 feet = 16 mm in 4 mm scale - so almost correct with 16.5mm track...

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    1. Anonymous7:19 PM

      Old TT gauge even better!

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  2. I suppose it would be a prototype - the stock being lifted on and off, and no points to deal with!

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