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Steam on Manchester Metrolink

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by Cartman, Sep 19, 2017.

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  1. 26D_M

    26D_M Part of the furniture

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    The eyes rigged up by Peter and Steve moved by wireless remote control. Seem to remember some fun with that.
    There was/is a nightclub over Hagside crossing and the revellers leaving their Saturday night out were most taken aback as Thomas the Tank(ed up) shuffled past.
     
    26D_M, Sep 19, 2017
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  2. Allegheny

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    Sorry for the thread drift in the Steam Traction section, but I was just wondering if it would be technically possible for an EM1 or EM2 to run on the Manchester Metrolink.
     
    Allegheny, Apr 29, 2022
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    I'm not sure how far they'd get given that the stations on the former mainline sections have been profiled for the trams. Tyne & Wear Metro is less implausible. Just.
     
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    A J94 and a 37 have run over part of it from Bury to Whitefield on ballast workings
     
    Cartman, Apr 29, 2022
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    As has Class 03 03073 which spent some time at Cheetham Hill depot during 1997.
     
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    GWR4707, Apr 30, 2022
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    Beat me to it! The ELR occasionally supply a diesel shutter for engineering trains on certain parts of the Metrolink network. On this occasion, none of the suitable diesels were in working order so the Austerity was used!
     
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