[Albion] It’s a special day today!

[GT49er]

One of these?
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No, that's not a 4-CEP. It's a 4-COR (known by railwaymen as Nelsons), used primarily (though not exclusively) on the London-Portsmouth routes.

 

[NooBHA]

Not at Brighton or Hove they weren't! And even if Fulham had commissioned their own train for their supporters, it wouldn't have been from the LNER.

Do you work in the film industry by any chance? - I believe they employ people to find shots of inappropriate trains when train scenes are needed.

. LOL. One of my clients does that for a living. Wait till I tell her she can't get trains right. Then again Southern Rail still getting it wrong to this day

 

[GT49er]

. LOL. One of my clients does that for a living. Wait till I tell her she can't get trains right. Then again Southern Rail still getting it wrong to this day

Don't know about still getting it wrong. Back in 1958 BR ran a full service on Christmas Day, and there would have been absolutely no problem getting a train home after a Boxing Day match.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Not in 1958 it wouldn't have been a 4-CEP - these new units were originally employed on the Kent lines only. The coastal services would have been 4-LAVs, 2-BILS and 2-HALs, and the match day post-match Hove - Brighton special was often a 6-PAN or a 4-COR.

I bow to your superior knowledge.

 

[Knocky's Nose]

That really is a jumbo sized crowd.

Although our crowds may be smaller in numbers than 1953, I bet there are many more "jumbo sized" members amongst them these days!

 

[Knocky's Nose]

Do you work in the film industry by any chance? - I believe they employ people to find shots of inappropriate trains when train scenes are needed.

I do actually! I work in the "Google 1953 trains and quickly get a picture up before someone else has the same idea, yours is the second post, and you look a total lemon" Department.

The "thorough research and correct image posting" is all farmed out to the Pedantry Department, who have much more time on their hands.

 

[Gilliver's Travels]

Although our crowds may be smaller in numbers than 1953, I bet there are many more "jumbo sized" members amongst them these days!

True. Hardly anybody was fat back then (take a look at those old crowd shots). With today's obesity levels, those Goldstone turnstiles and terracing would have shrunk the attendance below 20k!

 

[Noah All]

I was there in the front (standing) part of the South stand, with my uncle and although he was on the stout side there was still room for a few more spectators where we were!

 

[GT49er]

I do actually! I work in the "Google 1953 trains and quickly get a picture up before someone else has the same idea, yours is the second post, and you look a total lemon" Department.

The "thorough research and correct image posting" is all farmed out to the Pedantry Department, who have much more time on their hands.

OK. Might have been slightly less bad if you'd Googled the right year though...............

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[Knocky's Nose]

OK. Might have been slightly less bad if you'd Googled the right year though...............

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FML

 

[twowheelsbest]

That’s the very one!

One of these?
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[Jimmy Come Lately]

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In the days before the internet, did they have to publish the attendance on the front of the trains? 31,276 is a good turnout.

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

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I love the way they used to post the expected ticket sales on the front of the train

 

[Norman Potting]

I love the way they used to post the expected ticket sales on the front of the train

I feel the need to point out that this is a former South Eastern & Chatham Railway "H" class 0-4-4 tank locomotive. You can ride behind the sole surviving member of the class on the Bluebell Railway.