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Post by Christopher J on Jul 20, 2006 18:02:17 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2006 18:15:06 GMT
Classic!
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Post by cdr113 on Jul 20, 2006 19:01:33 GMT
I remember seeing this 37 around this time...it was supposed to be painted in waterbased paint for making the advert so it could be washed off afterwards, but some bright spark used 'proper' paint and it was kicking about for ages until it finally got back into its correct BR colours...seem to remember seeing it in North Wales or Crewe at some point...
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Post by Christopher J on Jul 21, 2006 13:26:20 GMT
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Post by chris on Jul 21, 2006 14:32:37 GMT
What exactly would the police use a 37 for?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2006 14:52:21 GMT
Read the thread again...
They didn't use the 37. It was for an advert!
Sam
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Post by chris on Jul 21, 2006 15:29:11 GMT
Yeh, I realise that but i've seen real police trains before.
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Post by Colin on Jul 21, 2006 16:15:20 GMT
Yes loco's have appeared in proper Police livery in the past - whilst not actually owned or staffed by the Police as such, they were so treated in the hope of acting as a visual deterrent.
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Post by chris on Jul 21, 2006 17:57:16 GMT
I see. Not sure how a train is a deterrant though. Not like it can travel is pursuit of lineside graffiti artists, for example.
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Post by Colin on Jul 22, 2006 1:12:16 GMT
Ah, but are the 'low life' intelligent enough to work that out?
From what I know of it, the scheme was generally considered a success, though obviously it's now ended. Something to do with privatisation I suspect.
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Post by cdr113 on Jul 22, 2006 22:38:32 GMT
There were at one time trains (called Q-trains IIRC) which were stuffed with a few BTP officers (or maybe local police) with the aim of travelling the network and catching people in the act, whatever that act was...they'd pull up and give chase if they saw any illegal activity...I remember seeing an article in a rail mag sometime in the 80's about this (how sad that I remember that far back...!!).
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Post by SE13 on Jul 23, 2006 9:56:47 GMT
Classic!
Oddly enough, I was looking around for this the other day, to post on another place.
Ah, the days when commercials were better than the programmes themselves!
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