Shedmaster Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hi All, I found this lurking in Acton Yard, London, today and thought it may be of use to some of you ? Let me know if anyone models this as I'd love to see it done........oh....it's used for wagon shunting by the way, although not at it's current location. It was a bit like the scene from the film 'Close Encounters' where they're in the desert and all sorts of things that shouldnt be there just start appearing............ Anyways, enjoy........ Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemanlarger Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Is this EWS/Db answer to the class 70?? This looks better than the class 70! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Devon-shire spotters version of a "tractor2 I guess its used for light shunting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted November 17, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2009 How does that work then? It doesn't have an rail wheels. Are the yards it works in all built up to track level? I think that would limit its use a bit. Reminds me of a fantastic foreign layout that was in Continental modeller about 2 years ago i think. It was a dock scene, and at one end it had a wagon turntable. Once the wagon was turned throigh 90 degrees it was pulled to the unloading bay by a tractor. That was done by having a freewheeling model with a rod through the board, and then the rod pushed along by a motor underneath. HO scale i think it was, very impressive and a possible way to make this work, if anyone is mad enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Telling folk there's a tractor working off Acton this week would result in a lot of foaming fans I think... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shedmaster Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 How does that work then? It doesn't have an rail wheels. Are the yards it works in all built up to track level? I think that would limit its use a bit. Reminds me of a fantastic foreign layout that was in Continental modeller about 2 years ago i think. It was a dock scene, and at one end it had a wagon turntable. Once the wagon was turned throigh 90 degrees it was pulled to the unloading bay by a tractor. That was done by having a freewheeling model with a rod through the board, and then the rod pushed along by a motor underneath. HO scale i think it was, very impressive and a possible way to make this work, if anyone is mad enough. As far as i know..........it would........erm...........okay, I don't honestly have a clue how it works but yes, it does look better than a 70 !!! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam '43003' Tanner Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 That number's wrong..!! 37236 is now 37682 "Hartlepool Pipe Mill" and is apparently still around as of 05.09.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted November 17, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2009 I love the lengthwise girders between the buffing plates Looks like either the A-team or Scrapheap Challenge got hold of it Probably the latter - I can imagine little Andy saying "Proper job!" about this.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 RMWeb does Scrapheap Challenge??? I can just imagine CK saying "propar job"!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 No No No !!! The windscreen is the wrong shape Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted November 17, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2009 Hornby's new class 37 in the Corgy range got a poor reception from enthusiasts.... Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shedmaster Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think we're gonna use it to push each and every one of those darned 66's into a huge smelting pot, so they can be re-born as new Class 70's !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Registration number points to it being ex British Railways, Eastern Region. Similar machines have appeared recently on the posts about "Railway Motors." Merfyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_Rich Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 Noting the coupling... I bet things get interesting as you are coupled up and pushing and "things start to roll"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 17, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think this maybe a Knightwing kit that Mozzer has just completed, weathered and left in Acton for fun and to see if anyone noticed it had been reallocated from Toton. :icon_what: Cheers, Ivor Gotabrandnewcombineharvester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43179 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I think we're gonna use it to push each and every one of those darned 66's into a huge smelting pot, so they can be re-born as new Class 70's !!! push a few cromptons and d*ltics in there while your at it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 How does that work then? It doesn't have an rail wheels. Are the yards it works in all built up to track level? I think that would limit its use a bit. Reminds me of a fantastic foreign layout that was in Continental modeller about 2 years ago i think. It was a dock scene, and at one end it had a wagon turntable. Once the wagon was turned throigh 90 degrees it was pulled to the unloading bay by a tractor. That was done by having a freewheeling model with a rod through the board, and then the rod pushed along by a motor underneath. HO scale i think it was, very impressive and a possible way to make this work, if anyone is mad enough. If you notice, the coupling hook is actually pivoted, and free to swing from side to side. I suspect that the tractor crosses one rail into the four-foot, and works slightly to one side (also as suggested by the damaged paint to the buffer beam. Early days on the preservation line I used to work on I regularly used a tractor on the track for various jobs (not usually shifting stock - as it was more fun to get a loco out...!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVLR Dave Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 Registered at York LVLO on 1/12/75-DVLA web-site records it as being yellow, which fits in wih it being ex-BR, presumably this has been in EWS red for some years, judging by the state of the paintwork Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudley Dodger Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Well, at least EWS do mhave some taste in design. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I must admit to be a little surprised by this thread as I'd assumed that shunting tractors were more common. I have in front of me a photo in Colin Maggs, 'Rail Centres: Bristol' showing one shunting coal wagons at Avonmouth in 1980, and I'm sure I've seen other examples. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted December 4, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2009 Beachley Dock. Seen at Utrecht earlier this year. A lovely 7mm layout from Holland. This method of propulsion for the tractor worked very well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 The factory in Lancaster where I worked after leaving school in 1960 had a Field Marshall tractor with a steel plate bolted to it. It was used to push wagons up the factory siding but more often when I was there to push start recalcitrant company lorries! Edward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judge Dread Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 There used to be something similar here in Hull for working the fruit sheds on the Princes dock side in the 50's. If memory serves, the driver would push his load by only one buffer so as he could look past to see if all was clear. The registration made me look twice as BT was a Beverley issue, that being the East Riding office just six or so miles north of Hull. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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