RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2015 Not sure if this is the right forum but I seem to remember as a kid in the late 60's or very early 70's, a Class 08 based at Weston-super-Mare for shunting purposes. If memory is correct, it was D3000 but I can't remember if it was blue or still green at the time. Any help would be great. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Looking at this photo of the loco in 1996, it does not appear to show any signs of being blue, and it was withdrawn in 1972. But others might be able to be more specific. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Here is 3000 at Worcester in 1972 https://www.flickr.com/photos/glevumblues/9684312943/in/photolist-fKLCQP-oS6Dg-5uuXnG-oMeQ2F-fto96h-dY2QVB-5bPb3n-edr6hh-5DwdCm-ybXfX-9xgtiK-9Dvxxm-4z86bb-9wTKue-3FWoTm-9Kjuxe-ovbuDT-5PmZLT-5Ebm9U-u1ejR-ekdS9w-ka7ebq-4zsn55-4zsofN-cDXrcq-Kb6dp-4VRCDd-CXxQr-2Lduaz-oFyQ84-4kJH2J-4z3QFa-qRocx7-mb7m6-3i6H7b-oB83H5-dW3pom-4z8dnh-fuCs68-8DYsFk-j2UctH-4FhLb-59fLEt-7HtXmp-dXkefK-dXrdjf-59XyaT-7K3N9H-fdRMxL-9p9Y5j cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 An excellent find, just 4 months before withdrawal, and with an eastern BG too. It seems to have gained a blue cabside data panel. I suppose it would be opening a can of worms to wonder if it was still in black livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Julian, during the period you refer to D3000 was a Bath Road loco, so there is every possibility it would work at Weston Super Mare. . It was later transferred to Canton, and when it arrived it was still in BR green livery. . D3000 was later sold to the NCB and I saw it under repair at Canton in November 1975 when it was still in BR green, with 'cycling lion' and numbered D3000 with a 'TOPS' data panel beneath the numbers. . In fact it was still in BR green at NCB Mountain Ash during 1981 In the 1996 photo by"Jonny777" above the loco has been fitted with replacement engine compartment doors of the 'pressed steel' type with a BR 'cycling lion' on one, whereas during its BR and NCB life it had the original 'strap hinge' doors and the BR 'cycling lion' was on the battery boxes.. Hope this answers your question. Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Southernman46 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It's not - that's 3476 (magnifying glass out) and a t'internet search reveals this - exactly the same location - same day ???https://www.flickr.com/photos/14086135@N04/12873219423/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thanks for the info and I must admit that I really can't remember any details (well, I was about 8 or 9 lol) but I do remember a big fuss about "a shunter" being at Weston-super-Mare as one had not been there for years. I know it wasn't there long and why it was needed is a mystery. I do remember seeing D3000 somewhere though for years I was convinced it was at Weston. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mcowgill Posted March 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2015 My notes show D3000 was at Cardiff Canton for repair when I bunked round on 10th May 1980, it's not the best photo but here it is, the middle loco of the three. Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 18, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2015 An excellent find, just 4 months before withdrawal, and with an eastern BG too. It seems to have gained a blue cabside data panel. I suppose it would be opening a can of worms to wonder if it was still in black livery? Hi Jonny All data panels when first introduced were blue. It was only with the introduction of the later BR liveries of the 1980s that data panels had a clear background so they were the same as the loco colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Thanks for the info and I must admit that I really can't remember any details (well, I was about 8 or 9 lol) but I do remember a big fuss about "a shunter" being at Weston-super-Mare as one had not been there for years. I know it wasn't there long and why it was needed is a mystery. I do remember seeing D3000 somewhere though for years I was convinced it was at Weston. Julian Sprott If it was a temporary duty then perhaps in association with track remodelling. Locking Road Excursion station closed in 1964, it and most of the associated carriage sidings were subsequently lifted. The Weston-super-Mare Loop line was singled in January 1972 as part of the Bristol Area MAS scheme, there were also extensive trackworks at this time, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I was about to post that I have a clear recollection of seeing 3000 at Worcester in Summer 1972 but have always doubted myself because I've not seen any evidence of it being allocated there, so thanks Rivercider for the pic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19, 2015 I think it's safe to say that D3000 was withdrawn in BR green, blue data panel, wasp stripes and early BR (cycling lion) logo on it's battery boxes. All I need is someone to confirm that it was at Weston in the late 60's, early 70's. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 I think it's safe to say that D3000 was withdrawn in BR green, blue data panel, wasp stripes and early BR (cycling lion) logo on it's battery boxes. All I need is someone to confirm that it was at Weston in the late 60's, early 70's.. My mistake from an earlier post - D3000 on transfer to Canton had the later BR emblem - "ferret on a dartboard" - not the earlier "lion on a unicyle". . Sorry for misleading you. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Here is D3000 in green with data panel: D3000_Undated by robertcwp, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Here is D3000 in green with data panel: D3000_Undated by robertcwp, on Flickr Inside the main shed, at Canton. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted March 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2015 Think it's more black than green lol. Julian Sprott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 Think it's more black than green lol. Julian Sprott Hi Julian I have seen other photos of D3000 and she was in green livery from the early 1960s. It appears from photographs all the WR early 350s had been repainted when they went through Swindon works. All those from the first batch built with only two lights recieved four headcode lights with the "standard" conduit run. I have yet to find a photo of a 350 in black with the post 1956 emblem. Very few escaped works in green with the early totem. I do have a copy of a photo of an ER machine with the coach emblem, as it is black and white photo I cannot tell if it is green or black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2015 Just found this photo https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmc1947/5758940049 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 and look what it's coupled to................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 and look what it's coupled to................ There was still at least one shunter's truck at BTM when I worked on the Christmas post there in 1974. Is it possible that the loco's presence at Weston was due to it being worked back from Taunton or Bridgewater to Bath Road, and it being 'staged' there because the crew were out of hours? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted March 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2015 A recent ebay listing was for D3000 at Bath road http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=381195843665 Listing States 1964 but I think later than that judging by the custard-dip blue pullman in the background. BR green livery, I bid but lost, slide went for over £16! Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Members of Weston Railway Society remember class 08s at Weston around that time and some of them still have their notes. One member has four different 08s recorded there around 1971, but he does not currently have notes to hand, 3750 was one of them. Another member has D3990 recorded there on 2nd May 1970. The reson for the shunter at Weston was possibly track work, also the suggestion that due to remodelling at Temple Meads some parcels work was temporarily carried out at Weston Hopefully more info may come to light, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 15, 2015 6/6/70 WSM had D4018 & D4167, no help I know, but whilst we're on the subject! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 No number I am afraid, but I have found a picture of Weston with a distant 08 in the sidings in 1971, https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/9733281888/in/pool-westonsrailways This would have been during the time the Weston loop line was beeing singled cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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