Ruston Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) Yesterday I visited the Derwent Valley Light Railway to see the return to service of 88DS w/n 466630, which also had its nameplates Octavious Atkinson reinstated. The day was also celebrating 25 years of trains on Murton Park site in preservation. The 88DS had also run the first train there in 1992. Edited January 2, 2023 by Ruston 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Very shiny, but red buffers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Very shiny, but red buffers? That's how this loco last worked in industry, so they decided to keep it like that and it also suits future plans to add lining and give it the identity of a British Railways-owned 88DS that worked for the Civil Engineer's Department at York. https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7069/7112797453_4b2023a27a_b.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack7812 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Progress on the 88 at Foxfield (408496 / 1957) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack7812 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Progress on the 88 at Foxfield (408496 / 1957) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted July 9, 2019 Author Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) 236362 at Cornforth Limestone Company, 24/1/47, 247287, 245034, 245037 and 236363 at the works of Babcock & Wilcox, boilermakers, Renfrew. Edited January 2, 2023 by Ruston 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Took these on the DVR last Sunday 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Some more 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 A couple more 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 On 09/07/2019 at 21:08, Ruston said: 236362 at Cornforth Limestone Company, 24/1/47, Great photograph Ruston, there were still 2 Rustons here, locked in their shed, in the early 1980s...also a late surviving exNER diagram R5 coke hopper at the far end... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenrithBeacon Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 A couple more 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack7812 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Update on the restoration of 408496 since my last post. Of course with an, "I'm really pleased with this I'll have a photo with it"; photo. Here's to what could be a 2020 finish. -Jack 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 25, 2019 Author Share Posted December 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Jack7812 said: Update on the restoration of 408496 since my last post. Of course with an, "I'm really pleased with this I'll have a photo with it"; photo. Here's to what could be a 2020 finish. -Jack Is there much to do regarding the mechanical bits? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack7812 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 25/12/2019 at 15:45, Ruston said: Is there much to do regarding the mechanical bits? A little bit but not as much as originally thought. At the moment I'm trying to source an under size bearing for it (40 thou). It will also get a new set of piston rings, a new head gasket, and new O-Ring oil seals. Other than that it's a good block. It's not far off. I'm always after any support or information on the history of the loco itself, or any contacts for mechanical bits. -Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
69843 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Well well.... https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/160553-Hornby-2021-ruston-hornsby-88ds/ 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 This is a great resource for modelling the 88DS - many thanks for collating all these photos and links. I could almost justify an 88DS for my MSC theme - 299100 of 1950 worked at Lancashire Tar Distillers in Cadishead in my period of interest, and I'm planning to model several of their tank wagons. I have come across just one photo of it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonbelle Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Really interesting thread. I’ve had a soft spot for 48 and 88 DS Rustons for many years; always being very taken with the immaculate red 88 DS at Hilsea gasworks in the early 1980s. I’ve just purchased and part built the excellent Bowater Models gauge 1 88DS loco kit. The kit is in laser cut resin sheet. Was a joy to build. Efforts so far are in the attached photos. I plan to finish the motorised chassis (whole lot purchased from Bowater models giving change from 140 pounds). Usual disclaimer applies; I’m not linked to Bowaters Models - just a delighted customer. https://shop.bowatersmodels.co.uk/collections/motive-power/products/1-32-scale-ruston-88ds Further detailing of my loco; beyond what’s in the kit; to occur - Notably hand rail fitment. The prototype pictures posted on here are an absolute blessing - much appreciated Paul 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted January 2, 2023 Author Share Posted January 2, 2023 On 05/01/2021 at 12:14, 69843 said: Well well....https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/160553-Hornby-2021-ruston-hornsby-88ds/ Over two years on and still nothing in the shops. If and when we do see these models I expect there to be some more interest in this topic and although it hasn't had the same level of interest as the 48DS equivalent, I'm sure it will gain more of a following and so the photos have now been reinstated. As with the 88DS 'guide', I would like to ask contributors to edit their posts and reinstate photos, where possible. This topic is so old that the 4mm version of the Judith Edge kit wasn't available when I started it! @pauliebangerany news on the sound front? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Thanks for doing this - a great resource, especially because I'd like to scratchbuild one. I might as well add a picture of my own, though it has appeared before on another thread. This is at T. W. Ward, Silvertown, London, in September of 1986. I think it might be 398611/1957. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 3 hours ago, Barclay said: Thanks for doing this - a great resource, especially because I'd like to scratchbuild one. What scale? Presumably not 4mm or 7mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Ruston said: What scale? Presumably not 4mm or 7mm. Yes - 4mm/EM. I know there's not much sense with a kit available but it seemed a simple job and I have some bits I wanted to use - etched R/H plates, some nice etched louvres from Plano, and a set of spur gears. Perhaps it will come to nothing! The kit is actually good value considering it comes with wheels/motor/gears - hmmm. By the way - do you know when they changed to 'Ruston' plates instead of a painted logo? If after 1947 I oughtn't to use them anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share Posted January 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Barclay said: By the way - do you know when they changed to 'Ruston' plates instead of a painted logo? If after 1947 I oughtn't to use them anyway. It seems that they continued to use the painted version up until 1947. I don't know exactly when it changed but certainly by 1949. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 30/10/2018 at 23:29, Jack7812 said: Looks like a unfinished kit? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 This one's an oddity that I've never seen before. The caption says that it's unidentified, but if it was taken in 1952 at Bristol Canon's Marsh gasworks then it has to be W/n321731 of that year. It looks very new in the photo, which makes me think that cab is original. I can't think why that odd cab would be specified though. https://bristolharbourrailway.co.uk/2014/08/28/tbt-another-ruston-at-canons-marsh/#jp-carousel-781 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ruston said: This one's an oddity that I've never seen before. The caption says that it's unidentified, but if it was taken in 1952 at Bristol Canon's Marsh gasworks then it has to be W/n321731 of that year. It looks very new in the photo, which makes me think that cab is original. I can't think why that odd cab would be specified though. https://bristolharbourrailway.co.uk/2014/08/28/tbt-another-ruston-at-canons-marsh/#jp-carousel-781 Intriguingly, 321733 of the same batch also has a low-height cab, but in a different style! Tonks p113 for a pic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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