RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2018 Not my photo Biffa 66783 with Ex-Class 508 barriers 64707/664 working 5E08 Eastleigh Works to Doncaster Works passes Basingstoke 23/03/18 by Justin Foulger, on Flickr 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2018 Surprised that it kept the extra light from its Lickey banking days.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 23, 2018 Surprised that it kept the extra light from its Lickey banking days.... And it looks like the remote operated uncoupler air cylinder is still there. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modfather Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Taking it off means modifications, paperwork and hassle. Leaving it but electing to isolate it is free. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2018 Ugly loco named after ugly women, how apposite! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SED Freightman Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Ugly loco named after ugly women, how apposite! Mike. Ugly loco granted, but ugly woman ? Surely its named after the company started by Richard Henry Biffa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Taken a bit later than the earlier photo.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/40969945771/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2018 Now if Colas had that contract, we could have had that livery on a Skip.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2018 Oh what the hell, I seem to roll this picture out quite a bit https://flic.kr/p/nzehkL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2018 Ugly loco granted, but ugly woman ? Surely its named after the company started by Richard Henry Biffa. So as not to be seen to offend anybody specifically, I give in my defence; https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Biffer Ok, spelt differently but sounds the same. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted March 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 25, 2018 Round these parts of the world, large wheeled contraptions with 'Biffa' written in large words on the side are only seen on a Wednesday - emptying the bins!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Ugly loco granted, but ugly woman ? Surely its named after the company started by Richard Henry Biffa. And here's me thinking it was named after Biffa Bacon from the Viz. DO NOT do a Google search for Biffa while at work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDDYBEAR D9521 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I thought it was a shed not a skip'!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 And here's me thinking it was named after Biffa Bacon from the Viz. Given the posts upthread, it should've been called Biffa's Mam! C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Cue - this should be in bachmanns range, not a limited edition. - I’m not paying £xxx for a 2005 tool shed - I’ll buy 15 of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Ugly locoI rather like them. Can't quite explain why, and I didn't think much of them when they were new, but they've somehow acquired a bit of character. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 27, 2018 I rather like them. Can't quite explain why, and I didn't think much of them when they were new, but they've somehow acquired a bit of character. Yes indeed, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. They just look unfinished and out of proportion, with a temporary tin box dropped on top to me, short term like the pre-fab houses! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 (edited) Whilst I detest them by association with the management decisions that bought them to replace favoured domestic built traction products (privatisation mainly but also understand the fiscal reasons for doing so) plus the ensuing uniformity (monotony) it has bought to freight operations, the last bastion of a loco hauled oasis in a desert of a multiple unit centred railway. Hence the apparent "excitement" (froth) a new paint job brings. However, if the sun is over my shoulder...they do have a 9f esque functional beauty to them...I s'pose. No match for a heavyweight Tractor, 56 or 60 though, ever. C6T. Edited March 27, 2018 by Classsix T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM47079 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Worked on them for 20 years now, and they have helped the freight companies with running costs and budgeting and when they were still making them it was great to be able to bid for a freight flow and have confidence you could order an additional batch of locos without too much hassle and thus grow your business. Having said all that i don't like the locos not then and as they have aged not now, but i do appreciate the whole electro motive super series creep control technology and the spare parts service that exists for the class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted March 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) https://www.flickr.com/photos/128738365@N03/39262635480/in/photolist-25vLrd9-22PFMKW-22PFLrU-22PvgD3-22PaZcd Apparently now named "The Flying Dustman" Edited March 28, 2018 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I shall be calling it Ted Rogers then, so ner. C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 28, 2018 https://www.flickr.com/photos/128738365@N03/39262635480/in/photolist-25vLrd9-22PFMKW-22PFLrU-22PvgD3-22PaZcd Apparently now named "The Flying Dustman" complete with black bin bag covering the nameplate, how apt! https://youtu.be/mTRDbc0iO3c Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Should have called it “ 3-2-1 dusty bin “ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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