Bert Cheese Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 I ordered a copy from BRCW which arrived very well packed within a couple of days recently. First impressions are very good, hopefully I can find time at the weekend to have a proper read...thanks for the effort involved Simon... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 11 hours ago, Bert Cheese said: I ordered a copy from BRCW which arrived very well packed within a couple of days recently. First impressions are very good, hopefully I can find time at the weekend to have a proper read...thanks for the effort involved Simon... Bert Good to know you like it. Hopefully as you read it over the coming days you will enjoy it even more. Best wishes Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 I shall be at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Rly this Sunday as they have 33053 running. If anyone wants a chat about my Class 33 book, or would like their copy signed I would be happy to oblige. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham_Muz Posted October 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks Simon, duly ordered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 The Class 33s A Sixty Year History met up with 33053 working on the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway today. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 11, 2020 Picked my copy up from Carnforth Models, its next on my reading pile when I’ve finish co-bo diesels - that’s ended up expensive as it’s given me a modelling idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben04uk Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 can anyone set out the contents page for this book? Interested to see what it covers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 11 hours ago, Ben04uk said: can anyone set out the contents page for this book? Interested to see what it covers. Ben It covers their full life story from inception to around Feb 2020. 1. Background & Origins 2. Design & Construction 3. Into Service 4. The 1960s 5. Livery Changes - The Transition from Green to Blue 6. Bournemouth Electrification Scheme 7. Maintaining the Fleet 8. The 1970s 9. Names - The BR Era 10. The 1980s - Changes of Work & Withdrawals 11. Life Expectancy & Further Withdrawals 12. Privatisation 13. Preservation Appendix 1: Locomotive History Appendix 2: Main Technical Dimensions Bibliography Index. Hope this helps. It is just over 81,000 words for the main text, over 200 photos black and white and colour most of which are published for the first time. These include pictures of the locos under construction, something rarely if ever seen. Available from http://www.crecy.co.uk/the-class-33s Best wishes Simon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Just ordered a copy, but won't read it until Christmas... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Just ordered a copy, but won't read it until Christmas... When you do read it, please let me know what you think of it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I usually post a review on "Amazon", when I buy a book Simon. though I forgot to do one when I got your Class 47 tome... I suppose it's not too late to do one now, come to think of it. Looking forward to the Class 33s. Stay safe and think of Peaks..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: I usually post a review on "Amazon", when I buy a book Simon. though I forgot to do one when I got your Class 47 tome... I suppose it's not too late to do one now, come to think of it. Looking forward to the Class 33s. Stay safe and think of Peaks..... Peter I shall look out for your review. You could still add a review of the 47 book if you wished. As for future writing, well watch this space. Hopefully I will be able to make an announcement on something soon. Best wishes Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 (edited) I've just posted a review of your Class 47 book on Amazon, Simon. Edited October 13, 2020 by Peter Kazmierczak 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 54 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: I've just posted a review of your Class 47 book on Amazon, Simon. Thank you for that Peter. To pick up on your comment about allocation histories of each loco, we did consider that briefly, but given how some locos had moved around a great deal, it would have added goodness knows how many more pages to the book. Besides that information is easily accessible online so its exclusion from the book was not a major ommission. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Eaton Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 No 1 on my Santa's (realistic) wish list for 2020, just sent off. thanks Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted November 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2020 On 13/10/2020 at 15:19, slilley said: Thank you for that Peter. To pick up on your comment about allocation histories of each loco, we did consider that briefly, but given how some locos had moved around a great deal, it would have added goodness knows how many more pages to the book. Besides that information is easily accessible online so its exclusion from the book was not a major ommission. I agree, I’ve got the recent book on Co-bo diesels which includes individual locomotive histories in detail. Even for such a small class it makes the book very big and very expensive. I suspect the price put many potential buyers off. Not read my copy of the 33s yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 This Saturday I will be part of the Virtual Warley Model Railway Show. I shall be talking about the Class 33 book in the afternoon at some point between 4 and 5pm. http://www.thewarleyshow.co.uk/pdf/2020 ... ge%202.pdf 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I've just posted a review of Simon's latest book on "Amazon". https://www.amazon.co.uk/Class-33s-Sixty-Year-History/dp/1910809667/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=class+33&qid=1609154675&sr=8-1 Well worth getting, IMHO. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 Just reading my copy now, very good so far. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 Agreed a good read, shared in office yesterday. Good pics as well keep me entertained and better informed on the build history. Thanks for investing the time and effort! Robert 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) My review coming out in the Jan/Feb SLS Journal is favourable. The review copy will be going into the Society library now I have some Christmas money to allocate a personal copy will be ordered. Edited December 28, 2020 by john new Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shedmaster Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Hi Mr Lilley, As an ex-HG Driver, it would be unthinkable for Me to not indulge in a copy of this book, and I’m very glad I did! The pictures are fantastic and very much stir memories of some great times working with these machines. Although I never personally signed 33’s, I managed plenty of Driving them, I don’t actually think I had a bad day at work where 33’s were involved...I’ll be diving into the text a bit later on. A couple of searing ‘Trainman’ memories for me were firstly, when taking the nuclear flask along the Dungeness branch with 33 008 ‘Eastleigh’ around 1995 or 1996(?). This was well before mobile phones and internet were commonplace and yet, every foot crossing was lined with enthusiasts who somehow knew there was a celeb loco on the front, I still haven’t worked out how they all knew in advance, considering the last minute substitution instead of the booked Class 73? Then, there was the time we had 2 x 33’s in full multi on the Marcons Angersteins to Kings Cross FT. We had been brought to a stand on North Pole bank, heading towards Mitre Bridge Junction with twenty loaded wagons. I’d poked my head out of the back cab window to listen to these two lift the train away from a steep uphill standing start and at the front, I could see my colleague with his head out of the window trying to communicate something to me, gesticulating away but not getting the message to me however much he waved his arms and waggled his fingers! Anyhow, the engines wound up and I noticed the exhaust manifold glowing bright red as the train started to move, weirdly, the Locos appeared to become quieter the harder they worked! But, lift the train they did, smoothly, all two thousand odd tonnes of it, no stress, no drama, no fuss. On arrival at Kings Cross I asked what my colleague had been trying to tell me back at North Pole, to which he replied ”I was trying to tell ya to get your head in, as the wind resistance would cause problems getting away” Comedians in the workplace, don’t you just love em? So, one final thought on the book....such a shame how this shows us in glorious technicolour, what the modern railway has lost in terms of multiple working coupling compatibility. The whole ‘Blue Star’ thing was such a useful tool in keeping things going as opposed to modern systems where the computer says no. Talking of useful, back to that book......I can already see it was one hell of a purchase! Kindest Regards, Shed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2021 Well... overall a good read but unless I’ve missed it, you’d be hard placed to realise that Class 33s had daily passenger work (both HG and EH locos) on the Reading - Tonbridge line for over ten years, from the withdrawal of steam traction in 1965 until 1978 when additional DEMUs became available to support the six Tadpoles. Not even a photo on one of the trains. As my local line growing up, that’s a disappointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 02/01/2021 at 18:25, brushman47544 said: Well... overall a good read but unless I’ve missed it, you’d be hard placed to realise that Class 33s had daily passenger work (both HG and EH locos) on the Reading - Tonbridge line for over ten years, from the withdrawal of steam traction in 1965 until 1978 when additional DEMUs became available to support the six Tadpoles. Not even a photo on one of the trains. As my local line growing up, that’s a disappointment. Andrew Thank you for the feedback. I know I mentioned their work over the Reading to Tonbidge line and I can only apologise that it was not as much as you had hoped for. I was originally contracted to write 70,000 words on them, and delivered a manuscript that was 81,450 words. Gallons into pint pots springs to mind. Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 28/12/2020 at 14:36, Robert Shrives said: Agreed a good read, shared in office yesterday. Good pics as well keep me entertained and better informed on the build history. Thanks for investing the time and effort! Robert Robert Thank you for that. Good to hear that you enjoyed it. Best wishes Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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