RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted September 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2020 On 17/09/2020 at 16:56, johnd said: You might have stumbled on how to turn these into something appealing. Cut and shut two of them together into a sort of freelance clayton-bear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Swindon 123 said: A few of them got about. I have photos of them at Newton Heath, Oldham (Lees) shed, Reddish, Lostock Hall, Preston, Blackpool North, and a little further afield under repair at Derby Works, and in the roundhouse at Burton, D2859 was allocated there from 31/12/60 until 10/64. D2859 then spent a shot spell up at Newton Heath MPD before transferring to Goole shed (50D) in 07/67, along with D2865 where it stayed until withdrawn 03/70. So scope for them to appear in a few other places than around the Liverpool area. They got even further afield in industrial service, and if my memory is correct, I seem to remember a reference in a Rly Observer that two of them went on load from BR to Pennyfordd Cement Works in the late 60's. Paul J. I noted one on Patricroft shed in the summer of 68. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted September 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2020 all the photos I see of class 02’s seem to be whiling away time in pairs or more on shed. Certainly not many pictures of them in service gainfully employed. Was this peoples experience at the time, or did cameras just skip the working ones ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted September 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2020 I guess they were mostly at work on dock estates and other private facilities, where it's often not easy to gain access. The other aspect is that the majority of record photos were taken during free time at the weekend, when locos were often laid up by Saturday lunchtime. There is some colour film of the then new YE engines working at the Port of London; maybe something similar exists for the BR/MDHB lines? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Pretty much. Also a lot of the work would be done at night. Still is. It was also that the need for small shunters had largely gone. All the old type warehouses which were accessed by wagon turntables and sharp curves had closed. Most of the work could be done by 08s. I remember seeing them on a regular basis as a very small child. They weren't always there. At the time I didn't know exactly what they were, I just knew they were different to the normal trains. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 20 hours ago, adb968008 said: all the photos I see of class 02’s seem to be whiling away time in pairs or more on shed. Certainly not many pictures of them in service gainfully employed. Was this peoples experience at the time, or did cameras just skip the working ones ? A look through this album (Brunswick 1969) on Edgehillsignalmans Flickr site has some shots of D2852 actually doing some work, as well as some colour shots of a MD&HB Hudswell Clarke in action. https://flic.kr/s/aHsjwwYh3N Paul J. 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted September 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2020 (edited) A few more, seemingly doing things..... https://flic.kr/p/cavd45 https://flic.kr/p/9LoMpm BWR0695 D2862 PRESTON 05.1966 by David Russon, on Flickr CF Booth, Rotherham by Kevin Lane, on Flickr HBR4-002 by Jamerail, on Flickr Edited September 20, 2020 by stovepipe 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I guess this is good news for us 4mm scale modellers, but what am I going to do with this? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 If you dont want it, i`ll have it. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Wagpnmaster said: I guess this is good news for us 4mm scale modellers, but what am I going to do with this? You don't have to get every new release as it comes out you know?!! Mike. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Wagpnmaster said: I guess this is good news for us 4mm scale modellers, but what am I going to do with this? Answers on a postcard please 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagonmaster Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I guess that although I welcome new models of prototypes not so far covered, I have spent a lot of years building them for myself, only to find that an RTR version is announced. I guess that is what happens in this hobby though. Good news of course for those who have no interest in kit building. I'll stick with mine for now as at least I can say I built it! Guess what's just coming out of the works just now? Yes, you've guessed it, a Barclay Class 06! Doh! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 2, 2020 On 30/09/2020 at 15:04, Wagpnmaster said: I guess this is good news for us 4mm scale modellers, but what am I going to do with this? Weather it ? ;-) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opelsi Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Now showing as available to order from Hatton's. I was surprised not to see a BR Blue variant though of course this may follow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Opelsi said: Now showing as available to order from Hatton's. I was surprised not to see a BR Blue variant though of course this may follow. As in a fictitious livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opelsi Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 As the previously stated by the manufacturer: 2873: BR blue (wasp stripes) 02003 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Opelsi said: As the previously stated by the manufacturer: 2873: BR blue (wasp stripes) 02003 Aha! The repaint for Bescot open day! Fair play to the Danes, this is pretty niche. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opelsi Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Well hopefully it (02003 in BR Blue) is a later choice by our Viking brethren. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class29returns Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 14 hours ago, 'CHARD said: Aha! The repaint for Bescot open day! Fair play to the Danes, this is pretty niche. Cheers,going for green tops instead,thought that was a genuine late 70s livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opelsi Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Gaugemaster now doing a BR Blue one though it is pre-TOPS. Still time yet for it to appear for elsewhere! [as 02003] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 30/09/2020 at 15:04, Wagpnmaster said: I guess this is good news for us 4mm scale modellers, but what am I going to do with this? Keep it and continue to enjoy it. Davy. 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid_Kneestone Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Pleased about this, there was one at Preston for a while and one at the Leyland sidings near Euxton. Rumour has it that the Preston one had to be permanently coupled to a wagon otherwise it wouldn't always trigger the track circuiting and would 'disappear' for a short time. So, in a similar but smaller vein, hopefully there will be sufficient room for a decent 'stay-alive' in it, as I fear for it's progress over my dodgy pointwork! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoomer1979 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 On 16/09/2020 at 23:50, Dava said: Looks like a nice model, but I have to ask why? There have been 3 kits in 7mm scale I can count including the easy to build DJH one. Other BR 0-4-0 shunter types are available as prototypes, some much more numerous and which worked in wider areas such as Scotland. A Barclay 01 or 06, NBL or R&H loco would have been something new. The 20 02s didn’t work much beyond Merseyside. Dava For those interested in Scottish Region, an ex-BR Class 02 worked in a scrapyard (Arnott-Young) just outside Glasgow near the Erskine Bridge. Livery was all over yellow by that time, survived until mid-eighties. 9 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yardman Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 Workington's pair on a Brake van special on 24/05/1969. It was a great day out. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted February 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 16, 2021 On 15/02/2021 at 11:38, Yardman said: Workington's pair on a Brake van special on 24/05/1969. It was a great day out. Driver would be safe from wasps, bees and hornets getting too close to that! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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