RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 The NR ones look like theyve been robbed of their dignity. Look a bit sad without all the cabling... a bit like an unloved track machine. Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2020 10 hours ago, adb968008 said: The NR ones look like theyve been robbed of their dignity. Look a bit sad without all the cabling... a bit like an unloved track machine. Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. I have seen them in Woking yard a few times over the last few years - not often granted. Roy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, adb968008 said: The NR ones look like theyve been robbed of their dignity. Look a bit sad without all the cabling... a bit like an unloved track machine. Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. I just typed in "73951 Tonbridge" for starters on flickr. (Other locations are available) Edited October 19, 2020 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 20 hours ago, adb968008 said: The NR ones look like theyve been robbed of their dignity. Look a bit sad without all the cabling... a bit like an unloved track machine. Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. Carl Watson's website is your friend (also), with 952 arriving on the 16th of September for further electrical / third rail testing. However, their appearance in the south have been rare. http://www.carlswatson.com/Trains/Galleries 2020/G202009/20200916ArlingtonEastleighWorks/and66792eastleighworks16thseptember2020.html 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NaN Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 19/10/2020 at 00:21, adb968008 said: The NR ones look like theyve been robbed of their dignity. Look a bit sad without all the cabling... a bit like an unloved track machine. Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. The pair are frequently at Ashford, parked up on the sidings by the line to Hastings. My eldest gets excited and screams ‘MINION TRAINS!!’ every time he sees them there. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterspider Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) On 11/10/2020 at 21:02, adb968008 said: Oh wow... of course the two easiest trains for GBRf 73/9’s in 2020 would be... RHTT... (Photo taken this morning in Tonbridge... no less than 8 class 73’s were present.. and 17 locos overall !) and.. Network Rail Test trains... Last month in South Croydon. I think these would be very interesting to model, they've covered most of the country, are a favourite for railtours... last night they even went through Thameslink. Tonbridge is there hang out, on a sunday morning, theres been a bunch of them (and 73/1 & (73/2). i’ll be in for 4... CS x2 and GBRF x2. There is somthing about these locos which looks a bit surreal Edited October 21, 2020 by letterspider 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 Did not one of the CS Class 73/9’s get used at Wembley for Mk5 testing? If I was going to get one, I’d either run it light engine as several ran to and from Scotland to Eastleigh. You could also get a Mk5 set along with a CS 73/9 and in your world, it’s being used “on test”. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted October 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) Proof that 73/9’s go where anything else fears to tread... This video has exactly doubled the number of Youtube videos filmed Belmont station... The only other video was Londonists 3 years ago... putting Belmont as Londons 10th least used station in the country... proof 73/9’s will go anywhere. Edited October 21, 2020 by adb968008 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
YesTor Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) On 11/10/2020 at 20:10, KMS Railtech said: Proposed Specification: Fully detailed Lighting Pack, including: Switchable red tail lights Firstly, I'm really excited by this announcement and wish you the very best of luck with the project. Secondly, a question regarding the lighting specification, in that as these locomotives more often than not operate in pairs, and equally often as top-and-tail, will the red tail lights be operational at the rear end only of the locomotive? thanks Al Edited October 28, 2020 by YesTor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomScrut Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 17 hours ago, YesTor said: Firstly, I'm really excited by this announcement and wish you the very best of luck with the project. Secondly, a question regarding the lighting specification, in that as these locomotives more often than not operate in pairs, and equally often as top-and-tail, will the red tail lights be operational at the rear end only of the locomotive? thanks Al I would expect they'll be fully switchable so each light can be accessed by the decoder on DCC if the other AS models are anything to go by. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TownsendHook Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 On 19/10/2020 at 00:21, adb968008 said: Are this pair still active ? Never seen them down south. The NR 73/9s are mainly used for infrastructure monitoring trains around the Merseyrail area, with the GBRf locos primarily used for the Southern Region runs. The Colas crews generally sign both, however, and they do occasionally swap over. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig1989 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Any news on this if it’s going ahead? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMS Railtech Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 Happy New Year to everyone! This project is something we're very excited about! The notes of interest are going very well, and now the festivities are over, we'll be able to do a bit more work on moving this forward. In the meantime, please tell everyone you can think of who may be interested! 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 09:39, KMS Railtech said: Happy New Year to everyone! This project is something we're very excited about! The notes of interest are going very well, and now the festivities are over, we'll be able to do a bit more work on moving this forward. In the meantime, please tell everyone you can think of who may be interested! This is brilliant news and pleased to hear of things moving forward. My interest is in the Caley Sleeper examples but all round I think you'll be on to a winner. The forthcoming Accurascale Mk5 Sleepers should help to ensure this. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Buckner Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I wonder where is that location shown in the photograph in the first post. Looks an interesting place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted January 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Mike Buckner said: I wonder where is that location shown in the photograph in the first post. Looks an interesting place. Carnoustie. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted January 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 hour ago, Western Aviator said: Carnoustie. Indeed, a place that combines two of Britain's biggest hobbies, golf and railways. The bridge in the distance is at Golf Street station. Roy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 47 minutes ago, Roy Langridge said: Indeed, a place that combines two of Britain's biggest hobbies, golf and railways. The bridge in the distance is at Golf Street station. Roy Personally I would have thought railways was quite a marginal hobby really? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Roy Langridge Posted January 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, Global said: Personally I would have thought railways was quite a marginal hobby really? There was a time in the past when they were in the top three (and golf wasn't), football and fishing were the other two. Golf then leapt to the top and other "new hobbies" came along. Despite all the "trainspotter jokes", railways (when considering all its form such as modelling, preservation, bashing etc.) is still very popular in the UK. Roy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Global Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 2 hours ago, Roy Langridge said: There was a time in the past when they were in the top three (and golf wasn't), football and fishing were the other two. Golf then leapt to the top and other "new hobbies" came along. Despite all the "trainspotter jokes", railways (when considering all its form such as modelling, preservation, bashing etc.) is still very popular in the UK. Roy Quite interesting really, although probably not for here I guess! I thought football would be a big one, but perhaps with gardening! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 Accurascale have shown us the excellent Caley Mk5 sleeper carriage samples which have broken cover today. Now's the time to get on board with these 73/9's to go with them.. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 Quite, these 73/9’s are very noisy beasts on diesel power ! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McC Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 Here's the link again for those who might have missed it, courtesy of KMS https://forms.gle/YLHhwEshCDFanYoV8 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRDBLUE17 Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I’m certainly hoping the 73/9’s go ahead as a sound fitted Sleeper loco would be perfect for Rannoch and kind of needed for the sleeper set. Cheers Mark 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter749 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 On 12/10/2020 at 16:54, newbryford said: flickr is your friend. Here's at least 4 of the CS 73/9s The second two locos are Class 92 The different painting of the front ends and bodysides stand out Peter 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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