Ben Alder Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Ben Alder - not me, I'm still around........ the other one. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big James Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Didn’t an LBSCR K class get within an inch of being preserved by the bluebell. But they ha for plough money into saving the line. So they made the difficult choice and the K class went to the great railway in the sky. A K class would be my personal choice to save. As they are one of the best looking moguls to run in the UK. Big James 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 Being a modern image man I wouldn’t recognise most of the locos mentioned herein if they ran me over, and I feel a bit like that person at a party who clearly doesn’t belong while everyone sniggers about my answers, like Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blond. Anyway... I’ll say the unrebuilt W1 and Bulleid Leader, both for their aesthetic oddity as much as their engineering. Cheating a bit, but it’s a travesty that the US saved only one Southern Pacific AC12 cab forward, and that’ll never run. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 A full size wish list; excellent. How about this little beauty. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, njee20 said: Cheating a bit, but it’s a travesty that the US saved only one Southern Pacific AC12 cab forward, and that’ll never run. There were a few other classes of cab-forward which are even less likely to run again than 4294. Would have been nice if one of those had made it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 For me the class 22 is the loco I would most like to see running and there is still hope that one day I might. It would also be great to see more late Victorian locos - the ones that are around have something special. The Caledonian 828 for instance is a wonderful loco to see in action, I'm sure others of the same era would be wonderful too. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MPR Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Chris M said: The Caledonian 828 for instance is a wonderful loco to see in action, I'm sure others of the same era would be wonderful too. For those who are unaware of a relatively recent relevant story http://www.rypn.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=3845 https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/tales/belgiumtales01.htm 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Wouldn't be easier to just invent a time machine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, billbedford said: Wouldn't be easier to just invent a time machine? No because the time machine of choice is extinct. It went to the cutters torch in 2087. Edited December 25, 2020 by ianmacc 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 A class 124 Trans Pennine DMU Paul 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 A Highland Railway Rivers class. And or a Skye Bogie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 One or both of the LMS / BR 'Twins', one of which was dumped round the back of Willesden TMD until c.1966.... 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2020 10 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: One or both of the LMS / BR 'Twins', one of which was dumped round the back of Willesden TMD until c.1966.... Surprised it took so long for these to make the list The Southern trio and the fell loco would also be nice to still have around 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 North British Atlantic 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arun Sharma Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: One or both of the LMS / BR 'Twins', one of which was dumped round the back of Willesden TMD until c.1966.... It was 10001 as its slightly older sister was at Derby Works together with 10201-3 Edited December 25, 2020 by Arun Sharma no apostrophe reqd! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejstubbs Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 39 minutes ago, russ p said: 53 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: One or both of the LMS / BR 'Twins', one of which was dumped round the back of Willesden TMD until c.1966.... Surprised it took so long for these to make the list Except they were mentioned in the OP: 18 hours ago, jools1959 said: I was looking at Bachmann's 10000 and 10001 recently and thinking, hummmm . Over to you lot, Merry Christmas . 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFFTHE RAILS Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, David Bell said: North British Atlantic Yes, superb looking locos - the one put aside by the LNER for preservation was another unfortunate casualty of WW2. Only a small non-standard class (22 locos) so they were the first LNER atlantics to go. The other LNER atlantics classes were more numerous and/or had boilers common with other classes (e.g. the GCR C4 and C5s had the same boiler type as the very numerous 04 and ROD 2-8-0s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Blue Pullman. Like the 124 above though it would have been expensive and space consuming to safe six coaches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2020 The NYMR were going to have two three car transpennine units but the amount of asbestos in them stopped them going ahead 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdvle Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 12 hours ago, njee20 said: Cheating a bit, but it’s a travesty that the US saved only one Southern Pacific AC12 cab forward, and that’ll never run. Sadly, North America is just a travesty period when it comes to saving old railway stuff never mind attempting to have any of it operate. And while all of this is a bit of holiday fun, perhaps people should also contemplate not just the stuff that didn't get saved but the existing "saved" stuff that is slowly rotting/rusting away because there is no money to keep it covered and safe let alone restore it, and then the stuff now and in the near future being retired which is also unlikely to be saved unless people step forward with the space and money. So support the existing and any new efforts that are created with goals of saving the railway heritage, because it all needs volunteers and money now and going forward. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOCJACOB Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) North British Atlantic To be fair while 9875 Midlothian didn’t survive one NBR Atlantic tender frame does as it was modified and used for fuel oil storage in Cambridge area. Part of early LNER shunter project. Surfaced a few years ago and now with SRPS. Following article in NBR Study Group Journal quite a few bits of them survived for a number of years in alternative use at Cowlairs eg: ARP water tank, wheeled frame as boiler carrier Edited December 27, 2020 by DOCJACOB found image Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium njee20 Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, mdvle said: Sadly, North America is just a travesty period when it comes to saving old railway stuff never mind attempting to have any of it operate. Yes it’s curious (or perhaps not) how little sentimentality there is in the US on stuff like that. I wonder if it’s because of a lack of national heritage, there just isn’t a ‘preservation’ mindset. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 19 hours ago, pH said: I’d rather have a Fairburn. ......... Disqualified ! .......... there are two of those on the Lakeside ........................... and a parallel-boilered one at Whitehead. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 16 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Disqualified ! .......... there are two of those on the Lakeside ........................... and a parallel-boilered one at Whitehead. Actually, that one's at Lisburn. It says so near the smokebox. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) Yep - it was then - but I think you'll find it's confined to barracks now ....... like the rest of us ! Oh - did I say ... HAPPY CHRISTMAS ! Edited December 25, 2020 by Wickham Green too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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