Allegheny1600 Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Do you by any chance have a date for that photo, Peter? I certainly saw one "just like that" if not actually that one on test on the Mickleover line, I wonder if the lad I was with that day is on here too? Cheers, John E. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Somewhere John.... I'll see if I can find it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Here you go John. - Monday 10th July 1989 @ 10.16 Think the loco spent the week at Mickleover as it was certainly working along the Test Track on the Friday (14th). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allegheny1600 Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 Thank you Peter! Goodness me! I am pretty sure it would have been about that time when my friend (a fellow member of the Mickleover club!) and I did a bit of exploring around the back end, so to speak, of Mickleover and went alongside the test track. ISTR the grass was growing well and the whole line looked abandoned when this shiny new class 60 appeared and it looked superb. Thanks for prompting that memory. Cheers, John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 (edited) 60001 clears its throat as it heads away from Mickleover. How many technicians can you fit in the cab of a Cl.60? Don't think the track was all that bad John...................... Edited December 9, 2015 by Peter Kazmierczak 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Nice photos of 001, Peter. I seem to recall seeing a couple of videos on YouTube which contained footage of 001 and 002 on test. There was even a computer on board monitoring the loco along with the engineers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 What was really weird was on some early photos of 60001 on test it has two exhaust outlets closer to the centre line of the body, producing an English electric style V! jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted December 11, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2015 Why is the air dam a different colour? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted December 11, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2015 It's also missing the cut-outs in the bottom corners. Cheers, Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 11, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2015 I seem to remember the cuts outs were to do with 3rd rail You used to be able to raise and lower the plough but its been locked out of use now, our 60s still have the crank handle to do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Couple of shots from today at Barnetby of 60039 on Iron Ore and 60092 on TEA Tanks. Paul 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 IIRC the air dam shape was changed because in its original design in was interfering with the creep control speed radar. Some loco's were delivered without them fitted, and they were fitted afterwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2015 Is this what would be considered "pro-weathered" in ebay speak? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Is this what would be considered "pro-weathered" in ebay speak? Cheers, Mick It's easy to drop a tinlet of black paint over a loco you know... Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 22, 2015 It's easy to drop a tinlet of black paint over a loco you know... Jack. I hope you're not speaking from experience? (And if yes - I hope it was gloss black..............................) Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayward Hayward Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Here are a couple of shots from Melton Ross and Barnetby yesterday. https://flic.kr/p/BwaKKG https://flic.kr/p/CkAhyT 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted December 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) . Edited November 15, 2016 by 4630 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesb Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) I've only just come across this thread. My favourite loco. Lovely to drive and strong as an Ox. Some pics taken by me. 60 035 sets off from 'the bank' at Latchford as I wait for the road from 'the football sidings' on 60 015. (Nearly) the end of the line at Latchford. 60 020 during a driver only run round. Bringing 60 063 off shed. If I recall correctly, this 'thing' was the source of many a swear word from drivers. This was due to it running with the auto sanders isolated (awaiting a new part), which meant it slipped like a ######. It slipped to a stand on Spellow bank and I had to use the slow speed control setting to drag me up to Walton lane. What should have taken about 6 minutes took more like 20... Another driver only run round, this time with 60 065 and in 'The Wapping'. Running round in a tunnel, at night. Lovely.. I surprised myself with how well this came out. While waiting for the loading bunker at Fidlers Ferry to clear, I snapped this. Considering it was taken on my smart phone, it aint half bad.. Edited December 24, 2015 by Jamesb 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Great photos, especially the 60 in fiddlers ferry. Such a shame there's not much happening on the warrington low level freight line at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesb Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 (edited) Glad you like the pics! A few more... The view you don't want to see (unless its stopped). Underneath a 60 at Arpley. 60 024 at Walton MSC sidings. Waiting to come off one morning. 60 063 at Walton MSC. A wet and windy night to be running round on your own.. 60 024 'Clitheroe Castle' at Earlestown after failing in spectacular fashion. A 50p banjo bolt somehow worked loose and the attached oil feed suddenly became 'unattached' and dumped all the lube oil. As you can see, it was under high pressure and found its way out via any means possible.. Edited December 24, 2015 by Jamesb 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted December 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2015 I hope Mick will follow the prototype with his 'Clitheroe Castle' Cheers, Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 24, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2015 I hope Mick will follow the prototype with his 'Clitheroe Castle' Cheers, Phil. :no: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2015 (edited) JamesB: the joys of running round in the wappings, at least there are lights i there though I remember sitting in LBT one night back in 2009 with an ironbridge coal service and the class 60 on the train in front got stuck on the bank as the ice was an inch thick on the railhead, i knew i'd definatly be in trouble with my 66 if a 60 got stuck! Got to agree a lovely loco to drive, didnt think much of them when i first signed them but they have really grown in me now, the turning point was the first time i worked one with 3000 ton behind and it didnt break a sweat, very impressive, the only loco that comes close haulage wise is a class 70 Edited December 25, 2015 by big jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2015 Glad you like the pics! A few more... CCEarlestown4.jpg Some how I imagine that's as far as you walked!! Looks like the engine room of a 50 in 1978. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesb Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 JamesB: the joys of running round in the wappings, at least there are lights i there though I remember sitting in LBT one night back in 2009 with an ironbridge coal service and the class 60 on the train in front got stuck on the bank as the ice was an inch thick on the railhead, i knew i'd definatly be in trouble with my 66 if a 60 got stuck! Got to agree a lovely loco to drive, didnt think much of them when i first signed them but they have really grown in me now, the turning point was the first time i worked one with 3000 ton behind and it didnt break a sweat, very impressive, the only loco that comes close haulage wise is a class 70 They are most impressive machines, as you well know. If only they'd put the seats from a 66 into a 60.... Some how I imagine that's as far as you walked!! Looks like the engine room of a 50 in 1978. Indeed! I did not take a step further. What appears to be a bulkhead light mounted near the floor is actually the reflection of the light above in the spilled oil. What you can't see from the pictures is that while the mess on the bodyside looks spectacular, the real damage was being done underneath. Of the 204 gallons of engine oil initially present, what didn't escape out of the roof and sides drained out through the holes in the bed plate. It took an hour for assistance to arrive from Arpley and for all of that hour, 'Clitheroe Castle' sounded like a sink with the tap left running. The Network Rail MOM sent out to wind the points over (I had failed and managed to block the pre-set route as well), nearly had a heart attack when I told him it was gallons and not litres.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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