pete_mcfarlane Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Has anyone actually been to Russia to look for her yet? Has anyone got a spare U2 or Canberra PR9 we could borrow? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 i had a look to see if the google street view car had been in the area. it hadnt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Has anyone got a spare U2.... One Bono is bad enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br60066 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 May be we could make a replica. We should be able to do it. We managed to make a new steam loco so why not make a replica kestrel next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 May be we could make a replica. We should be able to do it. We managed to make a new steam loco so why not make a replica kestrel next. A Class 47 would be a good starting point XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 has anybody thought of posting this on derelict places or 28 days later the urban explorers love a good mystery and many off them are sending reports back from the ussr of some fantastic places that have been simply abandoned pripyat is a very popular one would love to go there myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br60066 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 A Class 47 would be a good starting point XF Yes it would save some work if they converted a class 47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slilley Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 May be we could make a replica. We should be able to do it. We managed to make a new steam loco so why not make a replica kestrel next. Just one question, where would the Sulzer 16LVA24 engine come from? There was never a production line for the engine, so producing a replica could be a problem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Just one question, where would the Sulzer 16LVA24 engine come from? There was never a production line for the engine, so producing a replica could be a problem? Perhaps Pete Waterman's apprentices could knock one and a spare out, after they've finished 37683 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 This might be of interest to those following this thread - http://eastmoor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/what-might-have-been.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 This might be of interest to those following this thread - http://eastmoor.blog...-have-been.html Please can you tell me where that took me, because it seems to be an interesting place. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Please can you tell me where that took me, because it seems to be an interesting place. The website it was on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yes please. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Yes please. Ed It was a link to a post on my blog - glad you liked what you saw! I just post railway related things on there, anything I've been to or found interesting as well as modelling. Glad someone likes it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 One Bono is bad enough. There's no way he'd spot it wearing those stupid dark glasses. Like his song lyric 'I still haven't found what I'm looking for'. Take your bleedin shades off mate, and you might find it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 A Class 47 would be a good starting point XF Aside from the bogies fitted to Kestrel later in its career, I don't think it had anything in common with a class 47. It was fitted with a 16LVA24 (V16) so a class 47 power unit would be no good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I did a Google search for Kolomna in Russia. and had a bit scroll around and came across this satellite view which contains something that very much looks like KESTREL HS400 from above but as it not very clear it is difficult to be sure of as the colours look right for the said locomotive. Sorry if I'm not very clear as where to but there is a blue roofed building and if you come slight south from there a light grey roof out line of a locomotive is in the middle of no where. But the biggest problem is knowing how old that image is as it could be 4to 6 years. Kestra. But if it is. Link to Google Maps. Terry whilst looking back through some old posts i clicked on the link above, bad news!!! if you follow this link now, 'kestrel' has gone!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 whilst looking back through some old posts i clicked on the link above, bad news!!! if you follow this link now, 'kestrel' has gone!!! It is an ex-Kestrel that has shuttled it's mortal coil and ceased to exist! XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 whilst looking back through some old posts i clicked on the link above, bad news!!! if you follow this link now, 'kestrel' has gone!!! Of course it has, it is in my back yard now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 It's not dead, its only sleeping Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNCF stephen Posted November 9, 2012 Share Posted November 9, 2012 I know I run the risk of bringing up something that has been discussed to death (or scrap maybe the more appropriate term). However, I was just wondering if anyone knew how long the HS4000 had been outside in the 1985 photograph. By the looks of it I would have a very rough guess of about three or four years by the overgrowth (possibly more). Now the reason I ask is that there have been suggestions that the condition of the body would have deteriorated to the extent where it was essentially just rust. Having looked at the photograph, if it has been outside for a number of years I am surprised at how good the condition of the train actually was, there appears to be no major visible rust. Would I be right in assuming that this is a good thing or could there be rust concealed in the depths of the loco? So essentially what I am suggesting is that if (and it is a big IF) the loco did survive until the early noughties then it could have been in better condition than expected, despite the climate. I am pretty certain the loco does not exist any longer as I would be surprised that there are no images of it on the net (there are plenty of images online regarding Soviet technology such as the Ekranoplanes and Buran etc). One final quick question, does anyone know of any Russian Rail Forums that would be able to assist us with any further information or pictures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jawfin Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Well, whatever was in that maps shot, it isn't there now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasslands Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 The google map images (using the historical imagery feature) only show the grey roofed thing as present in the imagery dated 2nd June 2009. In the earliest imagery (2004) the blue shed isn't even there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cg501 Posted December 30, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2012 Just one question, where would the Sulzer 16LVA24 engine come from? There was never a production line for the engine, so producing a replica could be a problem? Only five 16LVA24 engines were built. One was fitted in 'Kestrel', later scrapped in Russia. A second was the type test O.R.E. engine which was later scrapped at Oberwinterthur. The three remaining engines ended up at power stations, two at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and one at Dunkirk, France - all as standby generators, and all still believed to be in service (information from the http://www.derbysulzers.com/engineer.html web page Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Only five 16LVA24 engines were built. One was fitted in 'Kestrel', later scrapped in Russia. A second was the type test O.R.E. engine which was later scrapped at Oberwinterthur. The three remaining engines ended up at power stations, two at Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and one at Dunkirk, France - all as standby generators, and all still believed to be in service (information from the http://www.derbysulzers.com/engineer.html web page So a replica HS 4000 is could be plausible using a modified Class 47 body + one of the above, when they are sold out of service. XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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