RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted March 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 20, 2020 3 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: I'm not an expert on the 08, but that example appears to have an extra electrical conduit running from the cab to the front just underneath the bonnet handrail. Is this a common modification? Cheers I shall post a 3/4 photo as this loco had the running lamps changed to LED type. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 I found some pics, mostly from a few years back, of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway class 08's. The occasion was to celebrate the arrival and restoration of the ex-Burry Port cut-height 08933 "Ashburnham". For a line which puts so much effort into their general 50's look with the steam locos, passenger stock and stations, it's great that they have so many contemporary liveries on the diesel fleet; I didn't expect the cut-cab class 08 to appear in EWS livery, that's for certain! The older, full-height 08 also got a repaint, into grey for the occasion. The two spent a day trundling up and down the valley, though for a variety of reasons (mainly mechanical) these two locomotives haven't done a passenger timetable since. In fact, I can think of only one occasion where 08993 has run a full-line diagram, and that was a snow/ice clearing run a couple of years ago, light-engine. From what I understand both locomotives have mechanical issues which limit them to yard duties, but then again the KWVR have bigger locomotives like "Vulcan" that can match mainline speeds and fit in with the normal daily timetables. The contrast in the differing heights is pretty clear here. It's nice that the cut-cab loco survived into presentation, and keeps up the KWVR tradition of preserving oddball locomotives. A couple of more recent shots (last spring) with 08993 in it's normal habitat, as yard pilot at Haworth shed. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 6 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: I'm not an expert on the 08, but that example appears to have an extra electrical conduit running from the cab to the front just underneath the bonnet handrail. Is this a common modification? Cheers The conduit is for the float switch in the fuel header tank when the electric lift pump was fitted to replace the manual pump in the cab. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 6 hours ago, PenrithBeacon said: I'm not an expert on the 08, but that example appears to have an extra electrical conduit running from the cab to the front just underneath the bonnet handrail. Is this a common modification? Cheers The conduit is for the float switch in the fuel header tank when the electric lift pump was fitted to replace the manual pump in the cab. The junction box has the conduit going up to the lift pump the conduit going straight on goes into the generator compartment where the electric lift pump is located. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 08691 "Escafeld" bulled up in non-standard "Gronk" livery (presumably by Tinsley depot staff) is on pilot duty at Sheffield on the 14th September 1988. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Still in green in 1977 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2020 16 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Still in green in 1977 Green..... Or black? Not easy to tell is it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthesnail96 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 It was discussed elsewhere on the forum (maybe even earlier in the thread actually). It's green except for the one door which was salvaged from a loco still in black as I recall. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 D4004 and D4006 at Paddington Goods in 1970.... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 SP depot and Ince moss Sidings Wigan in the 1980's . Early 80's 08 815 with black buffer beams and depot sticker above number. Mid' '80's 08 817 worn and faded blue but with a red stripe. Late 80's 08 815 again but now with white roof and red buffs 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 17 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Still in green in 1977 Green with yellow rods seems an unusual combination. Usually associate red rods with green locos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 7 hours ago, dvdlcs said: Green with yellow rods seems an unusual combination. Usually associate red rods with green locos. Perhaps that was because repainting the rods was a cheap and easy job to do unlike giving the body a complete repaint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 08 221 in green with the early emblem stabled on the old shunt neck at Rugby in 1974, photo by Peter Wolfe.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 23 hours ago, dvdlcs said: Green with yellow rods seems an unusual combination. Usually associate red rods with green locos. The loco behind it has no rods! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: 08 221 in green with the early emblem stabled on the old shunt neck at Rugby in 1974, photo by Peter Wolfe.... THE OHLE style is very interesting too here, lots of wheels in evidence 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium drjcontroller Posted March 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 08006 at Doncaster Works, 21/8/77. Edited March 22, 2020 by drjcontroller 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 minutes ago, drjcontroller said: 08006 at Doncaster Works, 21/8/77. Not seen a photo with the grilles open before. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted March 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, woodenhead said: The loco behind it has no rods! Does that make it an A-1-A? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Wigan SP. 08 815 again, but now with the name 'Brenda' i wonder who Brenda was? 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 6 hours ago, rodent279 said: Not seen a photo with the grilles open before. Yeah, I never realised that the front grille had a cupboard style opening Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 While on day one of a possible 84 day period of staying at home I have decided to work through the many thousands of photo's I have taken and never indexed. The main thread about this is here@ In the first tranche I found this I have posted it into my other thread. In order to avoid hi-jacking this thread could any speculation / discussion / identification etc go into my thread. I will edit this post later in the week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2020 38 minutes ago, MyRule1 said: While on day one of a possible 84 day period of staying at home I have decided to work through the many thousands of photo's I have taken and never indexed. The main thread about this is here@ In the first tranche I found this I have posted it into my other thread. In order to avoid hi-jacking this thread could any speculation / discussion / identification etc go into my thread. I will edit this post later in the week. Is the bottom one Mistley? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Having posted some pics a few weeks ago of the KWVR's cut-cab 08 "Ashburnham", it put in a surprise appearance a couple of weeks ago on the Valley. This was when the line were clearing the work site at the under-replacement "Bridge 11" and retrieving equipment for the lockdown... Height comparison with 20031 And lest I be accused of being selfish and going out to take photographs when I should have been staying at home, the shots were taken from my front and back gardens 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongRail Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Ben great photos I assumed you took them when on your daily exercise walk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 18 minutes ago, LongRail said: Ben great photos I assumed you took them when on your daily exercise walk One with a zoom lens from my drive in front of the house, one standing on a chair in my back garden Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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