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Here is a few of mine that I got this and last week on the Crewe IEMD depot.

 

I believe there are 12 08's in total at the EMD depot. There is a line of other 08 with 08567 08706 08865 08757 08804 in the same line with 58048 90025 and 90031 for company, These can be seen through the builders yard next to the depot but not in anyway photographable.

 

08593 has a YKA wagon next to it and there is another 08 beyond it but wasn't going to risk getting seen to try and get a picture of it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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After buying a badge off the shed foreman at Allerton (no permit),he always let us walk around unattended,(those were the days,a smile and a pound each for a badge,which i still have some where) not that there ever was much there!

 

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Next,St Pancras station, after traveling down over night on the sleeper from Carlisle,this was always our first port of call when spotting in London

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Ray

 

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I've looked through the thread and seen that some photos have the 08 in the distance, so I've included some of mine, but I can delete them if not suitable. I have a lot more close-ups.

 

08492 reverses a rake of empties at Worksop on 26-Nov-1991. I can't make out if the buffer beam was painted black or covered in coal dust

 

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08786 at Eaglescliffe Junction on 17-Jun-1988

 

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08590 and 141004 at Leeds on 5-Jun-1987

 

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08599 and 85020 at Crewe on 4-Jun-1987

 

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08880 + ADRC 96704/ADB 975470 at Tinsley Open Day on 22-Jun-1991

 

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08824 at Doncaster on 4-Jun-1993

 

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Dave

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I've looked through the thread and seen that some photos have the 08 in the distance, so I've included some of mine, but I can delete them if not suitable. I have a lot more close-ups.

 

 

Regards

Dave

Close up views are always useful for someone looking to model a particular loco.

I also enjoy shots with 08s less prominent in the picture especially if it records them going about the mundane work that they have usefully performed for decades,

 

cheers

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08752 "Lenny" - during the days when EWS / DB held the contract to shunt the Celsa (UK) Tremorfa & Castle Works in Cardiff.

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The detail shots show parts of the warning lights and one of the emergency engine cut-out plungers fitted in connection with the  Hima Sella remote control system.

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The other close-up shows damage to the compressor cabinet.

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The loco is also seen 'knocking out' the new scrap bay at Tremorfa on 6th March 2009.

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Brian R

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The driver of 08854 "Bradshaw" (named after my good friend, the late Alan 'Bradshaw' Hill former Canton fitter) displays the Hima-Sella remote control system whilst shunting Allied Steel & Wire wagons at Channel Sidings and the Queen Alexandra Dock (north arm), Cardiff during April 2002.

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The driver would stay with the loco here when using the R/C equipment, as when shunting onto the quayside the train would cross the road, and the loco would sometimes be a long way from the driver - and it is alleged that on occasions the loco would not respond due to the distance between loco and driver here, and, on at least one occasion a loco carried on and took the headshunt blocks out !

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All these sidings were torn up after Allied Steel & Wire went into receivership in July 2002.

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Brian R

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Thanks, Rivercider, that's encouraging.

 

08752 at Ipswich Depot on 7-Sep-1993

 

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08790 'VICTORIA' at Longsite Depot on 25-Apr-1992

 

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08800 + B954735 at Bristol Temple Meads on 19-Jun-1991

 

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L TO R 08494 - 08408 - 08779 - 08461 - 08501 - 08250 at Stratford Depot on 23-Jun-1991

 

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08995 'KIDWELLY' with cut-down cab at Landore Depot on 4-Sep-1989

 

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08929 - ADB 965240/ADB 965241 at Old Oak Common on 23-Jun-1991

 

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Thanks, Rivercider, that's encouraging

Some nice details in those shots, like the equipment at Longsite, which will be useful for anyone modelling a depot scene.

Its always handy if photos are accompanied by a note of location and date,

thanks for posting,

 

cheers 

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Well, Rivercider, I hope folks don't get fed up with them.

 

08947 with 60019 at the rear. Old Oak Common 23-Jun-1991

 

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08399 - 08473 at Leicester Depot on 26-May-1991

 

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37142 and 08804 at Gloucester Depot on 19-Jun-1991. What's in front of the 37? It's a crane, which was photographed later in the day.

 

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08880 'Sheffield Children's Hospital' at Tinsley (opposite the depot). It should have been called 'Palindrome'. On 13-Nov-1988

 

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08405 at Immingham Depot on 24-Jan-1988. Note the shunter's pole across the buffers

 

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08540 behind 47145 'MERDDIN EMRYS in Peterborough Depot on 8-Apr-1992

 

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West Coast Rail's 3 Gronks

 

08678, former BR, then Glaxo Chem at Ulverston. Glaxo was built next to what was the Conishead Priory line which joined the national network at Plumpton Junction. It was named during its time at Glaxon "Artila" but someone has added the letter "F" to its name!!!

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Ian

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Taken at Motherwell Scotland around 74/75, note Brain painted on it's side and the old BR logo showing through.

 

 

Looks more like BRIAN to me Darren :scratchhead:

 

 

I think he means the logo above the Brian. I can see a Britsh Railways Roundel on the engine room panels.

 

He does say "Brain painted on it's side and (my bold) the old BR logo showing through."

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