RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 Loco 45 107 Swindon 1984 by Keith Wilde, on Flickr Loco 31 158 | Castle Cary, UK | 1983 by Keith Wilde, on Flickr 47297 Dent Head by chris, on Flickr Class 31 by Valiantoz, on Flickr Bradford Interchange 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 19, 2020 Share Posted April 19, 2020 Wow, that picture of the 31 at Bradford Interchange is all kinds of wonderful. It has snow, a rare picture of a Dutch 31 on a parcels train and the BTP Ford Orion with stickers on it! I'm guessing it's from the late 80s/early 90s? It does make me wonder if anyone knows when Parcel trains to Bradford Interchange stopped? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 19, 2020 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: Wow, that picture of the 31 at Bradford Interchange is all kinds of wonderful. It has snow, a rare picture of a Dutch 31 on a parcels train and the BTP Ford Orion with stickers on it! I'm guessing it's from the late 80s/early 90s? It does make me wonder if anyone knows when Parcel trains to Bradford Interchange stopped? Seems a bit odd that the loco has got a portable tail lamp on the nearest end, but there doesn't seem to be any other loco there; i.e. it doesn't seem to be 'top and tailed'. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Wow, that picture of the 31 at Bradford Interchange is all kinds of wonderful. It has snow, a rare picture of a Dutch 31 on a parcels train and the BTP Ford Orion with stickers on it! I'm guessing it's from the late 80s/early 90s? It does make me wonder if anyone knows when Parcel trains to Bradford Interchange stopped? It's not really Dutch livery though, no yellow upper stripe. I recall something about some locos only being painted in the darker grey livery, but it's not the original "Railfreight grey without red stripe". The only bit of colour are the red GUV and yellow Maestro van! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted April 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: It's not really Dutch livery though, no yellow upper stripe. I recall something about some locos only being painted in the darker grey livery, but it's not the original "Railfreight grey without red stripe". The only bit of colour are the red GUV and yellow Maestro van! I think at one time the overall grey livery was described as a 'general purpose' loco livery, i.e. not allocated to a specific sector? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted April 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 20, 2020 43 minutes ago, 31A said: I think at one time the overall grey livery was described as a 'general purpose' loco livery, i.e. not allocated to a specific sector? I had a feeling there was a name for it. Wasn't it the dark grey from triple grey (Falcon grey?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 14 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Wow, that picture of the 31 at Bradford Interchange is all kinds of wonderful. It has snow, a rare picture of a Dutch 31 on a parcels train and the BTP Ford Orion with stickers on it! I'm guessing it's from the late 80s/early 90s? It does make me wonder if anyone knows when Parcel trains to Bradford Interchange stopped? Well if IIRC the F reg on the Ford Orion is 87 - 88 is so it's late (winter) 1987 at the earliest Andy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted April 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, 31A said: I think at one time the overall grey livery was described as a 'general purpose' loco livery, i.e. not allocated to a specific sector? No, it was Departmental Grey. It was quickly considered so dull that the yellow stripe/band was added, to make it Departmental Grey/Yellow ("Dutch"). As every loco was allocated somewhere, paint wouldn't have been wasted on a loco nobody claimed to own; such a loco would have been withdrawn. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: It's not really Dutch livery though, no yellow upper stripe. I recall something about some locos only being painted in the darker grey livery, but it's not the original "Railfreight grey without red stripe". The only bit of colour are the red GUV and yellow Maestro van! Whatever it was called it seems that it did end up in full Dutch livery at a later date. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 47315 seen at Oxford Station working 'the parcels' on 14-5-92 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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62613 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: What. The. Dickens. Is. That? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) On 20/04/2020 at 22:10, 62613 said: What. The. Dickens. Is. That? Hi There, That is a Gloucester class 128, see below: https://www.railcar.co.uk/type/class-128/ I have even built my own from a Hornby Mk2 and a Lima DMU underframe before Heljan thought of making one. Gibbo. Edited April 22, 2020 by Gibbo675 Adding Photograph 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, 62613 said: What. The. Dickens. Is. That? A class 128 DPU and here it is in all of it's Technicolor glory. Edited April 21, 2020 by montyburns56 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Not gonna win any styling awards is it? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2020 It's a lot better than most 2nd generation dmus or emus, 150/152/155/156 for example. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) On 22/04/2020 at 19:31, leopardml2341 said: Not gonna win any styling awards is it? Well how would you look if your face was mutilated? Edited April 23, 2020 by montyburns56 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 IMHO, it's the garish livery that really 'does for it'. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Whitey Rock (Cumbrian Coast) Dewsbury Edited April 29, 2020 by Metr0Land 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Metr0Land said: Culvert Rd junc (Clapham) This one's a train of Ferry vans, not parcels stock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 Offending pic removed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Fat Controller said: This one's a train of Ferry vans, not parcels stock. 1 hour ago, Metr0Land said: Offending pic removed Well it didn't offend me! The 16 ton mineral wagon thread doesn't stick slavishly to the subject matter, slight deviations here are acceptable IMHO. MIKE. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 42 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Well it didn't offend me! The 16 ton mineral wagon thread doesn't stick slavishly to the subject matter, slight deviations here are acceptable IMHO. MIKE. It didn't offend me, either; I was just pointing out that it wasn't a parcels working. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2020 74.007 Farnborough 4th Jan 75. by 54A South dock, on Flickr Electric Parcels by Geoffrey Tribe, on Flickr Watford Junc 1006 "Western Stalwart" at Exeter St Davids by Geoffrey Tribe, on Flickr Loco 50 042 Guildford 1983 by Keith Wilde, on Flickr SuO newspaper empties + coach form Guildford-Woking service 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 (edited) Wakefield Kirkgate Edited May 6, 2020 by montyburns56 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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