The class 59s

[Steadfast]

About a third of the DB drivers TUPED with the 59s to liner. Work largely is yard pilot turns and the Severnside bins, with ballasts and occasional charters too.

 

Jo

[Phil Mc]

One from last week.

 

 

Cheers,

Phil.

[SWT442]

A couple from last week. The Class 59's now not as common around the Solent area since Freightliner took over the Mendip workings.

 

A shot only really do-able at this time of day when the Sun isn't out. 59204 rolls through Crampmoor, on the Chandlers Ford line, with 6V62 Southampton Up Yard to Whatley Quarry stone empties - 22.09.2020

 

In no hurry, 59102 "Village of Chantry" ambles through Dunbridge with 7O40 Merehead Quarry to Eastleigh Aggregates Sidings - 25.09.2020

 

Andy.

[RusselBridge2017]

Light engine move on Saturday from Westbury to Leeds, a little difference, but not much, from our usual procession of class 66 through Cheltenham

[Steadfast]

See if you can complete the set, they'll all be up for bogie overhauls apparently.

 

Jo

[astropsidings]

59 001 appeared at the GWS “Didcot Diesel Day” on 24-10-87. 

 

Picture below of the 59 alongside D1010 “Western Campaigner” masquerading as 1035 “Western Yeoman"

[phil_sutters]

As far as I can see, I haven't uploaded these to this thread, although they are tagged RMWeb in my files.

 

Edited November 30, 2020 by phil_sutters

[Steadfast]

A few from me. All on Flickr, so click them if you want to see them big!

59003 'Yeoman Highlander' waits time in Westbury Down Yard with 6O41 to Eastleigh. 66729 and 66754 were dead in tow after working a ballast train over the weekend and the heavyweight load comprised a sole OCA Bass wagon!

19/10/20

 

59204 waits in the Down Yard at Westbury to finish running round a late running 7V33 Eastleigh - Merehead. This is the return empties from the afternoon 7O40 that is often photographed. The wait was whilst another Mendip service was stabled in the yard. Always busy at Westbury!

23/11/20

 

 

One I found on my phone from 2019 whilst looking for something else. Back when DB was still running the Mendip Rail contract, 59203 and one of the Hanson class 59/1s are sat together at the head of what is either 6A20 or 6A71 for Acton in Westbury Up Yard. I can't remember if it was traffic from Machen, or whether something had failed earlier in the day and then gone forward as a later service. This is in the Virtual Quarry (VQ), a ballast stock pile for loading trains for engineering sites, but used on this occasion due to being a long road to form a Mendip service up on.

4/4/19

 

59104 sits on the Down Reception at Westbury with 6C49 from Appleford, waiting for a relief driver and its place in the queue of trains heading to Whatley

10/3/21

 

With the Westbury white horse on the hill behind, 59004 'Paul A Hammond' gets away after a driver swap on a nearly two hours late 7C77 Acton - Merehead. Crazy to think these initial four locos are now 35 years old!

1/6/21

 

Still in unbranded DB red, Freightliner's 59204 leads 66616 past Fairwood working 6C76 Acton - Whatley. The train was crawling, after being held at the signal by the 8th wagon back to allow 7C77 out in front.

1/6/21

 

Jo

[Steadfast]

I've just put a trio of older pictures up on Flickr, from September 2008.

 

59004 'Paul A Hammond' in its Yeoman silver and blue gets what I believe to be 6L21 Whatley - Dagenham going again after a driver swap on the Up Reception. It's noticeable how quiet Westbury looks, with no MHD recycling track panels, no Colas fuel point and a holding siding that is devoid of units too.

 

A second shot of 59004 getting what I believe to be 6L21 Whatley - Dagenham going again after a driver swap on the Up Reception at Westbury. I did like this revised version of the Yeoman livery. This also shows the different profiles of the main batch of Hanson / ARC JHAs built by Powell Duffryn / Standard and the Procor built extra inners.

 

For a while South West Trains operated class 121 'bubble car' 960012 (977860) as a route learning unit. It has just come up from the Fairwood direction and once at a stand on the Up Reception behind W602 would depart for Salisbury. 59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' sits on the Back Road, its Aggregate Industries livery still quite fresh at the time. I never managed a shot of it when it was freshly repainted, with the lower green the wrong shade.

 

Jo

Edited June 8, 2021 by Steadfast

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Springtime in Somerset.

59102 with the 1123 Merehead - Wootton Bassett at Berkley Marsh, between Frome and Westbury, last week.

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Almost bowled!  

 

PS The loco was 59002 and the IET 802106 , if anyone's interested...

Edited June 11, 2021 by Peter Kazmierczak
Added stock numbers

[GWRPhil]

Today 0z62 was a light engine move from Penzance to Plymouth. Yeoman highlander was the loco. This return journey is the first of two the loco is scheduled to make today. Both from Plymouth you Penzance and back. 
 

 

 

 

 

[adb968008]

On 04/06/2021 at 00:59, Steadfast said:

 

With the Westbury white horse on the hill behind, 59004 'Paul A Hammond' gets away after a driver swap on a nearly two hours late 7C77 Acton - Merehead. Crazy to think these initial four locos are now 35 years old!

 

Not bad considering the SD40-2 dates back older than the 56’s the 59’s replace.

But imagine if the stars aligned differently…

HS4000 Kestrel might have been a good choice for this fleet.

[4630]

3 hours ago, GWRPhil said:

Today 0z62 was a light engine move from Penzance to Plymouth. Yeoman highlander was the loco. This return journey is the first of two the loco is scheduled to make today. Both from Plymouth you Penzance and back. 
 

 

 

 

 

And here’s 59003 rumbling through Par on 14th July 2021 working 0Z64 Plymouth to Penzance.  The second booked trip from Plymouth on its first day in The Duchy. 

 

 

[4630]

There’s a path in the schedule on 16th July for 59003 to return to its more usual haunts as 0Z67, 10.38 Plymouth to Eastleigh East Yard (15.11).

 

Details of the route and timings here - 0Z67

[AMJ]

For those who have not been to Leeds Midland Road 59005 is still sat in the siding it has been there for months.  It has accommodation bogies in place of the usual ones and a "Not to be moved" board on it.  I bet that it won't be going south for a while!

[AMJ]

[Steadfast]

5 hours ago, AMJ said:

For those who have not been to Leeds Midland Road 59005 is still sat in the siding it has been there for months.  It has accommodation bogies in place of the usual ones and a "Not to be moved" board on it.  I bet that it won't be going south for a while!

It's the first in the fleet to have its bogies overhauled. The others should visit in due course from what I've been told by a Freightliner driver.

 

Jo

[AMJ]

005 is still sat at Midland Road on those bogies today.  Well that's about 8 months in the same siding.  There are a few 66's at the ends of others there that have not moved for many weeks.  A few Christmas trees?

[adb968008]

2 minutes ago, AMJ said:

005 is still sat at Midland Road on those bogies today.  Well that's about 8 months in the same siding.  There are a few 66's at the ends of others there that have not moved for many weeks.  A few Christmas trees?

Is there spare class 59 bogies ?

 

if not, and this is first for a bogie overhaul, then the learning curve, plans may be taking a while, of course if spares are needed but not yet in stock, that too could delay it.

[jamie92208]

9 minutes ago, adb968008 said:

Is there spare class 59 bogies ?

 

if not, and this is first for a bogie overhaul, then the learning curve, plans may be taking a while, of course if spares are needed but not yet in stock, that too could delay it.

With the length of time that 59's have been arounc, the knowledge should be available. They arevof gourse not the same as 66's.

 

Jamie

[adb968008]

9 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

With the length of time that 59's have been arounc, the knowledge should be available. They arevof gourse not the same as 66's.

 

Jamie

Yes but they are new to Freightliner.

[Steadfast]

Another couple from a few years ago, linked from Flickr so clicking them will make them viewable big size.

 

2013: Matching Yeomans, as 59002 'Alan J Day' leads 7A09 Merehead - Acton past West Drayton with a set of Yeoman O&K hoppers in the front portion.

 

 

2011: 59205 'L. Keith McNair' drifts past Brassknocker with a lightweight 6C41 Newport ADJ - Westbury - formed of just two IOA Mussel wagons.

 

Jo

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Didn't realise there were two Class 59 threads on RMweb, so apologies if I've posted this elsewhere. I've been after a reasonable shot of 59001, with the bell leading, for some time. Managed to get a fair shot this morning...

[Steadfast]

I posted this on the Revolution 59 thread yesterday, thought to may be of interest here as well.

 

The Berks and Hants route is the bread and butter for the class 59s. I found some 59 pictures from 2012 whilst I was looking for something else, so stuck them on Flickr yesterday, so click them to see them bigger if you want. I know this area like the back of my hand and think it'd make an absolutely brilliant layout concept for 59s and long trains interspersed by HSTs.

Let's fire up the time machine! 

 

 

59004 'Paul A Hammond' leads 7A09 past Crofton, a nice matching set of Yeoman hoppers behind one of the Yeoman 59s.

 

 

Still carrying EWS colours, 59204 'Vale of Glamorgan' leads 7C31 Theale - Merehead past Little Bedwyn

 

 

59002 'Alan J Day' still carrying the revised Foster Yeoman colours is paired with Aggregate Industries coloured 59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' at the head of 7C77 Acton - Merehead, seen at Wolfhall.

 

 

59101 'Village of Whatley' rounds the curve at Wolfhall working 6V18 Hither Green - Whatley.

 

 

59202 'Vale of White Horse' has just crested the summit at Savernake as it heads 6A83 Avonmouth - West Drayton past Wolfhall. It wasn't long after the the loco would lose its EWS colours for a fresh coat of DB Schenker red.

 

Two years later, on to 2014.

 

 

DB Schenker red 59203 passes Wootton Rivers with a mix of HOAs, IIAs and RMC JGAs in tow on 6M20 Whatley - St Pancras.

 

Finally, this shows the differences on the roof between 59005 and the other 59/0s, as featured on the Revolution model. There's also some smaller differences that have also been included on the model.

 

 

59005 'Kenneth J Painter' leads 59001 'Yeoman Endeavour' past Wootton Rivers with 7A17 Merehead - Acton. For a short period, this train regularly had the Bardon JGAs in the consist, along with the regular Yeoman / Mendip types.

 

Jo