RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2014 Why did a couple of 59s transfer to operating the Llanwern iron ore trains in July 1998? Does anyone have a complete list? So far I can only find evidence of 59004, 59103 & 59104 on the Llanwern trains. There were some comparison trials between 59's and 60's on the ore trains. It may have been related to those. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lickeybanker/12307274966/ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 There were some comparison trials between 59's and 60's on the ore trains. It may have been related to those. https://www.flickr.com/photos/lickeybanker/12307274966/ Cheers, Mick Should the date be 1997...? I had a rare chance of a 2 day visit to South Wales in July of that year. Unfortunately I cant help Penrhos further because guess which two 59s turned up... 59103 at Bridgend and Cardiff. 59004 Cardiff. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted July 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2014 Ah but DJ Models have just announced a 59: 59002 ‘Yeoman Enterprise’ in Foster Yeoman Livery, 59103 ‘Village of Mells’ in ARC Mustard and Grey livery, 59204 ‘Vale of Glamorgan’ National Power Livery, 50206 ‘John F. Yeoman’ DBSchenker Livery. Why did a couple of 59s transfer to operating the Llanwern iron ore trains in July 1998? Does anyone have a complete list? So far I can only find evidence of 59004, 59103 & 59104 on the Llanwern trains. Right horse wrong jockey. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted July 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2014 Class member 59 003 is returning to the UK from Germany to work for GBRF according to wnxx. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 These are pictures I took of 59104 on-shed at Motherwell on Sunday 28th July 1991 after a tip off from a friend. The loco was on a trial to assess haulage capacity over Beattock. As far as I know there are only two other shots of this loco during this trip, both taken on the test runs, which make these the first photos of a class 59 in Scotland. There have been two or three other visits by class 59s, 59201 and 59206 both in 1998. Hope these are of interest. Jim 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 they transferred merely due to a slump in demand for aggregate at that point in time according to some books. don't forget at that point EWS needed 450 locos a day... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrover Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 I wish one of the manufacturers would bring out a ready to run JHA hopper so I can run a set behind my 59! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted November 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2014 I wish one of the manufacturers would bring out a ready to run JHA hopper so I can run a set behind my 59! Or a nice PTA. Hopefully the forthcoming DJM model will cause someone to do decent wagons to throw behind it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lyneux Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 Or a nice PTA. Hopefully the forthcoming DJM model will cause someone to do decent wagons to throw behind it. Shameless plug: Join DEMU, get the kit! http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/52075-scratch-built-yeoman-arc-bsc-pta-tipplers/ 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric709 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 From my memory of being involved in putting HTA's & 60's then 59's on the LBT/Fiddlers trains, 66's would lift 19 HTA's out of LBT, but were downloaded in the wet where as a 59 or 60 would happily lift 23, possibly more but constrained by the RR loop at LBT. The difference in loadings subsequently became apparent on running LBT to Ratcliffe services, when these were increased to 23 HTA's, a 59 couldn't get up Caverswell bank, but a 60 would. We can, and have, run a 66/5 out of LBT on 21 HHA when there has been on other option, only in the middle of summer on a dry rail though. 66/6 will lift it out in any weather going Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamperman36 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 59003 is now back in this country under the ownership of GBRF so we will soon see another livery on a 59. I remember watching all the 59/2s working around Ferrybridge and Gas.wood when they were new, I do think they looked good in National Power colours. On a slightly off track thread I was at the Model Rail Exhibition at Milton Keynes (1992 possibly) with GCS Quarries layout (later renamed R&M Quarries under new ownership). We were using Mainline/Dapol class 56s on the stone train models when we were approached to see if we would like to inspect the first Lima model of a class 59 (at that time it was the pre production prototype which was under revue by the importers who thought we would be interested as we had a quarry layout) after guite a while having a good look at it, it was handed back. Also at that show was another exhibitor with a demonstration stand with scratch built 59s on, at that time 59201 had just arrived in the country, we managed to borrow models of all 10 59s (at that existed at that time) to do an open day at the quarry a picture appeared in the magazine after the show. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2014 59003 is now back in this country under the ownership of GBRF so we will soon see another livery on a 59. I remember watching all the 59/2s working around Ferrybridge and Gas.wood when they were new, I do think they looked good in National Power colours. On a slightly off track thread I was at the Model Rail Exhibition at Milton Keynes (1992 possibly) with GCS Quarries layout (later renamed R&M Quarries under new ownership). We were using Mainline/Dapol class 56s on the stone train models when we were approached to see if we would like to inspect the first Lima model of a class 59 (at that time it was the pre production prototype which was under revue by the importers who thought we would be interested as we had a quarry layout) after guite a while having a good look at it, it was handed back. Also at that show was another exhibitor with a demonstration stand with scratch built 59s on, at that time 59201 had just arrived in the country, we managed to borrow models of all 10 59s (at that existed at that time) to do an open day at the quarry a picture appeared in the magazine after the show. As a matter of interest National Power had a lovely 0 gauge model of a 59/2 plus a couple of model wagons that were displyed at their offices. IIRC they were built by Chris Leigh. I arranged to borrow them one year and we ran them on Long Preston at Wakefield. I'll have to dig out the photos one day. Jamie 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 A couple taken a few weeks back http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/65414-img-20141111-02477/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted September 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2016 (edited) . Edited November 12, 2016 by 4630 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 59005, between Millbrook and Redbridge, on stone empties from Chichester to Merehead. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted September 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2016 59005 and 59102 stratford 06-09-16 59102 by john brace, on Flickr 59005 by john brace, on Flickr 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 My pictures at https://mark5812.smugmug.com/UKpicturesclassorder/Class-59/ Includes 259 003 https://mark5812.smugmug.com/UKpicturesclassorder/Class-59/i-NmbKzRL/A https://mark5812.smugmug.com/UKpicturesclassorder/Class-59/i-MPp4B5V/A Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Resurrecting this thread, here is 59003 on 11th September 2016 approaching Mirfield working 1Z16, 13:50 Liverpool Lime Street to Doncaster leg of the final day of the GBRf 15 four day rail tour. 59003 1Z16 Mirfield 11092016 RMWeb.jpg Was on that, some roar off the traction motors on this one compared to all the other 59's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric709 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Resurrecting this thread, here is 59003 on 11th September 2016 approaching Mirfield working 1Z16, 13:50 Liverpool Lime Street to Doncaster leg of the final day of the GBRf 15 four day rail tour. 59003 1Z16 Mirfield 11092016 RMWeb.jpg Various bits of that loco just look a bit bent / misshaped. Or could just be the plates and logos that make it look that way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaGrange Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Various bits of that loco just look a bit bent / misshaped. Or could just be the plates and logos that make it look that way Looks like a heavy crop/digital zoom = distortion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted September 28, 2016 Share Posted September 28, 2016 Just a heads up, in that 59003 is on the tinsley to bardon hill stone train again today. Will post the photo when the pc is up and running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusselBridge2017 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Woking to Westbury on Friday. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 15, 2019 Author Share Posted December 15, 2019 A few recent class 59s Cold War Competitors by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr Both designs dating from the tail end of the Cold War and capable of shifting the heaviest trains in the UK, 59002 'Alan J Day' and 60039 'Dove Holes' sit alongside one another in Westbury Up Yard. The two locos are wildly different designs, the 59s proving rugged, reliable and a simple machine, though a little agricultural and noisy at times. Class 60s would also move the earth, though their 1980s electronics could leave them susceptible to having a funny five minutes and various issues on introduction but they are an altogether far more refined design, quiet with a smooth ride and solid doors that close first time! Network SouthMendip by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr 59101 'Village of Whatley' is seen in the headshunt of Westbury Down Yard complete with Network SouthEast sticker on its number one end. Taken two weeks after Freightliner took over the Mendip work, judging by the time of day I think this had come from either Southampton or Exeter and was running round to head back to Whatley 6 Class 59s for sale, 2 careful owners... by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr The loss of the Mendip contract saw DB put the six class 59/2s up for sale. Here they are on siding number 12 Down at Westbury, positioned for viewing by potential new owners. The locos arrived in three pairs, 59206 and 59202 at the far end, then 59203 and 59204 with 59201 and 59205 the last to be parked up, with 205 closest to the camera. In the event, Freightliner purchased all six locos and at the time of writing (Dec 2019) all are still running round in DB red but with the branding roughly painted out. Jo 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Steadfast Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 A bit more GM super power from me. First though, a brief history lesson. The one that started it all by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr The first General Motors locomotive to operate on the UK mainland, SW1001, Merehead Quarry's 44 'Western Yeoman II'. Bought to shunt the heavy stone trains loaded at the quarry, the capability, reliability and robust build of this machine led Foster Yeoman to order a fleet of 4 class 59s to replace the unreliable class 56s that BR were providing. 59001 - 004 arrived in 1986, with a fifth 59 following in 1989. In the 1990s, ARC ordered four and National Power had 6. Privatisation happened, EWS ordered 250 class 66s and the GM revolution was well and truly here! Double trouble by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr 44 'Western Yeoman II' towers over 59202 in a move that many people probably don't realise happens. Due to the gradient on the yard, trains that are too heavy for a single 59 are banked out using the Switcher. This is 7A09, the 07.12 to Acton pushing out of Merehead. It is quite a sight to watch 4,500 tons pushing past you at 10 mph! Inside at Whatley by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr 59005 sits inside the shed having been checked over and had its fuel and sand topped up, ready for its next load of Somerset stone. SW1001 switcher 120 'Kenneth John Witcombe' sits alongside receiving attention. The last one by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr Why the last one? Well, it was the last train of my final shift at Merehead, before promotion took me back across the border to Wiltshire. The train is all ready to go and I'm about to give the driver of 59205 the paperwork for 7B12 to Wootton Bassett before asking out from Merehead for the very last time. Onwards and upwards! A shadow of its former self by Steadfast Fotography, on Flickr Freightliner's 59206 'John F Yeoman' looks rather tired in its rust spotted and de-branded 10 year old coat of DB red. It is seen at the head of 6A17 Westbury to Oxford Banbury Road and presumably a coat of orange and black can't be far off. The patching out of the DB branding on this loco isn't too bad, but some of the other 59/2s look quite sad with the logos fully visible through the thin paint. Jo 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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