RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted June 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2021 I'm not a fan of the owners names being under the number - it didn't look good on the last livery - a bit too cluttered. But, as others have said, its nice to see it in a modern livery (I think its nicer than the GBRF livery on 007 & 049) and earning its keep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2021 Drab and dull... Not a fan! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted June 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2021 8 hours ago, John M Upton said: Drab and dull... Not a fan! Indeed. The only redeeming feature is the lime green H. It doesn't show well in many of the pictures so far, but the black (or very dark grey) headcode panel and roof going back to above the cab doors looks particularly odd. Is it too late for Hornby's 2022 catalogue, I wonder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted June 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 9, 2021 From todays test run - approaching Westbury 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted June 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 9, 2021 At Westbury. I'm quite a fan of the livery.....and its better than no 50 at all.... The owners have an informative FB page and seem to welcome interest in their stock including publicising this week's test runs Chris 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 One from Summer 1985.... 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted June 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 09/06/2021 at 17:51, Gilbert said: At Westbury. I'm quite a fan of the livery.....and its better than no 50 at all.... The owners have an informative FB page and seem to welcome interest in their stock including publicising this week's test runs Chris https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb6MpJcbThQ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 On 08/06/2021 at 23:42, John M Upton said: Drab and dull... Not a fan! Perhaps it's battleship grey, a nod to the warship names they carried! ...waiting for someone to correct me on the exact shade of RN grey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted June 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 11, 2021 Little Langford on the Wylye Valley approaching Salisbury, Matt Hurst SalisburyASC Group Flickr At Salisbury 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted June 11, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2021 Is 5 White lights some sort of record ?! Cheers, Phil. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2021 This is in my other thread but I’ll also leave it here….. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusselBridge2017 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Good to see Rail being used rather than Road to move a loco between Dean Forest and Severn Valley. 50049 heading south to collect 31466 from Lydney. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 16/05/2020 at 13:35, ColinK said: I didn’t know you got 50s at Bolton. There were Glasgow/ Edinburgh - Liverpool/ Manchester trains that joined at Carstairs and split at Preston, vice versa going north. The angle of light suggests this is the working south that reached Bolton around 12.45. There was a return that went north from Manchester through here 16.30 ish. John. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) On 17/05/2020 at 14:49, montyburns56 said: Between Bolton & Blackburn 1972 I suspect this would have been a diversion, probably on a Sunday, routed S&C south from Carlisle, then Hellifield, Blackburn, Bolton, Manchester Vic., around east Manchester then to Crewe. No Salford link in 1972 IIRC so interesting as to what the route around Manchester would be, presumably Ashton, Guide Bridge, Stockport?? John. Edited July 12, 2021 by John Tomlinson 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 A rare pic of one without MU cables. D403 Lostock Hall 1968 by Anthony Guppy 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2021 19 hours ago, montyburns56 said: A rare pic of one without MU cables. D403 Lostock Hall 1968 by Anthony Guppy That would have been a superb photo in colour, with the sun shining on the Class 50's clean BR blue paintwork in complete contrast to the what would have been filthy steam locos around it. But better that B&W photo than none at all. Was Mr Guppy the only person to photo the diesel during that shed visit, I wonder. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Decades ago in a sleepy hamlet, a legend was born... D400 Vulcan Foundry September 23rd 1967 by E.N.Bellass 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I have a feeling that this one is from Lostock Hall as well D404 by 67c42909 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 19 hours ago, montyburns56 said: I have a feeling that this one is from Lostock Hall as well D404 by 67c42909 The first 50 I ever saw was 404, passing through Rugby on the up goods late one Friday night with a southbound 'liner train . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 Since finding that picture of a 50 without MU cables I've become slightly obsessed about finding more of them so excuse my indulgence.... D402 and D406 Crewe D425 Perth 1968 D425, 427 & 428 Crewe Works D411 Perth 1968 D411 at Carlisle D403 at Lostock Hall 1968 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 D413 Crewe by KDH Archive D411 Crewe D404 Shap D404 D404 Preston D406 Crewe D408 Crewe 1968 D409 Tebay 1968 D409 Greenholme 1968 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 D412 Crewe 1973 by Stephen Burdett D412 at Preston D413 at Carnforth Station by Stuart Martin D413 Perth by Keith Jones D415 Crewe Depot by Anthony Guppy D415 Carnforth D416 Crewe 1967 BY Griffith P 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 D449 Crewe August 1969 by Graham Wareham D443 D448 at Carnforth by Stuart Martin D444 & D445 at Crewe Works 1968 by Anthony Guppy Tebay 1968 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 D428 Garstang 1968 by Anthony Guppy D428 Kingmoor 1968 D427 Lostock Hall 68 by Dave58282 D422 Carlisle 1968 by Trevor Ermel D420 Preston 1968 by Anthony Guppy 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Superb collection of 50 pics Monty, really enjoyed perusing those and visiting memory lane. I was at Crewe last weekend with a mate when we were both working ballast train from Basford Hall, walking from the station to the yard we passed through Crewe Diesel and I was recalling my first visit there when it was absolutely heaving with 50s, all still with their pre-Tops numbers at both ends . 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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