Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 From the early days of the Class 50s, D425 departs from Crewe in ( I think) late 1968. Can't remember if the "L" on the headcode is for the Barrow Division or not. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted August 12, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2014 A sneaky glimpse of an old favourite, at Loughborough today. Cheers, Phil. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted August 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2014 A sneaky glimpse of an old favourite, at Loughborough today. Cheers, Phil. Any idea why its there? Its normally something big and expensive if a heritage loco visits Loughborough! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 838rapid Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 I though 50044 had been there for a while now,understood it was associated with the installation of the power unit from one the Portuguese locomotive to replace the severely damaged power unit it had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted August 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) I though 50044 had been there for a while now,understood it was associated with the installation of the power unit from one the Portuguese locomotive to replace the severely damaged power unit it had. What happened to the one that was in it then? I take it this is another, later incident after the main generator trouble it had a fair while ago? I would think getting one from a Portuguese loco was severely scraping the bottom of the barrel! Class 50 spares must be getting low. Edited to say that the following answer's the question: Quote: 50044: Failed on the mainline in July 2012. The failure was crank shaft and big end bearing related. A replacement power unit has been obtained from a Portuguese 18XX, this has been overhauled and modified to UK specification. This replacement unit was paired with teh existing Generator at Brush in Loughborough End Quote. Edited August 13, 2014 by Gary H Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Better days for 50044 during the NSE period... Here it rests at Waterloo, with 50049, after arriving from the West of England c1989. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted August 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2014 Nice to see all these pictures. When I was at school I had many days in the summer holidays travelling up and down the WCML north of Preston behind class 50's, often double headed. Shame I don't have any photos of them. Suprisingly I've never seen any video of double headed 50's over Shap and Beattock - is there any? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I'm losing track of which photos I've posted in various threads on the class but here are some more of my old scans... Bulwark at Plymouth, even the South West can be grim at times... Lion at W'loo in October '88... Ark Royal gets a Tony Middleton makeover in the Factory at Old Old, 6th November '07 (out of shot to the right stands the mighty D1015)... Courageous at Old Oak... Another grim evening sees Conqueror pausing at Salisbury (file name says it's 32 but it's wrong)... A cold dark evening at Padd with Ajax waiting for the road... Topping the Lickey in November '81, I forget which one it was though... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 A few more... Ark Royal at Padd in March '89... Formidable and Triumph at Old Oak in 1984... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted August 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2014 (edited) Evening all I'll throw my hat into the ring with a few pics of 50027 Lion. Arriving at Exeter St Davids from Waterloo 25th April 1991. Exactly one year later 25th April 1992, seen at Ropley after its recent preservation getting spruced up for service on the Mid Hants Railway the first time round. Just over a month later and Lion makes it's debut on the MidHants seen here running round at Alton. Fast forward 22 years (Yes 22!) to 8th June 2014 and '27 is seen again back at Ropley heading for Alresford on one of the MidHants regular diesel turns. All being well after a test this weekend Lion will be running again on Saturday 23rd August and again at the MidHants diesel gala September 5-7th. Edited August 14, 2014 by Temeraire 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2014 Been doing a bit of scanning, i'll get the pics from the bad times, out of the way first! Cheers, Phil. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2014 A few more! Cheers, Phil. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2014 Didn't get many pics of them in all over blue, i'd like to think that's because i'm too young, but i'm afraid i'm just kidding myself! Cheers, Phil. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Didn't get many pics of them in all over blue, i'd like to think that's because i'm too young, but i'm afraid i'm just kidding myself! Cheers, Phil. Pic 3, isn't that Teignmouth station? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Pic 3, isn't that Teignmouth station? And #1 and #2 by the look of it too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted August 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2014 I'm pretty sure 1, 2 & 3 are all teignmouth (I used to go there on hols every year). I think pic 4 is Exeter? Cheers, Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2014 Well. It's all very well having pictures of these when they were called Hoovers, but I mainly remember when they were English Electric Type 4s. Us kids differentiated them from the original English Electric Type 4s by calling these new interlopers in the D400 range as DP2s. When I got to working on them at Kingmoor they were called Bleeps because of the noise made by the Driver's Vigilance Device. This was way before DVD meant digital video disc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2014 Amazing to see that steam loco watering tower thing still in situ in what must have been circa 1980?? Looks like Riverside yard to me? ( picture 3). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Mid 1970s at Worcester Shrub Hill, as 50019 waits to leave with a Paddington-bound train. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 New Street, 1978. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1059 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 A few from some scanning sessions Liskeard Cornish Hoover 2 by D1059, on Flickr Penstraze, between Truro and Redruth Cornish Hoover 1 by D1059, on Flickr Twyford Bridge near Kings Sutton Commuting In Style by D1059, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1059 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Bursledon on the Netley Valley line Bursledon Marina by D1059, on Flickr Dunbridge 50 Off The Beaten Track by D1059, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2014 A belated entry from me: Centurion at Paddington on Saturday 18th September 1982. The bright morning sun has always made for interesting, and occasionally challenging, lighting effects at this particular London terminus. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted August 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2014 Here's another of my mono shots. This is 50 041 Bulwark arriving at Reading on a rather dull and damp Monday 30th October 1978. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I may have posted this before. If so I apologise. I believe it is 50002, but could someone tell me the location? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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