RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2015 I have a DRS depot layout ( Oil Drum Lane) which I am currently obtaining stock for. DRS has now been operating for 20 years so a lot of locomotives have come and gone. What I am trying to establish is a list of DRS locomotives used in this 20 year period The sort of information I need is Locomotives purchased dates , liveries , Locomotives sold or scrapped dates. This information will hopefully enable me to run the layouts into different time periods over a exhibition weekend The Early Years 1994 - 2005 and latter years 2005 to 2015 Any help in pointing in the right direction in finding this information would be much appreciated. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseRambler Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Platform 5 (or equivalent) Loco pocket books for the periods suggested would go a long way to identify the fleet over the years. They also listed what livery the loco was carrying. Ebay often has these books for sale. Regards, Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Class 20: 20301-315, 20901-906. All out of service now or sold on/scrapped. Class 33: 33025/029/030 & 207. All sold to West Coast Railways. Class 37: 37038/059/069/087/194/218/259/261/401/402/405/409/419/422/423/425/510/515/601-612/667/682/688/703/714/716. Only 37059/069/218/259/401/402/405/409/419/422/423/425/601-612/667/688 & 37716 remain in traffic. 37038/407/413/424 should return in the next 12 months. Class 47: 47237/298/501/709/712/790/802/805/810/813/818/828/832/841/853. Non remain in service with DRS after 47790 was stored earlier today. 47237/802 & 832 sold to West Coast Railways. Class 57: 57002/003/004/007-012,301-312. Class 66: 66301-305,401-434. 66401-420 now off lease. Lease transfered to Colas/GBRF/Freightliner. Class 68: 68001-032. Still being delivered Class 87: 87006/022/032 Short lived, all now in Bulgaria. Class 88: 88001-010. About to be delivered. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 15, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2015 Class 20: 20301-315, 20901-906. All out of service now or sold on/scrapped. Class 33: 33025/029/030 & 207. All sold to West Coast Railways. Class 37: 37038/059/069/087/194/218/259/261/401/402/405/409/419/422/423/425/510/515/601-612/667/682/688/703/714/716. Only 37059/069/218/259/401/402/405/409/419/422/423/425/601-612/667/688 & 37716 remain in traffic. 37038/407/413/424 should return in the next 12 months. Class 47: 47237/298/501/709/712/790/802/805/810/813/818/828/832/841/853. Non remain in service with DRS after 47790 was stored earlier today. 47237/802 & 832 sold to West Coast Railways. Class 57: 57002/003/004/007-012,301-312. Class 66: 66301-305,401-434. 66401-420 now off lease. Lease transfered to Colas/GBRF/Freightliner. Class 68: 68001-032. Still being delivered Class 87: 87006/022/032 Short lived, all now in Bulgaria. Class 88: 88001-010. About to be delivered. Many thanks for the info Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 15, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2015 Platform 5 (or equivalent) Loco pocket books for the periods suggested would go a long way to identify the fleet over the years. They also listed what livery the loco was carrying. Ebay often has these books for sale. Regards, Chris Chris Thanks for that I will check out the Platform 5 book as you suggest Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon47603 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Have you got this book, DRS the Early Years- http://www.videoscene.co.uk/drs-the-early-years-book-by-nick-meskell.html No 66's or 68's in it. But plenty of the early stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2015 dont forget the "early days of DRS" era could include DRS branded GBRf class 66s and (iirc) DRS branded EPS grey 37/6's i also drove riviera,and retro XP64 and BR green livery 47s with them back in 2006, they used them for a short while on intermodals to daventry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2015 Amazing, I hadn't realised that so many locos had been with DRS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25901 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 And the very, very short lived pair of 08s. 08834 and 08892 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 And if doing a depot, you could model the nearly but not quites: 20165, 205 (907) 37111, 197, 410, 411, 416, 714, 718, 902, 904 47791 A few others used in service along the way 37029, 683, 90034 92xxx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2015 other 'almost ran's' 47145 in tinsley special livery and 47829 in police livery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 15, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2015 Have you got this book, DRS the Early Years-http://www.videoscene.co.uk/drs-the-early-years-book-by-nick-meskell.html No 66's or 68's in it. But plenty of the early stuff. Yes thank you I have this book. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 And if doing a depot, you could model the nearly but not quites: 20165, 205 (907) 37111, 197, 410, 411, 416, 714, 718, 902, 904 47791 A few others used in service along the way 37029, 683, 90034 92xxx 20205 never belonged to DRS. Since being sold by Pete Waterman in the early 1990s, its been property of the Class 20 Locomotive Society. It was painted at Butterley in a shade of blue very similar to DRS blue. 37111/197/718 and 47791 never quite made it onto DRS property before being scrapped. In the nearly and not quites you can add: 20007/016/032/057/066/072/081/088/092/094/105/108/113/121/132/133/135/138/145/159/175/206/209/215, 33002/008/019/053/057, 37012/023/043/051/262/340/345 All of which have been owned by DRS at some point since 1995.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2015 also, dont forget your depot can have visiting locos for servicing, fastline livery 66s for example, used to take them to gresty bridge for exams i've also been onto kingmoor with various colas 56s for fuel and sundries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 16, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2015 also, dont forget your depot can have visiting locos for servicing, fastline livery 66s for example, used to take them to gresty bridge for exams i've also been onto kingmoor with various colas 56s for fuel and sundries Yes good point I was aware of this having seen Colas stock at Kingmoor Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Passing through Carlisle yesterday there was a long line of locomotives including at least one class 20. There was also a class 68 that looked absolutely brand new. Although the 20 is not in service, going by other posts, at least one does still exist so a 20 along side a 68 is certainly possible. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Passing through Carlisle yesterday there was a long line of locomotives including at least one class 20. There was also a class 68 that looked absolutely brand new. Although the 20 is not in service, going by other posts, at least one does still exist so a 20 along side a 68 is certainly possible. Bernard 20304 at Kingmoor. The rest stored at Barrow Hill pending developments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ELTEL Posted December 16, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2015 Thanks to all you for your input. I think with the information I now have to hand , I should be able to equip the depot with stock from the early years as in the book 1995 to 2005 and a present date giving me a excuse to buy class 68 when they are available and run the depot 2015/2016 era with all the later liveries. Hopefully without the fear of someone saying you would have never seen those two locomotives in that livery on the depot at the same time. Dare I get. Bus......... Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted December 16, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 16, 2015 How things change, I regarded the 20s as pretty synonymous with DRS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hopefully without the fear of someone saying you would have never seen those two locomotives in that livery on the depot at the same time. Never forget Rule 1. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 How things change, I regarded the 20s as pretty synonymous with DRS.Only taken out of use this month after the RHTT season which is fairly normal. Most of the 57/0s also in store for same reason. Whether the 20s return though is always a fun annual rumour / doom mongering time :-)New MD at DRS now with rumour of a big reduction in fleet size due to the incoming 68 fleet and the need to cover their rather high lease charges (and that's not to mention the class 88s due later in 2016) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25901 Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Out of the stored 20s, there are only 3 usable, they all need heavy overhauls and there use on RHTT next year on the limited Yorkshire runs can be covered by the three other class 20 operators. All the 47s are now stored with vinyls already being removed so they are ready for re- sale / new operators Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wherry Lines Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 How likely will it be that the 47's will end up with other operators? I can't think of anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 29, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2015 How likely will it be that the 47's will end up with other operators? I can't think of anyone. Riviera, West Coast to name a couple. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wherry Lines Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 They did cross my mind, but I wondered whether they'd have enough stock for their their needs? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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