RMweb Gold ruggedpeak Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hattons have emailed to say in stock by Thursday. I think I'll sit and see if the price drops at any point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hattons have emailed to say in stock by Thursday. I think I'll sit and see if the price drops at any point. I dont think you'll be alone in doing that! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel_H Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Couldn't resist. And Lego did Maersk trains too. Back in the past Stobart commissioned a painting of a Stobart-liveried 37 on a Stobart train climbing Shap - this was some time before Stobart got into railways. They did around 500 prints (I think) and gave them to customers etc - but never sold them. Choice items now, I gather Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel_H Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 In case you missed the MREMag feature, there is a video about them and also one of a 66 pulling them https://youtu.be/Be7PWgxzZQw According to the video Drax own all the IP to the new wagon, hence they call the shots. https://youtu.be/hD-2woDi-j8 The Drax video is fascinating - wagons really are exciting! And, the larger capacity is genuinely a big deal. Also nice to see that it's UK designed and built. Now I can see why Drax is so proud of them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hilux5972 Posted January 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2016 The Drax video is fascinating - wagons really are exciting! And, the larger capacity is genuinely a big deal. Also nice to see that it's UK designed and built. Now I can see why Drax is so proud of them... It is nice to see some engineering work is still done in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Hatton's have them at £83.00 still, so may not drop in price, hope they do drop a little bit as I think the price is a little on the heavy side for a wagon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Oopps accidentally pre ordered one (yes i will be doing the old one going off for maintenance movement) hehe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidH Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 It is nice to see some engineering work is still done in the UK. http://www.engineeringuk.com/About-us/ "Turnover of UK engineering enterprises is substantial, at £1.06 trillion in the year ending March 2011: that’s 23.9% of the turnover of all UK enterprises and over three times the size of the retail sector." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tark61 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Well looks like Hattons are selling them £83 quid each so a rake of 8 with postage comes out at £668!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentop Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Being there are two variants, would it be better to have a mixed rake of 4 of each or a whole rake of 8 of one type. Having not seen pics of the swoosh livery I'm finding it difficult to decide which way to go.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCML100 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Being there are two variants, would it be better to have a mixed rake of 4 of each or a whole rake of 8 of one type. Having not seen pics of the swoosh livery I'm finding it difficult to decide which way to go.. They are set uo to run one of each livery alternatively - so for example: A,b,a,b,a,b,a,b Thats if you wanted an 8 rake as the 'swoshes' on the two liveries match up side by side so the swosh looks like a continues flow along side A rake. I hope this helps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentop Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Cheers, this helps, therefore I'll go for 4 of each.. just got to pluck up courage to press the checkout button.. Stiff drink req'd first tho... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBRf66701 Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 I have ordered 10 of these. just need the Hornby Drax 60 now. I will post some photos when they arrive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFR Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Cheers, this helps, therefore I'll go for 4 of each.. just got to pluck up courage to press the checkout button.. Stiff drink req'd first tho... The article on the Hornby Magazine website shows the alternating wagons http://www.hornbymagazine.com/view_article.asp?ID=9363&pubID=38&t=0&s=0&sO=both&p=1&i=10#continued Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentop Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Are they going to premium price the Drax 60 ?? Or will it fall within the current 60 price range ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Are they going to premium price the Drax 60 ?? Or will it fall within the current 60 price range ? Have you tried searching for it on the Hornby website? Link given below. http://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/shop/new-for-2016/locomotives-train-packs/class-60-60066-drax.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pentop Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Cheers chaps going to head over to pre order some stock before the rush begins, did this once before and caught out when they had a sale on...that's life so they say... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJennings Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 First thoughts are these are very welcome and looking from the pics rather impressive detail wise ... BUT ... at £83 per wagon they seem just a tad bit expensive even looking at 2 of each would still come to an eye watering £326 for a small rake of 4. Though my local shop has the Bachmann Polybulks for sale at £59.99 each so what is otherwise £24 extra for what will no doubt be a one off doesn't sound all that bad. Maybe some time with the bank manager to justify a rather small order of these is required ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Fancy getting closer to the Drax wagons? Drax competition celebrates release of special edition Hornby biomass wagons 1 February 2016, Selby, Yorkshire: Drax is offering the chance to sit with the driver in the cab of a real biomass train on its journey to deliver compressed wood pellets from one of its four ports to the UK’s largest power station. The winner of the first prize in the competition will also receive a set of two limited edition Hornby biomass wagons presented by Andy Koss, Chief Executive of Drax Power, and will be taken on a VIP tour of the biomass unloading facilities. Three runner up winners will each receive the limited edition Hornby biomass wagon set. Drax processes and compresses low grade wood into small high-density pellets, turning humans’ oldest renewable energy source into a fuel that is modern and highly efficient. The majority of the compressed pellets are imported from the huge working forests of North America which are expanding year on year. Drax’s new energy source is made from the residues and thinnings left from industries that have no use for them. Our specially designed trains move millions of small pellets from four UK ports – Hull, Immingham, Liverpool and Tyne – to our power station with a minimal cost and environmental impact. Hornby has released two special edition model wagons in ‘OO’ gauge. They have been commissioned by Drax and only 2,000 have been produced. The wagons are currently available for pre-order here, and 10% of all profits received will be donated to the Railway Benefit Fund. To enter the competition, email competitions@drax.com with your name, age, phone number, postal address, and answer to this question: Which four UK ports do Drax biomass trains pick up compressed wood pellets from before travelling to Drax Power station to generate 4% of the UK’s electricity? The competition closing date is Friday, 12th February and the winners will be chosen the following week. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted February 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2016 thats a nice touch, 10% of profits to charity now, shall i enter the competition, knowing my luck i'll win a trip to LBT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunthesheep277 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I've got mine pre ordered and entered the competition now I know, thank you Andy If there ever was a chance of winning it would be the best birthday present ever, I would know before my big day and wouldn't have to travel far cause I live in Hull It would be a lovely round trip Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Dave Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 complete train (newly delivered wagons?) at Seaforth on Saturday. around 15 - 20 in total stabled with 66712 on the front. Looked very nice but very.......'austere'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunthesheep277 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Thought I'd share the page for T's n C's http://www.drax.com/news/news-articles/2016/02/drax-competition-celebrates-release-of-special-edition-Hornby-biomass-wagons/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TFR Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) Some media images here: http://www.drax.com/news/media-images EDIT Got unusually excited when I saw a Railroad box, but presumably that was used to send an early model to Drax. Edited February 2, 2016 by TFR 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black and decker boy Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Some media images here: http://www.drax.com/news/media-images EDIT Got unusually excited when I saw a Railroad box, but presumably that was used to send an early model to Drax. The DCC fitted symbol would have explained the price and intrigued me but the true boxes reveal these to simply be plain vanilla wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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