mervyn Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Has anyone any news on the ex Port Talbot Alco diesels there was a video of one being started a while ago but haven't heard anything since . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted June 21, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2016 801 is being rebuilt (slowly) just by Ham Lane crossing at Ferry Meadows on the Nene Valley Railway in Peterborough. 802 was recorded as being stripped for spares to keep the others running. As far as I can tell 803 was last heard of at The American Railroad Centre on the Cholseley and Wallingford line. 804 is/was at Railworld also in Peterborough and just a couple of miles down the line from 801, it was their first exhibit, but is/was up for sale. If unsold at the end of 2013 it was going to be scrapped with parts donated to 801 - I have no idea what has happened to it. apparently it was lack of volunteers to work on it that was the problem. There were also a spare pair of bogies at Railworld. It has been suggested that 805 was scrapped but also that it was used as an advertising hoarding for the Loco Restaurant in Oswestry. Unfortunately 801 has also been credited with being the advertising hoarding. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted June 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21, 2016 801 was indeed the Oswestry Alco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted June 21, 2016 Share Posted June 21, 2016 I belive 804 is now owned by the guy who has 801 at ferry meadows. And both have an operational future on the NVR, so i belive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted June 22, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2016 I'd suspect it was 801 that was restarted a while back but I'm happy to be corrected on that. NVR is perhaps one of the few lines that could take these due to the loading gauge they require, they are big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2016 They are even too big for the NVR the rail world one had to have its cab removed to get there. I understood one was to be used on the Alnwick line? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted June 22, 2016 Share Posted June 22, 2016 I doubt it would get through Wansford, but might be ok at the Peterborough end, possibly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mervyn Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 Great news that they have a future,and someone is working on them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 They are even too big for the NVR the rail world one had to have its cab removed to get there. I understood one was to be used on the Alnwick line? 801 went there, but it sounds like it is now at Ferry Meadows. I believe both it and 804 have been started. I wonder if the bloke who owns Mangapps Farm could be persuaded to take one on to go with his Caboose and other CP memorabilia...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 30, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 30, 2016 801 went there, but it sounds like it is now at Ferry Meadows. I believe both it and 804 have been started. I wonder if the bloke who owns Mangapps Farm could be persuaded to take one on to go with his Caboose and other CP memorabilia...? The caboose still has the original knuckle couplings so the locomotive would require compatible couplings. Though it is moved about on site so there might be a match wagon or a suitable engine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 The caboose still has the original knuckle couplings so the locomotive would require compatible couplings. Though it is moved about on site so there might be a match wagon or a suitable engine. I've ridden in it, they use an ex-Royal Navy flat as a coupling adaptor wagon, and have removed the steps from one side but it is still a very tight fit alongside platform edges. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted July 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2016 (edited) Been for a walk this afternoon and paused for these, it is 801: If you look closely the cab roof is just tacked in place at the bottom of the window openings, presumably it was removed to get it to where it is! Edited July 2, 2016 by Richard E 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted July 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 2, 2016 I've just found that there is a web page for 804. It moved to Wansford in 1985 and to Railworld in 1989. Engine was first started at Railworld in 2009 and last run in October 2012 producing some serious clag http://www.irps-wl.org.uk/about/for-sale-alco-804 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devonbelle Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 I was at Peterborough Nene Valley Saturday and grabbed a quick coffee at Railworld and saw 804. Glad it still exists. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted July 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) We’re there some GM EMD SW series switchers used in one of the South Wales steelworks? I may be confusing this with the Brush-Bagnall designed ones which resemble them. Dava Edited July 6, 2021 by Dava Spelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted July 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) Not aware of any EMD Switchers at steel works, but there is an SW1001 at Foster Yeoman's quarry in Merehead. Edited July 6, 2021 by Moxy correct location 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted July 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) 801 at Oswestry (I have a bunch of pictures of at least 6 locos including a crane tank at this location). I was working at BTs huge underground telco bunker at this time. Edited July 7, 2021 by adb968008 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted July 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) Anyone know of where 803 is now? It's not at Wallingford any more. In addition to the Foster Yeoman SW1001 at Merehead which was supplied new, there is another SW1001 120 at Whatley Quarry. Built in 1972 as Boke Trading, Guinea Africa 204 (b/n 37903) it was wrecked in 1982, returned to the USA, rebuilt and came to Somerset in 2002. I don't know of any other EMD switchers in the UK. Regarding the Brush-Bagnall locos at Port Talbot, for those not familiar with them here's what they looked like - vaguely EMD-ish I suppose on a foggy, dark night! Taken when we were guests of BSC whilst collecting 803 otherwise access to site, like all steelworks, was virtually impossible. Edited April 11, 2022 by Mike_Walker 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 801 and 804 at the NVR are the only ones left - the others were all scrapped. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 7, 2021 What happened to the one in Northumberland? That was being restored about ten years ago 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 39 minutes ago, russ p said: What happened to the one in Northumberland? That was being restored about ten years ago Thats #801 on the Nene Valley - the blue one... From what I can work out there were two others "preserved" - one by the "American Railroad Centre" who, I think were hoping to do something on the Chinnor line (??) and another. Both were broken up at some stage, but the trucks from one of these supposedly survive somewhere on the NVR. There is always this EMD switcher to preserve when it gets withdrawn.... 4 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted July 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2021 803 was owned by Ron Keevil who had intentions of creating an American Railroad Centre in the UK and was also President of the short-lived UK Chapter of the US National Railroad Historical Society. He had looked at Thame as a possible base but later stored the loco at Wallingford where some limited work was done. I lost contact with Ron many years ago but found out last week that whilst still with us he is too unwell to be asked about the fate of the loco. However it was confirmed to me it left Wallingford some years ago hence my question. I think it will be many years before either of the SW1001s becomes available - we'll have to wait until they've finished removing that part of the Mendips at least! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 7, 2021 There was a GE switcher that was operated by Esso at Fawley that was preserved. What happened to that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: There was a GE switcher that was operated by Esso at Fawley that was preserved. What happened to that? "Preserved" at Steamtown, Carnforth and later scrapped...... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 2 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: "Preserved" at Steamtown, Carnforth and later scrapped...... This one https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/industriallocomotive/e1c060ce7 Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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