The Bigbee Line Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Good evening Like a few others I have succumbed to the delights of the LLC class 15 in O gauge. There will also be purchasers of the Heljan version in 4mm. I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where people could record the finding of inspirational pictures, such as: Paul Miller, via Wikimedia Commons D8234 Station ECS duties https://railphotoprints.uk/p415496621/h7B047116#h4659a0f4 D8217 with a Class 16.. https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/BRITISH-DIESEL-AND-ELECTRIC/PRE-TOPS-DIESEL-LOCOMOTIVES/i-T9m4GXm/ D8237 Station ECS duties https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p535299799/h4F414472#h4f414472 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2018 Evening Ernie, I managed not to get tempted by one but can see the attraction I wonder in the picture with the 16 if the 16 had failed as they weren't compatible. Never seen a picture of the two types together on a train before Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) A hurried shot of a pair running around in Feltham Marshalling Yard https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brmainlineloco/e52ba6618 They were used on cross London freights terminating at Feltham. There are lots of photos on Flicr. https://www.flickr.com/groups/4129178@N24/ Paul Edited October 8, 2018 by hmrspaul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted October 8, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2018 Quite a bit of info here: http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_class15.html and here: http://www.d8233.org.uk/gallery_others.htm Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Really pleased with the Class 15. It's heavy and has loads of fine detail. I got it out of the box to pose it on the layout. It's actually quite petite.. I can get clear of the points with 2 wagons, so it will work quite well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stentor Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 The only pictures I have of these locomotives were taken at Stratford on 25th October 1980 by which time they were carriage heating units. This is ADB968001 (ex D8233) now preserved and hopefully back in service again soon on the East Lancs. This slightly blurred shot is ADB968002 (ex D8237) which was scrapped in 1985. //Simon 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted October 11, 2018 Share Posted October 11, 2018 Here's a couple for you. Both have been on RMWeb before but are worth repeating here: D8203 and D8229 at Bury St Edmunds on 28th May 1968 D8227 and D8229 at Ipswich on a wet 22nd April 1968 Chris Turnbull 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 Superb pictures Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 I'm surprised no pics of passenger workings have yet surfaced. I have a few, but can't post them due to copyright. I've seen (both real & in pictures) workings on the Hunstanton branch, and special workings such as to the south coast, as well as commuters out of KGX. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2018 The second link I gave to the ‘others’ gallery (post #4) has a couple showing them working the Thorpe-le-spoken to Walton service after the N7’s went and before the EMU’s arrived. They didn’t have train heating so weren’t normally used apart from ecs. However there are a couple of pics in Diesels in East Anglia(Allen) which show them working a Saturday holiday one and a Ipswich - Lowestoft service. All in early all green days. Izzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Yes, I can remember seeing them on local passenger work out of Kings X before the end of steam there, and coming out of the 'hole' from the Snow-Hill lines on both cross London transfer freight, and local passenger( or ecs) from Moorgate. But the most often memorable sightings was the flange squealing transfer freights on the tight curve coming up from Temple Mills yard into Stratford station, along with the occasional class 16, when they found one in usable condition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 This is an article that I wrote many years ago but which was never published. You may enjoy it now. Memories of the Class 15s.doc Chris Turnbull 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) Like a few others I have succumbed to the delights of the LLC class 15 in O gauge. There will also be purchasers of the Heljan version in 4mm. or who built a Dave Alexander kit I've got quite a few images gleaned from the internet which were used as reference when building mine. Not sure I can post them here though as I can't credit the author etc One is of D8203 passing Ilkeston with a long line of 16 tonners in 1958. Good enough excuse to run mine on Summat Colliery It's in the Class 15 Preservation Society's gallery along with many other fine images http://www.d8233.org.uk/gallery_others.htm - link which Izzy has already provided Edited October 12, 2018 by RedgateModels 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 Good evening Like a few others I have succumbed to the delights of the LLC class 15 in O gauge. There will also be purchasers of the Heljan version in 4mm. I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread where people could record the finding of inspirational pictures, such as: British_Rail_Class_15.jpg Paul Miller, via Wikimedia Commons D8234 Station ECS duties https://railphotoprints.uk/p415496621/h7B047116#h4659a0f4 D8217 with a Class 16.. https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/BRITISH-DIESEL-AND-ELECTRIC/PRE-TOPS-DIESEL-LOCOMOTIVES/i-T9m4GXm/ D8237 Station ECS duties https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p535299799/h4F414472#h4f414472 I suspect the bottom pic, at Kings Cross, shows one on a passenger trains - unless it is a member of staff reading that newspaper in the compartment which is visible. They could obviously work passenger trains outside the steam heat season - and they did, as already noted. The Liverpool St pilot was a 'Stratford pet' job which carried on like that after dieselisation. They also visited acton on. cross-London freight trips. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) If they didn't have steam heating, what is the second hose for - were they through piped for heating? Paul PS yes I succumbed to the Hattons/LLC offer! Very nice, totally rule 1 Edited October 12, 2018 by hmrspaul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 They were through piped Paul, not that I would think the pipe ever saw much use 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 12, 2018 or who built a Dave Alexander kit DSC00369.JPG I've got quite a few images gleaned from the internet which were used as reference when building mine. Not sure I can post them here though as I can't credit the author etc One is of D8203 passing Ilkeston with a long line of 16 tonners in 1958. Good enough excuse to run mine on Summat Colliery It's in the Class 15 Preservation Society's gallery along with many other fine images http://www.d8233.org.uk/gallery_others.htm - link which Izzy has already provided I haven't built the Dave Alexander Kit, I would like to. My friend had one and I had a look at before he assembled it. The bits seem to fit together, a white metal kit that could be made without loads of fiddling about. It is also better looking that the Heljan model. I have made a couple or two but these are 4mm not 7mm. D8204 and D8216. D8216 is now over 35years old. Five more with 10800 "Hawk". D8205 was made by my friend Robin Idle. Two more nearly finished. My earliest recollection of BTH's was one shunting at Kings Lynn station 1962ish. I never saw one on passenger duties, sadly. Most of the ones I saw were stationary. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 Ah, Clive, mine is 4mm (OO) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted October 12, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 12, 2018 (edited) Here's the build topic on the archive http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=48912&sid=ef6a0e416b2cbf3e97b551fecebc9930 Edited October 12, 2018 by RedgateModels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Izzy Posted October 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2018 I have ended up with a couple of class 15's, one each numbered after the shot at Walton-on-naze, so D8205 and D8224. This is simply because I thus know they will have passed behind my house which backs onto the line at Frinton. It's silly I know......but gives a kind of connection.... The first is plain green, the second with small yellow panels, but perhaps the biggest difference is that they are in different scales, one being scratchbuilt to 2mm, the other being a later purchase of a Heljan 4mm version. With (replaced) correct sized fuel tanks I don't find the latter too bad a model although I have also recently replaced all the handrails with metal items (post the photo as with the number). From shots I have seen the bent plastic cab handrails on the LLC 7mm one also seem rather a let-down. Izzy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 ADB 968002 Acton Yard 1974 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 According to the book on Tinsley Yard, during the late 1960s, a small number of Class 15s visited 41A Tinsley for specialist repair work to the locos. This may explain how D8225 worked a freight train through Doncaster around that period, the loco probably working back to home territory with a payload and not light engine 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EHertsGER Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 If anyone knows of a LLC O gauge class 15 (SYP preferably) for sale, I would be grateful to know of it, please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 It's nice to see one actually heating carriages. ADB96800 Haymarket 1971 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted May 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: It's nice to see one actually heating carriages. ADB96800 Haymarket 1971 Wonder what the two notices say that are hanging from buffer beam. Also, painted on the yellow panel is No.1 HEAT ON, I wonder if the lower centre disc should be displayed to this effect? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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