Class 50, By Accurascale

[Rugd1022]

Photo by Syd Young : 50 026 and 50 023 with 47 457 at Ranelagh Bridge SP on 19th January 1980...

 

 

Photo by John Whiteley : 50 049 on the seawall on 7th July 1984...

 

 

Photo by Neville Wellings : 47 492 and 50 034 waiting to leave Padd on a and dismal 24th March 1983...

 

 

Photo by Pete Doel, posted with his permission : 50 050 at Newton Abbot in 1983...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cornish trains jez]

Not sure how I’ve missed this one for so many months. Looking good so far!
 

The best class 50 out there (in any scale) currently  is the CJM version of which I have 3 examples. It’s the pinnacle of the most realistic looking 50. Lots to live up to Accurascale!

 

Early photos of the Accurascale version  are looking good but it’s the front end and cab windows that 00 gauge manufacturers have struggled with in the past so far.

 

Can’t wait to see the final versions emerge…

 

[Rugd1022]

Photos by Mike Hodge : another pairing up at Penzance with 50 007 and 50 012 waiting to depart, probably in 1982...

 

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 014 on the blocks at Padd c.1982 / 83...

 

 

Photos by Mike Hodge : 50 019 at a very damp Plymouth, c.1983...

 

 

And again at Newton Abbot...

 

 

50 021 at Newton Abbot...

 

 

 

Photo by Mark Gray : 50 029 undergoing a repaint in the Factory at Old Oak on 1st February 1981...

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 042 at Exeter St.Davids in 1984, with the new signalbox on the left and the old GW water column still intact...

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 049 and 50 021 stabled at Westbury on 26th July 1981...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[rob D2]

Great photos Nidge,

Are you putting them in the class 50 photo thread too ? They may get more exposure there

Edited September 9, 2023 by rob D2

[Rugd1022]

21 minutes ago, rob D2 said:

Great photos Nidge,

Are you putting them in the class 50 photo thread too ? They may get more exposure there

 

Thanks - will do later Rob 😉

[cornish trains jez]

On 08/06/2023 at 14:29, McC said:

 

We showed off a partly assembled in refurbished body at Ally Pally earlier this year along with a selection of other bodies and parts

 

OO wheels are 12.83mm, P4 wheels are 14.33mm and come with adjustable ride height mount

Hi,

 

How do we pre-order a 50 with P4 wheelsets? There doesn’t seem to be the facility to do this on your website.

 

Many thanks for your help in advance.

 

Best regards,

 

Jeremy

 

[Ray M]

19 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Photos by Mike Hodge : another pairing up at Penzance with 50 007 and 50 012 waiting to depart, probably in 1982...

 

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 014 on the blocks at Padd c.1982 / 83...

 

 

Photos by Mike Hodge : 50 019 at a very damp Plymouth, c.1983...

 

 

And again at Newton Abbot...

 

 

50 021 at Newton Abbot...

 

 

 

Photo by Mark Gray : 50 029 undergoing a repaint in the Factory at Old Oak on 1st February 1981...

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 042 at Exeter St.Davids in 1984, with the new signalbox on the left and the old GW water column still intact...

 

 

Photographer unknown : 50 049 and 50 021 stabled at Westbury on 26th July 1981...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Spy 31135 in OOC with blue cab windows ?

[Covkid]

Been meaning to mention earlier in response to Andy Y's message about class 50s on MGRs through Stafford. The piccie of 50022 running round at Cannock Road junction (Wolverhampton low level) had the headcode 6K38 wound up. That of course would have been a WTT service rather than a 6Lxx LMR internal STP special.

 

Imho class 50s definitely worked timetabled coal trains between Staffordshire and Ironbridge PS but i suspect they were covering class 47 diagrams. I am away from my copy of Mike Hollick's book "Changing engines" at the moment

[Rugd1022]

5 hours ago, Ray M said:

I Spy 31135 in OOC with blue cab windows ?

 

Yes - just over a year before it had the yellow cab side window treatment (the first week in April '82).

 

 

[Hilux5972]

Well my first Accurascale order is fully paid. 50149 and 50007. So excited. 

[nightstar.train]

A bit of a change of all the blue 50s on here, for those of us who've ordered Edward Elgar (can't wait to get mine). In 2009 on the GCR. (From Flickr)

 

 

[Hilux5972]

3 hours ago, nightstar.train said:

A bit of a change of all the blue 50s on here, for those of us who've ordered Edward Elgar (can't wait to get mine). In 2009 on the GCR. (From Flickr)

 

 

Such a shame she was taken out of this livery. Plenty of other blue ones out there. Hopefully she’s back to green in the future at some point. 

[PieGuyRob]

On 09/09/2023 at 12:54, Rugd1022 said:

 

50 021 at Newton Abbot...

 

Had a cab ride in this one on Saturday at Eastleigh works.

[Roy Langridge]

29 minutes ago, Hilux5972 said:

Such a shame she was taken out of this livery. Plenty of other blue ones out there. Hopefully she’s back to green in the future at some point. 

The decision to strip Hercules of its identity was such a marmite thing. For me it was wrong and there were plenty of other unnamed Class 47s that could have been named Sir Eddy, others loved it. 
 

Personally I was pleased to see 50007 returned to its original identity, although I appreciate why others were not. 

Similarly, many were unhappy when 50040 Leviathan lost its name and became Centurion after 50011 was scrapped. 

 

Roy

Edited September 12, 2023 by Roy Langridge

[StuAllen]

7 hours ago, Hilux5972 said:

Well my first Accurascale order is fully paid. 50149 and 50007. So excited. 

Funnily enough I had a similar email thIs week as well, also for 50007 and 50149. I wonder what the most popular combination of locomotives bought together is. 50149 is the first duplicate loco that I’ve bought, still have my Lima version somewhere.

Edited September 12, 2023 by StuAllen
Typo

[Hilux5972]

9 hours ago, StuAllen said:

Funnily enough I had a similar email thIs week as well, also for 50007 and 50149. I wonder what the most popular combination of locomotives bought together is. 50149 is the first duplicate loco that I’ve bought, still have my Lima version somewhere.

I never managed to get one of Hornby’s 50149’s so I’m glad I’ve paid this one off now. Can’t wait for them to arrive. 

[adb968008]

12 hours ago, Roy Langridge said:

The decision to strip Hercules of its identity was such a marmite thing. For me it was wrong and there were plenty of other unnamed Class 47s that could have been named Sir Eddy, others loved it. 
 

Personally I was pleased to see 50007 returned to its original identity, although I appreciate why others were not. 

Similarly, many were unhappy when 50040 Leviathan lost its name and became Centurion after 50011 was scrapped. 

 

Roy

I loved 50007 being repainted, and wished a HST set had been (as it turns out I only had to wait 32 years and hey presto there was a fleet of them, though I hope a rake gets saved in this condition but it looks like they are off to Mexico).
 

It gave BR an express loco for GW 150. If only in 1985 the mainline preserved diesel ban was still being maintained, we could have had a few hydraulics on the mainline with accurate stock still.

 

never understood why 50040 was renamed ? 
 

however 50007 without D400 in 1990’s condition is a range gap for me in Accurascales current offering.

Someday I hope we will see 50007 and D400 like this again, just as much as I hope to see 50008/15 in Eng Blue/Dutch as a pair again…

 

I was one of a half dozen to see 008/015 on their last night as a duo on BR metals, at Longsight of all places.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by adb968008

[Geep7]

A couple of photos from my father's collection....

 

50005 Collingwood arriving at Didcot. It looks pre-refurbished to me (no headlight), so probably around about 1980.

 

50033 Glorious in Large Logo at, I think, Bristol Temple Meads. Can anyone confirm that?

 

Both photos by Malcolm Chinery

 

I have loads of Class 50 photographs taken by my father to scan in. I intend to eventually get them all up on my website.

[Rugd1022]

'033 is at Old Oak, on one of the roads leading away from the pullman shed and south side of the turntable, date wise I'd say it's 1983-ish. 😉

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by Rugd1022

[Geep7]

1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said:

'033 is at Old Oak, on one of the roads leading away from the pullman shed and south side of the turntable, date wise I'd say it's 1983-ish. 😉

 

Interesting.... possibly during one of the depot open days then I would guess? 1983 would probably be why I don't remember it.

[Geep7]

Had a quick search, and looks like it could have been the Old Oak Common Open Day in September 1985. Thanks @Rugd1022 for the correction of location.

[Roy Langridge]

11 hours ago, adb968008 said:

never understood why 50040 was renamed ? 

I think Centurian had only recently been rededicated when it was scrapped and it was felt that transferring the name was the right thing to do. 
 

Roy

[Rugd1022]

3 hours ago, Geep7 said:

Had a quick search, and looks like it could have been the Old Oak Common Open Day in September 1985. Thanks @Rugd1022 for the correction of location.

 

Yes that would make sense - there wasn't one in '83, in fact there wasn't one between 1981 and 1985 😉

[brushman47544]

On 23/08/2023 at 16:55, Rugd1022 said:

Last night I found the two books I was looking for which contain the dates of refurbishment for the entire class, namely 'Locomotive Recognition : Class 50s' by Colin J.Marsden (Ian Allan, 1988) and 'Class 50 Factfile' by Kevin Saunders and David N.Clough (Class 50 Society, 1993), and I thought it would be worthwhile putting all the info in here. The dates for release back into traffic after refurbishment vary between the two publications by a few days or in some cases a several weeks so I've gone with both and put the the Saunders / Clough book's dates in brackets where it differs (there is a slight discrepancy in the order of refurbishment in the Saunders / Clough book as well, with 50 042 jumping the queue in their list). The dates when they were called to works and when the work began however are from the Marsden book. In several cases they arrived at Doncaster with other work due to take place, but were reclassified for refurbishment once strip down had started. In all probability there was a gap of several days between being released from Doncaster and actually being put back into revenue earning traffic at their home depots, plus in a few cases defects caused delays in going back to home depots. In the case of 50 028 it received collision damage while at Doncaster and had to be repaired again before being released to the WR!

 

In order of refurbishment completion they are as follows :

 

1st = 50 006, to works 29/9/77, work began 21/2/78, to traffic 13/11/79 (14/11/79) in blue livery with blanked headlight aperture, large logo by 2/84.

 

2nd = 50 017, to works 21/6/79, work began 26/7/79, to traffic 5/2/80 (9/2/80) in blue livery with blanked headlight aperture, large logo 12/83.

 

3rd = 50 019, to works 27/7/79, work began 14/9/79, to traffic 31/3/80 (29/3/80) in blue livery, large logo by 4/84.

 

4th = 50 001, to works 29/11/79, work began 30/11/79, to traffic 9/4/80 (30/4/80) in blue livery, large logo by 8/84.

 

5th = 50 047, to works 13/12/79, work began 16/12/79, to traffic 12/5/80 (23/5/80) in blue livery, large logo by 6/84.

 

6th = 50 013, to works 7/1/80, work began 21/1/80, to traffic 7/6/80 (26/6/80) in blue livery, large logo by 9/84.

 

7th = 50 023, to works 9/4/80, work began 11/4/80, to traffic 10/8/80 (15/8/80) in LL.

 

8th = 50 003, to works 21/2/79, work began 21/3/79, to traffic 17/9/80 (19/9/80) in LL.

 

9th = 50 004, to works 2/5/80, work began 8/5/80, to traffic 29/10/80 (31/10/80) in LL.

 

10th = 50 038, to works 25/4/80, work began 2/6/80, to traffic 12/11/80 (11/11/80) in LL.

 

11th = 50 032, to works 15/8/80, work began 18/8/80, to traffic 31/12/80 in LL.

 

12th = 50 022, to works 28/5/80, work began 11/6/80, to traffic 19/12/80 in LL.

 

13th = 50 015, to works 11/9/80, work began 17/9/80, to traffic 11/2/81 (19/2/81) in LL.

 

14th = 50 020, to works 14/10/80, work began 15/10/80, to traffic 6/3/81 (10/3/81) in LL.

 

15th = 50 035, to works 5/11/80, work began 20/11/80, to traffic 27/3/81 (5/5/81) in LL.

 

16th = 50 012, to works 5/11/80, work began 20/11/80, to traffic 5/5/81 (6/5/81) in LL.

 

17th = 50 0010, to works 7/1/81, work began 8/1/81, to traffic 22/5/81 (27/5/81) in LL.

 

18th = 50 036, to works 2/2/81, work began 9/2/81, to traffic 18/6/81 (19/6/81) in LL.

 

19th = 50 040, to works 24/2/81, work began 25/2/81, to traffic 18/7/81 (16/7/81) in LL.

 

20th = 50 045, to works 19/3/81, work began 20/3/81, to traffic 24/8/81 (21/8/81) in LL.

 

21st = 50 039, to works 15/4/81, work began 15/4/81, to traffic 14/9/81 (16/9/81) in LL.

 

22nd = 50 033, to works 29/4/81, work began 11/5/81, to traffic 12/10/81 (15/10/81) in LL.

 

23rd = 50 041, to works 29/5/81, work began 1/6/81, to traffic 29/10/81 (30/10/81) in LL.

 

24th = 50 031, to works 4/6/81, work began 11/6/81, to traffic 13/11/81 in LL.

 

25th = 50 008, to works 6/7/81, work began 10/7/81, to traffic 21/12/81 (4/12/81) in LL.

 

26th = 50 016, to works 10/8/81, work began 14/8/81, to traffic 18/1/82 (18/12/81) in LL.

 

27th = 50 009, to works 12/9/81, work began 15/9/81, to traffic 1/2/82 (24/12/81) in LL.

 

28th = 50 021, to works 9/11/81, work began 13/11/81, to traffic 5/4/82 (2/4/82) in LL.

 

29th = 50 037, to works 30/10/81, work began 4/11/81, to traffic 6/4/82 (7/4/82) in LL.

 

30th = 50 044, to works 19/11/81, work began 25/11/81, to traffic 29/4/82 (30/4/82) in LL.

 

31st = 50 042, to works 6/1/82, work began 11/1/82, to traffic 21/5/82 (29/5/82) in LL.

 

32nd = 50 029, to works 11/1/82, work began 14/1/82, to traffic 4/6/82 (8/6/82) in LL.

 

33rd = 50 025, to works 3/2/82, work began 8/2/82, to traffic 2/8/82 (6/8/82) in LL.

 

34th = 50 005, to works 2/3/82, work began 4/3/82, to traffic 13/8/82 (27/8/82) in LL.

 

35th = 50 048, to works 3/3/82, work began 23/3/82, to traffic 2/9/82 (15/9/82) in LL.

 

36th = 50 028, to works 29/3/82, work began 2/4/82, to traffic 29/10/82 (22/10/82) in LL. 

 

37th = 50 034, to works 27/5/82, work began 31/5/82, to traffic 27/10/82 in LL.

 

38th = 50 024, to works 3/2/82, work began 8/2/82, to traffic 2/8/82 (16/11/82, delay due to testing problems at Doncaster) in LL.

 

39th = 50 026, to works 27/7/82, work began 2/8/82, to traffic 6/12/82 (8/12/82) in LL. 

 

40th = 50 018, to works 6/8/82, work began 12/8/82, to traffic 20/12/82 (17/12/82) in LL.

 

41st = 50 007, to works 13/9/82, work began 16/9/82, to traffic 28/2/83  (8/3/83) in LL.

 

42nd = 50 046, to works 11/10/82, work began 4/11/82, to traffic 19/3/83 (21/3/83) in LL.

 

43rd = 50 011, to works 22/11/82, work began 26/11/82, to traffic 14/4/83 (20/4/83) in LL.

 

44th = 50 043, to works 6/12/82, work began 8/12/82, to traffic 4/5/83 (6/5/83) in LL.

 

45th = 50 049, to works 11/1/83, work began 17/1/83, to traffic 28/5/83 (15/6/83) in LL.

 

46th = 50 050, to works 17/1/83, work began 26/1/83, to traffic 5/7/83 (1/7/83) in LL.

 

47th = 50 027, to works 7/2/83, work began 2/3/83, to traffic 23/7/83 (1/8/83) in LL.

 

48th = 50 030, to works 31/3/83, work began 11/4/83, to traffic 14/9/83 (15/9/83) in LL.

 

49th = 50 002, to works 31/3/83, work began 25/4/83, to traffic 20/10/83 (28/10/83) in LL.

 

50th = 50 014, to works 23/5/83, work began 26/5/83, to traffic 7/12/83 in LL.

 

On 25/08/2023 at 16:04, brushman47544 said:

I noted the paint dates on the locos (A end cabs secondman side) post refurbishment. If I can find them after all this time I’ll post them.

 

I've found the paint dates I recorded at the time, plus the LL dates where the loco was BR blue after refurb. A few didn't carry dates for some reason and 50047 already had a chip in the paint when I saw it. One surprise looking at the in-service dates above - 50025 was painted in June 82, so took two months to enter service. i wonder how many test runs it failed.

 

50001    4th           26.04.80               LL 27.07.84

50002    49th         No date – 10.83

50003    8th           17.09.80

50004    9th           13.10.80

50005    34th        16.08.80

50006    1st           14.11.79               LL 15.02.84

50007    41st         23.02.83

50008    25th        03.12.81

50009    27th        02.01.82

50010    17th        21.05.81

50011    43rd        15.04.83

50012    16th        27.04.81

50013    6th           18.06.80               LL 23.08.84

50014    50th        06.12.83

50015    13th        09.02.81

50016    26th        17.12.81

50017    2nd         No dates - 02.80     LL 12.83

50018    40th        17.12.82

50019    3rd          07.03.80               LL 27.03.84

50020    14th        05.03.81

50021    29th        31.03.82

50022    11th        18.12.80

50023    7th          20.08.80

50024    38th        03.11.82

50025    33rd        6.06.82

50026    39th        01.12.82

50027    47th        27.07.83

50028    36th        29.09.82

50029    32nd       03.06.82

50030    48th        14.09.83

50031    24th        11.11.81

50032    12th        31.12.80

50033    22nd       30.09.81

50034    37th        20.10.82

50035    15th        26.03.81

50036    18th        16.06.81

50037    28th        29.03.82

50038    10th        14.11.80

50039    21st        11.09.81

50040    19th        14.07.81

50041    23rd        28.10.81

50042    31st        19.05.82

50043    44th        29.04.83

50044    30th        27.04.82

50045    20th        19.08.81

50046    42nd       14.03.83

50047    5th           2x.05.80               LL 16.06.84

50048    38th         02.09.82

50049    45th         08.06.83

50050    46th         No date - 06.83

[Torbay Express]

Sorry if any of this has been asked before but 2 queries..... 

 

Firstly, Sounds for as built - have you been able to get the original 'Hoover' Sound?  I take it that only D423 would have such a sound file in run 1?

 

Next one - its a bit anorakie - some of God's Wonderful EE Type 4 Co-Co (just so anyone dont get their hopes up that I could be talking about a 4x) in the same sentence!  But some of the classes marker lights are a little lower such as the likes ofRepulse and Illustrious.  I take it that this has not been included in the tooling suite? It's subtle, but noticeable. 

 

Regardless, still promises to be a superb model that's a valiant  and illustrious effort to conqorer the competition.  Accurascale have been so courageous an bringing new features to their models! (P.S. Fran, that's how you play on words HAA!  HAA!  CDA ya soon!) 

 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2023 by Torbay Express
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