RMweb Gold Popular Post franciswilliamwebb Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2023 Something of a cliché in modelling circles, but there’s a reason for that… 47537 "Sir Gwynedd - County Of Gwynedd" at Stafford on 29/04/87 (my photo) 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted May 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2023 60011 at Barnetby on 16/06/03 (my photo) 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted May 10, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) 92004 "Jane Austen" at Stafford on 10/06/00 (my photo) Edited May 13, 2023 by franciswilliamwebb (revised image) 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2023 Freightliner 66560 descends from Copy Pit summit heading east towards the Calder Valley on 15th June 2015, working 6Z32 from Garston to Hunslet Yard. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fat Controller Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, phil_sutters said: I would hope that the tank wagon had been purged, given that it would normally have several barrier vehicles on each side of it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattR Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) . Edited May 10, 2023 by MattR Not working Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, MattR said: https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/49332217558/in/faves-197603766@N08/ Note this in the caption below the photo: "Although I'm not sure I suspect 44005 was on this working. The space where the Cross Fell nameplate was is visible by the rectangle of bolts on the loco side" Hardly suspect as the number is clearly visible: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2023 I fear the problem with modelling any of these is that we know it wasn't an everyday sight. Yes, as in the comments on the pic of D5, it may well be that the return working was fully profitable, but even so. I think it was Trains magazine that captioned a comparable pic "When the loco is longer than the train, the bottom line is written in red!" 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 One common form of short train can be the Network Rail trips between the LDC yards. These are timetabled freights contracted to run every day, but the traffic varies depending on what wagons are needed for engineering jobs. Some days the trips may be lengthy, others as short as one wagon. They can also be used for shifting locos in connection with ballast trains. 59205 'L. Keith McNair' drifts past Brassknocker with a lightweight 6C41 Newport ADJ - Westbury - formed of just two IOA Mussel wagons. 59003 'Yeoman Highlander' waits time in Westbury Down Yard with 6O41 to Eastleigh. 66729 and 66754 were dead in tow after working a ballast train over the weekend and the heavyweight load comprised a sole OCA Bass wagon! 66783 'The Flying Dustman' and 66039 sit atop 6X39 Westbury - Eastleigh in Westbury Down Yard. Usually running as 6O41, the unusual headcode of the tripper was due to it having the Railcare Ballast Feeder (BFS) in the consist (the X-ray bit) and being routed via Chandler's Ford to turn it ( the 39 bit), the afternoon trip running via Southampton so the loco. This circuitous routing is often used to turn cranes, rail trains etc that can only work in one direction. 6O41 and 6V41 via Southampton, 6O39 and 6V40 via Chandler's Ford. Jo 12 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted May 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 10, 2023 I've got a photo in a book of a class 73 hauling a single Hastings DEMU power car, which is the only feasible way I could run the latter on a layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt37268 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 57 minutes ago, Hal Nail said: I've got a photo in a book of a class 73 hauling a single Hastings DEMU power car, which is the only feasible way I could run the latter on a layout. ‘Caroline’ tends to go out and about with just a Class 37 for company. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris M Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Locos running light engine are not uncommon on the big railway but rarely seen at exhibitions. Perhaps because it kind of just looks wrong on a model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steven B Posted May 11, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2023 Perfectly acceptable to run short trains. Trip workings, wagons heading to/from repair are perfectly valid reasons for running something that wouldn't make a profit. (John Dedman on Flickr) (Jason Cross on Flickr) Then there are the trip workings where you wonder why they didn't allocate something a bit faster: (Dave Sallery on Flickr) Steven B. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) One for when the Bachmann 69 comes out (and accurascale do their euro 66) top and tail 08s Edited May 11, 2023 by big jim 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 11, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2023 22 minutes ago, big jim said: top and tail 08s Ah, the Chuckle Shunters? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Hunslet yard 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Rich_F Posted May 12, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 12, 2023 One from my Flickr feed from David Smith: "56118 helps failed 60035 with 6F45 (08.00) Tees Yard - Skinningrove steel on 10/9/02" 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted May 13, 2023 Share Posted May 13, 2023 On 12/05/2023 at 06:13, Ray M said: Hunslet yard Rookie track gang laid that freshly ballasted main line?? A good "prototype for everything" if you're not too hot at laying flexitrack.... 🤣🤣👍👍 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rivercider Posted May 13, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2023 Back in the 1980s I saw and photographed a number of lightweight freight trains. Stockport 1984. A lightweight Speedlink trip aproaches Stockport behind 31213, 12/7/84 In 1982 there was a Moreton-on-Lugg to Severn Tunnel Junction service that called at Hereford to attach. A single van from Moreton-on-Lugg is the only load for 47285 arriving at Hereford, however the train was made up to a decent length with traffic from Hereford yard, 12/2/82, In the 1980s class 20s working singly was not something I saw often. I assumed that Rosyth may have been the origin for this short train headed by 20137 seen passing through Dunfermline, 20/6/83 cheers 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 11 hours ago, Rivercider said: Back in the 1980s I saw and photographed a number of lightweight freight trains. Stockport 1984. A lightweight Speedlink trip aproaches Stockport behind 31213, 12/7/84 In 1982 there was a Moreton-on-Lugg to Severn Tunnel Junction service that called at Hereford to attach. A single van from Moreton-on-Lugg is the only load for 47285 arriving at Hereford, however the train was made up to a decent length with traffic from Hereford yard, 12/2/82, In the 1980s class 20s working singly was not something I saw often. I assumed that Rosyth may have been the origin for this short train headed by 20137 seen passing through Dunfermline, 20/6/83 cheers At last; a prototype for the large wooden packing case that appeared on the Airfix 'Lowmac'. The Grey Funnel Line were very fond of 'Cases, wooden, Large' 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3, 2023 Direct Rail Services 68002 Intrepid and 68003 Astute, top 'n' tailing a couple of PFA wagons, passing through Moreton on 29th June 2023 as 6Z95 from Winfrith Sidings to Crewe Coal Sidings. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Rich_F Posted July 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 4, 2023 Class 20s are perfect for modern short trains. With GBRF. From Flickr: 20901 & 20905 at Kensington Olympia 2016 Now with HNRC. From Youtube: 20901 & 20905 pass Keynsham with the SIM (Switch Inspection & Measurement) wagon 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted July 4, 2023 Share Posted July 4, 2023 Preservation admittedly rather than mainline, but one for when (if?) the Hornby 88ds gets released? Derwent Valley near York a few years back. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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