lather Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 While their use in Scotland and Cumbria seems quite well documented, the use of Class 17s elsewhere is less well covered. Thirteen locos were allocated to Barrow Hill shed for a short while, and I've come across occasional mentions of them in the Derby area, but it's always a bit vague. Does anyone have any info on what use they saw in the Derby area, and how widely they strayed from Barrow Hill? I'm particularly interested in any use on the Derby to Rowsley line. Also, did any of them make it as far as Burton-on-Trent? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 The majority of the class was parked up stored out of use in the sidings behind platform 1 at Derby Midland station! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave75 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 There's a great picture of 1 on darnall shed out there on the internet, and I've heard previously of a picture of them on a coal train through Woodhouse ( never seen the shot) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 8598 was one that ended up at Derby RTC and I managed this Pocket Instamatic shot of it parked up there (from a car park) in 1976..... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 They worked trip traffic from Barrow Hill shed to the local collieries. Remainded very local around that area. One did a railtour helping out a 4F. Excepting those stored at St Mary's goods yard upon completion or for rectification and those at the RTC or the one at Derby Works for conversion to mobile generator they were unknown at Derby and especially so at Burton. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 9 minutes ago, Rail-Online said: They worked trip traffic from Barrow Hill shed to the local collieries. Remainded very local around that area. One did a railtour helping out a 4F. . Here is the Railtour referred to above, organised by the R.C.T.S. (West Midlands Branch), it was the "Midlands Locomotive Requiem Rail Tour" and ran on 16th. October, 1965. 4F 0-6-0 43953 was brought from Workington to haul the excursion. D8613 & 43953 worked the excursion together only between Seymour Jcn. and Glapwell Colliery. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lather Posted October 13, 2023 Author Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 hour ago, Rail-Online said: They worked trip traffic from Barrow Hill shed to the local collieries. Remainded very local around that area. One did a railtour helping out a 4F. Excepting those stored at St Mary's goods yard upon completion or for rectification and those at the RTC or the one at Derby Works for conversion to mobile generator they were unknown at Derby and especially so at Burton. Tony In one of the FB groups I'm a member of, which focuses on the Derby to Miller's Dale line, there's a couple of photos of Class 17s on that line. One is dated 1963 and shows one running LE with a BV at Ambergate. Being local to the area, I can tell from the background that its heading towards Derby on the line from Miller's Dale. It's a colour picture and the loco is painted red, which I'm assuming is primer or undercoat, and carrying a headcode of 0T44. The second picture is black and white, and the loco looks a lighter shade than the red one in the first picture. It's seen at Miller's Dale on the down line just on the station side of the viaduct. Again, it carries the 0T44 headcode, but this time doesn't have a brakevan attached. Given the 1963 date of the first picture and the apparent primer/undercoat scheme, I'm assuming some sort of test run prior to delivery. Never knew about them being stored at St Mary's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leezer3 Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Painted red makes me wonder if its actually the very similar DHP1 on test. https://m.facebook.com/groups/ProjectDHP1/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 8 hours ago, lather said: Never knew about them being stored at St Mary's. No, it was actually St. Andrews Goods Yard adjacent to the south end of Midland station as described by Bill Radford above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cctransuk Posted October 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2023 32 minutes ago, leezer3 said: Painted red makes me wonder if its actually the very similar DHP1 on test. https://m.facebook.com/groups/ProjectDHP1/ Almost certainly, as I believe that the Burton line was used for testing DHP1. CJI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lather Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 14/10/2023 at 08:40, leezer3 said: Painted red makes me wonder if its actually the very similar DHP1 on test. https://m.facebook.com/groups/ProjectDHP1/ Definitely not DHP1 in the picture in question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lather Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 On 14/10/2023 at 09:14, cctransuk said: Almost certainly, as I believe that the Burton line was used for testing DHP1. CJI. As I've said in my other reply, it's definitely not DHP1 in the picture in question. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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