RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 2, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2010 hi while looking through my photo's for scanning i noticed that this loco has a extra set of grills on the side can any let me know why thanks john 31302 darlington 4 march 1990 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50A55B Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 It had a trial 1600hp engine in the 60s, so presumably extra ventilation was needed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mcowgill Posted December 2, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2010 It was more than that, as D5835 in April 1962 it was fitted with an intercooled Mirrlees JVS12T engine producing 2000hp and was tested on a number of type 4 express passenger diagrams. 31302 was always something of a celebrity with me and my mates whenever it turned up around our patch near Shipley, the extra grilles being noticed fairly early on even as young trainspotters. Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 2, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2010 thanks for the information could not find any thing in my books Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted December 2, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2010 You learn something nem on this form. Terry :blink: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 This loco also had the internal engine room doors opened the opposite way to other Brush 2s due having the 2000 hp Mirrlees engine. Al Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Back in the late 60s' D5835 was the only 58xx allocated to Stratford so was a big cop for an 11-year old spotter at Liverpool Street on 5 September 1967 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 She used to work on the Master Cutler, same working as D0280 had,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 31302 seen here at Shirebrook in 1981, some further detail in the caption http://pics-by-john.photoblog.org.uk/p63036849.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 Hi, The description of the extra grills on Mr Porter's photo would be highly unlikely as behind those grills at no. 2 end are the exhausters, the radiators being located at no. 1 end. These extra grills are purely for the extra air that was required the turbos due to the higher boost pressure. Al Taylor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushVeteran Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I fondly remembered D5835 in the sixties but it was not until the nineties that I realised it had two extra grilles, although I knew it was 2000hp because Ian Allan said so! Quite easy to model as the Hornby grilles are seperate items and not moulded into the main bodyshell. Anyway a couple pictures of it in original green livery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 5, 2010 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2010 thanks again for you replies now thinking of making a model now all i need is a spare farish body to cut up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I found this whilst looking for something else... http://chrisgreensrailphotos.fotopic.net/p47898370.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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