Baby Deltic Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 Still no sign of the little blighters......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thankfully ... for my wallet/credit card, at least!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Thankfully ... for my wallet/credit card, at least!! Here, here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spackz Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I pm'd Brushveteren the other day, dont want steal his thunder, but he did say the 16's are on the slow boat. The Baby Deltics have been approved for paint and production, the 26/0's have been tooled and are currently undergoing some corrections. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Hattons have e-mailed to say they have arrived. Edit...due in stock today....too excited to read e-mail correctly. Edited August 14, 2013 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleefy Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Hattons have e-mailed to say they have arrived. Edit...due in stock today....too excited to read e-mail correctly. Lousy timing for me personally, with my bike costing me £300 yesterday Still, kudos to Hattons at least for giving me heads-up so I had the chance to nix my pre-order. Hopefully their ltd. edition status won't inspire a buying frenzy... Edited August 14, 2013 by Cleefy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Lousy for me as well helping the inlaws harvesting, I'll have to get them to delay sending it, really looking forward to this one as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Just ordered one of each. OUCH! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted August 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2013 If they are as good as the last few offerings from Heljan,then this will be a model to cherish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Must resist............................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcadian Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Must resist............................. Why????? Did any of them get Sarff of the River on Cross-London trip workings, e.g. to Hither Green) I wonder? Someone will know on here (I hope!) Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Why????? Did any of them get Sarff of the River on Cross-London trip workings, e.g. to Hither Green) I wonder? Someone will know on here (I hope!) Richard Indeed they did. They worked round the North London Line onto the West London and out via Clapham Junction. They also worked down the East London Line via Rotherhithe tunnel. On at least one occasion, one worked a summer passenger express to Brighton via this route. There a photo's of it crossing the Ouse Viaduct. I think it was D8406 or D8408. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Indeed they did. They worked round the North London Line onto the West London and out via Clapham Junction. They also worked down the East London Line via Rotherhithe tunnel. On at least one occasion, one worked a summer passenger express to Brighton via this route. There a photo's of it crossing the Ouse Viaduct. I think it was D8406 or D8408. And for all of those reasons, I have ordered one. I bought a class 15 for those same reasons too. There are lots of photos around of those cross-London freights with various non-Southern locos, including the aforementioned classes 15 and 16. I have been able to 'justify' buying classes 24, 25, 31, 35, 37 and 52 (just off the top of my head!) because of those wonderfully varied workings onto SR metals from other regions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 And for all of those reasons, I have ordered one. I bought a class 15 for those same reasons too. There are lots of photos around of those cross-London freights with various non-Southern locos, including the aforementioned classes 15 and 16. I have been able to 'justify' buying classes 24, 25, 31, 35, 37 and 52 (just off the top of my head!) because of those wonderfully varied workings onto SR metals from other regions. I have some inherited b&w photos somewhere taken from the top of the huge lighting towers in Hither Green yard just after the 750v DC wires were put up (circa '65) that show a freight entering with a Class 20 in the front - the Devons Road batch I presume and a Class 16 in the yard itself 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Forgot ... I bought a couple of class 20s for the same reasons too!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Just seen the notification that one with a Stratford panel will soon be heading my way. The race is on to get the first photo on here. Bernard 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) I have some inherited b&w photos somewhere taken from the top of the huge lighting towers in Hither Green yard just after the 750v DC wires were put up (circa '65) that show a freight entering with a Class 20 in the front - the Devons Road batch I presume and a Class 16 in the yard itself I'm not sure if they ran through Snow Hill tunnel onto the southern region. My friend Jim remembers going through on a Brake van behind a class 15, but it may have been one of the Finsbury Park allocated batch. Edited August 15, 2013 by Baby Deltic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ian Hargrave Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2013 I have a recorded sighting of D 8407 at Moorgate on 3/9/1959 if that helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I don't have me references to hand but there is a photo of a cl16 running south through Clapham Junction on a West London freight. I think it's Brian Haresnape's Fleet Survey vol 1 Prototypes. Luke 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I don't have me references to hand but there is a photo of a cl16 running south through Clapham Junction on a West London freight. I think it's Brian Haresnape's Fleet Survey vol 1 Prototypes. Luke There's a picture in 'Diesels On The Southern' too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 On at least one occasion, one worked a summer passenger express to Brighton via this route. There a photo's of it crossing the Ouse Viaduct. I think it was D8406 or D8408. And one day this working will be represented in model form crossing the viaduct! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Atilla Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2013 Is there any evidence of any of the class 16s getting any farther north or east than the Buntingford branch? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) In 'Modern Locomotives Illustrated' No 186, Class14, 15, 16 and 17's there is a picture of D8402, in all green, cab at the front, pulling about 10 unfitted 4 wheel coal wagons (like the Arfix ones) with a BR guards van through Clapham Junction on 30th June 1962 on a Temple Mills to Norwood Yard transfer freight.I hope that helps.It is good enough for me to get one, as I am sure those cross London freights must have occationally made a detour through the Midlands and South Yorkshire :-)Sadly 8 of them did make it as far as Kettering, to Cohen's scrap yard. There are no shots in that issue of them working anywhere outside Greater London though, I would love to know if they got north of Watford at anytime too. They were built in Glasgow as far as I know, so presumably ran light engine from there down to London in the late 50's.It would be great if there were maps of distribution of locomotives like the ones bird watchers have, seen, nesting, nesting and breeding in different colours, although those categories would have to be replaced with special working, regular working, and home shed, maybe also built and running in.Jamie Edited August 15, 2013 by Jamiel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 15, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2013 And one made it to Birds scrapyard Long Marston near Evesham Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Is there any evidence of any of the class 16s getting any farther north or east than the Buntingford branch? Rare but not unknown, I have spotted them at Cambridge. Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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