The Fall & Rise of the 60's ( was The End of the Tugs?)

[woodenhead]

It appears DB has split the scrap stored line - those retained and those sold.

 

Does anyone know who has bought some class 60s???

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by woodenhead
Somehow the wrong video was showing till I clicked the edit button then it all self corrected??????

[Gilbert]

Two 60s at Keynsham today in quick succession....

6Z23 Appleford to Tytherington

6M53 Swindon Stores to Toton....a rare catch around here..

ChrisH

[big jim]

More old pics and scans 

 

 

 

One of my fave class 60 pics, all confined to history now, the box and semaphores at banbury have all gone as have the sidings I took the pic from 

[08221]

60046 passes Uttoxeter signal box on the late running 1020 Ravenhead to Chaddesden freight on Monday 4 September 2023.

 

[NickL2008]

 

Emerging out of the morning mist alongside the Severn estury is 60010 heading through Gatcombe on the 6B13, Robeston-Westerleigh tanks.. 09/09/2023

 

NL

 

[hmrspaul]

Light engine through York today - as the lunchtime engineers train from Doncaster to Tyne Yard

 

 

Paul

https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/class60

Edited September 27, 2023 by hmrspaul

[Gilbert]

Busy 60s at Swindon today 60 040 6B33 Theale to Robeston and 60 028 6Z23 Appleford to Tytherington

Chris H

[4630]

GBRf 60056 heads west along the Calder Valley between Brighouse and Elland on 23rd October 2023 with 6M36, Drax to Liverpool Biomass Terminal, empty biomass hoppers.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by 4630
To upload adjusted images.

[big jim]

22 hours ago, 4630 said:

GBRf 60056 heads west along the Calder Valley between Brighouse and Elland on 23rd October 2023 with 6M36, Drax to Liverpool Biomass Terminal, empty biomass hoppers.

 

 

 

Do you have a filter activated on your camera as some of your pics just recently have a weird brown tinge to them almost like a 70s instamatic camera that looks a bit weird or is it an upload issue? 

Edited October 24, 2023 by big jim

[4630]

8 minutes ago, big jim said:

Do you have a filter activated on your camera as some of your pics just recently have a weird brown tinge to them almost like a 70s instamatic camera that looks a bit weird or is it an upload issue? 

 

Thanks for the feedback Jim.

 

Not that I'm aware, but I'll have a closer look at some of the camera settings just in case something has inadvertently got changed.

 

Cheers.  👍

[big jim]

19 minutes ago, 4630 said:

 

Thanks for the feedback Jim.

 

Not that I'm aware, but I'll have a closer look at some of the camera settings just in case something has inadvertently got changed.

 

Cheers.  👍

it’s strange as it’s not on all of your pictures across various threads 

[4630]

Just now, big jim said:

it’s strange as it’s not on all of your pictures across various threads 

 

That's interesting.

 

I do use a couple of different cameras and although they're both Fujifilm, they're different models and I know from past experience that despite being set up with almost identical settings, they don't always produce similar, consistent results.

 

Your initial comment was timely as I hadn't been entirely happy with several of my images recently - a couple of the Colas 66s on the local RHTTs last week also spring to mind.

 

Time for a factory reset and a few tests I think.

 

Thanks again Jim. 

 

 

[Davexoc]

6 hours ago, 4630 said:

I do use a couple of different cameras and although they're both Fujifilm, they're different models and I know from past experience that despite being set up with almost identical settings, they don't always produce similar, consistent results.

 

Your initial comment was timely as I hadn't been entirely happy with several of my images recently - a couple of the Colas 66s on the local RHTTs last week also spring to mind.

 

Time for a factory reset and a few tests I think.

 

Check your WB, 'white balance' settings.

I've seen it before on an old camera of mine. I think I'd inadvertently adjusted that rather than changed the shooting mode or something...

[4630]

2 minutes ago, Davexoc said:

 

Check your WB, 'white balance' settings.

I've seen it before on an old camera of mine. I think I'd inadvertently adjusted that rather than changed the shooting mode or something...

Yes, WB is one of the settings on my list to work through.  

[Nova Scotian]

Saw a post on twitter this morning of a DB class 60 stating that all will be withdrawn by end of year. 

 

https://twitter.com/chris_railway/status/1726936216573214865

Edited November 22, 2023 by Nova Scotian

[4630]

15 minutes ago, Nova Scotian said:

Saw a post on twitter this morning of a DB class 60 stating that all will be withdrawn by end of year. 

 

 

I saw similar reference yesterday in a couple of other railway forums that I frequent so it may be accurate, or at least reasonably close to it.

 

There are only four DB Cargo class 60s currently operational in the active 'WCAT' pool;  60024, 60040, 60062 & 60074.

 

[newbryford]

25 minutes ago, 4630 said:

 

I saw similar reference yesterday in a couple of other railway forums that I frequent so it may be accurate, or at least reasonably close to it.

 

There are only four DB Cargo class 60s currently operational in the active 'WCAT' pool;  60024, 60040, 60062 & 60074.

 

 

Slightly OT.

By some strange coincidence, 60024/040/062 are the only three DB 60s on my layout roster!

[GRUNFOS]

Here's a couple that have disappeared from earlier, taken 2008-10 at Washford heath.

 

 

 

[Coach bogie]

First use of a digital camera bought in the New Year Sales - Jan 2006. Low res shots on a point n shoot at Tees Yard. I was still taking proper film pictures then on the SL and these images were just playing with a new toy.  Sad to think how I often did not take pictures of 60050 Roseberry Topping as it was Thornaby's pet and was always there. Somewhere I have film image of 60050  being delivered to Thornaby. 

 

Mike Wiltshire

 

[Ray M]

17 hours ago, GRUNFOS said:

Here's a couple that have disappeared from earlier, taken 2008-10 at Washford heath.

 

 

 

Your pic of 60011 looks in about the same state has it did on my pic,

in Scunny yard 27-2-10

[GRUNFOS]

Here's a couple more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The last 2 were obviously rushed shots, not very good but hey ho!

[South-East Rail]

60046 on 6Z53 at Gerrards Cross this afternoon. 

 

 

Ed

 

[Claude_Dreyfus]

60009 pulls into Didcot with an oil train on 6th December 2006.

[4630]

GBRf 60047 Faithful heading west at Ravensthorpe on 30th January 2024 with empty JNA box wagons, working 6M74, Doncaster Down Decoy Yard to Tuebrook Sidings.

 

The area on both sides of the running lines here showing evidence of the Transpennine Route Upgrade work that's now increasingly evident on the routes towards Leeds and Huddersfield. 

Edited January 30 by 4630
To correct loco Number

[newbryford]

5 minutes ago, 4630 said:

GBRf 60046 Faithful heading west at Ravensthorpe on 30th January 2024 with empty JNA box wagons, working 6M74, Doncaster Down Decoy Yard to Tuebrook Sidings.

 

The area on both sides of the running lines here showing evidence of the Transpennine Route Upgrade work that's now increasingly evident on the routes towards Leeds and Huddersfield. 

 

46?? 😉