JeffP Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Sorry if this is a daft question, but when the first tranche of EMD class 59's arrived, we went all the way to Westbury and saw all four in a day before returning home. We were set to camp, but it POURED that evening and we HAD seen them all, so I drove home while the others slept.....again. I gather one more was added, and that ARC and then one of the Power Generating companies had some. I remember seeing one in what appeared to be blue with red and white, (silver?), towing loaded hoppers through Doncaster, while awaiting a connection, about ten years back? So..where are they now? Have they been re-classified? What livery do they wear? Who owns them? And have they all their original nameplates? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2012 http://www.thejuncti...k/flist_59.html 59001 AI XYPO MD -- YEOMAN ENDEAVOUR 59002 FY XYPO MD -- ALAN J DAY 59004 FY XYPO MD -- PAUL A HAMMOND 59005 AI XYPO MD -- KENNETH J. PAINTER 59101 HA XYPA MD -- Village of Whatley 59102 HA XYPA MD -- Village of Chantry 59103 HA XYPA MD -- Village of Mells 59104 HA XYPA MD -- Village of Great Elm 59201 DB WNTR TO TO 59202 EW WDAK TO -- Vale of White Horse 59203 EW WDAK TO -- Vale of Pickering 59204 EW WDAK TO -- Vale of Glamorgan 59205 EW WDAK TO -- L Keith McNair 59206 DB WDAK TO -- John F. Yeoman Rail Pioneer 59003 is not included as this is working outside the UK. Edit: AI = Aggregate Industries FY = Foster Yeoman HA = Hanson DB = DB Schenker Red EW = EWS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2012 From various Flikr pages: Aggregate Industries: 59001 by rob50037, on Flickr Foster Yeoman: 59002 by rob50037, on Flickr Hanson: Class 59 59101 "Village of Whatley" Reading by DougieB1971, on Flickr DBS: 59206 by rob50037, on Flickr EWS: 59205 Westbury 070611 by Dan86401, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2012 59003 is working in Germany 5th picture down on here http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Pages%20Loco/Recognition%20loco/Illus_59.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Generally speaking, I guess the MD ones (Merehead?) are working aggregates out of the Westbury area, but do those Toton ones work out of somewhere else? WDAK appears to be "Cl.59 Construction", which doesn't necessarily tell you much. Didn't our own Beast66606 photograph some on coal trains in the NW? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 The Toton allocation is something of a paper exercise. They all work the Mendip stone trains. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2012 I used to see one of the 59/2s at liverpool bulk terminal when i worked into there, normally going to fiddlers ferry, the most recent one i saw was working the binliner through high wycombe again a 59/2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2012 The Toton allocation is something of a paper exercise. They all work the Mendip stone trains. Correct on the first part, but not necessarily correct on the second. Until pretty recently there was one of the 59/2s up in Warrington for the Fiddlers Ferry/Liverpool coal circuits. The EWS 59s (59/2s) get around a fair bit. Cheers, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Is Aggregate Industries a merger/collaboration of Foster Yeoman and someone? Are the 59/1s the ones bought by ARC? Are the now DBS owned 59/2s the ones originally bought by National Power? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
(The) Youth Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 1)Is Aggregate Industries a merger/collaboration of Foster Yeoman and someone? 2)Are the 59/1s the ones bought by ARC? 3)Are the now DBS owned 59/2s the ones originally bought by National Power? 1)AI is part of Holcim (swiss company) and took over FY in '06 2)Yes 3)Yes HTH, Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Correct on the first part, but not necessarily correct on the second. Until pretty recently there was one of the 59/2s up in Warrington for the Fiddlers Ferry/Liverpool coal circuits. The EWS 59s (59/2s) get around a fair bit. Cheers, Mike I didn't say that they exclusively worked the Mendip stone trains, but they have all been used on them. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 1)AI is part of Holcim (swiss company) and took over FY in '06 2) Yes 3) Yes HTH Simon Yes, thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 12, 2012 Author Share Posted March 12, 2012 So the Toton ones could, in theory, turn up anywhere? Even on a binliner through Scunny? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2012 The EWD/DB ones seem to be fairly regular visitors to Eastleigh and Fareham, 59202 was at Fareham terminal just the other day although the Medip Rail 59/0 and 59/1's are more common. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 Around the same time as the Liverpool coal usage, there was a 59/2 being used in South Wales on the Robeston Murco circuits. 59205 and 66067 sit at Westerleigh waiting to shunt the empty tanks to form 6B47 back to Robeston. This was one of the early trials of a 59 on the Murco tanks, with the 66 along as insurance should the loco struggle at all 11/3/10 59206 passes Callow Hill with 6B33 Theale - Robeston during the period DB were trying to run down the 60s 18/1/11 Now DB has given up on the idea of killing off the 60s, the 59/2s have returned to the Mendip area, including binliners off Acton etc. All three subclasses also crop up on engineers workings too at the weekend when there's much less stone traffic. Also the 59/2s can appear on Westbury based out and back trunk movements, like the Eastleigh, and the Newport when it used to run. 59205 at Brassknocker near Limpley Stoke with a lightweight 6C41 Newport - Westbury 25/3/11 59005 passes Freshford with 6W37, an engineers train bound for Westbury 30/1/11 And just for completeness sake, here's a couple of shots of them on stone workings thrown in for good measure! 59004 and a matching train of Yeoman hoppers rolls towards Hungerford with 7A09 Merehead - Acton 25/11/11 59102 passes Crofton on 6V18 Hither Green - Whatley 28/1/11 There's plenty more where they came from: http://joalder.smugmug.com/Trains/Class-By-Class/Class-59/ Hope this is of interest jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon47603 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 If you have a look on the Locoscene website. You should be able to track them all down, wherever they are operating in the country. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 13, 2012 Author Share Posted March 13, 2012 Thanks lads. Some cracking photos there, jo. I'll need to bone up on how they differ, externally, from 66's...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'll need to bone up on how they differ, externally, from 66's...... The cooler group, buffers and I think the cab side windows are common components as a starter for 5. Not much else is though... jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlexTM Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Hi folks, Don't know if this is of interest but I used to regularly see 59s on aggregate trains at the terminal outside St. Pancras; that was up to the winter of 2010/11. After that I moved back up to Edinburgh. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1059 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 59004 and a matching train of Yeoman hoppers rolls towards Hungerford with 7A09 Merehead - Acton 25/11/11 Can you tell me exactly where this shot was taken from please ? A really good location. It it legally accessible ? Thanks STEVE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 So the Toton ones could, in theory, turn up anywhere? Even on a binliner through Scunny? Dependant on traction knowledge of the relevant depot. I really have no idea which DB-S drivers sign them now, guessing Warrington and Peak Forest men have some knowledge, as well as presumably some TO drivers. When the /2s were delivered to National Power I believe they were allocated to Ferrybridge for working coal and limestone to the Aire Valley stations. That was however a long time ago, for official traction knowledge retention though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekEm8 Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 What a superb job the National Power livery was. 59205 Shortly after delivery September 1995 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted March 14, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2012 59202 was back at Fareham this morning with rather bored looking driver in the front cab reading his paper as his load was being unloaded. Still in EWS livery with one word to describe it coming to mind - rusty, very rusty. Nothing like the well cared for machines they were under National Power ownership. A trip to Toton for a sand down and a coat of paint is well overdue I thinki! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I wonder how long before THEY are withdrawn as "non standard"? Ironic, really, since their arrival signalled the death of many other classes in the long run. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 Woops: mods, can someone delete the above, please, don't know how that happened. Anyway, as I THOUGHT I was saying: I wonder how long before the 59's start being withdrawn as non standard? Pretty ironic if they do, since their arrival signalled the death of many other classes.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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