cbeagleowner Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Hi Tom. I will check later but I am pretty sure I have pics of D11s on Sheffield to York trains via the S and K Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Larry - did you do the colouring of the picture on the cover of the foxline book? Yes. It was a time when my colour-conversions were popular because publishers preferred colour covers on their monochrome albums. They were early days and todays technology allows one to get great publishable results from old colour trannies at only a fraction of the cost of my time. Simon, thanks for your posting. The curly six smokebox number plates issue is intriguing, as it appears to have carried it most of its BR life, and so I wonder how the straight six plate came to be made and carried in 1955. The stuff of railway enthusiasm... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Well the arrival of these beasties is going to cost me... Mind it also means I'll have to pester a well know coach maker to see if his GCR temptations are ready yet. That is as long I still have a b?=#~y job!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 4, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 4, 2012 Immingham's locos went to the CLC in late 1950, and the whole class stayed there until late '53, though most of them spent lond periods in store. 62660/6/7 came to Lincoln in Nov '53, and were joined by 62663 in 1954, and by 62670 which had had a spell back at Immingham, in 1956. While at Lincoln they worked almost exclusively from St Marks station to Nottingham and Derby on the old LMS line. I can't remember ever seeing one at Central during that time, though I have seen photos of Butler Henderson there, and another one at Grantham. In 1957 all of Lincoln's engines went to Darnall. There they mainly worked in summer and were stored through the winter. A lot of thier work was on the old GC line, but they also worked Sheffield Victoria- Lincoln trains, thus becoming regular sights at Central at last. I often travelled behind one to and from Retford. In 1958 the CLC engines also moved to Darnall, and during that summer and the next two almost the whole class would turn up at Retford on summer Saturdays working, Manchester/Sheffield - Cleethorpes trains. We local kids got quite a shock when the likes of Ypres and Mons turned up, but that soon wore off when they appeared for the fiftieth time. My recollection is that they never seemed to get cleaned when they came out of store, so each summer they looked more decrepit. I suppose it is a testament to the rugged simplicity of the steam engine that they kept going, most of the time anyway, despite such neglect. 1960 was their swansong. The chances of seeing one at York in 1950? Slim Tom, very slim. I'll keep looking for that shot of one double heading an excursion with the K5 though. Late '50's yes - I've seen quite a lot of evidence of them on Sheffield - York services via Pontefract. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEATH STATION Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 There are some good photos of 62663 Prince Albert in Colin Walker's 'Great Central Twilight Finale'. In the book it tells how he had written to the shedmaster at Staveley and the latter had arranged for the loco to have a bit of a clean and a coat of paint on the smokebox and the smokebox number plate and shed plate 38D were picked up in white. Walker then rode the engine (?) or passenger service from Chesterfield to Sheffield and then Leicester. He noted that he had at least 2 footplate rides on the engine (Lucky B or what!!) The engine as photographed on 21st June 1958 looked much as the model in post1, with the same totem and splasher beading/lining(?). Look forward to getting one of these. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oOld Harry 666 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Is there anyone out there who can please tell me if Butler Henderson ever carried this livery/lining (or lack of) combination or would I need to line out the loco body if i do a rename and renumber? Thanks in advance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mirreles31 Posted September 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2012 Is there anyone out there who can please tell me if Butler Henderson ever carried this livery/lining (or lack of) combination or would I need to line out the loco body if i do a rename and renumber? Thanks in advance. Hi Harry, there's a good pic of BH at Darnall shed, Sep 21st 1957 (Steam Memories Sheffield, Keith Pirt, Book Law Pub. isbn:1-899624-95-9) after a visit to Gorton, outshopped in unlined black minus splasher lining. Hope this helps Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oOld Harry 666 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Hi Harry, there's a good pic of BH at Darnall shed, Sep 21st 1957 (Steam Memories Sheffield, Keith Pirt, Book Law Pub. isbn:1-899624-95-9) after a visit to Gorton, outshopped in unlined black minus splasher lining. Hope this helps Cheers Phil Thanks, Phil. Much easier to delete the splasher lining than to try to add boiler bands! Harry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium mirreles31 Posted September 5, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2012 Thanks, Phil. Much easier to delete the splasher lining than to try to add boiler bands! Harry No probs Harry, I'll be sticking with 'Albert' and am hoping Bachmann do one of WWI battle named examples, . Cheers Phil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbeagleowner Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 In light of how good the D11/2 looks I'm looking forward to the D11/1 just wondering if anyone has any evidence that any D11/1s ran with the late crest on the tender? I've seen lined an unlined early crest but never late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 In light of how good the D11/2 looks I'm looking forward to the D11/1 just wondering if anyone has any evidence that any D11/1s ran with the late crest on the tender? I've seen lined an unlined early crest but never late. Having just obtained and read the relevant "Yeadon's", he states that no D11/1 ran with the late crest, lined or unlined. All examples ran with 'large early', both lined and unlined, except 62662, turned out in September 1957 lined with 'small early' the only one so treated. cheers, Peter c. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbeagleowner Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 Thanks Peter I had a feeling that was the case but that nails it for me. Appreciate you looking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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