RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 31, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2023 Some of these may have been up before 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted September 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2023 10 hours ago, big jim said: Is that the Hornby or Bachmann version? Either way it needs more weathering, doesn't look realistic at all 😉 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted September 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2023 Photo by Andy Hoare from his flickr site : 08 488 inside the half roundhouse at St.Blazey on 25th April 1982, the same that Laira had its open day... 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted September 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 21, 2023 5 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Photo by Andy Hoare from his flickr site : 08 488 inside the half roundhouse at St.Blazey on 25th April 1982, the same that Laira had its open day... Has someone been 3D printing buffers for that model?... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted October 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) Not strictly an 08 I know, but a close relative, so no apologies. Former WD machine, then NS no. 512, stands in the rain at the NS Spoorweg Museum, Utrecht. The museum is located in the former Utrecht Maliebaan station, and a shuttle operates along an electrified spur, linking Maliebaan to the main line into Utrecht Centraal. The shuttle is well patronised, takes about 20 min, and includes reversal at the mainline connection. Maliebaan is about 2km in a straight line from Centraal, but the train ride is probably more like 6km. The museum is well with a visit, we had about 1½ hours and that was nowhere near enough. Amongst others, EM2 no. 1501 "Diana" was there, along with several UK built steam locos. Imagine an electrified shuttle being retained to take passengers from York station to the NRM! Edited October 22, 2023 by rodent279 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippel Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Had this battery-electric 08 for haulage tonight at Barrow Hill, courtesy of the Branch Line Society and Positive Traction. Paul 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradfordbuffer Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 4 hours ago, Hippel said: Had this battery-electric 08 for haulage tonight at Barrow Hill, courtesy of the Branch Line Society and Positive Traction. Paul Some one kitbashed a rosebud 08 and a 04 in there youth!...Good use of a old workhorse. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 On 01/07/2023 at 15:45, Rugd1022 said: Photo by Theo Beckett, from the Cornwall Railway Society site : D3510 at Truro with a shunting truck in January 1959... Note the prominently incorrect right-facing BR emblem. I reckon its shedmate D3509 may have been the first loco number I ever wrote down in 1966, but by the time I caught up with D3510 many years later it was in blue livery at Crewe. I recognised it as a former Truro shunter though. Based on this photo I renumbered and relettered a Hornby shunter's truck DW94982 and 'TRURO GOODS', although I had to do a bit of research to confirm the last two digits of the number. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 13 hours ago, Hippel said: Had this battery-electric 08 for haulage tonight at Barrow Hill, courtesy of the Branch Line Society and Positive Traction. Paul I rather like that, the new cab windows especially give it quite an American look. Interesting it still prominently has a whistle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2023 There's a thread on it here: Seems like a well thought-out project to me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium nightstar.train Posted November 9, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2023 19 hours ago, Hippel said: Had this battery-electric 08 for haulage tonight at Barrow Hill, courtesy of the Branch Line Society and Positive Traction. Paul I like this, although it's going to be a to model. That new bonnet is far too low to fit either the Hornby or Bahcmann mechanism in. It will require a complete rebuild with a new motor and gearing. Also green coupling rods! Is this the first 08 to ever venture away from either yellow or red? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 08762 at Loram in Derby on 28/10/23 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT100 Diesels Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Hello good people, I am looking for a bit of "livery help". I have started an 08 build and at the painting stage. It will be a late 70's standard blue machine. Having had a skim through a few pages on here, I cannot seem to find a radiator end shot from above. I am looking to confirm the colour on top of the radiator. The chevrons go up the sides where the ladder once was, and goes black at the top. I am assuming it is black all across the top of the radiator? Some pics of privatisation era and preservation era machines hint at that (but livery details can change over time), so a late 70's pic from above would nail it. The 08 by the way is a Lincon-Oaks nearly ready to run in 3mm scale. Its on scale specific /3mm / what's on workbench thread. Thanks in anticipation. Best wishes TT100 Diesels Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2023 2 hours ago, TT100 Diesels said: Hello good people, I am looking for a bit of "livery help". I have started an 08 build and at the painting stage. It will be a late 70's standard blue machine. Having had a skim through a few pages on here, I cannot seem to find a radiator end shot from above. I am looking to confirm the colour on top of the radiator. The chevrons go up the sides where the ladder once was, and goes black at the top. I am assuming it is black all across the top of the radiator? Some pics of privatisation era and preservation era machines hint at that (but livery details can change over time), so a late 70's pic from above would nail it. The 08 by the way is a Lincon-Oaks nearly ready to run in 3mm scale. Its on scale specific /3mm / what's on workbench thread. Thanks in anticipation. Best wishes TT100 Diesels Does this one help? Certainly looks to me like it's black on top: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_08#/media/File:Class_08_08801_(D3969)_(6833336546).jpg This one has a few photos dated 70's, all look either black, or too filthy to tell: https://www.tauntontrains.co.uk/oldsite/GRONKS.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 08/11/2023 at 20:29, Hippel said: Had this battery-electric 08 for haulage tonight at Barrow Hill, courtesy of the Branch Line Society and Positive Traction. Paul Not sure about the windows looking over the bonnet. Why so low? The driver in the cab in the other photos looks like he has to bend down to see out that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: Not sure about the windows looking over the bonnet. Why so low? The driver in the cab in the other photos looks like he has to bend down to see out that way. They're higher than the other windows, and the top of the door. Certainly much better visibility than a standard one! It looks from other photos I've seen that the inner cab roof is a bit lower than the outer, so maybe there's equipment in there (electronics perhaps, or radio gear?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 A couple of 08669 Bob Machin parked outside Wabtec in Doncaster on 23/09/23 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT100 Diesels Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, Nick C said: Edited November 11, 2023 by TT100 Diesels Wrong quote, posted again below Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT100 Diesels Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 23 hours ago, Nick C said: Does this one help? Certainly looks to me like it's black on top: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_08#/media/File:Class_08_08801_(D3969)_(6833336546).jpg This one has a few photos dated 70's, all look either black, or too filthy to tell: https://www.tauntontrains.co.uk/oldsite/GRONKS.htm Thanks, yes they strongly suggest black continues over the top of the radiator, So that is what I shall do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 '"Gronks" on the NYMR on 22/09/23 08475 08556 08850 "Class 11" 12139 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted December 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2023 Is this one of Reddish's famed electric blue shunters? 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 08401 Doncaster 1976 by John Woolley 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Photo by Tony Hunter : 08 917 at Washwood Heath on 25th June 1981... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 08937 St James Park Exeter 1982 by australia3393 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 On 18/12/2023 at 23:06, rodent279 said: Is this one of Reddish's famed electric blue shunters? Yes it is - a colour photo of it appeared in an issue of the short-lived 'Modern Railway Modelling' magazine (anyone remember that? I still have them all, in storage). Others were 3988, 4136 & 4144, all with the older block serif number style and IIRC all with cabside BR arrow logos. 4144 had reversed logos and still had them when renumbered 08914 in 1974. 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: 08937 St James Park Exeter 1982 by australia3393 As D4167 this was the first BR blue Class 08 I ever saw, as Plymouth North Road station pilot in September 1968, and I recall being disappointed that it was already filthy!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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