Strathyre Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Trawling through Flickr and found these images of class 50s away from their better known haunts while used in Scotland, including two on shed at Eastfield (tyre turning? The one off 444 has it is sitting in the wheel lathe road west). Anyway, nice shots, follow the links. 408 Eastfield, 10th June 1972 http://www.flickr.com/photos/87413031@N03/8027883822/in/photolist-dep1b3-kEJRwM-dJ4Zh8-a6kAgL-aKHwrK-82xo5u-82xycW-dc1S1t-82xyxh-ei2NmC-aVvVyT-bX6cRj-bVXtbP-divmtr-db9iSd-dDHTiU 444 Eastfield August 1971 http://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6310086714/in/photolist-aBAQWw-d7on5Y 50036, Perth 22nd July 1974 http://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/9355949063/in/faves-54447171@N05/ D445 Gleneagles, 29th June 1973 http://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/9882764394/in/faves-54447171@N05/ Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waveydavey Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Always nice to see pictures of 50s in Scotland. One of my books has a picture of a 50 on a short freight at Stanley Junction coming off the Forfar branch. Apparently it was being used on a fill in turn from Perth after working up from the South. I used this as justification for a 50 on my old layout assuming 50013 had worked the Motorail up to Stirling and been pinched for a run up the line to Longcarse West. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer27jd Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 The 50's were used regularly to Perth and of course would be borrowed routinely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 As to regards the first link. The year cannot be 1962. The 50's where built 67-68. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asa Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 I used to see them regularly on the Rutherglen-Coatbridge branch at Baillieston when the West coast electrification was going on.Quite often double heading.Wish I had a camera then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathyre Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Sorry, my typo, changed to 1972! Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted March 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2014 a couple of pics from RAILSCOT of D405 on an eastbound freightliner at edinburgh in 1970. caption on 2nd pic states the headcode on the trailing end (1S19) was for a birmingham-glas. central sleeper, so was a probably a fill-in turn from gushetfaulds-portobello http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=37779 http://www.railbrit.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=37860 i remember seeing (on a fotopic site) a pic of a jumperless (so c.1968/69) D4xx at monifieth with the headcode 1M37 - i don't know if this train was from aberdeen or a diverted inverness service. i can't remember whose site it was, so never found if it was replaced by something else after fotopic died EDIT: the name 'george bett' just came to me, so i googled him and came up with http://www.transporttreasury.co.uk/page168.html . in his list there is an entry which says 'GCB553 D409 (LF) tn nr Monifieth' 'GCB554 D439 (RF) tn (SO) Aberdeen-Birmingham at Monifieth early 1970s' so it happened more than once! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2014 They were running the northern end of the WCML from 1968. I used to see them at Settle with diversions. IIRC they were used north of Crewe, double headed to try and keepto the potential electric times. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I saw my first "DP2" at Perth on March 9th 1968, D403 when it was only three months old, having been put into servie on te 12th of January. Had me scratching my head at first as my ABC had nothing between D399 and D600. JIm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusDe Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 One of my abiding memories of the electrification to Glasgow was the 2 occasions when double heading pairs of 50s brought their WCML trains thundering through Crosshill station on the Cathcart Circle heading to rejoin the main line at Newton, as I waited for my train to Central! In that narrow stone lined cutting there was a fair amount of noise! If only school boys had camera phones in those days, lol! Angus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asa Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Angus, I've seen a picture of a 50 at Shawlands station in one of the Glasgowbooks I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2014 I have a picture of D421 at Inverness, don't know whether that's off the beaten track? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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