Philip Jackson Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 did it run with green fuel tanks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 No, pretty sure they were black. An image search backs this hunch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad McCann Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I loved the loco in this get-up. Even more enjoyable was the reaction from the enthusiast community who are largely so bloody crushingly conservative. It was a real 'Mona Lisa with a Mohican' moment, sticking two fingers up at the dogmatists! :-) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Jackson Posted April 29, 2015 Author Share Posted April 29, 2015 I did an image search too but couldn't see too clearly. I recently got a respray Bachmann 55 as D9016 in purple but the tanks are still green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltic 7 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Philip The tanks were black, when I get a moment I will post some phots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) It was in this livery in 2002 all the pics I have and there are a lot have it only with black tanks. Edited May 18, 2015 by Pete Harvey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2015 Crewe March 2002 black. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted May 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2015 Chester September 2002 black. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) Edited May 18, 2015 by Pete Harvey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
55016 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Who knows....it could reappear in this livery when it's released from Boden Engineering after bodywork repairs/repaint..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Why did Porterbrook do all the work? Were they thinking they could find work for it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2015 Why did Porterbrook do all the work? Were they thinking they could find work for it? Well they did - but not very much. Maybe they'd hoped for a lot more than they actually got? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
55016 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Porterbrook ending up owning 'Gordon' by default as I recall ; they financed works to the loco but sadly the then owning group were unable to repay the debt; and as a result 16 went into Porterbrook's ownership. It was then bought by an individual, who sold it to HNRC after several years before Beaver Sports/Martin Walker got it at the 3rd attempt! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seraphim Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 On 20/05/2015 at 19:15, 55016 said: Porterbrook ending up owning 'Gordon' by default as I recall ; they financed works to the loco but sadly the then owning group were unable to repay the debt; and as a result 16 went into Porterbrook's ownership. It was then bought by an individual, who sold it to HNRC after several years before Beaver Sports/Martin Walker got it at the 3rd attempt! Pretty much spot on. There was a naive belief within Porterbrook that this could be a proper commercial transaction. In essence, D9000LL were loaned a significant sum of money to renovate 9016, and then they couldn't repay. So Porterbrook (specifically, me) repossessed the loco (as the agreement permitted). Porterbrook was then the proud owner of an incomplete loco. The subsequent engine fire at Loughborough meant the company then owned a single-engined, barely complete loco. This is what is know as a bit of a problem. One day, the whole story will get written down, but not yet. The tragedy was that D9000LL's main person (I'm sure you all know his name) was a decent man, but prone to taking poor advice; he died - relatively young - not long after this episode. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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