Captain Cuttle Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi, Am looking for photos of the D600s especially D602 any leads would be useful Cheers Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertcwp/2508926119/ Took less than 10 seconds in Flickr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 or..... http://www.railblue....ic_pioneers.htm and D602 http://www.railphotoprints.co.uk/index/detail/9758/D602-X-StokeCanon-0961-RT269.jpg.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 What period in their lives are you looking at? Plain green with disc's, GSYP discs, GSYP split headcode boxes? Are you after a particular member in a certain livery i.e. D602 BSYP or D600 BFYE? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Here's a couple dumped at Laira awaiting the scrapyard: D600 at Barry: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin46 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Hi, Am looking for photos of the D600s especially D602 any leads would be useful Cheers Al Hi Al Here's one! HTH Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Now she looks lovely! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10800 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Plenty in various diesel hydraulic albums etc, including for D602 Nice b/w one in David Cable's 'Hydraulics in the West' Couple in Hugh Dady's 'Heyday of the Hydraulics' Couple in 'Diesel Pioneers' (the 1992 paperback by Robert Stephens, not the more recent David Clough book of the same name). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2012 Now she looks lovely! Quite agree - apart from those tatty looking 'add on' 4 digit headcode boxes. The D600s actually had quite a stylish front end and it began to show up a bit better once all the nose door and other oddments were dealt with - just a shame the 4 digit boxes weren't added in a more sympathetic fashion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornish Triang Paul Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Plenty in Heyday Of The Warships in colour and of course Power Of The Warships in B & W. In a back issue of Railway Magazine afew years back, there was a genuine artist's impression of one in crimson and cream ( same issue had extra Western names in ) !! Looking forward to my Dapol/Kernow D600 Active in BR blue FYE. Can somebody do a photoshop in WR Maroon please............??!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 One of the class ended up in Woodham's scrapyard surrounded by steam locos. There was a big effort being put into saving every one of the steam engines, but I never saw any interest at all in preserving the D600, even as an empty shell. One missed opportunity we look back on now, but believe me there was little or no interest at all in preserving the early diesels. Quite the opposite, the attitude was "Serve the b*ggers right". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 One of the class ended up in Woodham's scrapyard surrounded by steam locos. There was a big effort being put into saving every one of the steam engines, but I never saw any interest at all in preserving the D600, even as an empty shell. One missed opportunity we look back on now, but believe me there was little or no interest at all in preserving the early diesels. Quite the opposite, the attitude was "Serve the b*ggers right". Two in fact: D600 and D601. And there were slogans on the latter, certainly, demonstrating an interest or keenness for her to be saved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohmisterporter Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Two in fact: D600 and D601. And there were slogans on the latter, certainly, demonstrating an interest or keenness for her to be saved. Yes, I saw them, but never heard of a society or club being formed to raise the funds. I may be wrong but I think the engines had been removed and they were empty shells. The great advantage of the diesel hydraulics was that they did not have large amounts of copper inside, so one could have been had for scrap value from Dai Woodham. Perhaps it was because it was without the engine and hydraulic drive it was regarded as unfeasible. Edit :- Follow this link. http://www.railblue....s_scrapyard.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks for those, doing D602 in green syp circa 1963/4. apparently they were all slightly different re side grilles but I dont know what the differences were. Has anyone got any cab interior photos? Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks for those, doing D602 in green syp circa 1963/4. apparently they were all slightly different re side grilles but I dont know what the differences were. Has anyone got any cab interior photos? Al They had the heavy cast two piece grilles on the radiators replaced with lighter mesh grilles at overhaul in the early 60's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted January 18, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2012 Two in fact: D600 and D601. And there were slogans on the latter, certainly, demonstrating an interest or keenness for her to be saved. I think encribed in her headcode boxes was "the end" in true doors style. There is a photo in my friends archive of yours truly stood on the roof of D601 in such a state in 1976, long since razor blades. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thanks for those, doing D602 in green syp circa 1963/4. apparently they were all slightly different re side grilles but I dont know what the differences were. Has anyone got any cab interior photos? Al There is a cab interior photo in 'Diesel Hydraulic Locomotives Of The Western Region' by Brian Reed David & Charles ISBN 0-7153-6769-2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 May I suggest joinging the Western Region Diesel Hydraulic group on Yahoo? Among other things this will give you access to many of the superb shots of the D600s (and other hydraulics) from Robert Carroll's superb collection. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WRDHL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Thanks for those, doing D602 in green syp circa 1963/4. apparently they were all slightly different re side grilles but I dont know what the differences were. Has anyone got any cab interior photos? Al The Irwell Press 'Book Of The Warships' covers the D6xx's detail differences very well, with dates for the various modifications too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cuttle Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi Al Here's one! HTH Tim This is actually Chromatic blue Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 21, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2012 early rail blue seems to crop up now and again, as to were there actual different blues e.g. 'chromatic' i've read that it could be down to no more than a new paint spec applied (i.e. physically) in different manners with different prep/finish, so much so that the 'same' colour can appear flatter/shinier/deeper/lighter etc etc no ulterior motives or stirring going on, i'm just wondering if it's ever been proved/disproved either way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 no ulterior motives or stirring going on, i'm just wondering if it's ever been proved/disproved either way? Probably not Keefer, but IMO D602 is not chromatic, any more than D6303 here is. The presence of a small yellow panel doesnt automatically mean it's chromatic, and the Westerns that are usually stated to be chromatic have a distinctly different, almost metallic look to them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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