RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted February 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi all, I noted a while ago that Bachmann were to release the GWR Toad Brake Van in yellow livery. http://www.Bachmann.co.uk/image_box.php?image=images1/branchline/33-311.jpg&cat_no=33-311&info=0&width=650&height=389 The only one I came across was the one in the link below:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/62613295@N05/10749937626 Were there any more in this livery? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 27, 2015 The second picture was of an aircraft? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted February 28, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2015 The second picture was of an aircraft? No.... Shows a yellow toad at Healey MIlls yard? http://www.flickr.com/photos/62613295@N05/10749937626 Just in case! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hi all, Were there any more in this livery? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2015 Thank you, its now showing the correct picture perhaps there was an issue with Flickr. They seem to have different running numbers but as some of the numbers are difficult to read its hard to tell. From what was scrawled on the side of the one in the photograph it is apparent that they served as riding vans with cranes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thank you, its now showing the correct picture perhaps there was an issue with Flickr. They seem to have different running numbers but as some of the numbers are difficult to read its hard to tell. From what was scrawled on the side of the one in the photograph it is apparent that they served as riding vans with cranes. Hi Phil. I have personal experience of the Healey Mills one... Not that I got a ride - but I know someone who was regularly required to. Correct - Used as a riding van for crews allocated to cranes on whatever the duty was. I remember this one being used at Huddersfield to rerail a van in the goods yard. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 There was one which was modified to carry some sort of small plant , with the verandah sides removed, IIRC. Hywel Thomas built one for his 'Morfa Bank' layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 1, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 1, 2015 There was one which was modified to carry some sort of small plant , with the verandah sides removed, IIRC. Hywel Thomas built one for his 'Morfa Bank' layout. There was one used on an industrial site with the veranda sides cut away and a small hand operated crane installed beneath the roof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47406 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 I was on a quest for Yellow Toads a few years back, I had managed to photograph a few when i lived in York in the early '90s - York WRD seemingly being the culprit turning them out in yellow to work with cranes & other plant. Through talking to a few wagon gurus from that era, I've managed to track down records or pictures of the following Toads in Yellow at the end of the '80s / early '90s: DW17244 DW17448 DW68983 DW68995 There may have been only these four done in yellow, but hopefully someone will come along with more pics & prove me wrong :-) There's no announcement anywhere i can find of the number of the up&comer, but from the Bachmann website it is possible to zoom on this little detail: sure looks like DW68983, but with footboards still installed... The first one pictured on the flickr site is DW68983 with the crude scrawl "81512 To SToP WiTH CRANE' The Toad pic posted directly to the form with the file name 'Toad3bensham1993m.jpg' is DW68995, codes ZXP Paul Bartlett's site has al least one pic of DW17244 - DW68995 has the mod to seal the front of the verandeh - DW68983 looks to have had the footboards removed but many of the brackets still in place. - Many also had vents for heaters installed in their sides. This is the one of modeled of DW17244 using a Ratio kit: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47406 Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 A couple of the real things in the York / HM area: First one is DW17244 on a GUS from York to HM hauled by 31230 & conveying the Toad, CE crane 81512 (note the write writing on body of Toad), an RRA runner, BAA & Cargowaggon bogie flat (IFA ?), plus brakevan, grampus, Salmon, 4 x Catfish hoppers & brakevan Date - March 1990 Second is a different angle of DW68983 at Healey Mills. Looks like it's no longer Stopping' with crane 81512 as that lettering is now also on DW17244 Date: April 1990 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 8, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2015 Hi 47 406, Thanks for the photos... Train details make very interesting as well. The Cl31 also has the Infrastructure flash band above the Railfreight Logo. Will have to look back at the books from 1990 to see if it is possible to ID which CL31 it is - unless you have a record already? Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47406 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Here's a shot of the full train with 31230 at the front and the yellow toad at the front of the train. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted March 8, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8, 2015 Here's a shot of the full train with 31230 at the front and the yellow toad at the front of the train. Brilliant - Much appreciated! Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Can anyone provide any further information as to the earliest date that these brakevans found their way into yellow livery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel N Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Wath Yard during tracklifting............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47406 Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 Can anyone provide any further information as to the earliest date that these brakevans found their way into yellow livery? The earliest picture of a yellow one I have found anywhere is the one of DW17244 on Paul Bartlett's site which is Feb 1988 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47406 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 There is another pic on flickr here dated May 1988 that has a yellow Toad in the train consist, visible behind the crane at the front of the train https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/13849152034 Looks like DW68995 as that is the only one I know of that had the blanked off front of the verandah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel N Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Is the Bachmann yellow Toad due soon?????????? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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