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    Railways of Spain PHOTOS

    in Railways of Spain

    Posted

    hi all

    after being in Spain for three months,finally found a couple of locos

    First one 310.021 and 310.048 leave Huelva docks with a coal train

    Second one 310.021 and 310.048 jion the main line at the junction at Huelva

     

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    We seem to be doing a lot of birds at the minute,as opposed to railways.Only got these because we had to go to Carrefour  :O

     

    Vince

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    Sutton's Locomotive Works class 24

    in Smaller Suppliers

    Posted

    Good question! My research indicates that 97201 was given the name after a visit to Doncaster Works in 1979-1980 when it was first repainted into RTC red/blue. A photo here http://www.derbysulzers.com/5061.html shows the nameplate affixed inboard of the large bodyside grille on side where this grille is to the right.

     

    A number of undated photos show the loco with no nameplate affixed on this or on the other side, suggesting that the nameplate(s) may not have always been attached.

     

    However, I have found four photos from two events in 1985 which are most interesting. Photos taken on 6th July 1985 at Cardiff Canton open day definitely show the name affixed to the side described above but no name affixed on the other side. There are also pictures taken on 1st September 1985 (just 8 weeks later) at Coalville open day which show again just one nameplate affixed bit this time on the other side, i.e. on the side with the large grille to the left. Examination of the photos where no nameplate is attached show no trace of the former position, suggesting that the 'plate was never permanently affixed to either side of the locomotive. All this tends to suggest that there may never have been two nameplates, or that if there were the possibly one was either stolen, lost or damaged beyond use by mid-1985.

     

    All pictures after September 1985 (and whilst the loco still in service with the RTC) seem to show the loco without 'plates on either side. A later picture (on the same website as above) shows a 'plate attached again to the side with the grille to the left, but this was taken in August 1991 at the Midland Railway Centre after the loco was sold to preservation. Shortly after that date the loco was repainted into RTC Red/Blue for the final time with the number 5061 added on the secondman's cabside; again with the nameplate affixed to the left and was exhibited at Cambridge station open day in September 1991.

     

    So the short answer seems to be some time in 1980 (when newly painted in Red/Blue) to September 1985, but not necessarily all the time, and possibly not on both sides at the same time, unless anyone can prove otherwise, of course...

     

    Kevin

    hiya

    can confirm there are two nameplates for experiment,both slightly different

    one is at Durham trains of Stanley on the wall,and the other is in my garage :-)

    no idea why they kept changing the sides,

    I and a couple of other lads purchased 5061 from the MRC in 1992 and we still have her (money pit) :O

    as a side the sound files for the SLW 24 came off 5061,so its going to be right for the loco  :dancing:

     

    cheers

    vince

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    British steel shunter

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    It was only a finishing mill at the time of your photos but had been a fully integrated iron and steelworks until the early 70's. It was the UK's second smallest integrated works after Brymbo.

     

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    thanks for that Arthur.

    wasn't sure what processes were done there.I wasn't allowed inside.My relatives used to work in Brymbo  :O

     

    Cheers

    vince

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    British steel shunter

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    hi 

    BSC Skinningrove had a couple of 4w sentinals

    think Skinningrove was only a rolling mill?

     

    Sentinal 10127 of 1963,Skinningrove 21-6-81

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    Sentinal 10131 of 1963,Skinningrove 21-6-81

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    Apoligies for the quailiy,had only just progressed to a zenit

     

    Cheers

    vince

     
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    Class 50 Photos....

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    That Photo of 50022 looks like the afternoon 15.xx (?) Paddington - Oxford(?) stopper/semi fast that was diagrammed for a Class 50 and stock with Mk1s and a GUV leading. Sorry so vague but remember the working well.

    hi

     

    fits in.came from Swindon,then went to the pub,so would have been chucked out at 3  :drink_mini:

     

    cheers

    vince

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