Fireman36

But how many preserved lines would want the starring attraction for a diesel gala sitting in a siding because it's failed (again)... but then again that could be said in even stronger terms for the Class 23 Baby Deltic project yet that is making progress.

Oh well the obvious answer is to build a D600 replica… now would that be dead in the water half as often, or twice as often…? 

Mike

Apologies if it's been seen before, but the last photo on this page is interesting; not many decent sharp close-in colour shots of these machines back in the day.

The rest of them are good if you have a Class 17! :-)

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/johngreyturner/sets/72157622665496579/

Mike

Well, no 22 was a matter of ill-luck; Swindon cut the last one up by mistake!

Actually the idea has been batted back and forth a few times of a 1:1 scale scratchbuild of a 22. The drawings apparently exist (I heard Steve Beattie, amongst others, has a big collection of NB material), and there are quite a few V100 powertrains potentially available, it's not too big or complex mechanically, and now there's the A1 project to show it can be done...

[Edit: actually, on reflection, Fred Phipps is probably the 22 guru; he would have the lot!]

Mike

Ahhh memories… I was lucky enough to meet D601 on an all-line railrover trip when I was 16. Here's the evidence...

If I had been a few years older, or a good bit richer, or both, that would not have been cut up!

Mike