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    Class 37

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    What is so special about the class 37 that keep going ? Any ideas about what could replace them, nothing lasts forever!

    Scouser the class 37 is the go anywhere do anything locomotive it is the best of the best and the only loco from that era which is still in 2018 booked everyday to work freight and passenger services.

     

    As said above operators drivers and train crew also like them.

     

    Two examples of these trains are as follows one passenger and one freight from my homeland.

     

    On the West Highland Line there is practically nowhere the track is straight and level lots of gradients and curves the class 37s performed this task day in day out with very high reliability and brought better timings to the WHL.

     

    The second train is the Hunterston to Ravenscarig ore and coal trains worked by pairs of class 37s they were hammered on these train 80 to 90% of journey was on full power and again very high reliability was achieved on these trains.

     

    Dave

    PTA tipplers at Inverkeithing

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    Jim

     

    Thanks for that 1984 makes sense as that would have been miners strike so these wagons would have been at a loose end.

     

    I am sure there was a Thrislington to Ravenscraig dolomite train and Thrislington to Montrose agricultural lime train and although owned by Steetly they supplied British Steel and Thomson's with the lime

     

    Thanks for solving this one

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Dave

    PTA tipplers at Inverkeithing

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    Jim

     

    Thanks i would say the class 40 dates it as 1986 or before i think after that they were not as common after that also you can just about make out a truck on the bridge that may help date it. The only other thing i would say is during strikes did the quarries still work i know Shap and Redmire were owned by British Steel was Thrislington?

    PTA tipplers at Inverkeithing

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    Thanks for replies these wagons were exclusively used on iron ore and lime to and from steel works and the Scottish ones would have been repaired at Motherwell as i recall Perth wagon works at this time was used mainly for engineers wagons still at a loss to explain them at Inverkeithing

     

    Fat Controller when The Craig steel works was closed some of these were converted for scrap traffic i think in the Cardiff area i have never heard of them being used for scrap until those conversions.

     

    I don't know what happened to the Tyne dock to Consett sets of these wagons could they being going to Inverkeithing for scrap?

    PTA tipplers at Inverkeithing

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    Guys

     

    A nice conundrum for you today I have just seen a photo of a class 40 at Invekeithing with PTA tipplers this is miles away from any steelworks which I had thought these wagons were allocated too so why were they there.

     

    My only suggestion is that they were used for Montrose lime traffic during a steel strike or possible to the wagon repair works at Perth anybody know of any such workings

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Dave

    Glenshiel - West Highland Line.

    in Layout topics

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    Confession time!

    I usually tend to spend more time browsing model railway shop websites than I do actually getting anything done. Combine that with the mind set of running four goods trains to every one passenger train, with four passenger trains in each direction per day, meaning I need a lot of goods trains!

     

    Right from the get-go I wanted to run plenty of goods trains through the layout to add as much variety as possible, important when you're only seeing one train move at any given time. When it comes to passenger trains, we're talking about something along the lines of - Class 37 and five blue and grey coaches. Rinse and repeat!

     

    It's surprising how quickly little projects get added to the To Do list. Almost everything that touches the rails needs something doing to it.

     

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    Brand-new out of the box this morning, Cargo Waggon's. I was surprised at how light these are and they just sound amazing!

    Heavy weathering added to the list!

     

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    Where do I even begin here? Top to bottom...

    The hoppers need a coupling overhaul to close the gaps. The sprung Rapido's push the wagons apart, causing the train as a whole to be way longer than It should be. If this rake were to be compressed - pushing the couplings together - I could add two more wagons to the rake and it would still be the same length!

    The vans are pretty much good to go. I've converted the two end vans to Easi-Shunt couplings. I'll be looking to add more VBA's to this rake.

    The tankers need de-branding and repainting. They are ICI Methanol and I am after a rake of plain black tankers. I could have just bought the black ones to begin with, but where's the fun in that?!

     

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    SPA wagons arrived last week and BAA's arrived this morning with the CW's.

    - Quick question. Would these two rakes be realistic if combined in to one? I did try looking up images of steel coil trains but only saw one kind in bulk -

    I love the diversity in these two rakes. I must have spent at least a hour messing about with the loads in the SPA's and the BAA's just keep on giving.

    Loaded. Unloaded. Cradles. No cradles. Stanchions. No stanchions. It's like a 6-for-1 deal!

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    There is a slight issue.

     

    This...

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    Goes on this...

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    Times that by five.

     

    Add three steel coils.

     

    Then add the slightest of bumps. What do you get?

     

    This...

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    And I have six of them! I'm already trying to come up with a way of securing the load but still have it removable.

    Add it to the list!

    Mike

    The BAAs never ran on the WHL but its your railway and you can run what you like! If they did run i think stanchions would have been more likely as they would have been used for Aluminium ingots also you could probably just about get away with the methanol tanks as a chemical for the Papermill or Aluminium works.

     

    You have made a great start can't beat a 37 with some Cargowaggons if you want a run down on WHL freight give me shout

     

    Dave

    Tarbhit

    in Layout topics

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    All

     

    Just an update the layout is now at my model club and i have space to work on it and store it and it will become a loop rather than an L shape i have liberated some scrap wood from my work to do this picture updates soon rolling stock mostly in place or on order

     

    Dave

    Why was the buff beam and buffer heads painted on 25 235?

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    Can't find any evidence that 25235 was used at an open day or royal train it may have been an Eastfield depot spruce up to was around this time that they started putting the now legendary Scottie/Westie dog emblems on class 37s

    Also the reason i think that the numbers appear squashed is St Rollox/Glasgow Works applied larger numbers to overhauled locos can't remember the exact started but think it was 6 inches Glasgow works used 8 inch numbers

     

    Dave

    Why was the buff beam and buffer heads painted on 25 235?

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    Bob

     

    That's no problem Boness usually have a winter diesel gala on or about the 28th or 29th of December gives you a year to plan a trip there if you are far away there may also be a summer gala keep an on srpsdiesel.co.uk or follow them on twitter or Facebook should keep you up to date on progress also see link below for six bells junction it lists all the railtours and locos which worked them the further back you go the less complete the records so it may not always which loco has worked a tour

     

    http://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/ht1981.htm

     

    Dave

    Aluminium works in the steam era - What wagons and loads?

    in UK Prototype Questions

    Posted

    Corbs

     

    Hope i can help the Burntisland plant was not an Aluminium works it was a processing plat for thebauxite ore . I am not sure of the exact process but raw ore was brought into the river Forth and transhipped from bulk carriers into barges which were unloaded on to 16 ton mineral wagons and taken the short distance from the docks to the works .

     

    Rail operations to the plant ceased in the 80's i think the steam pugs lasted until late 70's and the plant closed in the early 2000's (sadly now a housing estate)

     

    Traffic would have been

     

    Bauxite ore in 16 ton minerals

     

    Heavy oil for the power/burners at the plant

     

    Covhops for the finished processed ore

     

    Also other chemicals were used i think caustic soda in tank wagons this was later brought in by ship and road tanker to the works

     

    Kind Regards

     

    Dave

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    Farish 2018 wishlist frothing.

    in Graham Farish

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    As above I will like to see the OTA in N also as a totally out there the humble class 06

     

    Hopefully we will see more liveries on the existing diesel locos and shrinking of OO train sets the class 20 with breakdown coaches would be a good candidate

     

    Hopefully an ML 37/3 in N will appear

     

    Dave

    Which Railway Magazines Do You Read

    in UK Prototype Questions

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    I read Model Rail and dip in and out of BRM and buy any of the other modelling mags if they have a particular layout or article that is useful.

     

    I stopped buying any of the real railway magazines a long time ago get most of this content from internet now but have bought a few of the Locomotives Illustrated issues

     

    There are some serious gaps in the market for us D & E modellers there could and should be a magazine or even a section in one of the other mags just for D & E articles and layouts it has been reported here and elsewhere a few exhibitions have had no steam only OO layouts so hopefully magazine content will reflect this

     

    Some of the model mags may as well be GWR magazine so why not launch a GWR modelling mag if the alleged popularity of GWR steam is anything to go by then it would be a success

     

    Dave

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