scottishlocos

Jim

Good photos glad Colas supports our hobby and has the best traction policy of all the current operator's

Dave

Jim

Hope you don't mind me posting this as 37025 has featured a few times in your posts I am not a member of SRPS and don't have any connection with them some of the people may wish to go on or photograph this tour.

We are delighted to announce that on Saturday 16 July 2016, 37025 has been booked to haul the ‘Golden Stag’ railtour from Linlithgow to Aviemore and Inverness. This will be 37025’s debut railtour and has been organised as a joint venture between the Group and the SRPS with GB Railfreight operating the train on the day.

In order to book onto these railtours you need to either:

• Book via the SRPS Railtour’s online-booking service on www.srpsrailtours.com; or

• Call the SRPS’s railtour hotline on 0131 202 1033.

Booking will be available from Friday 13th May 2016.

Return Fares (including seat reservations):

• Standard class = £72

• First class = £109

Approximate times

We are expected to depart Linlithgow at about 0830, Inverkeithing at 0855 and Perth at 1000 on the way north, arriving in Aviemore at 1215 and Inverness at 1300. Departure from Inverness will be at 1800 and Aviemore at 1850 with arrivals in Perth at 2045, Inverkeithing at 2205 and Linlithgow at 2225. Final timings and tickets will be sent one week before tour.

Hi

Here are a few photos of Waterloo Goods as it is today

Dave

Guys

A few pics from a trip on Cumbrian Coast with 37423

Dave

Hi

Really like this layout I visited Waterloo Goods yard recently and took some photos from the over bridge which you have modelled well here.

Dave

Paul

So glad Tonbridge is back I remember reading about it in the free supplements with Rail I still have them!

This is one of the layouts that made me want to do model railways.

Dave

I believe they are nicknamed cats

Guys elsewhere on the forum somebody has said nicknames for Scotrail ones are dotty 1 and dotty 2!

Dave

Jim

That's a well kept 08 at Derby also noticed all of the 37 you have been driving are all ex Inverness loco's

Dave

Toffee

Thanks for posting that's great I can use my Scotrail 68 on freight trains the N gauge version is on my Xmas list.

Jim

Great pics of 37025 you must have been one of the most photographed trains in UK that day would obviously like to see her work a few trains up here but as long as she is mainline earning her keep and some £ to help restore her sisters. You never know if Colas still need 37's you could be driving 37261 when she is restored.

Also Jim if you can you should try and get here for Bo'ness diesel gala you could even bring the class 70 don't think they have had one there yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John

I am fairly sure timber loading was done at Taynuilt well into the 2000's as part of the Enterprise network I think operations were at some point concentrated at Crainlarich until EWS lost the contract for the timber

Eddie

Thanks for sharing you do have a great job love the pic of the 37's on the swing bridge. Also like the 66 on the Scotsman

Dave

To my mind they are better looking in the flesh than pictures. If you stand below track level and look up at them going past they do remind this old guy of a D800 Warship. They also make good guttural noises when being pushed a bit as when they double headed the Daventry Scotland train last year for a few weeks. Being lucky ? Enough to live next to the WCML I can see the Mountsorrel most days if I want to, only need to see Dottie 007 and the latest pair at the moment ! Worth tracking down

Toffee

Hope you get to see dottie 007 soon hope my pics will do in the meantime we call this livery Spotrail 

All

Some pics of the Scotrail Class 68007 Valiant as for my namesake these are true Scottishlocos with the livery to match

Wow

Has it really been over a year. Had a lot going on last year passing driving test getting my first ever car and seeing Vulcan XH558 for the final few times so railways and model railways have taken a bit of a backburner. Having said that i am still building up the stock to run on Loch Tarbhit just more slowly than I would have liked. I now have most of the freight I wish to run so focus has turned to passenger trains coaches are proving elusive and expensive but I continue to check E-bay and local model shops.

I shall post a few update photos soon the layout is safe and well.

Dave 

Jim

Great pics any idea whats in the hoppers behind EWS 66

Jim

Jim

If you get a chance can you fit a Westie to 37175   The Colas livery looks good with NR yellow coaches

Dave

Guys

I seen 68006 on the Fife loco turn last night the 3D sample looks good may just have to get one even it it's not my era

Dave

Jim

Glad you got to drive a 37 again hopfully more Colas 37's will be running soon hearing you guys have won a few contracts and in running for a few more!

Regards

Dave

All

What is your favourite depot where class 37's were based no surprise but has to be Motherwell for me .

The Ravenscraig pool locos were used on heavy trains and full power was used on a good portion of these journeys.With a good reliabillity rate.

Then there was the mid to late 90's i dont think other depots could have survived such a massive loss most of it's traffic wiped out.

Despite clouse under DBS it is now used by DRS and class 37's do still make it there every now and then.

True grit what a good depot but what is your favourite maybe you worked there or had a visit or open day. Please share post pics or anecdotes/stories what makes your class 37 depot

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All

What a great operation a very modelable train this is sort of traffic the railways should be winning back all over he country

thanks for posting

Sadly mostly freight

 

Single Class 37 northbound departing Aviemore, very early in the morning

 

Pair of Class 37 departing Paisley with Hunterston - Ravenscraig Iron Ore, due to signal stop (as the train wouldn't normally stop)

and then following on from that

with one additional Class 37 on any southbound Mossend - Ravenscraig Iron Ore or coal train

Nice

My family are from Lanarkshire but we moved and i was still young i can remember seeing Ravenscraig and a trip to Motherwell TMD when i was younger there was blue and redstripe class 37's and a breakdown train wish i had seen one of these trains seen a few vids of them amazing noise

Dave

All

Just a bit of fun what are your favorite 37 hauled trains passenger and freight 1 rule though

They must be trains which you have actualy seen in in the flesh feel free to post pics if you have them too

Mine are both Scottish services as you would expect,

The Royal Scotsman it is etched in my memory seeing 37428 when repainted into the Maroon livery being sent off by a piper

The freight train is the Hartlepool to Georgemass pipe train what a glorious racket and those big yellow pipes just look good

Dave

Jim

Sorry to hear of the failure of 56113 looks like you had your own diesel gala that day though!

Seen a pic of DRS 37 and the errant 56 with some good clag from the exhausts.

Also after repairs 56113 made back up to Grangemouth