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I wish I'd seen that - I haven't seen a train of any description crossing the Wicker in about 10 years

I work at Woodburn Junction Signalbox and if you want to see anything going over wicker arches we have 6J57 from Rotherham to Deepcar run Mondays to Fridays at around 18:15/18:30 and it returns (as 6J58) between 20:00 & 21:00 usually with a 66 on the front but sometimes a 60 can be seen on it. Also the railhead treatment train is due to start running again soon which is usually top and tailed with a pair of 66's but this year we are promised that a pair of 20's will be used (20189 in green & 20142 in blue... both which have been used for driver road learning for the past few weeks)

Always good to to see oddities like this

Good find

I spent ages looking at all the Class 37 single headcode Inverness based locos in BR blue, to try and find one with an Inverness stag

I came to the conclusion it was either 37260, 37261, 37262, or 37263, prior to Large Logo

I then tried to match up the headlamp, as 37263 has it in a slightly higher position from normal

This then deducted 37260 and 37261, leaving 37262 and 37263

I also looked for the unique weathering on 37263, but the photos I found were the other end and no Inverness stag on the other side

You're lucky that id spent ages reviewing Inverness 37's for modelling possiblilties so had quite a few photos bookmarked and saved and after months of looking i changed my mind and decided to concentrate on Eastfield ones instead because i prefer split box 37s which Eastfield had more of

Funnily enough it turned out to be the first one i looked at which was a pure fluke because none of the other photos i could find of 37263 don't show the markings

Not many 37's got the plain white Stags, 37263 by any chance?

 

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Mark

 

 

 

I'd agree with Mark after comparing the front end markings on this photo of 37263 - http://www.flickr.co...N08/4238261114/

no worries i'm trying to decide how to do 37081 and i've been trying to decide for 3 months now! it's either br blue with white stripe or large logo with the odd number style or large logo with standard numbers and small westie or large logo with standard numbers and large westie! so 37111 decisions are far less complicated

Grrrrrr! I'd just worked out how i was going to model 37111 (Large logo and named Loch Eil Outward Bound) and now seeing those two photos of it with the odd number placing and original skirts i'm having second thoughts

158722, thanks again, i have 27045 wrote on the back of the photo but even when i scanned in the neg, i still thought it was wrong, you have confirmed it for me

BTW I was looking at Airthrey Park on fotopic a couple of months ago, excellent layout and plenty of inspiration there, especially the 26 mods done on the early Heljan 26's and after watching the vids on youtube i'm definitely going to add sound to at least one class 26 and 27, i was only going to do it to a couple of 37's but not anymore

158722, You sir are an absolute star thanks for the info on my unidentified 26's especially the "Glasgow's Smiles Better" one, i can now model this one

awesome video, i'm so pleased you didn't compress the sound at all, i just LOVE that sound sad ending

Oh the memories! it was touring the highlands behind 26's and 37's in the 80's that gave me my love of scotland! so much so that i visit the highlands two or three times a year now i may not go by train now because i'm not a sprinter fan (and i prefer to drive now) but it created a life time facination with the place that feels more like home than my home does

3 more 27's and a couple of 40's

27052 at Dundee

27045 at Inverness

27046 at Glasgow Queen Street

40060 at Haymarket

40160 at Dundee

Thanks Peter, yep thats the inverness highland stags head on a yellow backed sticker instead of the usual white stags head when i finally get around to getting myself a Heljan class 27, thats one on my shortlist of candidates i'd like to model, just got to get a couple or three more 26's before i do though (I must stop buying models just to display and concentrate on getting my Scottish locos for a new layout instead )

(I have a photo of 27052 with the yellow stag too)

A few 27's in July 1985

Firstly a couple of poor photos at Edinburgh Waverley, 27008 and 27026

27008 at Leuchars

And a couple of shots at Inverkeithing, 27020 and 27051

Thanks that and the one of 26037 outside inverness are my fave two 26 photos i ever got

it's been a long time since i went through Dingwall by train, i drove through 2 years ago but never stopped, pity about the goods shed.

thanks for the link to the signalbox interior, as a signalman myself it's always nice to check out other boxes

Thought i'd add a few 26's in the mix from my trips in the 80's

An unidentified 26 26036 arriving at Dingwall (Identified for my by 158722)

26032 at Achanalt

26037 at Inverness

Another unidentified 26 26035 at Garve (Identified for me by 158722)

A pair of unidentified class 26's at Achnasheen

Anybody else noticed on 06003's video of 47 564 above that its rake has 5 brake coaches on it! No shortage of room for bikes in those days. kev.

yeah, i spotted that too, i had to replay that bit again while i was watching to check that i wasn't seeing things

loved the low level class 37 shot and the farewell to the 27s sounded ace

i've just got one photo of an 08 at Waverley in 1984, 08718, no station detail though, just the gronk

And since it's 08's, here are 08730 & 08763 taken from a moving train on the 14th of October 1988 at Haymarket

this is my fave thread by far and now complete with videos!!!! excellent, thanks Bruce

anyone else got any videos? especially highland 26's and 37's

love the shot of the 06 now if only hornbys model was any good!

Hmmm! it seems to have some strange growth on the front

Love the 08 one, pity about the colour of the stock though

yep, thats the observation coach I mentioned

And here is 37065 at Sheffield in June 1985 showing that it had 2 different fronts at the same time

really enjoyed going through this thread, here's one of my own

37062 at Tinsley in August 1987 with odd split boxes

Great photos Bruce & Peter.

I can't help on the 47's, they never were my top subject even though i now look back at them and wonder why not?

Does anyone have any photos of any of the observation coaches used during the 80's on the Glasgow to Oban or Fort William lines? i have the photo i took above at Ardlui but better photos of that one and any others would be welcome. I know there was a Class 101 Metro Cammel DMU that was converted but as far as i know that only ran on the Inverness to Kyle line

Just 3 more pics i have at Ardlui