RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 23, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2010 Whilst travelling home yesterday, I passed this sad sight on the M5, 56100 being taking from Margam Knuckle Yard to ? Kingsbury ? for scrapping. (And yes there was a passenger taking the pics !) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 23, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2010 makes you think, I remember when they were built, the first new locos that I can remember. Toton was a whole world of newness to behold... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 23, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2010 makes you think, I remember when they were built, the first new locos that I can remember. Toton was a whole world of newness to behold... When I worked at Dartford in 1979/80, there was a regular 56 working with coal for the cement plant at Northfleet (I think!). Whatever, the sound of the 56 being opened up after observing the 15mph through the platform was akin to a jet revving up. Memorable! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Whilst travelling home yesterday, I passed this sad sight on the M5, 56100 being taking from Margam Knuckle Yard to ? Kingsbury ? for scrapping. (And yes there was a passenger taking the pics !) Are my eyes deceiving me or is that a shedplate on the front? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydeeeee Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 at least plenty are saved for preservation, but still a little sad :-( Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Thumper Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 Are my eyes deceiving me or is that a shedplate on the front? Likely to be painted on as apposed to a cast fixing, had that been cast i dare say the company would have removed it along with all the other fittings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester Thumper Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 was 56100 a romanian build or a BR build? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 was 56100 a romanian build or a BR build? BR - only the first 30 were built by Electroputere of Romania Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harkins77 Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 56100 was br built. Only number 1 through to number 30 were built between 1976-1977 in romania. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 The first one I saw in traffic was 56031. That was probably due to the fact that in the first few months, the Romanian batch didn't get out very much. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 23, 2010 Share Posted July 23, 2010 It doesn't seem so long ago that one newsy magazine was buzzing about a 'new livery' that would appear on the last 56 to be built. It came out in plain grey. Plain grey a livery??? I photographed on its trial run to Bangor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 24, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2010 This makes me feel really old. I remember going to a Doncaster open day when they were building their batch. The frames came from Crewe and several sets were sitting around on bogie wagons and the ones in the new build shop were all in the 5609X series I think so I might ahve seen tjis as a green painted set of frames with a distint upwards bow shape that dissappeared when they lowered the engine into place. From memory this was the last of the Doncaster ones and Crewe did the last 35. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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