Bernard Lamb Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Clayton D8568 has been in the works at Chinnor for the past eight years. Yesterday she had a trial run prior to appearing at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Diesel Gala today. In true Clayton style she suffered a mechanical failure. She was in the yard and I was presented with an orange vest and allowed to go and take a couple of photos. She does look rather smart. Fond memories as I used to work very close to the Hemelite works. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Moss Posted August 8, 2010 Share Posted August 8, 2010 Very nice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Problems with the turbocharger it was taken out today after a difficult time and will go back to workshop for reassembly. Admire the guys working on the loco they have achieved a miricale with this loco,also a point was being repaired as it was spreading the gauge and a clamp was to be fitted,being achieved by nine men offering different ideas!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted August 18, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2010 Nice restoration job there - just about the first time I've seen a Clayton with all the access doors shut. LOL Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 Just one point that I have noticed. Imsforever might know who to ask about it or there must be some experts on here who know about such things. In it's previous life at Chinnor it carried no multiple coupling indication. Now it shows blue star. According to Marsden and Fenn Claytons were red diamond for D8500 to D8587 and blue star for D8588 to D8616. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted August 19, 2010 Share Posted August 19, 2010 Your subconcious clearly at work in the title: Clayton Almost Back, Inaction. Very neat looking design which the restoration shows off very well, with what on the face of it should provide excellent crew lookout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted August 20, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2010 It looks good. I probably saw it on it's delivery run. They came north up the Settle and Carlisle in pairs, presumably so that one could tow the other in case of problems. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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