Hi Guys,
I know the membership has varied interest's but what is your most favorite real (not N Gauge) British Rail Diesel loco of all time?
Mine is the Class 58........http://www.c58lg.co.uk/..... Hence my devotion to this worthy cause. My second fav is the class 60, again I cant help devoting time + Money to this worthy cause......
http://www.c60pg.co.uk/
Would love to see your choices.....................................
Questions don"t come any easier than this one, Class 47.
great choice for a topic!
Mine used to be the 47 but now Im torn between 52's and 60's
I'm an 08 Gronk fan :) Although technically it's sort of an LMS diesel, at least in design.
Class 50 in large logo livery or Warship
My favourites were the Deltics when they were in service but now I favour the class 60's. Sorry to upset those above but the class I used to hate were the 47's, purely because they took over all the work of the 40's, 25's, peaks etc and they became all you ever saw on passenger services for a few years.
I'm with Zwilnik on this one. The length of service alone shows us that the 08 is the best. ;D It was also the only train I could afford at 15 years old, which was handy!
What would the feeling be amongst you guys about the most popular diesel loco by volume of answers being made into a new smilie on the site (With Tank's permission of course??)................
wooo hoooo...
Im gonna be the first to post this..
My all time fav diesel is a :Class37:
Quote from: porkie on March 30, 2011, 09:50:02 PM
wooo hoooo...
Im gonna be the first to post this..
My all time fav diesel is a :Class37:
I 2nd that! :Class37:
Class 52 Westerns. No debate for me! :thumbsup:
A class 73 sort of counts... ;D If this class my particular favourite is 73140, which used to be a daily sight passing my school on the Lavant gravel trains in the late 1980s/early 90s.
I, for one, was a very happy boy when this loco was saved. :)
52s
with 42, 35, 50, 33 close behind
and 55, 31, 58
not forgetting 47, 20
...and tadpoles of course
Class 42 warship, nice old diesel.
Quote from: tadpole on March 30, 2011, 10:43:59 PM
52s
with 42, 35, 50, 33 close behind
and 55, 31, 58
not forgetting 47, 20
...and tadpoles of course
.....................It seems you forgot to mention the class 60 Lol. Thanks Tadpole and best regards
Funny no one has mentioned a class 66 0r 70 yet...(Hehehe,)
I'm more of a kettle fan but for me it has to be a Gronk! :thumbsup:
When I was growing up in Kent I used to watch the class 08's and class 09's shunting away at Hoo Marshalling Yard on the North Kent line.
Thats back in the days when you could get near to that type of place without some security guard appearing and going into a Gestapo routine!
Happy days... :)
I don't have a favourite. Probably because there weren't any in my formative years.
But I do rather like this one :- http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=154247 There is something about it that shouts out " I do what it says on the can !!
" :A1Tornado: but for me steam will always be king :thumbsup:
I like the class 04 and class 08. The 04 because of the look and the 08 just because.......
GWR Rail Car - It has the face of a storm trooper!
I went past Cardiff steelworks the other day and there was a class 08 in the sidings by the road. There are also two class 08's in EWS livery in the sidings just outside Newport docks.
Since I started spotting in the late 70s by the ECML, it can only be the Class 55 Dektic for me. Nothing even comes close to the sheer power of those twin Napiers blasting off from Kings Cross!
I'm not a big diesel fan, but...
the class 29 has character [I was going to say it reminds me of a [breed of dog] but couldn't think of the name.
Oh yes, and the Warship's not bad either. :)
I think that looking at all the threads so far that the most popular seems to be the Class 08 'Gronk', funny no one has mentioned the class 20 yet!!?
Keep em coming guys :thumbsup:
Class 60, every time. :thumbsup:
Class 50 no contest.. the only class I saw every member of as a trainspotter in my youth..
I do have a fondness for class 20s too. they were very rare in South Wales and made a lovely burbly whistly sound.
Graham
Quote from: cupoftea on April 02, 2011, 05:55:48 PM
I like the class 04 and class 08. The 04 because of the look and the 08 just because.......
Agree :thumbsup: both great little engines
I am with Claude Dreyfus class 73s
I got the chance to have a cab ride from three bridges to haywards heath on a departmental train in the 90s
the livery that really does it for me is the gbrf livery
next its 33s
daz
For me it has to be the class 37. I just love the shape, the sound and range of liveries.
Strange that any one has yet to mention the Class 20?????
Are there no fans out there??????? ???
Quote from: owl729 on April 28, 2011, 11:40:15 PM
Strange that any one has yet to mention the Class 20?????
Are there no fans out there??????? ???
Well class 20s are pretty awesome, I love the burbling noise they make, but there's just so much to choose from which is why I went with class 50s
Graham
Anything from the English Electric family; the noise of 37s and 20s especially is very reminiscent of the EE-engined DEMUs of my youth in Ireland: some power units in use there are now 45 years old!!
Can't beat a Hymek blasting through Cardiff General.
Cardiff General!,, wow haven't heard it called that for years!, and unfortunately Hymeks are a little early for my time at Cardiff. A pair of 37s squeeling down the grade from Queen Street with a long MGR train was more my time, or even a pair of 56s on the iron ore train...
Graham
Quote from: grumbeast on May 22, 2011, 12:38:09 AM
Cardiff General!,, wow haven't heard it called that for years!, and unfortunately Hymeks are a little early for my time at Cardiff. A pair of 37s squeeling down the grade from Queen Street with a long MGR train was more my time, or even a pair of 56s on the iron ore train...
Graham
Diesel electric interlopers (although I could just about cope with a pair of Ingys - 37s to you!). Hydraulic transmissions and big Maybachs, that's the stuff of dreams .....
Mind you, the doctor has some concerns about me .......
Quote from: grumbeast on May 22, 2011, 12:38:09 AM
Cardiff General!,, wow haven't heard it called that for years!, and unfortunately Hymeks are a little early for my time at Cardiff. A pair of 37s squeeling down the grade from Queen Street with a long MGR train was more my time, or even a pair of 56s on the iron ore train...
Graham
You guys make me feel really old! I can remember steam locos in my early years! Oh the sound and smell!
Definitely Westerns in my case. The last gasp of taste and style before British Rail Swindon was turned into part of the blue soulless blob.
Fortunately the style lives on both preserved and because elements of it were reborn in the class 66 front end.
I've developed a real soft-spot for the humble Class 14, since seeing them in action on the Nene Valley. Not only do they sound great, they don't half shift!
:Class91:
14s are kinda cute, they remind me of something a little more European than most British classes though.
Has to be a 31 for me, although I've a really soft spot for the NIR 80 class DMU, having used them to get to work (or not) for a few years.
I can remember 14s as station pilots around Cardiff General around 1966 - 67. Then parked up at the back of Canton shed. I, too, always had a soft spot for them.
Only got three of them so far .....
(Doctor, I need some more of that pretty pink medicine ....)
Quote from: cupoftea on May 22, 2011, 09:57:27 AM
Quote from: grumbeast on May 22, 2011, 12:38:09 AM
Cardiff General!,, wow haven't heard it called that for years!, and unfortunately Hymeks are a little early for my time at Cardiff. A pair of 37s squeeling down the grade from Queen Street with a long MGR train was more my time, or even a pair of 56s on the iron ore train...
Graham
You guys make me feel really old! I can remember steam locos in my early years! Oh the sound and smell!
Me to Cupoftea, I remember little Pannier Tanks at Cardiff in the 1950s, always had a sticky when we had holidays in Wales.
I have always had a soft spot for the Hymek
My favourite has to be the class 60, takes 2 of those boring American things to match one of these :thumbsup:
and closely followed by the class 47, no idea why though :smiley-laughing:. Just something about them.
Quote from: Tank on March 30, 2011, 09:28:30 PM
I'm with Zwilnik on this one. The length of service alone shows us that the 08 is the best. ;D It was also the only train I could afford at 15 years old, which was handy!
I'll vote for the 08 as well. Can it be converted to steam? ;D
Definitely class 37 for me. There's nothing like the sound of a 37 at full chat!
I do like the 60s and 56s though. Shame there aren't more of them about nowadays.
Time to show my age now as I grew up in the transition between steam and diesel, but in my trainspotting days I would travel the UK to see Deltics at Kings Cross and Sandy, Hydraulics at Paddington/Bristol (Westerns, Warships, Hymeks and even the class 22), Peaks at St.Pancras and Bedford - but I guess my all time favourites are the class 40 Whistlers and the Peaks. I still love the Hydraulics though! Class 47's I guess were the equivalent of a Ford Mondeo?? Class 20's or Type 1's as they were sounded good but failed too often, as did the Baby Deltics. Class 25's were a bit like heads - everybody had one (I cleaned that up from the original)
Got to be Deltics , serving onboard RN 'ton' class sweepers , down in the engine room ..Then going home on leave , on the ECML pulled by a Deltic loco . The sounds and smells will always stay with me . Happy days , cheers John .
Ok,I have 2 favourites,firstly,when I was 9,back in 1979,we moved house.It was a 15 minute bike ride down to Bessacarr Junction on the ECML.There,we always saw Deltics thunder along that stretch about a mile prior to the drivers knocking off the power of those twin Napiers.
What a sound they made travelling past at 90ish mph,made your chest rattle like nothing else could.
Also,HST's.They sounded fantastic,looked great as well but the sound of the Paxman Valenta,with its deep,throbby engine note and whistling,huge turbo's will be etched into my mind till the day I die.Unlike todays MTU engined HST's.They just sound completely soulless in my opinion.
I'm no Diesel expert but my earliest railway memory was standing on the platform at Church Fenton with my old man ( the old station before they butchered it and replaced the superb buildings with bus shelters :'( ) ..the rails started to vibrate and then a massive Blue 37 flashed past and I must have jumped 4 foot in the air.
Thats got to be my fave..
Cudders
definately this particular beast:
http://www.railwayherald.co.uk/imaging.centre/showimage.php?image=182573&type=55&gallery=X8&cbcsection=diesel|@type=55
Just awesome!
There's just something about a class 29,after that it would have to be a 37 and a 66.
Steve
class 37, preferably large logo scheme !
I am starting to like the Class 66, the colour schemes of the private hauliers are superb so I can see my self buying 3 or 4.
Class 66 !
I got one in Malcolm Logistics livery from :GraFar: --- but no luck to see one on my journey to London and York 2010 :-[
(just other liveries)
Hi folks,
Deltics and Westerns.
Deltics as they were staple locomotives when spotting in Edinburgh in the 70s.
Westerns when I had my first ever 6 months living away from home in the summer of 1976 as part of my college course. Couldn't stay away from shuttling between Paddington and Reading behind the Wezzies.
Andy Hoskins
Falkirk
Class 70. (Runs away very quickly.)
Seriously Poliss! :) you think you can run fast enough ;D ;D
if you are being serious (which I doubt/hope/wish/beg!) what on earth do you like about them that makes them a favourite!
Graham
Well, Deltics and 37s are my real favourites, but I do like the 70. Reminds me of a car from the 40s or 50s.
As a fellow ferroequinologist you should be ashamed :o At least go and stand on the naughty step :smiley-laughing:
i like class 73s best, electro-diesels, is that allowed?
i also really like the shape of the class 21/22/29, 28, 71 and 74, but i wasn't around to see them in action and i've never seen any in preservation...
i'm quite keen on smaller sulzer diesels as well.
apart from that i'm pretty much interested in all the classes that i remember is the 80s and 90s when i was a child...
Not that it's correct for my location, but an interesting diesel was the Metropolitan Vickers Class 28 Co-Bo. I guess we won't see this being released by Dapol or Farish.
well.... maybe one day, i mean if the n gauge market really grows.... they are making all these short lived / prototype diesels in OO now, and who'd have thought that really... and 70s and 80s modeling is the future market as well, all the people who remember steam will be too old to model / dead soon...
tim
Quote from: bluedepot on July 07, 2011, 07:20:22 PM
well.... maybe one day, i mean if the n gauge market really grows.... they are making all these short lived / prototype diesels in OO now, and who'd have thought that really... and 70s and 80s modeling is the future market as well, all the people who remember steam will be too old to model / dead soon...
tim
Cheers Tim
I'd better get on with booking a cemetery plot on line, or shall I just go up in
steam smoke :evil:
Quote from: newportnobby on July 06, 2011, 10:04:46 PM
Not that it's correct for my location, but an interesting diesel was the Metropolitan Vickers Class 28 Co-Bo. I guess we won't see this being released by Dapol or Farish.
It has been done in N by Ian Stoate and its a nice little model. The ends are white metal castings with an etched body so there are no fiddly bits and it sits on a Farish Poole mixed 31 chassis with one end sawn down and a 20/25 bogie instead of a 31 bogie. Nice kit of an interesting and unusual prototype.
Picture of the class 70 for our forum friends abroad who may not have seen this relatively new GM Loco on British Metals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Freightliner_class_70_number_70001_leaves_Claycross_Tunnel.jpg
My personal favourite has to be the class 56 closely followed by the 37`s, nothing beats the sound of either of these two on heavy container trains in east anglia!!!!!
Stuart
This is what the class 70 reminds me of. One of my favourite shows from the 50s. ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umvbqPUMoKg
One word - Deltic.
There is only one number I like to hear '37'
:Class37:
For me the class 55, I know the DP1 is out in DCC which I am very very happy with but would so like to have a DCC ready BR Blue Class 55 on my layout, well more than one actually/ :D
Still the Class 47, pretty as a picture.
For me it has to be the class 37, especially when its working seriously hard! although that said i'm fond of the 47's, 60's :Class37:
:Class31: i like the class 31 and the class 08
It seems to me we have a sub culture which should be named "The Class 37 Appreciation Society" or something like, closely followed by the Class 55.
Of course, they're not related :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
The Class 31 deserves appreciation for its longevity, as does the 08 (I nearly got mown down by a 31 while spotting at Finsbury Park without permission) - that shows how long they've been with us ;D
Quote from: newportnobby on August 18, 2011, 05:52:48 PM
It seems to me we have a sub culture which should be named "The Class 37 Appreciation Society" or something like, closely followed by the Class 55.
Of course, they're not related :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
The Class 31 deserves appreciation for its longevity, as does the 08 (I nearly got mown down by a 31 while spotting at Finsbury Park without permission) - that shows how long they've been with us ;D
It does sound like that re the Class 37 does'nt it, my love of them came from exposure to them pounding out of crewe in the early to mid nineties on the Wales coast trains as a teenager and frequent trips down the coast line on them with my friend at the time! happy days! Crewe is such a sad place now we cant sit on the end of the platform overlooking the depot watching the various locos shuffling around... some of them not in the best state pouring black smoke out, and some with barely any paint left on, i do like the 31's and 47's too, have a couple of photos of 47467 and a RFD (from memory) in a terrible state externally, but still running!
At the risk of being called a B.O.F. I remember Crewe in the steam days and it was Mecca for rail fans, but it seems to have gone downhill so much now. I still think anything with a wheel arrangement of 1Co-Co1 is the dogs whatsits :thumbsup:
Class 60 for me, although the sound of a 37 is music to my ears :thumbsup:
Quote from: The Cuckoo on August 21, 2011, 06:52:35 PM
Class 60 for me, although the sound of a 37 is music to my ears :thumbsup:
If you like class 60's, you may be interested in this:
http://www.c60pg.co.uk/
:thumbsup:
Quote from: owl729 on August 21, 2011, 07:31:45 PM
Quote from: The Cuckoo on August 21, 2011, 06:52:35 PM
Class 60 for me, although the sound of a 37 is music to my ears :thumbsup:
If you like class 60's, you may be interested in this:
http://www.c60pg.co.uk/
:thumbsup:
Thank's for the link, it's great to see that a preservation group has already been set up for Tugs ;D
I've only just got around to picking up a copy of the book from the power series entitled 'The Power of the 60s by Gavin Morrison and have to say that it's a must have item for anyone with an interest in this class.
Depends if you mean diesel loco in the true sense of the word, or diesel in general ;)
My favourite proper loco has to be the Class 55 'Deltic' - may not have been the most versatile, although 55022 was recently hired out for freight duties so maybe it just never got the chance? 100mph all day long and the sound of those twin 18-cylinder Delta engines was just magical 8). Did a tour with 55022 a couple of years ago along the mid-Wales line, fantastic throbbing noises in the tunnels up those gradients but not once did they have to fire up the '47 on the rear end to help out ;)
The only thing that is higher in my esteem is the Class 43 HST - a true design classic that is still with us 35 years after its debut, and still a darn site better and more comfortable than the horrible Voyagers/Meridians/Adelantes that they keep trying to "replace" them with on various routes ::). They may have lost the Valenta sound, but they just keep going and going. Such is my adoration for these trains that I have been a member of 125 Group (http://www.125group.org.uk/) for some years now and hope to see at least one set preserved, AND returned to Valenta-power :thumbsup:
Paul
Well I'm with you Class 20 guys.
Had one in BR Green down at the Bo'ness & Kinneil Preservation Line No D8020, not far from me. It was a joy to listen to that engine note which is totally different from most other diesels.
It is currently on hire to Wensleydale Railway until mid 2011 I understand.
If you want further information on their stock of diesels just lookm up their site at SRPS Diesel Group
Quote from: Sprintex on August 29, 2011, 07:16:15 PM
Depends if you mean diesel loco in the true sense of the word, or diesel in general ;)
My favourite proper loco has to be the Class 55 'Deltic' - may not have been the most versatile, although 55022 was recently hired out for freight duties so maybe it just never got the chance? 100mph all day long and the sound of those twin 18-cylinder Delta engines was just magical 8). Did a tour with 55022 a couple of years ago along the mid-Wales line, fantastic throbbing noises in the tunnels up those gradients but not once did they have to fire up the '47 on the rear end to help out ;)
The only thing that is higher in my esteem is the Class 43 HST - a true design classic that is still with us 35 years after its debut, and still a darn site better and more comfortable than the horrible Voyagers/Meridians/Adelantes that they keep trying to "replace" them with on various routes ::). They may have lost the Valenta sound, but they just keep going and going. Such is my adoration for these trains that I have been a member of 125 Group (http://www.125group.org.uk/) for some years now and hope to see at least one set preserved, AND returned to Valenta-power :thumbsup:
Paul
I used to work at st phillips marsh and bristol bath road, so I understand why the HST, but best of luck with finding any valentas - most are way past their best and we were getting weekly failures of pistons, liners and cylinder heads before the mtu's were fitted. Shame really, the valenta has no equal when it comes to noise or clagg ! Have great memories of being in the engine room at 125mph with the RSI (rolling stock inspector) checking water temps and oil pressure, looking through the grills at trees as they flew past - Awesome ! Anyway, my favorite is the Class 52 'Western' nothing else looks like it and was also the first model loco ever bought for me by my dad at the Bristol Exibition centre in 1986 ! (thanks dad !:wave:)
125 Group already have a selection of working engines and cooler groups that they have cherry-picked for their low mileage since last overhaul, all have been taken direct from Loughborough as units came in for MTU-installation plus all ancillary parts necessary to retrofit Valentas :)
Paul
Good news ! Obviously I didn't know that... :-[ Been out of the industry a while now (that's my excuse and i'm sticking to it !) so i'm not that up to date. Hope they'll get repainted in original Intercity blue livery ! :thumbsup:
Yes Intercity blue/yellow would be nice, but only AFTER they've seen some daylight in Swallow livery first! ;D
Paul
Quote from: Sprintex on August 29, 2011, 08:50:54 PM
Yes Intercity blue/yellow would be nice, but only AFTER they've seen some daylight in Swallow livery first! ;D
Paul
Fair enough ! As an apprentice, i had to paint a coach in swallow livery - it's all done by hand and takes about 4 days, and my arms were knackered after that :smiley-laughing: - god knows how the paint shop boys did it on a daily basis !
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on August 29, 2011, 09:01:42 PM
god knows how the paint shop boys did it on a daily basis !
Paint Shop Boys? Wasn't that an 80's band?
Oh, damn... now I've thought of that I shall be humming "West End Girls" all day.
Quote from: Mustermark on August 29, 2011, 09:20:33 PM
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on August 29, 2011, 09:01:42 PM
god knows how the paint shop boys did it on a daily basis !
Paint Shop Boys? Wasn't that an 80's band?
Oh, damn... now I've thought of that I shall be humming "West End Girls" all day.
Nice to see a sence of humor ! Although I was expecting sore arm jokes.... Just remember to keep it clean !
Quote from: Mustermark on August 29, 2011, 09:20:33 PM
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on August 29, 2011, 09:01:42 PM
god knows how the paint shop boys did it on a daily basis !
Paint Shop Boys? Wasn't that an 80's band?
Oh, damn... now I've thought of that I shall be humming "West End Girls" all day.
:smiley-laughing: :thumbsup:
After a little thought, for me it is the Deltic. That loco spotting trip at Kinfs Cross in 1962 again. The sound of one starting up , with that expression of sheer power. And having encountered them again on the ECML in their final years, the sound of one in full flight........
class 73 fair enough its a electro diesel
Quote from: mrjamestrain on September 05, 2011, 04:48:40 PM
class 73 fair enough its a electro diesel
Good to see your first post :thumbsup: Welcome. Don't worry about electro diesels - plenty here like them too :) (Too late for me, though)
Quote from: mrjamestrain on September 05, 2011, 04:48:40 PM
class 73 fair enough its a electro diesel
More like a lawnmower on bogies 8)
Alan
newportnobby thanks i really fell in love with these locos when they went past my old house with the gatwick express and yes when running on diesel engin they do sound a little bit like a lawnmower but moved to the midlands :thumbsdown: never scene one again just got to build a layout to model a slice of the gatwick express and dutch yum
73's are a favourite of mine too. I always saw them around this way (Brighton Line), especially hauling the Gatwick Express or broken down EMU's.
For me got to be Deltics!!! I remember standing on Peterborough station looking down the line and feeling a Deltic approach, before actually seeing it. Then as it roared through the centre lines, the Platform shaking like an earthquake had hit, and my chest cavity vibrating with the bass sound of the Napiers. Actual loco is Deltic 6 "The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry", I don't know exactly why, maybe because of the way the name trips of the tongue.
Closely followed by Peaks, being a Leicester lad these were my staple diet in the 70's through Leicester station before HST's replaced them. Being from Leicester we got to see a lot of the 'new' loco's, 56's, 58's etc. as they were being tested by Derby RTC on the MGR's through to Coalville and Burton.
Ahhhh now where are those rose tinted glasses of mine :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
Regards
Neal.
My favorite diesel is the HST(class 43). Ive been a rail enthusiast since i was a child. Since about age 25 you would struggle to find me at home at weekends when not working, i would most likely be travelling on a hst somewhere in the country, quite often found on the overnight boat train to fishguard harbour on a saturday night before great western pulled out of the port.
Over the last year i decided to get back into N gauge modeling after seeing so much more now out for the modern image modeler since i last had models about 10 years ago.
I have now managed to get hold of almost all the models of the HST that have been released, just now trying to get all the coaches to go with them, im getting there bit by bit to form full rakes for all of them.
Quote from: mike170 on September 16, 2011, 10:47:59 PM
My favorite diesel is the HST(class 43). Ive been a rail enthusiast since i was a child. Since about age 25 you would struggle to find me at home at weekends when not working, i would most likely be travelling on a hst somewhere in the country, quite often found on the overnight boat train to fishguard harbour on a saturday night before great western pulled out of the port.
Over the last year i decided to get back into N gauge modeling after seeing so much more now out for the modern image modeler since i last had models about 10 years ago.
I have now managed to get hold of almost all the models of the HST that have been released, just now trying to get all the coaches to go with them, im getting there bit by bit to form full rakes for all of them.
Ahh, a man on a mission! I'm intending a full fleet of Westerns. However SHMBO was heard to utter after the eighth ...... "How many of the bloody things are there then?"
I'm currently hiding all the relevant books and blacklisting any websites ...... my middle name should have been Nostradamus 'cos I've a good idea how this is going to end. Perhaps I can tell her I've seen the error of my ways and I'm going for Hymeks instead.....
Quote from: griffo49 on September 16, 2011, 11:27:33 PM
Quote from: mike170 on September 16, 2011, 10:47:59 PM
My favorite diesel is the HST(class 43). Ive been a rail enthusiast since i was a child. Since about age 25 you would struggle to find me at home at weekends when not working, i would most likely be travelling on a hst somewhere in the country, quite often found on the overnight boat train to fishguard harbour on a saturday night before great western pulled out of the port.
Over the last year i decided to get back into N gauge modeling after seeing so much more now out for the modern image modeler since i last had models about 10 years ago.
I have now managed to get hold of almost all the models of the HST that have been released, just now trying to get all the coaches to go with them, im getting there bit by bit to form full rakes for all of them.
Only one problem there, Griffo. There were more Hymeks than Westerns :smiley-laughing: You're toast :evil:
Ahh, a man on a mission! I'm intending a full fleet of Westerns. However SHMBO was heard to utter after the eighth ...... "How many of the bloody things are there then?"
I'm currently hiding all the relevant books and blacklisting any websites ...... my middle name should have been Nostradamus 'cos I've a good idea how this is going to end. Perhaps I can tell her I've seen the error of my ways and I'm going for Hymeks instead.....
I know there was 101 Hymeks ("copped" them all back in the day) and so do you. But she doesn't. Yet.
It's all part of her education!
It just has to be a Deltic. Many a happy day spent on Northallerton station watching them thunder by at full speed!
Oh happy days :)
Westerns rule ! I now have video evidence... as filmed by me at the 2010 WSR Diesel gala :camera:
(I knew i'd find it eventually... :smiley-laughing: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7TEAs0uGlY&feature=player_detailpage
For me it's the classic Blue/yellow Intercity 125 - that was the train that really got me interested when U I was a kid and I've just bought one for my layout too :D (see my post in the videos section for footage of it)
In terms of a single unit, I do like the 37s too :)
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on November 16, 2011, 12:43:59 AM
Westerns rule ! I now have video evidence... as filmed by me at the 2010 WSR Diesel gala :camera:
(I knew i'd find it eventually... :smiley-laughing: )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7TEAs0uGlY&feature=player_detailpage
Luvverly :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Without a shadow of doubt
The sound and look of whistlers always astounded me!
2nd would be the 25's - Can't you tell i was dragged up in manchester!!!
Quote from: bees on November 16, 2011, 02:30:35 PM
Without a shadow of doubt
The sound and look of whistlers always astounded me!
2nd would be the 25's - Can't you tell i was dragged up in manchester!!!
Top man :thumbsup: We have to stand up for the 40's against all these 37 ers ;)
Has to be the Westerns, standing at New Street waitin for the familiar sound to echo through the tunnels from the paddington train. Bliss, still remeber cabbing Sultan on platform 2.
The Westerns ! I "hitched" a lift home on a diverted stone train one morning from a night shift at Swindon and remember leaping from the back cab onto the platform at Chippenham. Standing there was a Girlfriend from school.... no,I went home to bed and never saw her again.
Deltic, D9009 ( 55009) to be precise. Worked at one point just north of Huntington in the late 70s, to see and hear the Deltic's howling up the bank towards Peterborough was indeed a stirring site. I had moved on just after HST sets were taking more and more of the diagrams.
A
My favourites are these were they ought to be!
(http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/minzapint/Locomotives_stacked_for_scrapping1.jpg)
I thought that was funny until I discovered this on the same site
(http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/minzapint/imagesCAF4VWID.jpg)
good job we all have different tastes!
Best wishes to all
73's & 33's for me.
Dutch liveried 73's used to top and tail the Sunday infrastructure trains on the North Kent Line
But more especially when 33035 appeared in toothpaste livery, Eastleigh shed plates and the name "Spitfire"... All my favorite things on one loco...
:Class414:
Quote from: Alycidon on December 28, 2011, 04:56:16 PM
Deltic, D9009 ( 55009) to be precise. Worked at one point just north of Huntington in the late 70s, to see and hear the Deltic's howling up the bank towards Peterborough was indeed a stirring site. I had moved on just after HST sets were taking more and more of the diagrams.
A
Really 'Alycidon' why on earth would you choose a Deltic .....? ::) :smiley-laughing:
Sorry, couldn't resist it ! Welcome to the Forum by the way ! :wave:
Oi watch it, Deltic is my favourite too along with the HSTs that replaced them :P
Paul
Voyager 220 Cross Country
The DELTIC no argument
Anything powered by an EMD engine, Class 57. 66. 67, they sound like diesels should not tractors.
The BRCW class 33, or the :Class37:, or the class 47
Class 33 for me.
Class 43 hst, just because they look like they're doing 125mph even in the station, and let's face it, they looked so futuristic when they started life in the 70's, we could still show the rest of the world how to build a diesel locomotive! ;D
For me there is only one loco out in front. The Class 45s - these have to be the most understated loco out there. They worked every where, were popular with train crews and sounded superb at full throttle.
Oh how I miss those summer weekends travelling to the west country behind a peak.
Class 43 and Gronks for me....
Really happy we in the N gauge world have an 08 with outside frames now :-)
:Class37:
Nuff said...
It's another vote for the Cromptons (class 33s).
H.
In my green diesel 'armoury' I now have 2 Whistlers and 3 Peaks (I just love 8 axles), 3 x 47's and 3 x Hymeks.
Everything else seems to be in pairs ???
Its got to be the class 50`s :thumbsup:.
For me it was everything in the late 70's early 80's.
Action everywhere.
The good days.
I have no idea why I'm modelling the present day????
I've said it before and I'll say it again, you can't beat a 37, I can hear those con rods now. I say you can't beat it but you can equal it, Class 43 HST with Valenta engines and screaming turbos!! Music!
I'm off to Youtube for a Clag fix!! ;D
Jack
:Class37:
Thats a good idea, I'm off to you tube for a class 58-class 60 fix.
Funnily enough I'm on a train now. It's a class 170 but I can't see anything out the window cos it's dark!
Will be in Nuneaton soon so if I'm lucky I might spot some freight moving through the station !
My favorite diesel has to be the class 55 deltic, then i would say the westener.
Ahh, very easy for myself, it has to be the Deltics especially in its prototype colours followed closely by class 42 Warships
Given my love of all things LMS, it has to be the Gronk, since it is essentially a minor evolution of the LMS design that later became Class 11. I'd go for the 08 rather than the 11 because they were everywhere.
I've made a concession that the odd Farish LMS '08' 7130, which never existed, is allowed in my loco shed, but I'll probably renumber it 712x which would give it an original Class 11 number. If Rails of Sheffield would produce the LMS twins in N gauge rather than just 00, they'd be welcome too.
For me, it has to be the Class 55 Deltic (I grew up near to the ECML and was old enough to catch their last days of service). The HSTs have always seemed to be a rather bland replacement. 37s are also a fave, particularly when they worked the expresses from Cambridge with steam heat!
Quote from: captainelectra on June 24, 2012, 10:49:08 AM
For me, ...... 37s are also a fave, particularly when they worked the expresses from Cambridge with steam heat!
That was when they worked out of Liverpool Street.
There is (today) a pub called the magpie in New St EC2 that in the 70's early 80's was a real (ale) and a railwayman's pub. The landlady (of an age ) had 2 relatives who tended bar. One was Jack (Cutmore I think) and his speciality as a train driver was to work the 16:40 class 37 hauled service to Bury St Edmunds service, this enabled him to tend the morning opening hours (pubs in London closed at 3) and return in time for last orders !. I also remember class 37's on frequent occassions hitting the buffers on platform 10 with Harwich Boat trains..don't know why could have been a turn for the second men who today knows ?
I agree with tyhe Captain. I lived in Hartlepool, but my cousins lived in Darlington, so I spent a lot of time at Top Bank Station, waiting for the Deltics on the ECML. Class 37 is a near thing as well. I also have a soft spot for the Class 4's and 8's.
Hi guys
New here and from Scotland so it has to be class 37's but i would say class 37/4s as there are the best of best 37405 on the Fort William to Edinburgh/London Sleeper in the pitch black round the Horseshoe curve was in the coach next to loco amazing thrash.
Also anything EE is up there with best class 20 nose first anybody
regards
Dave
Having grew up with steam and never seen our diesels in real life (everything here in Oz is USA stuff these days) I have to say I like them all, I have hundreds of hours of British diesels in action on DVD so I guess I am entitled to pick a favorite but instead wit pick my top 3 not in order.
Class 55 - 37 - 47 and 45 oh oh thats 4 :D
As a 'Newbie' I am clearly joining this very late but my favourite is the 60, although for character the 37 is a close second!
Flounder
Devious and his little brothers. And class 25.
Class 70, followed closely by a Class 66. :sorrysign:
50's and 08's
47 always
shaun
:wave:
For me it is the class 37. Closely followed by 47/56 and in third place the legendary HST class 43.
Hmmm difficult one this, (too many favourites).
It has to be a Class 31 followed by Classes 40, 20 (in pairs), 44 and 47 (in original condition).
Oh and of course a Class 56!
I've already answered this one... but as it's a popular topic today, i think i'll have another bite of the cake ! :food:
Absolute favorite is a class 52 'Western', followed by class 25 and class 60. I'm also a big fan of shunters - Sentinels being my favorite (LMR 'General Lord Robertson' 0-8-0 DH is top of the list).
I'm still loving Class 60's and Class 58's but now I have a thing for Class 66's...... :o
Like 4x2 I answered this one before but after having a small fleet of diesels I got sick of them, I guess its because there ain't much to look at, like motion,"personal opinion only", traded all my model diesels in on steamers today :thumbsup:
I therefor retract any preference for any diesel I may have liked in past posts :D :doh: :doh: :doh:
I look forward to seeing your new stud of steamers, Dave :thumbsup:
Even for diehard steam lovers, there's still no reason why you can't have a favourite diesel, although I have to say the Class 55's and Class 37's are too popular IMHO.
Give me hydraulics or 8 axle jobbies any time :)
Quote from: newportnobby on December 08, 2012, 02:17:59 PM
I have to say the Class 55's and Class 37's are too popular IMHO.
Give me hydraulics or 8 axle jobbies any time :)
Deltics too popular ??? Never, never, never :P ;D
Quote from: newportnobby on December 08, 2012, 02:17:59 PM
I look forward to seeing your new stud of steamers, Dave :thumbsup:
Even for diehard steam lovers, there's still no reason why you can't have a favourite diesel, although I have to say the Class 55's and Class 37's are too popular IMHO.
Give me hydraulics or 8 axle jobbies any time :)
G'Day mike, I guess you could say I have come full circle, thankfully we emigrated to Australia in 1957 before the diesels started to appear, I have to say at that time I had never seen a diesel loco in Birmingham or Tamworth.
My memories are still of British steam looking clean and tidy, I am pleased I never seen these magnificent machines covered in filth, scale and rust, it was a very sad ending for something that served our country so well for so long.
From now on I will be modelling what I saw as a kid rather than something that might have been if we had stayed back home, my new layout will be a non exact copy of Longbridge and Northfield B'Ham in the mid 1950s which IMO was the best time of my life, no room for diesels.
Like many others I have a wee soft spot for the Hydraulics because they seem to be more
original.
My favourite is a real odd-ball, the Clayton class 17 Bo B0. A superb design let down by a spectacularly unreliable diesel engine. I have just finished building an O gauge model of one of these from an ancient white metal kit. There is only one full-size survivor.
DELTIC DELTIC DELTIC. I once stood about 2 feet from one as it powered up and pulled out of King's Cross. I was only about 10 years old (46 years ago, oh my god) and it was an experience I will never forget.
I'm not sure if I've already posted in this thread but if the HST is allowed then it has to be that one. If not then the class 50, or maybe 55. Could even be the 33 or 73. I do like the 37's and all others with a 'nose' too, 40, 44, 45, 46. The 47's are good too along with the 56's especially if their rakes were put together by an 08 or 03. I used to like the 24's and 25's too but not the 26's or 27's. 20's were ok in pairs but we never saw those down here in Wiltshire. 31's I didn't use to rate much but I like them now. Towards the end of my spotting days seeing a 58 or 59 was always good. Anything beginning with a 6 is a no-no though I'm afraid. They're all the wrong colour for a start.
So yes, one of those above would be my favourite. Probably the HST. Or if not the 50.........................
Quote from: Trainfish on December 10, 2012, 01:27:19 AM
I'm not sure if I've already posted in this thread but if the HST is allowed then it has to be that one. If not then the class 50, or maybe 55. Could even be the 33 or 73. I do like the 37's and all others with a 'nose' too, 40, 44, 45, 46. The 47's are good too along with the 56's especially if their rakes were put together by an 08 or 03. I used to like the 24's and 25's too but not the 26's or 27's. 20's were ok in pairs but we never saw those down here in Wiltshire. 31's I didn't use to rate much but I like them now. Towards the end of my spotting days seeing a 58 or 59 was always good. Anything beginning with a 6 is a no-no though I'm afraid. They're all the wrong colour for a start.
So yes, one of those above would be my favourite. Probably the HST. Or if not the 50.........................
I am glad there is someone lose out here who is as decisive as I am :thumbsup:
I love Warships and Hymeks cos my dad had these on our first N layout, but I never saw one in the flesh until preservation. When out spotting I was most excited by seeing a Class 24 and a 44 because they were being withdrawn at the time and were never to be seen in my Southern Region haunts. Or maybe Class 33 because I saw more of these than any other and they used to haul me down to Dorset on the Waterloo to Exeter line to see my grandparents. Or the Class 45s that took me Tom St Pancras to Sheffield or.... If pushed though it would have to be the HST like Trainfish (if allowed) - I remember going from Paddington to Bristol TM just to travel on one. 35 years later they are still going strong
Mike
Class 24/25 carnt beat the sulzer sound????? When i run my oo dcc sound loco It takes me back years
carnt aford a ngauge sound 25 ????? :thumbsup:
The sounds of those Type 2's is certainly very distinctive/metronomic :thumbsup:
At this time of year I remember being given an Eagle annual many
years ago with colour plates and one which impressed me was an
illustration in the style of Terence de Cuneo of a Class 37 or 40 type
so that's my favourite, Not sure which!
Quote from: Agrippa on December 28, 2012, 11:23:09 PM
At this time of year I remember being given an Eagle annual many
years ago with colour plates and one which impressed me was an
illustration in the style of Terence de Cuneo of a Class 37 or 40 type
so that's my favourite, Not sure which!
I may be wrong, but I'm sure I remember a Terence Cuneo painting of a class 40 heading "The Master Cutler". I always used to look really closely for the mouse he generally put somewhere in his paintings.
Well, um, it could only be an ex-GWR railcar!!! Coincidentally, my only diesel! Yes, I'm a lost cause. :)
Class 25.
Class 47.
I remeber recording the 25's on the postal run from Sutton Park station, idling at the sorting office siding then away. Timeless but the Westerns still have it for me.
Quote from: dch05 on December 29, 2012, 05:48:44 AM
Well, um, it could only be an ex-GWR railcar!!! Coincidentally, my only diesel! Yes, I'm a lost cause. :)
With you on that one but only because it fits in with the period I'm endeavouring to cover, picked one up at an exhibition, runs a treat :thumbsup:
Has to be a class 55, on the Forth Bridge.
If it has to be a BR one, then the Hymek (Class 35), with Western (52) as runner up. Hydraulics are the only diesels that have ever managed to strike any sort of response with me.
Other than the GWR railcars, of course!
i'm mainly a steam man but westerns and warships for me as i used to watch them from my bedroom as a young boy.
Hi All,
i am torn between the class 08 shunters due to their simplicity and how long they have been around :claphappy: and the class 60 due to the fact they are "British" Built and also due to the amount of liveries they have carried during their career ( Long live the class 60 !!!!) plus the amount of racket they make. :thumbsup:
:NGaugersRule:
I have a soft spot for class 55 deltics followed closely by class 40's
Steve
All this talk of Sparks and Kettles recently is making me miss the good old 58's and 60's :-*
Well I went all steam with my N Gauge for a while but decided every British Preserved Railway layout should have a diesel or two or three or four.
Having spent several hours of this sticky rainy day looking at Youtube videos of 2012 Diesel Galas I am convinced that I like the whole lot.
Until Britain became like the rest of the world and started buying American stuff made in Canada there was a fleet of nice looking great sounding unique diesels plying the rails of Britain, thank goodness many of these great diesels are preserved, how sad it is that Britain sold much of its railway system to overseas buyers and British loco manufacture pretty much came to an end.
For me it would have to be the Prototype DELTIC DP1. There was simply nothing else that looked like it before or since on Britain's railways.
Paddy
class 03 (in BR Blue). perfect for any layout
08 for shunting and Class 37 for hauling.
In no particular order: 03 162, D200 and any Valenta-powered HST opening up to full throttle.
;)