Quote from: Newportnobby on Yesterday at 08:56:23 AMIn some circles the EE Type 1 (class 20 for those more youthful than me*) was also nicknamed 'wardrobe' because of all the doors along the sides

*Yeah, I know, that's most of you out there

Talking of wardrobes/bombs/slaps/choppers/chibbles/moose....

20132 landed recently.

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I'm also tempted by these as they look lovely models. Though trying to justify a maroon set in early 60s Cornwall is a bit of a stretch...
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I am sure I heard about a vintage car rally in the Duchy around that time. 

Quote from: Newportnobby on June 03, 2026, 06:05:50 PMApart from the film I  have never heard of it

I think it was Dave Jones's first Dapol Open Day. They launched the 9F hauling new Dogfish and the Hymek, and then had a special launch of the Magnificent 7.

I could put dates to it using Ramseys book. From memory, 2008?

In some circles the EE Type 1 (class 20 for those more youthful than me*) was also nicknamed 'wardrobe' because of all the doors along the sides

*Yeah, I know, that's most of you out there

Following a comment about the collector shoes on Revolutions underground stock catching on overlong point motor actuating rods, I took one of my driving cars to the club last night and gently ran it round. No problems to report, which bodes well for our upcoming show in August.
No film (it was only one car) but I'll be sure to take some footage when it runs as a 7 car unit (4 + 3)

The class 20 is a remarkable survivor. It's one of the earliest of BRs mainline diesel. 20142 is a relative youngster of the class - rolling off the production line in 1966 (with its older siblings dating as far back as 1957.

Top speed is 75mph - about 9" per second in 1:148.

There's a thread on RMWeb dedicated to the class. Lots of nice photos showing the wide range of uses the class was put to.

Quote from: crewearpley40 on Yesterday at 02:21:35 AMScott


Beautiful smart loco. Its London Transport liveried 20142. Private owned. My only concern is not giving runs at that speed. Only my thoughts .  Run mine at a slow medium speed ensuring gears settle and motors are not becoming hot


Here is the real loco
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I took the photo of the real life loco working a treble headed charter



Looks very different and I agree with Webbo.  I primarily run my 20s on coal and steel trains as how i remember but they do haul chemicals and in the real world appeared on Summer Saturday seaside trips and Sunday excursions ir dragging AC electrics when there was engineering work / maintenance on the overhead lines requiring power to be off

Chris

Thanks!  Oh, look at that. It's the real thing. Very cool.

That was a very short run just for the video. A proper run-in will take place on my Kato track.

Great photo!! It's simply a gorgeous loco.

Scott


Beautiful smart loco. Its London Transport liveried 20142. Private owned. My only concern is not giving runs at that speed. Only my thoughts .  Run mine at a slow medium speed ensuring gears settle and motors are not becoming hot


Here is the real loco
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I took the photo of the real life loco working a treble headed charter



Looks very different and I agree with Webbo.  I primarily run my 20s on coal and steel trains as how i remember but they do haul chemicals and in the real world appeared on Summer Saturday seaside trips and Sunday excursions ir dragging AC electrics when there was engineering work / maintenance on the overhead lines requiring power to be off

Chris

Quote from: Webbo on Yesterday at 02:07:38 AMScott

A very smart looking loco. It looks like she is capable of a scaled up speed of 150 mph which would be a lot faster than that for your Atlas switcher locomotive.

Webbo

Yeah, the controller runs hot.    I need to swap it out.

Scott

A very smart looking loco. It looks like she is capable of a scaled up speed of 150 mph which would be a lot faster than that for your Atlas switcher locomotive.

Webbo