Another entity here who would love a 59 ,i have a long rake of Yeoman farish PGA,s i use a Dapol large logo 56 as a very long term stand in.

Visited the Digest for the first time in a long time and noted in response to a request for news on Class 59s, Joel responded 2 hours ago and I quote...

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All the development work is done now and we await a production slot. I would say release would be in the next 6 months.

Promising!

Quote from: RailGooner on May 21, 2021, 02:55:26 PM
Visited the Digest for the first time in a long time and noted in response to a request for news on Class 59s, Joel responded 2 hours ago and I quote...

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All the development work is done now and we await a production slot. I would say release would be in the next 6 months.

Promising!

It is not 1 April is it? 

Quote from: Bob G on May 21, 2021, 03:02:22 PM

Quote from: RailGooner on May 21, 2021, 02:55:26 PM
Visited the Digest for the first time in a long time and noted in response to a request for news on Class 59s, Joel responded 2 hours ago and I quote...

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All the development work is done now and we await a production slot. I would say release would be in the next 6 months.

Just had to duck to avoid some low flying pork....

Will believe it when I see it!

Skyline2uk

Promising!

It is not 1 April is it?

I could be wrong here but I assume Joel may have been referring to the OO version of the cl. 59 which is due for release at the later part of this year. I am not aware of an N gauge version being released any time soon but who knows?

Yeah that sounds like the OO gauge one... they showed (terribly) painted samples of that 2 years ago, I can't imagine they'll deliver an N gauge one in that timeframe when we've not seen so much as an EP.

Joel may well have been referring to the OO but the question and his reply are in the N thread.

Yes I suspect that subtlety was lost on him, given he was just replying to a tag. I've asked the question.

Joel did say the N class 59 will follow the OO  one...

But given the OO gauge one is yet to appear it seems totally inconceivable that the N gauge one will suddenly be done in 6 months. I'll eat my hat if Joel realises he was posting in the N gauge thread, given people are also constantly asking about the OO gauge one. They can't even get from EP to delivery of a coach in under 2 years, I've not seen so much as a CAD for the 59, zero chance of them turning up this year.

Confirmed by Joel he was talking about the OO gauge one. News on the N gauge one "soon", I assume soon in this context is compared to geological epochs.

I saw on facebook today that Dapol have taken the N gauge Class 59 out of abeyance.

https://www.dapol.co.uk/N-Gauge-Class-59-Out-Of-Abeyance

Two more modern Class 59 liveries added to the list:

https://www.dapol.co.uk/Two-More-N-Gauge-Class-59-Models-Announced

Skyline2uk

I mean I'm happy, but now there's literally no point in continuing mine!

Also means I'll 'need' to buy three, as I've always liked the AI livery.

Quote from: Skyline2uk on July 16, 2021, 03:11:50 PM
Two more modern Class 59 liveries added to the list:

https://www.dapol.co.uk/Two-More-N-Gauge-Class-59-Models-Announced

Skyline2uk

Which makes the current list:
2D-005-000 #59005 "Kenneth J Painter" Foster Yeoman Silver Livery
2D-005-001 #59103 'Village Of Mells' ARC
2D-005-002 #59206 'John F Yeoman' DB Schenker
2D-005-003 #59204 National Power Blue Livery
2D-005-004 #59104 Hanson "Village of Great Elm"
2D-005-005 #59001 Aggregate Industries "Yeoman Endeavour"

Add "D" to the product code (e.g. 2D-005-001D) for the DCC fitted models.

There's some nice photos of the class being acceptance tested here:
http://www.traintesting.com/Class_59.htm

Steven B.