I cant believe how old these beasts are.

1986 was 35 years ago. Blimey! many of the first generation diesels didn't see ten years use!

1986 is past the end of my modelling eras but this will be a Rule 1 for me in FY silver because of their incredible legacy (I have had one BHE kit and two pretend 59s from straightforward 66 resprays in the past). The only other Rule 1s are large logo 73s, large logo 50s and a Eurostar.

Bob

Yet another extra Class 59:-

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/class-59-59206-john-f-yeoman-freightliner

Quote from: woodbury22uk on July 21, 2021, 08:46:54 AM
Yet another extra Class 59:-

https://railsofsheffield.com/products/class-59-59206-john-f-yeoman-freightliner

Indeed, and a crash course in latest 59 fleet ownership for me...

I wasn't aware any were orange, let alone with Freightliner.

Just been brought up to speed by others on the Facebook group 

Skyline2uk

 

Things have changed since I started this topic

So it's been a while since I have been on here but I was reading hornby magazine at lunch the other day and stumbled across news of revolution trains production of one.

Needless to say just ordered 59001 in original yeoman 

Can't wait to see it in place on my network Southeast 1990's scene. Remember these rolling through purfleet as a kid. Just need some wagons now.

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Just need to actually uncover the layout and get back involvement in some modeling. Winter will help I am sure 

Least I don't have to just make do with a lego one 

There's lots of useful prototype chat on this thread, but not a word about the model's performance.

I'd love to hear about that.

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on March 28, 2026, 04:13:35 PMThere's lots of useful prototype chat on this thread, but not a word about the model's performance.

I'd love to hear about that.

I've got three of the Class 59s which I run on my layout when I'm operating in modern image mode.
They are, I think, nice models which run really nicely.
They cope well with really slow speeds if that is something you want.
Here's a little video of my three (plus a Class 66)

@port perran - They look and sound good on your awesome layout. 

Quote from: scottmitchell74 on March 28, 2026, 04:13:35 PMThere's lots of useful prototype chat on this thread, but not a word about the model's performance.

I'd love to hear about that.

You resurrected a 5 year old thread. Neither model was available when the last post was made. You've asked previously about performance of the Revolution one. They're very good models, that run smoothly. Likewise the Dapol one is fine, let down by poor decoration and incorrect headlights. They're available very cheaply though if you're not fussed by that.