Quote from: weave on April 25, 2026, 11:24:59 AMMight not be the case here but I take all my pics on a phone. Take them in 'landscape' no problem, take them in 'portrait' either upside down or on side. Therefore take them in 'landscape', simples!

Sorts out my never ending issues with the same thing. Cheers, Weave!

A new arrival at Elmsbridge Central. The fineness of the livery on no. 4791 is astounding!

Love it! Apple green and teak, my favourite colour scheme.

Cheers,

Chris

Quote from: weave on April 25, 2026, 11:24:59 AMMight not be the case here but I take all my pics on a phone. Take them in 'landscape' no problem, take them in 'portrait' either upside down or on side. Therefore take them in 'landscape', simples!

How one moves the phone between portrait and landscape matters. If the phone is lying flat when the camera app is opened, it will default to portrait. It is then possible to pick the phone up and rotate it toward landscape without the device registering the change, particularly when the subject lies below the photographer. If one first holds the phone vertically true before rotating, the sensors gain a clear sense of which way is 'up', and the orientation switches reliably.

Graham Farish Class 20/0 London.

She's beautiful! She runs very nicely. Great detail.

She's geared much differently than the Atlas She's sharing track with.

She doesn't fit my future setting. Don't care! Wealthy eccentric Old Man Douglas likes buying unique locos for his quaint rural community. 

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

Quote from: Webbo on Today 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


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
.


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: crewearpley40 on Today 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
.


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.

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.

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

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today 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.

Quote from: Foxhound on Today at 11:32:42 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on Today 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.

The chopper. Another wonderful loco now preserved and operated by LSL


The coach next to 20142 is

https://cs.rhrp.org.uk/CarriageSurvey/displaycarriage.php?Ref=9U64F0XDPOH5SI7L13EM





Very modellable ! But will need a donor Mk 1 and conversion
374040 network rail , fox transfers and the generator van requiring holes cut in the roof


https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=4949.msg54771#msg54771
https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=21258.msg217306#msg217306

Couple of threads
Also 20142 was released in Blue catalogue 8205



https://www.hattons.co.uk/72238/graham_farish_8205farish_class_20_in_br_blue/stockdetail?

Way back in 1982

20132  cat. No 371034
Confused 371034K for 20142

My photos whilst on charter duty