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46010 on a lorry trailer
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fgwrich
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Off to live at Barrow Hill for further repairs.
That trailer has more wheels than the Peak and that’s saying something!
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Ash Bridge
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Wow yes, looks like 124 in total if I’m not mistaken Mr C!
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DarloRich
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Is that a wagon on a wagon?
( NOTE: I believe one of the nicknames for this kind of locomotive was "wagon" due the number pf wheels - one for the kids there)
Richard Scott
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Have they removed the power unit from 46010? Thought they were too heavy to be moved as one unit at around 140tons?!
Wyrleybart
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I think you will find that wagons tend to have four, eight or twelve wheels.
The superior 1 Co Co 1 wheel arrangements allowed the "peaks" to lay down the power well and whop the arse of younger type 4s
Richard Scott
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The 45s whipped most of the other type 4s due to superior electrical equipment, afraid same couldn't be said for the 46s!
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Anyone found out if power unit still in it? Springs look a little unloaded suggesting it isn't but that could be just angle of photo.
Ash Bridge
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That’s a super shot you managed there, it really captures the enormity of the combination!
Just read on D05 Facebook page that the power unit is still installed in her, this is now permitted apparently due to the use of the 136 wheel (not 124 as I wrongly suggested earlier) specialised trailer employed. What would be the approximate weight of the Sulzer 12LDA engine & generator @Richard Scott, around the 30 tons mark?
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Richard Scott
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Thanks for info, know a 45/1 unit is 32 tons so guessing at least 30 tons would be a reasonable bet. Sure 46s are slightly heavier than a 45 but which bits make them heavier I don't know (I know 45/1s lighter due to lack of boiler and concrete weights added to compensated still lighter than the boiler and associated tanks etc).
Ash Bridge
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Thanks for that Richard!
DerekC
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And there was me running off to my 1959 spotters book to see what 46010 was. (There wasn't one - it would have been a "Claughton" class 4-6-0, but all except one were scrapped before WWII). I do wish all you tin box lovers would use the proper punctuation. Shouldn't it be 46.010?
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No. TOPS numbered locos have never had a '.' between the class and serial numbers.
As originally intended TOPS numbers were meant to have a space between the class identifier and sub-class identifier, so the number carried by the locomotive in question should be written '46 010' and not '46010'.
Indeed, this is how they were applied when introduced in the 1970s. Nowadays only multiple units seem to carry a space between the class and sub-class identifiers, although some locomotive operators, most notably GBRf, still insert the space on their locos.
Indeed, this is how they were applied when introduced in the 1970s. Nowadays only multiple units seem to carry a space between the class and sub-class identifiers, although some locomotive operators, most notably GBRf, still insert the space on their locos.
Pit_buzzer
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The first renumbered class 83 definitely had 83.011 on all 4 cabsides when released from Doncaster after refurbishment in the early 70s
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