£27,500Great video!
I wonder how much this sold for, you can’t see unless you register.
Whilst trawling the Net I found this fictional livery on Pintrest. Not my photo.
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An 'excellent plus to mint' condition 2 rail boxed Dublo co-bo sold at auction recently that I can see for £110. Date of manufacture 1961. I think the 3 rail version of the model is less common and thus may command a higher price in top condition, but prob not more than £150 I suspect.Great video!
I wonder how much this sold for, you can’t see unless you register.
great personal recollection of these intriguing machines!When I was at Willesden MPD in the 1961 there was a lot of talk about Cricklewood's problems with the Co-Bo's when I was on evening turn I was often asked to carry out a "daily exam" on multiple Type 1.s,which I understood were last resort to help out Cricklewood for a Condor failure. Sometimes when I walked back from the roundhouse they were missing, where they went I don't know they could have been local freight'.
That's the painting, not the Dublo model in the link I prev posted!£27,500
I read invernesky's post as enquiring about the price of the painting as the model loco has a price of £135 on the page.That's the painting, not the Dublo model in the link I prev posted!
Note sure if you could find enough dublo co-bos to spend £27.5K on.....but you could at least model the whole class and have plnty of change to spare!
I read invernesky's post as enquiring about the price of the painting as the model loco has a price of £135 on the page.
Thanks - wonderful clip! Remarkable that the next line was a running line...
Where was the mouse?
Yes, it was the auction of the painting I was referring to, sorry for the confusion.
I wonder if there’s prints available.
apols, I read it as the opposite - as I saw the Christie's price without any log in - strangely! Thanks however.I read invernesky's post as enquiring about the price of the painting as the model loco has a price of £135 on the page.
seems so - good prices depending on size you wantYes, it was the auction of the painting I was referring to, sorry for the confusion.
I wonder if there’s prints available.
Thanks for mouse related info!He did have a watchman there with him, and it shows that they didn't take any risks ... no high viz equipment, though!
I think that it's in front of the signal gantry, just by the nearest of the horizontal bars?
Yes, for £19.99 according to something called e-bid, although other versions and prices are no doubt available!
Thanks for mouse related info!
My pleasure ... I always try to find the mouse whenever I see one of his paintings, but I don't often succeed!
His earlier paintings don't have the mouse; it was introduced after his cat brought him a present of a dead mouse one day while he was painting - from then on, he always included a mouse.
That Metrovick / Condor painting was used on the front cover of one of the Hornby Dublo catalogues, around 1964/5
I always assumed they had commissioned it to match the model
A video of Me Cuneo at work on the painting.
That's the one.Is that the picture where Oliver, Toad and the autocoach are hiding?
Yes!That's the one.
Thanks for that.The OP might be interested that the Co-Bos were not unknown in Scotland. During the period when they were employed on the Condor express freight, the local sheds were not slow in giving them something to do during the day. They were seen of various local freights and passenger services, making it as far north as Stirling
Potted history of the class workings here http://nicwhe8.freehostia.com/d5705/history/history.html
Why would one be put on at Carnforth? I mean, what engine changes were made there?I travelled behind the Co-Bos quite a lot in the early 1960s when they were based at Barrow, and I never experienced a failure; however, you could tell when one was put on at Carnforth - the entire train vibrated!
Certainly in 1963 - 4 there was a train which I joined at Lancaster on a number of occasions which had a Black 5 as far as Carnforth, and the Co-Bo took over for the rest of the run to Workington; I don't know where the train started fromWhy would one be put on at Carnforth? I mean, what engine changes were made there?
Interesting. Perhaps they didn't trust the Co-Bos on the main line!Certainly in 1963 - 4 there was a train which I joined at Lancaster on a number of occasions which had a Black 5 as far as Carnforth, and the Co-Bo took over for the rest of the run to Workington; I don't know where the train started from
Would that have been the Euston-Workington TPO, which I believe also conveyed seating accommodation?.......in which case it may well have been hauled by a class 40 from Euston to Crewe, a Black 5 to Carnforth, where it would probably have needed coaling and watering and therefore relieving by the Co-Bo with a Barrow crew.Certainly in 1963 - 4 there was a train which I joined at Lancaster on a number of occasions which had a Black 5 as far as Carnforth, and the Co-Bo took over for the rest of the run to Workington; I don't know where the train started from
It may have been that train, but not for coaling or taking water. A Class 5 taking over at Crewe would be perfectly capable of working the train all the way to Workington in terms of coal. In terms of water, it would almost certainly take water at Preston and Barrow - but in any case there were troughs at Hest Bank and surely some between Crewe and Preston - probably around Weaver at least. I forget.Would that have been the Euston-Workington TPO, which I believe also conveyed seating accommodation?.......in which case it may well have been hauled by a class 40 from Euston to Crewe, a Black 5 to Carnforth, where it would probably have needed coaling and watering and therefore relieving by the Co-Bo with a Barrow crew.
Interesting. Perhaps they didn't trust the Co-Bos on the main line!
Would that have been the Euston-Workington TPO, which I believe also conveyed seating accommodation?.......in which case it may well have been hauled by a class 40 from Euston to Crewe, a Black 5 to Carnforth, where it would probably have needed coaling and watering and therefore relieving by the Co-Bo with a Barrow crew.
Troughs at Brock and, without checking, Moore rings a bell.It may have been that train, but not for coaling or taking water. A Class 5 taking over at Crewe would be perfectly capable of working the train all the way to Workington in terms of coal. In terms of water, it would almost certainly take water at Preston and Barrow - but in any case there were troughs at Hest Bank and surely some between Crewe and Preston - probably around Weaver at least. I forget.