Favourite Diesel

[37427]

Class 37 in BR large logo:glasses7: :love4:, namely 37427 in the state it was in when I was born!:compress: 8) :toothy10:

 

[Demps]

47's in intercity.

They have history, Clag, a nice noise and if you were to ask someone to draw a deisel train, this is what they would draw!

Bloody sexy things.

 

[class 313]

47's in intercity.

They have history, Clag, a nice noise and if you were to ask someone to draw a deisel train, this is what they would draw!

Bloody sexy things.

37s are better

 

[Nick]

The Rat family, 33s and 47s for me.

Don't mind a bit of EE mind

Big up Liam
Nowt beats a bit of Rat haulage, though a bit of EE isnt bad.

 

[thefab444]

Hmm... where are the 31s?

 

[87015]

Hmm... where are the 31s?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Good joke!!!!
Probably about a mile from where it set off this morning!

 

[Kris]

Hmm... where are the 31s?

Between the 30's and 32's

 

[O L Leigh]

Don't mind the odd Goyle myself, especially if it's an ETH Cl31/4 in BR "banger" blue at the head of a scratch XC rake of Mk2's. That's how I remember them back in the days before the Sprinters took over everything. Otherwise it would have to be a Spoon in BR blue with the Stratford silver top.

You're all too young to remember when the Cl60 was just a doodle on a drawing board somewhere in Loughborough. Back then, there were still Peaks on the Trans-Pennines and every Freightliner past my school had two Tractors on the front. There were Goyles on ballast and XC trips, a daily Spoon on an A/C rake forming the Boat Train in either direction, Grids or a pair of Whistling Wardrobes running round their Redland stone trains, and 1st gen DMU's rattling up and down on locals. Jaffa Cakes were what you went to the seaside on, IC services were loco-hauled by Cans because push-pull hadn't been invented, the ECML electrification hadn't got as far as Doncaster and there were slammers in every mainline station in London (most still in BR blue and grey). And there were only four locos on the whole network that had General Electric builder's plates on them, and they were in private ownership.

Sheds, Skips and Bodysnatchers indeed...

one TN

 

[devon_metro]

Shame the 56s aren't there either

 

[Kris]

Don't mind the odd Goyle myself Spoon in BR blue with the Stratford silver top.

Whistling Wardrobes running round their Redland stone trains, Jaffa Cakes were what you went to the seaside on, IC services were loco-hauled by Cans because push-pull hadn't been invented,
Sheds, Skips and Bodysnatchers indeed...

one TN

Er ..... Je ne comprends pas. Goyle, Spoon, Can, Skip and Bodysnatcher - can someone translate please.

I presume Whistling Wardrobe is a 40? Jaffa Cakes used to go over us by Queenstown Road - interesting colour scheme.

56 - Grid on the cards in Large Logo blue. Knew that'd be popular.

 

[class 313]

Er ..... Je ne comprends pas. Goyle, Spoon, Can, Skip and Bodysnatcher - can someone translate please.

In Order,

31, 47, 86, 67, 57.

 

[87015]

In Order,

31, 47, 86, 67, 57.

or junk, junk, junk, modern rubbish, even worse than it was before rubbish!

 

[Julian G]

or junk, junk, junk, modern rubbish, even worse than it was before rubbish!

What about the 87s then , another junk I bet

 

[87015]

What about the 87s then , another junk I bet

Maybe....
Rolling off 31,47,86 was just too hard for me to resist!! IMO worst of their respective types, 25,40,87 much better!

 

[Kris]

Can't believe I forgot to add Hoovers too.

Couple of those planned for badges anyway including engine and coaches in NSE colours.

 

[O L Leigh]

or junk, junk, junk, modern rubbish, even worse than it was before rubbish!

The bloke has no style nor sense of heritage. Go and stand in a corner until you know better.

Whistling Wardrobes are Cl20's, because of the noise they make and the number of doors running down the side. It's a bit less obvious than calling them Choppers (extremely long front end) and less offensive than calling them Queers (because they always went around in pairs).

one TN

 

[class 313]

The bloke has no style nor sense of heritage. Go and stand in a corner until you know better.

Whistling Wardrobes are Cl20's, because of the noise they make and the number of doors running down the side. It's a bit less obvious than calling them Choppers (extremely long front end) and less offensive than calling them Queers (because they always went around in pairs).

one TN

They still do go around in pairs

 

[kettlefan]

I voted 40, well, because they're huge! Unfortunately you did not list my ABSOLUTE fav diesel loco, the legendary class 28.

 

[Kris]

Class 28 - that's an ugly bugger! Why was it a Co - Bo? Is it because the engine was at one end?

I like the baby warships - shame they were all cut up.

Sorry if the poll's mis-leading, I'm trying to get an idea for badges that will sell well. Not many would buy a Class 28.

We haven't even got on to the best liveries yet! (Though I expect it will be Large Logo BR Blue).

 

[Techniquest]

No HST in the poll options...:diabloan:

 

[kettlefan]

Class 28 - that's an ugly bugger! Why was it a Co - Bo? Is it because the engine was at one end?

I like the baby warships - shame they were all cut up.

Sorry if the polls mis-leading, I'm trying to get an idea for badges that will sell well. Not many would buy a Class 28.

We haven't even got on to the best liveries yet! (Though I expect it will be Large Logo BR Blue).

I completely agree with you, the 28 was a strange nightmare from Metro Vick, and was not that good but it looks so strange thats what I love about it. I will eventually get a 3 rail Dublo one (my collection lacks one). I have absolutely no idea why they were that unbalanced wheel arrangement, you may be correct in that the heavy engine (mount it in the middle duh) needed a heavy bogie beneath it, whereas the other end didn't

Baby Warship???????
Don't you mean Baby Deltic? They were all scrapped.

the poll was perfectly straightforward, but I thought I'd share my fav loco with you! Basically if it was a first generation diesel, I like it.

 

[Kris]

H'okay - what do you reckon would be the best HST colour scheme?

 

[kettlefan]

H'okay - what do you reckon would be the best HST colour scheme?

oh thats easy, Swallow, but without the number under the windscreen.

 

[Techniquest]

Swallow by a long way...No number under the windscreen either.

Modern-day liveries, well that would be the old Virgin colours, by a long way!

Swallow and Virgin are my choices, but I'd have both!

 

[kettlefan]

H'okay - what do you reckon would be the best HST colour scheme?

i know its not a livery but I always thought the HSTs with buffers at the ends were pretty cool.

 

[Kris]

Baby Warship Class 22

What about this? 37 acting hard?

 

[kettlefan]

Baby Warship Class 22

What about this? 37 acting hard?

I thank you Kris, never knew 22s were called baby warships.

Ah the Fell Mechanical, now there was a beast and a half. Never understood why it had its coupling rods split so went from 4-8-4 to 4-4-4-4 lol. Shame it caught fire...

 

[metrocammel]

37 for me. As for the livery, I think tractors in IC mainline looked cracking. A la 37431 RIP .

 

[Demps]

Sorry i forgot to mention the 56's, may all those fallen in battle, lay in peace.

 

[class 313]

H'okay - what do you reckon would be the best HST colour scheme?

MIDLAND MAINLINE!!!!!!!!!!!

In old Teel livery