The last Peaks in 1988

[Sun Chariot]

Evenin' all.

Anyone out there got a copy of Platform Five's Summer 1988 Locos? Would a kind soul please tell me the numbers, names (official and unofficial too) and depot-allocations of the remaining class 45's in operation during early-1988.

My 1980's photos are in storage in another part of the UK - and I missed out buying a copy of that Platform Five book from The Bay, last week.

Thanks in advance.

 

[12CSVT]

All operational peaks were based at Tinsley by 1988 (Toton was entirely Coal sector by this time)
45007/012/037/041/046/052/103/106/107/110/113/115/128/141 being in main line service, 45022/029/034/040/066 were were departmental loco renumbered 97409 to 97412 respectively (I beileve for ECML electrification trains), also 45121 was a static generator at Derby Litchurch Lane.

AFAIK Tinsley, Toton and Cricklewood were the only depots to have 45s allocated in the 1980s.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Thanks 12'

I recall standing at Leicester station, June 1988, when a pair of 45/1's rolled in with a cross-country service. Can't recall any more details, though I have a few photos of 'em back in storage.

Martin Loader's excellent "Honda Wanderer" website has a shot of 45141 in mid-1988 and I'm trying to establish the numbers and names of the ones still in revenue service in the summer of '88.

SC

 

[Mvann]

According to the Ian Allan abc book for 1988 lists the 45/0s in either departmental or freight sectors. The 45/1s were in the parcels sector.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

From the 1988 Combined Volume:

Sector codes:

DRTC: Railway Technical Centre
DXXD: Civil engineers general pool
FXXA: General freight pool
RXXA: Parclels general pool


45 007 DXXD
45 012 DXXD
45 033 DXXD
45 037 DXXD
45 041 FXXA
45 046 FXXA
45 052 DXXD

45 103 RXXA
45 104 RXXA
45 106 RXXA
45 107 RXXA
45 110 RXXA
45 113 RXXA
45 115 RXXA
45 124 RXXA
45 128 RXXA
45 140 RXXA
45 141 RXXA
45 145 RXXA
45 150 RXXA

97 403 ( 46 035 ) DRTC
97 404 ( 46 045 ) DRTC
97 409 ( 45 022 ) DXXD
97 410 ( 45 029 ) DXXD
97 411 ( 45 034 ) DXXD
97 412 ( 45 040 ) DXXD
97 413 ( 45 066 ) DXXD

45 121 - ETH generator at Litchurch Lane

There were also 63 more Peaks listed as stored awaiting disposal.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Smashing - many thanks for that comprehensive list, Peter.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Do you need me to list out the 63 stored ones, with the relevant locations, as well?

 

[RichmondCommu]

Do you need me to list out the 63 stored ones, with the relevant locations, as well?

Peter, you must have a room full of this kind of stuff! I can only assume that you have all this stuff catalogued in order to find stuff. Good on yer!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I have all my old combined volumes, yes - right back to when I started in 1979 ( IA until 1984; P5 from 1985 ).



And if, having said that, I now get swamped with listing requests, I will expect suitable donations to my JustGiving account in aid of the Mary Hare Schools...

 

[RichmondCommu]

I have all my old combined volumes, yes - right back to when I started in 1979 ( IA until 1984; P5 from 1985 ).



And if, having said that, I now get swamped with listing requests, I will expect suitable donations to my JustGiving account in aid of the Mary Hare Schools...

Good stuff! I was a spotter until around 1984 - 85 but sadly my note books and spotter books were lost many years a go. I now rather regret that but hey ho! Heading down to the Côte d'Azur next week where i will be able to see some proper trains from the beach!

 

[Sun Chariot]

Peter's splendid list ties in very nicely with the info and photos, describing the Peaks' final months, which I found on the Derby Sulzers website.

Couple of things, Peter -

Your list mentions 45123 - was that a typo for 113, as I found several shots of the latter loco still working in the early summer of '88.

Does your list include the unofficial names given to the operational survivors? If so, what was 45052 named? I can't find details for that one.

Many thanks.

 

[Mvann]

45 052 was named nimrod.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Thanks Mvann. I'll update my records.

SC

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Your list mentions 45123 - was that a typo for 113, as I found several shots of the latter loco still working in the early summer of '88.

Yes, it's a typo that I missed - now corrected.

( For the record, in that year 45 123 is listed as one of the 63 withdrawn examples, location Toton. )

 

[12CSVT]

If you give me a day or two I should hopefully find my early editions of Traction magazine, one of which listed all the unofficial Tinsley names. Will post them here if I can find them.

 

[flymo]

[Nostalgia mode]

Cannot help but remember heading from Dawlish through the tunnels towards Teignmouth and seeing various loco numbers 'graffiti-ed' on the tunnel entrances. I forget them now but even more recently standing on the footbridge just west of Dawlish station, looking towards the first tunnel, I remember a few "Peaks" being immortalized alongside "Whistlers" and of course Duff's. I could not do anything but imagine the gricing that went on there with all these magnificent machines coming down from Up North on, I assume, cross-country services in the 70's and 80's. Almost brought a tear to my eye....:cry:

[/Nostalgia mode]

 

[Sun Chariot]

My nostalgia mode is always on, Flymo!

I was weaned on a diet of Midland Main Line Peaks (almost exclusively 45s). Annual visits to the grandparents, in South Devon, invariably meant being taken to watch the 'foreign' Peaks, as - if I remember correctly - the inter-regional services often had a 46 at the helm as far as Plymouth.

Happy days!

 

[12CSVT]

As promised here are the unofficial names (as listed in Feb 1995 edition of Traction)

45007 Taliesin
45012 Wyvern II
45013 Wyvern
45033 Sirius
45037 Eclipse
45052 Satan (later renamed Nimrod)
45103 Griffon
45106 Vulcan
45107 Phoenix
45110 Medusa
45113 Athene
45115 Apollo
45121 Pegasus
45124 Unicorn
45128 Centuar
45134 Neptune
45140 Mercury
45141 Zephyr
45145 Scylla
45149 Phaeton
45150 Vampire
97411 Topaz
97413 Amethyst

 

[Sun Chariot]

Brilliant - thanks for that, "12"

SATAN? Who on earth initially decided to call No.52 Satan ?!?