Today I visited.... Barrow Hill roundhouse.

[55bloke]

Despite living only about 20mins away from this place for 4 years, I've been totally unaware of it's existence! Fascinating place, and got some cracking events planned for this year. Hopefully, some of you will appreciate the non automotive shite.

L.N.E.R. Director's saloon?

L.M.S. dynamometer car

G.C.R. D 11 class Butler-Henderson. No old boiler jokes, please!

L.N.E.R. pacific, Blue Peter. Looking sorry for it's self these days.

Not very good with diesel locos I'm afriad:

This one looks well loved though

and you thought rubbing down that front wing was a ball-ache!!

Don't know if these are just derelict, or awaiting resto:-

These rather better cared for:-

Magnificent Deltic

Some strange paint jobs:-

Unusual C.P.T.C:

Any one good at buses?

Into more familiar autoshite territory now:-

Lovely old Landy

And tasty Audi- can't beleive this body style goes back so far! Clear lineage to the stuff they're building now.

And, in a yard just down the road:-

Sad looking Merc

Nissan Patrol?

and very sad looking MG

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/55bloke/29-1.jpg

And finally, a couple of recent spots I may as well add here:

Nicely shitey Bluebird seen at Castle Howard

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/55bloke/IMG_9770.jpg

and, the 1st Renault 25 I've seen in Sheffield for AT LEAST 2 years!

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/55bloke/14th1.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/55bloke/14th.jpg

[MrRegieRitmo]

Not very good with diesel locos I'm afriad:

This one looks well loved though

Looks like a Class 40

 

and you thought rubbing down that front wing was a ball-ache!!

Looks like a Class 31, possibly 50

 

Don't know if these are just derelict, or awaiting resto:-

Class 47s as marked

 

Class 20s

 

Class 37

 

 

These rather better cared for:-

Class 84 apparently and the one & only (literally) Class 89 (89001)

 

Class 82 as marked

 

 

Some strange paint jobs:-

Class 37s in modern Freight colours

 

 

Any one good at buses?

1 x Leyland Atlantean 2 x Leyland Lynx

 

Nissan Patrol?

 

Yes

[55bloke]

You got your best anorak on Regie? Seriously, ta for that.

[MrRegieRitmo]

I've had an interest in most things at one time or another. Seems to be only things that run on land though. Although I can appreciate boats & planes, I can't claim to have ever been 'interested' in them...

[Albert Ross]

Diesel half way through the rub down is indeed a 31. Identifiable by the "drop" in the body between the bogies.

[MrRegieRitmo]

Diesel half way through the rub down is indeed a 31. Identifiable by the "drop" in the body between the bogies.

Ta! Good to know my memory's not failing me yet!Nowt worse than a body drop between bogies!

[55bloke]

I've had an interest in most things at one time or another. Seems to be only things that run on land though. Although I can appreciate boats & planes, I can't claim to have ever been 'interested' in them...

In my case, it's almost anything old and mechanical, thanks to my dad, who was a Mech Eng lecturor at Leeds Uni. My real passion though is WW11 aircraft, closely followed by old motors, then steam locos!

[morris_ital_lover]

The possibly derelict ones are most likely to be HNRCs motley collection of locos awaiting stripping or restoration for mainline use! The electrics (89001 etc are the AC Loco Groups very professional outfit!). Nice spots, I only recently hung up my anorak but it appears to have ventured out again !m0rris

[metrognome]

This pic might get some juices flowing.....shite on all sides. Bonus points for the brown Aggro `state and the lime flavoured Ital???

 

[AXrescuer]

Wahey, cheese sandwich time! That sorry looking diesel loco named Charybdis is indeed a class 31, number is 31128.

 

 

I'm shocked by the state of 60532 'Blue Peter' though, I saw her pass through Welwyn Garden City some years back and she was immaculate then. How sad to her in such a sorry state.

 

My brother used to be a driver for British Rail and I have many wonderful memories of days spent at work with him in the summer holidays.

[STUNO]

Don't worry about Blue Peter. I went back for a good look at the photo and A good sanding has been given ready for a repaint. Thanks for going there 55bloke , it's a bit far from here !!I love threads like this. Nobody gets upset because it isn't about 1990 Nova turbo's

[55bloke]

Blue Peter is allegedly there for overhaul before use on the N.Y.M.R., which would be amazing to see, especially if Nigel Gresley is still there!

[55bloke]

This pic might get some juices flowing.....shite on all sides. Bonus points for the brown Aggro `state and the lime flavoured Ital???

 

Nice pic- when and where? Looks like it was back in the days when we actually had summers!!

[Guest]

 

Any one good at buses?

1 x Leyland Atlantean 2 x Leyland Lynx

 

I can't make out the registration above lower rear window to confirm, but the double decker will be a Daimler Fleetline (the 'bonnet' is wider). Back end of an Atlantean looks like this

 

 

the engine covers didn't tend to stay closed for very long!

[55bloke]

Reg No is UWA 154 S. The other 2 are F 724 LRG and E 64 WDT.

[MrRegieRitmo]

This pic might get some juices flowing.....shite on all sides. Bonus points for the brown Aggro `state and the lime flavoured Ital???

 

Nice pic- when and where? Looks like it was back in the days when we actually had summers!!

Yes, what's the story?? I want that Ital!

[MrRegieRitmo]

 

 

Any one good at buses?

1 x Leyland Atlantean 2 x Leyland Lynx

 

I can't make out the registration above lower rear window to confirm, but the double decker will be a Daimler Fleetline (the 'bonnet' is wider). Back end of an Atlantean looks like this

 

 

the engine covers didn't tend to stay closed for very long!

Ok you win. Doesn't matter how big one's anorak appears to be, there's always someone with a bigger one!

[MrRegieRitmo]

Although saying that, I may be a victim of Dinky's own mistake here because one of my favourite bus models was the Dinky 'Leyland Atlantean' which I swear had an engine cover / back end resembling that green Fleetline which is where I got the idea that that's what an Atlantean looks like. Subsequent models from EFE show it to be as you say but I never shook off the idea that they looked like that. When I lived up north & visited Stockport where my dad worked at the time, the old GM buses looked just like that Dinky Atlantean too which must have meant they were Fleetlines. I liked the fact I had a model bus that looked just like those real ones (before I got heavily into collecting bus models)

[Guest]

The internet has proved to be as useful a tool for bus-spotters as it has for porn addicts. A quick google search of the reg no:

 

When new-ish

 

Now-ish

 

Last operator

 

Front end returned to original appearance

[55bloke]

Love the shot of it when new. Does the destination board read New Whittington? If so, it's still only about 5 miles from it's original destination!

[mk1_4dr]

Fantastic pics. As far as the (one and only) Class 89, I once saw it, in service pulling a Pre-class 91 intercity (a real intercity, non of this GNER bollox) at about 70mph through Outwood station between Leeds and Wakefield. At the time I was well into trains, and see that in service was a very special treat Unfortuanately, im too young to remember the Deltics out on the open rails, Ive only ever seen one at York Railway Museum about 15 years ago.D

[Ratdat]

Back in the early 90's, I lived at Loftus in Cleveland for a bit and there were still Deltics in service on the line that ran by the town. I think they served the British Steel plant or maybe Boulby Potash Mine.

[CortinaDave]

The last deltics ran in 1982 so must have been something else. They are cool though I saw one on the main line on a rail tour last year.. Loud! I'm not sure that all this train chat is a good idea on autoshite... the occasional thread is all good but theres more and more creeping in and its not really what the forum is about!

[Ratdat]

My bad. Did a liitle research and it was class 37's that were running on that line. Found some good pics...

 

http://markt79.fotopic.net/c670748.html

 

Doesn't really bother me about it being off topic. There's plenty of other off topic stuff posted on here which isn't even remotely related to things with engines and wheels.

[MrRegieRitmo]

As far as the (one and only) Class 89, I once saw it, in service pulling a Pre-class 91 intercity (a real intercity, non of this GNER bollox) at about 70mph through Outwood station between Leeds and Wakefield. At the time I was well into trains, and see that in service was a very special treat

I was also witness to the Class 89 in action, stood I think on the platform of Hadley Wood. It rushed through the station with me looking gobsmacked! In it's GNER colours, but to be honest the 89 seems to look smart in whatever colours it's adorned with.

Unfortuanately, im too young to remember the Deltics out on the open rails, Ive only ever seen one at York Railway Museum about 15 years ago.

Me neither, I've only seen them in action on You Tube or on train videos. Must admit, they don't sound like how I thought they would with that humming sound, thought they'd be a more diesel like chug or growl!

[MrRegieRitmo]

I thought we were above all that sort of stuffiness on ths forum, I thought we had a laid back, anything goes sort of attitude with cars being the common ground that brought us together / we share!

[AXrescuer]

I thought we were above all that sort of stuffiness on ths forum, I thought we had a laid back, anything goes sort of attitude with cars being the common ground that brought us together / we share!

Me too.

[AXrescuer]

The last deltics ran in 1982 so must have been something else. They are cool though I saw one on the main line on a rail tour last year.. Loud! I'm not sure that all this train chat is a good idea on autoshite... the occasional thread is all good but theres more and more creeping in and its not really what the forum is about!

3 train related threads and they trouble you? I haven't seen anyone else complaining.If you don't like the thread topic, don't read it. Simple as!

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I'm quite open to a bit of trainshite, I must say.

[55bloke]

I thought we were above all that sort of stuffiness on ths forum, I thought we had a laid back, anything goes sort of attitude with cars being the common ground that brought us together / we share!

Couldn't have put it better!