| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
trains2064
Joined: 15 Jan 2010
Posts: 17
Location: Kenilworth
|
 Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:37 am Post subject: 78019 |
 |
|
It was nice to see 78019 for it's all but brief visit. Little indiscretions aside this is a really useful engine which would have been perfect on the valley had it stayed.
I assume it left in the early hours of Tueday morning as I noticed it's tender on a low loader at Kidderminster at 22.10 on Monday Evening with the loco infront?
Is it of to the West Somerset Railway Next?
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
mrmover
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 449
Location: Shropshire
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 10:21 am Post subject: |
|
|
In my view the most well proportioned of the Standard tender locos.
However, as a class 2 loco it is a little under powered for regular high season and weekend work on the Valley. Yes, it can handle 6/7 coach trains, as can 6443, but that extra effort comes at a price of wear and tear higher than it might me.
Class 4 & 5 are the best suited locos for the Valley, but it's also good to see some smaller engines used on off peak services. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
oliver
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
Posts: 303
Location: Bridgnorth
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:38 am Post subject: |
|
|
| 46443 sometimes gets used on 8 coaches, and that really does struggle going up Highley bank! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Buffer
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Somewhere in England
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 5:13 pm Post subject: |
|
|
78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! 
_________________
Buffer |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
michaelh
Joined: 08 Oct 2005
Posts: 427
Location: Droitwich Spa
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| mrmover wrote: | In my view the most well proportioned of the Standard tender locos.
However, as a class 2 loco it is a little under powered for regular high season and weekend work on the Valley. Yes, it can handle 6/7 coach trains, as can 6443, but that extra effort comes at a price of wear and tear higher than it might me.
Class 4 & 5 are the best suited locos for the Valley, but it's also good to see some smaller engines used on off peak services. |
Agree and it was a real shame that it and 46521 went elsewhere
_________________
Michael
http://mhoward.fotopic.net/
Heritage Railways supporter since 1968 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kachris
Joined: 15 Feb 2010
Posts: 19
Location: Black Country West Mids
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:24 pm Post subject: |
|
|
78019 + tender was heading south-west on the M5 @ 12:55 this afternoon!
_________________
Catch up with you later on the platform!!!!!
www.webshots.com/user/KAchris66 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
KJEvans
Joined: 08 Feb 2010
Posts: 252
Location: Kidderminster, or elsewhere on the line.
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Buffer wrote: | | 78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! |
_________________
Kieren, Kidderminster Station Staff.
No Railway has ever made a bad engine, only ones which aren't quite as good as the others.
Diesels are accepted here (just) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Andrew Ponsford
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Posts: 112
Location: Newport
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Buffer
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Somewhere in England
|
| Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| mrmover wrote: | In my view the most well proportioned of the Standard tender locos.
However, as a class 2 loco it is a little under powered for regular high season and weekend work on the Valley. Yes, it can handle 6/7 coach trains, as can 6443, but that extra effort comes at a price of wear and tear higher than it might me.
Class 4 & 5 are the best suited locos for the Valley, but it's also good to see some smaller engines used on off peak services. |
Are there any figures on the relative running, maintenance and overhaul costs for locos. like 78019 or 46443 and 7802 or 7812 on similar duties?
_________________
Buffer |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Buffer
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Somewhere in England
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| KJEvans wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | 78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! |
|
Pleased to see you took the hint on this topic, in a manor of speaking! 
_________________
Buffer |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mrmover
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 449
Location: Shropshire
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:29 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Buffer wrote: | | KJEvans wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | 78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! |
|
Pleased to see you took the hint on this topic, in a manor of speaking! |
I'm not surprised that it took you 2 days to come up with that one!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sharpo
Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 625
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 6:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| mrmover wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | KJEvans wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | 78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! |
|
Pleased to see you took the hint on this topic, in a manor of speaking! |
I'm not surprised that it took you 2 days to come up with that one! |
Fowey! Drop the 8 and go for something grander than a manor.
Seriously though, neat little loco.
_________________
Sharpo
All photo updates listed here:-
http://www.sharpos-world.co.uk/blog/ |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Buffer
Joined: 29 Sep 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Somewhere in England
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| sharpo wrote: | | mrmover wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | KJEvans wrote: | | Buffer wrote: | | 78019 would be a much better engine if the zero were dropped from the middle! |
|
Pleased to see you took the hint on this topic, in a manor of speaking! |
I'm not surprised that it took you 2 days to come up with that one! |
Fowey! Drop the 8 and go for something grander than a manor.
Seriously though, neat little loco. |
Thought you had invented a new expletive but then the penny dropped! Agree about the loco.
In reply to mrmover, it didn't take me two days to think that one up. That was the time it took me to pluck up the courage to post it!
_________________
Buffer |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
