Think I liked the look of the Kestrel better, Heljan have recently brought one on the market _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
yes, diesels are not an option, they are compulsory
thanks Doug, i forgot how to get the vid up on this site... _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
I don't realy know why as i sort of remember main line steam ( being born in 1960) but i still like the old Diesels more and a lot of them are no more but they do have a shorter life span than steam locos most around 30 years , but i wonder when the first class 66 will be saved from the cutters ? _________________ Experience is something you don' t get until just after you need it .
im waiting for the first 58 to be preserved.... and sprinters... _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
I think the first one to be lost from the ones in service now will be the class 60 the last Brush ? _________________ Experience is something you don' t get until just after you need it .
I laready like them Peter, I have a class 47, 24, @56 and the next I would like,would be the Pinza Deltic, Hope Father Xmas will be kind to me. _________________ mine is a pint of J Smiths Smooth please
Location: Peterborough (Almost the site of the NRM, but not)
Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject:
Yes, fraid your probably right about the 60 being the next diesel to go, great shame. They are supposed to have an overhaul ever 100,000 miles, none of them have ever had overhauls and they are nearly 20 yrs old now!! So, they will probably start to get scrapped, unless DB S*** put some money into them, to have them re-engined.
Kestrel models look very nice, we have them in at work, lovely models.
shame about the 60's...... if looked after theyd manage another 30 years, easy. _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
*see chance to say * Look at the class 47 all well over 40 years old and still going strong , so much so that they were rebuilt , but as a 57 but they do live on _________________ Experience is something you don' t get until just after you need it .
yer they last longer than helicopters _________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
thats a good point is there a list of all the nicknames given to Br diesels?
_________________ * Percy: Isn't a Jubilee a sort of party? Thomas and I took some Scouts to one once.
* Thomas: That was a jamboree.
* Percy: Was it? Sorry.
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but they do have a shorter life span than steam locos most around 30 years , but i wonder when the first class 66 will be saved from the cutters ?
all well over 40 years old and still going strong , so much so that they were rebuilt , but as a 57 
but they do live on 