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14s@50 featuring 9-loco beer ex

Discussion in 'Photography' started by irwellsteam, Jul 27, 2014.

  1. irwellsteam

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    Footage and pictures from the 14s@50 Diesel Gala from the ELR. The 9-LOCO beer ex at the end was superb to witness


    https://www.flickr.com/photos/66203188@N03/
     
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    It's amazing how many 14s survive and work seeing as they were a bit of a flop when built (not their fault)
     
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    cracking weekend here's my footage from the 9 teddy bears one train on Saturday



    Dave
     
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    From articles written about them I don't think they were a flop per se as the type of work for which they were designed (short and medium distance trip working) was lost as part of the rationalisation taking place around the time of their introduction. Most of the class found a new lease of life in industry and were very popular with the coal board and steel works around the North East of England.
     
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    Yes. They were built for traffic that disappeared almost as soon as they were built. I seen to recall reading that even so they were often used in pairs due to lack of brake force of a single unit.
     
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    Not as far as Corby was concerned as the quarry system generated trainloads of 500 tons gross which a single loco proved more than capable of hauling.
     
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    How did that ensemble of particulate emitting paxman rejects get back from Rawtenstall ? Dont suppose it was the jinty doing it solo ?

    Not a bad line up, if the ELR kept them all, they might be able to run a viable commuter service with them.
     
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    They had a "secret" plan ! They took 5 locos off at Ramsbottom, then sent the remaining 4 up to Rawtenstall on the train before sending the 5 locos behind it. At Rawtenstall the 5 locos coupled up to the train and headed back to Bury whilst the 4 engines at the rear had a rest. At Bury the 4 rear engines restarted to push the 5 leading locos up to Heywood where they all had a short rest before free-wheeling down the hill back to Bury.

    Shimples !!
     
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