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[Mad Doug Biker]

Model railways showed an idealised England until 'sexy scenes' came along
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife...sed-England-until-sexy-scenes-came-along.html

That's so out of date, people have been doing it (geddit?) for years!!

 

[classic33]

Model railways showed an idealised England until 'sexy scenes' came along
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/goodlife...sed-England-until-sexy-scenes-came-along.html

http://www.depsite.eu/Preiser-10107-Nudist-bathers/en

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

D816 Eclipse



That is all.

@Gravity Aided, @Katherine, @User16390, Yes, the old Warship Class (class 42 and 43) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_42, they had a VERY premature end (1972) along with the rest of Diesel Hydraulic types which almost all had pitifully short careers - The 'Baby Warships' (class 22) (1971/2) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_22, the 'Hymeks' (class 35) (1975) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_35, the protoype Warships (class 41) (1968) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_D20/2, and finally, the 'Westerns' (class 52) (February 1977) , giving them something of a cult status, especially the 'Westerns' https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_52.

The longest career any of them had was 15/16 years.

The one exception were the class 14 'Teddy Bears', which went from having one of the shortest careers in BR history (1964 - 69) to having the longest for the Hydraulics as most were sold into industry, something that was almost unheard of for diesels at the time! The irony now is that, for a class that shouldn't have survived, there are now more examples preserved of them than any other Diesel Hydraulic type!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_14

Anyway, most of the Warship names were alphabetical, making it easier to remember them!:

http://www.railblue.com/Fleet/class_42_fleet.htm

 

[classic33]

Class 20's are being reintroduced round this nec o'woods, to mainline service.
There's also three Claytons not far from me. All with the same owner.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Class 20's are being reintroduced round this nec o'woods, to mainline service.
There's also three Claytons not far from me. All with the same owner.

Only one class 17 'Clayton' was ever preserved, so are you cavorting in the great engine shed in the sky or something??

 

[classic33]

Only one class 17 'Clayton' was ever preserved, so are you cavorting in the great engine shed in the sky or something??

None of the three are in presevation

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

None of the three are in presevation

Only one 'Clayton' survives!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Class 14s are not Claytons, the Claytons were the class 17s.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

None of the three are in presevation

These aren't models are they??

 

[classic33]

These aren't models are they??

Where would any engine end up, if not in presevation?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Where would any engine end up, if not in presevation?

Some power units end up in industrial use, but I don't know of any class 17 engines

 

[classic33]

Some power units end up in industrial use, but I don't know of any class 17 engines

Or in a scrapyard!

One with its own siding.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Got a few pics and things when im straight .been a good day

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Or in a scrapyard!

One with its own siding.

What?

 

[classic33]

What?

Did many not end up in scrapyards?