ianmacc Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 12 hours ago, cheesysmith said: Actually the above post has reminded me, I do hope some sprinters are preserved as the miles they did out of the box to keep the local BR network running as the old DMUs virtually disintegrated was nothing short of increadible. There is a lot more hope for them than their electric cousins as they are diesel and therefore useable straight away on heritage lines. I wouldn’t expect anything from 150-159 to go extinct. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, slilley said: Well a bit of Class 74 does survive. The Paxman engine from 74009 is in Class 14 D9526. If the baby deltic project can start from that then I’m up for the Big Edward project! At least we can measure up from the class 71!! Edited December 28, 2020 by ianmacc 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John-Miles Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 2 hours ago, billbedford said: Are there any locos that wouldn't find a place on this list? GWR Kruger? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, billbedford said: Are there any locos that wouldn't find a place on this list? A lot of Drummond's 4-6-0s for the LSWR were a bit of a waste of metal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Couple not mentioned so far, a J37, N15 or a Pickersgill, I seem to remember that a J37 came close to being preserved, but it was a case of a J36 or a J37 and the SRPS couldn't afford both and opted for the J36 Maude Jim 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 J50? I had a model of one of these on a “preserved layout” until I realised they were extinct! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 22 minutes ago, ianmacc said: J50? I had a model of one of these on a “preserved layout” until I realised they were extinct! Rule one! In your world, might not some person or organisation have saved one from the gas axe? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted December 28, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Raven pacific, obviously. And a selection of items from the “lost” period 1835-1880. And also that the title of this thread be edited so it’s in English. Suggest “Extinct locos that we wish had been saved.” ;-) RT Edited December 28, 2020 by RichardT Aberrant line breaks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 6 hours ago, ianmacc said: There is a lot more hope for them than their electric cousins as they are diesel and therefore useable straight away on heritage lines. Can't help wondering whether VivaRail battery packs could be fitted in the - otherwise redundant - luggage vans of preserved electric units so they could have a future use ....................... maybe just one battery pack on wheels that could be swapped between units - plug & play ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Wickham Green too said: Can't help wondering whether VivaRail battery packs could be fitted in the - otherwise redundant - luggage vans of preserved electric units so they could have a future use ....................... maybe just one battery pack on wheels that could be swapped between units - plug & play ! Idea of the year! The technology exists now to have functioning electric multiple units on preserved lines. Class 502/503/504 etc on a heritage line anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 3 hours ago, luckymucklebackit said: Couple not mentioned so far, a J37, N15 or a Pickersgill, I seem to remember that a J37 came close to being preserved, but it was a case of a J36 or a J37 and the SRPS couldn't afford both and opted for the J36 Maude Jim And you can understand why, given whatever they chose would be running on a preserved railway, probably a branch line. The J36 is route availability 3, the J37 was RA8, below only things like Pacifics and V2s of ex-LNER engines. Interesting that the choice of ex-Caley 0-6-0s went the other way, with the bigger/heavier 812 class being preserved. In my opinion, a Jumbo would have been more representative of Caley freight engines. And I agree that the lack of a Caley 4-4-0 (even a Pickersgill, if not a Dunalastair) is pretty sad. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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