Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted December 2, 2013 Accurascale staff Share Posted December 2, 2013 It looks like it's sporting a hitler tache as well. Bit late for movember, but these choo choos are always late to market I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 I don't know, every time I look at these its real hard to see how G.E could have made them look any worse! I'm hoping that the Colas livery will help turn the tables somewhat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2013 they have made it look worse by bolting a big orange "zit" to the side! i've said it before but the colas livery suits it well as its more angular, (go back a page to see a link to the, incorrect, artists impression to get an idea of how it will look) the only problem being now that the big bolt on bit goes right through the bodyside writing, i'm hoping only 70801 has it so i can renumber my respray to 70802 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 they have made it look worse by bolting a big orange "zit" to the side! i've said it before but the colas livery suits it well as its more angular, (go back a page to see a link to the, incorrect, artists impression to get an idea of how it will look) the only problem being now that the big bolt on bit goes right through the bodyside writing, i'm hoping only 70801 has it so i can renumber my respray to 70802 At least it looks like they've got the orange/yellow the right way round this time.......... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 At least it looks like they've got the orange/yellow the right way round this time.......... Cheers, Mick It certainly sits better on them than power haul livery. I like it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted December 2, 2013 Share Posted December 2, 2013 they have made it look worse by bolting a big orange "zit" to the side! It's got a yellow one on the other side. Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 2, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2013 It's got a yellow one on the other side. Geoff Endacott http://www.flickr.com/photos/turners_pics/11172466936/sizes/h/in/photostream/ Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2013 the new batch of colas 70s have the extra boxes fitted too, according to another forum they are extra cooling fans after freightliner had problems with overheating at low speeds they are not as noticable once painted the same colour as the rest of the loco, hmmmmm how do i know that? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2013 I wonder if Bachmann do a 70/8. they'll include this mod (along with the flush cabsides....). A local rumour is that a 70/8 will end up on the S&C log train..... the 56 yesterday was having "fun" on my local 1 in 120 gradient. Here's hoping. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 8, 2013 i've not heard what they will be used on yet by yesterday i hope you meant friday as i was on it saturday and i'd be in trouble if i came past your house as i still dont sign it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2013 i've not heard what they will be used on yet by yesterday i hope you meant friday as i was on it saturday and i'd be in trouble if i came past your house as i still dont sign it! Yesterday was indeed Friday - that's the problem with my late night surfing. Sometimes lose track of time! Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 I thought some were originally slated for the Immingham to Santon iron ore trains, since Class 66's can't handle the wagons more than 1/4 full. But no sign as yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) I thought some were originally slated for the Immingham to Santon iron ore trains, since Class 66's can't handle the wagons more than 1/4 full. But no sign as yet. Only if Colas or Freightliner had the Immingham ore duty...... I don't think the wagons are fully loaded anyway. as iron ore is so dense - the wagons were full, they would be too heavy for any loco, even a 60. Incidentally - how does a 70 compare in haulage to a 60? We know that 66's don't compare at all and there were trials with 59's against 60's, with the 60 coming out marginally better (cue pro-GM flaming..... [*]), but I wonder how traction control has moved on since the Sepex of the 60's? Cheers, Mick EDIT - [*] just realised that flaming is probably more appropriate to GE products.... Edited December 8, 2013 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted December 8, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2013 The Class 60 was a better design than generally given credit for I think, especially when compared to the somewhat lacklustre Class 66. From an accountants point of view the 66 was probably great as they were cheap to buy and can pull trains, although it'd be interesting to do a cost analysis of through life costs relative to other designs. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/altoonaworks 70805. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153627101940637&set=pb.222359370636.-2207520000.1386953557.&type=3&theater Thanks to Meld for the headsup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Accurascale staff Accurascale Fran Posted December 13, 2013 Accurascale staff Share Posted December 13, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/altoonaworks 70805. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153627101940637&set=pb.222359370636.-2207520000.1386953557.&type=3&theater Thanks to Meld for the headsup Nope, they still look ruddy awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2013 Classic quote on the linked facebook page from Beast. Anyone else notice that locos built for export are, well, just downright ugly? Can't say that all the US stuff is pretty.......... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 And I thought they looked crap in green Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2013 A video of Colas liveried 70801 is on youtube Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2013 A few more pics of two of them being transported here. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.661675137217497.1073741832.652015458183465&type=1 Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2013 A few more pics of two of them being transported here. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.661675137217497.1073741832.652015458183465&type=1 Cheers, Mick And they haven't managed to drop one...yet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2013 And they haven't managed to drop one...yet! If they did, then it might straighten out the livery...... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Don't those photos show how ridiculously small our loading gauge is? They can transport our locos on a flat wagon, not even a well-type. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 (edited) Don't those photos show how ridiculously small our loading gauge is? They can transport our locos on a flat wagon, not even a well-type. Try this for size...... http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=457051&nseq=6 And then there's the mahoosive Schnabel car, the biggest of the lot- http://www.lswci.com/schnabel2005.html Edited December 15, 2013 by Gary H 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Trainshed Terry Posted December 15, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2013 Try this for size...... http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=457051&nseq=6 And then there's the mahoosive Schnabel car, the biggest of the lot- http://www.lswci.com/schnabel2005.html Now that is out of gauge load. Terry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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