brianusa Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 I wonder how much longer the EWS brand will remain? Its been enough time to get more repainted by now. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 25, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2015 I wonder how much longer the EWS brand will remain? Its been enough time to get more repainted by now. Brian DB Schenker aren't in any rush to rebrand as they're trying to spend as little money as possible - that's why there's only a few 66's repainted in red. Even the half-ar*ed DB sticker program appears to have almost ground to a halt. The 60's needed a repaint after their heavy refurb, so they're happily in red. I don't mind as I model the current scene and it's enough of a problem keeping up with liveries without more changes! Cheers, Mick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Any truth to the story going round that DB only bought EWS for the bits in France? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Any truth to the story going round that DB only bought EWS for the bits in France? It wouldn't surprise me... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted June 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2015 Any truth to the story going round that DB only bought EWS for the bits in France? I heard that they really wanted everything the other side of the channel but were told "its all or nothing!!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Western Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I think the assets striping of equipment to Euro Cargo Rail in France, Poland and Bulgria tells you something. EWS later DBS where always going to be handstrung by the huge overheads they inherited from the Shadow Freight Companies. Great Western Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Steadfast Posted June 26, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2015 I wonder how much longer the EWS brand will remain? Its been enough time to get more repainted by now. Brian Even if every train was DB red there'd still be plenty of EWS polo shirts and hi viz jackets being worn! I've got a few despite EWS being long gone when I started... jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko22 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Jim, As ever great pics and vids you never disappoint! Ok this has really struck me! Look at the Pic of Tornado above specifically the buffers, the look at the 60 below again the buffers. While I know they will be the right size is it just me or do they look strangely out of scale on Tornado wit the engine been such a big beast while the 60 look right even though the buffers will be broadly the same kind of size even if different in shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 27, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2015 Couple from last night, final night of the warrington to carlisle logs Signal check in carlisle And in kingmoor And that was that, bit of variety next week, got the baglan logs one day and 3 days road learning for a diversion thats coming up in august 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ews60002 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I went to Crewe coal yard hoping that Colas had swapped the 60 over to a different loco but alas not to be so here is 60087 Clic Sargent 6C37 Chirk Kronospan to Carlisle Yard. Mathew 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Richard E Posted June 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2015 Jim Is there a problem with Clic Sargent or was it just that you wanted a variation from a '60'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 And that was that, bit of variety next week, got the baglan logs one day and 3 days road learning for a diversion thats coming up in august Which way you doing the logs Jim, I liked the friendly wave at Willaston Crossing the last time you came through Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted June 30, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 30, 2015 (edited) Which way you doing the logs Jim, I liked the friendly wave at Willaston Crossing the last time you came through i'll coming through willaston later, got the logs hereford to chirk Edited June 30, 2015 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Sorry to miss you Jim but apparently doing a BBQ is more important than photographing a train Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2015 I was an hour late through crewe anyway! Early into hereford then regulated for late running ATW services, even picking up 20 mins by not stopping in sutton bridge was wiped out by following the local stopper from salop to crewe then sitting outside the station for 20 mins Couple of pics though, just iphone again Waiting at hereford And during a 'wee break' (and not in the scottish sense!) outside crewe at 21:45 in the last of the evening sunshine Tonight was the first 60 ive had up gresford bank with a loaded train and it certainly is an improvement over a 66, from a standing start at green lane it got to about 55 at the bottom of the bank and by the time it reached the top it was doing about 35, compared to a 66 that is about 5mph better at the bottom and a good 10mph better at the top, the other thing to bear in mind is the baglan logs tonight was about 200 ton heaver than the normal carlisle train so i should imagine that would be better still, hopefully i'll get to compare those soon, the main thing was it was so much quieter than a 66! After a signal check at wrexham i finally got into chirk, the finish of 60002 is superb! I must admit im quite pleased about getting on 60002, i think its because i had a Lima model of it back in the 90s when it was 'capability brown' and its always been a favorite ever since, in fact i only sold the model a few years back! Off to Rugby later for a meeting and im going to get a bit of road learning in on the way down, stoke to norton bridge in preperation for the logs being diverted that way before the end of the year 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Horse Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Im going to get a bit of road learning in on the way down, stoke to norton bridge in preperation for the logs being diverted that way before the end of the year Is that a temporary diversion...........I like watching the logs come through Willaston......lol!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2015 Is that a temporary diversion...........I like watching the logs come through Willaston......lol!!!!!!! the baglan logs will still come through willaston but the empty carlisle logs are going via wolverhampton-walsall-rugeley-colwich-stone-stoke-kidsgrove to crewe when they shut stafford and norton bridge for resignalling/realigning etc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Were you driving 6J37 yesterday Jim past horrocksford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2015 Were you driving 6J37 yesterday Jim past horrocksford nope, would have had to split myself in half to do the baglan and carlisle logs!! (still need to get the S+C route on my card anyway) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark axlecounter Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ah got you sorry this weather has got to me already lol. The reson I was asking was he didn't let me down we had late runners and I had to rush him past me. Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 2, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) a few from today, had a days road learning on the cannock chase line, as well as a look over stoke to norton bridge en route 37601 in crewe (i took this yesterday but its not moved today!) didnt have my camera on until i got to rugeley where i had about 30 mins to spare before my train left to walsall, here it is arriving on the inward service chester bound voyager freightliner 70 london bound voyager crewe bound 350 glasgow bound pendolino garston car train crewe to dirft DRS 57 i then got the train out to walsall where i had 20 mins before getting a train back to rugeley london bound voyager OHLE maintainance train chester bound voyager london bound pendolino from here i was hoping to get a train back to crewe via stone and norton bridge but i was refused entry to the cab by the london midland driver despite having all the relevent up to date passes so i went back on the 170 over to walsall and ultimatley new st and hme that way instead, all was not lost though as i used that to have a look at the new signalling around wolverhampton station so into crewe, by now it was raining heavily! plaque in memory of the train robbery victims on platform 12, i'd forgot it was there got chatting to a WCR driver who was waiting for an ECS service to arrive so i hung around and waited to see what it was, and it was this, 47760 with a rake of pullman coaches off that went and in rolled the 57 i'd seen earlier in the day at rugeley bringing back some wagons from daventry, it ran round then headed back to gresty bridge by now i decided to brave the rain for a walk back to the van, got soaked wet through though and after all that my road learning the rest of the week has had to be cancelled so i can (possibly) work a couple of oil trains via the erewash tomorrow due to the derailmant in lincolnshire, watch this space!! other than the driver being shirty with me i quite enjoyed the day, not too much to the cannock line, lots of up and down speeds for freight but an interesting little line Edited July 3, 2015 by big jim 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 08221 Posted July 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 The Chase line is my local line Jim - look forward to these diversions and the chance to get some photos of workings other than class 170s and coal trains to Rugeley. Any info you have on the diversions nearer the time would really be appreciated 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswild Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) Interesting update as ever Jim, I don't live too far from the chase line and would be interested to know what diversions may be heading that way, make a change from LM units and the odd freightliner coal into rugeley p.s. Good pics keep 'em up! Chris Edit. Must've posted at the same time, didn't mean to do a virtually identical post! Edited July 2, 2015 by chriswild Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 2, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2015 and a quick (somewhat shaky) vid of the WCR train leaving Crewe 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 What is that platform used for now, I've seen chaps stood in the bus shelter so wondered if it was for crew changes or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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