At Butterley today......

[maxnod]

Matt's (Sir Haydn's) new toy.
My green-eyed monster has come out to play

Get back, Damn you!!!! I can't afford it!!!!

Ooops! Looks like it's off to a flower show !!




And finally a visitor, familiar to Southerners, but a Stranger to us in the Midlands and all points north...
A Hastings 'Thumper' unit on a Railtour from.....


Hastings !!!!!  

[MDLR]

And finally a visitor, familiar to Southerners, but a Stranger to us in the Midlands and all points north...
A Hastings 'Thumper' unit on a Railtour from.....

Hastings!

I remember going down to Codnor Park Junction to see one of those (with extra power cars) en route to the Settle & Carlisle when it was "at risk" - now THAT deserved an award for bravery!

I see the LEV was also running....................

[Narrow Minded]

Missed the action again - sometimes I hate my job

[bessytractor]

And finally a visitor, familiar to Southerners, but a Stranger to us in the Midlands and all points north...
A Hastings 'Thumper' unit on a Railtour from.....

Hastings!

I remember going down to Codnor Park Junction to see one of those (with extra power cars) en route to the Settle & Carlisle when it was "at risk" - now THAT deserved an award for bravery!

I see the LEV was also running....................

one of my managers was on that trip, he spent a good while reminiscing to me about it!

[maxnod]

And finally a visitor, familiar to Southerners, but a Stranger to us in the Midlands and all points north...
A Hastings 'Thumper' unit on a Railtour from.....

Hastings!

I remember going down to Codnor Park Junction to see one of those (with extra power cars) en route to the Settle & Carlisle when it was "at risk" - now THAT deserved an award for bravery!

I see the LEV was also running....................

one of my managers was on that trip, he spent a good while reminiscing to me about it!

Strange that the 'Thumper' has attracted more comments than Matt's L&MVLR 'R. B. Earle'


And as for RB004, at times it was only just running! According to one of the patrons of the group who look after it, it was built, never run-in and then stood for 20 years: now it is being used, all the faults are starting to become apparent.
It will now be at the MRT for a while.

[James-Buzz]

I see thats RB 004, so how many in the series and where did the others end up??

[Steven.T]

I think there was only one like RB004.
Well, unless you include all the 5-inch gauge models, including mine

[George]

Theres another LEV at NNR - the infamous LEV1 its now in running order, and the NRM who owns it has finally given us permission to paint the under frame i believe.

Although of course LEV1 is much more ugly than RB004

[maxnod]

And STILL no comments about the L&MVLR loco!
Are my pictures that bad? (although I suppose somebody would have said if they were )

Or is beauty in the eye of the beer-holder?

[maxnod]

Theres another LEV at NNR - the infamous LEV1 its now in running order, and the NRM who owns it has finally given us permission to paint the under frame i believe.

Although of course LEV1 is much more ugly than RB004  :lol:

UGLY??????
A 'Predator' is good looking next to that!!

[Pendo Pilot]

Perhaps its because Matt posted the pics of the smashing loco in his railway thread?? But lovely pics here as well.
However the whole thread is ruined thanks to those rancid Leyland/ thatcher sell off pieces of junk! ! Having been forced to train on 142 & 143 Leyland/hunslet/BREL knackers the thought of anyone preserving the Lev & RB is just beyond strange. Worst possible things I have ever witnessed!

BTW, cable brakes!! on a 75mph set!! Thank god that after many incidents they finally put proper brakes on the wagon chassis the things run on...

Yes these are my views, in typical light hearted mood.

[maxnod]

Cable brakes!!??!! FFS!!??
(Errm, can I say that on here?)

[Pendo Pilot]

Cable brakes!!??!!  FFS!!??
(Errm, can I say that on here?)

LOL, you just did!!


Oh I forgot to mention the terrible flange squeal (that makes migrane inducing noise in the cab), the lack of sanding & the fact they slide like a greased goose, freight derived suspension & flipping bus doors that break train wire 4 & shove the brakes in if you hit any bump going.
They are also a mare when hooked to the back of a 158 & you are doing 90mph unit speed in the 158......Ho Hum...


There is however a cure!!!

[williamfj]

I'm not normally interested in photos of 'modern' traction but I like those ones! That said 1 pacer should be preserved, as a warning!

[hussra]

There's even one preserved on the Emerald Isle.

http://youtu.be/nqIhdI9MFxg
http://youtu.be/AuFtIzhvy2c
http://www.downrail.co.uk/railbus.htm

Run away!

[anythingsdr]

Oh I forgot to mention the terrible flange squeal (that makes migrane inducing noise in the cab), the lack of sanding & the fact they slide like a greased goose, freight derived suspension & flipping bus doors that break train wire 4 & shove the brakes in if you hit any bump going.  :twisted:  :twisted:

Hate to say it... but with the change of job I've got... I (will) end up working on 142/3's, 150/1 & /2's 153s and maybe the odd 158! Ohhh the joys:)

[TommyDodd]

However the whole thread is ruined thanks to those rancid Leyland/ thatcher sell off pieces of junk!

I thought the same, and said so to a friend at school (this was many many moons ago). He agreed with reservations pointing out a couple of very pertinent facts. He lived near Cattal, on the Harrogate loop where those things had just been introduced. First, the first gen units they'd had before were on there very last legs and hadn't been brilliant to start with. Second, Maggie's government didn't like trains and railways, especially unprofitable ones, and only with the greatest reluctance did it allow BR to spend it's own money on the provincial sector. There was no money for shiny new "proper" DMUs, so Leyland Nationals were the only option. We could have had them on parcel van chassis..............or on rubber tyres with numberplates front and rear. Yes, they're a very inferior sort of train but a **** sight better than no trains at all. Whatever else they may have done, they did at least keep some lines open we might well have otherwise lost.

[James-Buzz]

the 142 is nice, the others too odd, hornby did the 142 in various liveries in 00 gauge.

whats with the bell on the front middle of RB004 ?

[DVT Dweller]

Rich,

Ive done the Irish one a few years ago.

For the rest of you there were 5 prototypes built and guess how many are still around.....

http://www.traintesting.com/LEVs.htm

To be honest they did the job on what they were designed to do, kept lines open on the penny pinching tory rail budget. My dad always said if they had been built as articulated units on 3 bogies they would have been a much better idea, but at alot more £££. Though Im sure give the choiche there would have just been a very large fleet of 151's playing on the big railway now.

[METHSSNIFFER]

Matt what a stunning job u have done and I congratulate you being quick on the ball with your research on the L and M. They did shift some milk up that line and I guess it finished up making a very good cheese Gromit!