BR Blue Class 20 Diesel
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Others I've found are the D8204 & D8134 variants via ebay recently going for around the £50 mark as running but perhaps a little TLC needed but these have the bulbous number mount on the front which was not what I was looking for. Sadly I missed on the same 20063 several weeks back and a snip at £75.
Mine was in the £90 bracket but as it will be the last loco I'll get for the layout AND it was my birthday last weekend I figured I'd go for it.
Paul
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It is getting harder and harder to tell N and OO apart such is the level of detailing!
John :)
Oh, Dr Beeching what have you done?
There once were lots of trains to catch, but soon there will be none.
I'll have to buy a bike, 'cos I can't afford a car.
Oh, Dr Beeching what a naughty man you are!
There once were lots of trains to catch, but soon there will be none.
I'll have to buy a bike, 'cos I can't afford a car.
Oh, Dr Beeching what a naughty man you are!
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You might be interested in a couple of examples of an Australian class 20
http://www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/g_50.htm
also for 6 cylinder versions with much the same body work
http://www.railtasmania.com/loco/loco.php?id=y
and
Photographs - S.A.R. Broad Gauge 800-class diesel locomotives
Personally I think the Australian versions look better but the design reflects a more generous loading gauge.
Enjoy your model!
Cheers
Trevor
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Oh, Dr Beeching what have you done?
There once were lots of trains to catch, but soon there will be none.
I'll have to buy a bike, 'cos I can't afford a car.
Oh, Dr Beeching what a naughty man you are!
There once were lots of trains to catch, but soon there will be none.
I'll have to buy a bike, 'cos I can't afford a car.
Oh, Dr Beeching what a naughty man you are!
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Does anybody know if these loco's 'pushed' freight wagons - I've only seen footage of them pulling freight with either cab in front or cab behind setups. It seems rather unlikely they 'pushed' any sizeable load of wagons as the view from the extended can side windows would be rather limiting but for my limited size shunting yards on my layout I think I'm allowed some modellers licence :-)
Then again, those steam loco drivers certainly did push a number of coaches or wagons as part of daily business so I don't see why the diesel drivers couldn't .. unless BR company policy stopped that practice.
cheers
Paul
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Similarly with the Tasmanian locos, their Y class was also the "biggest power" they had for a number of years until the Bell Bay line was built and locos with three times the power were ordered.
The SAR 800 class were bought to dieselise the Port Adelaide area so they shunted the Port Adelaide/Gillman and Dry Creek yards, ran transfer freights to Adelaide and Dry Creek as well as running some of the few loco hauled passenger trains around the Adelaide area and local freights including Port Stanvac (oil trains), Tonsley (picking up Chryslers car output) and occasional mainline runs.
Towards the end of their lives, they were used on longer distance wheat train runs although they did have some longer trips in SAR days mainly to Wallaroo. They did do a lot of "shoving" and I remember seeing them pushing loads where they were rated for up to 2000 tons in the Dry Creek Yard shunting. As far as vision is concerned, the weather was a bit more clement here so leaning out the window for the crews to see a bit better down the long side was not an issue here. You can probably google most of the areas I have mentioned here but they look nothing like that now.
There were also similar locos in Queensland ( the 1600 and 1620 classes) which you can get an idea about at
https://sites.google.com/site/queenslandgreattrains/Home/historical-diesel-locos/1600-1620-class
Hope this helps
Trevor
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