141/181 class AllThingsDiesel's Archival Project

[AllThingsDiesel]

Hi all, you may be familiar with a previous thread I created on my old account (the "141 and 181 Class Fleet Withdrawal and Scrappage Dates"), which covered the namesake of this topic.

Since then, I've decided to take things a bit further, as I've managed to accumulate quite a bit more information on both classes of locomotive. With all the information I've gathered since then, I thought it would be a good idea to put everything together into a website, which I'm hoping can serve as a place where all of this information is available in the one place. There will also be an entire credits section, where every author and contributor will be listed and rightfully credited for their work.

The current focus is primarily on the 121, 141 and 181 Classes, although I do plan on expanding the project to cover other pieces of rolling stock as well, such as loco-hauled carriages, Multiple Units and Permanent Way Department vehicles.

 

The format of the website is fairly similar to the "Collection" section of the RPSI's website
(Some photos are still being used as placeholders until I can either get permission from their respective authors or find something more suitable to replace them with.)

So, you go into the class you want to look into, and you'll find all members with individual profiles.

 

Upon clicking on one of the locomotives, you'll be brought to a page similar to this. As mentioned before, it follows a very similar format to the RPSI's "Collection" section, as I thought it was a fantastic way of individually profiling each piece of rolling stock!

 

I'd say the biggest part of the entire project will probably be the "Timeline Section", which is essentially a much more extensive version of my original 141 and 181 Class Withdrawal and Scrappage Dates post. It'll aim to include pretty much every movement involving both classes that has been recorded or otherwise noted down.

 

I'll try to keep this thread updated as the site progresses. I'm currently looking for photos to use and add to the website!

Edited Sunday at 23:37 by AllThingsDiesel

[AllThingsDiesel]

Entry dates for the 121, 141 and 181 Class are complete

[Broithe]

Is it just a general coincidence, or is there a reason why service entry would occur in the winter?

Only 143 seems to have had a warm day to start working on...

[AllThingsDiesel]

14 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Is it just a general coincidence, or is there a reason why service entry would occur in the winter?

The first batch of 141s were delivered to North Wall on the 22nd of November 1962, and I believe the rest were fully delivered by the second week

[Mol_PMB]

With so many new locos arriving at once, I recall there was an attempt to spread out their future overhaul intervals by putting some on high mileage diagrams while others were held back a bit and put on local duties. Was it an even/odd number split in theory? This is all from memory of reading something. 

[AllThingsDiesel]

I'm not entirely sure, that's my first time hearing ever hearing of such a thing!

[Mol_PMB]

5 minutes ago, AllThingsDiesel said:

I'm not entirely sure, that's my first time hearing ever hearing of such a thing!

I’m home now, and it was in the place I was expecting. 

IRRS Journal 112, D Renehan’s article on the ‘La Grange Locomotives’ starting on p224. 

[jhb171achill]

Every day is a school day - I was unaware of this. I wonder were similar policies adopted with the "A" and (1990s) 201 classes?

[Mol_PMB]

1 minute ago, jhb171achill said:

Every day is a school day - I was unaware of this. I wonder were similar policies adopted with the "A" and (1990s) 201 classes?

My brain is absolutely full of such half-remembered minutiae. But it's all obscure railway history stuff - I'm totally hopeless in a pub quiz on sport, music or TV!

The A class were delivered over a longer time period so it wouldn't have been such an issue for them.

[AllThingsDiesel]

I didn't know this until recently, but 181 Class no. 186 was refitted with an EMD 8-567CR at some point in its life. I wonder if it had received the engine from a scrapped 141...