A Class locos

[brianmcs]

Hello guys , came across this on you tube. so for  anyone who has not already seen it.

 

[jhb171achill]

Interesting!

See how even before being in traffic much longer than the time taken to go through a wash, the lettering "A60" (towards the end of the clip) is already getting worn off!

These things, don't forget, weren't painted - bare metal. Hardly conducive to lettering staying put.

Livery details too: on "silver" locos, numerals were pale green, while on unpainted carriages they were initially red.

Never black, as I've seen on at least one model.

[LNERW1]

Fascinating to see an Irish loco in a British yard. Seeing something like a Pilot Scheme diesel or a BR Standard beside it would have been insane.

[Horsetan]

On 3/5/2024 at 11:11 PM, LNERW1 said:

Fascinating to see an Irish loco in a British yard. ....

In the 1990s, one ended up in Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester. Always wondered how that came about but, then again, there was precedent for it; a few steam locomotives were shipped from CIE to Spain for scrapping.

[Westcorkrailway]

15 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

In the 1990s, one ended up in Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester. Always wondered how that came about but, then again, there was precedent for it; a few steam locomotives were shipped from CIE to Spain for scrapping.

Not to mention nearly all the C class ended up in vic Barry’s didn’t they? 

[Mayner]

IE swapped some C Class with Vic Berry's for an equivalent number of BR MK2 coaches. At the time the Irish Government had banned new investment in the railways apart from completing the MK3 coach and Cork Line CTC projects. The investment ban was partially lifted a couple of years later with the Kildare Arrow project and importing the 201s

[Horsetan]

14 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Not to mention nearly all the C class ended up in vic Barry’s didn’t they? 

Did they? I only ever remember seeing a photo of a single one there.

[Ironroad]

18 hours ago, Horsetan said:

In the 1990s, one ended up in Vic Berry's scrapyard in Leicester. Always wondered how that came about but, then again, there was precedent for it; a few steam locomotives were shipped from CIE to Spain for scrapping.

I believe that according to the scrap iron control act of 1938, it was actually illegal to export scrap iron at the point steam locos were being withdrawn and scrapped. There seems to have been a little white lie (with official connivance) when it came to the export of steam locos, IE they were supposedly going to Spain for continued use there. But as witnessed on the quayside as these locos were being loaded on a ship, it was quite clear from the liberal use of acetylene torches that they were headed to a scrap yard.