Comments
Here are the last 25 comments that people have left on the site.
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PL064
13 May 2008 - Dave Smith
night night PL064. RIP
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DR 73308
13 May 2008 - Dave Smith
This was a great machine. RIP
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DR 73308
13 May 2008 - Midnight Cowboy
I take it that this is Colchester's demonstration of how to change a twin disk in 3 hours. (there was some real tallent there in the late 90's!)
Happy days eh Steve, how's about a "Fitter to Fitter chat"
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DR 73308
13 May 2008 - me
think it was the flux capacitor
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DR 73308
13 May 2008 - TamPer Fitter
Have you found that hydraulic leak yet!
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ADB 965211
12 May 2008 - Mike
This was there at 13th april 2008
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73269
12 May 2008 - Mike
This Was Up At Warrington Bank Quay On The 10th May 2008
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Northern Ireland - 07 - "#1451, 1978"
10 May 2008 - NormanBodel
no.7 is now at work on the DOWNPATRICK & Co.DOWN RAILWAY
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76213
10 May 2008 - Tam Per Fitter
Great Picture Bob, makes the ole girl stand out and,look really clean.
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DR 72212
10 May 2008 - Tam Per Fitter
Not sure about the machines you've mentioned, but 95% sure 72212 will be gone
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89115 on 979127
10 May 2008 - Jon Horswell
LWRT Intermediate Wagon DB 979118 has been converted to a support and materials handling container for work with RM 95 RT Ballast Cleaner DR 76324. It retains its number but is now coded YSA.
I know it is not relevent to this picture but there are no pictures of Intermediate Wagons on this site!!
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DR 72212
9 May 2008 - Jamie
I know the Germans came to have a look at this, along with 73311, 73279 at Ashford, and 86101 at Hither Green. Are they actually going, or is it just hearsay?
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DR 72212
9 May 2008 - Tam Per Fitter
Germany Bound
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DR 78901
8 May 2008 - me
heard this had been sold to italians
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - Lerpassmapter
You would be surprised just how many miles that Gopher did under it's own power! Used to take a full week of night shifts sometimes to get from one site to another at about 15mph, wouldn't be able to do it now!
On one journey, one of its wheels actually fell off as it approached a huge S+C junction, it was on the main fast road and the signaller told the op it had to be moved as it was blocking mainline traffic.
So the op continued right through the S+C junction on 3 wheels before it finally derailed on a slow road out of the way from main traffic. No Joke!
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - Lerpassmapter
You would be surprised just how many miles that Gopher did under it's own power! Used to take a full week of night shifts sometimes to get from one site to another at about 15mph, wouldn't be able to do it now!
On one journey, one of its wheels actually fell off as it approached a huge S+C junction, it was on the main fast road and the signaller told the op it had to be moved as it was blocking mainline traffic.
So the op continued right through the S+C junction on 3 wheels before it finally derailed on a slow road out of the way from main traffic. No Joke!
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - BeeJay
I have just remembered one trip that I was involved in.
A Gopher ran under its own power from Leeds to Monkwearmouth in about 1994 It took a while!!
It was also a pointless excercise because the week after we reballasted the turnout to Monkwearmouth colliery it shut.
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DR 73256
8 May 2008 - Going For a Song
still resident at Slateford ,, think it is ran up now and again
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DR 98220
8 May 2008 - Steve Hatcher
Noticed yesterday at Woking that this unit has lost it's original crane and replaced with a red hiab jib.
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - Midnight Cowboy
I've seen plenty of Ballast Cleaners moving outside of possessions. It was only when TPWS and OTMR came in that it became 100% cost effective to run the machines in the consist of trains. The Cleaner we had at Sandiacre, went mainline a few times whilst I was there (1999 - 2006)
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - Fred
This Crane was built to travel without a locomotive and did so for a number of years while under BR. It travelled at 35 mph with its staff coach. It had a lifting capacity of 18T and had two rotating superstructures, geared to rotate in opposite directions, one being a full crane and the other being a slave counterweight. It was overhauled, modified at Derby in its later years. It worked mainly on LMR but towards the end of its life, worked on WR.
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DR 81502
8 May 2008 - Bryan
Cranes, Ballast cleaners etc cannot normally travel outside a possession unless special arrangements are made. These are site specific and must have good justification.
Tampers and Regs etc can travel.
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DR 81502
7 May 2008 - Rob
Could this crane travel in traffic under it's own steam?
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DR 73256
7 May 2008 - Ben Williams
Anyone got any updated sightings of this please? Is it still going abroad?
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PL074
7 May 2008 - Ben Williams
No one has seen this since its Stratford days in 2001! But apparently it is still around the Romford area - can anyone confirm please or add any more recent sightings?
thanks