Fastline Disposals
1 January 2009
The two Permaquips at Tanfield
Fastline have recently had a clear-out at Doncaster Marshgate...
BP063 - now at Elsecar Steam Railway
BP025 & PC034 - now at Tanfield Railway
...but also some disposals too
The following are now missing / assumed scrapped:
BP009, BP027, BP059 & BP062
PC010, PC011, PC028, PC033 & PC035
Muscleman HTJ3108
Slewers 60128 & 60131
plus the Gator 030553 / MPP10284 and who knows how many EGO4s! Quite a list - shame.
If anyone has any more concrete info please get in touch / leave a comment underneath - thanks!
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speedo jones
9 January 2009, 14:51
Shame so many machines have been lost. I bet they would've been great on a preserved line. Who knows, maybe one or two will turn up in mystery locations
Ben Williams
9 January 2009, 14:55
Yes - we're still trying to get more info at the moment. I am wondering if Fastline have shipped the lot to a third party for selling on via a new location...?
Owen Edwards
9 January 2009, 22:35
I'm a Volunteer at the Tanfield Railway.
and i can gladly Report both have been working well.
Jonathan Flood
10 January 2009, 22:10
Owen, I wonder whether you can let me know who I can talk to about the two Wickham trolleys at the Tanfield Railway as I am the moderator of the Wickham of Ware Yahoo! Group and would be interested to know what the plans for these two Trolleys are.
Owen Edwards
10 January 2009, 22:14
Ive Already been Contacted from the Site Mod and going to clear up few things and try and get details on them (as in owners etc)
but the reason they were never used was due to bank before Andrews House, is 1 in 32 and the brakes on them are shocking and made of wood, and far to small even if they were made of better stuff.
Jonathan Flood
11 January 2009, 01:46
Did they find DX68038 when they were clearing out Marshgate?
Vince /// ontrackplant.com
12 January 2009, 09:45
I think 68038 may be one of those mysteries that'll never get solved :(
Ben Williams
18 January 2009, 19:00
Thanks to Peter Hall for the following:
"In addition to these two machines I understand the Tanfield has also acquired PC035, BP027, Lifter & Slewer 36(RLS3032), Muscleman Q125(HTJ3108) from Fastline.
BP062 has also been acquired by Elsecar.
BP009, BP059, L&S 19(RLS3066), PC010, PC011, PC028, PC033 all went to Ron Hull Junior, Rotherham for scrap in 12/08. Presumably all now scrapped."
Details now amended on the list pages.
Andy Prime
3 February 2009, 09:15
There has been a Permaquip Clipper at Darlington North Road station for the last week at least, has a Fastline sticker on it but no other identification that I can see, maybe one of the missing ones ? It is stored adjacent to some preserved wagons.
Vince /// ontrackplant.com
3 February 2009, 15:49
Here's a photo of the mystery Permaclipper that Andy mentions.
Ben seems to think that it's PC035. If anyone can confirm, that would be great. Thanks.
Ben Williams
3 February 2009, 16:01
It is confirmed as Andy has just told me that another photo he took from the front has the same silver tape on the windows as my photo last year.