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Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 6:57 pm
by markindurham
...to Jeremy Hosking's trust.

Wonderful news - she's been sorely missed on the main line.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:50 pm
by STAFFORDA4
splendid news
2 Peppercorn pacifics back on the mainline soon
Happy Days

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 11:01 pm
by Wolf of Badenoch
Fantastic news, can't wait to see Blue Peter back on the main line. Will certainly be booking one of the first tours when completed.

Now we just need to see some common sense with Green Arrow being returned to the mainline.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2014 10:38 pm
by Mercator II
Do you have a link to where this is published please?

I too would like to see her out on the main line, and the possiblity of an A1 -4 line up in steam!! Now can we persuede them to paint Bittern LNER green...

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2014 10:39 am
by Solario
For those who don't know, Jeremy Hoskins is setting up a new workshop facility in the old diesel depot in Crewe. It should be an immense improvement on the existing workshops which are far from ideal. Work is underway on preparing the new workshop and is expected to be complete in the spring.

Blue Peter is expected to be one of the first locos to be worked on in the new facility.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:23 am
by Mickey
I always like to think that i maybe own a nut or a bolt belonging to BLUE PETER cos i sent a £5 postal order to the Blue Peter society restoration appeal back in 1969/70.

The Blue Peter society sent me a nice A4 size b&w brochure on Blue Peter in return of post. :wink:

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:07 pm
by Solario
From the grapevine ...

BP needs a new middle cylinder & the boiler is in a bit of a bad way.

JH must know this & be prepared to spend a lot of money on it, good for him.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 3:07 pm
by Mercator II
Do Peppercorn A1's & A2's share the same middle cylinder? If so, a deal could be struck with A1SLT as they own the patterns, thus reducing the cost for JH and injecting some funds into the A1SLT

oOo

Brian

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:23 pm
by 60800
Hopefully the reported media is true, as she certainly is ready for some TLC.

I know this is the LNER forum, but please.... no more apple green. Let's see her back in that lovely livery which still adorns her cab interior

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:24 pm
by markindurham
Mercator II wrote:Do Peppercorn A1's & A2's share the same middle cylinder? If so, a deal could be struck with A1SLT as they own the patterns, thus reducing the cost for JH and injecting some funds into the A1SLT

oOo

Brian
I'm pretty sure that this is the case - istr that it was mentioned some 3 years ago, when NELPG were looking to get her overhauled.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:35 pm
by S.A.C. Martin
Let's be honest - the BR dark green is the only authentic livery for the locomotive's condition. But you can't have enough pre-grouping and grouping liveries in preservation, IMO and particularly as there have been a raft of BR conditions repaints and some non-authentic liveries too which jar on this particular set of eyes.

Would prefer the inauthentic apple green livery for Blue Peter's form than to see Galatea continue in the BR Maroon livery - owner's prerogative applies, of course.

Re: Blue Peter reported sold...

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:51 am
by Hatfield Shed
Mercator II wrote:Do Peppercorn A1's & A2's share the same middle cylinder? ...
Same specification for internal dimensions, but whether it is absolutely identical in detail design is a whole other question. The (relatively small) differences in frame length of the A1 and A2 might lead to a variation in layout of the attachment points for example. (Anyone else had to learn the hard way 'never assume anything'?)