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04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:07 pm
by 60800
Anyone got any progress updates on 63601's return to original GCR livery?
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:20 pm
by Rlangham
It was taken out of service a couple of weeks ago, they never did repaint it... a shame, I e-mailed the railway several times to ask if it was still happening but never got a reply
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21403537@N00/7447107048/
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:23 pm
by 60800
Oh, so she's ready for a full restoration? I thought it was just a repaint
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:42 pm
by Manxman1831
Last I heard in passing was that the boiler certificate had run out. Ten years passes by so quickly.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:54 pm
by Rlangham
Yep, boiler cert ran out - not sure what the future has in store for 63601
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 9:56 pm
by 60800
To think I might never get to see her in steam
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:12 pm
by Coboman
Its been fastracked for repair, so it could be out in 18 months time.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:56 pm
by 60800
That's a nice relief then. It would be a shame to not have any GCR locos on the GCR.
Out of interest, are the 04 and D11 the only surviving GCR locos?
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:03 pm
by kieranhardy
Blackout60800 wrote:Out of interest, are the 04 and D11 the only surviving GCR locos?
An 04 isn't but an O4 (with a letter) is
Class 04's are diesel shunters.
And yes, i believe they are the only GCR locomotives we have left.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 12:46 am
by Coboman
Indeed your right. There is a scheme running to build a new D7 using an existing tender, cylinder block and that M&GN boiler thats at Mangapps farm.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:58 am
by Solario
And yes, i believe they are the only GCR locomotives we have left.
Don't forget the 3 RODs in Australia!
http://www.lner.info/locos/O/o4o5.shtml
It would be great to have one of those repatriated.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:46 am
by 60800
I hadn't, I was just counting them out as ROD and not GCR built locos
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:51 am
by Horsetan
Solario wrote:.....It would be great to have one of those repatriated.
Might be a challenge getting hold of the owners. They seem very elusive.
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 1:28 pm
by Rlangham
That'd be nice. ROD locomotive in ROD livery running over the 100th anniversary of WW1. Or maybe the GCR can do it if they bear to repaint it in non-BR livery
Re: 04 63601 repaint
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:40 am
by Manxman1831
We actually had the GCR D7 hopefuls have their meeting at Ruddington the other week. The head guy had done a model of 567 (the hoped for loco) along with a Barnum and a 6-wheeler. All three looked very fine models, and once they'd run in definitely looked the part. It will be a bit like Iron Duke in the sense that it will be made up of parts from other sources and the mainframes will need to be freshly built.
I'm not sure on the official number of GC-built locos surviving in the UK, I'll check with a couple of preserved loco books first.