47567 'Red Star', named after the BR Parcels service introduced in 1963. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
To conclude the Laira TMD - allocated locos for the Riviera route, here are the last 2 Class 47s. 47136 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
140001 at Plymouth in 1982 [ATTACH] 140001 in-game at Plymouth [ATTACH]
Final one today is a bit of an odd asset - a representation of the BR prototype DMU 140001, which was part of the development of the 2nd...
47565 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
47558 'Mayflower' [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08954 (LA) Thats the final LA 08 shunter. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08937 (LA) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
47129 (LA) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
37274 (LA) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08895 (LA) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08668 (LA) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hi, As a player who enjoys creating scenarios from different eras with period correct liveries, one of the issues I have is filling Freight yards,...
47030 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Laira had a few of the early numbered 47/0s, so here are 2 of them: 47026 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
37206 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Laira didn't have many Class 37s, but here are a couple: 37142, now preserved on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway and part of Team B&WR: [ATTACH]...
08641 in its 'Special' livery for Laira Open day 7th September 1985 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08576 with unofficial name. Wonder who Anne was? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08479 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Back to locos - Laira TMD had a fair few Class 08 shunters, which serviced Plymouth and as far as I can make out, all the way up to Exeter...
MK1 FK W13262 in WR Chocolate & Cream [ATTACH]
MK1 BG ADB 977155 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] MK1 BG DB 9774xx in Departmental Khaki Green[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Next came a batch of coaches for the scenario. A mix of liveries... MK1 BSO W9296 in GW Chocolate & Cream [ATTACH] [ATTACH] MK1 BSO M9204 in...
37207 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The TSW6 'Riviera' route has prompted me to get out my Motive Power Pocket Book and see what locos Laira TMD, Plymouth, had on its books. To...
This completes the current batch of ED 'Scottie Dog' adorned Class 37s. I'm still working on the Class 47 'Scottie Dog'.
37403 'Ben Cruachan' in retro BR Green livery. 37403 was originally named 'Isle of Mull', then became 'Glendarroch' and finally 'Ben Cruachan' in...
37412 'Loch Lomond' in Large logo Blue livery. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
37264 in Large Logo Blue with Small Scottie Dog. I photographed this loco at Eastfield TMD in May 1984 and never noticed that the Scottie Dog was...
37190 in BR Blue with Scottie Dog. Now preserved, the loco had been renumbered to 37314 as part of Scotland's dedicated Steel traffic locos, but...
37300 in BR Blue with Scottie Dog. After spending most of its life in South Wales, 37300 was transferred to Eastfield, Glasgow in the early 1980s...
37404 'Ben Cruachan' in Large Logo with Scottie Dog [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
37263 in BR Blue with Scottie Dog [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And here is 37188 'Jimmy Shand' in Large Logo [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
37188 was one of a number of Eastfield 37s which carried the Scottie Dog in two sizes on two liveries - a small dog on BR Blue and a Large Logo...
37413 was named 'Loch Eil Outward Bound' in March 1987. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Along with the Large Logo 'Scottie Dogs' were the smaller Standard BR Blue 'Scottie Dogs'. 37237 in BR Blue with ED 'Scottie Dog' [ATTACH]...
Still wasn't happy with the 37/4, so I went back to it and gave the dog a 'short back & sides' and managed to claw back enough layers to be able...
Have just updated and re-uploaded 37408 after I realised I'd forgotten the OHLE labels. Oh, and I removed the orange warning stripe which was...
Well, I finally managed to finish my Eastfield Scottie Dog emblem on the Class 37!. It's taken some time, but it's done. I hadn't calculated on...
A short video interlude. I'm not that keen on making videos, especially when I have to talk. I felt I wanted to share the construction in Livery...
08485 of Tinsley (Sheffield) TMD in Freight Distribution livery [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08477 of Longsight (Manchester) TMD in Freight Construction livery, for out-basing at Buxton and the Peak District Quarries. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
The idea of Railfreight General was to provide a cover-all-else symbol after the 'big 5' sectors had been covered (Metals, Construction, Coal,...
Yes, the vans are vacuum-braked; the 08 defaults to air-braked.
08608 of Thornaby TMD in Freight Metals [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
08743 of Immingham TMD in Freight Petroleum [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
With Team G&WR completed, I turn attention to a What If... question. Like the Railfreight grey Class 08 puzzle mentioned earlier, I have also...
Team G&WR Class 47/3 47376 in the interim Freightliner Grey livery. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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