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]
Team G&WR Class 47/0 47105 in BR Blue livery. This loco was uploaded some time ago, so you may need to find it by number - 47105 will find it....
Team G&WR Modified Hall (Rep) 7903 in BR Green. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Team G&WR '2884' Class 3850 (Rep) in BR Black. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Team G&WR GWR 28xx 2874 in GW Green [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Team G&WR Steam loco GWR 28xx 2807 in GW Green livery [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Team G&WR Class 37 37215 in BR Blue. Sorry for the poor pic, its an old one! [ATTACH]
We move on to another Team Collection - this one not far physically from Dean Forest - Gloucester & Warwickshire Railway. (G&WR) A railway I...
I'm working on a Tees Valley scenario with the 3x37s and Iron Ore train at the moment, David.
Already available in game: [ATTACH]
Team DFR 2-car Class 108 M51914 and M56492 in a variation of BR Green [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another Class 09 at Dean Forest Railway is 09015. This loco is now (2025) undergoing restoration, but I have modelled it in its current livery of...
Also at Dean Forest Railway is 09006 in faded EWS livery [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
So I get 09106 uploaded and they change the livery! Its now in Railfreight Grey (2025) just in time for their Diesel gala. I was always surprised...
South Humberside line would be a good freight route. Coal, Iron Ore, Petroleum and Steel, along with Speedlink and Departmental. And probably...
DFR have a 3-car Class 108 DMU. It is represented here in a version of BR Green [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A bright splash of Orange appears on 09106, courtesy of HNRC, also known as 'Celsa 6' [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
D3937 received a much-needed repaint recently (2025) and here she is in BR Blue, as 08769. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
We return to the 'Team' Collections after our extensive AC Electric diversion. Its the turn of Team DFR - Dean Forest Railway. This is a short but...
86324 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
86320 with MW fittings [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
86318 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The 86/3s were a development of the 86/0s with SAB resilient wheels which allowed for a higher top speed. 86312 'Elizabeth Garrett Anderson'...
86038 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
86032 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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