50050 Fearless moves under its own power

[steve74]

After nine years 50050 "Fearless" has made its first movement under its own power at Yeovil Railway Centre.

For those not in the know, despite 50050 having the last number in the series, it was actually the first Class 50 built, D400.
It would be nice to see the class 50 pioneer back up and running properly and hopefully this is the first step on that ladder.

Some pictures here

[jbilton]

Hi
Briliant news.... the original log moves.
Hopefully be in the D400 livery.

Cheers
Jon

[oldrocker]

Hopefully be in the D400 livery.

Jon, I so agree but then I have a problem. I don't like to see steam loco's in pre 1950s livery e.g. 6115 because it's not how I remember them . . . but then, being a GDub man, I don't seem to mind for those loco's !

I need help ! Is this a hospital? Are you a Doctor ?

[stephenjrhodes]

Orginal liverly was blue with metal (Aluminium i Think) numbers under one cab and the BR arrow under the other cab

i use to see the class 50`s every day when they were used Doubled headed from Crewe to Scotland I use to live next to the railway line at Winsford.

Steve

[phill70]

Nice to know she is running again.

i use to see the class 50`s every day when they were used Doubled headed from Crewe to Scotland

That's what knackered them

[jbilton]

Nice to know she is running again.

i use to see the class 50`s every day when they were used Doubled headed from Crewe to Scotland

That's what knackered them

No way ..... they were in perfect condition when they arrived at Bath Road....one carefull owner.....

Cheers
Jon

[salopiangrowler]

What knackered them was the fact they had the Slow speed device in them that was never used after transfer and the biggest problem was letting them loose down south. especially on 10 coach services out of Waterloo.

50's had to go through doncaster shortly after Laira and Old Oak got hold of them.

i find it strange that they werent built with multiplying as standard but a few years after were fitted with multiple working equipment. Alot of the WCML express were worked by 2 drivers.

[phill70]

i find it strange that they werent built with multiplying as standard but a few years after were fitted with multiple working equipment. Alot of the WCML express were worked by 2 drivers.

Actually class 50's were the first class to be fitted with high level multiple working jumpers from day one.
Everything else had to that day been at buffer level.
That means one driver could control up to three loco's

What knackered them was the fact they had the Slow speed device in them that was never used after transfer and the biggest problem was letting them loose down south. especially on 10 coach services out of Waterloo.

Actually they took over 52 workings on the western region, it was not until NSE came into existence, that the 50's made it on to Waterloo and Paddington services, with 8 coaches, and not 10.

[45002]

What knackered them was the fact they had the Slow speed device in them that was never used after transfer and the biggest problem was letting them loose down south. especially on 10 coach services out of Waterloo.

50's had to go through doncaster shortly after Laira and Old Oak got hold of them.

i find it strange that they werent built with multiplying as standard but a few years after were fitted with multiple working equipment. Alot of the WCML express were worked by 2 drivers.

Nice to know she is running again.

i use to see the class 50`s every day when they were used Doubled headed from Crewe to Scotland

That's what knackered them

No,No,No

The ones i saw and few i travelled on Crewe-Glasgow with always in great shape.

Its was the WR that knackered them up,they never looked after them as was the case on LMR.

Hi
Briliant news.... the original log moves.
Hopefully be in the D400 livery.

Cheers
Jon

Would be nice to see it as per LMR Un-refurb,but they always like to put HUGE logo on which ruins them.

MARTIN

[salopiangrowler]

aaah so thats how they did it then. Were they blue star before the nose job.

so when they said D444 was rebuilt on the SVR to as new condition they didnt reinstall the Multiplication.

50's were on the Waterloo-Exeters in 1981 NSE started in 1986 87.

Hellfire - the bashing simulator uses real timetabled services with the actual loco class that ran the service and 50's were running Padd and waterloo before NSE was even dreamt of.

Even Penzance 1981 signall simulator from Siam has 50's on it, going to Paddington.

[45002]

MARTIN

[salopiangrowler]

D444 as built 1968 condition

[jbilton]

aaah so thats how they did it then. Were they blue star before the nose job.

so when they said D444 was rebuilt on the SVR to as new condition they didnt reinstall the Multiplication.

Hi
Actually they were incorrect .... but it still looked good.
From around D440 they dropped the D prefix.
All were internally wired, but not fitted externally (I think there was a hold up on the equipment)
Originally D400 +D401 were multiple fitted from new, for testing.

Cheers
Jon

[salopiangrowler]

and another one around 1969 1970

[salopiangrowler]

aaah so thats how they did it then. Were they blue star before the nose job.

so when they said D444 was rebuilt on the SVR to as new condition they didnt reinstall the Multiplication.

Hi
Actually they were incorrect .... but it still looked good.
From around D440 they dropped the D prefix.
All were internally wired, but not fitted externally (I think there was a hold up on the equipment)
Originally D400 +D401 were multiple fitted from new, for testing.

Cheers
Jon

ah yes but then they would have needed 2 drivers for all pairs except 400 and 401 for the short period that the system was being tried out then.