Not a log, and certainly not a Hoover.

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:43 pm

Hi
Been working on this re-skin for a few days.

Invalid File ID [14576]

Cheers
Jon

allypally · Post by **allypally** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:30 pm

The primary difference being it worked properly and logs didn't

Either that or the deltic body, anyway

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:47 pm

allypally wrote:The primary difference being it worked properly and logs didn't

Either that or the deltic body, anyway

Nooooo...........

They were fine on the LMR....those WR boys broke them.

Good news the original engine still exists.

Just got to find a Deltic donor body.

Cheers
Jon

d1010 · Post by **d1010** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:41 am

I think it was the LMR boys who thrashed them to death

rabid · Post by **rabid** » Mon May 15, 2006 9:54 am

Thinking this thread was about a bowel-related problem I thought I'd take a peek out of sheer curiosity. Interesting about DP2 but I must admit to never having heard a class 50 being referred to as a "log". As a saddo who used to bash them in the early 80s I must have led a sheltered life, because I've only ever heard the popular nickname which suggests that the noise generated by the engine might somehow loosely sound similar to a well-known make of vacuum cleaner. I've yet to hear a 50 that sounds like one of those but there you go!

chrisj94 · Post by **chrisj94** » Mon May 15, 2006 10:18 am

The name log is due to the general shape,and to some,a derogatory term.
The hoover name was used on the original un-refurbished 50s,due to a sucking sound,which i think might have been sommit to do with fans on the brake rehostater(?)

ccsdc · Post by **ccsdc** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:35 am

The most common nick name I heard for them was 50:50's because that was the chances that you had of getting your destination without incident!

Dave

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:26 pm

Hi
If your after this re-skin its on http://www.train-sim.com

Cheers
Jon

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Tue May 16, 2006 6:53 pm

Looks Good Jon Must Pop over and get It

Cheers

Peter

jbilton · Post by **jbilton** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:35 pm

ccsdc wrote:The most common nick name I heard for them was 50:50's because that was the chances that you had of getting your destination without incident!

Dave

Then there's this very unkind picture sent to me by ab

A couple of un-refurbished class 50s uploaded

Class 50s Un-refurb LMR [2671147 bytes] - D400.zip
File ID: 14593 Date: 19 May 2006 - 926 Downloads

Cheers
Jon

petethetim · Post by **petethetim** » Tue May 16, 2006 11:43 pm

Good Jon
I can not wait for the 50's I can Remember summers in Dumfries
Going down to the station every night to watch the London Train Coming in & most nights it was a Couple of 50s or a 50 & 47 I thought they were a fantastic Loco You could hear the power in them hauling the train out of Dumfries station

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Wed May 17, 2006 7:34 am

Very nice.

T

terrycunliffe · Post by **terrycunliffe** » Wed May 17, 2006 10:16 am

I fondly remember double headed 50's thashing up and down the WCML between Crewe and Glasgow in the months running up to electrification of that section.
T

d1010 · Post by **d1010** » Wed May 17, 2006 11:32 am

Jon just downloaded and installed as per instructions and cant get the engine to start help !

ForburyLion · Post by **ForburyLion** » Wed May 17, 2006 12:29 pm

d1010 wrote:Jon just downloaded and installed as per instructions and cant get the engine to start help !

What do you expect, They are realistic models afterall!