If you go down to the woods today.

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Fri 23 Nov, 2007 2:01 pm

I'll add this link for csnosi because as a driver these days i know he frowns upon engines been driven hard putting the traction motors through some hammer. Turn up & the volume & enjoy 40145 put under full power from a standstill, here the traction motor howl mate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87HrBjy4pI

jf · Post by jf » Sat 24 Nov, 2007 1:57 am

cnosni wrote: Class 45s i think were known as Peaks,or was it 46s? 44s originally (D1 to D10) but they were near identical in design to 45s & 46s which kept the name after their demise. All named after British Peaks.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 24 Nov, 2007 12:30 pm

Phill_d wrote: They will have been before your driving days then csnosi? yes they were peaks you know your B.R stuff mate... Did you see the peak they sacrificied on the nuclear flask crash? Note the copper falling over as he tries to arrest the C.N.D peace protesting loons! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlipDsvh7pM Do you know i remember watching that live on tv,i know i was at home,cant remember if i was sick or itwas school holidays,seem to think it was about lunchtime,probably for the one o clock news on itv.

Post by **cnosni** » Sat 24 Nov, 2007 12:31 pm

Phill_d wrote: I'll add this link for csnosi because as a driver these days i know he frowns upon engines been driven hard putting the traction motors through some hammer. Turn up & the volume & enjoy 40145 put under full power from a standstill, here the traction motor howl mate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87HrBjy4pI Tut Tut Tut, i never ever ever ever ever do that(ooops is that my nose growing!!!)

David Raven · Post by **David Raven** » Fri 08 Feb, 2008 7:31 pm

simonm wrote: The earth works look a lot like some that sprung up in Adel Woods, right next to the road, a few years ago? That's what I thought when I saw the pics. They're still there. And being modified constantly!(Did Phill D ever reveal where the pics were taken?! I can't seem to find it in the thread...)CheersDave

ads · Post by **ads** » Thu 05 Mar, 2009 3:59 pm

Si wrote: Yes, i remember that. Thanks for posting it, mate. Is that the motor flying through the air trailing the flames, or the flask? Bloody impressive, though!Can you recall the name of Peak No.1? Just found this thread44001 (D1) was named as Scafell Pike, the class 45's and the single 46 with a name were named after various regiments

nobbyslass · Post by **nobbyslass** » Thu 05 Mar, 2009 4:52 pm

FarnleyBloke wrote: Jailhouse John wrote: FarnleyBloke wrote: It's in Gildersome JJ. Nice to see you on here by the way, i recognise the name from waccoe! Well what we called Sykes's wood was on the borders of New Farnley and Gildersome and possibly Tong It's the other side of Gildersome, where the old, Leeds New Line went through the tunnel.Had many a good time in Sykes wood when i was a kid though, there is an old iron spring there that has dyed all the ground around it orange. Exactly so

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Thu 18 Jun, 2009 12:34 pm

Phill_d wrote: A great picture that Loiner. The picture location is just leaving Gildersome tunnel near the Showcase cinema. Incidentally the engine pictured is the reason i first got interested in trains. It's a class 40 or type 4 to the older generation. A truely awesome machine. The longest & heaviest machine on B.R metals in it's heyday. I spent my mispent youth (bunked schooldays) getting as many miles out of these old girls before they got withdrawn. My favourite recollection of them is on Summer Saturday holiday relief trains over the trans pennine route.. They'd be hammering away speed down to about 30m.p.h up the tortuous climb to Standedge, Generators howling, sparks & flames emmiting from the exhaust ports! AHH the good old days. Incidentally there are 7 of these still preserved & 40145 will be paying a visit to Leeds this Bank hol Mon.. The new line was another great engineering feat with some tremendous earthworks & tunnels. It took a staggering 14 years to build Is this loco a Deltic? If so I used to help build the radiators for these things when I was an apprentice at Marston Radiators on Armley Rd.The radiators were huge .About 6ft highx6ft wide! tHIS WOULD BE ABOUT 1958! How time flies.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Thu 18 Jun, 2009 3:11 pm

Looking at that pic makes me think it's NOT a Deltic. As a kid I did a bit of train spotting (only for a short time I hasten to add). From what I remember the Deltic class only had two windows at the front and back of the engine. That one appears to have three. Possible a 47 class of engine.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 18 Jun, 2009 4:37 pm

Talking of the Gildersome tunnel.The nearby Dean beck recently got diverted into the cutting. I think local kids had been busy with the spades trying to flood the tunnel.They made a good job of it. There was 6 foot of water in the cutting.The pics are herehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/3603841503/