If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

2999: Lady of Legend

Discussion in 'Steam Traction' started by Ian White, Oct 31, 2017.

  1. Jimc

    Jimc Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2005
    Messages:
    4,052
    Likes Received:
    4,665
    Occupation:
    Once computers, now part time writer I suppose.
    Location:
    SE England
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Might be interesting to work out how many other ''butchered" locomotives are out there. 60103 is of course a butchered A1, as indeed are a number of Terriers. No shortage of butchered Bulleids, a Stanier Pacific or two, and the Royal Scot too. Then the GWR list includes the Dukedog, several Manors and the 7200s...
     
  2. Matt McFarlane

    Matt McFarlane New Member

    Joined:
    Nov 21, 2017
    Messages:
    98
    Likes Received:
    52
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Winchester
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I find the term "Frankensteins hall" rather humurous tbh XD
     
    60017 likes this.
  3. jnc

    jnc Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 3, 2012
    Messages:
    1,511
    Likes Received:
    2,706
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Western Atlantic
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Now, yes; back then, not so much.

    Noel
     
  4. Matt37401

    Matt37401 Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2014
    Messages:
    15,328
    Likes Received:
    11,666
    Occupation:
    Nosy aren’t you?
    Location:
    Nowhere
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Maybe a different colour of something to stop it oxidizing? Some sort of shade of green?
     
  5. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2017
    Messages:
    2,563
    Likes Received:
    3,316
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Stanthorpe, QLD, Australia
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    :rolleyes:.....cross posted from another thread:

    :Finger:
     
    Matt37401 and flying scotsman123 like this.
  6. DragonHandler

    DragonHandler Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 27, 2016
    Messages:
    1,286
    Likes Received:
    1,590
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    West London
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I suspect 5193 is far more use to the WSR as a mogul than it was as a Prairie.
     
    andrewshimmin likes this.
  7. DragonHandler

    DragonHandler Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    May 27, 2016
    Messages:
    1,286
    Likes Received:
    1,590
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    West London
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I've looked all through my GWR Names, Numbers, Types and Classes book and I can't find a "Frankensteins hall". :)

    I would really have liked to be at Didcot to see the Saint, but (yet another) rail strike on South Western Railway put paid to that idea. :(:mad:
     
  8. Spamcan81

    Spamcan81 Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    Aug 25, 2007
    Messages:
    35,121
    Likes Received:
    20,773
    Occupation:
    Training moles
    Location:
    The back of beyond
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I'm just wondering how long before the GWS dismantles it to provide parts for another two or three projects to recreate missing classes. ;)
     
    Platform 3, michaelh, Gareth and 4 others like this.
  9. Copper-capped

    Copper-capped Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Apr 19, 2017
    Messages:
    2,563
    Likes Received:
    3,316
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Stanthorpe, QLD, Australia
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Some of the parts have probably been used on two or three classes before the GWS got hold of them anyway!
     
    jnc likes this.
  10. MellishR

    MellishR Resident of Nat Pres Friend

    Joined:
    Apr 16, 2009
    Messages:
    8,068
    Likes Received:
    5,165
    Possible things to have done with a Barry-condition Hall would have included total scrapping and melting down; scrapping and salvaging some parts for repairing other Halls; restoring as one more operational Hall among many; and rebuilding into a Saint, leaving some wheels and other spare parts for other Halls. To my mind they made the right choice by a wide margin (and they had some money from me towards the project).
     
    Christopher125, MuzTrem, jnc and 7 others like this.
  11. Jimc

    Jimc Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Sep 8, 2005
    Messages:
    4,052
    Likes Received:
    4,665
    Occupation:
    Once computers, now part time writer I suppose.
    Location:
    SE England
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I understand there are a couple of parts at least on the Saint that are known to have been fitted on other Saints.
     
  12. Bill Drewett

    Bill Drewett Member

    Joined:
    Dec 8, 2015
    Messages:
    277
    Likes Received:
    845
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Bristol
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    To a certain extent it's already planned:

    http://www.thesaintproject.co.uk/Pages/AtlanticOption.html

    I'm looking forward to it.

    To those regretting that Maindy Hall cannot now be restored to operation, Cogan Hall's still in ex-Barry condition. Dumbleton's been stored outdoors longer than most were in the scrapyard. How strongly do you really feel about this?
     
  13. goldfish

    goldfish Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    Jan 13, 2009
    Messages:
    14,900
    Likes Received:
    12,241
    I think she looks great. By GWR standards, different enough to be worth the compromises involved in development. Look forward to seeing her on the move.

    Simon
     
  14. Greenway

    Greenway Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Mar 16, 2008
    Messages:
    3,906
    Likes Received:
    3,704
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    South Hams
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Whatever opinions are held about this locomotive I was unaware that it had taken so many years to achieve its current condition. It must be a great joy to those who have worked on it and contributed financially to it and can now see it on show. I guess the final livery will be welcomed by all copper capped aficionados. I hope I get to see it someday in the south west. It would grace the Paignton line most assuredly. ;)
     
    S.A.C. Martin likes this.
  15. Kinghambranch

    Kinghambranch Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 20, 2006
    Messages:
    1,868
    Likes Received:
    1,588
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    White Rose County
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    ....or even a GWSR Cheltenham Races Special.

    I'm sure there are knowledgeable people out there who can confirm this but I always understood that, if you were trying to tell the story of 20th Century steam locomotive development in the UK by using real steam locomotives to illustrate your point, then the "Saint" Class would be absolutely key to that story, as these locos set the pattern for passenger and mixed traffic 4-6-0s right up to, and including BR standard 4-6-0s. There is no doubt in my view that one of the original "Saints" should have been preserved, but one was not and so this GWS project has filled that gap. (This could of course be true of many of the new-builds we are now seeing). It is a shame that the "Saint" was not in steam for this event but I'm sure it won't be long now.
     
  16. Thompson1706

    Thompson1706 Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Nov 19, 2007
    Messages:
    2,438
    Likes Received:
    1,844
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Rhiwabon
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    The 6880 group will be starting work on Cogan Hall as soon as the Grange is finished.

    Bob.
     
  17. Johnb

    Johnb Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2014
    Messages:
    14,318
    Likes Received:
    16,395
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired, best job I've ever had
    Location:
    Buckinghamshire
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I really can't see it's anything to get worked up about. If they did what you suggest we would have ended up with yet another Hall much of which would nto have been original. The most expensive bit of a new build is the boiler so your comparison with a new build is not valid and without the donor Hall we wouldn't have aSaint.
     
    S.A.C. Martin likes this.
  18. JayDee

    JayDee Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2017
    Messages:
    354
    Likes Received:
    272
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Swadlincote
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_Castle

    Perhaps we need a new Castle? :Hungover:
     
    LesterBrown and Bluenosejohn like this.
  19. Kylchap

    Kylchap Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2015
    Messages:
    463
    Likes Received:
    840
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    East Anglia
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I don't usually support the idea of using bits of locos to make something different, but I think the case of the Saint is an exception. The Saints were an important first step in a GWR dynasty and the Halls were essentially a Saint with small driving wheels, so this build could be seen as using a derivation to recreate an original. Is this so different from recreating an original Merchant Navy from a rebuilt one? A complete new build Saint might seem more appealing, but that was not an option when they started on this engine so many years ago. I just hope they manage to get it out on the main line and not just use it as a museum exhibit.
     
    LesterBrown, jnc, MuzTrem and 7 others like this.
  20. Johnme101

    Johnme101 New Member

    Joined:
    Jul 23, 2016
    Messages:
    123
    Likes Received:
    97
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Stowmarket
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    60103 is a A3 not a butchered A1.
     

Share This Page