Pre TOPS Type 4 Sulzer D1-D193

Evening All
I have now created a new collection of Pre TOPS type 4 Type 4 Sulzer (Crompton Parkinson) Type 4 D1-D10 (Class 44)
The Original 10 ‘Peaks’
The majority of these photos were taken by Tony Gillett in the N.W.
including these photos of
D6 Whernside taking water from the old steam age water apparatus at Wigan North Western 03-02-61
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-RDHc5bZ
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-4RJLGgd
D3 Skiddaw Preston mpd 05-07-61
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-qXNvxvD
D6 Whernside Preston Station 30-01-61
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-MXGdnms
D7 Ingleborough Preston mpd 16-01-61
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-dVpxxqw
and one from the East by Bill Wright
D8 Penyghent York 19-7-65
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D1D10/i-VvLqkGp
Neil

 

Does anyone know why these first 10 peaks were hardly ever seen at the southern end of the Midland main line? D11 upwards were seen frequently.

 

Evening All
I have now created a new collection of Pre TOPS type 4 Type 4 Sulzer (Crompton Parkinson) D11-D137 (Class 45)
The majority of these photos were taken by Tony Gillett in the N.W & Bill Wright in Yorkshire
including this photos of
D101 Brand new at 23:35 pm Barrow Station 02-06-61 (Tony Gillett) anyone any idea what it would be doing at Barrow at the time and date?
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D11D137/i-6mhtbM6
also there are 3 new photos by Nigel Kendall
D26 St Pancras 10-3-62
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D11D137/i-cvWNkcz
D130 Kenilworth 1965
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D11D137/i-7b2JD4B
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D11D137/i-HcBB6Zn
Neil

 

They were in the early 1960s !

When operated on the WCML they replaced 46106 / 115 on the Manchester - Euston services that were diverted to St Pancras and which crossed around Kettering about 15:30 each day. IIRC in 1963 (a) the diverted services became subsumed into the MML services and were hauled by production Class 45 / 46 traction (b) the Class 44s were re-allocated to Toton for working freight duties. At Toton the 44s were slightly different from the production series thus were used by Toton on out-and-home workings to such locations as Corby (steelworks), Wellingborough, Whitemoor (March) and Washwood Heath sidings.

That was one reason why in October 1977 I was one of the D&EPG members that arranged for the remaining 6 locomotives to work a St Pancras - Manchester railtour as a "Farewell to Class 44" operations that paved the way for future diesel-hauled railtours with freight locomotives.

 

Thanks for the explanation, my trainspotting days at Radlett were in the late 1960s so I never saw them.

 

Evening All
I have now created a new collection of Pre TOPS Type 4 Sulzer (Brush) D138-193 (Class 46)
The majority of these photos were taken by Bill Wright in Yorkshire and the North
also quite a few photos on the Western region
including this photos of the only named loco
D163 Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry Exeter
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D138-D193/i-B82MWkv
and
D164 getting a helping hand from a class 52 Western
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D138-D193/i-FRQV756
Full collection
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D138-D193/i-pS74S2S
http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/1/Pre-TOPS-Locomotives/Type-4/Type-4-Sulzer-Crompton-Parkins/D138-D193/i-6wVcHGX
Neil

 

Neil - a quick point re D164 getting a helping hand; there were some workings from Plymouth that saw a pair of locomotives working to Bristol in order to cover duties heading west as Bristol was THE change-over point for many NE-SW workings. In 1970 I was hauled by a Class 45 (D25) and 42 (D813) combination and later on in the 1970s a number of Penzance - Plymouth workings were booked for a pair of locomotives chosen from Classes 47; 50 and 52 on a regular basis.

 

Many thanks Fred, with no info on the photos it is pot luck for a description

Neil

 

I think age comes into it; some of us were around to see the real thing rather than need photos to prove it !