Rail Express - June 2020

THE RETRO YEARS How June has changed since the 1970s

LSL GETS ‘90s’

Former Anglia locos move to new owners

Essential reading for today’s rail enthusiast

OUR RAILWAYS SUPPORT

THE NATION

■ HORNBY 91s

First look at new CAD images

■ FARISH 70 IN ‘N’

Revised bodyshell reviewed

■ ‘SEA URCHINS’

Modelling the ballast wagons

Printed in the UK

MODELLING SECTION TRANSRAIL ‘TRACTOR’

37240 is now back on the main line with Boden Rail

No. 289

RAIL EXPRESS No. 289 JUNE 2020 £4.50

■ Key passenger and freight flows kept moving ■ Namings honour Captain Tom

CONTENTS

Issue No. 289 June 2020

A MOMENT OF REFLECTION: While most of the country is in lockdown, work continues on the railway – not just vital deliveries, but planned engineering work too. This is a view from the cab of Freightliner’s No. 66568 across the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh from Burntisland on April 4, after arriving with the 6K15 rail delivery working from Millerhill.

Jordan Kearney

FEATURES

NEWS

70

6

76

THE RETRO YEARS: JUNE

Another delve into the archives reveals classic shots from the month of June in years gone by.

0-60 RECAP

During a pause in the series for lockdown, we take a detailed look at the results so far with a breakdown into locomotives and units, diesels and electrics.

REGULARS 32

79

SUBSCRIPTION OFFERS

The latest offers to ensure you receive Rail Express delivered to your door every month.

POWERSCENE

23

LU WORLD

23

SHUNTERS & INDUSTRIALS

24

POWER BY THE HOUR

26

UNITS

29

WAGONS

30

COACHES

34

RAILTOURS

Headlines from the past 50 years.

This month we show how to remodel Hornby’s Class 60 as No. 60012 Glyder Fawr as well as using Bachmann’s VDAs and OTAs to create a ‘Sea Urchin’ ballast wagon.

Reviews are thin on the ground during lockdown, but we take a look at Farish’s modified ‘70’ as well as scenic products from Goodwood and Flake King.

Our railways do their bit – empty stations, train namings, NHS messages of support, blue light shows, and food giveaways; Government supports heavy and light rail; HS2 work gets official go-ahead; DfT refreshes Community Rail Network; Southeastern to take Class 707s; Class 442 car scrapped; ‘Badger’ heads for repaint; Bletchley flyover ‘deconstructed’.

14

TIME TRAVELLER

MODELLING

HEADLINE NEWS

FROM ONLY

£21.50 NEVER MISS AN ISSUE...

SUBSCRIBE TODAY – PAGE 32

Notable workings, Name Game, and Spectrum.

The Underground struggles to cope.

GWR short of ‘08s’ as repairs are on hold.

Boden’s big ‘T’ returns to the main line; ROG ‘91s’ start main line test duties; Freight companies store locos due to lockdown.

More ‘Pacers’ enter warm store.

Cutdown HYA fleet in focus.

EMR and ScotRail HSTs get new set numbers; DATS acquires ex-Greater Anglia Mk.3s.

Numerous tours redated; John Farrow obituary.

36

PRESERVATION

38

IRISH ANGLE

Class 108 arrives at Thornton; Middleton plans 60th anniversary celebrations; More events cancelled by coronavirus disruption.

Loco-worked passenger trains withdrawn.

The remarkable fundraising achievement of 100-year-old Captain Tom Moore has been marked by two railway namings, one being GBRf’s No. 66731 at Eastleigh on April 30, following a suggestion by Neil Booth of Railwayana Auctions, who is now offering a limited edition of third-scale replica nameplates to raise money for the NHS – see www.ukrailwayana.com. GBRf

ENJOYED THIS PREVIEW?

CLICK HERE

www.mortonsbooks.co.uk

POWERSCENE Cappagh blue-liveried ‘Tug’ 60 No. 60028 looks the part as it hauls a matching rake of JNA bogie box wagons towards Eastleigh on April 22 as the 6Z90/07.49 Southampton Up Yard to Westbury Down Yard spoil move. Mike Lalley

18 RAIL EXPRESS June 2020

POWERSCENE

June 2020 RAIL EXPRESS 19

‘N’ GAUGE FREIGHTLINER ‘70’

No. 194 DIESEL AND ELECTRIC ERA MODELLING

‘Tugs’ and ‘Sea Urchins’

Refinishing and conversion projects using popular ‘OO’ models

3

Newsdesk: Heljan and Hornby progress

Despite the Covid-19 situation, progress is being made by Heljan on its ‘O’ gauge Mk.2 stock, whilst Hornby releases CAD images of its brand-new ‘OO’ gauge Class 91s.

Accurascale updates its release schedule.

4

Newsdesk: Irish Railway Models keg liners

Revealed: the final version of the CIÉ keg liner wagons with load cages and kegs in ‘OO’ gauge by IRM. Hornby releases Mk.3SD sliding door stock in GWR and XC liveries.

6

Modelling: ZCA ‘Sea Urchin’

Modelling a modern ballast and spoil wagon using Bachmann VDA and OTA models.

12 Modelling: Modelling Glyder Fawr

Reworking the latest Hornby Trainload Freight Class 60 as Tug-12 Glyder Fawr.

18 D&E Files: ZCA Sea Urchin wagons

A selection of different ballast wagons which carry the Fishkind ‘Sea Urchin’ and how they differ.

22 Review: Ballast, rust and corrosion

New ballast products from Goodwood Scenics and corrosion effects by Flake King are reviewed.

25 Review: Revised Class 70

Bachmann updates its ‘N’ gauge Graham Farish Class 70 with a new bodyshell incorporating revised cooling equipment.

RAIL EXPRESS MODELLER EDITOR Nigel Burkin

REMeditor@mortons.co.uk

FROM THE ARCHIVE 1

2

The Retro Years: June A selection of archive images of June workings in years gone by.

3

5

70 RAIL EXPRESS June 2020

4

FROM THE ARCHIVE 1: ‘Peak’ No. D107 (later 45120) heads south through Wood End, Warwickshire, with an inter-regional train to the Western Region on June 10, 1973. Wood End is on the Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon line, which until 1976 continued on through Broadway and the present day Gloucestershire-Warwickshire Railway to Cheltenham and the South West.

2: Built in 1960 as six-car sets, but here reduced to five-cars, the stylish Class 124s were powerful DMUs for tackling the demanding trans-Pennine routes from Liverpool/Manchester to Leeds/York/Hull and others. This set calls at Stalybridge on June 27, 1975 with the 09.10 Liverpool Lime Street-Hull. The station then still had its soot-covered canopies, but has a general run-down air that has been much improved through upgrades in the 1990s and 2000s.

3: The 17.00 King’s Cross to Edinburgh on June 23, 1975 is still loading, but ‘Domino’ headcodefitted ‘Deltic’ No. 55004 Queen’s Own Highlander is champing at the bit to get going and leave the rainy London terminal behind.

6

4: ‘Western’ No. D1022 Western Sentinel, already showing signs of a lack of care as the class heads towards its final days, speeds west of Hayes & Harlington in the London suburbs with a West Country express from Paddington in June 1976. This is near the site of the present day Airport Junction and the branch to Heathrow.

5: Electrification at Doncaster was still a decade away as ‘Whistlers’ Nos. 40040+40006 head north through the station, the lead loco carrying a nasty scrape along its upper bodyside.

The background is dominated by the former Wagon Works, which is now home to Wabtec Rail.

7

6: Passenger services on the Weardale Line from Bishop Auckland were withdrawn in 1953, but the line remained open as far as Eastgate until 1980 for freight traffic, allowing this tour from Newcastle and Darlington to visit on June 24, 1978 formed of a mixed four-car set of Class 101 and 105 vehicles. The line remains today as the heritage Weardale Railway, although Eastgate is currently beyond the limits of operation.

7: Spot the difference? Two of English Electric’s finest Nos. 40060 (left) and 37141 line up at Holgate Sidings, just south of York, on June 4, 1982 with their respective freight trains as an unidentified ‘Peak’ approaches with a passenger working on the main line in the background.

June 2020 RAIL EXPRESS 71

❯

ENJOYED THIS PREVIEW? THE BEST ACTION IN TRIALS AND MOTOCROSS

DIRTb bike ke

VELO MAC MA S SPECIAL PECIAL NORTON RT RTON INTER AJS SCEPTRE SCEP E SPORTS! SCEPTR SPORTS POR !

PORTS

CLASSIC

#48

ISSUE

Forty-eight Autumn 2018

OCTOBER 2018

No. 330 October 2018 £4.30 UK Off-sale date 31/10/2018

MOTO MEMORIES // TECH TALK // MONTESA COTA 200 // BULTACO MATADOR

3.60

Running, Riding & Rebuilding Running, Rebuilding Real RealClassi RealC Classic C lassi Motorcycles

BOXER CKS TRIC

HOW THE LEGEEND BEGAN

SUPERMAC’S TRIUMPH DRAYTON

PRINTED IN THE UK

PLUS MOTO MEMORIES TECH TALK MONTESA COTA 200 BULTACO MATADOR AN HOUR WITH: GERRIT WOLSINK

£3.60 US$9.99 C$10.99 Aus$8.50 NZ$9.99 PRINTED IN THE UK

HOME, JAMES!

UNIVERSITY GRADUATE

#48

001 Cover_OCT.indd 1

AT THE CASTLE

DRUMLANRIG 2018 D 20

WINNER

SUPER PROFILE: ARIEL’S HT3

GREEVES ESSEX TWIN BUYING GUIDE // STRIP YOUR TWOSTROKE // BSA B31 RESTORATION // MALLE MILE // CAFE RACER CUP // SHETLAND CLASSIC // THE CLASSIC TT // MIKE HAILWOOD REPLICA

CLASSICS

65 PRE65 PRE

PRINTED IN THE UK

R 2018 ISSUE 174 OCTOBER

N48 2018 US$15.99 Aus$14.99 NZ$18.99 UK£5.50 UK Off-sale date 15/11/18

BUY  SELL  RIDE  RESTORE

13/09/2018 10:34:50

001 CDB Cover_048.indd 1

02/08/2018 14:53:55

001 Cover_174.indd 1

03/09/2018 10:18:26

•SINGLE ISSUES •SUBSCRIPTIONS

CLICK HERE

www.classicmagazines.co.uk

ENDOFPREVI EW

I fy oul i k ewhaty ou’ v e r eads of ar ,whynot s ubs c r i be,ort r ya s i ngl ei s s uef r om:

www. c l as s i c magaz i nes . c o. uk