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Class 84001 returning to York
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Ashley Hill
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A shame it will never be a mainline candidate.
D6130
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Probably just as well to be honest. Like most diesel and electric products of the North British Locomotive Company, they were pretty unreliable.
Ashley Hill
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I never had an 84 for haulage. I suppose I never will.
D6130
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Me neither. I should have had one, but it failed before starting time at Glasgow Central! I had a few 82s and 83s though.
pdeaves
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How long was it at Bo'ness? I never knew it had gone there!
DanNCL
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It's still at Bo'ness, but no longer on display in the museum. The shunts on Wednesday were done to test functionality of the brakes, at the request of the NRM.
84001s departure from Bo'ness is connected to the arrival of 91131 at Bo'ness later this month.
84001s departure from Bo'ness is connected to the arrival of 91131 at Bo'ness later this month.
Ashley Hill
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Is it a lorry job or are the locos moving by rail?
DanNCL
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Both 84001 and 91131 are moving by road.
Ashley Hill
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Cheers,I’d have got my camera out if it was rail
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Seen a couple of them, not sure about haulage.
Apparently they were a pain to drive as 'notch 1' was like warp factor 5 (well, slightly exaggerating!).
And thanks to OP for posting the video, never seen a class 84 urinal before!!
Apparently they were a pain to drive as 'notch 1' was like warp factor 5 (well, slightly exaggerating!).
And thanks to OP for posting the video, never seen a class 84 urinal before!!
Whistler40145
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I think the 84s were prone to catching fire
Ashley Hill
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How complete is the 84? I’m not suggesting reserecting her for mainline but would it be a difficult job?
DanNCL
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Arrived at Bo'ness in 2012. Prior to that it had been at Barrow Hill since 2000.
It's complete. Some electrical restoration was done between 2001 and 2005 by the AC Locomotive Group.
The Class 84 planned road move from Bo'ness is 12th/ 13th January.
The Class 91 delivery move will be late January.
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Ash Bridge
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I think all the earlier AL type locomotives were fairly notorious for this, though 85s perhaps slightly less so when they were younger. I’m happy to be corrected here though.
Nicholas Lewis
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Kinda had one but as ADB968021 (ex 009) hauled by class 47 when we were testing Colchester to Ipswich electrification at least still got the blower thrash
D6130
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I had always been under the impression that all North British-built diesel and electric locos had spoked wheels....but, judging by the close-up views in the video, that does not seem to be the case with 84 001. I wonder whether her original wheels had been replaced at some stage?
Both moves will now be late January.
I had 4 runs with 84s, mostly 84003. They were loud (from the fans / blowers) and notoriously unreliable. Of my 4 runs, two suffered partial failures en route and were taken off diagram.
Most memorable sight was one night at Willesden when there weren't enough multi-fitted 86/87 available to work a northbound Freightliner, so they turned out the memorable combination of 87101 piloted by 84010. I wish I had my camera that night!
Most memorable sight was one night at Willesden when there weren't enough multi-fitted 86/87 available to work a northbound Freightliner, so they turned out the memorable combination of 87101 piloted by 84010. I wish I had my camera that night!
maggiechapman2
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Would anyone know what the route road transfer would be ?
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