Decaying loco's Bescot Yard

fluffy5518 · Jan 23, 2009

Hi all ! Thought you might be interested in seeing some ex BR loco's waiting to meet their fate !! Thanks to privatisation and lack of intrest in railways hundreds of perfectly good locos are being broken up !

Engine pressures and temperatures panel on withdrawn class 47-all now read zero !!

Master controller on shunting loco.

The (former) seat of power on a class 37.

Cab instrument panel on same loco.

Speedo and ammeter on class 08.

Heavilly robbed control desk on another class 08.

The once proud emblem of the ENGLISH ELECTRIC company.

The now peaceful power unit of a class 37 loco showing the main and aux generators and 2 turbos

And finally the ex boiler control panel and handbrake wheel of a class 37 !!
Hope you enjoyed the phots !!!!

Trinpaul · Jan 23, 2009

Sweet pics. I've always wondered how well they could see looking out of the cab. Was there a height requirement for drivers?

Foxylady · Jan 23, 2009

Some lovely bits of the machinery there, fluffy. Especially like the logo and the master control pics.
Nice work.

TK421 · Jan 23, 2009

Hmmmmm, 37707, lovely tractor!! Nice set of photos

BigLoada · Jan 24, 2009

Fantastic mate! Diesel loco's are ace, I wish someone would dump some of them up in Northumberland! That engine sure is a beast.

ricasso · Jan 24, 2009

I once had a ride in the cab of a class 37 while working nights tracklaying, the ballast train driver must have taken pity on me,it must have been about 4/5 degrees below, I was walking down the track to the job and the driver asked me if I wanted a lift, have to say it was well warm in there,I didnt want to get down