Three more diesel locomotives have recently joined the stable of motive power working on the railway in the guise of two Class 47s and another Class 37.
The first of the new trio is this Heljan Class 47, D1916 (47812) in BR green livery, Catalogue Nº: 4792
She is seen here held at signals on the up fast line at Manxton, with a south-bound express.
Behind her a Class 23 at the head of a down stopper is standing at Platform 2 while, in the background, an S&DJR Prussian Blue liveried Class 3F 0-6-0 is ambling along the branch line towards High Bridge.
There are now six Class 47s in our fleet with this one being the only one by Heljan.
Four of the others are by Bachmann and we now have one by ViTrains, see below.
So, the second new Class 47 is this one by ViTrains, seen here in our Service Depot.
I actually acquired this loco some time ago but it had a broken chassis which, sadly, proved impossible to repair.
Indeed, she has long been in the condemned pool awaiting disposal but, for some reason, she was spared this ignominy and I am mightily pleased that she was because I managed to pick-up a chassis the other day that was in need of a new body.
Yay - happy days!
She currently only works on DC but she runs extremely smoothly so will definitely be converted to DCC quite quickly I would imagine.
The Running Nº is 47844, she is named 'Derby & Derbyshire Chamber of Commerce & Industry', which is quite a mouthful, I will admit, and her Catalogue Nº is V2059.
She now becomes our second 'Duff' with this striking Inter-City livery although the other one, by Bachmann, is much grubbier.
Still, maybe in time this loco, too, might acquire a layer of dirt and grime.
This is now the fifth Tractor to join the railway and all are by Bachmann.
As with the ViTrains Class 47, she is only DC at present but will have a sound decoder fitted before very long.
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