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Shannon 29-11-2024
Shannon 29/11/2024. Re registered in Shannon ex N471BS.
Delivery flight in Shannon 22-11-2024
The old backhead on 499 is saved as a pattern for the new one.
MHR Gala July 1st 2017
Urie Locomotive Society with extensive rebuild of S15 499 at Ropley
N471BS 737-800 ex Shenzhen Airlines.
Passed through Shannon en-rooute to Tel Aviv for cargo conversion. Now operates for DHL by iAero.
Shannon 3rd April 2021
N471BS 737-800 ex Shenzhen Airlines.
Passed through Shannon en-rooute to Tel Aviv for cargo conversion. Now operates for DHL by iAero.
Shannon 3rd April 2021
7027 Thornbury Castle after a year at Barry. S15 30499 above.
Copyright Neville Wellings
1962 Henschel DH 500 Ca diesel locomotive at the Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen in Bochum, Germany.
From 1961, Opel purchased as number of Henschel diesel locomotives for their new plant in Bochum where in 1962, production of the Opel Kadett started. These locomotive stayed in service up until 2011, only a few years before the closure of the Bochum plant in 2014.
Type: Henschel DH 500 Ca
Factory no.: #30499
Classification: C-dh
Engine: 368 kW Daimler-Benz diesel
Operational weight: 54 t
1962 Henschel DH 500 Ca diesel locomotive at the Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen in Bochum, Germany.
From 1961, Opel purchased as number of Henschel diesel locomotives for their new plant in Bochum where in 1962, production of the Opel Kadett started. These locomotive stayed in service up until 2011, only a few years before the closure of the Bochum plant in 2014.
Type: Henschel DH 500 Ca
Factory no.: #30499
Classification: C-dh
Engine: 368 kW Daimler-Benz diesel
Operational weight: 54 t
1962 Henschel DH 500 Ca diesel locomotive at the Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum-Dahlhausen in Bochum, Germany.
From 1961, Opel purchased as number of Henschel diesel locomotives for their new plant in Bochum where in 1962, production of the Opel Kadett started. These locomotive stayed in service up until 2011, only a few years before the closure of the Bochum plant in 2014.
Type: Henschel DH 500 Ca
Factory no.: #30499
Classification: C-dh
Engine: 368 kW Daimler-Benz diesel
Operational weight: 54 t
Shannon 3-4-2021
Shannon 3-4-2021
Departing Shannon 3/4/2021 for cargo conversion in Tel Aviv.Ex B-5362 Shenzhen A/L.
The frames of Urie S15 30499 sits at Bury on the East Lancashire Railway, whilst the wheelsets receive attention.
This loco is a Barry survivor, and is owned by Urie Locomotive Society, based at the Mid Hants Railway.
Details and spec taken from the ULS web page:
Built May 1920
Built at Eastleigh Works
Classification 6F
Designer Robert Urie
Entered service May 1920
Region LSWR/Southern
Shed allocation Nine Elms until 1940 then Feltham
Mileage 1,241,024
Total built of class 20, 45 in total when Maunsell version added
Withdrawn 5 January 1964
Last major overhaul 1961
Current owner Urie Locomotive Society
Specifications:
Coal capacity 5 tons
Cylinders 2
Cylinder size 21" x 28"
Driving wheel diameter 5' 7"
Total length 65' 6"
Tractive effort 28,200 lbs
Valve gear Walschaerts
Water capacity 5000 gallons
Wheel arrangement 4-6-0
Working order weight 135 tons
D-ABAY Boeing 737-86J [30499] Nuremberg-Nurnberg~D 14/09/2007. WFU stored Marana AZ~N 05-12-2019 as 2-JMMF.
Metal Branco Fosco
LED Máx 36W 3000K 1260Lm
D- 1000 x H-1200 mm
