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LRLO Pool 37418 works 5Z01 south through Huntingdon at bridge ECM1/152b, with 975025 in tow, on November 12th 2024.
She was built by Vulcan Foundry as D6971.
Cardiff (Canton) 18/03/1965
Allocation recoded 86A to CF 05/1973
Landore 01/1974
Renumbered 37271 03/1974
Cardiff (Canton) 02/1977
Eastfield 01/1985
Renumbered 37418 11/1985
Inverness 01/1986
Named An Communn Gaidhealach at Edinburgh Waverley Station on 10/10/86,
Immingham 09/1990
Nameplates removed 3/91, reportedly at CD, and nameplates Pectinidae, with the Shell logo at the left-hand end of the nameplate, fitted on 16/3/91 at IM TMD.
Nameplates removed and renamed officially GORDON GRIGG for one day only on 11/3/92, but actually carried the plates until about 11/4/92, when they were removed and AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH plates were refitted
Crewe Diesel 05/1993
Nameplates removed 7/93 at CD, and was named East Lancashire Railway at Bury Bolton Street Station on 22/4/94, they were removed in 12/96 but refitted in the autumn of 1999
Toton 07/1999
Motherwell 10/1999
Cardiff (Canton) 09/2001
Motherwell 02/2003
EWS Headquarters Pool 01/04/2005
Store 01/04/2005
The nameplates were removed at TO about 22/9/05
Loco sold 15/1/08 and was moved by road the same day from Toton to Allelys yard, Studley, then due to go to Barrow Hill for a bogie swap and due to move to the East Lancs. Railway about 4/08 but went directly to the ELR on 9/3/09
Had the Pectinidae, with the Shell logo at the left-hand end of the nameplate, nameplates refitted on the loco at Castlecroft MPD, Bury, ELR on 14/3/09, removed in 10/12
Headquarters Pool 09/07/2017
Moved to Barrow Hill 9/7/17, then to Boden Rail, Washwood Heath 4/12/17 and back to Barrow Hill 16/1/18
Repainted in BR large logo blue 15/11/18
Returned to Service 13/02/2019
On hire to Colas Railfreight, mainly for Network Rail test train workings, hire ended in 9/22
Original name An Communn Gaidhealach refitted at Boden Rail, Nottingham Eastcroft 11/6/20
RTC Derby 23/10/2022
Nameplates were removed when it was repainted. It returned to service on 25/1/24 without nameplates but they had been refitted by 8/2/24.
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LRLO Pool 37418 works 5Z01 south through Huntingdon at bridge ECM1/152b, with 975025 in tow, on November 12th 2024.
She was built by Vulcan Foundry as D6971.
Cardiff (Canton) 18/03/1965
Allocation recoded 86A to CF 05/1973
Landore 01/1974
Renumbered 37271 03/1974
Cardiff (Canton) 02/1977
Eastfield 01/1985
Renumbered 37418 11/1985
Inverness 01/1986
Named An Communn Gaidhealach at Edinburgh Waverley Station on 10/10/86,
Immingham 09/1990
Nameplates removed 3/91, reportedly at CD, and nameplates Pectinidae, with the Shell logo at the left-hand end of the nameplate, fitted on 16/3/91 at IM TMD.
Nameplates removed and renamed officially GORDON GRIGG for one day only on 11/3/92, but actually carried the plates until about 11/4/92, when they were removed and AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH plates were refitted
Crewe Diesel 05/1993
Nameplates removed 7/93 at CD, and was named East Lancashire Railway at Bury Bolton Street Station on 22/4/94, they were removed in 12/96 but refitted in the autumn of 1999
Toton 07/1999
Motherwell 10/1999
Cardiff (Canton) 09/2001
Motherwell 02/2003
EWS Headquarters Pool 01/04/2005
Store 01/04/2005
The nameplates were removed at TO about 22/9/05
Loco sold 15/1/08 and was moved by road the same day from Toton to Allelys yard, Studley, then due to go to Barrow Hill for a bogie swap and due to move to the East Lancs. Railway about 4/08 but went directly to the ELR on 9/3/09
Had the Pectinidae, with the Shell logo at the left-hand end of the nameplate, nameplates refitted on the loco at Castlecroft MPD, Bury, ELR on 14/3/09, removed in 10/12
Headquarters Pool 09/07/2017
Moved to Barrow Hill 9/7/17, then to Boden Rail, Washwood Heath 4/12/17 and back to Barrow Hill 16/1/18
Repainted in BR large logo blue 15/11/18
Returned to Service 13/02/2019
On hire to Colas Railfreight, mainly for Network Rail test train workings, hire ended in 9/22
Original name An Communn Gaidhealach refitted at Boden Rail, Nottingham Eastcroft 11/6/20
RTC Derby 23/10/2022
Nameplates were removed when it was repainted. It returned to service on 25/1/24 without nameplates but they had been refitted by 8/2/24.
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FGET Pool 37 271 works 6B59, the 17:30 Stoke Gifford to Gloucester Speedlink north through Nibley, on March 13th 1989. This was the second loco to carry that number.
She was built by Vulcan Foundry as D6603, entering service in September 1965. She was renumbered 37 303 in March 1974, 37 271 in January 1989, and to 37 333 in July 1994. Withdrawn in August 1997, she was cut up at Crewe by MRJ Philips, in July 1997.
TOPS info:-
37271 FGET TI X M 0 XA.
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37 303 is seen rounding the curve at Westerleigh, with 6B59, the 17:30 Stoke Gifford to Gloucester, comprising some PCA cement tanks (at least), on February 29th 1988.
She was built by Vulcan Foundry as D6603, entering service in September 1965. She was renumbered to 37 303 in March 1974, then to 37 271 (the second loco to carry that number) in January 1989, and finally to 37 333 in July 1994. Withdrawn in August 1997, she was cut up at Crewe by MRJ Philips, in July 1997.
TOPS info:-
37303 FGWB TI X M 0 XA.
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GW Grange 6824 Ashley Grange is stabled on the scrap line at Swindon in the company of GW 0-6-2 Tank 6603 on 26 April 1964. Allocated to sheds in the South West for most of its nationalised life, 6824 moved to Didcot (81E) in October 1962 and Oxford (81F) a year later, being withdrawn in April 1964. Still on the Dump in December 1964, 6824 was probably cut up at Swindon in early 1965. 6603 was withdrawn in March 1963 after a lifetime working in South Wales.
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In 2011 vierden we nog Koninginnedag op 30 april. Gelukkig reed er op deze fraaie Koniginnedag ook nog wat Cargo. Zo was de toen nog rijdende papiertrein van Captrain uit Antwerpen strak op tijd en deze keer met twee loccen. Met aan kop de 6603 en in opzending de 6602 passeert de trein ter hoogte van Zevenbergsche Hoek op weg naar de Kijfhoek op 30 april 2011 in het fraaie oranje zonnetje.
U.S. Coast Guard Aerospatiale MH-65E Dolphin 6603,
MSN 6324*. This helicopter was originally procured as an HH-65A. Aerospatiale is now known as Airbus Helicopters.
The "fenestron" is a distinctive counter-torque ducted fan used by Aerospatiale, now Airbus Helicopters.
Fenestron (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenestron
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Reno Stead Airport (RTS / KRTS)
Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin (Wikipedia):
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*Reference:
www.joebaugher.com/coastguardseries.html
A U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician is recovered during a demonstration by an MH-65E "Dolphin" helicopter, USCG s/n 6603.
This helicopter was originally procured as an HH-65A, and has been upgraded in service.
The derelict aircraft in the background is former U.S. Navy F9F-6P photo-recon Cougar 134451. See the comment below from Flickr member Alfred Fartknocker. Many thanks to him for this additional information!
2022 Reno Air Races
Reno Stead Airport (RTS / KRTS)
Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_MH-65_Dolphin
U.S. Coast Guard Aerospatiale MH-65E Dolphin 6603,
MSN 6324*. This helicopter was originally procured as an HH-65A. Aerospatiale is now known as Airbus Helicopters.
2022 Reno Air Races
Reno Stead Airport (RTS / KRTS)
Eurocopter MH-65 Dolphin (Wikipedia):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter_MH-65_Dolphin
*Reference:
www.joebaugher.com/coastguardseries.html