Mainline Loco in Trouble! Another has Unexpected Success!
It is with sadness that we hear that another mainline preserved loco has suffered a major failure; 50031 suffering a main generator flashover near Ludlow.
Good Luck to the Class 50 Alliance Ltd (the name for the combined organisation of The Fifty Fund and Project Defiance), in getting the repair done speedily and economically. We know their voluteers and sub-contractors will work diligently to get Hood back and running as soon as they practically can.
Read more about it in the press release: click here. For those who’d like to donate to help continue the restoration of 50031, 50035, 50044 and 50049 see their websites: http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/ and www.class50alliance.co.uk
On the other hand the doomsayers had been out in force predicting that Saturday’s outing for 45112 would end in tears before the train had even reached the second pick up point. In fact although the locomotive had been out of use for a long time, and had a reputation for embarrassing failures, it came through it well. A very happy Peak Army conscript contacted me on Sunday to rave about it, his wife however was less happy, as the only issue with the loco noticed by the punters was the lack of ETH……….
Good Luck to the Class 50 Alliance Ltd (the name for the combined organisation of The Fifty Fund and Project Defiance), in getting the repair done speedily and economically. We know their voluteers and sub-contractors will work diligently to get Hood back and running as soon as they practically can.
Read more about it in the press release: click here. For those who’d like to donate to help continue the restoration of 50031, 50035, 50044 and 50049 see their websites: http://www.fiftyfund.org.uk/ and www.class50alliance.co.uk
On the other hand the doomsayers had been out in force predicting that Saturday’s outing for 45112 would end in tears before the train had even reached the second pick up point. In fact although the locomotive had been out of use for a long time, and had a reputation for embarrassing failures, it came through it well. A very happy Peak Army conscript contacted me on Sunday to rave about it, his wife however was less happy, as the only issue with the loco noticed by the punters was the lack of ETH……….
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