Battlefield line

[50002Superb]

I don't really know, haven't heard of it! When I'm next working i'll give an ask for you.

Thank you!

 

[MartinC]

Surprised that there is no mention of the line on the Battlefield Heritage site.

 

[HOOVER29]

Sure I saw a somewhere photo of (whispering) 45015 having been moved to the small shed just past the platform
Firstly was it Ai & secondly if real how did they manage it?

Though the old girl had a fubarred bogie meaning it couldn’t be moved without great difficulty

 

[Lemmy282]

Just seen a photo of 45015 on a low loader this evening, no idea where it is going though

 

[Spaceship323]

I just wondered if the Railway itself had considered doing organised visits, similar to what the SVR do with their diesel depot as there is clearly some interest in what is being stored there and it adds an extra angle to what the railway offers visitors.

The class 58 group had a meeting there 2 or 3 years ago and were shown around by Simon (HTRS), I think you would need to be a member of a society and on an organised visit to get access, as they are very strict on who gets through the gate (it is a working commercial site after all)

 

[DarloRich]

Surprised that there is no mention of the line on the Battlefield Heritage site.

I am not sure Henry Tudor was a train man!

I have visited both sites but not together. Can they be done by train?

Just seen a photo of 45015 on a low loader this evening, no idea where it is going though

The scrap yard I should think!

 

[Sheldonian]

Yes. I would think the scrapyard also.
Shame. Clearly won't be a runner again, but would have made a great static exhibit. Made watertight and a repaint.
Empty engine room would have made a useful parts store.

 

[Spaceship323]

I have visited both sites but not together. Can they be done by train?

You can walk from Shenton station to the battlefield visitor centre, takes about 20 minutes {the walk is along the footpath through fields so not really access able)

 

[50002Superb]

The class 58 group had a meeting there 2 or 3 years ago and were shown around by Simon (HTRS), I think you would need to be a member of a society and on an organised visit to get access, as they are very strict on who gets through the gate (it is a working commercial site after all)

That’s my point.

I’m amazed the railway themselves don’t do organised visits, say once every six months as there is clearly interest.

 

[HOOVER29]

Just seen a photo of 45015 on a low loader this evening, no idea where it is going though

45015 ex Battlefield Line seen travelling East on an Allely’s low loader, on the A44 Worcester to Evesham road near Pinvin (Pershore bypass) at 1145.

Long Marston?

 

[Harlequinuk]

45015 ex Battlefield Line seen travelling East on an Allely’s low loader, on the A44 Worcester to Evesham road near Pinvin (Pershore bypass) at 1145.

Long Marston?

Would laugh if its taken on a jolly and ends up back at the Battlefield Line after all the spotters get frothy

 

[MickeyN]

Its gone to Crewe LSL for spares recovery.Didnt think there's much left of it!!

 

[RMW14141414]

Sorry I should have said that I am an ICRS member so aware of what they have been doing.

I just wondered if the Railway itself had considered doing organised visits, similar to what the SVR do with their diesel depot as there is clearly some interest in what is being stored there and it adds an extra angle to what the railway offers visitors.

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That’s a great pic.

Sadly due to Insurance purposes we aren't able to give tours, if we did though, you would need to buy the Membership whom I think is about £40.

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Thank you!

Heya, so who I asked doesn't know much as well. Gonna ask a bit more when Im next there, sorry for a late reply as well!

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I am not sure Henry Tudor was a train man!

I have visited both sites but not together. Can they be done by train?

The scrap yard I should think!

From what I have heard, the 45 Bogies are being saved for another train whilst the rest I believe is going to be scrapped.

 

[Bodmin16]

I thought the owners of 45132 were going to purchase the remains of the generator to repair theirs ?

 

[50002Superb]

Sadly due to Insurance purposes we aren't able to give tours, if we did though, you would need to buy the Membership whom I think is about £40.

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Heya, so who I asked doesn't know much as well. Gonna ask a bit more when Im next there, sorry for a late reply as well!

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From what I have heard, the 45 Bogies are being saved for another train whilst the rest I believe is going to be scrapped.

I’d become a member if that was part of the membership.

 

[37114]

I thought the owners of 45132 were going to purchase the remains of the generator to repair theirs ?

I understand the generator from 45015 has already been removed. Talk on WNXX it is off to Eastleigh for stripping and Asbestos removal

 

[45076]

I understand the generator from 45015 has already been removed. Talk on WNXX it is off to Eastleigh for stripping and Asbestos removal

The generator is long gone, (45132 I think was the recipient), water tanks (and the remains of the boiler) are at Peak loco HQ Butterley ready for installation into 45041. The control cubicle was emptied, the pistons, liners and con rods were all removed when it was at Toton at the invitation of the depot manager at the time. It will be going to LSL at Crewe for final component recovery which includes the bogies as back up for 45118. The rest will go for recycling.

 

[RMW14141414]

I understand the generator from 45015 has already been removed. Talk on WNXX it is off to Eastleigh for stripping and Asbestos removal

The generator is long gone, (45132 I think was the recipient), water tanks (and the remains of the boiler) are at Peak loco HQ Butterley ready for installation into 45041. The control cubicle was emptied, the pistons, liners and con rods were all removed when it was at Toton at the invitation of the depot manager at the time. It will be going to LSL at Crewe for final component recovery which includes the bogies as back up for 45118. The rest will go for recycling.

I thought the owners of 45132 were going to purchase the remains of the generator to repair theirs ?

Hiya guys, so the 45 is being scrapped entirely now excluding the bogies I was told, but weird that some parts are coming out of it without it all being disgustingly rotten & unuseable.
Thats literally it.

It was traded for the current MK1 guards van on the main set.

Plus, a fleetlist of the line will be coming soon, hopefully gonna ask someone who works with me if they can have a look down & get a list. I'll probably make a website for it or something..

And also today, x2 trains were pulled from the north end. Unknown what they are going to be doing, but both are in a near dire condition, near un-repairable.

PS: I work on the line as a volunteer.
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[Harlequinuk]

Which ones were pulled?

 

[fgwrich]

The generator is long gone, (45132 I think was the recipient), water tanks (and the remains of the boiler) are at Peak loco HQ Butterley ready for installation into 45041. The control cubicle was emptied, the pistons, liners and con rods were all removed when it was at Toton at the invitation of the depot manager at the time. It will be going to LSL at Crewe for final component recovery which includes the bogies as back up for 45118. The rest will go for recycling.

It won’t be going to Crewe - it’s gone to a site near Throckmorton Airfield where it will be lifted from its bogies, any useable components removed (can imagine the cab doors and windscreen will be useful) then sent off for scrap.

 

[xotGD]

This is what the Peak looked like in August:



No sign of a cab door or windscreen!

 

[fgwrich]

This is what the Peak looked like in August:

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No sign of a cab door or windscreen!

That’s only at one end though. Cab door and windscreen certainly on the other end at Throckmorton, and they haven’t been re-instated for transit!

Unsure who the original photographer is but that’s it, parked up awaiting its body lift in the Cotswolds.

 

[xotGD]

Amazing that the glass has survived when so much else is missing!

 

[D Mylchreest]

Oh dear! That's a sorry mess!

 

[fgwrich]

It is now on a panel of track and chained down to it (the defective bogie being one of the reasons how it ended up remaining at Toton for so long). It’s in avery sorry state and once LSL have taken what’s left (cab glass, 1 cab door, bogies and tanks) I can’t see it taking long to torch.

 

[JKF]

Can’t they stick it in a children’s playground like they used to with old kettles back in the 70s? I remember clambering over derelict saddle tanks back in my youth. It’d at least give us a few more years of wibble, health and safety issues notwithstanding.

 

[Yorkshire09876]

It is now on a panel of track and chained down to it (the defective bogie being one of the reasons how it ended up remaining at Toton for so long). It’s in avery sorry state and once LSL have taken what’s left (cab glass, 1 cab door, bogies and tanks) I can’t see it taking long to torch.

Mentions earlier in the thread suggest that the lower half of the engine is still there - that might be of use too.

 

[RMW14141414]

I’d become a member if that was part of the membership.

You would need to do a Trackside Test as well & work for the railway I believe.

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Also, update on this fleet list: It may be a moment till I can get someone to do it for the whole line as we are all currently very busy with preparing for Santa Specials, so it may be a few weeks / early January an updated list will come.

 

[HOOVER29]

Heya! I work on the battlefield line.

I can agree on the people that plan it not doing much, giving other things better standards than others, its just the things we have are too little to handle some problems. problems, like Mkt Bosworth being an apocalypse!, We are working on making things better around as am I.

And yes it is very quiet. Last train on the transport gala had one person on board, including staff two from market Bosworth to Shack.
We are in the middle of nowhere as well whom makes it worse.

Thanks :3

Have you tried a bit of advertising in the locals?
I love the line & not because it’s a 5 mile drive from home.
Some lines could learn a thing or two from The Battlefield line.
Recently visited this line, South Devon Railway & the Bodmin and Wenford.
Not big lines but oozing with charm & atmosphere & all 3 gave off that preserved line feeling.

 

[Forty29]

There's quite a few diesel locos being restored there including 40118, 37906, a 25 and a couple of 33's plus others.