Mainline Heritage Traction

[Whistler40145]

If you could choose any heritage class of loco or a specific locomotive to be mainline registered, which would you choose?

Mine would be Class 26s & 27s.


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[northernrail]

Id want DP1 Mainline Registered.

 

[scoope]

Class 24/0 would be mine

 

[Whistler40145]

81002 & 85101


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[craig87034]

26010,26024,27001,27056,1062,87001

 

[Whistler40145]

I can hear 27001 & 27056 spluttering up to Rannoch Moor, how magical that would be.


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[WillPS]

Not a loco - but an APT, please.

 

[SouthEastern-465]

Any heritage EMU really.

In particular it'd have to be a CEP on a railtour with an MLV at each end to meet any safety barrier requirement, that way its still authentic!

 

[90019]

A 4DD, I think.

 

[JoeGJ1984]

I would like to see a class 101 or something from that era. I think the barrier rule for Mk1 derived vehicles is looking at being relaxed (any news/progress on this?) so this would make it a real possibility. After all, there is a Hastings Thumper DEMU that does mainline railtours.

 

[rf_ioliver]

Class 35 Hymek

t.

Ian

 

[LE Greys]

The APT-E, to see if we can break 6 hours on Aberdeen-London.

 

[Cymroglan]

A Park Royal dmu please. Many, many happy memories!

 

[60163]

Hymek, 309/310 EMU, Mallard, 89001

 

[Crimson_Quiff]

A pair of Hymeks would be nice!

Looking more towards reality stakes, a pair of Rats or McRats would float my boat!

 

[4SRKT]

I'll jump on the small Sulzer bandwagon and say 26/27. En route to the West Highland Line any tour with these on should go via the G&SWR main line for old times' sake.

 

[Whistler40145]

Like the sound of the G&SW, but a wee pair of beasties attacking Beattock from the South makes sound to the ears.


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[RobShipway]

Class 74: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_74 as I think if they were still around today, they could have served a useful purpose.

 

[route:oxford]

Class 74: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_74 as I think if they were still around today, they could have served a useful purpose.

Especially if re-engineered like the 73s will be, along with capable of running off 25kv.

Edinburgh to Oban via the A2B and Glasgow Queen Street Low Level.

zip along under the wire then launch out of Helensburgh Lower on Diesel.

 

[yorksrob]

The avatar gives it away for me. I'm possibly in a minority in saying that I'd like mine in NSE livery though.

 

[Yew]

Not a loco - but an APT, please.

+1

I was thinking about the APT earlier, and I realised they missed a trick with the power cars, they should have put a cab in them too, so then they could run half sets off peak

 

[rf_ioliver]

The avatar gives it away for me. I'm possibly in a minority in saying that I'd like mine in NSE livery though.

Jaffa cake livery...namely because I never saw it

t.

Ian

 

[LE Greys]

Class 74: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_74 as I think if they were still around today, they could have served a useful purpose.

Always wondered why they didn't last yet the less-powerful 73s did. Possibly reliability.

The Class 89 might serve a useful purpose, if it's possible to scrape together enough coaches to replace one HST diagram on the ECML.

 

[Crossforth]

I'd love to see the badger in service. Running up and down the East Coast.

I also can't wait to see the HST prototype in service again

I like the suggestion of DP1 as well

 

[yorksrob]

Jaffa cake livery...namely because I never saw it

t.

Ian

I'd love to see a CEP in Jaffa Cake livery again (it was only used on the longer distance units) as it's been so long since I've seen it.

It's strange how some defunct liveries never seem to go out of fashion in preservation, yet others you never see again

 

[MK Tom]

I'd love a mixed set of heritage EMUs using 308/307/312 vehicles, or one of the 309s.

Surely with the number of class 108s and such like in preservation something similar to Chiltern's 121s could be done on some minor branch somewhere? Marlow branch or a segregated line like that.

 

[SouthEastern-465]

The avatar gives it away for me. I'm possibly in a minority in saying that I'd like mine in NSE livery though.

Nah nice bit of NSE livery!

I forgot to mention an EPB, either in Blue & Grey with NSE decals, or just the full toothpaste effect!

 

[colchesterken]

Sorry to be a bore I have said it before..I would like to see 18000 rebuilt and upgraded.
it has lost its authenticity so if someone could come up with the money how about
class 37 bogies class 56 alturnator new MTU low emmission 2000hp diesel.and all the new bits..air/vac brakes.ETH,OTMR.AWS.LED lights in oil lamps like Tornado.TPWS.GPS radio.TDM to run with a modified DVT with disabled and guards office
It could run anyware and do anything, heritage.thunderbird,when not doing charter work,freight,
mmmmm Need £500 000 and a strong cup of coffee

 

[yorksrob]

Nah nice bit of NSE livery!

I forgot to mention an EPB, either in Blue & Grey with NSE decals, or just the full toothpaste effect!

Amen to that - or even better, one of each