Silver Fox 17 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 46 minutes ago, Rallymatt said: Back in the day, railway companies would perform surgery on locos to cope with certain platforms 😁 Most definately. The Gresley A1 buffer beams had all square corners until one took some platform edging off and they were then modified with the lower corners scalloped to give clearance. Many WR locos were barred from up North as their cylinders, and front end swing would cause issues. In 1967 Clun Castle did a trip to Newcastle but used the centre roads in York and was not allowed in Newcastle so came off on the King Edward bridge. Another occasion a Hall I think it was ended up in Huddersfield shed as it had hit a platform or two and they had to work out a route how to return it without issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-345151 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 2 hours ago, Silver Fox 17 said: Another occasion a Hall I think it was ended up in Huddersfield shed as it had hit a platform or two and they had to work out a route how to return it without issues. Didn't something similar occur with the Deltic prototype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 1 minute ago, Les-345151 said: Didn't something similar occur with the Deltic prototype? Yes it did and I think (not 100% certain) that had something to do with the turn in on the bottom of the body sides being used on the production Deltics where the original was flat sided. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Fox 17 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 This was the WR loco on its way North, look at the cylinder clearance at Nottingham Victoria. Also the comments about what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ateshci Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 And it is us who complain about models where clearance standards are not adhered to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les-345151 Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Another example of WR loco clearance issues, 18100 had its (admittedly rather large) buffers severely clipped to venture into the wider world as E2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie 66 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 23 hours ago, Les-345151 said: Another example of WR loco clearance issues, 18100 had its (admittedly rather large) buffers severely clipped to venture into the wider world as E2001. Wow, I doubt that would be allowed now 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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