Class 17 in privatization

[Andrew Thompson]

All

Some photos I found taken at Ribble Cement Sidings Clitheroe .( not sure of the date)

 

[Phill Dyson]

Great pics Andrew & thanks for sharing

I never got chance to see a Clayton in BR service, the nearest I got was seeing this one when the DTG had just purchased it (still in Ribble livery) so your pics bring back memories for me

We are lucky that so many early diesels found their way into industrial & departmental use, as it gave the preservation movement breathing space to buy lots of classes which would otherwise no longer exist

Cheers Phill

 

[iploffy]

+1 and was it lucky that they chose the 17 as it is the only one left, it seems strange that no-one else purchased one at the time. Do you suppose it's due to the amount of 350's around with BR losing yards and wagon loads to the roads

 

[Steph Dale]

Ian,

Ribble got it from Hemelite (Hemel Hempstead Lightweight Concrete Co.) who bought it from BR to serve their trains on the Nickey Line (Hemel Hempstead - Harpenden), even then it was probably a bit of a leap of faith to buy a catastrophically unreliable type 1. In later years a pair of 204hp Drewry 04s did well enough...

Steph

 

[Ian G]

It is now at the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway. http://www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/stock-list

Ian G