Clayton runs round

After arrival at Arley, the Clayton runs round its train, then shunts it into the opposite platform ready for the return run to Kidderminster.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• BR
• Class
• 17
• Clayton
• Diesel
• Electric
• SVR

[Toontrain]

2 locos were fitted with Rolls Royce DV8N engines in a vain attempt to solve the chronic reliability problems with the original Paxman units, unfortunatly it was too little too late, however one of the DV8 engines lives on in the heart of Class 14 D9524 (14901) as part of the Andrew Briddon collection at the Elsecar railway

[shineonfloyd]

Remember these way back in the late 60's i saw nearly all of them, alas no photos,i think my brother had a couple.Most were based in scotland at Polmadie and Haymarket,if i remember did some have rolls royce engines?, and i think some were based at grangemouth

[Toontrain]

Actually you are both right :) the majority of the class were fitted with Paxman Engines but as they gave some much trouble when in service Claytons fitted their last two locos (D8586-87) with Rolls Royce V8 engines in a bid to improve reliability, however the class had been written off in the National Traction Plan so the rest of the fleet were not re-engined and carried on till withdrawl

[tpvalley]

This has the same looking control handle etc as the class 25 and some other stuff.

is the control equipment gec?

[Toontrain]

Yes it is :) all the early Clayton Built locos had GEC electical gear, the later batch that were built by Bayer Peacock were fitted with Crompton Parkinson gear and were said to be superiour to the Clayton originals, shame that one of the BP built locos never surived :(

[TimHall42]

Scheduled to re-enter service on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway end of April :)

[ShaurntheSheep]

i like them type of diesels there just diffrent to any thing else

[scriltist]

@tpvalley I spoke to one of the guys working on this loco and he said the fuel pump (I think) wasn't up to the job. It was susceptible to blockages, which caused fuel starvation and then leaks, which then led to engine room fires. He said they substituted a component from a class 37 and that this works fine. Hopefully this will keep the Clayton reliable.

[Femmenition]

Such a shame she's of her kind.

[stashyjon]

@SteffanLlwyd

yeah its a shame cos they were nice looking bits of kit

[SteffanLlwyd]

One of BR's many 'blooper' classes of diesels, but nice to see a living reminder. that many steam locomotives were better than the diesels that replaced them! This one is almost pretty.

[mickyGNR]

Yeah it's a shame though as these look like great trip working locos with great driver visibility and with two engines something to limp home with if one shuts down.

[mickyGNR]

It would be this actual same Clayton as there is only the one still existing :-)

[tpvalley]

I believe a big problem lay with the fuel system?