Sometime in the mid noughties, Class 60, no 60026 is caught ready to depart Cement Quay with freshly quarried cat litter for the not very well known ‘Kitty Fresh’ factory near Catford in Southeast London. Being lightweight, high sided wagons can be used like the ones here.
Former film and television critics Barry & Norman, are now employed by EWS to pose in photographs due to the location being popular with Class 60 trainspotters and photographers.
Bob Geeza Cat, taught them everything they need to know, including always standing next to each other for greater compositional impact. It’s rumoured that Bachmann based their high vis orange clad little people on Barry & Norman, but in toy train land there are many rumours, so it’s probably complete nonsense much like this post.
However, Class 60s are almost as popular as Class 37s, with many hobbyists collecting as many as they possibly can in miniature to place on their overcrowded TMD layouts.
Enthusiasts love the Class 60, because like the Class 37, it’s a proper British built locomotive, unlike those pesky Canadian Class 66 interlopers which make silly ‘ying ying’ noises all the time.
This is a scene on Cement Quay which I built back in 2006, it depicting a little bit of what was then the current railway scene. I no longer have the layout, for it now lives with a pal somewhere north of the Pennines where there be wild Haggis and where you can buy ready mixed tartan paint over the counter.