Planet Industrials: Prototype variety...
Gordon Edgar is a respected and accomplished photographer with an extensive catalog of work on both his Flickr site as well as publishing a range of books. Of particular interest to us here are the industrial railway photos, many of which form his collection of books available from Amberley Publishing on Amazon...
I have trawled Gordon's site and compiled a few examples of the Hibberd, linked through their title, with a few details to give you a summary and 'guide' to photos he has taken of these locomotives.
British Industrial Sand
4006/1963 - Front step, continuous window, white with wasp striped buffer beams.
This example was the inspiration behind the second version of the kit, and was based at the British Industrial Sand location at Redhill, detailed here and on this RMweb thread here. This example was saved from being scrapped and is now on the Garw Valley Railway in South Wales.
Bowes Railway
3922/1959 - Front step, continuous window, green with red buffer beams.
The Bowes railway in the North East is one of the countries oldest railways built by George Stephenson in 1826, and part of it is still in existence as a preserved operation where the Planet still operates.
Balfour Beatty (and here)
3884/1958 - No step, continuous window, orange with wasp striped buffer beams.
Operating the Midland Foundry, Balfour Beatty site in the late 1980s at Sandiacre, this orange example is quote striking and can be safely used alongside 1990s Railfreight locomotives and the popular sectorisation era. The Balfour Beatty site is still in operation in Nottingham.
ARC
3890/1959 - Front step, continuous window, yellow with chequer buffer beams.
Now operated by Hansen, the quarry at Machen, near Newport in South Wales was home to this neat yellow example, pictured by Gordon out of use in 1990. Machen produced roadstone and ballast for the South and South West.
Army Bicester
3919/1959 - No step, two window, green and black with orange hi lights.
This example was a unique locomotive in the army fleet, different to those supplied to the navy as not flame proofed, and very close to the original version of the kit.
Beckton Gasworks
3889/1958 - Front step, continuous window and custom cut down cab. Green.
Pictured here at British Industrial Sand, Redhill, the gas works at Beckton had limited clearances so this Planet has a dropped footplate and cut down cab giving it a look of being sat on! Not currently planned as a kit, but perhaps in the future.
If you're looking for inspiration Gordon's photos and books are well worth a browse, I'll leave this with a photo of the example preserved at the Cambrian Railway Museum in Oswestry, taken in July 2018 which was the one studied during production of the original kit.
I hope this has been of some interest. More soon...
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| Photo by James Hilton (not Gordon Edgar!), Oswestry July 2018. |
British Industrial Sand
4006/1963 - Front step, continuous window, white with wasp striped buffer beams.
This example was the inspiration behind the second version of the kit, and was based at the British Industrial Sand location at Redhill, detailed here and on this RMweb thread here. This example was saved from being scrapped and is now on the Garw Valley Railway in South Wales.
Bowes Railway
3922/1959 - Front step, continuous window, green with red buffer beams.
The Bowes railway in the North East is one of the countries oldest railways built by George Stephenson in 1826, and part of it is still in existence as a preserved operation where the Planet still operates.
Balfour Beatty (and here)
3884/1958 - No step, continuous window, orange with wasp striped buffer beams.
Operating the Midland Foundry, Balfour Beatty site in the late 1980s at Sandiacre, this orange example is quote striking and can be safely used alongside 1990s Railfreight locomotives and the popular sectorisation era. The Balfour Beatty site is still in operation in Nottingham.
ARC
3890/1959 - Front step, continuous window, yellow with chequer buffer beams.
Now operated by Hansen, the quarry at Machen, near Newport in South Wales was home to this neat yellow example, pictured by Gordon out of use in 1990. Machen produced roadstone and ballast for the South and South West.
Army Bicester
3919/1959 - No step, two window, green and black with orange hi lights.
This example was a unique locomotive in the army fleet, different to those supplied to the navy as not flame proofed, and very close to the original version of the kit.
Beckton Gasworks
3889/1958 - Front step, continuous window and custom cut down cab. Green.
Pictured here at British Industrial Sand, Redhill, the gas works at Beckton had limited clearances so this Planet has a dropped footplate and cut down cab giving it a look of being sat on! Not currently planned as a kit, but perhaps in the future.
If you're looking for inspiration Gordon's photos and books are well worth a browse, I'll leave this with a photo of the example preserved at the Cambrian Railway Museum in Oswestry, taken in July 2018 which was the one studied during production of the original kit.
I hope this has been of some interest. More soon...
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