jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 You might be right, but I wondered if the photo was taken after major flooding at Cowley Bridge had closed the line to the north for a while? Judging by the other slides in the box, I would say this was taken in the second half of 1992, but I have no idea if there was a spell of heavy rain in SW England around that time. I find a large logo Railfreight grey Tinsley 47 with NSE stock on a Waterloo-Exeter service to be interesting in itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted September 28, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2015 I was working at Western National in Plymouth in 1992, and before replying that it was Exeter St David's I checked my photos on the off chance that I might have photographed that train as I was guessing at a 1992 date. Nothing in the files though. I remember that the Down Line over the river bridge was closed in 1992 for maintenance, so it probably dates from that time. I probably have photos with the bridge works in the background, but would have to look through many photos to find them as I file by loco number rather than in date order. The bridge was certainly closed in the summer of 1992 as the though of the GWR main line to the West could be reduced to a single line seemed incredible, and a sad comparison to the volumes of decades before. Original Railfreight 47s weren't unknown on Waterloos, I had 47142 Up from Plymouth on such a working. They made for a colourful combination. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thanks Adrian. I feel that I ought to know where this is, but I have been through as many junctions as I can until my eyes ache. 4 tracks coming round the curve with a double track junction to the right. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Clay Cross - the Class 58 is coming off the Erewash Valley line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 I looked at Clay Cross, but on an aerial photo the junction didn't look right. Presumably some changes have been made to the track layout since that photo was taken? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2015 I looked at Clay Cross, but on an aerial photo the junction didn't look right. Presumably some changes have been made to the track layout since that photo was taken? Quite a few over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I looked at Clay Cross, but on an aerial photo the junction didn't look right. Presumably some changes have been made to the track layout since that photo was taken? It is Clay Cross, the photographer is standing on the bridge on Station (New) Road, North Wingfield. The 58 is making for the loops opposite Avenue coking plant. The small shed to the left is still visible on Google Earth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Or more probably for the sidings at Barrow Hill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thanks everyone. Hows about the location of this 73-fest? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) Redhill south end? Similar church on similar skyline here: http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/news/articles/2010a05/ the curve being the line to Reigate Edited September 28, 2015 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Redhill south end? Similar church on similar skyline here: http://www.hastingsdiesels.co.uk/news/articles/2010a05/ the curve being the line to Reigate Is this a similar view from 2013, with added weeds? https://www.flickr.com/photos/deepgreen2009/10268718574/in/photolist-gDpSgY-uh7JTU-pLcsn9-7o9kqD-cTnqrQ-oqF5AJ-7XhL3M-cyBWMj-84bVvE-fuEhKw-5ATJo9-M59bF-hAcJCW-2mbHym-j39H1t-8Yazc-qKxqEG-bX4WeH-8Yaz7-4mkv5M-bXdv4V-8Yaz6-6qm252-4mB6ws-4mpM8o-7DzZqM-5Feq1q-4mpwR7-5Fa8CB-pKhAbo-9hFYqQ-cyBX8f-7zyhiD-86QGGt-qQrnGD-qyzk2X-q3ERpy-raKge8-qPLhQc-qVf9Xn-u2cWM5-7fFg5C-7fFg8N-7fFg1m-rBEbMa-9TC9kB-qBxCjN-qPeYhg-9ZtQ3S-rk7Dmu cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2015 Redhill as said. My earliest spotting days in 1960 were spent on the platforms there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Thanks once again. I really should have got out more. I don't think I have ever been to Redhill station I really don't know where to start with this. There are hills in the background, overgrown old station platforms and light industry of some kind - but it is not somewhere I have frequented either. Maybe I should have spent less time drinking cider and eating pies in big station buffets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 That's one of National Power's machines, so I'm guessing the Ferrybridge area somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 That says Hope Valley to me possibly Hope station itself? Should really know for definite as I sign the line No idea if national Power 59s went that way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 (edited) I looked at Clay Cross, but on an aerial photo the junction didn't look right. Presumably some changes have been made to the track layout since that photo was taken? Basically the Erewash Valley line now comes round as two tracks on the alignment of the goods, there's no connection here to the fast lines heading off towards Derby, on the right. There is a trailing crossover a little further north, behind the photographer, which allows trains from the up Erewash lines to reach the line to Derby, or from Derby onto the down Erewash and thence the Old Road to Barrow Hill and Rotherham Masborough. To get from the Erewash lines onto the main there is a high speed crossover (70 mph) at Chesterfield South near-ish to Hasland or a slower crossover just north of Chesterfield station. The 58 is unbranded blue, a trail for large logo? Edited September 28, 2015 by great central Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 The 58 is unbranded blue, a trail for large logo? Unbranded/ debranded Mainline Freight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 That says Hope Valley to me possibly Hope station itself? Should really know for definite as I sign the line No idea if national Power 59s went that way Could very easily be Hope, with the brown Carbolite building beyond the disused ends of the platforms (east end of the station). Carbolite aerial view here: http://www.carbolite.com/company/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 Brilliant folks. That is enough evidence for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Any more mystery locations? We seem to enjoy trying to identify them. If you want a challenge, try the RCTS mystery photos page at https://www.rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 28, 2015 Author Share Posted September 28, 2015 The RCTS ones are too difficult for me. I have a few of that vintage somewhere. I might dig them out sometime. When I first saw this transparency held up to the light, I thought this will be easy as it will be somewhere in a coal mining area. Only when I scanned it, did the GWR signals put a big spanner through my confident air. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGomez Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Could be Woofferton Junction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted September 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2015 Could be Woofferton Junction. From photos elsewhere it is Woofferton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 28, 2015 Agreed http://www.roscalen.com/signals/Woofferton/index.htm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 29, 2015 Author Share Posted September 29, 2015 That is quite amazing detective work. My ignorance is such that I had to look up the name just to find where it was. By way of thanks, here is a photo not really for the location, but because it shows old trackwork which has probably been swept away by rationalisation. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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