'CHARD Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Just breathtaking in its innocence. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59066 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Another nice shot of Kelso, especially showing more of the yards than many views https://www.flickr.com/photos/88182025@N08/33393248653/in/dateposted/ That's a fabulous shot of Kelso. The leftmost cattle wagon looks like an old Midland one (the others are GWR and 2 LMS I think, but I'm no expert so could be wrong). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I wonder if this is Jezebel shrouded in steam at Gilnockie in '65? https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59138 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 I wonder if this is Jezebel shrouded in steam at Gilnockie in '65? https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59138 43049. Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 43049. Bruce. Aha! Close acquaintance of the redoubtable 43139 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2017 I wonder if this is Jezebel shrouded in steam at Gilnockie in '65? https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59138 Is that a Queen Mary Brake Van? Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Stewart Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Ian I'd say no but there are some pictures of a normal Southern brake van on the branch around the time of the photo Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Daddyman Posted May 9, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 9, 2017 Ian I'd say no but there are some pictures of a normal Southern brake van on the branch around the time of the photo Colin That's what it is, yes - a normal length 4-wheel Southern van. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 That's what it is, yes - a normal length 4-wheel Southern van. I thought that. The vans in the train are ex GW and ex Southern wooden ended vehicles as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59163 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Langholm 1965. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59154 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Twixt Canonbie and Gilnockie in August 1967 on the Langholm branch photographed from a bridge which no longer exists. The village in the background is Rowanburn where Canonbie station was located. An extra Brake Van was added to the freight - scheduled to be the last to Langholm - with members of the Border Railway Society next to the locomotive. I joined the freight (ie cadged a lift) at Gilnockie (to Langholm), then joined it again at Penton (to Newcastleton). Happy days! Bruce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted May 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2017 Not sure if you will be able to see this one of Kelso, again a nice view https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1418123284915275&set=gm.821302854689101&type=3&theater Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 A really rather special photo at Langholm: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59503 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Time for something rumbly and gronking in the pastures..... https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59964 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Gilnockie 1965. Southern brakevan. https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/60/83/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Shunting Langholm goods yard in 1965. The locomotive is Ivatt 2-6-0 no 43049. https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/60/14/ Langholm 1965. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59154 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Gilnockie 1965. Southern brakevan. https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/60/83/ Just to add, the freight is being propelled towards Langholm. There used to be a road overbridge here but it's gone and the cuttings either side filled in so the location is almost unrecognisable today. The bridge was around 1/6 mile south of where Glentarras siding was. Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 A pretty lousy shot of the "box" at Glentarras showing the siding before it was shortened. Bruce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 When I researched "The Railway to Langholm" book back in the late 1980s, I was shown this photograph, and told that this was the first train to Langholm. The photo never made the 'cut' for my book! After the lady who owned the print passed away; a couple of years ago her son asked me to scan the photo again (technology having advanced somewhat in 30 years) and we approached several enthusiats to identify the subject, but all to no avail even after the photo appeared in a specialised magazine. An almost identical photograph has just appeared on eBay with the heading "INDUSTRIAL-loco-on-the-LANGHOLME-BRANCH". The eBay vendor cannot shed any light, "The photo I have was in a vast collection and all it had on the back was first loco on the Langholme Branch?" I attach the scan I took recently and wonder if some light can be shed on the photograph/location/locomotive? Many thanks Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Langholm old loco.jpeg When I researched "The Railway to Langholm" book back in the late 1980s, I was shown this photograph, and told that this was the first train to Langholm. The photo never made the 'cut' for my book! After the lady who owned the print passed away; a couple of years ago her son asked me to scan the photo again (technology having advanced somewhat in 30 years) and we approached several enthusiats to identify the subject, but all to no avail even after the photo appeared in a specialised magazine. An almost identical photograph has just appeared on eBay with the heading "INDUSTRIAL-loco-on-the-LANGHOLME-BRANCH". The eBay vendor cannot shed any light, "The photo I have was in a vast collection and all it had on the back was first loco on the Langholme Branch?" I attach the scan I took recently and wonder if some light can be shed on the photograph/location/locomotive? Many thanks Bruce. The easy bit should be the loco - looks exactly like a Manning Wardle K class, much used by Victorian contractors. It should be an 0-6-0 but has somehow managed to lose its front set of rods and is running as a 2-4-0 which won't have done much for its haulage capabilities. The only problem is that the Langholm branch opened in 1861 and Manning Wardle only got going in 1858. MW however took over various designs from E B Wilson & Co who had gone bust, and this might actually be a Wilson-built predecessor to the K class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted August 13, 2017 Share Posted August 13, 2017 Found this - a preserved MW "L" class (similar to a K but looking to have smaller wheels) also running without its front rods. "They all do that, Sir." http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/stories/getobjectstory.php?rnum=L1106&enum=LE118&pnum=4&maxp=10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 https://www.flickr.com/photos/43728086@N00/25880215885/in/album-72157655362591053/ CR 123 at Silloth. Stretching the Waverley Route connection a bit!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Hi, I've been meaning to post this for several weeks, but kept forgetting. An exchange of PMs with Daddyman spurred me to post now. The Disused Stations website has recently upgraded their pages on the ex-NER stations on the Tweed Valley line (stations east of Kelso, but not Kelso itself). There are many new (to me at least) pictures, including several of Coldstream which will be useful for me. This link: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/coldstream/index0.shtml will take you to the first of what is now 5 pages of pictures of Coldstream. Follow the links in the text for other stations. That website is such a great resource: many thanks to those who maintain it. Cheers for now. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Good spot, Tim - many thanks for the alert! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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