RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 27, 2012 been having a trawl through my old photos and uploaded a few to photobucket, this selection is of scrap diesel locos etc, mainly from the last 10 years, please note i had permission to be at the various locations, feel free to add your own CREWE TMD Shotwick (between dee marsh and neston), this was the brakevan used to propel trains into shotton paper Kingsbury, poor pics taken with my old nokia N95 Derby RTC, not sure what was happening to this unit Crewe Works, burned out ATW pacer unit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammy Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Some intresting shots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 So that's what happens to a 47 when you cut the sides before removing the innards! Great pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Long before Springs Branch became a component recovery depot for EWS, always the odd one or two withdrawn locos on the shed. 47122, 27 October 1988 And withdrawn DMUs at Queens Road sidings Manchester, unlikely to run again. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mophead Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Superb pics especially the burnt out guards van I'm just putting the finishing touchs to a model of one Mophead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The Strathclyde 101 is just being shunted into position for working the last train of the night to Whifflet I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted December 28, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2012 A few snaps from a little further south... Eastleigh Accident damaged 47215 dumped in Eastleigh yard, in about 1993. The same fate befell 33009 - at Meldon. It was dumped at the back of the works at about the same time. Not sure where this incident took place, but this burned out VEP driving trailer was certainly beyond redemption. Old Oak Common An added bonus at the Old Oak Common open day in the early 1990s, was the large number of withdrawn class 47s (amongst other things) dotted around the site. 47533 clearly shows the accident damage it sustained - I believe - at Reading, when it collided with 47472. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 28, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2012 a few more from back in the day (as da yoof say on da street), i have posted them before but they fit nicely into this thread TOTON (i think) dont know where this is...... VIC BERRY BAGILLT CREWE WORKS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Very familiar scenes at Crewe Works Open Day Jim! Weren't the cut 40s in what was known as 'Melt Shop.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Some here taken on the 18 Feb 2002 at Wigan Springs Branch Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hi Big Jim, I think the peak line up photos are of Tinsley yard at the bottom of the secondary yard. I remember it was a hell of a walk from the TMD. Regards Vin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 And withdrawn DMUs at Queens Road sidings Manchester, unlikely to run again. img308.jpg Tom The DMU nearest the camera appears to be EXP DMU 352. The 'experiment' was making each car in the power twin single engined as a fuel/cost saving measure. One of the few Class 104s that were painted blue/grey. The horizontal stripe on the cab end would be black. Hope this helps, David. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hi All, My mistake, what originally looked like Tinsley secondary yard is in fact Toton in 1987. The yard lamps in distance made me change my mind. Also some digging through some old logs gave me the year. Keep up the great pictures. Vin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 What a waste! Geoff Endacott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40 058 Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Doncaster, 1985. Cabs from 46026. 40152 40152 again. 40129 being cut, 40074 waits its turn. April 1986. 45075 May 1986. 47416 47405 46010 31409 after accident! 25300 25189 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 30, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2012 Couple more from my photobox under the bed! 25072 being rescued from vic berrys yard in leicester Ok my thread remit was scrap diesel but i cant leave these out, woodhams in barry in about 1985-86 (so diesel era at least!!) Dodgy end of roll photo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Love this thread Although i shed a tear for these for these great locos as they meet their maker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 What's the function of the "mouth" that's been gas-axed into several of the locos? Is it just a quick way of preparing the cab sections for lifting or is there some specific componentry or material in that area requiring removal early in the dismantling process like, for example, electrical gear with a high copper content? I note that many of the "bonneted" classes have their nose hatches open, suggesting that something has been lifted out at an early stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 What's the function of the "mouth" that's been gas-axed into several of the locos? Is it just a quick way of preparing the cab sections for lifting or is there some specific componentry or material in that area requiring removal early in the dismantling process like, for example, electrical gear with a high copper content? I note that many of the "bonneted" classes have their nose hatches open, suggesting that something has been lifted out at an early stage. The nose areas contain air reserviors and traction motor blowers on most of the classes so there probably isn't much of value in there. I think roof and nose hatches were opened during the component recovery phase prior to cutting. Sometimes sections of body would be cut to gain easier access to certain components for removal. Often the first area to be 'gas axed' was around the number. The flame cut number panels were mainly sold off to enthusiasts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Not BR blue but a sad picture to add to the list. A Fowler 0-4-0 waiting its fate at a scrapyard at St Helens Junction, 26 January 1987. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Sure that somewhere I have pics of peaks at march whitemoor yard all awaiting their fate, if only i Could find them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Some of me Dads recently scanned in pics, Doncaster Works 1982, those with a penchant for Napiers look away now. Thinks theres some westerns as well somewhere... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Old Oak Common, October 1973. scan0001 (2).jpg Some of these went to Cohen's scrapyard, on the Morriston (MR) branch; the following summer to this photo being taken, I was working at the adjacent BSC Landore Foundry, and went along for a look at them. I still have, somewhere, a plastic notice detailing the terms of travel and supplements due for using the Pullman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessy1692 Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 Evening all, as threatened, heres some of my Dads pics form a holiday down the south west in 74 (i think) & some claytons from a spotting trip north over the border in 75. and the RTC one at Derby Not the best quality but i think it adds a little bit to the shots from the time, would have been nice to have been around then! Great thread so lets see if we can keep this going. Cheers James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 A few snaps from a little further south... Eastleigh VEP.jpg Not sure where this incident took place, but this burned out VEP driving trailer was certainly beyond redemption. I was going to suggest a victim of the Effingham Junction Depot fire but that was well pre-NSE days... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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