RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2016 In short trousers and the snow came over the top of me wellies. Wellies. Luxury. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2016 North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1973 and 1975 this afternoon. Some things have changed since then, others remain much the same. Goathland J27 2392 light engine May 73 C1252 Goathland Class 5 5428 Eric Treacy Grosmont to Levisham Aug 75 C2215 Goathland Aug 75 C2235 Grosmont AC cars railbus E79978 Goathland to Grosmont Aug 75 C2220 Grosmont Class 5 5428 Aug 75 C2223 Grosmont Class 5 5428 running round Aug 75 C2224 David 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2016 A few from Bristol now, with most taken in July 1989. Once again most are from a film which did not keep well. Bristol Temple Meads 253018 Bristol to Paddington Nov 77 J5853 Bristol Temple Meads Class 108 set B963 53613 and 54191 1st July 89 C12101a Bristol Temple Meads 43005 up ex pass 1st July 89 C12103 Bristol Temple Meads 43141 Paddington to Taunton 1st July 89 C12108 Bristol Temple Meads 43130 Paddington to Paignton Sat 1st July 89 C12109 Bristol Temple Meads 47653 Glasgow to Penzance 1st July 89 C12124 David 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Hi David - Great pics as usual - Is that Geoff Capes just got of the train in C12101a Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2016 Hi, Dave. I love the photos of the NYMR. Very nostalgic, and you are quite right some things have changed and others have not! I would love to see a high quality RTR model of the J27 in NER finish. It would complement the Q6 so perfectly. The J27 looks so good in photo, C1252. And a great set of photos of Bristol Temple Meads station. Again all very nostalgic and I don't know where the time has gone! In the last photo, the 65 of 47 653 look deeper than the other numbers. I wonder if that was the case or is it an optical illusion? With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Hi, Dave. I love the photos of the NYMR. Very nostalgic, and you are quite right some things have changed and others have not! I would love to see a high quality RTR model of the J27 in NER finish. It would complement the Q6 so perfectly. The J27 looks so good in photo, C1252. And a great set of photos of Bristol Temple Meads station. Again all very nostalgic and I don't know where the time has gone! In the last photo, the 65 of 47 653 look deeper than the other numbers. I wonder if that was the case or is it an optical illusion? With warmest regards, Rob. Crewe Works had a penchance for using slightly larger numbers on their large logo repaints. It usually affected the numbers 5,6 & 7! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Of course, if the 'Duff' on your layout showed the above-mentioned variation there would be comment from some quarters... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 A few from Bristol now, with most taken in July 1989. Once again most are from a film which did not keep well. a Bristol Temple Meads Class 108 set B963 53613 and 54191 1st July 89 C12101a.jpg Bristol Temple Meads Class 108 set B963 53613 and 54191 1st July 89 C12101a David Oh no. A Bristol B900 set. The bane of my life at Hereford, (and most other Hereford drivers too). Underpowered and poorly maintained. We used to have these sets come up to Hereford to work the Hereford Cardiff services, such was the strange way DMU diagrams worked. I've run out of fuel with one, despite it coming fresh off Canton depot. So underpowered that I actually overtook one between Newport and Cardiff with a 37/9 and a 1400ton steel train. Once when going into a strong headwind between Newport and Cardiff (again), was unable the get enough speed up to keep in 4th, on the flat! Certainly glad when they finally took took pity on them and withdrew them. Paul J. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 25, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2016 Sheffield and Shirebrook photos for today - and the sun shone. Sheffield 47425 down ex pass 8th Aug 77 C3423 Sheffield Class 114s 12th Aug 77 C3478 Tinsley railway by M1 viaduct April 79 C4456 Shirebrook Class 08 from Warsop Junction Apr 78 C3784 Shirebrook Class 08 from Warsop Junction Apr C3785 Shirebrook 08 pushing wagons into WH Davis wagon works Apr 78 C3786 David 45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's of Sheffield and Shirebrook. In that first photo, it looks to me as if the second Mk1 is a very early FO. There is no centre vestibule, and the toilets are at the far end. It is an open coach for there are only a small number of vents on the roof. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's of Sheffield and Shirebrook. In that first photo, it looks to me as if the second Mk1 is a very early FO. There is no centre vestibule, and the toilets are at the far end. It is an open coach for there are only a small number of vents on the roof. With warmest regards, Rob. Hmmmm..... Looks to me like door 8 bays door loo Wouldn't that make it a diagram 56 RSO? IIRC didn't all the first opens only have 7 bays and the loos inside the door rather than outside on this little beauty? Phil Edited July 25, 2016 by Phil Bullock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Sheffield and Shirebrook, two of my favourite railway locations; Super stuff Dave, thanks again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2016 Hmmmm..... Looks to me like door 8 bays door loo Wouldn't that make it a diagram 56 RSO? IIRC didn't all the first opens only have 7 bays and the loos inside the door rather than outside on this little beauty? Phil Hi Phil Or a diagram 92 TSO. Checking the Hugh Longworth coaches book, all the RSOs had been withdrawn by January 1977. The TSOs lasted until 1983, with most going in the late 70s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Love the picture of the 08 going to the wagon works, really modelable, does anyone know if there's any photo's of he wagon works anywhere? just done a google search and couldn't find anything. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Love the picture of the 08 going to the wagon works, really modelable, does anyone know if there's any photo's of he wagon works anywhere? just done a google search and couldn't find anything. Steve. Here's a Google Earth overview:- https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Langwith+Junction,+Shirebrook,+Mansfield/@53.2103979,-1.2086941,289m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x487997fe2bba0c59:0x1c4b2abbd2b0f337!8m2!3d53.2132283!4d-1.2167561?hl=en and their web-site:- http://www.whdavis.co.uk/index.php/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2016 Love the picture of the 08 going to the wagon works, really modelable, does anyone know if there's any photo's of he wagon works anywhere? just done a google search and couldn't find anything. Steve. They aren't keen on photography in the works. Last time I was in there the branch up to the works was massively overgrown despite it still being open. Lucky for us East Midlands were on strike so rather than propelling out we drove out then propelled round to warsop and went north via the North curve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 That photo of tinsley, the line on the bridge in the foreground is now being upgraded for the late running tram/train project to Rotherham. The line in the background/to the left is the super tram to meadow hall, the 3rd line of the triangle is long gone, and a bus link road is being built there, the cooling towers were demolished years ago, but the viaduct for the m1 is still there, even though they seem to be rebuilding and re-enforcing it since the day it was built. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 That photo of tinsley, the line on the bridge in the foreground is now being upgraded for the late running tram/train project to Rotherham. The line in the background/to the left is the super tram to meadow hall, the 3rd line of the triangle is long gone, and a bus link road is being built there, the cooling towers were demolished years ago, but the viaduct for the m1 is still there, even though they seem to be rebuilding and re-enforcing it since the day it was built. Minor correction - I think plan A might have been for the tram-train to use that bridge in the foreground. Now, they're working on a linking chord that runs under the M1 viaduct, so that tram-trains coming from Sheffield use the Meadowhall South/Tinsley tram stop, carry on over the far leftmost bridge (via the big red arrow) in that pic (C4456): then diverge, going sharp right under the viaduct onto the new chord, joining the line towards Rotherham roughly at the site of the former Tinsley E Junction. See also the thread over at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/56672-tram-trains-for-sheffield-to-rotherham/?p=1773682 (post 18 in particular) for sketch maps and photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 26, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Steeton and Silsden to Skipton today with images taken over a 31 year period. Steeton and Silsden 308144 Skipton to Leeds 21st Aug 98 C23792 Kildwick 31406 Carlisle to Leeds Aug 83 C6286 Skipton LMS 8F up goods Jan 67 J764 Skipton Classes 25, 101, 31 Aug 83 C6245 Skipton 56036 & 66097 27th July 99 C24514 David Edited July 26, 2016 by DaveF 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 J764. A candidate for the mineral wagon thread if ever I saw one. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 C6245 shows where the loaded wagons of limestone from Silsden Quarry ran from the Grassington branch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 Hi, Dave. Some excellent photo's of Steeton and Silsden. The first one of 308144 reminds me of when they were in service and, on Leeds City station, I put my head through the door window of one, and then it started to move off. I quickly got my head out of the window! I think they were probably the last carriages, of any kind, that I experienced that were running on Gresley bogies whilst still in everyday service on BR. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Unusual place for a signal ('stop' and 'distant' on the same post) in C6245 - hard up against the end of the on ramp of the platform with the main station building. What would be its function there? Can't see in that picture a starter signal at the 'normal' end of the platform... Edited July 27, 2016 by talisman56 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Unusual place for a signal ('stop' and 'distant' on the same post) in C6245 - hard up against the end of the on ramp of the platform with the main station building. What would be its function there? Can't see in that picture a starter signal at the 'normal' end of the platform... Looks like the stop signal was Skipton North's Starter with Skipton South's distant underneath. Also further down the post is a stop signal arm facing the other way. Probably one of North's home signals... If you look at the far end of the platform you can just make out Skipton south's home signal on a large bracket structure... HTH JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2016 Looks like the stop signal was Skipton North's Starter with Skipton South's distant underneath. Also further down the post is a stop signal arm facing the other way. Probably one of North's home signals... If you look at the far end of the platform you can just make out Skipton south's home signal on a large bracket structure... HTH JF Correct - the rear viewed signal is for wrong direction departures. The bracket once had a signal for the bay and splitting distants on the main - but those days had gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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