DaveF

Yes, you are right. David

More from the Tanfield Railway. Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5345 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5347 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5364 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5365 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5369 David

As ity is very close to the end of the year I checked the number of my photos in this thread today, it is about 1500 so far. Still in Switzerland, this time another batch of photos from Rapperswil. Rapperswil Ee3/3 16381 1st Aug 88 C09963 apperswil RABDe12/12 1105 Rapperswil to Zurich 1st Aug 88 C09964 Rapperswil SOB BDe4/4 85 Rapperswil to Einsiedeln 1st Aug 88 C09965 Rapperswil RABDe8/16 2003 Zurich to Rapperswil 1st Aug 88 C09967 Rapperswil RABDe8/16 2002 Rapperswil to Zurich 1st Aug 88 C09968 David

Paul, Many thanks for the information. It's one of Dad's photos, I've no idea where he got the information from. Once again I was in Manchester at the time. David

At the Tanfield Railway even the bits of platforms passengers use are grass at two stations. C1527. The ballast seems to have been a pale browny grey from one of the other photos I took that day. From time to time photos do have colour problems. At one time I kept them in some slide boxes sold by Boots which had a smoky grey clear plastic lid. They were kept stacked on top of each other but the slides near the ends of the boxes received a lot of light over the years and suffered a lot of colour change. In some cases the top half of the slide had become bright orange. David

It doesn't surprise me at all that I've got them wrong (again). I thought they probably were wrong when I posted them but wasn't sure what they really were either. Captions now amended. David.

The second batch of photos are around the GWR. Chalford Pressed Steel dmu Swindon to Cheltenham Spa April 72 C0876 Hall Green Class 116 dmu probably Stratford to Birmingham April 71 J2627 Hartlebury Class 117 dmu down 5th April 74 C1527 Haywood Lodge south of Hereford A3 4472 Flying Scotsman down special steam Newport to Hereford 7th April 74 C1570 A special for Bill McAlpine and guests. Kingswear station and ferry landing Aug 1961 J1682 Sharpness Docks April 73 C1245 David

Still in Switzerland with photos taken at Pfäffikon SZ (i.e. in Canton Schwyz). This is where the Südostbahn line from Arth Goldau towards St Gallen crosses the SBB line from Zürich to Chur. Pfaffikon SZ SOB Re4/4iii 44 Romanshorn to Luzern 31st July 88 C9869. Re4/4iii are much the same as the Re4/4ii but are lower geared. Pfaffikon SZ Re6/6 11687 westbound freight 31st July 88 C9870 Pfaffikon SZ Re4/4ii 11217 Basel to Ziegelbrucke 31st July 88 C9874 Pfaffikon SZ SOB Re4/4iii 44 St Gallen to Arth Goldau 1st August 88 C9897 Pfaffikon SZ 1st August 88 C9902 Edited twice to get the right photos in the correct order and to replace a sentence which vanished. David

Two batches in quick succession today. First some more Tanfield photos. I wonder how many stations have grass platforms? Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5339 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5341 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5343 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5325 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5333 David

Now for some photos taken around Gretna on a dismal day in March 1981. I had probably been to a meeting for work and had some spare time before I went home. Gretna Class 86 down March 81 C5289 Gretna Class 87 up March 81 C5290 Gretna Class 25 down freight to G&SW March 81 C5292 Gretna Class 25 down freight to G&SW March 81 C5293 Gretna Green G&SWR March 81 C5295 A new station has since been built. David

Another set of photos from the Gotthard, this time taken at Wassen. Wassen Re6/6 11633 northbound 29th July 88 C9700 Wassen RBe4/4 1468 Luzern to Airolo 29th July 88 C9701 Wassen Re4/4ii Chiasso to Schaffhausen 29th July 88 C9703 Wassen Re6/6 11605 EC Carlo Magno Dortmund to Sestri Levante 29th July 88 C9704 Wassen DZt Airolo to Zug 29th July 88 C9708 David

There will be some more over the next few days. David

We'll move to the Tanfield Railway now for today's north east preserved railway photos. They were taken on 10th September 2011. Once again I'll just state the locations so you can work out the loco identities if you wish to. Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5313 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5316 Some young volunteers Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5319 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5321 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5322 David

I can only comment on my own observations for some of the examples you give. EWII coaches, which are the Swiss "lightweight" design intended for internal services, as in photo A. This was a livery which was starting to be replaced by the example in photo B by 1988 when I spent almost a month photographing railways in Switzerland. On each succeeding visit the proportion in livery B increased. I think the version in photo C with the turquoise stripe had received some refurbishment, but I have no details. I've ridden in them but cannot remember what the interior was like. I encountered D in the later 1990s, but don't know what the livery was for. I remember seeing some in the north east in that livery lettered "ICH BIN REX" - REX being the Rheintal Express service - I don't have further details. I believe the blue and grey ones in photo E were painted to be used as the centre two coaches in the RBDe460 sets (Kolibri or NPZ trains), but I have seen them in ordinary loco hauled trains as well. Moving on to K and L. The Minitrix model is somewhat short of scale length. K and L represent RIC coaches intended for international traffic, built around the late 1960 into the 1970s. In real life there are several distinct designs of this period. G is again an RIC coach, in Eurofima orange. the various types were built around 1977 to 1981 (according to my SBB book on coaches- SBB Reisezug und Gepackwagen - published by SBB in 1982). I believe the idea was to paint international coaches in the same colour for all countries - it didn't eventually work but some countries did use the colour. F,H,I,J are the various liveries for the EWIV coaches. I think you have them in date order in your photos. I haven't been to Switzerand for some years so cannot give any date information. The blue ones are night coaches, previously they were plain blue with a white (or was it silver?) stripe. I am sure there are other members of RMWeb who know a lot more than me about this, so am happy to be corrected. One further point - SBB never seem to be in much of a hurry to repaint coaches (or locos) unless it is necessary so new and old liveries often coexist. The EWIII stock, originally orangy red and grey were designed to have tilt mechanisms fitted, hence a different body profile, but that never happened. I believe they are now owned by BLS and are painted in their latest livery. In the late 80s and 90s when I saw Swiss trains each year on holiday it was always noticeable that the stock in a train could be quite mixed. For a number of years almost all trains over the Gotthard had one or more EWII coaches, I was told this was because some passengers (tourists) wanted to be able to open windows to enjoy the views. In those days most trains were loco hauled, strengthening coaches were added at times of high passenger demand which often didn't match the main part of the train. In the case of push pull sets this could involve an extra couple of coaches and a driving trailer being added, which looked very odd. Now and then a loco could end up in a train with the main train, then the loco, then the strengthening coaches. There are quite a lot of Swiss photos in my European railway photo thread which you may find useful. It is at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/98009-a-few-of-dave-fs-european-railway-photos-updated-26th-december-2016/page-1 Ernie Brack (irishswissernie) also has a lot of Swiss railway photos on flickr, his albums can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums He has over 30,000 photos on flickr, the albums are arranged alphabetically by location, so you will have to look at several pages to find all his Swiss albums. Edited several times as each time I read it I notice another error. David

Yes, they are as you can see in this photo (which has been on this thread a long time ago). Polesworth Britannia 70029 Shooting Star up ex goods Nov 63 J082 David

Mark, Thanks again for sorting out these trains. I am sure you are right about the second up train in the fog and snow at Newark. It was a day which has remained in my memory - partly because of the fog and ice on the drive from Dad's near Radcliffe on Trent to Newark along the A46. The trains were not running to time and a number of headcodes were wrong too. Edited to correct a detail. David

Thanks very much for working that out. The image is one of Dad's, I wasn't there that day - I was living in Manchester at the time. When I captioned it I just used his notes which, just like my own, are fallible at times. David

I should have done a multiquote for this and the query below about the photo being back to front. Elsewhere in the thread are more photos of Polesworth. In the others it can be seen that there is a length of rail each side of this track which looks as though it has just been removed with new rail on the sleepers. This makes the track look odd, in fact the ballast is as normal. David

Is this better? I did make a note when I scanned this batch that I thought this might be back to front but forget to check it when I posted it - perhaps a result of too much Christmas food. The version below does look more believable. Polesworth Class 40 down ex pass Nov 63 J081 David

A look at ex LNWR lines today. Polesworth Class 40 down ex pass Nov 63 J081 This photo seems to be back to front, my apologies. The corrected version is a couple of posts further down. Welton Class 86 Euston to Glasgow May 70 J2115 By the M1. Somewhere Watford Gap - Dad only made a note of a nearby village for this and the next one. Welton Class 85 down parcels May 70 J2116 Perry Bar LNWR Birmingham to Wolverhampton line April 71 J2630 Nuneaton Class 86 Euston to Blackpool 9th Aug 77 C3431 David

Photos at the north end of the Gotthard route for today between Arth Goldau and Amsteg Silenen. Arth Goldau 1st Aug 88 C09973 This is what remains of the ARB line down to Arth and the Zugersee. Fluelen Re6/6 11631 southbound freight 29th July 88 C9652 Altdorf 29th July 88 C9655 Erstfeld 30th July 88 C9799 Erstfeld Ae8/14 11801 l e 29th July 88 C9710 Amsteg SBB power station 29th July 88 C9709 Taken from the train. David

A few more from Beamish for this afternoon. Beamish Rowley station Sept 11 DSC_5187 Beamish Pit 2nd September 2011 DSC_5274 Beamish Pit 2nd September 2011 DSC_5275 Beamish Pockerley Waggonway 2nd September 2011 DSC_5280 Beamish Pockerley Waggonway 2nd September 2011 DSC_5282 David

Now for photos from visits to Newark, some taken in seasonal weather. Newark 2 Class 31s up le Jan 70 J2053 Newark Class 55 up Jan 70 J2054 07.25 SX Newcastle to Kings X Newark Class 31 down parcels Jan 70 J2055 Newark Class 47 up Jan 70 J2056 possibly 08.48 Halifax / 09.10 Bradford / 09.10 Leeds to Kings X Newark on Trent Class 47 down ex pass July 77 C3400 14.10 Kings X to Leeds David

The turkey and trimmings have been eaten, as has the Christmas pudding, visits have been made and phone calls made to distant relatives so peace has now descended and I can post the photos. As it is Sunday we start with some preserved railway photos, this time from the Severn Valley in its earlier days. Bewdley LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 Bridgnorth to Bewdley Oct 76 C3041 BewdleyLNER K4 3442 The Great Marquess Oct 76 C3042 Bridgnorth Ivatt Class 4MT 43106 Bridgnorth to Bewdley Oct 76 C3057 Bridgnorth 47383 11th April 77 C3301 Bridgnorth 70000 Britannia 8th Sept 79 C4828 Bridgnorth 5764 Bridgnorth to Bewdley 8th Sept 79 C4830 David

Turkey and Christmas pudding has been eaten, visits and phone calls made so peace has now returned! Switzerland again today with photos taken around ArthGoldau station. Arth Goldau RBe4/4 Arth Goldau to Aarau 30th July 88 C9800 Arth Goldau Re6/6 11671 southbound 30th July 88 C9807 Arth Goldau 1st Aug 88 C09974 Arth Goldau Re4/4ii Re6/6 RBe4/4 Ae3/6i 2nd Aug 88 C09981 The view is looking north towards ArthGoldau station. Arth Goldau (south of) Gotthardbahn from SOB 31st July 88 C9891 David