RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 28, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2019 Thought the Scottish loco could be a bit of a blind alley as I saw one heading south at Mitre Bridge in the late 1980s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, DY444 said: The Scottish based locomotive, tall signals etc are a red herring. It's Micklefield Well, I will have to bow to your superior knowledge; but I would have never arrived at that from the blurry letters on the station sign. Thanks for getting me out of the Scottish rut. Edited December 28, 2019 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 28, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2019 Some differences by 2008 but '12' marker and signal still present: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43077/3086641323/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 35 minutes ago, jonny777 said: Well, I will have to bow to your superior knowledge; but I would have never arrived at that from the blurry letters on the station sign. Thanks for getting me out of the Scottish rut. You're welcome. Have a look at this: https://www.flickriver.com/photos/43077/3086641323/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 On 28/12/2019 at 15:39, TheSignalEngineer said: Thought the Scottish loco could be a bit of a blind alley as I saw one heading south at Mitre Bridge in the late 1980s. I thought you might like this. It is 47663, complete with Scottie Dog emblem, powering through Par in 1988. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 1, 2020 Author Share Posted January 1, 2020 (edited) I have posted this on the 'railtour' thread but, as viewing figures for that are somewhat low, I thought I would add the image here as well. Does anyone recognise this station? It could be SR, because this is a railtour. Edited January 1, 2020 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1, 2020 An entry at sixbellsjunction gives the routes where 45104 was on the front: https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/861227fw.htm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Poor quality box brownie b/w photos time now. These were probably destined for the skip, but I thought I might find one or two interesting images. Here is a WD with a long train of cattle wagons; but does anyone recognise the location? Edited January 3, 2020 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2020 On 01/01/2020 at 16:55, jonny777 said: I have posted this on the 'railtour' thread but, as viewing figures for that are somewhat low, I thought I would add the image here as well. Does anyone recognise this station? It could be SR, because this is a railtour. Following Keefer's link Crowborough looks a good bet... https://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/6250937888/in/photolist-2gxiBMK-2hYNaV2-awnG4b Happy days - was once dragged out of tent in the middle of the night whilst camping there with CCF only for our officer - who was school biology head - to show us glow-worms..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Following Keefer's link Crowborough looks a good bet... https://www.flickr.com/photos/60539035@N02/6250937888/in/photolist-2gxiBMK-2hYNaV2-awnG4b Happy days - was once dragged out of tent in the middle of the night whilst camping there with CCF only for our officer - who was school biology head - to show us glow-worms..... Agree. The man in the orange hi-vi can be seen in the same position in the cab in both photos. Same photographer or standing next to each other. Edited January 3, 2020 by brushman47544 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 3, 2020 Author Share Posted January 3, 2020 Thanks everyone. Crowborough it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 4, 2020 Author Share Posted January 4, 2020 I feel that I do know where this location is, but my brain has given up and the class 58 is confusing things in my head. Please help me.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2020 Wandsworth Road 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted January 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 5, 2020 3 hours ago, brushman47544 said: Wandsworth Road Always full of surprises is Wandsworth road... hasnt changed a bit, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Of course it is. I knew I ought to recognise it, as I have watched other Youtube videos from there in the past. Thanks very much Brushman and ADB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 03/01/2020 at 13:50, jonny777 said: Poor quality box brownie b/w photos time now. These were probably destined for the skip, but I thought I might find one or two interesting images. Here is a WD with a long train of cattle wagons; but does anyone recognise the location? Utter wild guess, which may be entirely tosh: Mirfield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2020 22 hours ago, 62613 said: Utter wild guess, which may be entirely tosh: Mirfield My first thought was Mirfield but I couldn't see anything which corresponded with that shed in the background on any pictures I could find of the place. My own photos were taken there in 1970 after there had been some simplification and I've now checked them on the website where they are posted and I still can't make them fit that view with the WD. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2020 On 03/01/2020 at 13:50, jonny777 said: Poor quality box brownie b/w photos time now. These were probably destined for the skip, but I thought I might find one or two interesting images. Here is a WD with a long train of cattle wagons; but does anyone recognise the location? 22 hours ago, 62613 said: Utter wild guess, which may be entirely tosh: Mirfield 32 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said: My first thought was Mirfield but I couldn't see anything which corresponded with that shed in the background on any pictures I could find of the place. My own photos were taken there in 1970 after there had been some simplification and I've now checked them on the website where they are posted and I still can't make them fit that view with the WD. Likewise my first thought was Mirfield - and assuming the caption is correct here we go....thanks to Rail Photoprints https://railphotoprints.uk/p883082520/h2778FB75#h2778fb75 Difficult to see detail in the original photo but the building and background topography do look correct 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Brilliant work 62613, Mike and Phil. I did a 'Mirfield' search on the Railphotoprints site earlier, and got a few pages of results, but because I was in a hurry I only had a look through the first dozen or so images and saw nothing convincing but I obviously didn't reach that one. I think the 3 gables and the double light in front of them is unlikely to be repeated anywhere else. Thanks very much. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2020 The NLS maps (OS 25 inch 1892-1914) certainly puts the Goods Shed in the right place for Mirfield, and the track layout fits too. As Jonny says, well done all for working this one out. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 (edited) What made me guess that was the train/loco combination; I thought it might be one of the cattle trains connecting with the Irish ferries at Liverpool, and which ran via Standedge. When was the speed signalling, featured on Phil's photo, abolished? Sometime in the mid-60s? Edited January 6, 2020 by 62613 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 6, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2020 The PWay did it for me... 3 lines of jointed FB track .... when I looked at the first photos. But like Mike I couldn’t find an immediate match for Mirfield so my mind too went to where the cattle traffic ran to but nothing correlated so back to the first thought - nothing immediately on google or Flickr so a search for Mirfield Railway on google came up with that shot ... but a long way down the hits, persistence was required! Great minds think alike - or more likely here fools seldom differ! Took about 45 mins to solve but I love a challenge.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, Phil Bullock said: Likewise my first thought was Mirfield - and assuming the caption is correct here we go....thanks to Rail Photoprints https://railphotoprints.uk/p883082520/h2778FB75#h2778fb75 Difficult to see detail in the original photo but the building and background topography do look correct That is very definitely Mirfield - the big giveaway is the signal. Here are a couple of my rather murky photos taken in 1970 from the same station platform and looking in roughly the same direction. They came back with a rude note from Kodak about under exposure but I was very well pleased with them as the main purpose of the photos was to record the signal aspects and everything else was very secondary to that! Edited January 7, 2020 by The Stationmaster 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Stationmaster said: That is very definitely Mirfield - the big giveaway is the signal. Here are a couple of my rather murky photos taken in 1970 from the same station platform and looking in roughly the same direction. They came back with a rude note from Kodak about under exposure but I was very well pleased with them as the main purpose of the photos was to record the signal aspects and everything else was very secondary to that! Regardless of the rude comments its a cracking record of the speed signalling Mike. That clump of trees on the skyline just to the right of the box is a key reference point - just visible in the murk in the original photo, as is the roof of the box. Class 40 on that coal train in 1970? Edited January 7, 2020 by Phil Bullock Spelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 7, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2020 32 minutes ago, Phil Bullock said: Class 40 on that coal train in 1970? Stick to hydraulics Phil, I think that's a brake van!! Unless the picture is murkier than a murky night in Mirfield. Mike. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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