Fat Controller Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Looks more like a running shed, but many got that roof pattern. The roof's too low for a works, which would normally have overhead cranes above the tracks, whilst the ventilators on each roof-apex definitely indicate a running shed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 24, 2018 Author Share Posted March 24, 2018 Apparently, the open top bus is an ex-Portsmouth Corporation TD4 of 1935 vintage which adds to the mystery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Me thinks it is Southport Railway Museum (Steamport), if comparison to my photo below is anything to go on. Paul J. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted March 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2018 Apparently, the open top bus is an ex-Portsmouth Corporation TD4 of 1935 vintage which adds to the mystery. Definitely a Pompey bus as it is wearing the crescent moon and star, but as the advert is for the coach builder which is Scottish, could it somehow be earning its way back after modification, or on loan/demonstration? Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted March 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) there was me frantically trying to find a shed in central-ish Scotland! Given the 'Wishaw' advert on the bus, I thought it must've been a Central SMT bus in red/cream, but their livery wasn't quite the same. The logo was puzzling too - until I realised that it's still in Portsmouth Corporation livery:http://picssr.com/photos/108708158@N03/page61?nsid=108708158@N03 (4th pic on top row for similar vehicle) Anyway, from centralsmt.co.uk 1955 fleetlist ( http://www.centralsmt.co.uk/Fleet/Other/F55.html ) there are 4 TD4s from 1935 and buslistsontheweb.co.uk, it lists another 3 TD4s with Lanarkshire Traction, all 1948 Northern Counties-bodied rebuilds of Leyland TS7T single-deckers, Reg. numbers VD44xx EDIT: to include link to info about John Stewart & Co. : https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/96edcfc9-c7d8-393a-9128-a59c413e368c Edited March 24, 2018 by keefer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 Me thinks it is Southport Railway Museum (Steamport), if comparison to my photo below is anything to go on. EBR15--023.jpg Paul J. That does seem like a good fit with the roof profile on the photo I posted. However, the Steamport archive site mentions an open top TD3 being preserved there NO43, but not a Portsmouth TD4 (although this might have been a visitor). The loco could have been 44806 I suppose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted March 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 27, 2018 there was me frantically trying to find a shed in central-ish Scotland! Given the 'Wishaw' advert on the bus, I thought it must've been a Central SMT bus in red/cream, but their livery wasn't quite the same. The logo was puzzling too - until I realised that it's still in Portsmouth Corporation livery: http://picssr.com/photos/108708158@N03/page61?nsid=108708158@N03 (4th pic on top row for similar vehicle) Anyway, from centralsmt.co.uk 1955 fleetlist ( http://www.centralsmt.co.uk/Fleet/Other/F55.html ) there are 4 TD4s from 1935 and buslistsontheweb.co.uk, it lists another 3 TD4s with Lanarkshire Traction, all 1948 Northern Counties-bodied rebuilds of Leyland TS7T single-deckers, Reg. numbers VD44xx EDIT: to include link to info about John Stewart & Co. : https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/96edcfc9-c7d8-393a-9128-a59c413e368c It's interesting that the bus has the fleet number 117 in what seems to be the normal position for Central SMT, whereas the Portsmouth Corporation bus photos don't have it there. Bus companies from what I remember were pretty strict about that sort of thing. Could it have been sold to Central SMT and not yet repainted, just had a fleet number added? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 I worked there from 1973 to 1988 and can confirm that the location is the erstwhile Steamport Southport. There were two Leyland open toppers at Steamport, an ex Southport Corp.1934 TD3 (AFY 971) and the ex Portsmouth TD4 shown in the photo. They were both owned by the late Hilary Royden who was the Hon.Sec. The Black 5 is 44806 (then named Magpie) and the photo must have been taken soon after its arrival in Aug.1974 as the loco only steamed a couple of times due to the condition of its boiler. Hope this helps. Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 More negative scanning.... Does anyone know where this is? I can't recognise it at all. 50003 on a rail tour perhaps, but there is no society headboard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 (edited) The branding on the far end of the 1st coach looks small enough to be Network South East - could this be the Salisbury-Exeter line with some single line redoubling* going on? The coaches have also got the guards vans in the middle of the train, typical of that line. Edit: Crewkerne looks a pretty good fit. Google street view here: https://goo.gl/maps/JvBXEGif1542 *Maybe it was double track singling as it seems to be single track now. Edited May 11, 2018 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Well done eastwestdivide, and thanks. After posting the photo I carried on along the negative strip and a few shots further was a photo from that position but with no train. The station signs confirm it is Crewkerne. All the others on the film are southern 3rd rail photos, which kind of threw me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SED Freightman Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 The branding on the far end of the 1st coach looks small enough to be Network South East - could this be the Salisbury-Exeter line with some single line redoubling* going on? The coaches have also got the guards vans in the middle of the train, typical of that line. Edit: Crewkerne looks a pretty good fit. Google street view here: https://goo.gl/maps/JvBXEGif1542 *Maybe it was double track singling as it seems to be single track now. The Up Line on which the train is standing appears to have been moved into the six foot to permit the platform to be extended along infront of the signal box. The new track in the photo may have been assembled ready to slew across or perhaps used as a temporary formation while the Up Platform edge was relocated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted May 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 11, 2018 Definitely Crewkerne. I remember seeing that new track in place and (wrongly) thinking a loop was being installed. The photo was taken long after the line was singled. Slewing the line to extend the platform had the added advantage of increasing the platform width and clearance under the roadbridge. It was very tight previously. The Class 50 and Mk2 coaches were the standard formation on the line for a few years. Cheers, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 it was helpful for someone to have taken the name off the signal box Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 I'm sure that someone will recognise this station; but unfortunately I don't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted May 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2018 Windermere new station, the old station is now Booths supermarket, and behind the unit. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 16, 2018 Author Share Posted May 16, 2018 Thanks Andy. I have not visited the station there since 1970 , which is probably why I don't recognise it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Does anyone recognise this location? I know there is not a lot to go on, but it has 3rd rail and (if you believe the signs) 10 and 12-car trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted May 29, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 29, 2018 Does anyone recognise this location? I know there is not a lot to go on, but it has 3rd rail and (if you believe the signs) 10 and 12-car trains. 2018-05-29-0002.jpg Brockenhurst, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted May 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 29, 2018 Yes, definitely Brockenhurst. Island platforms, covered walkway leading to the footbridge on the right. Here's a view from Geograph: Cheers, Dave. PS Love this topic... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Thanks very much. You have saved me a lot of map searching. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Another station in the Hants/Dorset area not immediately recognisable to me. Service 92 seems to be a Waterloo to Weymouth stopper. Somebody ought to recognise the bridges..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted June 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2018 Another station in the Hants/Dorset area not immediately recognisable to me. Service 92 seems to be a Waterloo to Weymouth stopper. Somebody ought to recognise the bridges..... 421316 1993.jpg Pity that I can't make out the signal plate number, this would have helped to ID the station. Not from that part of the world, so I'm afraid can't be of any help. Will have to wait for a more knowledgable person to respond. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted June 11, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2018 (edited) I think its Southampton Airport, 92 is (was) the Weymouth, Bournemouth, Waterloo semi-fast Cheers, Dave. Edited June 11, 2018 by DLT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Another station in the Hants/Dorset area not immediately recognisable to me. Service 92 seems to be a Waterloo to Weymouth stopper. Somebody ought to recognise the bridges..... 421316 1993.jpg Is it Southampton Airport/parkway? It's been over 25 years since I signed to Eastleigh but something in the back of mind seems to recognise it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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