Jonny's "where are these?" photo album

[chris p bacon 11,660]

40 minutes ago, sir douglas said:

i have many more places to find but theyre not railway

 

Maybe start an 'Unknown non railway location' thread

 

There's such a broad wealth of knowledge on here which always astounds me.

[eastwestdivide 10,516]

The shed in the top one reads "Chatham Shed Built 1990" I think.

[The Stationmaster 116,006]

4 hours ago, 5BarVT said:

Route learner is at Hereford in the Down Sidings. Houses are on Barr’s Court Rd.

Paul.

Definitely - I used to lodge just round the corner from that row of house when I was working at Hereford.

[Michael Crofts 98]

if i may join too your lordship, ive got some photos which were on this laptop which was given to me after my Grandfather passed away, the only railway place ii can't identify is this of a large miniature set up, taken in May 2015. i have many more places to find but theyre not railway

 

I put a link to your post on the Facebook Miniature Railways Appreciation page and Richard Pearson got it within minutes - Stockholes Farm Miniature Railway. I've never been there so couldn't pin it down myself. 7 1/4" gauge.

[New Haven Neil 65,272]

Beat me to it - drove there years ago with a pal's Rob Roy in 7 1/4. Nice line, big gradients!

[62613 1,300]

7 hours ago, SHMD said:

It's definitely Guide Bridge looking west towards Manchester Piccadilly.

 

Guide Bridge to Piccadilly was 4 tracks but was reduced to 3 (I think) during the 70s.

There are plenty of phots on the web including this one...

 

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Flive.staticflickr.com%2F384%2F31632826113_f587e6a86c_b.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F28083135%40N06%2F31632826113&tbnid=Sj0A3Io1mv9bKM&vet=10CEAQMyjqAWoXChMI4NC0gebP7QIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAQ..i&docid=YIYLqLvCwzMS3M&w=1024&h=543&itg=1&q=guidebridge&safe=strict&ved=0CEAQMyjqAWoXChMI4NC0gebP7QIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEAQ

 

 

Kev.

 

Might it not be Fairfield? There were six lines there; or do we mean the same station?

 

[sir douglas 8,802]

thanks and give my thanks to Richard

[Michael Crofts 98]

2 hours ago, sir douglas said:

thanks and give my thanks to Richard

Done!

[jonny777 18,900]

Now I have a working laptop again, scanning can be resumed. 

 

Fortunately for readers of this thread, this means that unknown locations are appearing once more. 

 

I cannot guess where this might be.....

 

[Flood 2,708]

14 minutes ago, jonny777 said:

Now I have a working laptop again, scanning can be resumed. 

 

Fortunately for readers of this thread, this means that unknown locations are appearing once more. 

 

I cannot guess where this might be.....

 

I think the question is whether the unit is a class 107 or a class 108. If a 107 then probably SW Scotland, if a 108 then probably NW England.

[Andy Kirkham 2,447]

I suggest that it's Fairlie Pier - a twig of the Largs branch that closed in 1971.

[Flood 2,708]

3 minutes ago, Andy Kirkham said:

I suggest that it's Fairlie Pier - a twig of the Largs branch that closed in 1971.

http://www.archive-images.co.uk/gallery/Archive-Colour-Images-of-the-Railways-of-Ayrshire/image/14/Fairlie_Pier_railway_station_4969

I'd say that's a certainty. Good call.

[Andy Kirkham 2,447]

Further investigation reveals that Fairlie Pier was actually the original terminus of the line opened in 1882, with the extension to Largs not opened until 1885.

[jonny777 18,900]

Wow! Thanks everyone. 

 

It looks like quite a rare shot, in that case. 

[AndyID 40,554]

7 hours ago, Andy Kirkham said:

I suggest that it's Fairlie Pier - a twig of the Largs branch that closed in 1971.

 

Absolutely Fairlie Pier. We took a train from Paisley to Fairlie on numerous occasions to catch a steamer to Campbeltown to visit my uncle George. An interesting day trip. The best bit was the band on the steamer although the food was pretty good too.  (IIRC the steamer was often the Duchess of Hamilton and possibly the Duchess of Montrose but I didn't keep any notes.)

[luckymucklebackit 10,004]

Then an now maps you would be hard pushed to find any trace of the station now.  Always had a chuckle at the old name for the town's remaining station, now just known as "Fairlie", but used to be known as "Fairlie High" which it was I suppose 

 

Jim

Edited January 10 by luckymucklebackit

[Enterprisingwestern 17,061]

44 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said:

Then an now maps you would be hard pushed to find any trace of the station now.  Always had a chuckle at the old name for the town's remaining station, now just known as "Fairlie", but used to be known as "Fairlie High" which it was I suppose 

 

Jim

 

It's amazing that the whole pier has disappeared too.

The trackwork "seems" to be visible on the remaining pier, is this just an optical illusion or is it still visible?

 

Mike.

[sir douglas 8,802]

this one isnt mine, it was in a recent Tank Museum video and i was just curious where it is. the context of it int he video was just about designing and building tanks narrow enough to fit onto wagons,  this specific place or date was irrelevent and not mentioned

 

it looks like a junction with main lines going behind the signal box, with the main window side of it on the other side suggesting that is the more important or earlier route. there looks to be a platform in the background.

Edited January 10 by sir douglas

[luckymucklebackit 10,004]

1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

It's amazing that the whole pier has disappeared too.

The trackwork "seems" to be visible on the remaining pier, is this just an optical illusion or is it still visible?

 

Mike.

 

You can definitely see the outline of the tracks in what used to be the NATO boom Depot, some interesting stuff about that herehttp://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/FairlieBoomDepot

 

Jim

[Edwin_m 2,466]

1 hour ago, sir douglas said:

this one isnt mine, it was in a recent Tank Museum video and i was just curious where it is. the context of it int he video was just about designing and building tanks narrow enough to fit onto wagons,  this specific place or date was irrelevent and not mentioned

 

it looks like a junction with main lines going behind the signal box, with the main window side of it on the other side suggesting that is the more important or earlier route. there looks to be a platform in the background.

Both switch blades are open on the first points beyond the level crossing on the unoccupied track, suggesting a trapping function which may mean the route in the foreground is a goods line and the one diverging behind the box is passenger.  

Edited January 10 by Edwin_m

[SM42 4,305]

1 hour ago, sir douglas said:

this one isnt mine, it was in a recent Tank Museum video and i was just curious where it is. the context of it int he video was just about designing and building tanks narrow enough to fit onto wagons,  this specific place or date was irrelevent and not mentioned

 

it looks like a junction with main lines going behind the signal box, with the main window side of it on the other side suggesting that is the more important or earlier route. there looks to be a platform in the background.

 

I think they are Crusader Mk1s but I'm no expert.

 

It has a Yorkshire /  north east feel to it for some reason

 

Andy

 

Edited January 10 by SM42

[Shadow 2,760]

21 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

I think they are Crusader Mk1s but I'm no expert.

 

It has a Yorkshire /  north east feel to it for some reason

 

Andy

 

Think it may be a A13 Mk.III Cruiser Mk.V Covenanter (Only has 4 driving wheels, Crusader had 5). This was the predecessor of the Crusader.

https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/A13-III_Cruiser_MkV_Covenanter.php

[markw 246]

The caption  here says Newcastle-on-Tyne.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/98727416804245709/

[Jim Martin 461]

1 hour ago, Shadow said:

Think it may be a A13 Mk.III Cruiser Mk.V Covenanter (Only has 4 driving wheels, Crusader had 5). This was the predecessor of the Crusader.

https://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/gb/A13-III_Cruiser_MkV_Covenanter.php

 

They're definitely Covenanters, which introduces an interesting railway link, since the design was done by the LMS!

 

It was a notably unsuccessful design, largely because of engine cooling problems. In order to reduce the height of the tank, a special low-profile engine was used; but that meant that there was no space for the radiators at the back, where they normally go on tanks. Instead, they were at the front-left, next to the driver (the flat panel there is an armoured cover for them). The long pipe run between the engine and the radiator was a cause of unreliability; as well as making the crew compartment very hot - something which prevented them being used in North Africa (possibly a good thing for the crews).

 

Covenanters never served outside the UK and the type regularly appears in "worst tanks of WW2"- type lists. That so many were built (over 1700) was a massive waste of resources.

 

Jim

[Fat Controller 8,014]

17 minutes ago, markw said:

The caption  here says Newcastle-on-Tyne.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/98727416804245709/

It could be Blaydon; the train being on the line from Low Fell, and the tracks behind the box being those towards Scotswood Bridge and Elswick .