RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2018 Stones, Neepsend laxative for me, used to go straight through me, brewed for steelworkers, but I wasn't one. Mike. Big girl's blouse. ;-p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2018 Big girl's blouse. ;-p Well, that's the thing, Stones was made as a lighter coloured, more drinkable bitter for thirst quenching purposes, I majored on the nectar that was Wards, we had a circuit of Sheffield city centre hostelries starting at the Howard Hotel and taking in a considerable numbers of Wards establishments. Mike. Apologies to Damian for thread drift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Stones, Neepsend laxative for me, used to go straight through me, brewed for steelworkers, but I wasn't one. Mike. Too much detail. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bob Reid Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Damian are you up for any more photo's of motive power at Inverness Depot (I think circa Jan 85')? If they would be of any help I could probably dig out a few and scan them that I took when I was up there doing some training with the supervisors at the loco and the carriage? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Share Posted January 24, 2018 Damian are you up for any more photo's of motive power at Inverness Depot (I think circa Jan 85')? If they would be of any help I could probably dig out a few and scan them that I took when I was up there doing some training with the supervisors at the loco and the carriage? Bob, That would be absolutely fantastic, . Yes please... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 No problem Damian I'll get them scanned.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bob Reid Posted January 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) Time to put a banger under this thread - it's gone all quiet....All of these were taken (I've been assured by my wife) during January 1985 - barely three weeks after we got married I got packed of by BR for a week to teach other Supervisors (I was a W/S-E at the time) how to use POIS including at Inverness in their then (relatively) new carriage depot - all were taken from the depot car park near Rose St. Box? mostly looking towards the Fuel Point. Even in 1985 anything Sulzer was still aplenty. Anyway I hope they are some use...26038 (IS) 26041 (IS)26046 (HA) 27020 (IS)27050 (IS)27066 (ED)37073 - A Thornaby engine at Inverness? - the ill fated 37073 / D6773 unofficially named "Tornado" when it really should have been called "lucky"37114 (IS)37279 (IS)47469 (ED)47559 (ED)47559 (ED)There may be more however I've not found them or the original negs yet but it'll do for a start. I make it Sulzer 9 English Electric 3 (sounds like a "Thistle" Inverness derby on a bad day)... and thankfully before the advent of those god awful freight sector liveries.... Edited January 25, 2018 by Bob Reid 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Time to put a banger under this thread - it's gone all quiet.... All of these were taken (I've been assured by my wife) during January 1985 - barely three weeks after we got married I got packed of by BR for a week to teach other Supervisors (I was a W/S-E at the time) how to use POIS including at Inverness in their then (relatively) new carriage depot - all were taken from the depot car park near Rose St. Box? mostly looking towards the Fuel Point. Even in 1985 anything Sulzer was still aplenty. Anyway I hope they are some use... 26038 (IS) IS_85_26038.jpg 26041 (IS) IS_85_26041.jpg 26046 (HA) IS_85_26046.jpg 27020 (IS) IS_85_27020.jpg 27050 (IS) IS_85_27050.jpg 27066 (ED) IS_85_27066.jpg 37073 - A Thornaby engine at Inverness? - the ill fated 37073 / D6773 unofficially named "Tornado" when it really should have been called "lucky" IS_85_37073.jpg 37114 (IS) IS_85_37114.jpg 37279 (IS) IS_85_37279.jpg 47469 (ED) IS_85_47469.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595_1.jpg There may be more however I've not found them or the original negs yet but it'll do for a start. I make it Sulzer 9 English Electric 3 (sounds like a "Thistle" Inverness derby on a bad day)... and thankfully before the advent of those god awful freight sector liveries.... Wow! There's some excellent stuff there, just what I'm trying to capture. Thank you for taking the time to scan them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tug002 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Time to put a banger under this thread - it's gone all quiet.... All of these were taken (I've been assured by my wife) during January 1985 - barely three weeks after we got married I got packed of by BR for a week to teach other Supervisors (I was a W/S-E at the time) how to use POIS including at Inverness in their then (relatively) new carriage depot - all were taken from the depot car park near Rose St. Box? mostly looking towards the Fuel Point. Even in 1985 anything Sulzer was still aplenty. Anyway I hope they are some use... 26038 (IS) IS_85_26038.jpg 26041 (IS) IS_85_26041.jpg 26046 (HA) IS_85_26046.jpg 27020 (IS) IS_85_27020.jpg 27050 (IS) IS_85_27050.jpg 27066 (ED) IS_85_27066.jpg 37073 - A Thornaby engine at Inverness? - the ill fated 37073 / D6773 unofficially named "Tornado" when it really should have been called "lucky" IS_85_37073.jpg 37114 (IS) IS_85_37114.jpg 37279 (IS) IS_85_37279.jpg 47469 (ED) IS_85_47469.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595_1.jpg There may be more however I've not found them or the original negs yet but it'll do for a start. I make it Sulzer 9 English Electric 3 (sounds like a "Thistle" Inverness derby on a bad day)... and thankfully before the advent of those god awful freight sector liveries.... Of the locos above,the following still exist: 26038 27050/66 37279 (as 37424) Sorry...just had to point out! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 (edited) I was surprised Tug when I looked them up - given it was just at random set of shots from one day at Inverness just how many of those loco's would go on to be preserved and given that the 27's especially the ex-E&G one's did well to survive then without becoming roman candles or the Eastfield Christmas tree. The guy that was the AME at Eastfield then was also the ex-Shopping Engineer and the 27's were on a £0 repair limit set they were really on borrowed time) and 26 spares were becoming rare if they hadn't had the HGR done as yet.I hope these are of some help Damian sorry for the crap photography and the copies from prints don't exactly make it easy! Edited January 26, 2018 by Bob Reid 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 I was surprised Tug when I looked them up - given it was just at random set of shots from one day at Inverness just how many of those loco's would go on to be preserved and given that the 27's especially the ex-E&G one's did well to survive then without becoming roman candles or the Eastfield Christmas tree. The guy that was the AME at Eastfield then was also the ex-Shopping Engineer and the 27's were on a £0 repair limit set they were really on borrowed time) and 26 spares were becoming rare if they hadn't had the HGR done as yet. I hope these are of some help Damian sorry for the crap photography and the copies from prints don't exactly make it easy! You really don’t need to apologise for anything. The photos as a reference are perfect. Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium richierich Posted January 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2018 Some inspiration for all things in the late BR Scottish period:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqDYUsb9HQ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Time to put a banger under this thread - it's gone all quiet.... All of these were taken (I've been assured by my wife) during January 1985 - barely three weeks after we got married I got packed of by BR for a week to teach other Supervisors (I was a W/S-E at the time) how to use POIS including at Inverness in their then (relatively) new carriage depot - all were taken from the depot car park near Rose St. Box? mostly looking towards the Fuel Point. Even in 1985 anything Sulzer was still aplenty. Anyway I hope they are some use... 26038 (IS) IS_85_26038.jpg 26041 (IS) IS_85_26041.jpg 26046 (HA) IS_85_26046.jpg 27020 (IS) IS_85_27020.jpg 27050 (IS) IS_85_27050.jpg 27066 (ED) IS_85_27066.jpg 37073 - A Thornaby engine at Inverness? - the ill fated 37073 / D6773 unofficially named "Tornado" when it really should have been called "lucky" IS_85_37073.jpg 37114 (IS) IS_85_37114.jpg 37279 (IS) IS_85_37279.jpg 47469 (ED) IS_85_47469.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595.jpg 47559 (ED) IS_85_47595_1.jpg There may be more however I've not found them or the original negs yet but it'll do for a start. I make it Sulzer 9 English Electric 3 (sounds like a "Thistle" Inverness derby on a bad day)... and thankfully before the advent of those god awful freight sector liveries.... Some cracking photos there Bob, around my local depot, takes me right back.....during your time at IS in 85 did you ever run into a rather eccentric fitter that worked in the loco shed - Gordon Wheeler ? he was rather more into Hi-Fi than taking dirty cyclinder heads and pistons off/out of Sulzer's lol - a real character and long time friend. Regards Ken 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) No, I don't recall him Ken - on saying that I was there with longtime Ayr MRG stalwart and Loco Maintenance Controller, Eric Barr who was over at the loco and I was at the carriage most of the time.p.s. You've got OR Mk3a mail Edited January 29, 2018 by Bob Reid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractor_37260 Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 No, I don't recall him Ken - on saying that I was there with longtime Ayr MRG stalwart and Loco Maintenance Controller, Eric Barr who was over at the loco and I was at the carriage most of the time. p.s. You've got OR Mk3a mail I shall ask Gordy next time I see him (if/when he's not wasted) lol re Eric Barr.... Ken Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Hi Damian, You are making good progress. The layout is looking good. I am not sure if you have seen these. I bought some 7mm ones for a class 26 I am planning on doing but thought the early yellow Stag stickers might be of interest I didn't know they where available. Cheers Peter. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanach Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Hi Damian, You are making good progress. The layout is looking good. I am not sure if you have seen these. I bought some 7mm ones for a class 26 I am planning on doing but thought the early yellow Stag stickers might be of interest I didn't know they where available. Cheers Peter. I *think* I’ve seen a railfreight red 26 with another varient again . Stag and highland rail writing but the smaller size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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