eastwestdivide Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) Classic schoolboy spotter on the right in that last post too! Cap, satchel, shorts, long socks, jumpers for goalposts... Edited March 1, 2019 by eastwestdivide link to post on previous page 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted June 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 Gratuitous thread bump! Thought I'd post these two rare gems from the lens of Bob Faulkner, the father-in-law of one of our drivers at Rugby, a pair of 27s coming off the SMJ line at Blisworth crewed by Northampton men, no definite date but we reckon c.1964... 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blobrick Posted June 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2019 3 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Gratuitous thread bump! Thought I'd post these two rare gems from the lens of Bob Faulkner, the father-in-law of one of our drivers at Rugby, a pair of 27s coming off the SMJ line at Blisworth crewed by Northampton men, no definite date but we reckon c.1964... Hi there thanks for posting these two photos The 1st one at Blisworth shows the lead loco with its center doors plated over. Would that have been done as early as 1964? Bob C 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Not sure about that Bob, needs further investigation I'd say 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southof1E top tmd Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Classic Inverness alongside the Rose St foundry chimney 26040 and 26034 await departure time with the 0848 Inverness - Aberdeen on August 2nd 1983 happy Highland days NR 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2019 (edited) On 16/02/2019 at 20:21, Phil Mc said: 26007 in retro Green livery. Cheers, Phil. Thornaby open day, have you any other pictures of the event you could post please, I was involved with that and spent most of the day with D400 Edited June 25, 2019 by russ p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedman Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Aye right, probably screaming about the car park in a red maestro......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted June 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 24/06/2019 at 19:08, Blobrick said: Hi there thanks for posting these two photos The 1st one at Blisworth shows the lead loco with its center doors plated over. Would that have been done as early as 1964? Bob C I reckon about 1966 for the first sealed doors - D5407 being an early example, as were D5382 and D5396 among the LMR examples. The lead loco is D53xx by the look of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted June 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 hour ago, russ p said: Thornaby open day, have you any other pictures of the event you could post please, I was involved with that and spent most of the day with D400 I'll have a look, if I have got some I'll gladly post them !! Cheers, Phil. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 25, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2019 Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Referring back to the disputed plated-over doors photo - look again, closely. They aren't plated over, for starters the hinges are all still there, and I reckon the panel gaps are rendered invisible by the angle and lighting of the photograph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted June 26, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2019 The hinges are there, but the doors are sealed, which is why i used that word. Full plating over came later, for some examples, but others retained the sealed doors, like example from 1984. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blobrick Posted June 26, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2019 7 hours ago, stovepipe said: The hinges are there, but the doors are sealed, which is why i used that word. Full plating over came later, for some examples, but others retained the sealed doors, like example from 1984. Cheers Stovepipe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Darlington Bank Top c.1971/72, photo by Malcolm Hilton... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2019 8 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Darlington Bank Top c.1971/72, photo by Malcolm Hilton... What was it doing there? I used to work with the photographer and started on the footplate with his brother Martin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Possibly on a test run after some works / depot attention.... I've seen another shot of a 26 at Darlo and another at Newcastle Central showing 5303 in ex-works condition. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2019 They used to get down to Tyneside quite often but although 27s were at thornaby in the 60s 26s were quite rare 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 16 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Darlington Bank Top c.1971/72, photo by Malcolm Hilton... In the pic at Darlington 5320 has oval buffers. It was the first class 26/1 and became 26028 under TOPS. I always thought that only Class 26/0 were built with oval buffers and Class 26/1 had round. Later most (all?) 26/0 changed to round buffers (was this during refurbishment during the 1980s?) Was 5320 built like this with oval buffers, or had they been changed to oval for some reason? Cheers, Tom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Perfect Question Sir I was thinking the same myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 1 hour ago, tiger said: In the pic at Darlington 5320 has oval buffers. It was the first class 26/1 and became 26028 under TOPS. I always thought that only Class 26/0 were built with oval buffers and Class 26/1 had round. Later most (all?) 26/0 changed to round buffers (was this during refurbishment during the 1980s?) Was 5320 built like this with oval buffers, or had they been changed to oval for some reason? Cheers, Tom. I have photos of D5322 and D5323 taken at Perth in April 1966. Both have round buffers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 On 23/01/2019 at 18:24, eastwestdivide said: A few from the 1980s. The first two of these I've posted elsewhere, but still worth a repeat for rarity value. One of the morning Derby-St Pancras semi-fasts was sometimes used as a running-in turn for locos out of Derby works overhaul, and one filthy day at Leicester, 27014 turned up, double-heading with a 25. It was removed at Leicester, and I don't know if the 25 continued alone to London or was also swapped over (normally a 45/1 working): At Glasgow QS, on sleepers. Possibly the empties from the Inverness-Glasgow+Edinburgh working. The luggage trolley reads "not to be removed from Glasgow Central" naturally: At Perth: I suspect the 45 seen in the background is at the depot outlet signal waiting to take over, 27041 was also overhauled at Derby around the same time. The give away for 14&41 was the standard size numbers and cab position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 And here is 27040 at Gloucester! My guess is early 80's as there's no Westie anyone know more info? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2020 I had a look on derbysulzers and the only '80s mentions for 27040 are: 1982 - Intermediate overhaul at Glasgow in June 1984 - At Swindon for engine swap with w/d 27019, end of June 1984 - On October 5th 37058 was noted passing Bescot en-route to Derby with 27040, 08570 & 08808 in tow, presumably following completion of repairs at Swindon Works 1986 - 27040 w/d in January From https://www.derbysulzers.com/class26d.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2020 Did a Flickr search and found the pic posted by w124bob, no dates unfortunately. But another showed up, 27040 at Gloucester Horton Rd. on 5/10/84, en route back home. 27040 at Gloucester Horton Rd. By Derek J. Jones on Flickr 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
w124bob Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) I really should pay more attention to my own research, this picture has come up everytime I searched Flickr for 27040 for my next "to do" project. Swindon works 4th July 1984 I only dismissed it for saving because of the distance shot, I'd still like to know, why Swindon? Oh well, off to transform Heljan 033 into 040. Edited January 22, 2020 by w124bob 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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