70s Industrial steam

[montyburns56]

Actually there are some of Hartshead in 1970 in this collection by J.W.Sutherland

 

http://manlocosoc.co.uk/sutherland/ws-165-list.html

 

[SHMD]

What a find - thank you so much montyburns56.

 

My two places of (local) residence are obscured by the cooling tower in one photo, and hidden behind the 16 tonners in another.

Those photos actually make the place look better than it actually is!

 

That 25 is in a real state and the 16 tonners aren't in much better shape!

 

 

Kev.

[montyburns56]

Littleton Colliery

 

I reckon this shot would make a nice Christmas card

 

1970

 

 

1977

 

 

These are from a Special Photographic Charter in 1993 at Littleton just before its closure

 

 

1971

 

 

1970

 

 

Edited December 8, 2019 by montyburns56

[montyburns56]

Some nice footage of South Wales collieries such as Abersychan, Talywain, Mardy (Maerdy) , Graig Merthyr & Brynlliw

 

 

[montyburns56]

Dalmellington 

 

1978

 

Note the use of "tenders"

 

 

 

1977

 

 

1971

 

 

1986

 

 

[sir douglas]

45 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Some nice footage of South Wales collieries such as Abersychan, Talywain, Mardy (Maerdy) , Graig Merthyr & Brynlliw

 

 

brilliant, i especially like the maerdy section,  i have a bit of favouritism fo 2150

[doilum]

On 08/12/2019 at 19:45, montyburns56 said:

Littleton Colliery

 

I reckon this shot would make a nice Christmas card

 

1970

 

 

1977

 

 

These are from a Special Photographic Charter in 1993 at Littleton just before its closure

 

 

1971

 

 

1970

 

 

Love the bunker cat flap. Is it unique?

[montyburns56]

Littleton Colliery 1993

 

 

Nassington Ironstone Quarry

 

LCGB Tour 1971

 

 

https://flic.kr/p/fa894m

 

Swalwell Disposal Point 1971

 

This one says it's from 1987, could that be right?

 

 

Edited December 19, 2019 by montyburns56

[Signaller69]

On 10/12/2019 at 19:21, montyburns56 said:

Dalmellington 

 

1978

 

Note the use of "tenders"

 

 

 

1977

 

 

1971

 

 

1986

 

 

I had wondered how the "tenders" worked on locos with bunkers or solid rear cab sheets. Looking at these photos answers this quite well, with a second "fireman"(?) on the tender shovelling coal into the bunker! The Barclay 0-4-0ST's have had improvised bunkers added low down on the rear cab sheets too I see, which is an interesting detail.

[avonside1563]

I was at Littleton for the 1993 charter and well remember the moment when Littleton drivers Ray Rushton and Tony Maskaant were on the regulators of the locos racing each other down the exchange sidings towards a single line bridge over a lane. All a bit of fun except for the photographers who were riding in the brakevan being propelled by Wimblebury as the locos were parallel to each other and the poitn was getting closer - a lot of worried faces looking out of the verandahs.

 

Lots of great memories of that weekend such as being told to move the locos during a night shoot as the smoke was drifting over the pit head, getting drawn into the downcast shaft and setting off all the underground fire alarms. Or someone calling the fire brigade to a suspected 'car on fire' on the M6 which was just the locos performing run pasts under the motorway bridge. Or standing at the colliery limit by the A449 bridge in Penkridge exchange sidings to see the signalman from Littleton box walk round the corner and ask if we were coming down to the buffer stops so he could get a picture - a nice little move effectively running over the national network to end up alongside the Grand Junction line to Wolverhampton.

[Trev52A]

14 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

 

This one says it's from 1987, could that be right?

 

 

 

This date must be a typo. The loco was removed from the site in 1973 for preservation, initially to the East Somerset Railway at Cranmore.

Operations continued at Swalwell until 1989, latterly using ex-BR Class 11 0-6-0 diesel shunters nos. 12074 and 12088

 

Here are some of mine from two dates in 1971, using probably my first roll of colour slide film (Boots, if I remember rightly!) I did not discover Kodachrome until a few years later, sadly.

 

The chimneys behind 71515 in the long distance view are at the now-demolished Dunston power Station

 

The firm 'Mechanical Navvies Ltd' had changed its name to 'Johnsons (Chopwell) Ltd in 1968 

 

The western edge of the MetroCentre now covers this site.

 

Trevor

[BernardTPM]

You were lucky with that film; the colours are pretty good.

[peanuts]

On 07/12/2019 at 20:35, montyburns56 said:

 

Thanks Kev. Unfortunately I could only find pictures of the Hartshead locos when they were being moved to Embsay in 1977.

 

 

 

 

 

 

very interesting pic the warehouse and some of the convayor is still extant tho in very poor condition but wouldnt be visible from the perspective of the last photo as its now a veritable forrest of trees in excess of 30 ft high . all but one building in pic one have been flattened 

[Trev52A]

This was the last occasion I photographed a working non-preserved steam loco in this country: standby 0-6-0ST No 77 'Norwood' (you can just make out the name on the front of the tank above the smokebox) in action at Norwood Coke Works, Gateshead on 23rd May 1979.

It was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd in Newcastle in 1948 (works No 7412), and eventually left the site in 1983 for preservation, initially at the Bowes Railway. 

 

A housing estate now covers much of this site.

Trevor

[DLT]

I love the colour of 71515 in the first photo, but is the colour-cast of the film making it look a bit more orange than it really was?

[montyburns56]

23 hours ago, Trev52A said:

This was the last occasion I photographed a working non-preserved steam loco in this country: standby 0-6-0ST No 77 'Norwood' (you can just make out the name on the front of the tank above the smokebox) in action at Norwood Coke Works, Gateshead on 23rd May 1979.

It was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns Ltd in Newcastle in 1948 (works No 7412), and eventually left the site in 1983 for preservation, initially at the Bowes Railway. 

 

A housing estate now covers much of this site.

Trevor

 

Thanks Trevor, it's nice to see it in a more realistic working condition as opposed to the ex-works ones that I posted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[johnofwessex]

17 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

 

Thanks Trevor, it's nice to see it in a more realistic working condition as opposed to the ex-works ones that I posted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Was that posed & who is the lucky child!

[Trev52A]

26 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

 

Thanks Trevor, it's nice to see it in a more realistic working condition as opposed to the ex-works ones that I posted.

 

 

 

I've just searched through this thread and now realise I had missed your original post of 17th November, otherwise I might have posted mine earlier as a contrast.

I lived near the Norwood site until 1979 and I didn't even know there was an Open Day, sadly.

This must be the most immaculate working steam loco picture I have ever seen!

 

Cheers

Trevor

[montyburns56]

On 20/12/2019 at 19:26, johnofwessex said:

 

Was that posed & who is the lucky child!

 

Yeah, it was some kind of Open Day.

[montyburns56]

On 20/12/2019 at 19:38, Trev52A said:

 

I've just searched through this thread and now realise I had missed your original post of 17th November, otherwise I might have posted mine earlier as a contrast.

I lived near the Norwood site until 1979 and I didn't even know there was an Open Day, sadly.

This must be the most immaculate working steam loco picture I have ever seen!

 

Cheers

Trevor

 

And the wagons behind it as well! In fact it looks like a model fresh out of the box.

[Trev52A]

On 20/12/2019 at 11:44, DLT said:

I love the colour of 71515 in the first photo, but is the colour-cast of the film making it look a bit more orange than it really was?

 

It's hard to say how 'accurate' a colour picture is, compared to the real thing, as the film can pick up colour casts due to lighting (morning/evening compared to midday sunshine, for example) that the eye may not perceive at the time. However, in this case I think you might be right about the film - so here's a 'better' tweaked version which is probably more in keeping with the subject - although it still doesn't quite match the colour of the examples three posts above it.

Swalwell Disposal Point 1971

 

Trevor

[Trev52A]

Two views of NCB No 32 (Andrew Barclay 1659 of 1920) (now preserved) on the line which crossed over the Team Valley Trading Estate, Gateshead, via a concrete viaduct to Ravensworth Park Drift Mine.

 

Propelling empties up to the mine on 20th July 1972

 

Pushing a full load towards the changeover point where wagons were hauled up an incline to join the rest of the NCB system, on 9th July 1971

 

I have several views of the viaduct but outside the timescale of this thread (taken in 1968/69)

 

Trevor

[russ p]

Would be interested to see the viaduct Trevor,  what do others think? 

[Trev52A]

3 hours ago, russ p said:

Would be interested to see the viaduct Trevor,  what do others think? 

 

I don't wish to hijack this thread so I'll start a different one entitled '60s Industrial Steam' and upload them to that instead. How's that?

 

Cheers

Trevor

[steve W]

Here's a quick one I got during a visit to Falmouth docks about 1973. Hudswell Clarke Works No 1632  FD&EC #5 with a load of hoses , possibly for ballast water loading of a ship prior to leaving the a dry dock. Seems #5 survived and is at an indoor museum in Torquay looking much smarter then in this shot.