RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted November 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2019 I have a feeling that at least the mid Wales photos may be by Ivor Higgon. See "Ivor Higgon's Cambrain Diary" by Gwyn Briwnant Jones, Lightmoor Press. I thought I had a copy but can't find it. Can anyone confirm? Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 55) No. 3204 near Pontdolgoch 18-7-38 56) No. 3211 at Carno 18-7-38 57) No. 3213 near Carno 18-7-38 58) No. 3222 near Abermule 10-4-39 59) No. 3284 "Isle of Jersey" near Abermule 9-4-39 60) No. 3290 "Severn" at Oswestry 7-4-36 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: I have a feeling that at least the mid Wales photos may be by Ivor Higgon. See "Ivor Higgon's Cambrain Diary" by Gwyn Briwnant Jones, Lightmoor Press. I thought I had a copy but can't find it. Can anyone confirm? Jonathan Definitely his style but from a quickish look through I can't find any of them in either 'Great Western Steam' (a compendium of his photos) or 'Railway through Talerdigg' which contains a number of his photos. None of them are in 'Ifor Higgin's Cambrian Diary' Edited December 1, 2019 by The Stationmaster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2019 No.51 is Reading West Junction 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted December 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2019 Numbers 38 (Cirencester), 44 (Didcot), 56 (Carno) and 59 (Abermule) appear in George Behrend's Gone With Regret, all credited to J.G.Dewing. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 61) No. 3585 at Oxford Depot 17-6-38 62) No.3804 "County Dublin" near Hatherley Jct. Cheltenam 9-7-24 63) No. 3902 at Salisbury. No details 64) No. 4014 "Knight of the Bath" at Flax Bourton 1939 65) No. 4014 "Knight of the Bath" at Shrewsbury 1938 66) No. 4015 "Knight of St. John" near Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire 25-4-25 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 Quite a few of them , for instance 62 and 66 ( I'm supposed to be at work so I don't have time to check them all) are by Humphrey Household and appear in his book Gloucestershire Railways in the Twenties. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted December 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2019 The photo which made me think of Ivor Higgon was the one at Commins Coch in 1938. However, that seems to have been a favourite spot for photographers of the Cambrian line as I can find examples by several photographers in various books. Sorry to have misled. Jonathan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 3, 2019 Author Share Posted December 3, 2019 67) No. 4082 "Windsor Castle" with the Royal Train at Reading West 6-38 68) No. 5005 "Manorbier Castle" at Westbourne Park 14-7-37 69) No. 5042 "Winchester Castle" at Swindon 22-7-37 70) No. 5955 "Garth Hall" 71) No. 5971 "Merevale Hall" at Reading West 1938 72) No. 5973 "Rolleston Hall" at Nottingham Victoria 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) On 03/12/2019 at 09:43, RRU said: 72) No. 5973 "Rolleston Hall" at Nottingham Victoria LNER station, GWR loco and Southern coaching stock ! .... the latter's not one of the regular inter-regional sets as they were all full width 'Restriction 4' - but this is a narrow-bodied 'Restriction 1' set. With that shadow, it's difficult to tell whether the set is more than three coaches but it looks like a 'long' set which must be No.465 or 466. The latter had a regular Eastbourne working but 465 was a 'spare' set at Victoria ( nowadays London Victoria ) so it's probably this set we see at Nottingham's namesake ......... but why ? [ Allocations varied over the years - as did the number of vehicles in 465 ] Edited December 4, 2019 by Wickham Green further info 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 4, 2019 Author Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) 73) No. 1420 at Buckfastleigh 74) No. 4585 at Swindon. No date 75) No. 9400 No details 76) No. 9707 at Old Oak Common 77) No. 4700 Swindon Works photo Edited December 4, 2019 by RRU Amend caption 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted December 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2019 No.73 is at Buckfastleigh in the preservation era. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 3 hours ago, RRU said: 76) No. 9707. No details This could qualify for the 'Prototype for everything' thread - GWR livery but BR smokebox plates .... condensing panniers didn't stray far from Old Oak Common so that or Swindon's the probable location. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2019 5 hours ago, Wickham Green said: This could qualify for the 'Prototype for everything' thread - GWR livery but BR smokebox plates .... condensing panniers didn't stray far from Old Oak Common so that or Swindon's the probable location. It looks like Old Oak. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 This one should have been posted yesterday with the other tank engines 78) No. 6102 near Southcote Jct. 1939 Now, some Kings 79) No.6006 "King George I" at Paddington 15-7-37 80) No. 6006 "King George I" at Paddington 15-7-37 81) No. 6014 "King Henry VII". No details 82) No. 6029 "King Edward VIII" at Bristol Bath Road shed 5-6-38 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Last set of photos in the GWR group. 83) No. 6323 at Bristol Bath Road 5-6-38 84) No.6806 "Blackwell Grange" at Bristol Bath Road 5-3-38 85) No. 111 "The Great Bear". No details 86) A "Saint" at Exeter St. Davids 1923 87) A "Castle" at Swindon. No more details Finally, no list of GWR locos is complete without a broad gauge one 88) "Timour" at Teignmouth 5-1891 Next time, the LMS. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 (edited) Locomotives from all parts of the LMS. First, the single wheelers. 89) MR 25 at St. Pancras 1887 90) MR 179. No details 91) MR 2601 at St. Pancras. No date 92) LNWR 803 at Carlisle 1889 Two preservation era photos 93) Midland Railway No 118. Wirksworth station, 7th September 1961 94) MR 673 1975. No more details Edited December 7, 2019 by RRU Amend caption 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
17A Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 33 minutes ago, RRU said: Locomotives from all parts of the LMS. First, the single wheelers. 89) MR 25 at St. Pancras 1887 90) MR 179. No details 91) MR 2601 at St. Pancras. No date 92) LNWR 803 at Carlisle 1889 Two preservation era photos 93) MR 118. No details 94) MR 673 1975. No more details 93) Midland Railway No 118. Wirksworth station, 7th September 1961. The Wirksworth branch was used quite a bit for railway publicity. Even the Midland Pullman made it to Wirksworth. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 (edited) 95) Caledonian Rly. no.79 at Carlisle 96) Highland Rly. no.6 1877 97) LNWR Teutonic class no. 1304. No details 98) LNWR Precedent class near Tamworth. No more details. 99) LT&S no.2146. No more details. 100) SE&CR liveried former LC &DR A Class 0-4-4T No. 565 built by Neilson & Company in 1875. At Herne Hill. Edited December 10, 2019 by RRU Amend caption 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 If I may, photo number 100 does not show a Midland Railway locomotive, but a SE&CR liveried former LC &DR A Class 0-4-4T No. 565 built by Neilson & Company in 1875. Davey 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 101) LNWR no. 1400 at Crewe 7-3-03 102) L&Y no.1452. No details 103) LNWR no. 6732. No details 104) MR no. 346 near Normanton. 105) MR no. 465 near Cotehill 106) MR 2036 near Birmingham. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted December 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2019 What a brilliant collection of photographs. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to scan and caption them. I know what a slog that can be, having done most of my Dad's albums, a lot of which are in my galleries here. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/profile/14351-phil_sutters/&tab=node_gallery_gallery 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted December 9, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2019 No 74. Wouldn't 4585 have been in the 4575 series with the larger, sloping tanks? No 87. How clean those four-wheelers look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Bishop of Welchester said: No 87. How clean those four-wheelers look. 'at Swindon' might be a clue !!?! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 3 hours ago, phil_sutters said: What a brilliant collection of photographs. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to scan and caption them. I know what a slog that can be, having done most of my Dad's albums, a lot of which are in my galleries here. https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/profile/14351-phil_sutters/&tab=node_gallery_gallery Thank you Phil for your comments. I cannot take the credit for the scanning, someone else did it and passed the file on to me. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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