Unidentified rolling stock

[Wickham Green too]

2 hours ago, rodent279 said:

True, though Hadfield went 25kV later in 1984, so it's possible they used whatever was the nearest 25kV OHL maintenance train-presumably Longsight?

Must've been right at the end of the year as my records show me photting 506s in early December ( MUST get them scanned ) .......... I think the contact wire had been upgraded earlier and I believe I've got an offcut of the old type carefully filed away - somewhere ! 

[rodent279]

16 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said:

Must've been right at the end of the year as my records show me photting 506s in early December ( MUST get them scanned ) .......... I think the contact wire had been upgraded earlier and I believe I've got an offcut of the old type carefully filed away - somewhere ! 

It was, first or 2nd weekend in Dec '84 was changeover I believe. I think the contact wire was retained, but the insulators were changed to the 25kV type over a few months previously.

Edited April 8, 2020 by rodent279

[dagrizz]

To satisfy my own curiosity about the buildings on the skyline of the original photo, today's lockdown walk was over the black path bridge. I took this photo which was about as near as I could get to the original angle, albeit a few hundred yards nearer the buildings.

 

 

The two blocks of flats are to the left - one block mainly obscures the other one behind it. The other building is Myson House, at the bottom of Railway Terrace; it isn't as tall as the flats but is much nearer the camera. 

So that little problem is sorted and I can now sleep soundly tonight.

 

Graham

 

 

[rodent279]

Thanks. Did you get any photos of the railway from the bridge?

[dagrizz]

I took some other photos - this is a few feet away from the first one.

 

 

Turning 180 degrees;

 

 

The building in the centre of this photo is the same one as in your shot, but from the opposite end. The foreground industrial units sit on old sidings, I think.

 

And from the other end of the bridge;

 

 

If you want any specific views, let me know and I'll wander down again, it's only about 20 mins walk from home and it looks like lockdown will be here for a while yet.

 

Graham

 

 

[rodent279]

Thanks, good stuff. I think those industrial units are just discernible in my photo. I stand to be corrected, but I think it was sidings, and maybe either a goods yard or a wagon repair shop.

[Ian Fisher]

I know its a few years ago, did anyone secure any further images of these coaches?