JAMIE'S RANDOM UK RAILWAY PICTURES

[lmsforever]

up.upWe had a friend who was a tech sergeant at Heyford and his plane actualy bombed Gai thedafis palace in the war ,also went an open day and saw a spy plane just dumped in a field was able to go close 

[lmsforever]

, My computer fought back on my last post ,it was Gadafi,s palace in Lybia and I was able to look in the cockpit of the spy plane.Spent a couple of hours in the squadron centre and learnt how the planes were dispatched and met pilots even looked in the cockpit of bomber great day out.

[Adam88]

Jamie,

 

Many thanks.  Things have obviously moved on and this looks a most capable piece of kit and definitely worth investigating further.

 

Adam

[jamie92208]

On 29/05/2020 at 12:26, Adam88 said:

Jamie,

 

Many thanks.  Things have obviously moved on and this looks a most capable piece of kit and definitely worth investigating further.

 

Adam

Hi Adam, the model may have been updated.  To me the key things are 

A)  The ability to do film AND prints.

B) The large scanning area.

C) The masks that allow you to do 12 35mm slides at 1 go or 3 strips of film with up to 6 pictures per strip.

 

On the medium format masks you can adjust the guides to fit the negative. It has got a bit confused with some Instamatic pictures that are 35mm by 35mm. I need to work out how to sort that, but otherwise I cannot speak too highly of it. I have no business connection with Epson.  Good luck.

 

Jamie

Edited August 1, 2022 by jamie92208

[Adam88]

The other features sound useful too as I still have a few boxes of 120 slides which I have never been able to scan.  I'm not sure I've even projected them, all I could afford at the time was a simple slide viewer which was just a torch bulb, slide carrier and a big convex lens.  Again, many thanks.

[Chris Turnbull]

A V800 seems to be top of the range.  Lucky you!  I have an Epson V370 which is a bit cheaper and which I find more than adequate.

 

Chris Turnbull  

Edited May 29, 2020 by Chris Turnbull

[73c]

2 hours ago, lmsforever said:

up.upWe had a friend who was a tech sergeant at Heyford and his plane actualy bombed Gai thedafis palace in the war ,also went an open day and saw a spy plane just dumped in a field was able to go close 

I'm glad you corrected that as I first thought your friend had bombed some poor Welshman called Gai the dafis 

[LMS2968]

27 minutes ago, Chris Turnbull said:

A V800 seems to be top of the range.  Lucky you!  I have an Epson V370 which is a bit cheaper and which I find more than adequate.

 

Chris Turnbull  

Agree, it does a good job on 35mm. Unfortunately I sometimes get medium and even large format to scan, at which point I'm stuck!

[jamie92208]

Good evening all, it's still rather warm her but I do have some pictures to share. Most of them are rom August 1980. A group of us from work plus other friends got a group ticket to the Rainhill Cavalcade. A Peak Hauled Trans Pennine train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria then an 8 car DMU fast to Rainhill, what a sight it was as we passed Bold Colliery.

It looked just like a proper steam shed in the 60's except the locos were clean. I Think I've got that one back to front.

We walked from Rainhill station to the grandstands.   We couldn't afford the posh seats on the north side so all my photos are from the cheap side.

First off was Lion, rescued from being a pumping engine in the docks by, IIRC, the LMS for the 1930 centenary. 

It looked great.  Then came a bit of absolute magnificence.   I'm not really biased.

I just think that engines should be red. Not only did it look superb it just seemed to glide along effortlessly.

I've definitely got that one back to front.   I'll re scan them tomorrow. and edit.

Then another find that popped up in a load of loose slides in a box.

A specially posed shot of River Irt at Dalegarth with George Stanniforth getting ready for another trip back to Ravenglass.  I was the guard and we arranged this specially when the light was right.

 

Jamie

 

 

[The Pilotman]

I’m enjoying your varied mix of pictures, Jamie. If you’ve got some photo editing software, you should be able to just flip the pictures horizontally rather than rescan them. 

[flapland]

14 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Good evening all, it's still rather warm her but I do have some pictures to share. Most of them are rom August 1980. A group of us from work plus other friends got a group ticket to the Rainhill Cavalcade. A Peak Hauled Trans Pennine train from Leeds to Manchester Victoria then an 8 car DMU fast to Rainhill, what a sight it was as we passed Bold Colliery.

It looked just like a proper steam shed in the 60's except the locos were clean. I Think I've got that one back to front.

We walked from Rainhill station to the grandstands.   We couldn't afford the posh seats on the north side so all my photos are from the cheap side.

First off was Lion, rescued from being a pumping engine in the docks by, IIRC, the LMS for the 1930 centenary. 

It looked great.  Then came a bit of absolute magnificence.   I'm not really biased.

I just think that engines should be red. Not only did it look superb it just seemed to glide along effortlessly.

I've definitely got that one back to front.   I'll re scan them tomorrow. and edit.

Then another find that popped up in a load of loose slides in a box.

A specially posed shot of River Irt at Dalegarth with George Stanniforth getting ready for another trip back to Ravenglass.  I was the guard and we arranged this specially when the light was right.

 

Jamie

 

 

We went to the pre event at Bold Colliery which was brill and I think free. Not sure how many days before the main event this was but most although not all of the exhibits were present. The APT certainly wasn't. Also many of the locomotives arrived under their own steam and for many was the last time the steamed in public.

 

If I remember correctly one of the steam engines rescued a failed fright train in the run up as well.

[jamie92208]

Good evening again and thanks for the tips.   Along with some other jobs I managed to do same more scanning and can now show the photos the right way round so here are some of the ones from last night.

First Bold Colliery

Then Lion

I now realise why I scanned them the wrong way round.  We must have been on the North side of the line as the photographers were all on the south with the sun behind them. I can't resit not showing the spinner again.

 

Then after the best railway came the 'Premier Line'

First the tank engine then a train pulled by Hardwicke.  Even I as a Midland man thought the effect was magnificent,

Then another LNWR tank engine.

Last for tonight which I think is Maud.

That's up to my allowed limit. Hope you won't get bored over the next few nights as we work through the cavalcade.

 

Jamie

 

 

 

 

[jamie92208]

Good afternoon from the sunny southwest.   More from Rainhill. First some more Midland magnificence.  1000 with what I think is the Midland 12 wheel diner.

And of course I can't resist a nice profile view of 1000. 

I can't get the insanity of fitting inside valve gear to the Slater's compound that's sitting on the shelves when I build it. Laurie griffin does a special kit  for the valve gear.

Then probably the best freight loco that Derby ever produced.

Followed by the 4F,  I'm in the process of fitting working valve gear to the one I'm building that will carry my old service number.

Then Stanier's Black 5's Many thanks to @LMS2968 for spotting my mistaken identification.

It was hauling a short freight with one of the replicas on a well wagon. I'm not sure which one this was, but the crew certainly looked to be enjoying themselves.

That's it for today.  More from Rainhill tomorrow.

 

Jamie

 

 

Edited August 14, 2022 by jamie92208

[LMS2968]

I hate to be pedantic, Jamie, but that 8F is Black Five 5000 from the National Collection.

 

The replica is Braithwaite and Ericson's 'Novelty'. The tyres were very narrow so it kept falling between the rails, hence conveyance on a well wagon.

[jamie92208]

14 minutes ago, LMS2968 said:

I hate to be pedantic, Jamie, but that 8F is Black Five 5000 from the National Collection.

 

The replica is Braithwaite and Ericson's 'Novelty'. The tyres were very narrow so it kept falling between the rails, hence conveyance on a well wagon.

Thanks for that I've edited the caption.

 

Jamie

 

 

[Enterprisingwestern]

2 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Thanks for that I've edited the caption.

 

Jamie

 

 

 

An easy mistake to make, all LMS kettles look the same!

 

Mike.

[Phil Mc]

1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

An easy mistake to make, all kettles look the same!

 

Mike.

Duly corrected. 

 

cheers,

Phil.

[Davey]

19 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

An easy mistake to make, all LMS kettles look the same!

 

Mike.

Are you sure you didn't mean Great Western Locomotives?

 

Davey

[jamie92208]

Good morning to all. Sorry about there being no pictures last night but an evening diversion due to emergency social engineering too place. This consisted of an impromptu drinks and nibbles evening with our neighbours across the road.  This is rural France.  Anyway the possession has now been lifted and normal service has resumed.  The Tardis is still in Rainhill in August 1979. First was a narrow gauge loco on a well wagon.  I think it's from the Welshpool and Llanfair.

This was followed by a green kettle with some copper round it. It's that castle with an unpronounceable name that begins with a D.  We did once have a short break near the site of the pile in question and there's still the remains of a level crossing across a country lane nearby.

 

Then came another green loco, this time a southern one. Namely Schools class 925 Cheltenham.

followed by a Hunslet built Midland designed Fowler tank engine built for the LMS.

 

Nest was I think an Austerity that was stationed at Bold Colliery, very appropriate.

And finally for today a Stanier mogul

I think I've got that LMS kettle correct. For diesel and electric enthusiasts there are some to come in due course.

 

Jamie

 

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by jamie92208

[pH]

14 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

And finally for today a Stanier mogul

I think I've got that LMS kettle correct.

It’s an Ivatt 4MT mogul, Jamie. (Alias a ‘Doodlebug’, ‘Mucky Duck’, ‘Flying Pig’ etc.)

[Enterprisingwestern]

33 minutes ago, pH said:

It’s an Ivatt 4MT mogul, Jamie. (Alias a ‘Doodlebug’, ‘Mucky Duck’, ‘Flying Pig’ etc.)

 

As I once said about such things, we've been here before!!!!

Just as well you don't model anywhere Midland or LMS!!

 

Mike.

Edited June 2, 2020 by Enterprisingwestern

[great central]

23 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

As I once said about such things, we've been here before!!!!

Just as well you don't model anywhere Midland or LMS!!

 

Mike.

 

For most of it's BR life that loco's spiritual home was the Eastern counties, it was even built in Darlington!

[Joseph_Pestell]

Well the thread is titled "Random Railway Pictures".

[LMS2968]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

And finally for today a Stanier mogul

 

I think I've got that LMS kettle correct. For diesel and electric enthusiasts there are some to come in due course.

 

Jamie

 

 

I wish we could have gone, but 2968 was still ten years away from steaming at that time.

[jamie92208]

Good morning again from a Charente that has just had a dose of Welsh type liquid sunshine.   Here are a few more.

Next up after the Ivatt was a green kettle from Swindon.

That's the limit of my knowledge, I would guess at a Dean Goods. Then a lovely machine from Longmoor.

I don't remember it clanking like the 2-8-0's do.

Next a rather nice Red engine. Even I can recognise a Jub, I think.

Next  up one that has already featured on these pages, Green Arrow. My old friend from Hellifield shed.

Then a blue kettle of the LNER variety that should need no introduction. Sir Nigel has also appeared several times in this thread.

Finally another LNER green kettle or should I call it Triggers Broom with possibly the regulator handle that actually came from Doncaster in IIRC 1923.

 

Edited August 1, 2022 by jamie92208