BA14EAGLE'S photo scans

[ba14eagle]

A random first batch for today.

6th July 1985 and a couple of shots from the GW150 Cardiff Canton open day. An unidentified 03 and 73123 in the frame.

 

Ex Longmoor shunter, 610, at Bitton. undated

 

25326 Bristol TM. undated.

 

35028 at Great Cheverell undated.

 

An unidentified HST power car gets a helping hand from one of Bath Roads pilots. undated.

[ba14eagle]

First up, 34072 running round its train at Norden. undated.

 

An historic day at Minehead next. 1st November 2002 and 47798 has arrived with the Royal Train, conveying the Duke of Edinburgh.

 

Fifty Fund machines, 50031 & 50044, passing Swindon. undated.

[Davexoc]

1 hour ago, ba14eagle said:

An unidentified HST power car gets a helping hand from one of Bath Roads pilots. undated.

 

That's interesting, an 'Executive' livery power car with silver outline legends instead of solid white.

[Dave47549]

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Edited October 4, 2021 by Dave47549
Removed pointless guff

[keefer]

For such a plain little box, the 73s did look good in Intercity livery - although i prefer the half-black ends.

And that's a hell of an overhang on the Longmoor shunter, very ungainly looking for a Sentinel. Combined with the wheel layout, I don't suppose it would be great on sharp curves

[ba14eagle]

Some views of newly restored (at the time) 80078 at the Avon Valley Railway - possibly December 1999?

At Bitton

 

Heading South, towards Bath - we wish!

 

Oldland Common

[ba14eagle]

A couple of shots of the Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway. undated

 

Back to the Avon Valley Railway and RSH 7151. December 1999.

 

73096 storms upgrade at Patney & Chirton. 15/05/99

[ba14eagle]

Some more of what I think of as "infrastructure" shots

A couple from Paris Gare de Lyon August 1998

 

Royal Albert Bridge, 1985

 

And a couple from the Somerset and Dorset

The former Henstridge station site

 

Prestleigh viaduct, just before its demolition.

[ba14eagle]

A visit to the Bluebell Railway for today's first batch

At Horsted Keynes, a morbid platform relic.

 

A great thing about the Bluebell is the beautiful rolling stock. Here we see a couple of Maunsell coaches.

 

A standard 4 tank approaches Sheffield Park, from Horsted Keynes.

 

At the South end of Sheffield Park is the Bluebell's main locomotive shed, seen above the arrived train.

 

The standard 4 tank starts its run round.

[ba14eagle]

A completely random batch!

The restored signalbox at Isfield, Lavender Line.

 

The Vale of Rheidol loco shed at Aberystwyth. 2002

 

Weymouth Bay miniature railway loco. undated

 

Former Palvan in Army use, BAD Kineton storage sidings. July 1995.

 

Yeovil Pen Mill complete with semaphores. undated.

[PenrithBeacon]

I looked up Weymouth Bay miniature railway and got a message from Norton to say that it was a dangerous website. Don't know why

[FoxUnpopuli]

29 minutes ago, PenrithBeacon said:

I looked up Weymouth Bay miniature railway and got a message from Norton to say that it was a dangerous website. Don't know why

 

The photograph suggests it's like the Wild West out there. 

[ba14eagle]

Some more steam in this batch.

3205 Buckfastleigh 2001

 

5764 Bridgnorth undated

 

6024 taking water at Silk Mills, Taunton. undated

 

45407 (masquerading as 45157) Teignmouth 2002

[ba14eagle]

And a second batch of steam.

46229 Bristol Temple Meads. undated

 

No.2 Calbourne, IOWSR Haven St, 2002

 

60800 Green Arrow at Berkley, 25/04/1999

 

And again, at the Frome water stop. 25/04/99

[ba14eagle]

The early 1980's saw me start secondary school and with quite a few of us spotters starting there, a railway club started up. A Summer Sunday saw the railway club travel, by train, to the West Somerset Railway. Shortly after departing Trowbridge, we went straight on at Bradford Jn and headed towards Melksham and Chippenham. This was before the re-opening of Melksham station and started us wondering how far this diversion was going to send us. Not very far, as it turned out, for our 3 car DMU changed direction at Thingley Jn and headed off down the main line towards Box Tunnel and Bath. These are my 126 instamatic shots from that day.

First, the former Admiralty stores at Melksham.

Closely followed by the rear of Leekes superstore!

Approaching Box Tunnel - didnt you just love the view from behind the driver on a DMU?

Exiting Box Tunnel

Our train was headed by a class 14 diesel hydraulic.

Some of the other items of traction we saw:

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, the well known form of Blue Anchor signalbox

[ba14eagle]

A late 1990's weekend trip to East Devon meant a visit to the Seaton Tramway and Pecorama at Beer. Plus, a couple of instamatic shots from 1970's visits to the same.

1970's Beer Heights Light Railway

 

1990's BHLR traction

 

Pecorama garden railway display

 

1970's Seaton Tram at Seaton Terminus

 

Colyton Terminus - 1990's

 

Tram No6 at Colyton

[ba14eagle]

Another batch of railway infrastructure photos.

First up, the water tower in Buckfastleigh Yard

 

A goods crane, somewhere in France - looks to have been taken whilst at a photo stop on the CFD Class 20 tour 1998.

 

Some of the impressive semaphores at Worcester Shrub Hill

 

Some station signage at Settle station, 1995

 

Back to the Dart Valley Railway and Staverton Crossing

 

Lastly, a mid 1980's view of Swanage station at the fledgling Swanage Railway.

[keefer]

Love the Cortina estate in the last pic

[ba14eagle]

On 07/11/2020 at 18:14, keefer said:

Love the Cortina estate in the last pic

A mark of the Ford Cortina, the Oxford Diecast range desperately need to produce imho

[ba14eagle]

Some steam hauled railtours today.

First up, an undated view of 4472 nearing the top of Upton Scudamore bank. Trespass was a problem back then in the mid 1990's too.

 

35005 accelerates away from Bradford Jn. undated.

 

35028 at Westbury, enroute to Yeovil Jn. 25/01/97

 

76079 - the pocket rocket - at Taunton and Plymouth. 05/08/01

[ba14eagle]

Some more from a visit to the South Devon Railway in 2001.

20110 arrives at Staverton, from Totnes

 

20118 shunts a pair of autocoaches at Staverton.

 

D2246 masquerading as "Mavis", Buckfastleigh.

 

An unidentified 0-4-0, which has obviously been playing at being "Percy". Buckfastleigh.

[Kris]

21 minutes ago, ba14eagle said:

35028 at Westbury, enroute to Yeovil Jn. 25/01/97

 

Somewhere I have a very similar photo, possibly from a few feet further west.

[ba14eagle]

Today's photos are from a visit to the late Sir William McAlpine's Fawley Hill Museum. This first batch are of the standard gauge railway - which features the steepest adhesion worked incline in the UK.

The first couple of photos show some of the reclaimed architectural pieces that are a feature of the grounds.

 

Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 no.31 is the working steam loco at Fawley Hill. Rides are offered to guests in the open wagon and a "Shark" brake van.

 

 

 

 

 

[ba14eagle]

A second batch from Fawley Hill museum.

Outside the museum building is this former Midland Railway signalbox.

 

Inside the museum building now. First up, what appears to be a station advertising display

 

This is one of a few large scale models within the museum

 

Some signage, from opposite ends of the British Isles.

 

A royal coat of arms - possibly a headboard?

 

 

[ba14eagle]

Some more railtours today. Steam hauled trains first.

As well as featuring a pair of 33's and a 47, The Honey Monster of 29th July 1995, also featured 7298 on a loop of the facilities at Long Marston.

 

25th May 1996 sees S15 no. 828 returning a charter to Eastleigh, from Bristol Temple Meads. Also seen at Westbury.

 

 

A gloomy 15th November 1997 saw Severn Valley Railway duo 7325 & 2968 work a train to Weymouth. 7325 leads the duo out of Trowbridge and into Westbury.

 

 

This rear 3/4 view at Westbury focuses on 2968.