RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 11, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 11, 2020 And some diesel hauled railtours. The Pembrokeshire Pageant ran on 2nd August 1997 and featured a pair of 37's assisted by a 56 on the Pembroke Dock branch. 37274 & 37686 crossover at Whitland. 37274 is seen leading the train at Clarbeston Road. 37686 is seen leading the pair at Fishguard Harbour The pair are seen on arrival back at Bristol TM. Here a 47 took over for the run back to Coventry. 37513 finds itself rescuing a failed 47 at Shrewsbury. The train changed to steam traction here, for a run to Tywyn with 80079. undated. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2020 Back to France for todays batch. The Chopper Topper tour ran on Saturday 8th August 1998. Starting at Auxerre, the tour ran out and back to Etang, via Saulieu and Autun. Traction was 2003 (20139) and 2004 (20228). Not something that happens in the UK, the CFD traincrew treated passengers to a few runpasts at stations enroute. The train is seen at Auxerre, prior to setting off for the days events. First stop was at Avallon, where the days first runpast took place. A couple of shots now from Cravant Bazarnes. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 12, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2020 Some more views of the Chopper Topper of 8th August 1998. Another runpast, this time at Saulieu (I think!) Note the carriage doors still open. Definitely Saulieu. Finally, the locos running round the train at Etang, for the return journey. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 15, 2020 A random selection of diesels first up. Some Western region hydraulics at Williton - both photos are undated. D1010 is seen inside the shed. D7017 & D7018 are seen in the shed yard. 47303 on containers at Southampton Central. undated. 47737 Norwich. 09/03/02 47798 Bristol TM, returning the royal train to Wolverton. 01/11/02 59003 on a railtour at Wigan North Western. 28/08/95 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 15, 2020 Some more steam railtours feature in this selection. On a date I cannot recall, 5029 Nunney Castle worked a charter from Westbury to Plymouth. I took a ride from Westbury to Taunton. 12th July 2003, 6201 Princess Elizabeth during a water stop at Garsdale. 25th January 1997, 35028 has arrived at Yeovil Jn with the "Treacle Eater" railtour. 22nd May 1999 and Standard class 4 tanks 80079 & 80098 are seen at Worcester Shrub Hill with the "Inter-City Tanks". 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 16, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 16, 2020 Some dismantled railway shots today. First up, the Somerset and Dorset. Lyncombe Vale in Bath and we see the Southern portal of Devonshire Tunnel and an old lineside telephone box. These were taken in the mid 1990's before the Two Tunnels project tidied up the line. Seend station next, on the Holt Junction to Patney route. This location was the subject of a great model, built by Steve Jones. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2020 First up tonight, some more shots taken on railtours. Saturday 8th October 1994 and I was a passenger on Hertfordshire Railtours "Doctor Syn" - a trip from London to Folkestone Harbour and onto the RHDR at Hythe. The pair of EMUs are seen making their way up the Harbour branch. Saturday 28th November 1992 and 58044 is seen in 2 shots at Wadsley Bridge, before being added to Pathfinder Tours "Cottam Picker" tour. Lastly, 80079 is seen at Shrewsbury before working to Tywyn. 29th March 1998 (I think!) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2020 A random batch from the UK and Canada On an unknown date, 60065 rolls into Newport, dragging a couple of 47's in its freight consist. A trip to Canada now, in October 1996. IDK how come I've only taken 2 railway pictures! First up, EMD F40PH no. 6400 is seen at the head of my Ottowa to Toronto train. This dome car was seen at Ottowa station also. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 18, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 Back to some early 1980's shots at Trowbridge. 46028 arrives with a cub scout charter to York. It later failed on the return journey, across Bordesley Junction, Birmingham. The station building seen in the phot above, now seen during demolition. A real shame and some would say, an act of vandalism on behalf of BR. 33035 departs westwards, just as a 47 approaches with Yeoman stone empties. At the Westbury end of the station, the line is in a deep cutting for about the first 1/3 of a miles. 3 views of DMU's departing and arriving. On the left of the 1st picture, a sign can be seen on the bridge stonework - a close up of the sign is seen at the bottom of this post. It disappeared in the early 1990's. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 18, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) A quick visit to the early 1970's before more 1980's. A family holiday to North Cornwall saw us pass through Tiverton, where we stopped to look at "Tivvy Bumper" 1442. This was a photo my late Father took. The Vauxhall Viva caught fire not many months later! (Didnt a lot of them!) Cardifff Canton open day again, Saturday 6th July 1985. 5051 is seen. One of the first HST power cars painted in the new executive livery in the early 1980's, was 43151. Seen here at Westbury. Personally, this is my favourite HST livery. Trowbridge station again and an ETH fitted class 47 speeds through with the Summer Saturdays Cardiff to Weymouth via Eastleigh and Bournemouth. The return service from Weymouth, was routed via Yeovil. This train was nearly always formed of an all first class set of coaches. Note the former goods shed is still standing in the upper photo - in the picture of 33035, in the previous post, it has gone, allowing expansion of the Bowyers car park - now, even Bowyers has gone. Lastly, an HST set is seen at North Somerset Jn, heading into Bristol Temple Meads. The photo was taken from a Sunday ADEX, which was sat on the Rhubarb curve - destination Tenby. Edited November 18, 2020 by ba14eagle spelling! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 18, 2020 great pics again. i was trying to figure out why 43151 looked a bit weird - but it's because the cantrail light grey strip is continued forwards, over the vents, to the cab and the 'InterCity125' is in outline, intsead of being plain white characters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Just caught up with this. I liked the CFD photos. I went to Autun many years ago, and saw three of the four locos. An enquiry at Autun shed confirmed the fourth at Etang, but also elicited the enquiry: "But why would you go there to see it? It's just the same as the others..." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2020 Saturday 25th February 1984 and whilst a few will remember it as the day that 50007 officially appeared as Sir Edward Elgar, for me, it was my first trip to the West Coast mainline and Crewe. A selection of my shots, taken on my dodgy old Zenit B camera. An unidentified 08 was busy shuffling parcel vans in the South facing bays, nearest the depot. A light engine movement from the Stoke direction next. 3 x 47 & a 25. The second photo gives up the identity of the second 47 as 47341. An unidentified class 81 runs through on a freightliner train, heading South Another class 81 - possibly 004? - with a Southbound passenger, passes 33038 with a Cardiff service. 33038 is seen again, but this time in company with 47471. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2020 A second batch from Crewe, on Saturday 25th February 1984. 86's and an 87 feature heavily in this batch. 86235 & 86237 are seen stabled at the South end of the station. 86312 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson - this may have been a through, non stopping service IIRC. 87022 Cock O the North arrives Lastly, a view of the lines of locos on Crewe diesel. 47704 is in there somewhere - the only number I can remember! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 20, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2020 Forward to the early 1990's and with my newly aquired free travel, I set about scratching off routes - hence why I ended up at places like Felixstowe and Lowestoft on DMU's. Cantley, Norfolk. Felixstowe Lowestoft Great Yarmouth Norwich Thorpe 31410 & 31425 Shenfield 43175 Reading 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 20, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2020 And some completely random shots. Not sure exactly which one, but of Bournemouths cliff lifts. undated Bradford Junction Signalbox The Duke of Edinburgh taking a footplate ride at Minehead. 1st November 2002 03037 departs Isfield with a Lavender Line passenger train. 23rd February 2003. Lastly, a line which has, sadly, been in the news recently. A couple of views from the window of a Bristol bound DMU, on the Weymouth Quay tramway. mid 1980's. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2020 (edited) You certainly managed to get out and about at the right time, before a lot of big changes came in and older infrastructure started to disappear Edited November 20, 2020 by keefer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2020 A batch today which I will credit to one of my Sisters, but could equally be some of my Late Fathers - whoever took them, they are now in my collection of prints! What we now more often refer to as "the mid hants" was very much "The Watercress Line" back in the late 1970's. A family outing on the infant preserved railway took us from Alresford to Ropley and back. At Ropley, many future big name locos were seen under restoration or waiting their turn. Southern Mogul 31874 is seen at Alresford. A couple more views of 31874 - at that time named "Aznar Line" - or was it "Anzar Line"? 34105 Swanage is seen being worked on at Ropley. Yours truly stood in front of an unidentified loco. And an unidentified industrial diesel shunter. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) the last photo with a Fowler just led me down a little rabbit hole looking into its identity, apparently about 11/12 years ago it disappeared and no one knows for certain where it went or if it was scrapped Edited November 21, 2020 by sir douglas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2020 Another batch that I credit to my Late Father. A day out in York, courtesy of a cub scout charter train. Lawley St Freightliner Terminal with Birmingham city centre in the background. No doubt, we had stopped for a crew change. We see the inside of the York station train shed, complete with through roads. Unfortunately, we didnt see any Deltics. And now the outside of York station. No trip to York would be complete without a visit to the NRM. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 22, 2020 In 1983 my secondary school decided to run a charter train - to York! This time, my Sister was the adult in charge. 45055 Royal Corps of Transport was on a Southbound working. I really liked the regimental nameplates attached to the Peaks. Some ECML HST's were good spots for me. And yes, we visited the NRM again. 55002 being the highlight for me. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2020 Todays photos are all around the Westbury area, just before the 1984 resignalling, which saw the manual boxes close and Westbury Panel take control. This first batch were taken in the Heywood Road area. The wooden Heywood Road signalbox and the new relay room (for the colour light signals controlled from Westbury Panel) are seen from the access gate at road level. Inside the box, we see some of the levers. Taken from the signalbox, an up HST is coming off the avoiding line. A down train, for the avoiding line, is about to shake the box! A 47/0 takes the route towards the station at Westbury, with a down ballast train. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2020 Moving to the station area now. A down HST slithers past Westbury North Signalbox about a week or 2 before it closed. An Upside view of the Westbury North signalbox, with a blue 56, lurking under the bridge, in the Up Trowbridge Siding. A London bound train is signalled. A Ballast Regulator? machine is seen in the Farr's Siding. One of the Westbury pilots, manouvres some ballast wagons on the Down Reception Line. An unidentified eth 47 pauses at platform 1 with a train bound for Salisbury and beyond. A 9 car DMU arrives in platform 2, bound for Weymouth. Finally, 43146 leads a Plymouth bound HST working. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) We are nearing the end of this journey, but still 2 batches today. 28th July 1984 saw an open day at Doncaster works. Inside the erecting shops class 58's dominated, but there were also 31's under refurbishment and 37's & 50's under repair. This "skinhead" 31 is under efurb 3 58's are seen, nearly completed. 58019 is still a little way off being finished. 58015 was very definitely finished and open for anyone to climb in / out and over! Steam locos present in front of the paintshops, included 4771 & 4998. Edited November 24, 2020 by ba14eagle missing text 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ba14eagle Posted November 24, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2020 A couple more from our day trip to Doncaster Works open day, on Saturday 28th July 1984. 37044 was outside in the yard. 60009 was also on display outside the paintshops. On returning to the station, "The Plant Invader" railtour was just arriving with 20054 & 20093 in charge. How about some nameplates and number panels? 47082 47406 Just as it says! And AC electric too 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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