RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 16:13, SouthernBlue80s said: I wish I was just 3 years older and started say in 1977. but you’d still have missed the Westerns... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: but you’d still have missed the Westerns... OK......4 years then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 On 03/01/2021 at 16:13, SouthernBlue80s said: I wish I was just 3 years older and started say in 1977. I did start in summer 1977, and so missed the Westerns by just a few months!! I wished then that I was a few years older, to be the same age as my mate, who did see them. Funny thing is, he in turn wished he was older as well, so he'd have better memories of Steam!! No pleasing us 'spotters 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: I did start in summer 1977, and so missed the Westerns by just a few months!! I wished then that I was a few years older, to be the same age as my mate, who did see them. Funny thing is, he in turn wished he was older as well, so he'd have better memories of Steam!! No pleasing us 'spotters Very true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 (edited) Early days of the Gatwick Express. I seem to remember I made a point of hanging around at Victoria to photograph them. Is the top picture of Broadlands perhaps taken on the first day? Edited January 4, 2021 by SouthernBlue80s 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 Class 33s at Bath Road 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Class 33s at Bath Road You go all the way from Kent to Bristol to photograph 33s! Edited January 7, 2021 by eastwestdivide 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 They followed me! Couldn't shake them off. I left Kent and I went to study in Bristol in 1985. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 7, 2021 2 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: You go all the way from Kent to Bristol to photograph 33s! Not a bad haul though - at least four 33s on Bath Road, which is more than I'd see sometimes on HG. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: Not a bad haul though - at least four 33s on Bath Road, which is more than I'd see sometimes on HG. True Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted January 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2021 3 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: You go all the way from Kent to Bristol to photograph 33s! If you lived in the south-east at around that time you had to put in a fair bit of effort to get somewhere where 33s didn’t turn up, given that they could be seen as far afield as Plymouth, Fishguard Harbour, Holyhead and Manchester. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: Not a bad haul though - at least four 33s on Bath Road, which is more than I'd see sometimes on HG. I think in the early 1980s on a weekday there would be stock at Malago Vale for one Cardiff service, one Weymouth service, and one Southampton service, possibly also a set on the Bristol - Taunton route.. Then another 33 would be required to re-engine the first Cardiff -Pompey service. So probably at least four 33s diagrammed to stay overnight at Bath Road. cheers 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 ECS heading up from Malago Vale. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SouthernBlue80s Posted January 10, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 10, 2021 Near Miss. These are a few I took in the Willesden area. Although I am not sure of the actual specific locations. probably 1982. What was interesting or a bit full on was. I remember seeing a 37 pass light engine fairly slowly and stop at a red down the line. And then not long after a 47 appeared with the Steel wagons sees the 37 and rams on brakes, I remember the noise was full on as he brought the train to a halt just behind the 37. I was half expecting an impact. Close up 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted January 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Near Miss. These are a few I took in the Willesden area. Although I am not sure of the actual specific locations. probably 1982. What was interesting or a bit full on was. I remember seeing a 37 pass light engine fairly slowly and stop at a red down the line. And then not long after a 47 appeared with the Steel wagons sees the 37 and rams on brakes, I remember the noise was full on as he brought the train to a halt just behind the 37. I was half expecting an impact. Close up The first one is looking at Old Oak Sidings and the NLL from Old Oak Common Lane, Willesden Junction High Level in the distance. The second is Willesden Freightliner terminal and power station from Old Oak Lane bridge opposite the entrance to Willesden Junction station. The 81 is on the WCML up slow. The other two are looking slightly more northerly from the same place, with the DC lines and the 47 coming off the NLL link and heading towards Wembley. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 89ers In black and white. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 MGRs The 58 is Toton area. Am I right in thinking the 56 is at Doncaster? 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: MGRs The 58 is Toton area. Am I right in thinking the 56 is at Doncaster? Yes, Donaster. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SouthernBlue80s Posted January 20, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Mystex to Margate 47072 at Margate 28th Aug 1983. On a rather wet day. The sidings where the stock was stored is now housing. To add a class 47 was a rare beast at this location in the early 80s. Edited January 20, 2021 by SouthernBlue80s 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) Withdrawn 46s I saw a few of these round the back end of Stratford, I assume for component removal. Does anyone how the damage came to be on 46021, which I assume was the reason for its withdrawal. If memory serves me right, the last 46 I saw was 46011 at Margam about a week before the final members were withdrawn. 46021 46056 Edited January 23, 2021 by SouthernBlue80s 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 The warehousing/distribution buildings you can see in the background of the second picture always seemed to be abandoned. I guess a casualty from when the docks finally closed and everything had moved further up river Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) That's part of the London International Freight Depot (LIFT) which opened, I think, around 1968. Not really concerned with the London Docks traffic though as they were already on their last legs. Mainly frequented by Ferry wagons which more likely came via Harwich. Edited January 23, 2021 by BernardTPM 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, BernardTPM said: Mainly frequented by Ferry wagons which more likely came via Harwich Ferry vans visible to the left of the nose of 46056 above. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Regarding 46021 at Stratford, It had been withdrawn in January 1983 following collision damage (details unknown), and as you suggest it and 46056 were at Stratford for component recovery, cheers 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2021 That 2nd pic of 46021 making it look very model-like on the curve, emphasised by the buffer beam being on the bogie 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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