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[62613]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

Erith Station 1880 by John Law

 

 

No Footbridge! My hometown station.

[Nearholmer]

I wondered why there was a bloke in the middle of the track with two grazing flamingos, but on second thoughts I think he's actually decided to stand in the four-foot with a wheelbarrow, while the photographer gets his head under a black cloth and takes a long-exposure photo ....... which doesn't seem very H&S-aware to me.

 

Its a great photo, though.

 

Who is/was John Law? I guess a collector, rather than a photographer, unless he was/is immensely long-lived.

[Andy Kirkham]

Now for a concentrated dose of South Wales Industrial Bleakness (Blaengarw courtesy of "ACTON WELLS JUNCTION")

 

[Andy Kirkham]

14 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

Who is/was John Law? I guess a collector, rather than a photographer, unless he was/is immensely long-lived.

He's a very prolific poster with (at the time of writing) 883 pages on Flickr, the favourinte subjects being pubs/microbreweries, buses and trains. His own profile states: Beer, buses, railways, more beer, canals, even more beer. That about sums me up!

 

Some of the pictures are his own; the majority seem to be collected.

 

There are some that I feel I've seem published before, for instance this one (could it be my Maurice Earley?):

 

And this is a very famous image, perhaps by the Rev A.H.Malan

 

There ares several much-published photos of the Welsh HIghland:

 

The the sources are never acknowledged. I would guess that they are from some well known library such as LGRP or Lens of Sutton

[montyburns56]

21 hours ago, 62613 said:

No Footbridge! My hometown station.

 

Well you can easily walk on the tracks with the filled in sleepers!

[montyburns56]

Knott End 1930 by John Law

 

 

[montyburns56]

Ruspidge Station 1967 by Trainsandtravel

 

 

[montyburns56]

Liverpool Overhead Railway 1930s by John Law

 

 

 

 

 

[montyburns56]

I should get some commission from Hattons for posting these pictures...

 

East Kent Railway 1930s by John Law

 

 

 

 

[Andy Kirkham]

Not from John Law for a change:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darius43]

Great pictures - especially the first two.  NIR Hunslet on a spoil train and a Class 70 mixed combo, both taken at Glynn, which is just south of Larne.

 

The second photo with its red and blue-striped BR Freightliner containers on single flat wagons has given me some ideas...

 

Cheers

 

Darius

[montyburns56]

Woodford Halse Coaling Stage 1966 by TransandTravel

 

 

[figworthy]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

Woodford Halse Coaling Stage 1966 by TransandTravel

 

 

 

I marked that "like", but it seems a rather sad image in many ways.

 

Adrian

[montyburns56]

What I found interesting about this picture was the garish private owner vans on the right, as I wasn't aware that such things existed in this period.

 

Faversham 1895 by John Law

 

 

[Nearholmer]

https://hmrs.org.uk/photographs/shepherd-neame-faversham-8t-van-no-3-op-r3l-ssdbk-spoked-wheels-circle-with-company-name-either-side-of-doors.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[montyburns56]

Cambrian Railway 1108 Oswestry by John Law

 

 

[Andy Kirkham]

16 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Cambrian Railway 1108 Oswestry by John Law

 

 

 

That's a Great Western numberplate, so this must be shortly after the Grouping. This was formerly Cambrian No.85.

 

Edited October 9, 2021 by Andy Kirkham

[eastwestdivide]

On 08/10/2021 at 19:40, Nearholmer said:

https://hmrs.org.uk/photographs/shepherd-neame-faversham-8t-van-no-3-op-r3l-ssdbk-spoked-wheels-circle-with-company-name-either-side-of-doors.html

 

From the description on that site, my bold:

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Railway Company : Private Owner Special Traffic/Nuclear Fuel

Private Owner : Shepherd Neame

Subject Type : Goods Vans

 

 

I know they make strong beers, but that's an unkind description.

[TheEngineShed]

If you are into painting Modelu figures, there is an inspiring set of hues here...

 

 

[Andy Kirkham]

That last one set me exploring "TrainsAndTravel's" albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/albums and I was particularly taken with his views of the Jugoslav narrow gauge on an LCGB tour in 1966. I've always been fascinated by these lines having caught a glimpse of the very last of them from a passing train in 1980.

 

Although on 76cm gauge, these lines were no rural feeders, they were intensively worked main lines, single track and with rack sections. I think they were some of the most amazing railways in the world. I'd love to see someone model them, especially if there were locos with working Klose gear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 10, 2021 by Andy Kirkham

[montyburns56]

LNWR 2-4-2T 1402 Stalybridge by John Law

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

I think that's the door to the bar just visible behind the loco. I'd like to do the Trans-Pennine Ale Trail with that traction!

Edited October 10, 2021 by Mol_PMB
typo

[jonhall]

An interesting choice of seat

 

VTG ferry tank

 

Jon

 

[montyburns56]

I have a vague memory of someone modelling one of these in an 80s issue Railway Modeller???

 

LMS 27496 Garston 1936 by John Law

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. But there would have to be many preceding beers for that loco to look beautiful! Looks like a terrible kitbash.