62613 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: Erith Station 1880 by John Law No Footbridge! My hometown station. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 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. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Andy Kirkham Posted October 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 2, 2021 Now for a concentrated dose of South Wales Industrial Bleakness (Blaengarw courtesy of "ACTON WELLS JUNCTION") 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted October 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 3, 2021 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 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 21 hours ago, 62613 said: No Footbridge! My hometown station. Well you can easily walk on the tracks with the filled in sleepers! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Knott End 1930 by John Law 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Ruspidge Station 1967 by Trainsandtravel 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 5, 2021 Author Share Posted October 5, 2021 Liverpool Overhead Railway 1930s by John Law 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 I should get some commission from Hattons for posting these pictures... East Kent Railway 1930s by John Law 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Andy Kirkham Posted October 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 6, 2021 Not from John Law for a change: 21 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 7, 2021 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 Woodford Halse Coaling Stage 1966 by TransandTravel 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted October 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2021 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 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 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 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Cambrian Railway 1108 Oswestry by John Law 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted October 9, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) 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 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 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: Quote 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. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEngineShed Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 If you are into painting Modelu figures, there is an inspiring set of hues here... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted October 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 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 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 LNWR 2-4-2T 1402 Stalybridge by John Law 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 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 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 An interesting choice of seat VTG ferry tank Jon 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 I have a vague memory of someone modelling one of these in an 80s issue Railway Modeller??? LMS 27496 Garston 1936 by John Law 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 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. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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