grahame Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Sorry it's effectively a day late, Wow, that slow in those days, eh? G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 On this day in History – Crewe Works 21st May 1967 (Sunday) Steam 60026, 92220, class 20 (D8001/02/46/63/64, D8138, D8314/16), class 28 (D5703/05/07), class 40 (D206/25/40/70, D304/12/15/22/94/99), class 47 (D1502/09/14/18/19/21/29/41/43/51/77/86, D1611/38/60/66/69/72/82/83/93/95, D1701/28/57/75, D1809/13/14/43/48/54/65/75/85, D1952/59/60/83), class 71 (E5017/21), class 74 (E6101/02/03/04/05/06/07/08), class 76 (E26014/33/54), class 77 (E27002), class 81 (E3006/09/19/20), class 85 (E3063/74/76/93/96), class 86 (E3108/18/28/36/60) A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome D8001 (20001) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5605547510/ D8002 (20002) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5792192889/ D240 (40040) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6497736643/ D270 (40070) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6769411861/ D304 (40104) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742163794/ D394 (40194) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742168370/ D1509 (47410) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6336928174/ D1514 (47415) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5844470386/ D1518 (47419) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6464431621/ D1521 (47001) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5839621193/ D1551 (47529) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6374712633/ D1577 (47457) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8724251385/ D1669 (47538) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/13955739010/ D1682 (47096) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5564751978/ D1693 (47105) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7506013230/ D1757 (47163) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742166584/ D1885 (47366) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742162746/ D1959 (47513) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5548066165/ D1960 (47514) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5735455795/ E6101 (74001) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6098652385/ E6108 (74001) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6220016626/ E26054 (76054) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7452800888/ E3096 (81021) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5627113436/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 19, 2017 (edited) On this day in 1954 Dad went spotting at BTM - he went to Swindon on the 24th in 1953 - 8+ pages. I bet I forget to upload his log for that visit! Edited June 19, 2017 by phil_sutters 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2017 On this day - I remembered to upload Dad's log for his visit to Swindon on 24.6.1953 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
filtonjuncktion Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 25th June 1987 Passing throughh Filton 31170 33012/18 (cardiff - TM -Cardiff ) 37223 47159/212/225/451 Parkway 37690/6 47231/36/297/327/330/621/627 50015 56046 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Phil: loved those two posts, a real snapshot of a time gone, never to return. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2017 Phil: loved those two posts, a real snapshot of a time gone, never to return. Thanks, Jeff. I like the notes - locos being built, newly painted and those withdrawn. I went with Dad once but I can't remember when. I think I must have been fairly young as I can't really recall it. I have all Dad's loco log books from the 1940s through to the '80s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Wow, what a treasure trove. I hope to see more. I was lucky enough to go round Doncaster Works and shed every six months from 9 years old to around 12, steam was dying when I last went. Sadly, on the first visit I had no notebook, and on subsequent visits, they have been lost. Oh for a time machine....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D860 VICTORIOUS Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 26 6 71 Ealing Broadway D804 827 831 839 845 D1012 D1017 D1024 D1044 D1045 D1057 D1069 1588 1600 1612 1628 1636 1662 1668 1674 1680 1681 1713 1758 1905 6560 D7045 D7100 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 27, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2017 Wow, what a treasure trove. I hope to see more. I was lucky enough to go round Doncaster Works and shed every six months from 9 years old to around 12, steam was dying when I last went. Sadly, on the first visit I had no notebook, and on subsequent visits, they have been lost. Oh for a time machine....... We lived in Ripon for a couple of years around 1950, so we have some photos and logs from there then. Dad worked at the Cathedral and taught at Ripon Grammar School and I think he took at least one group from the school trainspotting. I'll have a look through his logs and see if he visited Doncaster Works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted June 27, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2017 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 26 6 71 Ealing Broadway D804 827 831 839 845 D1012 D1017 D1024 D1044 D1045 D1057 D1069 1588 1600 1612 1628 1636 1662 1668 1674 1680 1681 1713 1758 1905 6560 D7045 D7100 Reminds me of the story I was once told by a relief signalman who used to work the boxes on the Berks & Hants line. He used to choose his picks for the pools coupon from the last two numbers of the Westerns that passed by during the last shift he did before a Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D860 VICTORIOUS Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Reminds me of the story I was once told by a relief signalman who used to work the boxes on the Berks & Hants line. He used to choose his picks for the pools coupon from the last two numbers of the Westerns that passed by during the last shift he did before a Saturday. I've used some of the Hydraulic class designations for my lottery numbers since it started. Guess what? I'm still having to work..... Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Saturday July 11, 1964. Routes to the north from Bristol involved steep climbs on either Fishponds or Filton Banks. In the three photos below, engines are working hard to get a good run at the inclines. Jubilee 45631 Tanganyika heads past Barrow Road Shed with 1N84 14.15 Bristol to York train. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5221536044/in/photolist-kmePUJ-dhSQ1n-iaUQnk-8Zc9Ek-8XpJKw Jubilee 45653 Barham pounds through Lawrence Hill Station with 1M09 Bournemouth to Nottingham https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5650193198/in/photolist-9BhHA7 Hall 6938 Corndean Hall storms through Lawrence Hill with 1M35 Kingswear to Wolverhampton https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5331135276/in/photolist-986sMs The list below is the steam workings I recorded on that day. 1964 was the last year that many trains to the Midlands and North were still steam worked. http://www.bristolsteam64.co.uk/page220.html 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2017 I notice the pair of Darnall B1s racking up some WR mileage. When i was spotting (mid-late 50s) B1s were nearly always taken off NE-SW trains at New Street which were taken forward with a MR loco. The B1 would return NE later in the day after sojourning at Saltley. Probably quite wasteful as the locos would not be doing useful mileages each day. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 There were three regular B1 workings to Bristol overnight on Summer Friday to Saturday nights in 1964. One often worked down to Weston on a morning local before working through from Weston to Sheffield. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5251623840/in/photolist-RoF8j9-914WNC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted July 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) There were three regular B1 workings to Bristol overnight on Summer Friday to Saturday nights in 1964. One often worked down to Weston on a morning local before working through from Weston to Sheffield. https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5251623840/in/photolist-RoF8j9-914WNC I know that I have uploaded this to at least one other thread, but it is one of my favorite photos taken by Dad. Edited July 12, 2017 by phil_sutters 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted July 12, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2017 (edited) Duplicate posting Edited July 12, 2017 by phil_sutters Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Monday 13 July, 1964 A panoramic and rare view of St Philip's freight yard, part of the Bristol Barrow Road complex, with an 8F about to depart on a freight to Washwood Heath https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/6904436552/in/photolist-bw83rw Photo taken at North Somerset Junction Bristol with a GWR County on the Summer service from Swindon to Weston-Super-Mare https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5330524115/in/photolist-983k7c A GWR Hall waits at the Coaling Plant to move onto Bristol Barrow Road Shed https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/5649628815/in/photolist-pq7gQf-9BePPn A montage showing the same photo above with how it looks today https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/15369025498/in/photolist-pq7gQf-9BePPn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Photos taken at Yate on the outskirts of Bristol where the main line from Bristol to the Midlands and North through Westerleigh met the line from Bristol via Filton. Only that line now remains as the route to Gloucester and the North. 1964 was the final year of steam operation on many of the Summer Saturday extras on this route, mainly hauled by Jubilees and Black Fives. Wolverhampton trains generally had Oxley Castles August 1, 1964 Jubilee 45658 Keyes heads north with 1N48 11.45 Bristol to Leeds https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/7408048528/in/photolist-chCbJC-91FEmW Black Five 44825 on 1N40 13.05 Bradford https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/7408048420/in/photolist-chCbGL Black Five 44761 on 1N84 14.15 York https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/7408048420/in/photolist-chCbGL Castle 5056 Earl of Powis on 1V54 from Wolverhampton https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/7408048162/in/photolist-Up8FYy-Rfta2x-chCbCj-bsoRTK-95THiK-aqanan Later the same day at Bristol Temple Meads, 1M39 18.10 Wolverhampton was unexpectedly taken out by Jubilee 45721 Impregnable after a Castle failure https://www.flickr.com/photos/bristolsteam/6862256139/in/photolist-SjnbYM-bsoRF2-92x2sR All trains to the North were diesel rostered in 1965. The only exceptions were the Wolverhamptons, generally with Britannias, Halls or Granges as all the Castles at Oxley were withdrawn in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
filtonjuncktion Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 August 1st 1977 First day of 'Area 10 Midland rover' cost ten pounds for the week plus daily return Bristol to Cheltenham The 1M07 0740 BTM - Manchester was our daily service and on this day was planning to visit Westhouses, Barrow hill & Shirebrook. Unfortunately our Peak failed at the Lickey resulting in a long delay and we were only able to do bescot, Saltley and bletchley. expecting to be rescued by a pair of 37s usually parked nearby 31108/05 took us forward to New Street a couple of hours late. The rest of the week all trains ran to time and everyday returned on the 1V98 Newcastle - BTM which on our final day on sunday to our surprise was hauled by 40069. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D860 VICTORIOUS Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 9 8 71 Willesden Jct. 5183 7607 7629 7658 7665 7666 Electrics: 3051 3052 3056 3074 3075 3094 3105 3110 3118 3123 3134 3136 3137 3143 3153 3161 3164 3175 3179 3183 3189 3199 Old Oak Common D819 842 855 857 D1001 D1006 D1007 D1008 D1028 D1031 D1032 D1033 D1036 D1039 D1040 D1044 D1045 D1047 D1063 D1071 D1072 1585 1593 1594 1602 1609 1636 1639 1640 1642 1650 1651 1652 1653 1656 1657 1664 1665 1675 1678 1679 1718 1738 1745 1750 1755 1928 3051 3966 4000 4003 4166 5501 5505 5518 5524 5528 5530 5535 5536 5539 6546 6564 6572 6574 6583 6584 6592 6965 D7026 D7029 D7031 D7045 D7046 D7066 D7081 E6032 Both depots were visited,then the day was spent on the footbridge from the canal tow path over the exit from OOC's carriage sidings.A few points of interest:Westerns Rifleman and Emperor were noted as double heading,not common at this end of the WR.D7081 was probably already in store,having apparently been damaged by fire the previous month-the Hymek with the shortest working life? 857 came down from the West London line on empty milk tanks. This bridge gave a good view of passing freights on the West London line. Neil 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 10th August 1977 47163 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742166584/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY 9 8 71 Willesden Jct. 5183 7607 7629 7658 7665 7666 Electrics: 3051 3052 3056 3074 3075 3094 3105 3110 3118 3123 3134 3136 3137 3143 3153 3161 3164 3175 3179 3183 3189 3199 Old Oak Common D819 842 855 857 D1001 D1006 D1007 D1008 D1028 D1031 D1032 D1033 D1036 D1039 D1040 D1044 D1045 D1047 D1063 D1071 D1072 1585 1593 1594 1602 1609 1636 1639 1640 1642 1650 1651 1652 1653 1656 1657 1664 1665 1675 1678 1679 1718 1738 1745 1750 1755 1928 3051 3966 4000 4003 4166 5501 5505 5518 5524 5528 5530 5535 5536 5539 6546 6564 6572 6574 6583 6584 6592 6965 D7026 D7029 D7031 D7045 D7046 D7066 D7081 E6032 Both depots were visited,then the day was spent on the footbridge from the canal tow path over the exit from OOC's carriage sidings.A few points of interest:Westerns Rifleman and Emperor were noted as double heading,not common at this end of the WR.D7081 was probably already in store,having apparently been damaged by fire the previous month-the Hymek with the shortest working life? 857 came down from the West London line on empty milk tanks. This bridge gave a good view of passing freights on the West London line. Neil Neil, What a fascinating mix at OOC. Seventeen Westerns and 26 Brush Type 4's seemed too biased towards Diesel Electric to me for 1971, then I thought that quite a few of these could be on the West London line as you appeared to be there for quite some time given the number of BR(S) Cromptons you saw. Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D860 VICTORIOUS Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Neil, What a fascinating mix at OOC. Seventeen Westerns and 26 Brush Type 4's seemed too biased towards Diesel Electric to me for 1971, then I thought that quite a few of these could be on the West London line as you appeared to be there for quite some time given the number of BR(S) Cromptons you saw. Cheers Tony Hi Tony, I think most of the Brush 4's were WR based examples,and apart from the original five Brush 2's allocated to the WR the others could have been from Stratford..We probably stayed there nearly all day,being the school summer holidays,and back then freight traffic was more plentiful,hence the number of 33's.Hymeks were a bit lacking that day.. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted August 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) A few pages of Dad's log on a return trip from Cardiff to Highbridge - although he hasn't noted anything after BTM - probably DMUs - not worth recording! I note that RMweb is still on GMT, thus showing this as on 11/8/2017 Edited August 12, 2017 by phil_sutters 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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