Scottish Region photos 1980's

[John M Upton]

Annoyingly Dapol had SGD bulk grain hoppers N scale listed in their Special Bargains this morning but someone snaffled the lot before the ink was barely dry on the email!!!

Edited January 17, 2020 by John M Upton

[montyburns56]

1 hour ago, John M Upton said:

Annoyingly Dapol had SGD bulk grain hoppers N scale listed in their Special Bargains this morning but someone snaffled the lot before the ink was barely dry on the email!!!

 

I'll take the blame for highlighting them. 

 

In the space of a week I've discovered two things that I didn't previously know existed, both the prototypes and the models.

[keefer]

The brdatabase site isn't much help unfortunately:

http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=8154&loco=8154

[Scott B]

20154 allocation history since the 1970's, a brief two year spell as a Scottish based loco, a month at Haymarket, a month or two at Motherwell with a two year spell at Eastfield in the middle.

Gen from the excellent Roger Harris Allocation History of BR Diesel & Electrics.

 

Toton 5/73

Tinsley 12/79

Immingham 7/80

Tinsley 1/82

Haymarket 4/84

Eastfield 5/84

Motherwell 5/86

Toton 7/86

Stored (U) 8/4/93

Wdn 23/12/93

 

HTH

 

Scott

Edited April 27, 2020 by Scott B

[luckymucklebackit]

I remember as a lad that the class 20 allocations used to be very simple - if it had a tablet catcher recess it was a Scottish Engine, if it didn't it was an English Engine, and my Ian Allen reflected this with most of the D8028 - D8034 and D8070 - D8127 series underlined, then one day in 1968 a shiny blue D8316 ( not even in my book) whistled past Coatdyke which had me scratching my head!

As the years went by the demarcation disappeared and even the class doyen D8000 made an appearance in Coatbridge. 

 

Jim

[caradoc]

The rot really set in around 1974 when a few of the massed rank of Toton 20s, 20134 to 20199 inclusive, got transferred away to Scotland - Which left some annoying gaps in my Locoshed book !

 

[Smallwonder]

It's April 1989 and, at the top of the charts, the Fine Young Cannibals with "She Drives Me Crazy", replace Milli Vanilli ("Girl You Know It's True" (ironically their performance wasn't)).

 

Dundee 8 April 1989: Quiet Saturday lunchtime - 26037, 47231, 47600.

 

Millerhill 16 April 1989: Sunday engineering works sees some late afternoon arrivals -37242 (TI) heads for the shed, having arrived from the North with a departmental train.

 

Millerhill - 16 April 1989 - 37162 (CF) arrives with ballast wagons from the North...

 

...before heading for the service point.

[steve1]

Interesting markings on the 08. Looks a General mark on the cab, which, I suspect was not common.

 

steve

[Smallwonder]

2 hours ago, steve1 said:

Interesting markings on the 08. Looks a General mark on the cab, which, I suspect was not common.

 

steve

Yes, better pictures of it on page 27.

[Smallwonder]

 

Millerhill

 

19 April 1989 - At 1933 in the gathering dusk gloom, 37298 heads for the ECML and south with a freight service (6E89).  First wagon is a tarpaulin covered Norsk Hydro wagon (which I think Revolution are about to produce in OO).  I'll have the full consist recorded if anyone is interested.  At the other end the headcode box was painted black.  It reappeared on the same service on 30 May that year.

 

23 April 1989 - 47007 and 20066

 

23 April 1989 - 25035 and 26023

 

26 April 1989 - 37096 heads for the ECML with southbound 6E89 at 1947.  That's our car at the other side of the level crossing.  The police once stopped to see if we were stealing copper wiring.  My spotter's notebook convinced them of our true purpose.

 

[millerhillboy]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing

 

[Smallwonder]

Dull weather at Waverley on 29 April 1989 - The Bangles hang on at No1 with Eternal Flame, outselling Kylie and Simply Red.

 

08718 with some Motorail vans.  

 

47630 heads home with the 1135 to Inverness. 

 

47210 (ED) takes a break from hauling cement with the 1212 arrival from Manchester (presumably the Edinburgh portion from Carstairs).

 

47707 arrives at 1222, presumably from Glasgow QS,

[The Pilotman]

On 15/06/2020 at 20:05, Smallwonder said:

First wagon is a tarpaulin covered Norsk Hydro wagon (which I think Revolution are about to produce in OO). 

Hi, Revolution are producing the “Holdall” type Cargowaggon in three liveries (of which the Norsk Hydro version is one), not the tarpaulin version in your picture. Well, not yet, anyway. 

Edited June 17, 2020 by Western Aviator

[Waverley West]

15 hours ago, Smallwonder said:

Dull weather at Waverley on 29 April 1989 - The Bangles hang on at No1 with Eternal Flame, outselling Kylie and Simply Red.

 

08718 with some Motorail vans.  

 

47630 heads home with the 1135 to Inverness. 

 

47210 (ED) takes a break from hauling cement with the 1212 arrival from Manchester (presumably the Edinburgh portion from Carstairs).

 

47707 arrives at 1222, presumably from Glasgow QS,

 

Drool. Thanks smallwonder!

 

Dave

[Owd Bob]

i've not many Scottish pics' but what i have i'll try to post and share.

[Owd Bob]

A few more.

 

[The Pilotman]

My only pictures of Class 26s. The first one was taken on (I think) 110 film hence the relatively poor quality but it may be of interest to someone. 

 

26042 slows for the token exchange at (I think) Dingwall, 1985. Taken from another class 26 hauled train heading for Kyle of Lochalsh

 

 

26026 passes through Perth with a short ballast train, 27/5/87.

 

Edited June 18, 2020 by Western Aviator

[Smallwonder]

Three more from Waverley on Saturday 29 April 1989

 

47636 about to depart with the 1245 to Aberdeen,

 

37185 with the 1222 arrival from Paignton (Edinburgh portion from Carstairs). Presumably an early start to the day for some on board.

 

37185 -  a long walk later.  It reappeared later to take the 1314 to Manchester (at least as far as Carstairs)

 

And a couple from Millerhill on 30 April 1989

37065

 

47018 - apparently missing the "47" from its number; hard to tell from the photo, but that's what my record card says.

[keefer]

10 hours ago, Owd Bob said:

i've not many Scottish pics' but what i have i'll try to post and share.

Never realised the 47/7s got the square-body headlight while still in blue - I know they had the car-style one when converted, but always thought the square one was more in the ScotRail livery era.

(EDIT: I see a ScotRail one lurking in the shed, maybe I just forgot that (apart from 711/2) they stayed in plain blue until ScotRail livery came along)

Edited June 17, 2020 by keefer

[55020]

9 hours ago, keefer said:

Never realised the 47/7s got the square-body headlight while still in blue - I know they had the car-style one when converted, but always thought the square one was more in the ScotRail livery era.

 

And just to prove the prototype for everything theory, there is a photo of 47708 in full ex-works Scotrail livery at Crewe but still fited with the "Scottish car headlight".  I think it was dated October 1984.

[Owd Bob]

Todays offerings.

 

[Owd Bob]

Mid '80's and a couple of steamers amongst the 26's. I can only think they were for the summer specials on the highland line?

 

[John M Upton]

That Mk1 Sleeper, would that be train crew accommodation?  I doubt it would still have been in domestic front line service by then.

[millerhillboy]

It'd be odd to see carriages at Eastfield anyway, so I think your thinking is most probably correct.

[Owd Bob]

40 minutes ago, John M Upton said:

That Mk1 Sleeper, would that be train crew accommodation?  I doubt it would still have been in domestic front line service by then.

You are probably right and it was most likely used for the steam staff, it was around the mid '80's and it was very early on a Sunday morn' at about 6.30am from memory, and one loco' was already being prepared for the day. I was on a weekend long coach trip which was visiting the Scottish depots from the Manchester area.