RMweb Gold Popular Post TheSignalEngineer Posted December 13, 2011 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2011 At times during my career I came across long forgotten items which had missed the scrap man. Occasionally in those days I had a camera with me, but sadly not all the time with the cost of film and weight of equipment. A couple of old photos came to light this week whilst i was doing some scanning. The first was a poster uncovered at Shirley Station on the North Warwickshire line when new signs and poster boards were being installed in 1981. It showed both LMS and GWR Restaurant Car trains between London and Birmingham, probably at some time in te 1930s altough I couldn't date it accurately. The second one, taken in 1985, shows a 4-aspect colour light signal with sub aspect and Theatre Route Indicator in Snow Hill Tunnel, Birmingham. It was the Down line signal reading into the platforms, and had been out of use since 1969. If i find any more I will add them to the thread 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
303013 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Interesting, thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 13, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2011 If i find any more I will add them to the thread Thanks for that, I have the original LNWR and GWR diagram (1902) from Port Sunlight, a Birkenhead Joint signal box, this came to light when the diagram was being replaced, obviously it was purchased and suitably preserved. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 Nice pics TSE, please keep 'em coming! When the old Booking On Point on Rugby station was given a lick of paint a few years ago, the painters removed the notice cases from the wall revealing some London Midland Region special notices from early 1967, most of them crumbled to powder when I tried to 'liberate' them but I did manage to save one. Similarly, when the upstairs rooms were all changed around I saved most of the WCML maps from the old Road Learning School, some going back to the early 60s anf the LMR's first flush of modernisation. Amazing to think they're relics now barely forty years on. IIRC, on one of the walls inside the remains of Leicester Central's Booking Office, there's an old BR poster featuring a green Class 24. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 13, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2011 I have a few copies of the LMS departures for Preston, but I think they will turn to dust if I ever tried to open them, sadly, they've dried out too much over the years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 (edited) Posted this one onto a Bournemouth Central related thead, many moons ago. Attatched to the Goods Depot''s weighbridge office exterior wall. Photographed back in the '80s. Can anyone de-cipher ? Regards Edited December 14, 2011 by Ceptic 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 14, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2011 Back in the late 1970s one of our stations suffered a serious 'loss in booking' which resulted in the cash being £20 short. Although it wasn't by then part of my normal job it was convenient for me to go and investigate rather than my colleague so I duly did so. Findinga loss in booking -even at a fairly small station meant going through all sorts of stuff to check that all the accounts were correct as well as the obvious first task of re-counting the cash. So away I went through every bit of paperwork in the place and duly came to the 'Record of Blank Seasn Tickets Issued' which, unusually, was still being kept in a book rather than on the standard forms. And clearly they didn't issue many there as the book was headed 'L&SWR Record of Blank Season Tickets Issued' and the opening entry had been made in the summer of 1914. (oh and I found the 'loss' - by dint of taking the office to pieces, a £20 note had gone down behind a drawer). And on a slightly more worrying note while carrying out a detonator stock check at a signalbox in 1975 I came across a detonartor dated 1944, and it was a tad on the rusty side 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 And on a slightly more worrying note while carrying out a detonator stock check at a signalbox in 1975 I came across a detonartor dated 1944, and it was a tad on the rusty side Not so very long ago I went along to recover some equipment from an ex Wagon works scheduled for demolition, I always make a point on jobs like that to have a good ferret round and on top of a cupboard in the old shunters mess was a det dated 1942, judging by the crud round it, it had been there since about that date! That would be about 2008! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted December 14, 2011 Share Posted December 14, 2011 In the late 1990s/early 2000s I worked in Furlong House in Nottingham - the old BR offices (with attached data centre) on Queen's Drive in Nottingham. It's currently being knocked down after several years of standing empty. On the wall by what had originally been the main entrance was a large and very tatty cast BR Lion and Wheel emblem, which seemed to have avoided being replaced by the corporate image double arrow for over 25 years until one day it vanished. There goes another piece of history I thought, until about 6 weeks later when it reappeared with a fresh coat of paint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 31, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2011 took this in crewe just before christmas, could well have been taken back in the 80s! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben racey Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Over on platform 12?! I caught the WAG express from Crewe to Cardiff the other week, and waited on that trolley with a coffee and a cake.... most nostalgic! regards Richard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I worked for Racal/BRT for a while in the mid 90s and we were based in a building that used to be part of the parcels depot alongside Newcastle Central, the ground floor corridors were all tiled walls, interspersed with the NER crest but all of the ground floor rooms were signed with BR tangerine enamel signs, that place was an absolute treasure trove, although many of the signs are now in my house after being recovered from a skip during "restoration" works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 If ever anyone removes the false walls from the Northern city line stations they'll find a treasure trove of LT signs and posters from 1976behind them. I wish I'd had a decent camera in those days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 31, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2011 If ever anyone removes the false walls from the Northern city line stations they'll find a treasure trove of LT signs and posters from 1976behind them. I wish I'd had a decent camera in those days! That happened at paddington some years ago when they spruced up the subway tunnel between the Circle ticket hall and the Bakerloo Line ticket hall - a whole row of very nice GWR posters, lovely notwithstanding their condition but alas not recoverable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 31, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2011 there's lots of stuff on the underground, a lot of it though is not usually accessible for starters here: http://underground-history.co.uk/belsize.php with relics from WW2 era a look throught the whole site is recommended, many stations showing remains of original decoration/tiling, old LT or even 'careless talk' posters. very interesting, but very eerie seeing materials which have remained from so long ago 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) There used to be loads of nice stuff in a tunnel under euston that you got to from the northern line platforms Never had my camera on me when I was down there which was a shame Original blue pullman adverts are the ones I remember best. Some of it was lost when the underground built new rooms to house new telecom and radio equipment Edited December 31, 2011 by ess1uk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 (edited) As if by magic - the Blue Pullman poster from Euston Edit - still appears to be a problem uploading pics, I'll add it when the problem is sorted. I also have some 1920-30's posters I discovered recently! Stewart Edited December 31, 2011 by stewartingram 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 This sign was somewhat out of date when I pictured it in July 1985. When would the last likely Hymek visit have been? Its all a memory now, the concrete works long closed. Dowmac Concrete Works, Quedgeley 10/7/85 cheers 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Here are the remains of a clearance bar that was still in place 41 years after the junction points it protected were removed. The track was relaid on 03/12/11.. A little more information here.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/32297024@N08/6441015161/in/set-72157628467397817/ Edited January 4, 2012 by LNERGE 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Not railway related, but up in one of the upper levels of Peterborough Cathedral there is still an ARP warden's post, complete with tin helmets and fire buckets. Not sure about the warden himself, but in that place, anything is possible... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 4, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2012 Here are the remains of a clearance bar that was still in place 41 years after the junction points it protected were removed. The track was relaid on 03/12/11.. A little more information here.. http://www.flickr.co...57628467397817/ Not so fond memories of drilling through rails for those with a hand ratchet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Not so fond memories of drilling through rails for those with a hand ratchet. I do have a complete set of new ones that were liberated from Cambridge stores in the good old Collectors Corner days that i may find a use for at some stage. Hopefully a 22mm rotabroach will sort the problem.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 4, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2012 I do have a complete set of new ones that were liberated from Cambridge stores in the good old Collectors Corner days that i may find a use for at some stage. Hopefully a 22mm rotabroach will sort the problem.. It was about 1966 when I last put one on using a hand drill, at Water Orton West. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 The old goods depot at London Road in Carlisle has been abandoned for over 20 years now, but about seven years back I had to check the place out during a patrol and was amazed to find a board bearing an aged poster that featured Monica in her mini skirt and go-go boots, arms outstretched and inviting me to see a friend that weekend! Shame it was too big to move! Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldgunner Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Not quite as old as some of the others, but reasonably interesting in that it still mentions the British Railways board. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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