eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 While we're on open days, there was a Network South East event at Cannon Street in 1986, with two shuttles from London Bridge, one the 4-SUB+2-BIL and one a 455: and various other exhibits including 97800 Ivor, the Slade Green shunter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hi All. It's 'Spot the Station Time'. For a little light entertainment, and, of course, an excuse to post a few 80's/90's, and later pics. of some units' front ends, here's the question..... Can any one identify the stations featured in the photos ?. Eeasy eenuff, for you Southern Buffs, but, how 'bout those North of the River ?. 'Ere we go !!. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Unless you consider me staying with you over Christmas, and possibly the New Year, a prize , there are none. Just a bit of fun. Regards and bye fer now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hi Ceptic, Thanks for keeping the thread going, I have been really slack latley, I am sure I have 5 out of ten and a guess on a few others but I will see how we go before I post my ansewers. Cheers Peter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 28, 2009 Author Share Posted November 28, 2009 Here are a couple from the old website some of you may not have seen before. Cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 It's always good to see pics from the old thread Peter. Thanks for the Christmas card (2nd. pic down). I don't think I've seen that one before. I've got a few odds and sods left, not any interesting ones though. I'll have a rummage. Cheers and bye fer now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 1, 2009 Share Posted December 1, 2009 Hi All. It appears that there is a lack of (reluctant ?) uptake on the station identity parade. See previous post, 27/11/09. A clue, is that the pics depict locations on the ex-Western Section of BR Southern Region. At present, served by it's descendent, South West Trains Ltd. Failing any other input, it looks like it's only you, P.C.M., and myself, and I'm the one with the answers. Any guesses / comments / pics etc, are very welcome. Just trying to keep this thread going. I'll keep you posted, later. Regards, Frank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 2, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2009 Are all ten pics at different stations or do some appear more than once? I reckon I could have a stab at all ten. (With a couple of guesses thrown in mind!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted December 2, 2009 Author Share Posted December 2, 2009 Hi Frank, Here are my guesses.1.London Bridge ? 3. is Brockenhurst 4. London Bridge 5. Lymo Pier 7. Southampton 8. Bournemouth carriage sidings 9. Waterloo not sure though. 10. Poole. Really not sure on the others. Your go Ian. Some more from the old forum. Cheers Peter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 2, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 2, 2009 OK I chuck a hat in the ring..... 1. Waterloo, plat 1? 2. Southampton 3. Brockenhurst 4. Waterloo (LSWR 150 event?) 5. Lymington Pier 6. Woking (Woking 150 event?) 7. Clapham Junction (A guess but based on the road overbridge) 8. Bournemouth carriage sidings 9. Waterloo 10. Poole. Fingers crossed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 Well done and well spotted Temeraire...... congratulations.... 9/10 And the courageous, valiant runner up is.....P.C.M. with... 5/10 Sorry if it appeared confusing, i.e. trick questions. There were 7 different locations, 3 pics at one, and 2 at another. Only because I didn't have enough photos for ten different stations. . Here's the run-down :- 1. Waterloo, Platform 1. 2. Southampton, Platform 2. 3. Brockenhurst, Platform 1. 4. Waterloo, Platform 15. 'L.S.W.R 150'. The office building alongside was demolished to make way for the Eurostar terminal. 5. Lymington Pier. 6. Woking, Platform 6. 'Woking 150'. 7. Southampton, Platform 4. 8. Bournemouth stabling point, opposite the Signal Box. 9. Waterloo, Platform 3. 10. Poole.. Hope this made sense, as I've just had my RH. eye cataract done, and everything's a bit hazy. Thanks for taking an interest and for taking part, Ian and Peter. All the best. Frank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 3, 2009 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2009 So no. 7 was Southampton as well, thought it must be closer to London with the Connex(?) livery on that unit! Clapham was just a guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Russ (mines a pint) Posted December 3, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2009 The pic of and the same train at Yeoford! :icon_thumbsup2: :icon_thumbsup2: And lots of nice Cromptons, but I'll let you enjoy your EMUs you wierd lot! :icon_what: :icon_lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 Well done Ian, I would have got 7 if I hadn't changed my mind on 1 and 4 should have got Southampton as well. Cheers Peter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 The pic of and the same train at Yeoford! And lots of nice Cromptons, but I'll let you enjoy your EMUs you wierd lot! Hi Russ, That pic looks like the one I took on the return working. Here is another one from the same day, I am sure we could find plenty more Cromptons and EMUs. Cheers Peter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 So no. 7 was Southampton as well, thought it must be closer to London with the Connex(?) livery on that unit! Clapham was just a guess. Apologies for that, Peter and Ian. I thought I'd add a bit of confusion. I do it to myself all the time . Yep, Connex used to run a coastway service from Bournemouth (Bay platform 1, I think), more often than not, with a 4-Vep, to Brighton and/or Gatwick. It didn't last very long though. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Red Fox Posted December 3, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2009 Yep, Connex used to run a coastway service from Bournemouth (Bay platform 1, I think), more often than not, with a 4-Vep, to Brighton and/or Gatwick. It didn't last very long though. Was this service not established in the NSE era once the Solent Link electrification had been completed? The SRA or whoever it was at the time cut back the Connex South Central service to Southampton Central which is where the current Southern service terminates, it was never very popular between Bournemouth and Southampton anyway and people avoided Connex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowvanman Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Connex leaving Brock..now in the 90s.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted December 5, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2009 Hi Ceptic, Thanks for keeping the thread going, I have been really slack latley, I am sure I have 5 out of ten and a guess on a few others but I will see how we go before I post my ansewers. Cheers Peter, I think I know which 5! The other ones were pigs (but not the plastic pig one that was easy!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 I think I know which 5! The other ones were pigs (but not the plastic pig one that was easy!) Plastic pigs ?. That was the polite name. Also known amongst their close fraternity as the 'Vomit Comets', after the introduction of the Stagecoach liveries. Hope I haven't given too much away ?. Regards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 How many had the pre-TOPS number over the cab like that? Not many, I can think of 10 and 46 OTTOMH in large logo and I think a couple of the NSE liveried ones did as well. Peter - What a fantastic modellable train in that pic with the 60 above, very cool B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Not many, I can think of 10 and 46 OTTOMH in large logo and I think a couple of the NSE liveried ones did as well. Peter - What a fantastic modellable train in that pic with the 60 above, very cool Thanks Pugsley, thats the only 60 I have a pic of on an engineers train, though I do remember riding as the shunter to EH depot and back to EH yard in a class 60 with a short train of engineers wagons for repair. We bought out a mixed bag of ballast wagons and I think some warflats. I was a bit worried we would come off the track up the yard as we went to drop the wagons off in the PAD which had some real dodgy trackwork. Plus the driver was having fun driving the then fairly new loco, and we may have been going a bit fast. Anyway, I must have missed that post about the numbers in the headcode box on class 50s. I could only find the two you mentioned. Cheers Peter, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowvanman Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 One from the Old RM...73112 ..you can guess where this is if you like..! not you PCM..you sent the train down..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 I had forgotten all about this thread... oops I have just refreshed myself, the pictures are great, I will get mine scanned soon and add to the collection.. Cheers Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 A handful of 80's shots of the few depots I'm familiar with. Possibly, they should go into the infrastructure forums, but as they've got some BR(S) EMUnits in the background, I think they could be more useful here. A parting shot of Brighton, after the open day there. What looks to be the steep pedestrian/workers access to the Preston Park Pullman works, is just visible behind the cabin on the lower right. I could be wrong though. A peek around the corner at West Worthing, a 3 road shed, which the SEGroup were hoping to aquire for their HQ / Museum, but to no avail. It has now been demolished. I thought I had a better pic, taken from the down side, but it seems to have gone MIA. Bournemouth (Branksome). The carriage washing plant has been moved along side from the headshunt on the right, which used to loop down to B'm'th West station. Typical of many other carriage / emu sheds dotted about the Southern. Clapham Junc'n., Ramsgate, Farnham, Littlehampton, to name but a few. Another standard S.R. design. The Western end, taken from the site of the extinct S&DJR tuntable, on the Eastern apex of the old triangle. Regards to all, Frank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A few odds and sods around the B'm'th & Poole area. Bi-directional working at Poole. The Bourne Valley viaducts. Both suffered from FW.190 cannon fire damage during a WW2 Biedecker raid on the junctions and the nearby gasworks, in 1943 Branksome depot, again. This time with the Tool & Staff Vans off the B'm'th Breakdown Crane. Splitting the 4-TC from the 4-REP. 4-VEP on the W'loo stopper in the bay. At least someone's having a go at preserving the 'Past'. Above the embankment is one of the ARP Shelters provided for the station's staff and passengers during WW2. Behind this, and to the right of the taller building, was, once, the 'British Railways Staff Association Club'. Across the Holdenhurst Road, facing the 'phone boxes, the facade of the Bournemouth Central Goods Depot's offices, can also be seen. The one time entrance / exit to the B'm'th Cen. Goods Yard. Regards and the Season's best wishes to All. Frank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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