Michael Delamar Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Coaling 48115 at Heaton Mersey 6.4.68, the 8f has aquired a lined tender. Photo JW Sutherland. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2017 (edited) I just came across this while looking for something else - This seems an appropriate thread in which to record it. If there is one for railway staff memorials I have photos of several from Swindon and one from Northiam and possibly more. Edited June 20, 2017 by phil_sutters 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2017 Normanton Station/station North signal box . ©John Churm by Dee Dye, on Flickr This is as good a railway photograph as I've ever seen; seriously, I am reminded of O Winston Link, and while he was a horrible man, there is no higher praise in my view for a railway photographer... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "This notice definitely says Marylebone - Not Paddington!" Mike Wiltshire 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2017 As the individual reading some paperwork is a very good friend I would say it was something to do with curry houses in the area he was lodging in! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longdog Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 This is as good a railway photograph as I've ever seen; seriously, I am reminded of O Winston Link, and while he was a horrible man, there is no higher praise in my view for a railway photographer... He wasn't a horrible man, but his ex wife and friend were most vile! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22, 2017 He wasn't a horrible man, but his ex wife and friend were most vile! They were certainly no advert for humanity, either of them, but Link was a blatant racist and extreme right winger, to the extent that he caused comment at the time and not just on the general 'backgournd' level of the society he belonged to, not to mention a thoroughly miserable old git, at the same time as being a magnificent photographer, not only of trains; he had a very successful career as a portrait photographer of the very highest standard. We like our heroes to be perfect, don't we, and O Winston Link was anything but! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted June 22, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2017 Dispensing with the number on the front appears to be catching on as re-liveried TransPennine Express 185 and 350 units have had similar treatment. I don't imagine it will last long as where the number is positioned on the lower front valance on the 345 will pick up all the general dust, muck and grime thrown up from the track and be obscured pretty quickly I would have thought. The bodyside also looks inset slightly so might not be reached by the carriage washing plant. Operationally though there is not much point in having the unit number prominently displayed on the outside these days (its far more useful inside the driving cab the driver can quote it over GSMR etc). Thus the only real use for them is when a driver may be looking for a particular unit in the sidings - but any half decent depot should be keeping tabs on what unit is where at any given point anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted June 23, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2017 We like our heroes to be perfect, don't we, and [insert name here] was anything but! I, like a lot of enthusiasts, will be aware of the work of Eric Gill primarily through the use of the Gill Sans typeface, used by the LNER and British Railways. Some may even know he was a sculptor, designer and indeed a 'Royal Designer for Industry' (awarded by the Royal Society of Arts) But I bet a lot of people like me did not realise what else he got up to in private - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill#Personal_life I remember watching a BBC4 documentary about the 'Bohemians' or similar and was surprised to hear the name. when confirmed it was the same Eric Gill, I was even more surprised to hear the rest...... from the Wiki page, it would seem that it only became common knowledge in 1989 - even so, his professional reputation seems intact Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo C. Cupier Posted July 8, 2017 Share Posted July 8, 2017 One from todays Sentinel Day event at Midsomer Norton South. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2017 I, like a lot of enthusiasts, will be aware of the work of Eric Gill primarily through the use of the Gill Sans typeface, used by the LNER and British Railways. Some may even know he was a sculptor, designer and indeed a 'Royal Designer for Industry' (awarded by the Royal Society of Arts) But I bet a lot of people like me did not realise what else he got up to in private - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Gill#Personal_life I remember watching a BBC4 documentary about the 'Bohemians' or similar and was surprised to hear the name. when confirmed it was the same Eric Gill, I was even more surprised to hear the rest...... from the Wiki page, it would seem that it only became common knowledge in 1989 - even so, his professional reputation seems intact I agree, though I was unaware of his failings hitherto. I think daughters and dogs are well beyond the remit of 'Bohemian', but he remains a great designer and the LNER and BR were lucky to be able to engage his services. I was aware of his connection with Capel y Ffin, as remote a spot as you'll get even now; no wonder he found it lacking in intellectual stimulation and 'too far from London'; it's too far from anywhere! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2017 Waiting for the bell to ring. Ramsbottom Signal Box, East Lancashire Railway, Summer Diesel Spectacular, 8th July 2017 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted July 11, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2017 A token exchange. Colas 60026 on the East Lancashire Railway at Ramsbottom during the Summer Diesel Spectacular on 8th July. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted July 11, 2017 Share Posted July 11, 2017 Different exchange .............. Crew change DB style at Woodborough in the middle of darkest Wiltshire - with a posh taxi to/from the depot - not a bad way to earn a living. This morning's diverted Severnside - Brentford "Binliner" 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scott Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Better than blocking New st for ages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Between Willesden and Old Oak... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Paddington... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Couple from recent MHR Summer Gala at Ropley 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 14, 2017 Author Share Posted July 14, 2017 Cardiff General... ''please mister, can we cab it...?'' 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Keighley and Worth Valley 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 Doncaster... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 On the blocks at The Cross, April '62... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesfeldian Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 LMR006 Metro-Vick D5716 Driver Training Midland Lines.jpgAround 1957/8. My late father third from right. I'm afraid the identities of the others remains a mystery.Andy.r The inspector in the middle was seen in the cab in the Blue Pullman film. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2017 On the blocks at The Cross, April '62... KX D9003 Kings X April 1962.jpg He's probably reading a note from his secondman telling him he's gone to loose off as the pair would just about be deaf as the loco is yet to be fitted with sound deadening partitions and leather curtains! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 15, 2017 Author Share Posted July 15, 2017 He's probably reading a note from his secondman telling him he's gone to loose off as the pair would just about be deaf as the loco is yet to be fitted with sound deadening partitions and leather curtains! Leather curtains.... sounds a bit like a 'tart's boudour' to me..! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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