Rugd1022 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Photo by Steve Marks : Coalville crew Mick West and Nick Glover.... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SP Steve Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 (edited) A solitary spotter pays his respects to the long line of withdrawn Deltics at BREL Doncaster, 29th January 1982. Edited March 31, 2022 by SP Steve 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, SP Steve said: A solitary spotter pays his respects to the long line of withdrawn Deltics at BREL Doncaster, 29th January 1982. Zontar is looking particularly well dressed there !!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southof1E top tmd Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Edinburgh Waverly early on May 5th 1984 with 26004 and 26005 the exotic traction on the superb Anglo Scottish Freighter tour. In the foreground are some of the DAA (daft as !!) organisers of this epic weekend tour. A Tony Ewer phot 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 DAA? I think the first railtour to flaunt that title was the "DAA 4-Griddle" tour in early 1971. The Railway Magazine, knowing full well what the letters stood for, nevertheless rang Essex House (Central DMO) to politely enquire.... Some quick thinking gave a palatable answer - the Diesel Abatement Association! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Thought this might interest some of you - a recollection of my brother's first day as a Secondman at Old Oak Common, in 1971, as published in the Great Western Echo magazine recently. Incidentally, it was my bike he rode to work...... Echo_232_pp14-17_(3)_(1).pdf 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Photo by Nev Sloper : Saltley men on tour...! 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Photo c/o Anthony Gregory and Signalman Pete 'Snowy' Hill' : Coalville Driver Albert Pickering with one of the 'local' Type 2s on the Kinighton - Burton branch.... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted December 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2020 8 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Photo c/o Anthony Gregory and Signalman Pete 'Snowy' Hill' : Coalville Driver Albert Pickering with one of the 'local' Type 2s on the Kinighton - Burton branch.... D5388 later became 27105 04/74 and then 27049 08/83 Wdn 04/87 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 A picture paints a time on shift... Pic.1 Start of shift, first stop. Pic.2 End of, next stop. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 My contribution.......no photo as it's a rather dull affair......watching Mrs. Balders filling out her Jan 2021 roster and diagrams on the family calendar whilst I sip a brew. Happy New Year to everyone on RMWeb! It's assisted my sanity for the last year no end. All the best for 2021 Guy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Eastleigh Open Day, photo by Martin Willis.... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Exeter St.Davids SP in the '80s with Des Cook and Nobby Clark, photo by Kevin Cole.... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 On 14/12/2020 at 15:37, Rugd1022 said: Photo by Steve Marks : Coalville crew Mick West and Nick Glover.... I had no idea that David Gilmour was part of Coalville Crew before he joined Pink Floyd. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 33 minutes ago, KeithMacdonald said: I had no idea that David Gilmour was part of Coalville Crew before he joined Pink Floyd. Looking at the loco, it wasn't before - the loco is younger than Pink Floyd - it was in the mid 1970s wilderness years when he had to turn to being a secondman (as opposed to a frontman) to make ends meet - certainly explains the dystopic 'Wall' album. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Looking at the loco, it wasn't before - the loco is younger than Pink Floyd - it was in the mid 1970s wilderness years when he had to turn to being a secondman (as opposed to a frontman) to make ends meet - certainly explains the dystopic 'Wall' album. Was that before they released "Obscured By Clouds Class 47s" ? Edited January 14, 2021 by KeithMacdonald Typo fix Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Somewhere in French France.... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2021 11 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Somewhere in French France.... The road signs look fairly modern. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 26 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Somewhere in French France.... Working hard to ensure the track is clean and the loco retains an electrical contact, nothing worse than your loco conking out on dirty track. Still safer than the video of the secondman on a US service sweeping snow from the track on the main in front of a 2 loco & train lash up - skipping from one track to the other right in front of the moving train which was struggling for grip. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Photo by Nick Bailey ; D1009 and D1023 at Padd on the 'Westerns South Western' railtour on Saturday 30th October 1976.... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Somewhere in French France.... The top poster on the RH wall mentions Granville, where there is a collège André Malraux, noted on one of the signs. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: The top poster on the RH wall mentions Granville, where there is a collège André Malraux, noted on one of the signs. Not this Granville though? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Storey Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: The top poster on the RH wall mentions Granville, where there is a collège André Malraux, noted on one of the signs. Absolutely - this is Granville, where there were recent attempts to re-open the branch for the Normandy celebrations. Came to little though, as the Marie, amongst others, objected..... there was a brief ceremony at the top of the town on the day, with a preserved loco on static display. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 A day in the life of Waterloo station, 1983.... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Another one for Granville - the loco is in the 'Voie Pont Saint-Jaques' coming up from the port, waiting to enter Place General de Gaulle and then Cours Jonville, rue Dubosq and onwards into the station. Seemingly steam was replaced by diesels in 1963 (passenger services - no mention if goods were still steam-hauled for a while afterwards). According to Google Maps Streetview, the rails were still in-situ in 2019. The shops have changed and the 'modern' road signs have gone. The road signs in the photo were quite common when I were a lad being lit inside with neon tubes - reflective signs didn't exist back then. Cheers, Philip 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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