RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 10/08/2021 at 09:35, Rugd1022 said: Yes it is . I rather like this.... Seems BR had a few celebrity drivers back then that the US would have frowned upon, there is a picture on here I think of a fidel castro double driving a 76 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 On 05/08/2021 at 14:49, Western Aviator said: What an evocative image! I wonder if the driver was being interviewed or perhaps the cassette recorder would be used to tape the sound of the Deltic. And nice to see comedian Harry Hill (when he still had hair) on the right, binoculars round his neck, tabs and matches in his pocket. Any ideas what that is sticking out of the permed gentleman’s back pocket? Might it be a pager? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 Photo by Nigel Kendall : Waterloo, 3rd June 1967, 'Sgt.Pepper' was in the shops and Southern Region steam had just weeks to go before the end.... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 20, 2021 Author Share Posted August 20, 2021 St.Pancras.... 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted August 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2021 ^^^ Did that train really hold all of those people? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 20, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2021 5 hours ago, Welly said: ^^^ Did that train really hold all of those people? Seating capacity for two units was 708. Peak period trains could be full and standing from St. Albans. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welly Posted August 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2021 11 hours ago, petethemole said: Seating capacity for two units was 708. Peak period trains could be full and standing from St. Albans. That photograph starkly demonstrates overcrowding of peak time workings into London! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 On 15/08/2021 at 18:16, Rugd1022 said: That big lump of metal I think is the engine 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 21, 2021 Author Share Posted August 21, 2021 Putting a railtour to bed at Tyseley.... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 On 20/08/2021 at 18:42, Welly said: ^^^ Did that train really hold all of those people? A pair of 4SUBs arriving on a peak hour at Waterloo could easily disgorge upwards of a thousand... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 8 hours ago, talisman56 said: A pair of 4SUBs arriving on a peak hour at Waterloo could easily disgorge upwards of a thousand... Indeed. And a crush loaded 12VEP in original form with the large brake van area probably well over 1500. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted August 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 10/08/2021 at 09:28, 62613 said: 2nd picture; is that Paul Robeson? On 10/08/2021 at 09:35, Rugd1022 said: Yes it is . He'd gone up in the world since The Proud Valley. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Pele in Blighty, 1966..... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 I wasn't really sure where to post these but thought they might as well go in here as anywhere else since there is some human activity involved - two references to the derailment near Winchcombe that put paid to the Stratford - Cheltenham line as a through route in August 1976.... 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted August 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 23, 2021 I think the group mentioned in the Bring Back Steam article formed the nucleus of the GWSR. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 29, 2021 Author Share Posted August 29, 2021 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Photo by Michael Croxford : Luton Midland Road, Summer 1968.... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 5, 2021 Author Share Posted September 5, 2021 Photo by Phil Lindsey : 50 002 calls at Leamington with Saltley Driver Dougie Carswell in charge of the 1V48 New St - Padd while a HST arrives heading north on a Tyseley to Aynho and return driver training trip.... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Photo c/o Michael Croxford : 4th February 1975.... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2021 Amazing pic Nidge @Rugd1022 And a lot of people (BR included) would have you thinking 1975 was bang in the modern Corporate Identity era where everything was straight out of the Design Manual. It's not as if Knebworth was an end-of-the-line rural backwater and it still has Grouping-era(?) gas lamps and 1950/60s Totem signs. BTW have always meant to say 'thank you very much' to you and your contacts for your amazing pics - They seem to be staff taking pics of staff with a very keen eye for what makes a great 'human interest' shot - always a nice view of what was an everyday but otherwise 'boring' thing that most people would miss. It's these sort of uncommonly common events that are so interesting. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) . Edited October 4, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 12 hours ago, keefer said: Amazing pic Nidge @Rugd1022 And a lot of people (BR included) would have you thinking 1975 was bang in the modern Corporate Identity era where everything was straight out of the Design Manual. It's not as if Knebworth was an end-of-the-line rural backwater and it still has Grouping-era(?) gas lamps and 1950/60s Totem signs. BTW have always meant to say 'thank you very much' to you and your contacts for your amazing pics - They seem to be staff taking pics of staff with a very keen eye for what makes a great 'human interest' shot - always a nice view of what was an everyday but otherwise 'boring' thing that most people would miss. It's these sort of uncommonly common events that are so interesting. Thanks Keefer for the kind words - I'm frankly amazed that the thread has lasted so long, I thought it might fizzle out after a few pages but everyone who has contributed has made it worthwhile, so a belated thanks to everyone who has posted in here over the last nine years! Obviously, some of my content consists of found images but I think it's well worth sharing them, and I always try to give credit where the original photographer is known. This rather nice example is one of Andy Sparks, and appears in one of his excellent books on the BR blue period.... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) On 07/09/2021 at 13:29, Rugd1022 said: Photo c/o Michael Croxford : 4th February 1975.... The only thing 'modern image' for 1975 in this photo is the staff uniform jacket... Edited September 10, 2021 by talisman56 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 Photo by Anthony Gregory.... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 I'm not sure if I've posted this one before, quite possibly but anyway, my brother posted it elsewhere and tagged me in and made me realise it was taken seventeen years ago - we'd just applied the new BR Tips style numbers, data panel and shed sticker on 37 003 at Leeming Bar back in October 2004 and posed for a quick snapshot before taking on a test run to Redmire and back.... I dug out one of my old BR secondman's jacket for the occasion.... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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