Ashcombe Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) Memories of a lovely trip in 2008 from Crewe to Carlisle and back where we enjoyed sumptuous food and stunning views during the journey. Edited March 22, 2013 by Ashcombe 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 (edited) A couple of old photos, again from Dad. Driver and fireman of 3F at Basford c1950 JVol1055.jpg Driver and fireman of 3F at Basford c1950 JVol1055 Ratcliffe Junction c1950 JVol1017.jpg Ratcliffe Junction c1950 JVol1017 David When you look at a picture like 1017 jpg it makes simpletons like me realise how unsatisfactory Peco track is in terms of realism. Moreover, it makes me regret my inability to tackle the 'roll-your-own' approach, so I'm not altogether decrying Peco Code 75 stuff, but do resent having to re-space sleepers. For my little wide-shelf jobby it's no big deal, but some of you seriously big modellers must have the patience of Job! Hopefully, these B/W piccies will last longer now they are recorded with electrons and not emulsions. How I wish this technology was around when I still had my [Royal Engineer] step-fathers 3" x 2" b/w photos in some recognisable form, to scan them and preserve them. Who wouldn't be amused/entertained by his pictures of 'De-lousing parade' featuring his railway team in their skivvies, using paraffin blow-lamps to kill bugs on the wire frames of their truckle beds in a Cairo railway yard...? Oh! How slowly our evenings pass when compared with such socially inclusive escapades!! Dave [and others] please keep posting.... Doug Edited March 22, 2013 by Chubber 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Memories of a lovely trip in 2008 from Crewe to Carlisle and back where we enjoyed sumptuous food and stunning views during the journey. ..............I think it's very nice for an uncle to take his young niece on a railway trip! I hope you both enjoyed it. I'm taking the O.A.P. I live with on a trip to the Kyle of Lochalsh, Fort William, and Mallaig and a trip on the Strathspey Steam railway at the beginning of April, plus a quick trip up the Cairngorm Mountain Railway with 4 nights in a hotel promising 'Scottish Breakfast'.....If that's Cornflakes with Bagpipes I'll not be too chuffed. Why? 'Cos it will be our 40th Wedding Anniversary. [Thinks-'you don't get that for murder, do you.'] So, from SW France to Haggis-Land in April, am I mad? Oh, she's taking this O.A.P. too..............Any recommends/must do-s? Doug 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Lowering the tone - and the quality! - a little, here are three small boys with a very big toy. SCN_0002.jpg Waterloo. Can't be earlier than '57, as that's when I think 34053 was rebuilt, might be '58. I was a bit baffled by the loco, being well-aware of what a Bulleid pacific should look like. The train is one portion of the Atlantic Coast Express, which ran in multiple portions on Summer Saturdays, and we would be alighting at Port Isaac Road. Those are my twin brothers, and I am behind them. Oh! Memories, I instantly thought of the smell of a damp, blue gaberdine mackintosh, and how I'd keep tripping over my toes in each years new Clarke's sandals with their sticky crepe soles. I shouldn't complain, growing up around garrison towns in the 50s I remember kids who wore plimsolls and/or wellies to school all year round, what their Dads must have thought when a private soldier's wages couldn't put good shoe-leather on their kids feet, 'Homes fit for Heroes' didn't accord with the shared lavvies of Buller and Montgomery Lines Quarters in North Camp/Aldershot. At least each Autumn I'd get a new pair of 'Tuf Stone breakers'. In Class 4A1 of Queen's Road C.Primary School I felt so sorry for my chum David Durden, having to come to school in hand-me-downs. His four older sisters weren't too pleased, either, I bet............ [No! Not like that.... his cardigans buttoned up the wrong way] Doug 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2013 (edited) A Cambridge fireman in the early days of BR, wearing his LNER cap. Cambridge B1 fireman 1948 JVol1231 David Edited March 23, 2013 by DaveF 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 23, 2013 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2013 Mum "cabbing" a loco, probably at March or possibly Cambridge. She has always liked railways and mechanical things. Her first job after gaining her degree (Maths) during the war was working for Brush in Loughborough as a steam turbine designer. Now, at 88, she spends her time doing various hobbies, including using her PC for photography as well as her tapestries and lace making. She also has her own subscription to Railway Magazine. circa 1948 David 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted March 24, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 24, 2013 Mum "cabbing" a loco, probably at March or possibly Cambridge. She has always liked railways and mechanical things. Her first job after gaining her degree (Maths) during the war was working for Brush in Loughborough as a steam turbine designer. Now, at 88, she spends her time doing various hobbies, including using her PC for photography as well as her tapestries and lace making. She also has her own subscription to Railway Magazine. Respect! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Respect! Juss woteesed! D 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 One from the trip to Ally Pally on Saturday morning - one of a small crew of staff clearing the snow from the platform edges at Oakleigh Park... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2013 Another of Dad's images David 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2013 The S&T working in the distants (groan) Wrawby Junction, 26 March 2013 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 The S&T working in the distants (groan) Wrawby Junction, 26 March 2013 Like the careful positioning of the other signal in the 'V' cutout of the nearest distant. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 Just as important as keeping the rails clean. Hightown station, Merseyrail. Tom 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2013 Plenty of railway staff and some superb film in this documentary from 1944: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYhsx9uDBJQ&list=LL6tvB2ePhEDQ-5lDZ_GjG9w&feature=mh_lolz Back in the days when protection for lineside engineers consisted of a flatcap and a pack of cigarettes... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2013 That film is interesting in so many ways, thanks for posting it. Not sure a date like that would have made much of an impression today though. "Let's meet up at the terminus and go see a film about the terminus" :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2013 Easter Day working at St Johns. Part of a 4(ish) day possesion. More Pictures in: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/66757-tanners-hill-flydown-st-johns/ Thanks Dave 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Plenty of railway staff and some superb film in this documentary from 1944: Back in the days when protection for lineside engineers consisted of a flatcap and a pack of cigarettes... Excellent post - having undertaken many a track inspection and worked in that very throat............60 years after the film though Edited April 1, 2013 by Southernman46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Plenty of railway staff and some superb film in this documentary from 1944: Back in the days when protection for lineside engineers consisted of a flatcap and a pack of cigarettes... Checking the juice rail with the "Egg Box" at 8:00, still doing that 50 years later - wonder what's done now? Edited April 1, 2013 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 A signal reversion captured in pictures (head to the flickr page to read a description): Emergency Stop 1 by Deepgreen2009, on Flickr Emergency Stop 2 by Deepgreen2009, on Flickr 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 1, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) Checking the juice rail with the "Egg Box" at 8:00, still doing that 50 years later - wonder what's done now? It's still done with an 'Egg Box' actually!!! EDIT: Not for much longer though it would seem: http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsafety.networkrail.co.uk%2FDownload.aspx%3Ffileid%3D%257BC02DBD77-664E-4C53-A2BE-B1D4D9DE7314%257D%26name%3DNR-Safety-Bulletin-272--Conductor-Rail-Test-Lamp-Set-CRTLS.pdf%26extension%3Dpdf&ei=8tZZUe-zEMnHPJLFgdAF&usg=AFQjCNErhnmte5hq7M-uRQKJ3OKmyDATpw&sig2=ca8t237N1m-QDThWZQWCzQ&bvm=bv.44442042,d.ZWU&cad=rja Edited April 1, 2013 by John M Upton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) It's still done with an 'Egg Box' actually!!! Unfortunately it's days are numbered, as from 31st Jan, it will have to be done using a digital voltage tester, although the retention of the "box of eggs" for indicating live conductor rails adjacent to lines under possession will still be permitted. It's taken an absolute age to reach this situation, I remember being involved in some of the first attempts to replace the Conductor Rail Test Lamp (to give it its' wonderful correct name) with an "indicator" type device waaaayyyyy back in 1983............... Edited April 1, 2013 by Southernman46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted April 1, 2013 Share Posted April 1, 2013 (edited) A signal reversion captured in pictures (head to the flickr page to read a description): Taken from the same site with some amazing snow pictures, now this is a seriously unprotected train !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyone got a tail lamp handy ? http://www.flickr.com/photos/deepgreen2009/8325888632/in/photostream/ Edited April 1, 2013 by Southernman46 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 A couple of shots borrowed from the mess room 'rogues gallery' at Bardon Hill... non identical twins Neil and Alan Fraser strike a pose at St.Philips Marsh, Bristol on 1st April 1972 - both are now Freightliner Drivers at our Bedford depot... And Neil again aboard 6319, 'the one that got away'... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 2, 2013 Author Share Posted April 2, 2013 Humble pie eating time.... the D809 shot above is actually at Old Oak, not Bristol.... a big thanks to Mark Alden for the correction! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 2, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2013 Another of Dad's at Stanton Gate, not all that far from Nottingham on the Erewash Valley. Stanton Gate Tallymen c1952 JVol2025 They may well be shunters with tally sticks. Were they the hand held device of the period? David 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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