fegguk Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Torwoodlee/ Kilnknowe not previously seen. Fantastic track geometry. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=58513 Its interesting to note that the speed limit here is now 70 as opposed to the 50 limit indicated in the photo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Its interesting to note that the speed limit here is now 70 as opposed to the 50 limit indicated in the photo. I wonder if by being singled they've been able to increase the cant by such a significant margin that would allow the increased speed? Good question though, fegguk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 It is possible that with just one type of train operating on the line (passenger) they have been able to increase the cant a bit. It the earlier shot the cant was set to deal with 25 mph freights though to faster passenger trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Daddyman Posted March 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 28, 2017 I haven't seen this one mentioned: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=58591 Weird yellow stripe on the cab side - so weird I almost think it has to be something else. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I haven't seen this one mentioned: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=58591 Weird yellow stripe on the cab side - so weird I almost think it has to be something else. It's certainly not an official yellow stripe. Those went from the top front corner of the cabside to the bottom rear corner - that one goes bottom front to top rear. I wonder if it's unofficial decoration, maybe done in chalk and supposed to look like a yellow stripe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 We may have had this previously, not that I recall seeing it. Clayton at Hassendean in the freight-only period. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/singleimage.php?id=57077 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 A pair of Claytons involved in preprations for track lifting in the snow at Whitrope in 1969: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=58888 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Jamieson Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 It is possible that with just one type of train operating on the line (passenger) they have been able to increase the cant a bit. It the earlier shot the cant was set to deal with 25 mph freights though to faster passenger trains. That is probably the major factor, a less significant one is the change from jointed track to cwr - the latter allows an increase in the the permissible cant deficiency from 90mm to 110mm (at least these are the figures given in the 1971 edition of 'British Railway Track' and I suspect they haven't changed since) and hence an increase in the maximum speed. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted April 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) A few of Galashiels mpd. https://www.flickr.com/photos/88182025@N08/34073286311/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/88182025@N08/34073280661/in/dateposted/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/88182025@N08/34073286311/in/photostream/ and one from Hawick https://www.flickr.com/photos/88182025@N08/34073270701/in/dateposted/ Edited April 29, 2017 by Blandford1969 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Hawick Caption info: D9007 Pinza pulls away from Hawick on Sunday 5 January 1969 with the northbound RCTS (West Riding Branch) 'Farewell to the Waverley Route' railtour. https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59131 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted May 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2017 Another of Galashiels with 62471 Glen Falloch outside. April 1959. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1418122491582021&set=gm.821302001355853&type=3&theater Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 Humorist departs the Citadel... https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59403 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Have we seen this lovely late era colour footage before? http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h1ce8df2f#h1ce8df2f http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h163BDDD7#h163bddd7 Edited June 12, 2017 by 'CHARD 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted June 12, 2017 Author Share Posted June 12, 2017 http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h591d2af4#h591d2af4 http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h591d2af4#h591d2a95 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 Have we seen this lovely late era colour footage before? http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h1ce8df2f#h1ce8df2f http://railphotoprints.uk/p741678313/h163BDDD7#h163bddd7 I don't know which I'm enjoying more - that fabulous old LNER parcels van (basically three standard box vans nailed together) or the fact that I now know what the station garden at Shankend looked like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted July 5, 2017 Share Posted July 5, 2017 This is a new viewpoint for me - https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=59883 - lots of fabulous details here. However, I'm not convinced it's the Up "Waverley" as there only appear to be a van and 4 corridor coaches - look like a BR GUV followed by the "standard" WR rake of BSK/CK/SK/BSK. Was there a winter working (note the trees) which connected into a G&SW/Midland working at Carlisle ? Definitely late 1962 or later as the Peak looks to have a yellow panel. Other points of interest - the 350 in the yard to the left, what looks like a steam loco (B1 or V2?) above the afore-mentioned GUV, and something else smoking away near the south end of the Up Main platform - a PW steam crane rather than a loco? Are those minerals a set of empties ready to be worked back to the Lothian coalfield? Lots to ponder over ! Alasdair 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Class 45 (possibly D16) crosses over the West Coast Mail Line at Kingmoor in February 1964 with 1S64, the northbound Waverley. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Not sure I have seen this one anywhere before - a K3 on the final climb from Shankend to Whitrope in 1952 with a train made up mainly of tank wagons. https://www.flickr.com/photos/robmcrorie/27394552220 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Not sure I have seen this one anywhere before - a K3 on the final climb from Shankend to Whitrope in 1952 with a train made up mainly of tank wagons. https://www.flickr.com/photos/robmcrorie/27394552220 Taken within seconds of this photo, presumably by the same photographer or someone standing alongside them: http://railphotoprints.uk/p83237652/hfac386f 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 Brilliant finds, guys! Not often that you see a tank train captured on the route, so these are really quite special. Given the relative position of the rear of the second bogie van to the telegraph pole, the photographers were stood a few feet apart and/ or pressed the shutter a few seconds later. I don't expect the ensemble was doing much more than 30mph. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Brilliant finds, guys! Not often that you see a tank train captured on the route, so these are really quite special. Given the relative position of the rear of the second bogie van to the telegraph pole, the photographers were stood a few feet apart and/ or pressed the shutter a few seconds later. I don't expect the ensemble was doing much more than 30mph. Still trying to work out where the photos were taken - not helped by the photo captions disagreeing about whether the train was headed north or south. My best guess is about half a mile north of Shankend viaduct, going by the line curvature and the telegraph poles, but the photos I have found of that area are 10-15 years later than these and the area was more heavily forested by then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Two great shots on this page: Looks to me like the down Waverley or a diverted WCML express, at Falahill We have probably seen the other before - D285 I'm guessing 2M52 (or 2M53) in the summer of '68 http://topticl.zenfolio.com/p223834435 Edited July 25, 2017 by 'CHARD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Delightful study of 60835 at Kingmoor https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/60/714/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Have we seen this one before? D60 waiting to leave Waverley with the final 1M82. http://railphotoprints.uk/p968868046/h8a6383d9#h8a6383d9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 (edited) Here's something out of the ordinary - https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/61/417/ Given the height of these, having walked sections of the line where they are still clearly visible - for example between Sandholm/ Hermitage and Steele Road. I had no idea the depth to which they must be sunk into the trackbed! Here's the visible part! https://www.railscot.co.uk/img/41/753/ and from here: http://home.btconnect.com/Enhance-Ecosse/Hallade1.htm The Hallade System Edited November 1, 2017 by 'CHARD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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