RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern 13,962 Posted July 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2020 4 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: 22 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: Provided for newspaper packing IIRC. 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Newspaper packers required gangwayed vehicles in order to access toilets. 4 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: Of course...... But they were never short of material to hang on the back of the door. Mike. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
Metr0Land 15,219 Posted July 9, 2020 Share Posted July 9, 2020 1509 34013 050667 Basingstoke by Chris Mills, on Flickr 466 45526 090762 Lightfoot by Chris Mills, on Flickr Lightweight Parcels by Stephen Dance, on Flickr Loughborough Parcels by Stephen Dance, on Flickr Reading 15 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Metr0Land 15,219 Posted July 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 16, 2020 Rotherham Masborough Langford Bridge Penzance Manchester Victoria 27 Link to post Share on other sites
Northmoor 4,465 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 The Manchester Victoria definitely has a Les Nixon feel to it. Five vehicle types in the first seven too. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
PJT 704 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Northmoor said: The Manchester Victoria definitely has a Les Nixon feel to it. Five vehicle types in the first seven too. It really has, hasn't it? It's brim-full of that unique Manchester Victoria character of the 1970s and 80s: grimy, grim, busy and bristling with throwbacks to the steam age. So much more interesting than Piccadilly! One of my favourite railway haunts in that era. Pete T. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
62613 1,063 Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 About the only thing still extant on that Victoria photo is the bridge! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Metr0Land 15,219 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 70015 Apollo pilots 45200 approaching Summit Tunnel on 03.07.66 with the last steam Heaton (Newcastle) to Red Bank (Manchester) parcels. (DPH T02.04) by Dave Hill, on Flickr 70046 Anzac passes through Newlay? on 02.07.66 (DPH T06.08) by Dave Hill, on Flickr 44933 near Hest Bank on 26.06.65 (DPH T12.15) by Dave Hill, on Flickr 45481 at Penrith on 02.04.66 after an unseasonal snow storm overnight had disrupted much overnight traffic on the WCML (DPH B.092) by Dave Hill, on Flickr 13 Link to post Share on other sites
Metr0Land 15,219 Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 Subway Junction (Paddington) Eaton Wood Southend Victoria Derby 17 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich 3,720 Posted August 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Metr0Land said: Subway Junction (Paddington) Nice. Only 1 BR-built vehicle in the first 5. Looks like 3x ex-SR PMV/CCT, 1x ex-GWR Siphon and 1x BR CCT. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rugd1022 31,496 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Love that Subway Junction shot with one of Old Oak's skinhead twins - have you got a date for it....? Link to post Share on other sites
26power 631 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Rugd1022 said: Love that Subway Junction shot with one of Old Oak's skinhead twins - have you got a date for it....? Click on the picture to go to the Flickr page, where date given! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rugd1022 31,496 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, 26power said: Click on the picture to go to the Flickr page, where date given! Just looked - there's no way it was taken on 13th August 2011...! Some very evocative photos in that whole collection though, very nice. Edited August 2, 2020 by Rugd1022 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich 3,720 Posted August 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2020 33 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Just looked - there's no way it was taken on 13th August 2011...! Yes it's a shame when the date shown is the upload date, not the original. I keep finding great images with no actual date. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fat Controller 7,330 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 01/08/2020 at 14:33, Ramblin Rich said: Nice. Only 1 BR-built vehicle in the first 5. Looks like 3x ex-SR PMV/CCT, 1x ex-GWR Siphon and 1x BR CCT. The Siphon G's one of the ones with sliding vents on the lower sides (Dia O62?), built by BR in the 1950s. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
26power 631 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Just looked - there's no way it was taken on 13th August 2011...! Doh! Sorry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich 3,720 Posted August 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fat Controller said: The Siphon G's one of the ones with sliding vents on the lower sides (Dia O62?), built by BR in the 1950s. ...and possibly plated upper vents? Is it a newspaper van like this one on Paul Bartlett's site? https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/gwrsiphon/e34a1e996 Edited August 2, 2020 by Ramblin Rich corrected link Link to post Share on other sites
Metr0Land 15,219 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 31.117 was alloc to 81A/OC 1968-1987 - given the quality of the pic I'd suggest it's towards the end of that period. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
montyburns56 8,709 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 GWR 150 7819 Hinton Manor and 31117 at Gloucester Plymouth 1976 and not a BR vehicle to be seen! 16 Link to post Share on other sites
Northmoor 4,465 Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 19 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: GWR 150 7819 Hinton Manor and 31117 at Gloucester Plymouth 1976 and not a BR vehicle to be seen! That's definitely Reading and not Plymouth (perhaps the vans were from there?) as that's guarded 3rd rail in the bay on the left. Nice shots though, the second has some real "action" to it. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern 13,962 Posted August 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2020 12 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Plymouth 1976 and not a BR vehicle to be seen! Apart from the Siphon G's then? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites
Fat Controller 7,330 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Apart from the Siphon G's then? Mike. Do my eyes deceive me, or does the second Siphon have roof-vents? I wonder if the Stanier van is the one that was branded 'For Use On West-of-England Newspaper Train Only' Link to post Share on other sites
Flood 2,579 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Fat Controller said: Do my eyes deceive me, or does the second Siphon have roof-vents? I wonder if the Stanier van is the one that was branded 'For Use On West-of-England Newspaper Train Only' The second vehicle was one of the Siphons that was converted to an Ambulance Car during WWII and designated M.34 when it reverted to normal use after the war. M.34 had a number of the bodyside top vents plated over and two windows added on each side, another batch of Siphons had their top vents reinstated but also kept their roof vents and these were designated O.59 after the war. By 1976 2758, 2765, 2774, 2791, 2793, 2799, 2930, 2977 and 2978 were to diagram M.34; 2794, 2800, 2926, 2927, 2979 - 2984 were to diagram O.59. All of these except for 2800, 2926, 2927, 2977 and 2979 - 2984 were classed as Newspaper Vans and were steam heated as opposed to being merely steam piped. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites
montyburns56 8,709 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 21 hours ago, Northmoor said: That's definitely Reading and not Plymouth (perhaps the vans were from there?) as that's guarded 3rd rail in the bay on the left. Nice shots though, the second has some real "action" to it. Yeah, it was actually coming from Portsmouth. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
The Johnster 18,262 Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 17 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Apart from the Siphon G's then? Mike. And the 31, and the dmu in the background. I agree it's Reading though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Metr0Land 15,219 Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Swansea 1977 by Timothy Saunders, on Flickr 73135 by Jason Rodhouse, on Flickr Ashurst Bridge 31125 on an Up Parcels Stapleton Road Bristol at 1732 on June 9th 1983. by Robert Tarling, on Flickr 33052 "Ashford" by Sparegang, on Flickr Gillingham 19 Link to post Share on other sites
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