RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 8, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2013 Time for some more late 70s action. You might recognise some of the locations again - but hopefully still of interest. Firstly one for Keefer A pair of 26s on a southbound working at Coaltown, just north of Thornton Junction. 4th vehicle looks interesting - is that a griddle car? More East Coast shots to come! And then one of my all time favourites at Warrington Bank Quay 25323 and a fellow class member head north with Prestflows. Was it a cold frosty day or is that just powder on the wagons? Further down the WCML at Crewe A class 50 at the south end of Crewe. Given they were all on the Western by this time this must have been ex works. Then we head off south of Shrewsbury, firstly to Church Stretton That's 47135 on a southbound working. Then a bit further south to Ludlow racecourse A crossing shot! Now that would not have been common here - traffic was not that busy, but see the yarn below at end of post. That's my chum John Howles with the Maxi and recording equipment.... Further south near Malvern PWM650 slumbers in the headshunt at Newlands PW depot. This loco - or 654 - were often in the area. Then its over the border to Pantyfynnon We saw her in an earlier shot but just found this better one - she has obviously been bulled up with her silver buffers and pipes, and has been up the Central Wales line as still has the headlamp attached. Nice 21 tonners in her train too. Then back to Plymouth for another whizzo shot 1071 shows off her ventilation vent. Then to London for variety in front ends at Hither Green Finally up the East Coast to Hull Looks like 03112 has been through the washer a few times. And theres a Swindon Inter-City unit in the depot..... Finally for tonight at York, its time for a Deltic. Heres 55014 arriving from the north. To close, heres the Ludlow Racecourse yarn. My piscatorial activities used to take me to various places in this area and further west, including Llandinam. Fishing there involved wading over the foundations of the railway bridge on the lifted Moat Lane - Llanidloes line but that's another tale. Returning from there one evening on approaching Onnibury level crossing on the A49 I noted the lights were flashing and the train was just clearing the crossing - empty 21 ton minerals with an LMS pattern van on the back. The road from there to Ludlow racecourse runs parallel to the railway and I was overtaking the train - it was going in to the loop so was going to catch up with the loco - which turned out to be 40001. That was great but even better within the next half hour 40152 headed north on a CWR train, two 25s on Class 1s passed together with a Peak on a van train. There are some interludes in my railway watching that stick vividly in the memory - this was one, but even better as it was totally unplanned and unexpected. These trips gave me great pleasure at the time - looking back at these phots revives fond memories, hope you enjoy them too. Kind regards Phil 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 9, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 9, 2013 (edited) A pair of 26s on a southbound working at Coaltown, just north of Thornton Junction. 4th vehicle looks interesting - is that a griddle car? diagram 31 griddle car, common on the longer distance ScR services like edinburgh/glasgow-aberdeen/inverness given that it's got 2 x 26s, i'd guess it's an inverness-edinburgh via ladybank, the aberdeen-edinburghs were (i think) mostly cl.40, occasionally cl.47 thanks again for the great pics EDIT: diagram of griddle is 31, not 30. coach nos. SC1103-5 Edited October 12, 2013 by keefer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1030western musketeer Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Any photo of a 52 is worth seeing,thanks for showing. richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodmin16 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 How about some night shots? A peak at St Pancras and a Class 50 at Reading, both locations now vastly different than they were in the 70s! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 21, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) Thanks Bodmin Spent quite a bit of time at Reading in 76 for the last year of the whizzos so fond memories there Phil Edited November 21, 2013 by Phil Bullock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bodmin16 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 Thanks Bodmin Spent quite a bit of time at Reading in 76 for the last year of the whizzes so fond memories there Phil I think it was probabaly my second home. Cross country train from Basingstoke about lunchtime and then return home on another later in the evening, and of course a few trips in Hampshire units. i'll have to have a look through to see if i can find any more half decent pictures. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 21, 2013 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2013 I have lots more to post in this thread but have actually been doing some more modelling lately so no time for more scanning just yet Look forwards to seeing more from other posters too! Cheers Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianwales Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Time for some more late 70s action. You might recognise some of the locations again - but hopefully still of interest. Firstly one for Keefer Class 26s Coaltown cropped.jpg A pair of 26s on a southbound working at Coaltown, just north of Thornton Junction. 4th vehicle looks interesting - is that a griddle car? More East Coast shots to come! And then one of my all time favourites at Warrington Bank Quay 25323 Warrington Bank Quay resized.jpg 25323 and a fellow class member head north with Prestflows. Was it a cold frosty day or is that just powder on the wagons? Further down the WCML at Crewe Class 50 Crewe.jpg A class 50 at the south end of Crewe. Given they were all on the Western by this time this must have been ex works. Then we head off south of Shrewsbury, firstly to Church Stretton 47135 Church Stretton resized.jpg That's 47135 on a southbound working. Then a bit further south to Ludlow racecourse Peak and Class 25 Ludlow Racecourse.jpg A crossing shot! Now that would not have been common here - traffic was not that busy, but see the yarn below at end of post. That's my chum John Howles with the Maxi and recording equipment.... Further south near Malvern PWM650 Newlands cropped.jpg PWM650 slumbers in the headshunt at Newlands PW depot. This loco - or 654 - were often in the area. Then its over the border to Pantyfynnon 37177 Pantyfynnon resized 2.jpg We saw her in an earlier shot but just found this better one - she has obviously been bulled up with her silver buffers and pipes, and has been up the Central Wales line as still has the headlamp attached. Nice 21 tonners in her train too. Then back to Plymouth for another whizzo shot 1071 Plymouth resized.jpg 1071 shows off her ventilation vent. Then to London for variety in front ends at Hither Green 73112 Hither Green resized.jpg Finally up the East Coast to Hull 03112 Hull cropped.jpg Looks like 03112 has been through the washer a few times. And theres a Swindon Inter-City unit in the depot..... Finally for tonight at York, its time for a Deltic. 55014 York resized.jpg Heres 55014 arriving from the north. To close, heres the Ludlow Racecourse yarn. My piscatorial activities used to take me to various places in this area and further west, including Llandinam. Fishing there involved wading over the foundations of the railway bridge on the lifted Moat Lane - Llanidloes line but that's another tale. Returning from there one evening on approaching Onnibury level crossing on the A49 I noted the lights were flashing and the train was just clearing the crossing - empty 21 ton minerals with an LMS pattern van on the back. The road from there to Ludlow racecourse runs parallel to the railway and I was overtaking the train - it was going in to the loop so was going to catch up with the loco - which turned out to be 40001. That was great but even better within the next half hour 40152 headed north on a CWR train, two 25s on Class 1s passed together with a Peak on a van train. There are some interludes in my railway watching that stick vividly in the memory - this was one, but even better as it was totally unplanned and unexpected. These trips gave me great pleasure at the time - looking back at these phots revives fond memories, hope you enjoy them too. Kind regards Phil Hi Phill Realised after I had written the following on your Abbotswood thread it would be better placed here - ref 37177, Pantyffynnon box is just out of shot to the right, the train having come from Swansea Burrows or Margam and has just turned off the Central Wales on to the Abernant branch, incidentally, the headlights were a permanent fixture to about half a dozen 37's Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffwba Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 I also went on the S&C trip with 40109 - the date was 18 September 1976. Here are my photos of the 40 at the Garsdale stop. I wonder if anyone recognises themself ? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Cor Blimey! Did we all look like that before Punk Rock arrived? A few late '70's 110 snaps from me taken at SP. 40 027 stands next to a pile of coal that was used for the steam crane. 47 272 & 40 082. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2019 The 47 is ETH so not 47272 unless your records refer to the one that can be seen poking out of the shed building. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2019 16 hours ago, brushman47544 said: The 47 is ETH so not 47272 unless your records refer to the one that can be seen poking out of the shed building. The 47 might actually be identifiable. The dominos are smaller than standard and there’s what looks like the 3 pin (?) adaptor to the left of the ETH jumper for Royal Train working. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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