Stu from EGDL Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 On 19/09/2020 at 12:57, brushman47544 said: I can’t imagine it worked like that over the S&C, the electric would have been removed at Lostock Jct or Preston. It could have come via the GSW if the electric was needed in Glasgow for a southbound train later, but I think it more likely to have been a failure or the wires were switched off. There’s an unpiloted 86 in the next platform which seems likely to arrived via Carstairs. Hi Brushman, I cannot fault your reasoning as I have no further info on the working. I do know that electrics were piloted over the S&C. The 86 in Platform 2 could always have arrived from Polmadie with empty stock...again, unknown. I’m just content that I have managed to find a half decent pic from the attic! Later, Stu from EGDL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithlington smithe Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 West Coast Railways top and tailed 47’s today at Hellifield on an Express from Chester to to Carlisle at 1030 47772 ‘Carnforth TMD’ leading and 47802 on the rear,stopping in the loop for the 47’s to come off and 35018 to take it over to Carlisle. cheers David 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpb56125 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 47727 at Derby with unit drag to Worksop on 25th September 2020 Mark 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Last years Llangollen diesel gala weekend with this beastie 47 and the subsector class 31.. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 1982 47439 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50421164768/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Photo by Alex Lawson : D1723 at Saltley on 6th August 1971.... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 47539 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50624366713/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2020 Busy scanning my slides and I cam across this photo take at Coalville open day on 31st May 1987. My notes say it was 47 about to be named, St Christopher's Railway Home' 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted December 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2020 3 hours ago, ColinK said: Busy scanning my slides and I cam across this photo take at Coalville open day on 31st May 1987. My notes say it was 47 about to be named, St Christopher's Railway Home' 47348 then. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 47494 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50628259372/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 47344 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50735072658/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2020 22 hours ago, johnw1 said: 47344 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50735072658/ Wonder if those dominos were unique. I’ve certainly not seen others like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium boxbrownie Posted December 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) On 14/06/2020 at 11:35, Owd Bob said: 47 620. Merehead Open Day. 25-6-89. Nearly 31 years ago! Was a very hot and warm day, and plenty of cider got supped at that show. Spotted your picture so thought I’d add this one, presented to my Uncle.....Driver Ron Kennedy when he drove the 47 and dragged 89001 to its naming ceremony, such a spick and span Loco that day..... Edited December 22, 2020 by boxbrownie Filter wouldn’t let me spell “spick” correctly :) 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) This is 47425 either passing through or pulling away from Newark North Gate on 1st August 1975 with an Aberdeen-Kings Cross train (1E11) Looks like a pair of Class 31 on the left but I didn't make a note at the time Trevor Edited December 22, 2020 by Trev52A typo 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 22, 2020 Share Posted December 22, 2020 How late did Newark keep semaphores then? Was it under the Doncaster scheme of 1978/79 ish? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 3 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: How late did Newark keep semaphores then? Was it under the Doncaster scheme of 1978/79 ish? There was a temporary panel installed in Newark South on 10/07/1977 which saw off the remaining semaphores from the area. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southof1E top tmd Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 A rare loco at Fenchurch Street scene on January 8th 1994. Metals sector 47279 is the power on a short engineers train. NR http://www.leightonlogs.org 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 10 hours ago, Southof1E top tmd said: A rare loco at Fenchurch Street scene on January 8th 1994. Metals sector 47279 is the power on a short engineers train. NR http://www.leightonlogs.org Something you never used to see too often! Very nice photo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 47579 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50693842763/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 A couple of not-too-bad-for-an-Instamatic photos from my yoof (I'd just left school when I took these) - first up D1717 prepares to leave Truro westbound on 14th August 1971 - my second home is prominent crossing the yard in the background! Truro yard was in the process of being remodelled, as a result of which goods traffic was temporarily rerouted down the Newham branch which saw a considerable upturn in traffic........just before it was axed owing to the new yard here being opened for business on 7th November 1971, an event appropriately attended by 1660 City of Truro in its slightly odd blue livery, parked in the down yard sidings at the east end ......... A couple of weeks earlier I'd captured the final Class 47 to enter traffic, D1961, heading in the opposite direction on 31st July 1971. These 'very early blue' locos became a semi-regular sight in Cornwall that summer for some reason. As a sign of things to come D1960/1 had been fitted with ETH equipment from new. One of the major changes wrought by the remodelling was that up trains no longer went 'around the outside' via Platform 4 - this became a west-facing siding. All up trains now used Platform 3, as here, and the Falmouth branch trains which had used this platform went back the using the bay (P1) as they had in steam days. The bay had been pretty redundant during the years in between but in autumn 1967 Hymeks D7017 and D7088 were discovered parked in it, the latter more than once, and on one of these occasions D7029 rolled in at the head of the down 'Cornish Riviera Express' so there were two Hymeks standing side by side in Truro - in Cornwall, you know, where Hymeks were seldom seen.......sorry I digress, this is a Brush Type 4 thread!....... 47123 at Old Oak Common on 6th April 1974 (a pity my first 35mm camera gave worse results than the Insty!) - this had been 1712 shortly before and the BR logo nearest the driver's doors had been painted out to locate the new TOPS number there. 47097 (ex-1684) was also like this. However 47493 (ex-1932) retained its four logos and the new number was applied to the driver's cabside. Then there were very early blue, as above, 47260 (ex-1956) and 47514 (ex-1960) ........this was a fascinating period as depots seemed to carry out TOPS renumbering in whichever way they saw fit, a shame it's not modelled more often...... And then there were the TOPS green locos of course - here's what my first-ever Brush Type 4 sighting (from my second home, see above) looked like nearly 8 years after the event - it's the same green paintwork under there........somewhere!.......47091 ex-1677 ex-Thor at Swindon on 7th May 1975. Heaven only knows the impression sights like these made on the travelling public!....... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halvarras Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 One more (for now - I'll let somebody else have a go!) - D1698 at Exeter on 5th July 1969. Application of full yellow ends to Class 47s was so rapid that sights like these were becoming uncommon by this time, and I never saw that many in Gsyp livery. I struck it lucky that day as, having travelled to Paignton by car, I hopped on the train there for a day's spotting in Exeter and scored still-green D854 Tiger along the sea wall. What should haul me back again later in the day, none other than D1698! Since both classes were highly deficient in Gsyp examples by then I regarded this as something of a result (and still do). That's D1757 lurking in the background, not sure about the Warship.......well, this was 1969, they were a few about! That Instamatic camera again........perhaps I'd have been better off keeping this and not bothering with that wretched Halina piece of cr 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusselBridge2017 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 More Mk3 coaches for the scrap yard sadly..... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 47514 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50935575357/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Photo by Mike Symons, c/o Tom Cullimore : 1626 heads south through Bishop's Cleeve on 6th July 1971, no doubt diverted off the usual Midland route via the Lickey.... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted February 28, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 Photo c/o David Blower : 47 322 runs through Walsall with an MGR working on 20th July 1977.... 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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