luckymucklebackit Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, How about a scenic prototype that looks straight out of an old Hornby catalogue: PC260048.JPG This is just 'north' of Aberdeen Joint Station on the line to Kittybrewster. Regards, Alex. There is an even more "train-set" like on in Genoa down by the docks, remember seeing it from a cruise ship I was on, don't have the photographs from that trip to hand so here is a grab from Google Jim Edited August 24, 2018 by luckymucklebackit 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pendlerail Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) Yes, ashton still the same Edited August 24, 2018 by pendlerail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 24, 2018 There is an even more "train-set" like on in Genoa down by the docks, remember seeing it from a cruise ship I was on, don't have the photographs from that trip to hand so here is a grab from Google genoa.JPG Jim Birmingham in the area of Moor St station where the line from Snow Hill emerges from a tunnel straight into Moor St station and out onto a viaduct. The station is also over the mouth of the tunnel of the lines into New Street. A road also crosses the New St lines and goes under Moor St station. (usually with bus travelling along it!) https://goo.gl/maps/dQHp7zopHa82 Keith 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2018 Yep, Ashton still the same. I grabbed these on the commute home last night. New track, new ballast, new signals... ...new bridges, new platform edges and surface (just out of view on the other side of the bridge)... No wonder politicians balk at the price of electrification! Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2018 Yep, Ashton still the same. I grabbed these on the commute home last night. 20180824_163200.jpg New track, new ballast, new signals... ...new bridges, new platform edges and surface (just out of view on the other side of the bridge)... 20180824_163202.jpg No wonder politicians balk at the price of electrification! Kev. And, unless it is only in a temporary location at the moment, the SPT is about 20 metres too close to the signal. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2018 And, unless it is only in a temporary location at the moment, the SPT is about 20 metres too close to the signal. Regards, Ian. just what you need in the highly compressed world of model railways. Kev. PS. What's a SPT! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2018 just what you need in the highly compressed world of model railways. Kev. PS. What's a SPT! My apologies Kev, I was stuck in work mode. An SPT is a Signal Post Telephone. Still called such, although we no longer mount the phones (on new resignalling jobs) on the actual signal posts but approximately 20 metres or so on the approach to a signal. A few years ago it was deemed helpful in preventing SPADs, as the drivers could pull up a bit short of the signal and not to have to walk to the telephone. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2018 Ever fancied having a 'Blue Train' on shed even though there's no wires? There's nothing to sop you! img022 by Old Railway Pics - The Harrison & Rose Collection, on Flickr 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Have you messed up your headcode for your latest Brush 4 project, or maybe you just can't be ar**d to bother with it properly? No problem, just add some sticky labels to the outside of the headcode panel..... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 Don't forget rule one also applies to the prototype Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Have you messed up your headcode for your latest Brush 4 project, or maybe you just can't be ar**d to bother with it properly? No problem, just add some sticky labels to the outside of the headcode panel..... IMG_2130.jpg A Norman Preedy classic if ever there was one, what would we diesel followers have done without him? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Here's another example of 'stick-on' numbers.. (this one has previously appeared on another thread) D1846 at Preston on 18th July 1968, with 45212 and D7577 in the background And if you've made a mess of the headcode but can't be bothered to redo it, why not just stick some steam-era headlamps on the front? D1730 at Newcastle on 6th July 1968 Trevor 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 A Norman Preedy classic if ever there was one, what would we diesel followers have done without him? Exactly. I bought a job lot of his b/w photos at auction. There were about 1500 in various boxes and although some are very "samey", just a loco on shed, many are fascinating with regard to detail differences. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 8, 2018 Author Share Posted September 8, 2018 This photo is not credited to Norman Preedy in the box of Brush 4s; but it may be by him. However it shows that the vehicle provided for the guard on early freighliner services was not limited to BGs and ex-Stanier BSKs. Here we have a Mk1 non-vestibuled brake second coach in use on 3S45 heading north through what looks like the lower slopes of Shap behind D1860 sometime in the mid-60s. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 Ever fancied having a 'Blue Train' on shed even though there's no wires? There's nothing to sop you! img022 by Old Railway Pics - The Harrison & Rose Collection, on Flickr They were common visitors to Eastfield Depot, it had the most convenient tyre turning lathe for the "Blue Trains" Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Also one other interesting feature is the headcode on the unit - 59 which was ECS to Singer Works Platform Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted September 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2018 Next we'll be seeing 08s in passenger service at Springburn! (Okay, so it was a Saturday afternoon around 1982, and an Eastfield 08 was recovering a failed 3-car 101 on the Springburn-Cumbernauld shuttle. A replacement unit meant that the down train left only ten minutes late! Oh how I wish I had owned a camera back then.) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 They were common visitors to Eastfield Depot, it had the most convenient tyre turning lathe for the "Blue Trains" Jim There is a photo of Eastfield depot in one of the Strathwood books c.1970 showing a length of overhead catenary - well before that area received it - and without any insulators; would this have been for pantograph adjustments? Cheers, Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 The exploits of the restored Scottish steamers in the early 60's are well documented (in Scotland) but do you fancy having HR 103 on a layout based on Wellingborough? Highland Railway No 103 by Tony, on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 There is a photo of Eastfield depot in one of the Strathwood books c.1970 showing a length of overhead catenary - well before that area received it - and without any insulators; would this have been for pantograph adjustments? Cheers, Martyn. Hi Martyn - I have not seen that photo, cannot ever remember any OHLE at Eastfield (but that is not to say it wasn't there), I would have thought that a more likely place to have a stretch of OHLE for test and adjustment purposes would have been at Glasgow (St Rollox) Works, as that is where the AM3/class 303 heavy overhauls took place, the depot was completely rebuilt from the old steam shed to the Diesel Depot in 1969/70. Would like to see that photo. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Hi Martyn - I have not seen that photo, cannot ever remember any OHLE at Eastfield (but that is not to say it wasn't there), I would have thought that a more likely place to have a stretch of OHLE for test and adjustment purposes would have been at Glasgow (St Rollox) Works, as that is where the AM3/class 303 heavy overhauls took place, the depot was completely rebuilt from the old steam shed to the Diesel Depot in 1969/70. Would like to see that photo. Jim Hi Jim, can't share it here for copyright reasons but will try to send details to you this evening. It is possible my memory or the caption may have the location wrong, but it sticks in my head as being Eastfield. Need to find which book it was too. Martyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The exploits of the restored Scottish steamers in the early 60's are well documented (in Scotland) but do you fancy having HR 103 on a layout based on Wellingborough? Highland Railway No 103 by Tony, on Flickr Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! Or Supercaleyfragilisticexpialidocious in the event of 123 running! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardbealach Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Think the catenary might have been used for MIC classes so that Eastfield train crews could understand working under the overhead live wires - on the Glasgow Northside Blue Trains routes. I do recall seeing something similar at Aintree Shed in north Liverpool in the mid to late 1960's - also well away from the Lime Street to Crewe 25KV line. Of course there was no power in the wires at the shed! (AM) There is a photo of Eastfield depot in one of the Strathwood books c.1970 showing a length of overhead catenary - well before that area received it - and without any insulators; would this have been for pantograph adjustments?Cheers,Martyn. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2018 The exploits of the restored Scottish steamers in the early 60's are well documented (in Scotland) but do you fancy having HR 103 on a layout based on Wellingborough? Highland Railway No 103 by Tony, on Flickr Presumably in connection with its trip to the Bedford area for use in the filming of 'Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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