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On 30/07/2019 at 21:50, Hiddy190 said:

Great picture although I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this same image in Modern Railway Magazine 

 Definitely one of mine. The castle keep in Newcastle has been a much favoured spot with railway photographers for many years, so there will be many of us who have a similar shot to this within our collections.

   From up on the keep, you could view most of the activity around Newcastle Central and around to where Gateshead depot used to stand.

   For those of us who followed the Deltics whilst they were in service, there was the added bonus of them opening up, with the resultant exhaust, as they departed on their way up to Edinburgh.

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8 minutes ago, Trev52A said:

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55005 heads south out of Newcastle on 4th August 1975

 

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55008 crosses the Ouseburn Viaduct on the approach to Newcastle Central on 6th December 1975

 

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On the same day, 55013 has just crossed the viaduct and enters the Heaton area of the city on its way to Edinburgh

 

Trevor

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I love all of these but I think the bottom picture just clinches it especially with the two cars in it, Ford Anglia and I believe it is a Vauxhall VX4/90..... Superb

 

Jim

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Thanks to Trev for the stunning photo's (and memories).

I've only got 1 photo of a Deltic worth showing but a/ I can't find it, and b/ I can't go to work to scan it!

 

I saw all the Deltics, (only just with Nimbus and St Paddy as they were on the scrap line by then), and "Bashed" about half of them.

Bashing seemed far more important, than photography back then, and took all my meagre income...   ...if only I knew better!

 

 

Kev.

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29 minutes ago, SHMD said:

 

Bashing seemed far more important, than photography back then, and took all my meagre income...   ...if only I knew better!

 

 

Kev.

 

Kev

 

I totally agree on your statement.... I would have my head out the window all the time something that can't happen nowadays. I would love to be able to turn the clock back and take more photo's but sadly that can't happen but at least I have my memories of sneaking into places like Finsbury Park Depot or sitting with the signalman in Loco Box at Inverness after walking around the depot getting all the numbers. All those 26's, 27's, 37's, 40's & 47's ...... Bliss

 

Jim

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17 hours ago, jcarta said:

55011 approaching Selby Swing Bridge

 

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Your super shot at Selby where you have focused on the nameplate of 55011 reminds me of this one of mine at Kings Cross..

 

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55015 waits to head north out of Kings Cross on 3rd August 1975

 

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..and here's the front view, just before I boarded the train for the run to Newcastle at the end of an 'Eastern Rail Rover' ticket (£21 for seven days!)

(I uploaded some of my favourite shots from July and August 1975 on this thread back in November 2017 and I'm trying not to duplicate any!) 

 

Two days earlier I caught two at the buffer stops..

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55005 and 55001 on 1st August 1975

 

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55005 gets ready for the 'off' at Kings Cross on 3rd August 1975. I'd forgotten that a lot of the interest in those days was watching locos coupling on to the front of northbound trains - the chap on the extreme right (the driver?) seems to be checking it's being done correctly!

 

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...and the train dives into Gas Works Tunnel. I hope the two unsuspecting passengers at the front had the sense to close the window before the Deltic erupted! I'm no coach expert but I have noticed the first vehicle is coupled ahead of the brake.

 

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55019 southbound approaching Retford on 29th July 1975

 

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55018 takes the station avoiding lines at Darlington with the up 'Flying Scotsman' on 5th August 1975

 

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55013 pauses at York with a northbound train on 28th June 1975

 

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This Deltic was too far away to identify at the time, but there are enough clues to work it out now - a large two line nameplate with regimental crest above, and if I enlarge it I can see that the bottom line is shorter than the top one and is probably one word. Only one fits the bill - it must be 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander'. Job done! (Although most reference books which I have seen describe it as 'Argyll and ...' the actual nameplate says 'Argyll & ...')

 

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55021 southbound on the Royal Border Bridge, Berwick upon Tweed on 7th August 1975

 

Here's the same loco on my 'patch' the previous month..

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55021 northbound at Low Fell on 6th July 1975, having just passed over a PW slack where work continues installing a new crossover between the fast and slow lines.

 

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29 minutes ago, Trev52A said:

This Deltic was too far away to identify at the time, but there are enough clues to work it out now - a large two line nameplate with regimental crest above, and if I enlarge it I can see that the bottom line is shorter than the top one and is probably one word. Only one fits the bill - it must be 55021 'Argyll & Sutherland Highlander'. Job done! (Although most reference books which I have seen describe it as 'Argyll and ...' the actual nameplate says 'Argyll & ...')

 

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55021 southbound on the Royal Border Bridge, Berwick upon Tweed on 7th August 1975

 

Here's the same loco on my 'patch' the previous month..

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55021 northbound at Low Fell on 6th July 1975, having just passed over a PW slack where work continues installing a new crossover between the fast and slow lines.

 

Trevor

Superb recent photos - fantastic!!! 

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A couple from the 1980s now, not long before the end..

 

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55009 heading north at Newcastle on 23rd August 1980, as an HST (boo!) waits to leave in the opposite direction

 

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55002, repainted to pseudo-original livery (pity about the full yellow ends!) blasts through Gateshead with a Newcastle to Whitby special on 2nd August 1981

 

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HSTs were bitter-sweet for me.

Yes they displaced Deltics but they displaced them onto the occasional Trans Pennine where I could enjoy them!

 

Roaring up Platting bank before braking hard and turning right towards Stalybridge - wonderful no DREADFUL!

 

 

Kev.

(Platting bank was a good length of 1:49 incline and from a standing start.)

 

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4 minutes ago, SHMD said:

HSTs were bitter-sweet for me.

Yes they displaced Deltics but they displaced them onto the occasional Trans Pennine where I could enjoy them!

 

Roaring up Platting bank before braking hard and turning left towards Stalybridge - wonderful no DREADFUL!

 

 

Kev.

 

Actually, I got to like the HSTs, even though they had displaced the Deltics (in the same way as I got to like the Deltics, even though they had displaced the East Coast Pacifics) and I went out of my way to photograph the last HSTs on the ECML (which is something I never imagined I would be doing when they were introduced!) 

 

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37 minutes ago, Trev52A said:

A couple from the 1980s now, not long before the end..

 

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55009 heading north at Newcastle on 23rd August 1980, as an HST (boo!) waits to leave in the opposite direction

 

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55002, repainted to pseudo-original livery (pity about the full yellow ends!) blasts through Gateshead with a Newcastle to Whitby special on 2nd August 1981

 

Trevor

 

This driver must have been thrashing the Deltic within an inch of it's life by the looks of that clag....... Mind you I bet the driver of the other loco (Peak / Whistler) had to shut all of it's windows as it travelled through the area...

 

Great capture

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46 minutes ago, jcarta said:

 

This driver must have been thrashing the Deltic within an inch of it's life by the looks of that clag....... Mind you I bet the driver of the other loco (Peak / Whistler) had to shut all of it's windows as it travelled through the area...

 

Great capture

 

Thanks - it was Peak of some sort (see attached) but I didn't record the identity!

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Some b&w from the 80s..

 

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55007 southbound near the site of Bensham station on 1st February 1981

 

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Street scene in Gateshead with 55015 northbound on 14th February 1981

 

I couldn't NOT put a shot from the Keep, could I?

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55004 on 18th July 1981

 

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Don't have many myself, certainly not of good photographic quality, but for clag, how about this one?

 

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Just noticed there is someone climbing back on the platform having given the HST a good wash and brush up. It wouldn't be too long before some of those Valentas would put out a similar cloud on departure.....

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5 hours ago, Trev52A said:

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55019 southbound approaching Retford on 29th July 1975

 

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55018 takes the station avoiding lines at Darlington with the up 'Flying Scotsman' on 5th August 1975

 

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55013 pauses at York with a northbound train on 28th June 1975

 

Trevor

An epic shot in a classic location.Brilliant.  So many sheds, 55 shades of Blue?

 

 

 

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