RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 17, 2019 Carlisle in 1990 today. I think the photos were taken on day trips specifically to take photos at the station. Carlisle 85109 30th May 90 C14537.jpg Carlisle 2 Class 108s Barrow to Carlisle 24th Oct 90 C15415.jpg Carlisle 86231 Glasgow to Plymouth 24th Oct 90 C15428.jpg Carlisle 37037 and 37519 down empty steel 24th Oct 90 C15438.jpg Carlisle 08912 shunting 24th Oct 90 C15440.jpg David 46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Carlisle photo’s from 1990, which, as always, are full of interest. I particularly like the first photo’ of 85109, on the 30th May, 1990. It’s a very well composed shot and it shows the locomotive off very well indeed. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted August 17, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2019 Surely someone will tell us the identity of the second loco in the first photo!!! Jonathan PS Very nice photos once again. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 17, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2019 43 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said: Surely someone will tell us the identity of the second loco in the first photo!!! Jonathan PS Very nice photos once again. I've no idea why, but I didn't take a photo of it. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted August 17, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2019 That was to give the spotters a challenge! J 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted August 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2019 2 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: Surely someone will tell us the identity of the second loco in the first photo!!! Jonathan PS Very nice photos once again. I'll start us off with it being a Class 86 as there are three cab windows visible on the front end, and the Intercity Mainline livery makes it an 86/2 (or possibly 86/4) Rich 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2019 The Bluebell Railway in the second half of the 1970's for this morning. The December 1978 photos were taken just after Christmas, possibly on Boxing Day. Sheffield Park pass to Horsted Keynes USA 30064 Oct 76 C3076.jpg Sheffield Park Class U 1618 Dec 78 J6359 Sheffield Park P Class 323 and Class H 263 Dec 78 J6361.jpg Sheffield Park LBSCR E4 473 Class P 27 Class P 1178 Dec 78 J6368.jpg Sheffield Park GWR Dukedog 3217 Dec 78 J6367.jpg Bluebell Halt U Class 1618 and P Class 323 Dec 78 J6372.jpg David 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2019 This afternoon we once more set out from Darlington and head north towards Newcastle. Darlington 45105 down XC 26th Feb 87 C8231.jpg Ferryhill Class 37 up l e 1st Dec 90 C15498 Sunderland Bridge down XP Kings X to Inverness Highland Chieftain 30th May 95_C20209.jpg Low Fell 45103 down ecs 28th June 88 C9552 Bensham up HST 5th Aug 86 C7881 David 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Bluebell Railway photo’s which are full of interest, and I particularly like J6361, at Sheffield Park, with P, 323, and H, 263. What a splendid sight those two engines make in that photo’. The ECML photo’s from Darlington are delightful, and show a now long gone era from those BR days. What an interesting ECS movement in C9552, with 45103 and two Mkll’s and a brake van, at Low Fell, on the 28th June, 1988. It’s very easy to model such a nice and compact formation. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) Back to Radcliffe on Trent on the Nottingham to Grantham line this afternoon. The first photo shows a Class 150. I have very few photos of the "second generation" dmus on the route as they didn't appear until after I had stopped visiting the East Midlands on a regular basis. Radcliffe on Trent 150130 Grantham to Derby 10th April 90 C14277.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 105 Nottingham to Grantham June 79 J6486.jpg The slide was sharp but the film had a bend in it so one bit didn't scan well. Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 E50046 Nottingham to Grantham Sept 80 J7248.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 111 Derby to Grantham 9th June 89 C11977.jpg Radcliffe on Trent 47150 Manchester to Parkeston Quay June 79 J6496.jpg David Edited August 19, 2019 by DaveF 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s which, as always, are full of interest. In C11977, with a Metro Cammell DMU on a Derby to Grantham service on the 9th June, 1989, the unit is actually a class 111. This particular set can be indentified by the lower middle cab window which was like that because of the now removed four character headcode box. The class 111’s also came without those headcode boxes, but were always fitted out with Rolls Royce engines. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 J6486. Looks like someone couldn't wait to get off - a door on the first carriage of the unit is already open, with only half the train in the platform! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, iands said: J6486. Looks like someone couldn't wait to get off - a door on the first carriage of the unit is already open, with only half the train in the platform! That was quite common all over the country when just about all stock had slam doors. I have to admit I sometimes used to do it on the LTSR Class 302s. I suppose people saw it as the railway equivalent of jumping off the rear platform of a bus before it had stopped. David 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 2 hours ago, DaveF said: That was quite common all over the country when just about all stock had slam doors. I have to admit I sometimes used to do it on the LTSR Class 302s. I suppose people saw it as the railway equivalent of jumping off the rear platform of a bus before it had stopped. David Yes indeed Dave, I used to open the door it myself with slam-door stock, I just don't recall doing 'that soon' before the whole train was at least in the platform (maybe I'm not as adventurous as some other folk?) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2019 14 hours ago, iands said: J6486. Looks like someone couldn't wait to get off - a door on the first carriage of the unit is already open, with only half the train in the platform! Quite dangerous on busy stations. I was waiting for a train on a very busy New Street Station platform when as the train came in someone threw the door wide open knocking me flying whilst the train was still moving. They immediately closed the door and vanished inside the train. I ended up on the floor badly bruised. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 20, 2019 Another visit to the Midland line between Nottingham and Loughborough for today. Beeston 43111 St Pancras to Nottingham 9th April 90 C14274.jpg Trent 150102 Grantham to Derby 9th April 90 C14258.jpg Kegworth Class 47 up l e July 83 J8026 Kegworth 150120 to Nottingham 10th June 89 C12023.jpg Loughborough 20095 and ano p w train 10th June 89 C12008.jpg David 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 6 hours ago, melmerby said: Quite dangerous on busy stations. I was waiting for a train on a very busy New Street Station platform when as the train came in someone threw the door wide open knocking me flying whilst the train was still moving. They immediately closed the door and vanished inside the train. I ended up on the floor badly bruised. The Railway put up posters to try to discourage people from doing this, to little avail. It was very dangerous and injuries and worse occurred, not only by knocking people over such as happened to you at New Street, but occasionally from people falling out of trains and being trapped under the door or doors being knocked violently shut by barrows and such. New Street has nightmarishly narrow and often crowded platforms. Occasionally someone would try to revive the early Victorian practice of locking the doors, which would result in the Armagh tragedy and the Versailles fire being invoked; they'd have taken too long to unlock anyway. Automatic sliding doors were a huge improvement. They have trained the travelling public not to open the slam doors on heritage railways until the train has stopped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2019 20 hours ago, iands said: J6486. Looks like someone couldn't wait to get off - a door on the first carriage of the unit is already open, with only half the train in the platform! So what is wrong in jumping off a train that is still going to fast and doing head over heals down the platform as you desperately try not to damage your new Genesis LP...........I was still the first through the barrier. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the photo’s from between Nottingham and Loughborough. They are full of interest, and I particularly like the last photo’, C12008, at Loughborough, with a double headed permanent way train., on the 10th June, 1989. The two class 20’s make a fine sight, with 20095 leading. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I used to watch peak timr trains arrive at Sth Benfleet and before the carriage entered the platform he doors were opened this was common at all termini. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Automatic sliding doors were a huge improvement. They have trained the travelling public not to open the slam doors on heritage railways until the train has stopped. The younger generation have lost the ability to open slam doors or more often close them again! The dwell time on HST's at many stations has been getting longer over the past few years as slam doors have became less common. Mark Saunders 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 When Sprinters were introduced on the South Wales Valleys services, there was chaos until the regulars learned where to stand on the platforms to be handy for the doors. The concept had been proven since 1928 on London Underground, and before nationalisation on the Wirral and Mersey, but it took a little while to become accepted in South Wales in the 80s... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Love the photo of the 20s on the p-way train. Just look at that grampus in the third photo, a prototype to run any kit, no matter how badly built it is. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2019 7 hours ago, The Johnster said: .......... Automatic sliding doors were a huge improvement. They have trained the travelling public not to open the slam doors on heritage railways until the train has stopped. As a guard on a heritage railway I regret that while we try to stop passengers from opening doors we are not always successful sadly. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2019 It's much less of a problem than it was, thankfully, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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