RANGERS Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 minute ago, RANGERS said: Could Desford have been Desborough? There was a landslip there around that time. I left school on the 20th June and remember spending an afternoon watching the passenger services diverted over the Corby line from a spot in the former station yard next to the goods shed. It lasted a couple of days if I remember, but earlier in the month would have been in the exam period so I could have been on study leave when it happened. What better way to do that than to study history in the making, everything I’d have viewed that day bar for the former down line platform is now history. The more I think about this, the Corby Route was only used for part of the Desborough closure, I seem to remember that there was a second landslip around Corby Tunnel or North of there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2019 41 minutes ago, Market65 said: Hi, Dave. I like the York photo’s which are full of interest and nostalgia. In the first photo’, of a class 47, D1514, on a Leeds to Newcastle train, in August, 1965, J242, the fifth Mk1 from the 47, carries the coaching stock roundel, with Restaurant Car lettering, which surely makes it an RSO. You certainly don’t have trains like that on that service anymore. A single class 185 on Transpennine Express these days. With warmest regards, Rob. Hi Rob and Dave Did you notice the emblem is on the door, I cannot recall seeing that before. Normally it is to one side of the central door as on the TSO next to it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 12 hours ago, DaveF said: I've had a look at Dad's notes and he says the 45 was on a diverted St Pancras to Nottingham train and that the diversion was due to the landslip near Desford. Although he didn't write the date in full, he just put June, it was the first photo he took that month, so 2nd June seems likely. David Thanks for the clarification guys - diversions like that wouldn't happen on today's railway. Just a rail replacement bus service at best. David, I think your Dad might've meant Desborough where the slip was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Thanks for the clarification guys - diversions like that wouldn't happen on today's railway. Just a rail replacement bus service at best. David, I think your Dad might've meant Desborough where the slip was. Yes, it must be Desborough. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningduck Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Market65 said: Hi, Dave. I like the York photo’s which are full of interest and nostalgia. In the first photo’, of a class 47, D1514, on a Leeds to Newcastle train, in August, 1965, J242, the fifth Mk1 from the 47, carries the coaching stock roundel, with Restaurant Car lettering, which surely makes it an RSO. You certainly don’t have trains like that on that service anymore. A single class 185 on Transpennine Express these days. With warmest regards, Rob. But I’d prefer a 185 to a 150 from Scarborough to Liverpool! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2019 Two locations in the north east today. A few more photos of Monkton cokeworks and around Seaham. Monkton coke plant 08808 and 03099 Aug 85 J8373.jpg Monkton coke plant 08808 and 03099 Aug 85 J8374.jpg Monkton coke plant 08808Aug 85 J8375.jpg Seaham 17th April 87 C8304 Long disused track at the harbour Seaham 17th April 87 C8305 Seaham railway to harbour 17th April 87 C8306 David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2019 Stunning pictures David, cant believe all this has gone in what seems a relatively short time 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Monkton cokeworks and Seaham photo’s. All are full of interest and there’s plenty of subjects for models. Class 03099, in the first two photo’s makes quite a sight in the yellow livery. In J8375, at Monkton coke plant, with 08808, in August, 1985, the wagon on the right has at least the visible side bowing inwards a bit. So not all models should be perfectly straight along the sides. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Great photos as always David, many thanks again. C7937 Drem shows how a small gain to ECML capacity could be achieved by relocating the Up platform (on the left) alongside the Up Passenger Loop, allowing services to North Berwick to clear the Up main line sooner. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Monckton Coke Works; is J3875 looking towards Felling, or the coast? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2019 32 minutes ago, 62613 said: Monckton Coke Works; is J3875 looking towards Felling, or the coast? It's looking south west towards Springwell. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2019 (edited) This morning's photos were taken on the Llanberis Lake railway on holidays in the area in 1972 and 1979. Cei Llydan Hunslet Dolbadarn Aug 72 J3041 Cei Llydan Hunslets Dolbadarn and Elidir Aug 72 J3042.jpg Llanberis Hunslet Dolbadarn Aug 72 J3044 Llanberis Hunslets Wild Aster Maid, also Marian' s spare boiler on left Aug 72 C1084.jpg Llanberis Henschel 5 Helen Kathryn 8th Aug 79 C4739.jpg Llanberis Hunslet Una 8th Aug 79 C4735 David Edited July 21, 2019 by DaveF To match the captions to the photos correctly. 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 On 14/07/2019 at 11:30, DaveF said: This morning we have what I think are the last of my photos of the Harlaxton ironstone quarry system. Most of them show Gunby on a railtour. Harlaxton Quarries Stewart and Lloyds Avonside Rutland Jan 69 J1533.jpg Harlaxton Quarries Stewart and LLoyds Barclay Ajax Jan 69 J1534.jpg Harlaxton BSC diesel in distance Aug 70 J2279.jpg Harlaxton Quarries Gunby as 68067 light engine Sept 70 J2325.jpg Harlaxton Hunslet 50550 classon rail tour of system The Lincolnshire Ore Farewell Sept 70 C335.jpg Harlaxton Hunslet 50550 class on rail tour of system Sept 70 C338.jpg David Found this on Harlaxton http://www.tracksthroughgrantham.uk/recording-the-railway/railways-rediscovered/the-woolsthorpe-branch-rediscovered-part-3/ 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2019 Lovely Llanberis photos. I visited once about then. I really must go again now i am several hundred miles nearer. Re extra trains, be at Cardiff Central on the afternoon of a major football or rugby match. Regular services get curtailed or cancelled to free up the stock to get the fans home. And the coke works is just crying out to be modelled. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2019 The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway this afternoon, at Wylam and just west of the station, captioned as West Wylam. Wylam, like other stations on the line has a very nice NER footbridge as well as a signalbox over the track. More photos of the signalbox will appear in due course. West Wylam Class 101 Newcastle to Hexham March 85 J8232.jpg West Wylam 9F 92220 special Newcastle to Hexham 150 March 85 J8234.jpg Wylam Class 101 Newcastle to Carlisle Aug 84 J8169.jpg Wylam Class 101 Carlisle to Newcastle Aug 84 J8170.jpg Wylam Class 101 Carlisle to Newcastle Aug 84 J8163.jpg David 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Llanberis Lake railway photo’s which are full of interest and what a lovely portrait of Una, at Llanberis, on the 8th August, 1979, the final photo’. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway photo’s are equally interesting and they bring back happy memories from those days. What a great photo’ of the signal cabin, at Wylam, in the final photo’, J8163, in August, 1984, with a class 101 DMU on a Carlisle to Newcastle service. It really would make a fantastic model. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 On 20/07/2019 at 15:27, DaveF said: Two locations in the north east today. A few more photos of Monkton cokeworks and around Seaham. Monkton coke plant 08808 and 03099 Aug 85 J8373.jpg Monkton coke plant 08808 and 03099 Aug 85 J8374.jpg Monkton coke plant 08808Aug 85 J8375.jpg Seaham 17th April 87 C8304 Long disused track at the harbour Seaham 17th April 87 C8305 Seaham railway to harbour 17th April 87 C8306 David Just love the Monkton shots Class 08 with an L plate on it. Prototype for anything corner. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 19 hours ago, Market65 said: Hi, Dave. I like the Llanberis Lake railway photo’s which are full of interest and what a lovely portrait of Una, at Llanberis, on the 8th August, 1979, the final photo’. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway photo’s are equally interesting and they bring back happy memories from those days. What a great photo’ of the signal cabin, at Wylam, in the final photo’, J8163, in August, 1984, with a class 101 DMU on a Carlisle to Newcastle service. It really would make a fantastic model. With warmest regards, Rob. Fond memories of walking along the Tyne from our home in Clara Vale to the Boathouse (situated next to the 'box). Only pity was the obscured glass in the lower panels of the pub windows; you had to stand up when the crossing warning sounded... What David refers to as West Wylam was known locally as 'Hagg Bank' or 'The Points'; we had friends there, and were probably on the bridge next to him when he took the photo of 'Evening Star'. It was the weekend of the 'Newcastle- Carlisle 150', IIRC; Hexham yard hosted some track machines and a couple of diesels, as well as 'Evening Star' between its trips to and from Newcastle. Hagg Bank had been where the lines via Newburn (north bank) and Blaydon (south bank) had joined up; the crossing of the Tyne was via a bridge that looked like a scale model of the Tyne and Sydney Harbour bridges. Some of the locals would suggest that it was a prototype for the former, having been built by the same company. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 22, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2019 This afternon we travel to London to have a quick look at Kings Cross in 1979, with one image from an evening in May 1981. Kings X 254024 Kings X to Newcastle July 79 J6551 Kings X 254024 Kings X to Newcastle July 79 J6552.jpg Kings X Class 31 ecs July 79 J6555 Kings X Class 254 up July 79 J6556 Kings Cross May 81 C5377 David 44 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 theres a nice atmosphere to that last one (C5377) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 It's photos like this which actually make me want to get stuck back into modelling and build a layout, if only I had the room....! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Kings Cross photo’s which are full of interest and atmosphere. That last one is a view, from May 1981, that you very rarely see. The mail train is being loaded prior to it’s departure, and you can just see inside some of the rear carriage. So atmospheric. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 21 hours ago, Market65 said: Hi, Dave. I like the Llanberis Lake railway photo’s which are full of interest and what a lovely portrait of Una, at Llanberis, on the 8th August, 1979, the final photo’. The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway photo’s are equally interesting and they bring back happy memories from those days. What a great photo’ of the signal cabin, at Wylam, in the final photo’, J8163, in August, 1984, with a class 101 DMU on a Carlisle to Newcastle service. It really would make a fantastic model. With warmest regards, Rob. Someone did, about 30 years ago, IIRC. It featured in Model Railways. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted July 22, 2019 Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Spent a large % of my young years at C7912, as SteamySandy points out at the site of the now Musselburgh station. Great to see it as it was before development. The good thing about that location is that we got all the ECML traffic and with either a pair of binoculars or a very keen cyclist we could note the freight going in and out of millerhill via the easterly route. Lovely to see...... Edited July 22, 2019 by millerhillboy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 23, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2019 Carlisle in the late 80s today - the sun still wasn't shining. Carlisle 47519 le 26th Aug 86 C7981.jpg Carlisle 86251 Glasgow and Edinburgh to Parkeston Quay 27th Oct 87 C9210.jpg Carlisle 87003 down 27th Oct 87 C9219.jpg Carlisle 143013 Newcastle to Carlisle 12th April 88 C9408.jpg Carlisle 26024 up l e 12th April 88 C9424.jpg David 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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