RMweb Premium keefer Posted April 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2019 Porcy, the default is for the picture to load into the post, but there should be a black bar which appears and says 'display as a link' (which it then does). I find it a bit strange that the default is to hotlink the image into the post, considering the issues in the past regarding copyright etc. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Thanks for that. I've seen the black bar and used it before but the option didn't appear in that particular post. Strange. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2019 4 hours ago, 35A said: A couple of corrections on the Deltics, David. J6128 is 55 022 - the footstep above the buffer beam gives it away, being smaller than those on the rest of the fleet and square-cornered, where it was fashioned to fit in where the original headlight was fitted. J7579 can't be 55 003 "Meld", as it was cut up nearly six months earlier. I'm pretty certain that it's 55 007 "Pinza". There are a couple of photographs of it in "The Napier Chronicles" that show it with the poorly greased buffers, as visible in your picture. Lovely shots, bringing back great memories, as always. Best regards. Many thanks, I'm not surprised I got them wrong (again). David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Porcy Mane said: A Diag. 2026 CCT had central doors. http://www.cs.vintagecarriagestrust.org/se/CarriageInfo.asp?Ref=777 That would have been my guess too. These 4-wheel vans were quite numerous and survived well into the 1970s in Blue livery. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted April 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2019 2 hours ago, talisman56 said: J2089 - now that's a parcels train. A fair sprinkling of pre-nationalisaion stock, including at least 4 SR PMV/CCTs... I'll agree with that, brilliant selection. Now what about 'Swayfield 47333 Hull to Kings X Sept 81 J7577' imagine the social media storm these days with the lack of working air-con.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 1, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Swayfield photo’s, which, as always, are full of interest and nostalgia. They capture, perfectly, how the ECML was back in those heady days of Deltics, 47’s and 31’s. Of course, the diesel HST was there too by 1978, and soon the Deltics were but a memory with a small number preserved. I wonder how many HST’s will get preserved? One? Anyway, 55022, on an up express, in May, 1978, in J6128, makes a fine and powerful sight in the beautifully composed photo’. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 2, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) Some more photos today from Radcliffe on Trent, a bit earlier than usual for once. A couple of them show the experimental concrete tack. Radcliffe on Trent 2 Class 20 down freight March 80 J6797.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Nottingham to Skegness March 80 J6814.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 47 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Jan 77 J5609.jpg Radcliffe on Trent 2 Class 20s Derby to Skegness May 80 J6945.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Skegness to Nottingham Jan 78 J5910.jpg A distant view. David Edited April 2, 2019 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Unusual to see a whole train of sheeted 21t minerals; I wonder what they were carrying? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 2, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like The Radcliffe on Trent photo’s. They are all most interesting and full of atmosphere. In J6814, of a class 114 DMU from Nottingham to Skegness at Radcliffe on Trent, in March, 1980, there is a man with what seems to be a funny hat hanging out of a drop light window of the DMBS. I wonder what he was doing? With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted April 2, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2019 6 hours ago, Fat Controller said: Unusual to see a whole train of sheeted 21t minerals; I wonder what they were carrying? I was wondering that too. The second shot of the 20s though, is a superb compostion. It just oozes atmosphere with the curves and exhaust trail, you can almost hear that misfiring/worn injector.... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 3, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2019 Today's photos are in and around Newcastle in the 1980s. Scotswood Tunnel east end 14th Sept 85 C7176 St Peters Newcastle Riverside branch Mon 17 Feb 86 C7301.jpg Newcastle 43096 Edinburgh to Kings X 1st Aug 86 C7806 Newcastle 47051 cement from Forth sidings 24th Feb 87 C8216.jpg Newcastle 47652 Newcastle to Poole 14th April 87 C8263.jpg David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 3, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the photo’s from Newcastle which show how varied the place and it’s railways are. All the photo’s are excellent, and I particularly like C8216, with 47051, on a cement train from Forth Sidings on the 24th, February, 1987. A truly atmospheric view which is most breathtaking. It shows how romantic the railway can be in even the most urban of areas. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) More from the Blyth and Tyne today, this time on the line from Newcastle to Morpeth, the photos start at Seghill. I really was standing in the middle of the road at Seghill. Having got out of the car I stood in front of it to take the photo. Fortunately there was no other traffic about. Edit - Sometime fairly soon I hope to put a few pf my favourite recent photos into a Gallery on RMWeb Seghill Class 56 up alminium ingots 26th June 99 C24668.jpg South Newsham diverted HST down Feb 84 C 6461 South Newsham 37 37062 up May 81 J7506 South Newsham 37062 up ballast in siding Aug 81 J7569.jpg Morpeth cable train 25th April 86 C7559 Taken while the ECML was being electrified. David Edited April 4, 2019 by DaveF 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 4, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) J7569 is not 37160, which has centre headcode panels. Looks like it might be 37052 or 062. The position of the data panel and stickers below the number are consistent with those on 37062 taken 6 months earlier in May, as in J7506 above. Edited April 4, 2019 by brushman47544 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 4, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: J7569 is not 37160, which has centre headcode panels. Looks like it might be 37052 or 062. The position of the data panel and stickers below the number are consistent with those on 37062 taken 6 months earlier in May, as in J7506 above. Thanks once again Andrew. As is often the case I was relying on Dad's notes rather than actually studying the image - as usual I was in a hurry. David Edited April 4, 2019 by DaveF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 4, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Blyth and Tyne photo’s which show the railway carrying coal and freight around which is what railways were first brought into existence for. Passengers were only a secondary consideration. The HST in C6461, at South Newsham, on a diversion, in February, 1984, shows how the passenger side of the railway became much more important than freight. Indeed that’s a most atmospheric photo’ of such a train. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 5, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2019 Good afternoon everyone. Before I move on to today's photos just a note about a couple of new things in my signature - the two lines with the blue text. One links to an album I've started in the Gallery. It will contain my favourite photos from the past few years, as and when i get time to upload them. So it will not clash with my photos in this thread. The other takes you to my thread about my 0 gauge layout which gets updated now and then - I spend more time running trains than working on the layout. Now for today's photos starting at Crawford and Lamington on the WCML in Scotland and ending with a photo at Mossend. Crawford 81011 up freight 14th Aug 87 C8996 Lamington 86231 down 14th Aug 87 C8989 Lamington 87022 and 87016 down limestone 14th Aug 87 C8990.jpg Lamington 87022 and 87016 down limestone 14th Aug 87 C8991.jpg Mossend Class 86 81 85 26 14th Aug 87 C8959 David 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 C8989; The name Lamington still makes me shudder (I was on duty in Glasgow Control when the WCML was shut there due to the bridge damage !). And C8959, Mossend; Two months after the date of the photo I started as a CO2 TOPS clerk in the building behind the tree on the right, having been displaced from my previous job in Control (I was able to return two years later). Thanks once again for great photos David. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2019 A right mix of liveries in one train in C8989, including the catering vehicle which is of course an earlier style of vehicle. Not exact;y a tidy train. But a very nice photo. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2019 (edited) C8996 is interesting; it looks like some OBA and OCA wagons are being used to carry wood as well as the more usual OTA type. And a PBA china clay wagon is just visible. I wonder what was lurking further back? Those Mossend speedlinks usually conveyed a good variety of traffic. And in C8959, is that actor Brian Murphy taking a break from filming George and Mildred to cop a few sparkies at Mossend? Lovely pictures, by the way. Edited April 5, 2019 by Western Aviator 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 5, 2019 Share Posted April 5, 2019 2 minutes ago, Western Aviator said: C8996 is interesting; it looks like some OBA and OCA wagons are being used to carry wood as well as the more usual OTA type. And a PBA china clay wagon is just visible. I wonder what was lurking further back; those Mossend speedlinks usually conveyed a good variety of traffic. Lovely pictures, by the way. Prior to there being enough OTA wagons for timber traffic, normal opens were used, alongside air-piped, vac-fitted, Bogie Bolster Ds. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2019 2 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: A right mix of liveries in one train in C8989, including the catering vehicle which is of course an earlier style of vehicle. Not exact;y a tidy train. But a very nice photo. Jonathan I'm thinking that one might split at Carstairs, there appear to be two BFKs, one for each portion. That first shot at Crawford has something about it with the lighting.... Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Crawford and Lamington, and the Mossend photo’s. All so full of interest from the WCML perspective. The last photo’ at Mossend, with classes 86, 81, 85, and a class 26, on the 14th August, 1987, combined with the OHLE would be a great modelling challenge for someone. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 C8996 surely a candidate for the 'when the real thing looks like a model' category? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Stranraer Harbour from MV Glen Sannox 9th May 87 C8449.jpg An interesting variant on the way to load the Cartics. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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