Swindon 123 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Lovely pictures of the class 37s and unfitted 21 tonners. Not only 21T hoppers. To the rear of the train in photo C5187 there are some 24.5 tonners as well. Paul J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 9, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 9, 2016 We'll move to the west now and have a look at the WCML at Brinklow, next to the Grand Union Canal, back in the 1970s. Brinklow distant view of Class 86 up ex pass Feb 71 _J2522 Brinklow Grand Union canal by the railway April 72_J2849 The railway's catenary can be seen to the right. Brinklow Class 86 up April 72_J2851 Brinklow 86259 Euston to Liverpool? March 76_J5089 Brinklow Class 87 Liverpool? to Euston March 76_J5091 David 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClikC Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Lovely phots Dave, love that mid 70's corporate atmosphere, espically with my beloved AC eletrics. Regards Matt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Bit arty these. it took a bit to see the train in J2522. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 J7060: the barrier looks like it was home-made with bits from B&Q?? Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 9, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2016 J7060: the barrier looks like it was home-made with bits from B&Q?? Bill It was a design used in an number of places in the north east. I think it dates from before B&Q! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 9, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2016 Bit arty these. it took a bit to see the train in J2522. We'll be back to normal tomorrow. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 We'll be back to normal tomorrow. David Nothing wrong with a bit of scenery especially when it's from a time we will never see again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Nothing wrong with a bit of scenery especially when it's from a time we will never see again. Exactly. Those latest photos remind me of a week I spent on a narrowboat up and down the Grand Union in 1978 with a small group of friends. We tried to moor the boat each evening as close to the line as possible, and as I enjoy getting up early I would watch the morning trains while others slept off the night before's drinks. Thanks for posting those. Much nostalgia for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 To the rear of the train in photo C5187 there are some 24.5 tonners as well. Very probably refugees from the old Blyth > Stella Pwr. Sta. block workings. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 9, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 9, 2016 Hi, Dave. A good selection of photos of Brinklow on the WCML. It would be a good project for someone to make a model of part of the WCML at Brinklow getting the railway to follow the canal like that. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 It was a design used in an number of places in the north east. I think it dates from before B&Q! This one (or it's standard brother about another fifty yards further on) used to make me late for school virtually every day from 1970. If the school bus was really unlucky we would catch a train on each crossing. That meant we missed the whole of assembly. Yay http://m.keithstransportpics.co.uk/Class-37-s-In-Action.html Thirty pictures down. and there's this view. http://www.ipernity.com/doc/pinzac55/21760013 P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 10, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2016 Photos from Bressingham in 1972 and 1973 for today's first batch. Bressingham LSWR B4 30102 Aug 72 C1117 Bressingham Hunslet ex Penrhyn Gwynedd Aug 72 C1127 Bressingham 9.25 inch gauge Princess Aug 72 C1129 Bressingham GER J17 1217E smokebox Aug 72 J3090 Bressingham LMSR 6100 Royal Scot Sept 73 C1391 Bressingham LMSR 6100 Royal Scot Sept 73 C1392 David 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Another great set of photos Dave with those Brinklow shots... depending on what day of the week they were taken I'd have been either a) riding my bike fairly close by, b) gazing out of the classroom window just a few miles away or, c) watching those AC electrics whining through Rugby station, as happy as a sandboy. Keep 'em coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 10, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 10, 2016 Back to Carlisle for the second set today, this time with more electric locos. We are visiting on 12th April 1988 with our trusty time machine. Carlisle 86428 Dundee to Poole 12th April 88 C9404 Carlisle 37503 Thornaby Kingfisher 12th April 88 C9406 Carlisle 90003 down test train 12th April 88 C9411 Carlisle 90001 down test train 12th April 88 C9429 Carlisle 86426 Stranraer to Euston 12th April 88 C9432 Class 108 Carlisle to Whitehaven 12th April 88 C9435 David 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Were is the B1 loco you photographed at Bressingham did it end up on the Bluebell? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 10, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2016 Were is the B1 loco you photographed at Bressingham did it end up on the Bluebell? I know you really meant to type B4 not B1, I am always making mistakes like that. 30102 (LSWR 102) Granville is still at Bressingham. The one at the Bluebell is 30096 (LSWR 96) Normandy. It's boiler certificate expired in 2006. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 C9411 brings back memories of that early IC livery with the tiny loco numbers that were almost unreadable at high speed, and are certainly unreadable on anything other than a close-up photo at a flat angle to the camera. I believe that someone at BR was having a cruel laugh at spotters' expense, but fortunately they came to their senses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 10, 2016 There was a set of those barriers at Tile Sheds crossing on the outskirts of South Shields - one of my train watching spots as a kid. I used to smile at the rubber tyre drive, it looked so bodged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 10, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2016 Hi, Dave. Great to see the photos of Bressingham. So much to see, and the B4 so diminutive but delightful. At Carlisle more electric locos, but with a couple of class 90's in the then new InterCity 'Swallow' livery. I agree about the size of the loco numbers - they were virtually impossible to read! And I think that there were still a few of the class 108 DMU's in use that year, along with class 101 units. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 11, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2016 A trip to Carnforth station for today on 8th August 1987. I was staying in the area for a few dayy, I also visited parts of the Cumbrian Coat line, Ravenglass and Eskdale and the Lakeside and Haverthwaite. Before anyone asks photos of those areas. taken at various dates will appear here eventually. There are only about 32,000 more slide scans to post up to 2003. Carnforth 31247 down nuclear flasks 8th Aug 87 C8797 Carnforth Class 108, 54245 leading Lancaster to Barrow 8th Aug 87 C8799 Carnforth 144011 Leeds to Morecambe 8th Aug 87 C8801 Carnforth 142074 Leeds to Morecambe 8th Aug 87 C8802 Carnforth GP Tramm 68304BDX 8th August 87 C8829 David 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2016 Hi, Dave. A great selection of photo's of Carnforth today. In the first one the visible number of 31247 is somewhat askew. I have not seen very many GP Tramm's, so your photo is especially valuable. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 C8801 - that 144 is still with Northern, so there must be a good chance of it celebrating (if that's the right word) 30 years on the same Leeds-Morecambe service! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2016 30 years next year it will be. But I don't think there will be many more after that, for it and the other 144's and 142's are to be withdrawn by 2020 under the new franchise and the disability regulations coming into force on January 1st that year. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 12, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2016 Some photos from Crewe today taken on visits in 1971 and 1972. I was still a student then, both visits would have been made on a Saturday. As so often the weather was dull - and I remember that it was cold both times. Crewe Class 47 1960 up parcels 13th March 71 C503 Crewe centre 304021 Crewe to Manchester , Class 86 E3142 light engine on left, Class 50 404 down ex pass on right 13th March 71 C508 Crewe Class 50 424 Euston to Carlisle 5th Feb 72 C0809 Crewe Class 40 up ex pass 5th Feb 72 C810 Crewe 304009 arrived from Manchester 5th Feb 72 C0813 David 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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