RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 18, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2014 The shot with the sentinel is a beauty Must be a lot of fish in the area, going by the heron on the bonnet. I've often wondered why there was a plastic heron on the bonnet. Perhaps it is there to scare the fish away - some of the ironstone quarries did have water in them. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 o Eastgate Class 101 North Briton 23rd May 87 C8512.jpg Eastgate Class 101 North Briton 23rd May 87 C8512 Taken on a trip taking in the Weardale branch and various other lines around Darlington. ...... there appears to be some kind of heightened action in this photo. looks like a war reporter under fire? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 there appears to be some kind of heightened action in this photo. looks like a war reporter under fire? OK - so I'm ignorant of advanced photo manipulation - but what has been done to this image? Everything appears excessively 'sharp' - the running / ducking chap seems to be wearing a 'rug'; (perhaps he is). Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2014 OK - so I'm ignorant of advanced photo manipulation - but what has been done to this image? Everything appears excessively 'sharp' - the running / ducking chap seems to be wearing a 'rug'; (perhaps he is). Regards, John Isherwood. HI John, I did wonder about putting this image on RM Web, the explanation follows. The photo looks oversharp because it is oversharpened in Photoshop, the original slide was not as sharp as it might have been so it needed a "generous" application of "Smart Sharpen". It was also a "cheap" brand of film, I think from Supasnaps when I was rather short of cash and it did not keep well even in a slide box which excluded light. The man running and ducking was wearing a garish woolly sweater and he was ducking as he had just realised that a group of us were trying to take a photo as he came into shot. I could have removed him but I prefer to keep my photos on here as record of what was actually there on the day. I hope this answers your question, sadly the more interesting photos I have taken are often technically the worst. I don't think anyone else who was there that day has put a photo of Eastgate station on the web, and there can't be all that many photos of it with any sort of passenger train as it was closed to passengers in 1953 and to all goods traffic in 1980 after which the only traffic was the cement trains from the cement works at Eastgate. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) HI John, I did wonder about putting this image on RM Web, the explanation follows. The photo looks oversharp because it is oversharpened in Photoshop, the original slide was not as sharp as it might have been so it needed a "generous" application of "Smart Sharpen". It was also a "cheap" brand of film, I think from Supasnaps when I was rather short of cash and it did not keep well even in a slide box which excluded light. The man running and ducking was wearing a garish woolly sweater and he was ducking as he had just realised that a group of us were trying to take a photo as he came into shot. I could have removed him but I prefer to keep my photos on here as record of what was actually there on the day. I hope this answers your question, sadly the more interesting photos I have taken are often technically the worst. I don't think anyone else who was there that day has put a photo of Eastgate station on the web, and there can't be all that many photos of it with any sort of passenger train as it was closed to passengers in 1953 and to all goods traffic in 1980 after which the only traffic was the cement trains from the cement works at Eastgate. David David, Thanks for that - very interesting! Weardale is one of my favourites; Eastgate, Westgate, St. John's Chapel (good pub), etc. We stayed in St. John's for a week on a surveying course when I was at college, and I discovered the trackbed of the former mining tramway just above the village. Regards, John Isherwood. Edited May 19, 2014 by cctransuk 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 David, Thanks for that - very interesting! Weardale is one of my favourites; Eastgate, Westgate, St. John's Chapel (good pub), etc. We stayed in St. John's for a week on a surveying course when I was at college, and I discovered the trackbed of the former mining tramway just above the village. St. John's Chapel Lead Mine Tramway small.jpg Regards, John Isherwood. John, Was this the same tramway that ran parallel to the road towards Rookhope and beyond? I remember seeing old boundary markers around there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) John, Was this the same tramway that ran parallel to the road towards Rookhope and beyond? I remember seeing old boundary markers around there. No, it was only a short, horse-drawn affair serving a small opencast operation. Regards, John. PS. Superb swimming pool below the waterfall next to the quarry - it was baking hot when we were there! The beer kept cool in the water, too. Edited May 19, 2014 by cctransuk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 19, 2014 (edited) The last of yesterday's photos was in Scotland so we'll stay there for today, towards the east. Leuchars Class 105 Dundee to Edinburgh Aug 74 J3978 Leuchars Class 40 down freight Aug 74 J3979 Menstrie 26032 up departing 5th April 91 C15751 Aberdour 150255 pass to Kirkcaldy 24th April 92 C16795 Cameron Bridge indiustrial diesel 24th April 92 C16797 David Edited February 1, 2019 by DaveF 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2014 A few more for this evening, all taken yesterday 18th May 2014. I visited the new Aln Valley Railway at Alnwick Lionheart station. This was a greenfield site just over two years ago, in due course the line will be extended onto the old line from Alnmouth to Alnwick. On the way there I stopped at Buston Barns, just south of Alnmouth and at Alnmouth station. Buston Barns 43302 down Alnmouth 43320 up Alnmouth 43313 up Alnwick Lionheart Drewery shunter Drax Alnwick Lionheart Class 11 12088 and p w train Alnwick Lionheart Barclay ex NCB Whittle colliery and brake van Alnwick Lionheart from the brake van David 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2014 Hi DaveF, what a further great selection of photo's you've posted today. I particularly like the DMU - Dundee to Edinburgh - a good example of a mixed formation( I've taken the motor out of one of my class 105 DMBS cars so that I can run a like formation). The views at Alnwick Lionheart are good. It is good to see the development of that line progressing as well as it is, and it will good if they are able to get through to Alnmouth. Great to see that you had a good day out yesterday. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 20, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2014 A few from Lowdham, and Gonalston crossing, just north of Lowdham on the Nottingham to Lincoln line this evening. By coincidence "B exam" posted a little earlier today an up to date photo of Lowdham, at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80912-east-midlands-miscellany/page-18 in the East Midlands miscellany thread. Lowdham Aug 72 C1138 Lowdham Class 104 Crewe to Lincoln Feb 76 C2632 Taken from the road bridge on the Lowdham by pass just south of the station. Lowdham Class 120 Lincoln to Derby Aug 76 C2992 Lowdham Class 115 53058 59722 53050 Nottingham to Lincoln 9th June 89 C11972 Gonalston Crossing Class 105 Lincoln to Crewe Oct 75 C2515 Gonalston Crossing Class 25 up coal Feb 76 J5063 David 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted May 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2014 I like that last one. 4 wagons of at least two varieties followed by 3 (Three) brake vans and the rest of the train. The "it never could have happened" brigade would be apoplectic! Keep up the great work. Regards Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davknigh Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I like that last one. 4 wagons of at least two varieties followed by 3 (Three) brake vans and the rest of the train. The "it never could have happened" brigade would be apoplectic! Keep up the great work. Regards Ian OTOH the "there's a prototype for everything" crew should be overjoyed. Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 What a good photo of Lowdham station - I alighted here many hundreds of times in my childhood (family lived across the other side of the village). As a child I always thought the station far too "chocolate box" for a railway. It was quite small inside and too frilly. Great photos once more. Thanks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 20, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2014 Hi, DaveF, that class 25 hauled coal train is great indeed. I also noticed the mis-formed class 104, the TCL should be the other way around - these things happened often on the first generation units. More photo's please. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 21, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2014 A bit of a change for today with some early preservation photos taken by Dad. We visited the Bluebell Railway in April 1964 on the way home from Dad picking me up at Newhaven. I was 14 and had just spent a month in France staying with friends in Albi and had made my own way back to England from there by train and ferry. Sheffield Park view from cab of Stepney April64 J101 Sheffield Park LSWR Adams Radial Tank 488 April 64 J102 Sheffield Park SECR Class P Nos 27 and 323 Bluebell April 64 J103 Sheffield Park SECR Class P 323 Bluebell April 64 J114 Horsted Keynes from LNWR observation car April 64 J113 David 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 Awesome photos ... I do like a good P ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 21, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2014 Hi, DaveF, good to see the photo's of the early days of the Bluebell railway. I also like that P! Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2014 I personally find that last picture so much better than the current view, shame it isn't practical to leave things as they were. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2014 (edited) A few from the ECML at Swayfield, just south of Stoke Summit. Swayfield Class 25 D7503 down parcels Aug 71 C673.jpg Swayfield Class 25 D7503 down parcels Aug 71 C673 Swayfield Class 31 5601 down empty sleepers and mail April 72 C868.jpg Swayfield Class 31 5601 down empty sleepers and mail April 72 C868 Swayfield Class 40 257 down ex pass Oct 72 C1153.jpg Swayfield Class 40 257 down ex pass Oct 72 C1153 Swayfield 31157 down freight April 74 C1588.jpg Swayfield 31157 down freight April 74 C1588 David What lovely tidy embankments. Are you watching, Network Rail? EDIT - thanks to 96701 Edited May 23, 2014 by brushman47544 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted May 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2014 What lovely tidy embankments. Are you watching, Railtrack? Do keep up at the back. Railtrack went into administration in October 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1583675.stm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted May 22, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 22, 2014 This thread consistently engages my interest, despite very few of the photos being of my areas of interest - it is just such a great record of how things were, I am really, really enjoying the photos, please keep them coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 22, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2014 A visit to the Great Eastern today, Stratford in the 70s. Stratford LT 1962 stock westbound March 79 C4367 Stratford 306058 down pass March 79 C4368 Stratford 47170 down freightliner March 79 C4369 Stratford 47007 Liverpool St to Norwich March 79 C4379 Stratford MPD Class 15 ADB968000 mobile train heating unit July 79 C4637 This was taken at an open day. David 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 All this modern image stuff, not good....hang on...thats 40 years ago.... Stewart 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 I did much of my rail travelling between Brentwood and Liverpool Street in the period 77-85. These fantastic shots bring it all back. Just brilliant! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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