Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

[Mark Saunders]

12 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

I sit corrected...We had some friends who lived in Hagg Bank, otherwise known as 'The Points', so saw these heaps often.

 

It is hard to believe that when I first saw these in the early 1970's they were on a whole still white and since then nature has taken over!

[DaveF]

 

A mixed bag of photos for today, taken at Ainsdale and Southport.

 

The only information about them has come from Dad's slide catalogue. 

 

I know he and Mum had friends living in the area so I can only assume they had gone to visit them and he had taken some photos while he was there.

 

 

Ainsdale 507001 Liverpool to Southport Oct 82 J7749.jpg

 

 

Ainsdale 507005 Southport to Liverpool Oct 82 J7751.jpg

 

 

Southport Pier Bo Bo diesel June 83 J7982

 

 

Steamport Southport Hunslet Kinsley and Class 24 and Class 5 44806 and Peckett Agecroft No2 June 83 J7973.jpg

 

 

Steamport Southport LMS Class 5 44806 Magpie and Class 24 24081 June 83 J7976.jpg

 

 

David

[Down_Under]

Many thanks for sharing those photos of Ainsdale and Steamport. 
 

grew up about 400m from Ainsdale station in the mid 90s and have fond memories of being allowed a go driving one of the small steam locos and signalling trains (under supervision) in the signal box at steam port 

[eastwestdivide]

Those 507s are pretty much 40 years up and down the same route, with their replacements currently being built.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Ainsdale and Southport photo’s which are all full of interest. In J7982, at Southport Pier, with a Bo Bo diesel, in June, 1983, that is a most lovely view of the diesel from the beach. The diesel is one which I’ve not seen before, and thank you for posting the photo’.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

 

A few photos of the Keighley and Worth Valley this morning.

 

They were taken between 1970 and 1984.

 

 

Haworth 4F 3924     Barclay ICI 3226    MR 1F 1708 Sept 70 C343.jpg

 

 

Haworth USA 72 Feb 73 C1214.jpg

 

 

Haworth (near) 118 Brussels Oxenhope to Keighley March 75 J4203.jpg

 

 

Haworth W&M railbus Aug 83 C6228.jpg

 

 

Haworth 8F 8431 Aug 83 C6208.jpg

 

 

Haworth BR Class 4MT 75078 6th Aug 84 C6595.jpg

 

 

David

 

Edited November 17, 2019 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

Great Eastern this afternoon, most at Liverpool Street on the  morning of 20th October 1993.  

 

I remember the day well as I had travelled to London the previous evening to go to a conference for work about changes in some regulations applying to England.  

 

All I remember about the conference was that a senior civil servant told us that his talk only applied to people south of Hadrian's Wall as that is the boundary between England and Scotland.

 

He had to be told that most of Newcastle, North Tyneside, much of Northumberland and parts of Cumbria are north of the wall but are in England.  Southerners!  (I think I've mentioned a similar incident before).

 

The pictures were taken with what little light there was on ISO 100 slide film, so there are traces of camera shake.

 

The last photo is of a train to Cambridge, it didn't scan too well.

 

As those of you who have followed this thread for a long time will know I moved to Northumberland from Essex in 1980 and sometime ago just about ran out of photos from the "south".  Now and then I find a few I'd missed or odd ones prepared ages ago and not used because I thought they were not good enough.  I think there are still a few more which will appear from time to time.

 

 

Liverpool Street Class 317s and 305 20th Oct 93 C19120.jpg

 

 

Liverpool Street Class 321 etc 20th Oct 93 C19124.jpg

 

 

Liverpool Street Class 315s 20th Oct 93 C19125.jpg

 

 

Liverpool Street concourse 20th Oct 93 C19126.jpg

 

 

Whittlesford Class 31 31?42 Liverpool St to Cambridge July 77 J5729.jpg

 

 

David

Edited November 18, 2019 by DaveF

[keefer]

No need to worry about absolute quality Dave, your photos are an interesting and vital record of how all aspects of the railway have changed over the years.

Even quite recent views have changed beyond recognition so please keep posting.

[Davexoc]

Whittlesford Class 31 31042 Liverpool St to Cambridge July 77 J5729.jpg

 

Can't be 31042 as it is blue star multi, so 142 or 242 possibly?

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the K&WVR photo’s which are all full of interest. In J4203, near to Haworth, with 118 Brussels, on an Oxenhope to Keighley train in March, 1975, you can see that the second carriage is an ex LMS non corridor carriage. It’s good to know that there are pre BR carriages that have survived into preservation.

 

What a great selection of Great Eastern photo’s from the 20th October, 1993. They do form a valuable record of the railway regardless of the quality of them. In C19125, at Liverpool Street, with a number of class 313’s that’s a great view of how it was back then, with the EMU’s all in NSE livery. Just so different today.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

20 hours ago, Davexoc said:

Whittlesford Class 31 31042 Liverpool St to Cambridge July 77 J5729.jpg

 

Can't be 31042 as it is blue star multi, so 142 or 242 possibly?

 

 

Many thanks for the information.  I expect that in trying to both read the number and take the photo that Dad got the number wrong.

 

David

 

Edited as I had forgotten it was one of Dad's photos not mine.

Edited November 18, 2019 by DaveF

[mullie]

How sad that they were allowed to put an office block over the top of part of the station. 

 

Martyn

[royaloak]

On 10/11/2019 at 12:50, Oldddudders said:

True, but there would be a queue of exhibition know-alls telling you it wasn't done like that. 

I have double shunted a few times round the depot, it does save a lot of time.

[royaloak]

1 hour ago, Davexoc said:

Whittlesford Class 31 31042 Liverpool St to Cambridge July 77 J5729.jpg

 

Can't be 31042 as it is blue star multi, so 142 or 242 possibly?

With the number of missing windows on the coaches I would hope it isnt in passenger service but was off to the scrapyard, it could of course be a football special.

 

Edit-

The front coach is mounted on Commonwealth bogies so it could be off to works and the depot have 'borrowed' some windows for spares.

Edited November 17, 2019 by royaloak

[31A]

C19124 - interesting to see a picture of a 322 in their original short lived Stansted Express livery!

 

[DaveF]

7 minutes ago, royaloak said:

With the number of missing windows on the coaches I would hope it isnt in passenger service but was off to the scrapyard, it could of course be a football special.

 

Edit-

The front coach is mounted on Commonwealth bogies so it could be off to works and the depot have 'borrowed' some windows for spares.

 

 

I think that the apparent blacked out windows are a scanning introduced problem.

 

David

[royaloak]

2 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I think that the apparent blacked out windows are a scanning introduced problem.

 

David

Ah fair, enough, I hadnt thought about that possibility.

 

Some absolutely brilliant shots in this thread, TBH I dont think there is a picture I dont like.

[DaveF]

 

Today's photos are a few from the Grassington branch, it's a long time since I posted any photos of it - I thought I had used them all.

 

The first is one of Dad's, I think it's a slide he copied for some reason, I'm not certain whether the original one has been on here before - anyway it is a photo I like.

 

The remaining four are all of the same train heading towards Skipton near Rylstone, hauled by 2 Class 31s in April 1990.

 

 

 

2 were taken by Dad, 2 by me.

 

 

Cracoe BR Class 4MT 75015 copy of a slide 1967 J10657.jpg

 

 

Rylstone 2 Class 31s limestone from Cracoe 11th April 90 J10784.jpg

 

 

Rylstone 2 Class 31s limestone from Cracoe 11th April 90 J10786.jpg

 

 

Rylstone 2 Class 31s up limestone 11th April 90 C14305.jpg

 

 

Rylstone 2 Class 31s up limestone 11th April 90 C14302.jpg

 

 

David

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Grassington branch photo’s. The first one, at Cracoe, with BR, standard, class 4MT, 75015, from that copy of a slide, in 1967, is just so delightful and shows how dilapidated that steam had become by that year.

The remaining four photo’s at Rylstone, with two class 31’s on an up limestone train on the 11th April, 1990, show interesting differences of the same train by your perspective and your Dad’s. The two cameras and the film used have created different textures to the train and scenery as well as colours. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DY444]

On 17/11/2019 at 15:28, DaveF said:

 

Great Eastern this afternoon, most at Liverpool Street on the  morning of 20th October 1993. 

 

 

Liverpool Street Class 313s 20th Oct 93 C19125.jpg

 

David

 

Those are 315s

[corneliuslundie]

Interesting to see the train at Whittlesford. I commuted from Cambridge to Liverpool St in the early 70s, and the set usually had the brake vehicle in the middle, whereas this one has a brake second at the front.

Why do I remember? Because a few of us knew that on the up fast in the morning there was a demoted corridor brake composite and we used to hear for the ex first class compartments. Quite a regular club it was.

Jonathan

[talisman56]

14 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

Interesting to see the train at Whittlesford. I commuted from Cambridge to Liverpool St in the early 70s, and the set usually had the brake vehicle in the middle, whereas this one has a brake second at the front.

Why do I remember? Because a few of us knew that on the up fast in the morning there was a demoted corridor brake composite and we used to hear for the ex first class compartments. Quite a regular club it was.

Jonathan

 

Very similar to those that knew about, and headed for the only second class compartment in a Big or Cig on the SR...

[DaveF]

 

 

Pictures taken by Dad at Grantham over a number of years for today.

 

 

Grantham Class 114s July 79 J6557.jpg

 

 

Grantham 55022 York to Kings X June 80 J6965.jpg

 

 

Grantham 47465 Kings X to Harrogate July 80 J7024.jpg

 

 

Grantham 31142 May 87 J8911.jpg

 

 

Grantham 43049 Kings X to Leeds May 87 J8918.jpg

 

 

David

[eastwestdivide]

J6557 is the SR parcels van tail traffic on the DMUs? I like the lighting/signals in the dusk on that photo.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Grantham photo’s which are full of interest. In particular, J6965, of Deltic, class 55, 55022, on a  York to Kings Cross train in June, 1980. It’s an excellent shot showing the power and majesty of the powerful 55’s.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.