michaelp Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Brilliant West Blyth photos Dave, thanks for posting. Michael 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hi, Dave. I love all of the excellent Cambois photo’s. All show excellent views of different aspects of the place. I particularly like J7393, of three unidentifiable class 37’s in May, 1981. A scene ripe for modelling. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Michael Edge Posted February 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2019 4 hours ago, Fat Controller said: J7392: the little shunter coupled to the ballast hopper was owned by a company called Grant-Lyon-Eagre, I believe; they were a Scunthorpe-based subsidiary of British Steel, specialising in track work at industrial sites. The shunter had worked on installation works at Eurotunnel's Cheriton terminal, and Dolland's Moor yard back in 1992/3.; it was positively dwarfed by some of the German locos it worked alongside. It's a Ruston 48DS, not a Planet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 18, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Michael Edge said: It's a Ruston 48DS, not a Planet. Many thanks, I've amended the caption. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted February 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 18, 2019 6 hours ago, 73c said: J7394. What a brilliant photo! Brilliant composition with good depth of field, and enough telephoto to accentuate the undualations in the track. Then the main subject framed by the buffer stops. Superb..... Dave 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Dave, A nice view over Cambois depot with the DoMEE van outside their workshop, it has the lettering on it as the C&W one was unlettered! The view of the West Track hopper and conveyor under construction with the Grant Lyon Eagre loco and former Southern Railway Walrus shows the sidings still in use, when completed the sidings were removed and BR handled the discharge of all trains there. The West Track hopper discharged coal into a hopper loading Euclid scrapers taking it to stock, while the original East Track Hopper fed directly to the plant for burning. Mark Saunders 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Brilliant photos of Blyth Cambois David, a place (and depot) I never visited. J7391 - How many coal wagons are there in that picture; Probably more than in the whole of the UK today ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2019 Radcliffe on Trent again today, mainly dmus of various classes in all sorts of weather. Radcliffe on Trent Class 101 Nottingham to Skegness Mar 75 J4194.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 E50021 Nottingham to Skegness Feb 78 J5919.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 56 56045 to Cotgrave Colliery Feb 78 J5927.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 E50031 Nottingham to Skegness Sept 78 J6341.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 105 Nottingham to Skegness Jan 80 J6766.jpg David 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted February 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Hi David J4194, I make the formation to be a Met Cam DTC (101), paired a BRCW (104) DMBS coupled to a Gloucester (100) unit. I do like lash ups like this. Something you very very rarely see on layouts. See Rob's reply below, yeah it is a 114. Edited February 19, 2019 by Clive Mortimore 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 19, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s. All so full of interest and nostalgia. Just like a trip back in time to those good old DMU spotting days. Anyway, in that first one, I have to say that actually the lash up is as follows, sorry Clive. As you’ve mentioned a Met Cam 101DTCL, and a Birmingham 104 DMBS. Then it gets interesting. The class 100 is actually, on closer inspection, a further class 114 Derby heavyweight. You can tell from the four big windows between the two passenger doors, and the roof vents. Also the tumblehome is different along with the sole bars. Also the sliding vents are unpainted metal, and the guards van has a slightly different arrangement of doors and windows. I’ll say no more... That last photo ‘ is very cold and wintry and shows how the weather should be today, but isnt! With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium EEType4 Posted February 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 10/02/2019 at 15:01, DaveF said: I suppose this afternoon's photos could be described as being around the West Midlands. I remember taking the one at Huntley (I think that is the nearest place), I was on my way to the Foxfield Railway (though perhaps not on the most direct route). I have no information at all about the others, apart from the captions. They are Dad's photos and they are at places I don't think I've ever visited. Huntley North Staffs line to Cheadle July 76 C2885.jpg Morton Pinkeney S on A & M J R Oct 70 J2404.jpg Southam Road and Harbury 47375 up freight Aug 80 J7178.jpg Southam Road and Harbury cement wagon Aug 80 J7176.jpg Southam Road and Harbury Class 47 Poole to Newcastle Aug 80 J7177.jpg David Great stuff David. You are couple of miles out with the location of J7177 & J7178, which were taken where Hambridge Road, just outside the Warwickshire village of Bishops Itchington, crosses over the GWR line between Leamington Spa and Banbury. J7176 will I am sure be taken at Greaves Siding which served Blue Circle's Harbury cement works, the silo's of which can just be seen in the top left of J7178. Southam Road and Harbury station was located another mile or so beyond the cement works near the hamlet of Deppers Bridge. As a lad I spent many happy an hour with my Dad at these places taking photos not dissimilar to yours. Thanks for sharing all these images and keep up the good work, Ken 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 29/04/2016 at 13:17, leopardml2341 said: Hello Dave, C295, any more on the coach in the background? On 29/04/2016 at 14:59, DaveF said: I've had a look in Cartwright and Russell's book on the WLLR (David and Charles, 1977 ISBN 0 7153 8151 2). It states that in September 1969 a former Eastern Region (actually a Thompson LNER) 1st class sleeping car, E1260E was purchased for volunteer accommodation. So I think that is the coach in the photo. I've had a look and don't seem to have any other further photos of it, not have I found any with a quick search on the web. The coach was built at Donaster to Diagram 359, my Preserved Carriages book (Lloyd and Brown, pub SLP) states it was built in 1950. This book also states it was later replaced on the WLLR by BR 2536, a 1957 built SLSTP, also from Doncaster , Lot No. 30245 to Diagram 10. A bit late, I know, but I have a photo of the Thompson sleeper from August 1972, repainted into Green/Off White: 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 16 hours ago, DaveF said: Radcliffe on Trent Class 105 Nottingham to Skegness Jan 80 J6766.jpg Is that a snowball fight going on in the car park?!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Rob F said: Is that a snowball fight going on in the car park?!! Yes, it is a snowball fight. It's probably pupils on their way home from the local school (actually a big comprehensive serving a large area beyond Radcliife on Trent). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) A few more photos on the Glasgow and South Western for this afternoon. They are presented in the order they were taken on a mostly very dull day. Barassie 9th May 87 C8424 Ayr Class 107 9th May 87 C8429 Girvan Class 47 Stranraer to Euston 9th May 87 C8431 Dunragit 9th May 87 C8437 Barassie Junction 9th May 87 C8470 David Edited February 20, 2019 by DaveF 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted February 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2019 C8431 Looks like they are using low grade coal in that 47! Great photos as usual, many thanks for all the work you put in for our benefit. 4 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Glasgow and South Western photo’s which are full of atmosphere. In particular, I like C8437 of Dunragit, on the 9th May, 1987. It gives a very good view of the signal cabin. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Chris116 said: C8431 Looks like they are using low grade coal in that 47! Great photos as usual, many thanks for all the work you put in for our benefit. Indeed, when I scrolled down toward that pic I fully expected to see a steam locomotive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted February 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Chris116 said: C8431 Looks like they are using low grade coal in that 47! Great photos as usual, many thanks for all the work you put in for our benefit. Something is Duff in that picture. Might be the one that I had with low oil pressure. Four split HP fuel pipes diluted the lube oil to the tune of 15%, with poor firing on those cylinders, but the valve gear and rocker covers were spotless. Ultra low viscocity oil though, and fortunately it didn't blow the crankcase, Dave 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 21, 2019 Newcastle Central station in 1985 and 1987 for today's photos. Newcastle Thurs 24th Oct 85 C7261 A quiet moment at the station. Newcastle 143025 Carlisle to Newcastle 17th Jan 87 C8184.jpg Newcastle HST up 17th Jan 87 C8187 Newcastle 43161 down and 43083 up 24th Feb 87 C8212.jpg Newcastle Class 101 54408 and 51198 10th July 87 C8640.jpg David 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2019 The days when big stations had BRUTES all over the place .... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, 31A said: The days when big stations had BRUTES all over the place .... BRUTES are an important part of the history of railway operations; I hope one has been preserved by the NRM as part of the national collection. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, brushman47544 said: BRUTES are an important part of the history of railway operations; I hope one has been preserved by the NRM as part of the national collection. There is one there, yes - the last time I saw it, it was in the Station Hall near 87001 and the Mk2 air con coach. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2019 Hi, Dave. I like the Newcastle photo’s which are so nostalgic. In particular I like C8187, of an HST on an up service on the 17th January, 1987. Such a wintry scene unlike today which is so springlike with temperatures getting on for 17C! With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted February 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2019 Newcastle to Carlisle in a Pacer. No thanks. I'll take the "heritage" DMU instead. I would want to be paid to take a trip that long in a 143. Of course the London train has something a little more comfortable. Odd how I don't remember many pacers on London local services! Thanks for yet more excellent photos of the way it was. Jonathan 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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