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

[great central]

C16890, interesting looking roof rack, hope it fits within the structure gauge

[DaveF]

 

 

Some photos of the Tyne and Wear Metro system, mainly in its early days for this afternoon.

 

 

Backworth Junction Metro 4088 Pelaw to St James 21st Nov 92 C18131.jpg

 

 

Backworth Junction Metro 4050 St James to Pelaw 19th Feb 91 C15596.jpg

 

 

Cullercoats Metro 4056 ecs 19th March 94 C19336.jpg

 

 

Cullercoats Pelaw to St James 4th April 92 C16747.jpg

 

 

Monkseaton Metro 4053 Haymarket to Tynemouth April 81 J7349.jpg

 

 

David

Edited December 17, 2019 by DaveF

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Tyne and Wear Metro System photo’s which are full

of interest. In C15596, at Backworth Junction with Metro 4050, on a St. James to Pelaw service on the 19th of February, 1991, it’s good to see how the service keeps going in cold and snowy weather when the roads often grind to a halt.

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

 

[DaveF]

 

 

Harrogate today, but first a Christmas card  - there is also a thread for Christmas things at:  https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/150018-2019-christmas-greetings-thread/  

 

 

Basford N7 69628 pass Nottingham Victoria to Derby Friargate Jan 54 JVol7005 copy.jpg

 

 

Harrogate 142074 Leeds to Harrogate May 87 J8920.jpg

 

 

Harrogate Class 101 up June 89 J10031.jpg

 

 

Harrogate 141112 Leeds to Knaresborough 11th April 90 C14307.jpg

 

 

Harrogate 144017 York to Leeds 11th April 90 C14310.jpg

 

 

Harrogate 144008 Leeds to Knaresborough 11th April 90 C14313.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

 

[eastwestdivide]

Nice selection of Pacers, and well-timed as with the Dec 2019 timetable change, many of the Northern ones are on their way to the scrapyard.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. Firstly I like the Christmas card, and what a well chosen subject with that lovely N7.

The Harrogate photo’s are delightful, and as stated, most appropriate in view of the class 142’s being progressively withdrawn from service. Indeed, in J8920, with 142074, on a Leeds to Harrogate service in May, 1987, it’s interesting that particular unit has not yet been withdrawn.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[melmerby]

43 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said:

Nice selection of Pacers, and well-timed as with the Dec 2019 timetable change, many of the Northern ones are on their way to the scrapyard.

Make good greenhouses........

[melmerby]

Or a railway room for the garden........

 

Rubbish as trains though.

 

Nice photos again Dave, notwithstanding they are my least liked train.

[lmsforever]

Merry Christmas Dave like the card thanks for your contributions this year looking forward to more in 2020 .Chris

[DaveF]

 

The East Coast Main Line in Northumberland again today, this time at Buston Barns, just south of Alnmouth.

 

The photos feature Class 37s and HSTs.

 

The railway runs alongside a nice quiet road (like many in Northumberland) so you can just park the car and wait for the trains.  A car might go along the road every fifteen minutes or so.

 

 

Buston Barns 37190 down dolofines 4th April 89 C11839.jpg

 

 

Buston Barns 37326 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth Jan 1990 J10599.jpg

 

 

Buston Barns 43154 down going away 6th Oct 90 C15395.jpg

 

 

Buston Barns 43038 up 11th April 91 C15790.jpg

 

 

Buston Barns 37227 down pipes 21st Sept 91 C16582.jpg

 

 

David

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the ECML photo’s from Buston Barns, which are full of interest. In the first photo’, with 37190 on a down train of dolofines, on the 4th of April, 1989, you can see the ‘dust’ which was being created at the rear of the train. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Fat Controller]

12 minutes ago, Market65 said:

Hi, Dave. I like the ECML photo’s from Buston Barns, which are full of interest. In the first photo’, with 37190 on a down train of dolofines, on the 4th of April, 1989, you can see the ‘dust’ which was being created at the rear of the train. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

And which cost BR a lot in compensation for cleaning etc; apparently a lot of dust escaped at Berwick, covering, inter alia, a lady in a fur coat.

[keefer]

C15790 interesting livery variation with a white cab dome - not too practical! Don't know if it's a trick of the light but looks like the cab front number is on a pale panel?

[DaveF]

For today's photos we stay on the ECML in Northumberland, moving a few miles south to Ulgham Lane crossing.

 

 

Ulgham Lane crossing 47303 up freight 17th Aug 87 C9002.jpg

 

 

Ulgham Lane 43061 up 14th Oct 89 C13793

 

 

Ulgham Lane crossing 37051 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth Dec 89 J10586.jpg

 

 

Ulgham Lane crossing 47489 up parcels 13th Oct 90 C15399.jpg

 

 

Ulgham Lane crossing 31271 down p w train 15th June 91 C15933.jpg

 

 

David

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Ulgham Lane crossing photo’s which are full of interest. In particular, I really like C15399, with 47489, on an up parcels train on the 13th of October, 1990. A well composed shot, and the 47 looks good in that livery. 

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

[Davexoc]

4 hours ago, DaveF said:

Ulgham Lane crossing 31271 down p w train 15th June 91 C15933.jpg

 

Amazingly, over 28 years later, it still exists, and in the same livery. Tucked away at LLangollen....

 

 

[DaveF]

 

 

I posted some photos here earlier this afternoon but the post has vanished.

 

I'll try again later.

[eastwestdivide]

20 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I posted some photos here earlier this afternoon but the post has vanished.

 

I'll try again later.

Blame the Christmas post?

[DaveF]

 

The Blyth and Tyne between Winning and North Blyth (Alcan terminal) this afternoon.

 

Hopefully it will work this time - I wonder where it went before?

 

 

Winning 37058 coal empties to Ashington 23rd May 86 C7543.jpg

 

 

Freemans crossing 56129 empties Dec 87 J9390

 

 

Cambois 56114 and 56111 Oct 88 J9686

 

 

Cambois 56133 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth March 89 J9846.jpg

 

 

North Blyth 56133 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth March 89 J9849.jpg

 

 

David

[Davexoc]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I posted some photos here earlier this afternoon but the post has vanished.

 

I'll try again later.

 

Tried to like your post and got a 'timeout error' again. Site seems slow again and was the other day too....

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Blyth and Tyne photo’s which are full of interest. I particularly like J9846, at Cambois, with large logo class 56, 56133, on Alcan empties, from Fort William to North Blyth, in March, 1989. It’s a fine three quarter portrait shot of the locomotive.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[35A]

2 hours ago, Davexoc said:

 

Tried to like your post and got a 'timeout error' again. Site seems slow again and was the other day too....

 

IME the site has been chronically slow, since the refresh. I've got a faster fibre connection and no other website takes as long to populate as RMweb does! When I click on my Favourites Bar icon it takes 10 seconds plus for anything to happen.

[Davexoc]

6 minutes ago, 35A said:

 

IME the site has been chronically slow, since the refresh. I've got a faster fibre connection and no other website takes as long to populate as RMweb does! When I click on my Favourites Bar icon it takes 10 seconds plus for anything to happen.

 

Just run a speed check, and considering my pc is wired to the router (so in effect 100MBs) it still tells me 104.7MBs, so yes, the problem is at the host end..

[Mark Saunders]

16 minutes ago, Davexoc said:

 

Just run a speed check, and considering my pc is wired to the router (so in effect 100MBs) it still tells me 104.7MBs, so yes, the problem is at the host end..

 

My computer has put up a message on three occasions tonight that it is the host that is at fault!

[DaveF]

 

Thanks for the comments about the site's speed of loading, but perhaps any more comments about the site should be in one of the threads about the site's performance.

 

David