RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 12, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 22 hours ago, keefer said: funny how quick technology moved on in the 2000s. in 2003 or 4, I bought a Nikon Coolpix 3200 compact camera for £120 quite expensive for me but the going rate for that sort of thing. 3.2M 'effective' pixels in full compressed mode and took 2 or 3 seconds to process the shot, 3x optical and 10x digital zoom. To be honest, I just kept it in the 1.6M pixel mode which gave pics that were 2048 x 1600 (?) pixels. This also meant it didn't totally gorge the 2 x AA batteries. I still have it and I still have many pics taken with it - they are so sharp and clear even when enlarged many times on screen or print. in recent years, cameras then phone cameras. were/are pushed with how many megapixels they have (like how many bhp your car has). my phone is something like 8M pixels, fine - however as soon as you zoom in at all, the image breaks up and pixellates i.e. it's a crap lens or sensor which just does not capture the detail. Sorry for the diversion Dave, just made me think back to when digital was becoming popular (and affordable) how expensive it seemed! Now you can buy pocket cameras with 20M pixels, Bluetooth, GPS, HD, effects, and on and on - but if the glass and sensor aren't up to it then the pics will suffer. Just like the old days really - crap lens and crap film gave crap results! Still off topic After using a Canon A1 with Canon lenses for some years my first digital (2004) was a Sony DSC-V3 compact with 7Mpx & 4x optical zoom, my second was another Sony compact (DSC-HX50) with 20Mpx & 20x zoom, the first lens was noticeably better than the second. I now have a Canon SX740 compact, again 20Mpx but a 30x optical zoom but a much superior lens to the previous 2 Sonys. All 3 have been in the £200- £300 bracket. Edited June 12, 2020 by melmerby 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 13, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 13, 2020 Today's photos were taken at Hambleton South Juncton. I think I was travelling back from Switzerland in the car, had got off the ferry that morning in Hull and decided to have a short break on the drive home. Hambleton South Junction 43050 up 16th Aug 90 C15262.jpg Hambleton South Junction DVT and 91006 16th Aug 90 C15263.jpg Hambleton South Junction 56076 down 16th Aug 90 C15265.jpg Hambleton South Junction 31207 and 31288 up oil 16th Aug 90 C15266.jpg Hambleton South Junction 43100 up 16th Aug 90 C15267.jpg David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted June 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 13, 2020 C15263. Interesting short formation. Driver training perhaps? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2020 Good evening, David. I like the photo’s of Hambleton South from the 16th August, 1990. In C15265, the class 56, 56076, is hauling an interesting down train. I wonder if the vehicles would have been on their way to York for work on them? With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted June 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2020 Two candidates for the “Prototype for everything” thread in today’s batch. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2020 Back to May 1979 at Didcot for this morning's coffee time photos. The small children in the first photo will be in their 40s now. The Morris dancers in the fifth photo have been seen before in this thread. Didcot 4144 May 79 C4519.jpg Didcot GWR TPO 814 built 1940 May 79 C4521.jpg Didcot 5029 Nunney Castle May 79 C4523.jpg Didcot 4942 Maindy Hall May 79 C4527.jpg Didcot 5900 Hinderton Hall railcar 22 B of B 34051 Winston Churchill May 79 C4539.jpg Didcot 5900 Hinderton Hall May 79 C4545.jpg David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 14, 2020 This afternoon's photos are at Benton Quarry and Heaton Depot, north of Newcastle on the ECML. Benton Quarry JunctionClass 254 down April 83 C6026.jpg Heaton 37408 up l e 20th Jan 90 C13947.jpg Heaton 143064 up 20th Jan 90 C13949.jpg Heaton Depot carriage sheds with condemned Mk1 stock and a Class 101 Jan 1990 J10611.jpg Heaton Depot 143323 Newcastle to Morpeth Jan 1990 J10617.jpg David 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 The Swayfield photos show rolling stock 'improvement' over a period of 13 years - from Mark 1 to Mark 2a/b/c to Mark 2d/e/f to Mark III in the HST... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2020 Good evening, David. I like the Didcot photo’s from May, 1979. All are of interest, and in C5421, the GWR, TPO, number 814, which was built in 1940, shows, in the photo’ much detail of the nets, etc., concerned with the pick up and set down of mail from a moving train. I like the Benton Quarry and Heaton Depot photo’s. In J10611, at Heaton Depot carriage sheds, in January, 1990, the condemned Mk1 stock is accompanied by both some class 101 cars, and also to the left Derby class 108’s, and to the immediate right high density suburban cars - 116? With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted June 14, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Market65 said: Good evening, David. I like the Didcot photo’s from May, 1979. All are of interest, and in C5421, the GWR, TPO, number 814, which was built in 1940, shows, in the photo’ much detail of the nets, etc., concerned with the pick up and set down of mail from a moving train. I like the Benton Quarry and Heaton Depot photo’s. In J10611, at Heaton Depot carriage sheds, in January, 1990, the condemned Mk1 stock is accompanied by both some class 101 cars, and also to the left Derby class 108’s, and to the immediate right high density suburban cars - 116? With warmest regards, Rob. The 116 cars may have been the ones (or others like them) we had in the photo at Riding Mill a little while ago. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2020 Back to the ECML in Northumberland again today. The last photo was taken at Chevington, this was once the junction for the line to Amble. Damdykes 56109 down coal 26th June 93 C18639.jpg Damdykes 37211 down p w train 30th Oct 92 C18123.jpg Cramlington 153319 Newcastle to Morpeth 24th Dec 92 C18197.jpg Cramlington 43041 up 5th Nov 88 C11605.jpg Chevington crossing Class142 Newcastle to Alnmouth 1st June 90 C14544.jpg David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2020 Which would you prefer to travel in: the elderly Mk 1s in J10611 or the Pacer in the following pic? It is ironic that in today's pic none of the train s is electric? Had the juice not been switched on? Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 Most trains at Cardiff are not electric, and I reckon a good bit of the knitting has yet to be used in anger! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 11:00, DaveF said: Didcot 4942 Maindy Hall May 79 C4527.jpg David Of course Maindy Hall looks a little different these days: 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 Good evening, David. I like the Northumberland photo’s which are all of interest. In C11605, at Cramlington, with 43041 leading a HST on an up express on the 5th November, 1988, you have captured a most excellent shot of such an iconic train as it passes through the station. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted June 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2020 6 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: Which would you prefer to travel in: the elderly Mk 1s in J10611 or the Pacer in the following pic? It is ironic that in today's pic none of the train s is electric? Had the juice not been switched on? Jonathan I decided for today to avoid the Class 91s which at the time were the only electrics frequently seen in Northumberland. Other classes did appear now and then and I have a few photos which will appear as and when I get round to them. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 6 hours ago, corneliuslundie said: Which would you prefer to travel in: the elderly Mk 1s in J10611 or the Pacer in the following pic? It is ironic that in today's pic none of the train s is electric? Had the juice not been switched on? Jonathan Should I have to descend at Cramlington going northwards, I'd definitely want to be on something with power-operated doors. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Photos from Edinburgh for today. Once again they were taken by Dad. Looking at the date it was one of his first days out after having a number of heart bypasses following a series of heart attacks, Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 47716 Edinburgh to Glasgow QS Aug 87 J9159.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens Class 101 Kirkaldy to Edinburgh Aug 87 J9162.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 120532 Edinburgh to Dundee Aug 87 J9163.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 47702 Glasgow QS to Edinburgh Aug 87 J9169.jpg Edinburgh Waverley 43105 Edinburgh to Kings X and 101347 to North Berwick Aug 87 J9184.jpg David Edited June 16, 2020 by DaveF 40 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Minor correction David; In J9163 the DMU is a Class 120. Just two months later Scotland had received its first Sprinters, Class 150 sets at Haymarket (150255, 257, 259, 279, 283, 284 and 285). They were primarily intended for the Edinburgh/Dundee and Edinburgh/Bathgate services. As I was displaced from my job in Glasgow Control at the time, due to a re-organisation, I was given the job of riding the new sets to report on their performance. 1 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Further to the above, one of my Control colleagues, whose railway career started in the late 60s (some years before mine) was given a similar job, in this case riding the then newly-introduced double-headed Class 50 trains between Glasgow and Crewe; Infinitely preferable to my Class 150 sojourn ! 5 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, caradoc said: Further to the above, one of my Control colleagues, whose railway career started in the late 60s (some years before mine) was given a similar job, in this case riding the then newly-introduced double-headed Class 50 trains between Glasgow and Crewe; Infinitely preferable to my Class 150 sojourn ! Scotland obviously specialised in displacing staff. When I entered Redhill Control in 1968 there were three Scots who had been sent south. A fourth had already not made the grade and was gone. The other three did ok - one went to be DCC at Paddington, one became Special Duties Asst at DMO Croydon, and the third ploughed on in Control doing a fair job. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 Good evening, David. I like the Edinburgh photo’s, from August, 1987, which are full of interest. In J9163, at Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens, with hybrid DMU set number 102532 , on an Edinburgh to Dundee service, you can see how there’s just one roof vent left on each of the class 120 power cars. I’m not sure, but I understand that asbestos was not removed from these cars. I cannot think of any other reason for the removal of most of the roof vents. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted June 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 16, 2020 3 hours ago, caradoc said: Minor correction David; In J9163 the DMU is a Class 120. My fault entirely, Dad wrote 120, I just mistyped it (yet again). David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearwater Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 On 14/06/2020 at 11:00, DaveF said: Back to May 1979 at Didcot for this morning's coffee time photos. The small children in the first photo will be in their 40s now. The Morris dancers in the fifth photo have been seen before in this thread. Hi David This picture reminded me of one of my father’s pictures. Not Didcot but Bridgnorth, late 70s if not 1979. Given I’m on RMweb, I wonder if either of those small children are? I’d have thought a reasonable chance. Another David David 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted June 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2020 10 hours ago, DaveF said: Photos from Edinburgh for today. Once again they were taken by Dad. Looking at the date it was one of his first days out after having a number of heart bypasses following a series of heart attacks, Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 47716 Edinburgh to Glasgow QS Aug 87 J9159.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens Class 101 Kirkaldy to Edinburgh Aug 87 J9162.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 120532 Edinburgh to Dundee Aug 87 J9163.jpg Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens 47702 Glasgow QS to Edinburgh Aug 87 J9169.jpg Edinburgh Waverley 43105 Edinburgh to Kings X and 101347 to North Berwick Aug 87 J9184.jpg David @Waverley West have you seen these? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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