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

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the Blyth and Tyne photo’s all of which are of interest. In C11762, at North Blyth, with large logo 56133, on an Alcan empties train to North Blyth, on the 28th March, 1989, you have captured a splendid view of the locomotive. And in the last photo’, again at North Blyth, with the class 101 DMU on the Alcan charter from Lynemouth to North Blyth on Sunday the 21st September, 1986, you can just see that the nearest vehicle has the West Yorkshire PTE logo on it’s side. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

The first batch of photos today were taken at the Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire between thirty and fifty two  years ago.

 

 

Crich Sept 68 J1436

 

Crich Glasgow 22 Aug 74 J4013

 

 

Crich Blackpol 166 Aug 74 J4014

 

 

Crich Blackpool and Fleetwood 2 and Blackpool 40 11th June 89 C12055.jpg

 

 

Crich Prague 180 11th June 89 C12046.jpg

 

 

Crich Blackpool 40 7th April 90 C14189.jpg

 

 

[SHMD]

Talk about timing, lots of pictures of cobbles between the rails - just what I'm researching at the moment!

 

 

Thanks,

Kev.

 

[talisman56]

Does that mean the Blackpool Toastrack has to be upside down to do the 'Circular Tour'?

[DaveF]

 

Time now for the Sunday "afternoon" batch of photos which once again were taken at Carlisle in 1987 and 1990.

 

As usual the sun was not shining.

 

 

Carlisle 47660 Middlesbrough to Carlisle April 87 J8799.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 47479 85008 85037 April 87 J8867.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 37370 down cement 30th May 90 C14533.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 86250 Glasgow C to Brighton May 90 J10935.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 86438 and 86607 down steel coil wagons May 90 J10949.jpg

 

 

David

Edited August 16, 2020 by DaveF

[35A]

Two lovely sets today, Dave.

 

A typo on J8867, I think. The large logo Brush is 47 479, not 47 419. I immediately spotted the position of the ETS jumper, which lead to a closer look. Thank goodness for large logo livery!

[Market65]

Good evening, David. I like the Tramway Museum at Crich photo’s all of which are full of interest. In the first photo’, you have some vehicles that are quite different, and would make great models.

The latest Carlisle photo’s are excellent and full of different trains and points of detail. The last photo’, of 86438 and 86607, on a down train of steel coil wagons, in May, 1990, reveals that 86438 has a white double arrow, whilst 86607 has a metal example under the rear cabside windows.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

2 hours ago, 35A said:

Two lovely sets today, Dave.

 

A typo on J8867, I think. The large logo Brush is 47 479, not 47 419. I immediately spotted the position of the ETS jumper, which lead to a closer look. Thank goodness for large logo livery!

 

There are days when I think I can't read my own writing when I am doing captions!  Then I can easily do typos as well.

 

David

[daveyb]

12 hours ago, Market65 said:

Good evening, David. I like the Tramway Museum at Crich photo’s all of which are full of interest. In the first photo’, you have some vehicles that are quite different, and would make great models.

The latest Carlisle photo’s are excellent and full of different trains and points of detail. The last photo’, of 86438 and 86607, on a down train of steel coil wagons, in May, 1990, reveals that 86438 has a white double arrow, whilst 86607 has a metal example under the rear cabside windows.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

... And above that 86250 seems to have no arrows at all and is missing a swallow in its slightly strange looking Inter-city livery. The flat yellow ends look a strange variation.

[DaveF]

 

Along the ECML in Northumberland for today's photos.

 

 

Lucker 47200 up vans 7th April 93 C18412.jpg

 

 

Alnmouth Class 254 down Aug 81 J7565.jpg

 

 

Southside 37134 Alcan empties Fort William to North Blyth Aug 86 J8672.jpg

 

 

Acklington Class 56 down coal 29th May 93 C18576.jpg

 

 

Morpeth 43118 up 26th Jan 91 C15558.jpg

 

 

David

 

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the ECML in Northumberland photo’s which are all of interest. In the last photo’, at Morpeth, with 43118 leading an up HST on the 26th January, 1991, you can see all too clearly how the power cars number is too far to the left under the cab windscreen. I wonder if any pay was docked as a result?

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Today's photos start at Darlington and then head north towards Newcastle.

 

 

Darlington 143001 up ecs 26th Feb 87 C8249.jpg

 

 

Hett Mill 158805 Liverpool to Newcastle 30th May 95 C20199.jpg

 

 

Croxdale Class 43 Kings X to Inverness 30th May 95 C20209.jpg

 

 

Croxdale Class 47 up parcels 30th May 95 C20203.jpg 47739 Resourceful

 

 

Plawsworth 43152 Newcastle to Kings Oct 87 J9329.jpg

 

 

David

Edited August 18, 2020 by DaveF

[brushman47544]

C20203 is 47739 Resourceful

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the photo’s going north from Darlington towards Newcastle. All are of interest, and in the last photo’, at Plawsworth, with 43152, leading a Newcastle to Kings HST, in October, 1987, you have a most excellent view of BR’s best ever train.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

C20203 is 47739 Resourceful

 

 

Once again many thanks Andrew.

 

David

[DaveF]

The Grantham to Nottingham line again today at several locations.

 

 

Bottesford Class 47 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Aug 82 J7738.jpg

 

 

Bottesford Nov 83 J8106

 

 

Elton and Orston 156407 Skegness to Crewe 10th June 95 C20284.jpg

 

 

Aslockton 150120 Crewe to Skegness 10th June 95 C20287.jpg

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent/ Rectory Junction 25122 shunting oil tanks Feb 78 C3678.jpg

 

 

David

Edited August 19, 2020 by DaveF
I coudn't spell Grantham correctly today.

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the Grantham to Nottingham line photo’s, which are all of interest. In the first photo’, at Bottesford with a class 47, on a Parkeston Quay to Manchester train, in August, 1982, you can see that there’s no lamp iron on the secondman’s side of the cab. And in C20287, at Aslockton, with 150120, on a Crewe to Skegness service, on the 10th June, 1995, I’m just left wondering about the cab door handrails. I’ve checked various images, and none have them quite so curved outwards as on 150120. Perhaps it’s my eyesight, but that’s how they appear to me.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

London Transport today, with some being inside Covent Garden Museum.

 

The ones in the museum were taken on my last visit to London before I moved to Northumberland, since then I have rarely ventured that far south.

 

 

Baker Street A stock Watford to Whitechapel March 79 J6395.jpg

 

 

Baker Street A stock Watford to Whitechapel March 79 J6396.jpg

 

 

London LT Barbican station 20th Oct 93 C19161.jpg

 

 

London Transport Museum Aveling and Porter July 80 C5075.jpg

 

 

London Transport Museum Met 5 John Hampden July 80 C5074.jpg

 

 

London Transport Museum Met 23 July 80 C5073.jpg

 

 

David

Edited August 21, 2020 by DaveF

[BernardTPM]

5 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Baker Street R stock Watford to Whitechapel March 79 J6395.jpg

 

Good to see some Underground stock, David, though that's A stock, not R. I used to enjoy a good bouncy ride at high speed on these out from Baker Street to Wembley when the Model Engineering Exhibition moved to the Wemby Conference Centre in the '70s.

R stock were the last of the flared skirt type.

[DaveF]

5 minutes ago, BernardTPM said:

 

Good to see some Underground stock, David, though that's A stock, not R. I used to enjoy a good bouncy ride at high speed on these out from Baker Street to Wembley when the Model Engineering Exhibition moved to the Wemby Conference Centre in the '70s.

R stock were the last of the flared skirt type.

 

 

Thanks for the comment and for pointing out that it is A stock.  I think my skill at indentifying LT stock is on a par with BR first generation dmus.

 

I've amended the caption.

 

I'm not sure if I have any more photos of LT stock not already in this thread.

 

David

Edited August 20, 2020 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good afternon, David. I like the London Transport photo’s, which are all most fascinating. In C5074, in the London Transport Museum, that is a great photo’ of Metropolitan number 5. John Hampden, in July, 1980. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[St Enodoc]

8 hours ago, DaveF said:

London Transport today, with some being inside Clapham Museum.

Dave, I think you might mean the LT Museum at Covent Garden, not Clapham. Clapham closed in 1973 and the LT Museum opened in March 1980.

[DaveF]

10 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Dave, I think you might mean the LT Museum at Covent Garden, not Clapham. Clapham closed in 1973 and the LT Museum opened in March 1980.

 

 

Oops, of course I meant Covent Garden - and that is what my slide catalogue says.  I've altered the post to correct it.

 

I wasn't concentrating when I was typing yesterday morning.

 

At least I got the first letter right.

 

David

[Chris116]

It was a very sad day when the Clapham museum closed but Covent Garden was a very good replacement until they turned it into a children's playground about five years ago. When it reopened after the revamp I made the most of my free admission due to working for TfL and paid it another visit. In my opinion it was a waste of my shoe leather walking round the new set up. Half the number of exhibits with trams virtually forgotten and lots of kids stuff that even the kids thought was boring. 

[DaveF]

 

The West Coast Main line in Scotland today, around Crawford, Carstairs, and Glasgow Central.

 

 

Crawford 86508 freight 29th March 89 C11826.jpg

 

 

Crawford Class 87 Euston to Glasgow 26th Feb 93 C18319.jpg

 

 

Carstairs 43123 Cornish Scot Edinburgh to Glasgow to Penzance7th Aug 95 C20366.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central 90008 Glasgow to Birmingham 2nd March 91 C15635.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central 101691 to Whifflet 24th Feb 95 C19964.jpg

 

 

David