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

[The Pilotman]

C11826 Are those BDA wagons with long stanchions with the logs on? If so, I didn’t know they’d ever been used for that purpose. 

[Fat Controller]

5 minutes ago, Western Aviator said:

C11826 Are those BDA wagons with long stanchions with the logs on? If so, I didn’t know they’d ever been used for that purpose. 

They are; I believe they may have been re-coded BTA; there were also some vac-fitted BDV that received air-pipes, and were coded BTW, They tended to work to different destinations to the OTAs, (seen further back in the train); I believe Hereford was one destination,

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the Scottish photo’s which are all of interest. In C18319, at Crawford, with a class  87, on a Euston to Glasgow express, on the 26th February, 1993, the train looks so dark against the snowy landscape. It will have been a most cold day too.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[St Enodoc]

I like the contrast between the snow at Crawford and the rose bay willow herb at Carstairs.

[Enterprisingwestern]

8 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I like the contrast between the snow at Crawford and the rose bay willow herb at Carstairs.

 

Thank you Percy Thrower!

 

Mike.

[DaveF]

 

York again today, mainly featuring multiple units.

 

I know a lot of people prefer photos of locomotives but in my view everything to do with railways is worth recording, partly for my own interest and partly to help those who need information about what railway were like at various times in the past, be it the recent past or some time ago.

 

 

York 144001 Harrogate to York July 87 J9058.jpg

 

 

York 150212 Manchester Victoria to Scarborough July 87 J9054.jpg

 

 

York 156475 Scarborough to Liverpool 28th Aug 90 C15364.jpg

 

 

York 158903 to Liverpol Lime St 3rd June 92 C16889.jpg

 

 

York 43156 up 26th June 88 C9534

 

 

David

Edited August 22, 2020 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like these latest photo’s of York. All are of interest, and we think alike. I too love to take photo’s of various things on the railway which are not always of trains. The latest example of that is the new, very ugly signal, on the up platform at Beverley. I think I’ll post that photo’ into my East Yorkshire thread.

So, of these York photo’s, in J9054, you have a fine portrait of 150212, on a Manchester Victoria to Scarborough service in July, 1987. I recall the seats being most uncomfortable on anything except a local journey, certainly not a cross Pennine one. Just too many numb bums from long journeys...aching backs too.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

 

[russ p]

Great to see pictures of the real York David,  and those units are at least British. 

Some of the 150/2s didn't have yellow ends when new

[35A]

5 hours ago, Market65 said:

So, of these York photo’s, in J9054, you have a fine portrait of 150212, on a Manchester Victoria to Scarborough service in July, 1987. I recall the seats being most uncomfortable on anything except a local journey, certainly not a cross Pennine one. Just too many numb bums from long journeys...aching backs too.

 

The seats in the far vehicle of the pair are even more uncomfortable now, since it was involved in the first accident for the class, at Seamer, in 1987 (subsequently broken up).

[DaveF]

 

The Tanfield Railway today with photos from the late 1980s.   

 

Obviously there have been changes since then, Andrews House is now a functioning station for example and there is a lot more covered accommodation for the stock.

 

As most of you know the railway is just to the south of Gateshead, so not too far from home for me.  It's a pleasant 40 minute drive.

 

 

Andrews House HL No2 28th May 88 C9469.jpg

 

 

Andrews House RSH Cochrane 28th Aug 89 C13728.jpg

 

 

Marley Hill AEG NCB 9 ex Harton 28th May 88 C9475.jpg

 

 

Marley Hill Armstrong Whitwoth 2 28th May 88 C9471.jpg

 

 

Marley Hill RSH 21 28th May 88 C9480.jpg

 

 

Marley Hill Hudswell Clarke Irwell Marley Hill to Sunniside 28th Aug 89 C13741.jpg  This is one of my favourite photos of the line.

 

 

David

[lmsforever]

Dave the Tanfield is a brilliant place with interesting rolling stock and locos ,plus the staff are very friendly with a pleaseant trip as well.Been there three times and every time enjoyed myself hope they are doing okay in the current situation. Chris

[DaveF]

 

On Friday we had some WCML in Scotland photos, ending up at Glasgow Central.

 

Here are some more taken there on visits to Glasgow Exhibition.

 

 

Glasgow Central 107026 2nd March 91 C15623.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central 318252 2nd March 91 C15632.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central Class 86 24th Feb 95 C19959.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central 303009 24th Feb 95 C19961.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central Class 86 and 318268 24th Feb 95 C20081.jpg  86416

 

 

David

Edited August 23, 2020 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. I like the Tanfield Railway photo’s. All are of interest, and I’m intrigued by the electric locomotive in C9475, at Marley Hill. An AEG, NCB, number 9, ex Harton, on the 28th May, 1988. Has it ever run I wonder? 
The Glasgow Central photo’s are all of interest and nostalgia. In the first photo’, of a class 107 DMU, 107026, on the 2nd March, 1991, you have a fantastic view of the maze of trackwork. What remarkable model it would make.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[caradoc]

The area outside Glasgow Central is known as The Jungle, with good reason ! It has been slightly simplified since David's photos, with a couple of the Centre Sidings removed, but is still rather complex. And on the other hand Central has gained platforms. 

 

 

[brushman47544]

C20081 The Class 86 is likely to be 86416. It’s definitely an 86/4 as it has the mu jumper receptacles removed and the others that were unnamed and in RES rather than Red had slight differences, e.g. 86426 had white handrails.

[dvdlcs]

C15623, the Class 107 at Glasgow Central. Interesting, for me at least, to see the set number as 026, with the 0 looking like an addition.

 

I remember the 107s in the mid 1980s as being numbered in the 400s, so that was probably 426 in earlier years. The Class 101 sets were numbered in the 300s, and the odds-and-sods (104s, 116s) before the mass invasion of other regions cast-offs at the end of the 1980s were numbered in such a way that presumably you could refer to set 426, for example, and that would be unique - at least among the Scottish allocation.

 

First 107 to receive the black and orange Strathclyde PTE livery was 107 444. You'll know how I remembered that ...

[DaveF]

 

Mainly the West Coast Main Line again today, this time around Low Gill.

 

They were all taken on 11th April 1995.

 

Even though the M6 is just behind the trees it was a very pleasant spot to take photos.

 

 

Low Gill Class 87 Euston to Glasgow C 11th April 95 C20037.jpg   87 030 "Black Douglas"

 

 

Low Gill 158750 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport 11th April 95 C20062.jpg

 

 

Low Gill 87007 hauling 87001 down 11th April 95 C20065.jpg

 

 

Low Gill 43161 up 11th April 95 C20066.jpg

 

 

Low Gill Little North Western viaduct 11th April 95 C20067.jpg

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the WCML photo’s at Low Gill from the 11th April, 1995. All are of interest, and show how things have changed in the intervening years. The last photo’, of the Little North Western viaduct, is a spendid subject for a photograph, and would make a great model.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[The Pilotman]

C20037: Looks like they must have used a Birmingham/Wolverhampton set for that train as the Glasgows were usually Mk3 sets. 

[keefer]

C20065 Pic taken at just the right angle to show the wheel-mounted brake discs on the BT10 bogie - all the more contrasting to the mucky brown of the bogies/underframe themselves.

[brushman47544]

1 hour ago, Western Aviator said:

C20037: Looks like they must have used a Birmingham/Wolverhampton set for that train as the Glasgows were usually Mk3 sets. 

could it have been The Clansman? Can’t remember when it stopped running but I.t was often Mk2f stock rather than Mk3s

[The Pilotman]

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

could it have been The Clansman? Can’t remember when it stopped running but I.t was often Mk2f stock rather than Mk3s

Would that have had a DVT though? The 87 is propelling in the picture. 

Edited August 24, 2020 by Western Aviator

[DaveF]

6 hours ago, Western Aviator said:

C20037: Looks like they must have used a Birmingham/Wolverhampton set for that train as the Glasgows were usually Mk3 sets. 

 

4 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

could it have been The Clansman? Can’t remember when it stopped running but I.t was often Mk2f stock rather than Mk3s

 

3 hours ago, Western Aviator said:

Would that have had a DVT though? The 87 is propelling in the picture. 

 

I've had a  look at my slide catalogue, from my notes it seems I identified the train as a Glasgow to Euston because of the time I saw it.  If it was not running to time it could have been a Birmingham/Wolverhampton train.  Unfortunately I don't have a note of the exact time - once I copied what I thought was the useful information I binned the notes I made when I took the photo.

[35A]

10 hours ago, dvdlcs said:

C15623, the Class 107 at Glasgow Central. Interesting, for me at least, to see the set number as 026, with the 0 looking like an addition.

 

I remember the 107s in the mid 1980s as being numbered in the 400s, so that was probably 426 in earlier years. The Class 101 sets were numbered in the 300s, and the odds-and-sods (104s, 116s) before the mass invasion of other regions cast-offs at the end of the 1980s were numbered in such a way that presumably you could refer to set 426, for example, and that would be unique - at least among the Scottish allocation.

 

107 026 - which was 107 426 from 1985 to 1988, then 107 726 until 1990, then 107 026 for the rest of its life. Formed 51986+59803+52018 (assuming it had not been short-term reformed). 52018 was replaced by 52023 later in 1991.

 

 

[35A]

C20037 appears to be 87 030 "Black Douglas" - you can just about read the nameplate when zoomed.