aardvark Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 On 16/09/2014 at 04:17, DaveF said: Lairg Goods shed Aug 73 C1333 Somewhat late to the picnic, but I'm was hoping someone might care to comment as to why the bottom of the goods shed windows appear to have been boarded over. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 25, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2021 More from the ECML in Northumberland today, starting at Acklington and heading north past Buston Barns to Chathill. Acklington 153319 Alnmouth to Newcastle Jan 93 J13660.jpg Acklington Class 56 down coal June 93 J13914.jpg Buston Barns Class 47 up ballast Dec 87 J9392.jpg Buston Barns Class 91 down 3rd Aug 95 C20349.jpg Chathill 43055 Aberdeen to Kings X April 89 J9855.jpg David 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the ECML in Northumberland photo’s, starting at Acklington, going past Buston Barns to Chathill. All are of interest, and what a delightful example of a ‘train in the landscape’ photo’, J13914, at Acklington, with a class 56 on a down coal train, in June, 1993, is. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 A few more ECML photos at Cramlington today. Cramlington 56135 up coal containers May 91 J12004.jpg Cramlington Class 47 Edinburgh to Poole The Dorset Scot Jan 91 J11731.jpg We've had a similar photo to this before. Cramlington Class 142 Newcastle to Morpeth 2nd Aug 95 C20341.jpg Cramlington 91015 downMay 93 J13828.jpg Cramlington 158762 Newcastle to Alnmouth July 92 J13269.jpg David 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 Crikey, I'm a bit slow catching up this week David, Great pics as always. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Cramlington photo’s all of which are of interest. In the last photo’, with 158762, on a Newcastle to Alnmouth service, in July, 1992, it appears the marker light on the secondman’s side has failed. It’s certainly not lit up as it should be. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post luckymucklebackit Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 On 24/02/2021 at 15:31, DaveF said: Another Scottish Miscellany today, there is a train and I hope the rest may be useful for those who need infrastructure details or ideas for scenery. Gunnie Coatbridge bridge on line to cement works 24th April 92 C16903.jpg David Also slow to catch up this week but amazed that you took this photo! You must have had a bit of a safari to find it. This was part of my old stamping ground when I was young. took these views of the same location showing the shunter that was used to move the wagons between the works and the exchange sidings. Jim 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pH Posted February 26, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2021 On 24/02/2021 at 07:31, DaveF said: North Berwick view east 30th June 91 C15968.jpg On 24/02/2021 at 12:59, Market65 said: In C15968, at North Berwick, looking east, on the 30th June, 1991, you can see how extremely spartan the terminus is - just one track, one platform and a bufferstop. I’m not sure if there’s a shelter there or not. Looking west from the bufferstops, 30 years earlier (5 August 1961). A lot more infrastructure then. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2021 1 hour ago, pH said: Looking west from the bufferstops, 30 years earlier (5 August 1961). A lot more infrastructure then. That curved scissors with interlaced timbers would be "fun" to model. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 The ECML between Darlington and Newcastle again with photos from Sunderland Bridge to as far north as Tyne Yard. Sunderland Bridge 43155 up 16th Oct 93 C19112.jpg Croxdale Class 91 down 16th Oct 93 C19136.jpg Deerness Valley Junction Reilly Mill view south 22nd April 89 C12087.jpg Chester le Street 37683 up cement Oct 92 J13549.jpg Tyne Yard 47217 l e 17th July 90 C14561.jpg David 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the photo’s of the ECML from Sunderland Bridge to Tyne Yard. All are of interest, and that’s a lovely portrait shot of 47217, ‘Kingfisher’, running light engine, on the 17th July, 1990. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagsniffer Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 C14561 is a great picture at Tyne yard, a good reference for weathering a BR blue loco. I wonder what happened to the poor tippler that looks abandoned trackside behind the loco, looks like an engineers wagon with slots cut in the sides? Thanks for posting. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 18 minutes ago, Clagsniffer said: C14561 is a great picture at Tyne yard, a good reference for weathering a BR blue loco. I wonder what happened to the poor tippler that looks abandoned trackside behind the loco, looks like an engineers wagon with slots cut in the sides? Thanks for posting. The holes were cut in the sides to prevent overloading of the wagon when it was carrying a denser material than it was designed for (e.g. Spoil) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 The wagon with the 'letterboxes' is a 16t Minfit, which, when loaded to the gunwhales would hold about 30t of spoil. This is rather more than the bearings would support, hence the slots. When the same wagons were used in the early 1970s as fitted heads on stone trains from the Peak District and the Mendips, they had '3/4' painted on the side panels, to remind the loaders not to overload them. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 A quick techy question, David. Just out of interest, what density of dpi do you scan your negatives at? I'm currently rescanning all of my 35mm negatives from the early-1970s onwards (until I went digital in 2000). My old scanner had a fairly limited range but my Epson V600 gives me far more options and much improved scans. I did scan a few negatives at 600dpi - but that gave me a file size of anything from 1.2 - 2.0Mb per image, the higher end of which I wasn't overly keen on (fine for good quality images that you want to blow up but a bit of a waste for poorer quality shots, taken with lower film speeds). The majority of your images are beautifully sharp, with good colour depth, so I'm just curious as to what density you generally use. Thanks for any advice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 16 hours ago, 35A said: A quick techy question, David. Just out of interest, what density of dpi do you scan your negatives at? I'm currently rescanning all of my 35mm negatives from the early-1970s onwards (until I went digital in 2000). My old scanner had a fairly limited range but my Epson V600 gives me far more options and much improved scans. I did scan a few negatives at 600dpi - but that gave me a file size of anything from 1.2 - 2.0Mb per image, the higher end of which I wasn't overly keen on (fine for good quality images that you want to blow up but a bit of a waste for poorer quality shots, taken with lower film speeds). The majority of your images are beautifully sharp, with good colour depth, so I'm just curious as to what density you generally use. Thanks for any advice. The settings I used varied over the years and also depended on the film and quality of the slides/negatives. Most were scanned with a Minolta slide scanner, which was good for its time (bought in 2003). It will now only work with VueScan software as Windows no longer recognises the original Minolta software, but I haven't used it for several years. More recently I've used my Epson scanner for odd negatives and slides, which works well enough. I've almost always used scanners on auto settings and then tidied things up later on. Initially I used paint Shop Pro, then Photoshops CS3. more recently Photoshop Elements 10 and now Elements 2021, depending on whether I am using a PC or laptop. Slides I started scanning at 1000 dpi, often a lot more depending on the film quality. If I was starting again now I'd always scan at a higher resolution, but when I started monitorsand TVs were quite low resolution and printing was very expensive. Also PCs were much slower back in 2003 and I had about 90,000 slides of mine and my parents to scan. As they get published in magazines and boks they must be good enough. B/W negs usually got scanned at around 2,000 dpi, as they were done very much later when PC's were better (and hard drives were cheaper). When I correct colours etc I also always sharpen the image, it makes a big difference. there is not set figure, it is just either Unsharp mask or Smart sharpen until it looks right. Once you get used to it you can often use the same settings most of the time, but it will depend on the original film and your scanner. Above all keep several back up copies of your scans - hard drives are cheap now and you can always use the cloud, if you find a good firm. Hope this is some use. David Edited February 28, 2021 by DaveF 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) Some photos from what is now Rocks by Rail at Cottesmore this morning. Cottesmore Avonside CEGB 2 Dora Hunslet Coal Products 6 Hudswell Clarke 31 Peckett Elizabeth Aug 83 J8040.jpg Cottesmore Avonside ex CEGB 2 Dora Aug 81 J7548.jpg Cottesmore Barclay 2 Salmon Aug 81 J7539.jpg Cottesmore Hawthorn Leslie ex Chatham Dockyard Singapore Aug 81 J7547.jpg Cottesmore Hunslet Coal Products 6 Hudswell Clarke 31 Peckett Elizabeth Peckett ex Harwoth colliery Aug 81 J7545.jpg Cottesmore Yorksire Engine Co 0-6-0 ds Aug 83 J8043.jpg David Edited February 28, 2021 by DaveF 34 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted February 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 28, 2021 Photos from Carlisle to go with your afternoon tea this sunny Sunday. Carlisle 47566 26th Feb 94 C19323.jpg Carlisle 86206 l e 30th May 90 C14513.jpg Carlisle 86414 Euston to Glasgow C April 87 J8855.jpg Carlisle 87017 Edinburgh to Plymouth May 90 J10959.jpg Carlisle 144015 Leeds to Carlisle 31st May 95 C20222.jpg David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 5 hours ago, DaveF said: The settings I used varied over the years and also depended on the film and quality of the slides/negatives. Most were scanned with a Minolta slide scanner, which was good for its time (bought in 2003). It will now only work with VueScan software as Windows no longer recognises the original Minolts software, but I haven't used it for several years. More recently I've used my Epson scanner for odd negatives and slides, which works well enough. I've almost always used scanners on auto settings and then tidied things up later on. Initially I used paint Shop Pro, then Photoshops CS3. more recently Photoshop Elements 10 and now Elements 2021, depending on whether I am using a PC or laptop. Slides I started scanning at 1000 dpi, often a lot more depending on the film quality. If I was starting again now I'd always scan at a higher resolution, but when I started monitorsand TVs were quite low resolution and printing was very expensive. Also PCs were much slower back in 2003 and I had about 90,000 slides of mine and my parents to scan. As they get published in magazines and boks they must be good enough. B/W negs usually got scanned at around 2,000 dpi, as they were done very much later when PC's were better (and hard drives were cheaper). When I correct colours etc I also always sharpen the image, it makes a big difference. there is not set figure, it is just either Unsharp mask or Smart sharpen until it looks right. Once you get used to it you can often use the same settings most of the time, but it will depend on the original film and your scanner. Above all keep several back up copies of your scans - hard drives are cheap now and you can always use the cloud, if you find a good firm. Hope this is some use. David Many thanks for that detailed reply. It's very helpful. I scanned all of my 35mm negatives just after the turn of the century, once I had started archiving all of my digital stuff. The 1980s ones, where I was using a better camera and faster film speed were very acceptable but some of the 1970s ones are not great. These days I tend to use a mixture of Windows and Picasa software to edit my pictures - I do have Photoshop but I've tended not to use it (mainly just never having had the time to sit down and learn its intricacies properly!). Having changed my scanner a couple of years ago, I've been using some of our recent 'holiday' to rescan my 1970s negatives, taking advantage of the additional functionality that the Epson provides. As you say, a bit of judicious sharpening can make a world of difference to an average image. I've got a standalone 1Tb hard drive, so storage is not a major problem. I still periodically burn to CD-DVD, for security, and I always carry a memory stick with my back-up on (although my images have now blown that - I'm going to have to invest in a new one, imminently!). Again, thanks for the help. I may have a play with scanning at a very high density, just out of curiosity, to see what file size it gives me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted February 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, 35A said: Many thanks for that detailed reply. It's very helpful. I scanned all of my 35mm negatives just after the turn of the century, once I had started archiving all of my digital stuff. The 1980s ones, where I was using a better camera and faster film speed were very acceptable but some of the 1970s ones are not great. These days I tend to use a mixture of Windows and Picasa software to edit my pictures - I do have Photoshop but I've tended not to use it (mainly just never having had the time to sit down and learn its intricacies properly!). Having changed my scanner a couple of years ago, I've been using some of our recent 'holiday' to rescan my 1970s negatives, taking advantage of the additional functionality that the Epson provides. As you say, a bit of judicious sharpening can make a world of difference to an average image. I've got a standalone 1Tb hard drive, so storage is not a major problem. I still periodically burn to CD-DVD, for security, and I always carry a memory stick with my back-up on (although my images have now blown that - I'm going to have to invest in a new one, imminently!). Again, thanks for the help. I may have a play with scanning at a very high density, just out of curiosity, to see what file size it gives me. I should perhaps add that all my images on RMWeb are resized to either (approximately) 1500 or 1700 pixels across. The file size is normally around 300-400Kb. David Edited February 28, 2021 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2021 6 hours ago, DaveF said: Some photos from what is now Rocks by Rail at Cottesmore this morning. Cottesmore Avonside CEGB 2 Dora Hunslet Coal Products 6 Hudswell Clarke 31 Peckett Elizabeth Aug 83 J8040.jpg Cottesmore Avonside ex CEGB 2 Dora Aug 81 J7548.jpg Cottesmore Barclay 2 Salmon Aug 81 J7539.jpg Cottesmore Hawthorn Leslie ex Chatham Dockyard Singapore Aug 81 J7547.jpg Cottesmore Hunslet Coal Products 6 Hudswell Clarke 31 Peckett Elizabeth Peckett ex Harwoth colliery Aug 81 J7545.jpg Cottesmore Yorksire Engine Co 0-6-0 ds Aug 83 J8043.jpg David Hi David, Nice to see the old Rutland Railway museum as it was in the early days. We should have celebrated our 40th anniversary last year, but certain events (for the most oart) outside Rutland put paid to that. The place is looking a little tidier now. Some of the locos that you took photos of are still here, others have moved on. You will have to come and see us some day. Best Regards Ian 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted February 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2021 Just a comment on image sizes. For publication the image needs to be at least 300 dpi at the published size. At the top end this means about 40Mb for a full page bleed photo. This will usually means scanning at a fairly high resolution. To publish a 35 mm slide across the page (say 17.5 cm wide) will mean scanning at 1500 dpi. The same is true of black and white of course but the file sizes are smaller. Things like Unsharp Mask help but they are not a substitute for adequate resolution. Jonathan 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted February 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Rocks by Rail at Cottesmore photo’s which are all of interest. In the last photo’, of Yorksire Engine Company, 0-6-0 diesel shunter, in August, 1983, you have a scene which would make a most interesting area, on a model railway, full of interest. The Carlisle photo’s are all full of interest from days long gone, and the last photo’, with 144015, on a Leeds to Carlisle service, on the 31st May, 1995, reminds me of a story, by a friend, who used to travel over the line in the early to mid 1990’s. The trains would often be a 142 or 144 and a 156. “Always travel in the 156,” he would exclaim. “The Pacer is just too uncomfortable.” I always travelled in the 156. Memories. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2021 Another look at the Newcastle to Carlisle line for this afternoon, heading west. Note the bars on the door windows of the Class 108 in the first photo. These were added to units working the Cumbrian Coast line. Stocksfield Class 108 Carlisle to Newcastle 15th April 89 C11869.jpg Stocksfield 156469 Hexham to Newcastle Aug 92 J13302.jpg Fourstones 47289 up freight Aug 92 J13311.jpg Plenmeller Class 156 Stranraer to Newcastle 29th March 94 C19379.jpg Wetheral 156501 Newcastle to Stranraer Harbour Oct 91 J12895.jpg David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedlington North Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi David Your pic J13311 is an especially happy reminder of when there were mixed freights running on the Tyne Valley line. Happy days... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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