35A Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Market65 said: Good evening, David. I like the photo’s of the ECML from north of York. All are of interest, and in C20983, at Bradbury, with 91023, on a down service on the 31st May, 1996, the complete train looks so uniform and neat. It’s good to know that it soon will be able to be recreated from the new Hornby models. Yes. Interesting that 91 023 should pop up this week. Quite apart from being famous as the loco involved in both the Hatfield and Great Heck derailments, its latest claim to fame (as 91 132) is that it is the first class 91 to be despatched for dismantling and scrap - having been transported to the yard of Sims Metals, at Beeston, last week. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 1, 2021 A few more phtos from Morpeth today, presented in date order. Morpeth 43071 and 43088 down 16th June 84 C6531.jpg The houses on the right were new then, when I first moved to the north east there was just a field. Morpeth 43073 Edinburgh to Kings X Aug 88 J9650.jpg The North British platform face for the line to Scotsgap etc was to the left of the fence. Morpeth 43104 down 23rd Dec 88 C11618.jpg Morpeth 56117 up coal 20th Dec 91 C16888.jpg The train is leaving the up loop Morpeth 37512 down pipes March 92 J13038.jpg David 46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the latest Morpeth photo’s of which all are of interest. In C16888, with 56117, on an up coal train on the 20th December, 1991, the 56 makes quite an impression in the snowy scene. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2021 6 hours ago, DaveF said: when I first moved to the north east there was just a field. We've all been there, "I remember when this were all fields" to howls of derision from your kids! Mike. 2 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2021 Photos from Radcliffe on Trent, between Grantham and Nottingham, for today. Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Feb 79 C4305.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Jan 80 J6764.jpg Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Mar 75 J4174.jpg Looking west towards Nottingham on an early Spring evening. Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Nottingham to Skegness May 75 C2061.jpg The signal box to the right of centre is Rectory Junction, Colwick yard was to the right of it. The photo was taken from Cliff Walk. Radcliffe on Trent view to Rectory Junction Class 47 oil tanks Feb 77 J5646.jpg The same view with the River Trent in flood conditions. The loco is just to the right of the tree, heading east (to the left). David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 2, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 2, 2021 J7674 looks pretty cold. I am surprised the camera didn't freeze up. C2061: I see no rectory? I wonder how long ago it was demolished - or possibly washed away in an earlier flood. I hope that is a flood plain meadow in the foreground. Great photos as ever. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2021 (edited) 17 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said: J7674 looks pretty cold. I am surprised the camera didn't freeze up. C2061: I see no rectory? I wonder how long ago it was demolished - or possibly washed away in an earlier flood. I hope that is a flood plain meadow in the foreground. Great photos as ever. Jonathan J7674 - Dad lived only a few hundred yards from the station when he took that photo. He would have been there and back in a few minutes - and he liked snow. I'm not sure about the rectory - though since I originally came from Nottingham perhaps I ought to know how the junction got its name. It is a flood plain meadow in the foreground, but on the far bank you can see that the river has gone over the flood banks on the other side - which is not that uncommon. Mum and Dad once looked at a house quite near the river further downstream, near Newark - they decided against it when they found out how often it flooded. David David Edited April 2, 2021 by DaveF 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 2, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s which are all of interest. In J4174, with a class 114 unit on a Grantham to Nottingham service in March, 1975, you can see how bright the tail lamp is so maybe they were a bit brighter than has been mentioned at times, unless it was an experimental electric lamp. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 2, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 2, 2021 23 minutes ago, Market65 said: Good evening, David. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s which are all of interest. In J4174, with a class 114 unit on a Grantham to Nottingham service in March, 1975, you can see how bright the tail lamp is so maybe they were a bit brighter than has been mentioned at times, unless it was an experimental electric lamp. With warmest regards, Rob. In very poor light even an oil lamp can look bright on film. David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 3, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 3, 2021 (edited) Two visits to Carlisle in 1995 for this afternoon. Carlisle 43162 Devon Scot Aberdeen to Plymouth 29th Aug 95 C20524.jpg Carlisle 31275 down l e 29th Aug 95 C20530.jpg Carlisle 86222 Bournemouth to Edinburgh 29th Aug 95 C20532.jpg Carlisle 25th Oct 95 C20593.jpg Carlisle 37517 and 37884 up coal 25th Oct 95 C20615.jpg David Edited April 3, 2021 by DaveF couldn't spell Bournemouth 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 3, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Carlisle photo’s of which all are of interest. In C20530, that’s a splendid shot of 31275, on a down light engine movement, on the 29th August, 1995. In C20593, on the 25th October, 1995, with an electric light and Not To Be Moved sign, I see the writing states not to change the batteries until the light goes steady. I would have thought that the light would have to be turned off before changing the batteries as on a typical torch. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted April 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2021 41 minutes ago, Market65 said: In C20593, on the 25th October, 1995, with an electric light and Not To Be Moved sign, I see the writing states not to change the batteries until the light goes steady. I would have thought that the light would have to be turned off before changing the batteries as on a typical torch. I am guessing that what that actually means is, when the light stops functioning as a flashing light, and becomes just a steady glow, it is time to change the batteries. The cessation of the flashing function indicating that the battery life is almost over, and switch off and change over as per any device. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Another set from the Kent and East Sussex Railway in the 1970s this morning to look at while you eat your Easter Eggs. The last three were all taken on Boxing day 1979. Tenterden Town Hunslet 23 Holman F Stephens 19th June 76 C2794.jpg Tenterden weighbridge July 79 C4623.jpg Tenterden A1 10 Sutton waiting to leave for Wittersham Road March 77 C3254.jpg Tenterden Terrier 10 Sutton 26th Dec 79 C4915.jpg Tenterden RSH 26 and Terrier 10 Sutton le 26th Dec 79 J6723.jpg Tenterden Bank RSH 26 and Terrier 10 Sutton Tenterden to Wittersham Road 26th Dec 79 J6732.jpg David Edited April 4, 2021 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) Some photos taken at Ulgham Lane crossing in the early 1990s. Just a quick reminder, Ulgham Lane crossing is north of Morpeth on the ECML in Northumberland. It is on a very minor road, a car going by is quite unusual. Ulgham Lane crossing 43123 19th May 90 C14466.jpg The HST power car has been modified to run as a DVT with Class 91s, so it has buffers. Ulgham Lane crossing 43039 up 13th Oct 90 C15398.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 31271 down ballast June 91 J12028.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 37194 and 37351 down Feb 93 J13687.jpg So what is the car? Ulgham Lane crossing 56118 down empties to Butterwell 30th Dec 93 C19255.jpg David Edited April 4, 2021 by DaveF 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jcarta Posted April 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2021 (edited) David Looks like a Citroen ZX...... It also has headlamp protectors on .... Jim Edited April 4, 2021 by jcarta 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, jcarta said: David Looks like a Citroen ZX...... It also has headlamp protectors on .... Jim You got it right! The headlamp protectors were added after I had a broken headlamp. In replacing the unit the garage left a small piece of plastic lying somewhere in the engine bay. A few weeks later, when I was in Switzerland the piece of plastic lodged in the gear linkage, so I couldn't engage reverse gear. Fortunately there was a Citroen garage nearby in Chur, once the mechanic had realised the driver's seat was on the right it was soon sorted out. He even identified the piece of plastic as being part of the headlamp retaining clip. David David 1 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 4, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2021 It’s 37351 in J13687. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 4, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Kent and East Sussex Railwa photo’s. All are of interest, and in the last photo’, at Tenterden Bank, with RSH number 26, and Terrier number 10, Sutton, on a Tenterden to Wittersham Road train, on the 26th December, 1979, with the train waiting for the level crossing gates to be opened, it makes a most charming rural scene. The ECML photo’s from Ulgham Lane crossing, are all of much fascination, and that first photo’, of 43123, leading a HST on the 19th May, 1990, brings back the term ‘Surrogate DVT’. Just something my memory has hung onto after all this time. It will be interesting to see Hornby’s model later this year of such a power car. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2021 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: It’s 37351 in J13687. Another typo I'm afraid - and I proof read it - or at least I read what I thought was there. Many thanks for pointing it out, now corrected. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted April 5, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) Around Newcastle today, some at the station and some on a railtour at Newburn level crossing again. The first two photos are on the same railtour as a week or so ago looking at lightly used and disused lines. The first photo is taken from the Class 101 just crossing Newburn crossing heading west. The second is from further west along the line, looking east towards Newcastle after the dmu had travelled as far as it could without hitting a tree. The front of the dmu is visible in the distance. Just a reminder that BR provided ladders for us to detrain and gave us permission to walk about on the track. Newburn level crossing from Class 101 Tyneside Venturer 14th Sept 85 C7179.jpg Newburn level crossing view east 14th Sept 85 C7184.jpg Newcastle 08701 l e Aug 91 J12846.jpg Newcastle 47522 up parcels May 91 J11931.jpg Newcastle 43087 down 17th Nov 90 C15496.jpg David Edited April 5, 2021 by DaveF To remove a superfluous word. 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted April 5, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 5, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the photo’s from around Newcastle, including Newburn level crossing. All are of interest, and the grass and weeds in C7184, at Newburn level crossing, looking east on the 14th September, 1985, make it very difficult to see the rails and sleepers. In J12846, that is a most excellent portrait shot of 08701, light engine, at Newcastle station, in August, 1991. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 On 04/04/2021 at 17:08, DaveF said: Another typo I'm afraid - and I proof read it - or at least I read what I thought was there. Many thanks for pointing it out, now corrected. David It's like when ii go into the kitchen and wonder, "what on Earth did I come in here for?"...my girlfriend just laughs a me, one day it will happen to her. I'm 52 and she's only 34....I doubt I'll live to see the day though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2021 It is a common problem. I can't successfully proof read my own work as I see what I expect to see. Fortunately my wife is a very good proof reader. But no she is not available for commercial work! Jonathan 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said: It is a common problem. I can't successfully proof read my own work as I see what I expect to see. Fortunately my wife is a very good proof reader. But no she is not available for commercial work! Jonathan My Dad used to proof-read stuff like the Church magazine that my Mum had typed. He would read line by line starting at the end - because that way he read what he saw, not what he expected to see. Quite a knack and one that I've never managed to acquire. 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted April 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, St Enodoc said: My Dad used to proof-read stuff like the Church magazine that my Mum had typed. He would read line by line starting at the end - because that way he read what he saw, not what he expected to see. Quite a knack and one that I've never managed to acquire. What a brilliant tip! Thanks for sharing that your saintliness. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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