Alcanman Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Great to see more Blyth & Tyne photos. Thanks for sharing. Your third photo showing 56131 about to run around at South Newsham is the same location used by Alcan trains to run around these days. The scene hasn't changed much over the years. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Blyth and Tyne. All are of interest, and in J13678, at South Newsham, with 56132, on an up coal containers train, in February, 1993, you can see blue smoke coming from the rear bogie area. Hopefully all was okay with nothing to be concerned about. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Some photos at Beamish Museum in the 1980s for this morning. There is a lot more to see now than when there photos were taken - and it was good then. Link to the museum website: http://www.beamish.org.uk/ If you have neverbeen it is really worth visiting. Beamish Gateshead tram 10 3rd Sept 87 C9124.jpg Taken in "The Town" Beamish Pit Village colliery tub Aug 80 J7149.jpg One of Dad's photos with Mum at the desk. She hadn't retired then. Beamish Pit Village Replica Locomotion No 1 Aug 80 J7144.jpg Locomotion now usually works on the Pockerley waggonway at Beamish Beamish Rowley Hawthorn Leslie 14 ex Lambton Hetton and Joicey collieries 3rd Sept 87 C9130.jpg Beamish Rowley Station Robert Stephenson 3 Twizell on left and NER 876 on right Aug 80 J7134.jpg Beamish Rowley Station NER 876 Aug 80 J7135.jpg David Edited May 23, 2021 by DaveF 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Great photos of a place I have always meant to visit but never have (yet), thanks again David. However; I can't help thinking that as that Locomotion No 1 is a replica, it should really be Locomotion No 2 ! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 The ECML heading north from Peterborough for this afternoon, mainly in the early HST era. Essendine Class 254 up Aug 83 J8047.jpg Swayfield Class 47 down ex pass Sept 70 C366.jpg Grantham 254017 down June 80 J6964.jpg Dry Doddington Class 254 Kings X to Aberdeen June 79 J6513.jpg Dry Doddington Class 254 up July 83 J8034.jpg David 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted May 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2021 C9130 - how usual was it for industrial-type steam locos to have a vacuum train brake? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 23, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, keefer said: C9130 - how usual was it for industrial-type steam locos to have a vacuum train brake? I think it was been fitted post preservation. David Edited May 23, 2021 by DaveF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted May 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, keefer said: C9130 - how usual was it for industrial-type steam locos to have a vacuum train brake? If I understand correctly, the steam locos working the Oxfordshire Ironstone system were vacuum brake fitted. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the photo’s of Beamish Museum as it was in the 1980’s. All are interesting, and in J7134, at Beamish, Rowley Station, with Robert Stephenson number 3 Twizell on the left, with NER number 876, on the right, in August, 1980, the pointwork in the foreground has the typical NER interlaced sleepers. The ECML photo’s going north from Peterborough are all of interest and in C366, at Swayfield, with a class 47 on a down express passenger service in September, 1970, well captures the speeding train under a quite dramatic skyline. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 24, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2021 Trains near Ulgham Lane crossing again today. Ulgham Lane crossing 47527 Berwick to Newcastle Oct 87 J9312.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 47363 up ICI June 89 J09938.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 60075 down empties Jan 93 J13666.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 91011 down 30th July 94 C19537.jpg Ulgham Lane crossing 56035 up 1st July 95 C20316.jpg David 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 24, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Ulgham Lane crossing photo’s all of which are of interest. In J13666, with 60075 on a train of down empties in January, 1993, the 60 makes a fine sight at the head of that train, and how devoid of overgrowth the lineside is compared to 1994 in the following photo’. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted May 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 24, 2021 About the only thing remaining from those photos is some of the locos - plus for a short while one of the passenger rakes. And again four out of five are diesels even though under the wires. Do other countries operate their railways like that? Jonathan 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 25, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2021 (edited) Some trains on the Newcastle to Carlisle line for today. There is a note with the caption for the fourth photo about the footpath over the viaduct. Wylam Class 101 Newcastle to Hexham Aug 84 J8166.jpg Stocksfield 156451 Hexham to Newcastle Jan 93 J13671.jpg Stocksfield 37507 up freight March 91 J11791.jpg Wetheral Corby Bridge 156444 Carlisle to Newcastle Oct 91 J12893.jpg Taken from the fotpath on the viaduct over the River Eden. The path links Wetheral on the west side of the river with Great Corby on the east side. Wetheral 56128 up Oct 91 J12894.jpg David Edited May 25, 2021 by DaveF 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 J12893. Wetheral Corby Bridge footbridge had a toll when I was a boy living in Carlisle' as so many people were trespassing on the trackbed, in order to cross. Initially, a half-penny toll, each way, was charged, having risen to a penny by the time the station closed in 1956. The toll was withdrawn soon after. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the Newcastle to Carlisle photo’s, all of which are of interest. In J11791, at Stocksfield, with 37507, on an up freight, in March, 1991, you have well composed shot of that train as the 37 powers it through the station. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2021 Photos of the Tyne and Wear Metro again for today. Pelaw Junction T&W Metro to South Shields 15th Aug 85 C7134.jpg Backworth 4004 Pelaw to St James 21st Feb 96 C20765.jpg Backworth 4035 Braathens livery St James to Pelaw 21st Feb 96 C20766.jpg Whitley Bay 4029 Pelaw to St James Feb 92 J12993.jpg Tynemouth Metro 4012 St James to Pelaw 24th April 93 C18594.jpg David 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2021 Good evening, David. I like the latest Tyne and Wear Metro photo’s. All are of interest, and in J12993, at Whitley Bay, with Metro 4029, on a Pelaw to St James service, in February, 1992, shows the way the footbridge had been largely covered over in corrugated sides, making it look quite different to the roof in the foreground. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2021 York today, with one photo from the old railway museum. York old museum Puffing Billy c1955 Scan-130526-0028.jpg York V2 4771 Green Arrow The Northumbrian Limited about to leave for Sheffield Sat 7th April 79 C4397.jpg York 156475 Scarborough to Manchester Aug 90 J11611.jpg York 43069 Edinburgh to Kings X Aug 90 J11614.jpg York Class 158 Scarborough to Liverpool 3rd June 92 C16966.jpg David 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted May 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2021 The stock behind the V2 is interesting. An RBR, a Newton Chambers car carrier and a blue van that doesn't look like a BR Mk1 GUV. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted May 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2021 Looks like a departmental Gresley in either black or dark olive 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted May 27, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 27, 2021 27 minutes ago, keefer said: Looks like a departmental Gresley in either black or dark olive Looks black to me. Could be one of the Mess & Tool vans, either S&T or Civils. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2021 Good afternoon, David. I like the York photo’s, of which all are of interest. I’d also like to comment on the black carriage behind Green Arrow. I cruelly enlarged the photo’, and can just make out the lettering for S&T. However, there appear to be four windows on the end, which if correct, would indicate an ex - NER non corridor carriage. If right it was a very late survivor, complete with Gresley bogies. But it could be some kind of reflection, and in reality there are only two windows, which would make it a Gresley non corridor carriage. If only there was another photo’ to definitely prove it’s provenance one way or the other. Finally, in the first photo’, is anything known about the two boys? The will be quite old by now. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, keefer said: Looks like a departmental Gresley in either black or dark olive 2 hours ago, iands said: Looks black to me. Could be one of the Mess & Tool vans, either S&T or Civils. 1 hour ago, Market65 said: Good afternoon, David. I like the York photo’s, of which all are of interest. I’d also like to comment on the black carriage behind Green Arrow. I cruelly enlarged the photo’, and can just make out the lettering for S&T. However, there appear to be four windows on the end, which if correct, would indicate an ex - NER non corridor carriage. If right it was a very late survivor, complete with Gresley bogies. But it could be some kind of reflection, and in reality there are only two windows, which would make it a Gresley non corridor carriage. If only there was another photo’ to definitely prove it’s provenance one way or the other. Finally, in the first photo’, is anything known about the two boys? The will be quite old by now. With warmest regards, Rob. I've had a look at the photo in more detail and cannot decide what the S&T coach s. There is just not enough of it visible and I cannot really make out the detail of the end. As for the boys in the museum photo I have no idea who they are. The photo is one of Dad's. At the time he was a teacher but I do not recognise the uniform the boys are wearing - it doesn't look quite like the uniform of the school where he taught at the time. David Edited May 27, 2021 by DaveF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2021 2 hours ago, DaveF said: York today, with one photo from the old railway museum. York old museum Puffing Billy c1955 Scan-130526-0028.jpg York V2 4771 Green Arrow The Northumbrian Limited about to leave for Sheffield Sat 7th April 79 C4397.jpg York 156475 Scarborough to Manchester Aug 90 J11611.jpg York 43069 Edinburgh to Kings X Aug 90 J11614.jpg York Class 158 Scarborough to Liverpool 3rd June 92 C16966.jpg David Great pictures David and a happy memory for me as I was a passenger on the V2 special. I didn't pay much attention to the V2 to be honest I was looking forward to the 76s and the trip through woodhead tunnel later that day 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) I've now found another photo taken a few minutes earlier which shows the coach more clearly. It is an uncorrected scan though - hence the black border of the slide mount. York V2 4771 Green Arrow The Northumbrian Limited about to leave for Sheffield Sat 7th April 79 C4396.jpg David Edited May 27, 2021 by DaveF 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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