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

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That is an excellent selection of photo’s from just north of Morpeth. They show how BR was in the early 1980’s, which could be quite dirty and rundown at times. In J7105, with a class 37, on an up coal train, in August, 1980, the rear of the roof of the 37 looks much lighter than the front half of the roof. I’m not sure whether there are replacement roof panels, or it’s just a trick of the light.

In C5600, with an unidentified class 55 on a Newcastle to Edinburgh service, in the last month of Deltic operations on BR, in December, 1981, you can see a somewhat dirty looking train, and I’m making allowance for the condition of the photo’, for it was a time when trains were not exactly well looked after. The ‘Crumbling Edge Of Quality’ comes straight to my mind. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[Davexoc]

59 minutes ago, Market65 said:

In C5600, with an unidentified class 55 on a Newcastle to Edinburgh service, in the last month of Deltic operations on BR, in December, 1981, you can see a somewhat dirty looking train, and I’m making allowance for the condition of the photo’, for it was a time when trains were not exactly well looked after. The ‘Crumbling Edge Of Quality’ comes straight to my mind.

 

Being December, and with snow on the ground, the carriage wash plants would have been drained and out of use, so that the pipes didn't freeze.

[DaveF]

This morning's 

 

This morning's photos are from the Stephenson Railway Museum line at Middle Engine Lane, next to the Silverlink shopping centre in North Shields.

 

 

 

Percy Main NER electric parcels van and Class 03 03078 April 93 J13814

 

 

Middle Engine Lane Sans Pareil replica Sept 85 C7197

 

 

 

Middle Engine Lane Consett Iron Co 10    Sept 85 C7199

 

 

 

Middle Engine Lane Bagnall 401 Middle Engine Lane to Percy Main 25th May 92 C16873

 

 

 

Middle Engine Lane Bagnall 401  20th June 92 C16933

 

 

 

Percy Main Stephenson Railway Museum Peckett Ashington No 5 April 93 J13818

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

Travel in real is still not easy so I thought we'd go to Austria this afternoon.  

 

The photos were taken on the western end of the Arlberg Line as it drops down from the Arlberg Tunnel towards the extreme west of Austria, Switzeland and southern Germany.

 

The first photo at Langen am Arlberg is at the western portal of the tunnel.

 

Then we head west to pause at Wald am Arlberg  before reaching Nenzing, not very far from the Swiss border.

 

At Nenzing you will notice the dark sky, a few moments after taking the photo there was a flash of lightning, a loud clap of thunder and all the lights went out in the station, though the signals stayed on as did the overhead.  I beat  a hasty retreat to my car and sheltered in it during a period of torrential rain while watching the trains go by.

 

 

Langen am Arlberg  1044 209 Bregenz to Wien 1st Aug 92 C17253  The Arlberg tunnel portal can be seen.

 

 

Wald am Arlberg 1044 223 westbound 1st Aug 92 C17261

 

 

Wald am Arlberg 1020 035  at rear of a freight train 1st Aug 92 C17259

 

 

Wald am Arlberg 4020 114 eastbound 1st Aug 92 C17266

 

 

Nenzing Class 4020 1st Aug 92 C17282

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[keefer]

17 hours ago, Davexoc said:

 

Being December, and with snow on the ground, the carriage wash plants would have been drained and out of use, so that the pipes didn't 

Carriage washing was suspended to prevent ice build-up, particularly on stepboards

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a delightful selection of photo’s of the Stephenson Railway Museum line at Middle Engine Lane. The first photo’, at Percy Main, with the NER electric parcels van and a class 03, 03078, in April, 1993, is the first time I’ve seen a photo’ of that parcels van for a long time. I hope it’s still as good as it was at time time of the photo’.

You’ve posted an excellent set of Austrian photo’s of the western end of the Arlberg Line. The scenery is stunning, and so perfectly captured in the photo’s, and maybe, one day, we can go back to travelling to such places. In C17259, at Wald am Arlberg, with 1020 035, on the rear of a freight train, on the 1st August, 1992, you can see the change of gradient clearly, which has been captured so well in the photo’.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, keefer said:

Carriage washing was suspended to prevent ice build-up, particularly on stepboards

Toilet tanks were drained too, or were supposed to be, to prevent them splitting. Over New Year 81/82 some were missed, which is why the final Deltic run from KX to Waverley and return was formed of 90mph stock not 100mph...

[DaveF]

 

Hexham and Riding Mil on the Newcastle to Carlisle line for today.

 

 

Hexham 4771 Green Arrow Darlington to Hexham DarlingtonBank Top  100 anniversary 5th July 87 C8615

 

 

Hexham Class 108 Hexham to Newcastle Nov 88 J9719

 

 

Hexham 143615 Newcastle to Hexham 28th July 90 C14617  Getting ready tpo go back to Sunderland

 

 

Riding Mill 142019 Middlesbrough to Hexham  Aug 92 J13305

 

 

Riding Mill 156454 Carlisle to Middlesbrough, even though the destination blind says Newcastle  Aug 92 J13306

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most interesting selection of photo’s of Hexham and Riding Mill on the Newcastle to Carlisle line. The first one, at Hexham, with class V2, 4771, Green Arrow, on a Darlington to Hexham to Darlington Bank Top, 100 anniversary special, on the 5th July, 1987, shows a view of the engine and tender not so often seen, and gives some excellent details of the rear of a group standard 4200 gallon tender. Then in J13305, at Riding Mill, with142019, on a Middlesbrough to Hexham  service in August, 1992, you can see that much of the paint has worn off the panel, incorporating the destination display, above the cab windows, revealing, on the left, the word, in black capitals, PACER. I wonder if they were all like that, it’s something I have not seen before.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

Newcastle Central again today along with one of Newburn level crossing - a location we've had photos of before - on the line along the north side of the Tyne to Wylam.

 

 

Newcastle 43159 Kings X to Edinburgh going away June 88 J9555

 

 

Newcastle  weedkilling train 29th June 89 C12094

 

 

Newcastle 43089 Kings X to Edinburgh going away Jan 1990 J10590

 

 

Newcastle 47825 down parcels 8th May 90 C15463

 

 

Newburn level crossing view west 14th Sept 85 C7183  The dmu we rode in is about 30 yards behind us.  The track was still in situ.

 

 

David

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[62613]

Hexham J97919 looks like a class 143 to me!

 

[DaveF]

3 minutes ago, 62613 said:

Hexham J97919 looks like a class 143 to me!

 

 

 

I pasted the wrong caption, thanks for pointing it out.

 

David

 

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That is a fascinating selection of photo’s from Newcastle Central and Newburn level crossing. In C12094, with a weedkilling train, on the 29th June, 1989, you have captured a good view of one of the carriages in that train, and it would make an excellent model too.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[35A]

Quite apart from the weedkilling train, you've captured a historically interesting (to some!) trio of motive power in today's selection.

 

J9555 - 43159 is the joint holder of the world's fastest diesel train record (along with the NRM's 43102). It is now in the care of the 125 Group at Ruddington.

 

J10590 - 43089 is the power car that was used for the diesel-battery hybrid experiments, named "Hayabusa". Although subsequently restored to one of the standard configurations it, too, is now preserved in the care of the 125 Group.

 

C15463 - 47 825 "Thomas Telford" was used as the prototype for the ETS-equipped Class 57s, becoming 57 601, now belonging to West Coast Railway Company.

 

 

[DaveF]

 

A few bonus photos for this morning.

 

We start with some in Great Western territory and then move to the ironstone lines.

 

The first of these shows Pendennis Castle at Mill Lane, an ungated level crossing on the line to Market Overton, beyond the end of the High Dyke branch.

 

Then Gunby is seen working a special train on the line at Harlaxton Quarries.

 

 

Haywood Lodge near Red Hill Junc 4472 Flying Scotsman W McAlpine special Newport to Hereford 7th April 1974 C1571

 

 

Hereford Bulmers Railway Centre A3 4472 Flying Scotsman and LMS sleeping car  7th April 1974 C 1576

 

 

Moreton on Lugg north of 4079 Pendennis Castle working wrong line on W H McAlpine private special 7th April 1974 C1572

 

 

Moreton on Lugg north of 4079 Pendennis Castle W McAlpine secial Hereford to Shrewsbury running wrong line 7th April 1974 C1574

 

 

Mill Lane crossing GWR Castle Class 4079 Pendennis Castle and CR coach March 74 C1503

 

 

Harlaxton Quarries special working, Austerity   Gunby "The Lincolnshire Ore - Harlaxton Steam Farewell" Sept 70C337

 

 

g Denton Gunby heading towards the exchange sidings Sept 70 C342

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[stevea]

On 08/05/2016 at 20:34, Market65 said:

Hi, Dave. Some excellent photo's of Didcot, and also from Scotland.

The one from Portobello, C8926, shows that those DMU trailer cars are actually 'Calder valley' TSL's, class 110, and I wonder what was going on there? We're they about to be scrapped?

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

Hi, Rob

    Apologies for the late reply (only took 5 years!) I regularly read a handful of Dave F's excellent photo pages, and reached this point a few days ago. You posed a question about the 110 TSLs at Portobello. Roger Harris' excellent 'Allocation History of Diesel Multiple Units Part 3' shows the transfers of a handful of 110 centre cars to and within Scotland in the late 1980s. Cars 59696/7/701/10/810/7 were all transferred from Neville Hill to Haymarket in May 87, on to Eastfield in Feb 88, back to Haymarket in Jul 88, and then on to either Landore or Neville Hill at various dates between May and September 1989. The presence of several cars at Portobello suggests that they might not have seen intensive use during this period, but there's no mention by Roger of storage during this period.

    I hope this is of interest and answers your (probably long-forgotten by now) query. And thank you for your many dmu observations on Dave's photos over the years. I've learnt a lot from your comments and posts about the fascinating heritage dmu fleet.

Regards

Steve

[DaveF]

It's my 72nd birthday today, I was up quite early this morning, hence the extra batch of photos.

 

This afternoon's are somewhat ecclectic set from Lincolnshire, being some very old ones of Dad's , plus one disused railway.

 

The two at Skegness are included as I have always thought that a seaside miniature railway would be an interesting model and I'd love to see a working big dipper layout - I wonder if it would be possible in 4mm scale?

 

Lastly the remains at Caythorpe, not too far from where I once lived but I never photographed the line when it was open.

 

 

Louth C12 pass Louth to Grimsby c1952 JVol3052

 

 

Sandilands J39 pass Boston to Mablethorpe c1951 JVol3251

 

 

Willoughby B1 Boston to Grimsby c1951 JVol4065

 

 

Skegness Clocktower terminus 10.25inch gauge line  Sept 73 J3388

 

 

Skegness Big Dipper   Sept 73 J3387

 

 

Caythorpe remains of GNR Grantham to Lincoln line by hedge June 78 J6147

 

 

David

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[The Lurker]

Happy Birthday - and thanks for all the pictures!

[Oldddudders]

Happy Birthday Dave - you've caught me up, but only until November. 72 is the new 40, believe it! 

[corneliuslundie]

Great to see a photo of a quad art (or is it in fact a quin art?) in day to day use, I once built a set from as Ian Kirk kit for the club layout but the club closed before they layout got far advanced enough to run.

I am sure I have seen a toy big dipper, many years ago, but a 4 mm/ft one would be a challenge.

Jonathan

[Tom D]

Happy Birthday Dave, from a fellow "Leo". Thanks so much for posting your photos, look forward to them every day.

 

Tom D

[Darius43]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

 

The two at Skegness are included as I have always thought that a seaside miniature railway would be an interesting model and I'd love to see a working big dipper layout - I wonder if it would be possible in 4mm scale?

 

David

 

 

 

A working Big Dipper Model - “The Comet” by Coaster Dynamix.

 

Happy Birthday David!!!

 

Cheers

 

Darius

[mullie]

Happy birthday and thank you for the daily posts of your excellent photographs. I no longer follow a lot of threads on here, yours is still a must see every day.

 

Martyn

[31A]

Happy Birthday Dave, and thank you for putting these up every day (and twice on Sundays!).

 

[Stentor]

Happy Birthday David your dedication is so appreciated and the photographs you post form a valuable reference source for us all. I hope both you and your Mum enjoy the day.

 

//Simon