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

[Fat Controller]

7 hours ago, Bedlington North said:

Isn't it strange that Class 153s arrived on the Tyne valley after class 156s and yet they didn't stay long. Hopefully that is reflection of passenger numbers being too high for the 153s to cope with. 

I think it was more a case that the 153s were required urgently in the South West, where Pacers (sorry, 'Skippers') had been abject failures.

[Bedlington North]

10 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

I think it was more a case that the 153s were required urgently in the South West, where Pacers (sorry, 'Skippers') had been abject failures.

Well, it was lucky that they left the North East as passenger numbers seem too healthy for single car units!

[Oldddudders]

41 minutes ago, Bedlington North said:

Well, it was lucky that they left the North East as passenger numbers seem too healthy for single car units!

The 153s in the SW have been used as strengtheners and also as single units. Either way, trust me, full-and-standing, aka bums-out-windows, was an everyday event pre-Covid 

[DaveF]

 

Back to Newcastle for today's selection.  All of them are taken at the station.

 

 

Newcastle 47973 up special The St James Day Tripper 17th Nov 90 C15494

 

 

Newcastle 91016 down 21st April 92 C16785

 

 

Newcastle 143020 Newcastle to Hexham 17th Feb 89 C11656

 

 

Newcastle 143613 Metro Centre to Sunderland Aug 91 J12847

 

 

Newcastle 156432 Newcastle to Carlisle 1st Sept 92 C18092

 

 

David

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. You’ve posted an excellent selection of Newcastle photo’s. In C16785, with 91016, on a down service, on the 21st April, 1992, that’s an excellent shot of the 91, and you can almost hear the HST power car on the adjacent line. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

A selection of loco hauled trains seen at Carlisle for today - a mix of passenger and freight over the years.

 

 

Carlisle 47488 Glasgow C to Carlisle via Dumfries April 87 J8808

 

 

Carlisle 86206 Birmingham to Edinburgh 25th Oct 95 C20591

 

 

Carlisle 86402 Cardiff to Glasgow and Edinburgh 21st April 87 C8349

 

 

Carlisle 86629 and 86636 down coal 30th May 90 C14530

 

 

Carlisle 87033 and 87028 up coil 27th Oct 89 C13818

 

 

David

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[JeffP]

Do those coil trains still run?

What powers them if they do?

[nigb55009]

IIRC, these coil trains ran from Ravenscraig to Dee Marsh. The trains still run according to Realtime Trains, but come from Margam.

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of Carlisle that you have posted today. In C20591, with 86206, on a Birmingham to Edinburgh service, on the 25th October, 1995, the leading coach can be seen to be a Mkllf conversion to a buffet open first, to Diagram AJ104, with 26 seats. 32 were converted, from 1988 to 1991, and a pay phone was fitted in 1989. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

ECML again today, at Kings Cross and the Grantham area.

 

Two of the photos were taken in very poor light.

 

 

Kings Cross Class 254 Kings X to Bradford "The Bradford Executive" April 83 J7946

 

 

Kings Cross DVTs 20th Oct 93 C19179    Taken after a very boring work meeting in London.

 

 

Kings Cross 317332 20th Oct 93 C19190 Just after 6 p.m.  Taken after a very boring work meeting in London.

 

 

Grantham 254025 Kings X to Leeds July 80 J7028

 

 

Peascliffe Tunnel Class 254 down going away June 83 J7962

 

 

David

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s from London King’s Cross and the Grantham area. In J7028, at Grantham, with 254025, on a King’s Cross to Leeds express in July, 1980, you can see, as it accelerates, both power cars have a plume of exhaust. I recall, either someone, or an advertisement, saying, of the two power cars, that they were ‘Two hearts that beat as one’.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

The Great Central at Loughborough and Quorn today, mainly loco portraits.

 

 

Loughborough Central Class 08 3101 and Ruston Hornsby Qwag  10th June 89 C11999

 

 

Loughborough Central Bagnall 3 March 75 J4162

 

 

Quorn Littleton No 5 March 76 C2645

 

 

Loughborough N2 4744 Loughborough to Rothley March 83 J7864

 

 

Loughborough Central LNER B1 1306 Sept 81 J7589

 

 

Loughborough Central GCR 11F 506 April 79 J6426

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Fat Controller]

On 27/08/2021 at 17:05, nigb55009 said:

IIRC, these coil trains ran from Ravenscraig to Dee Marsh. The trains still run according to Realtime Trains, but come from Margam.

They run from Margam to Shotton, sometimes picking up a portion at Llanwern. Much of the coil is Cold-Reduced, rather than Hot-Rolled, these days. This is  much more sensitive to rust, so is conveyed in covered vehicles of several types.

[DaveF]

Photos along the Durham Coast line again, going north from Hartlepool for this afternoon.

 

Once again the passenger trains are all Pacers.

 

 

Hartlepool 143011 Middlesbrough to Newcastle April 87 J8826

 

 

Hart 60013 down l e June 93 J13919

 

 

Hart view north 14th Feb 89 C11636

 

 

East Boldon 142525 Sunderland to Metro Centre April 93 J13773

 

 

East Boldon 142019 Metro Centre to Sunderland April 93 J13783

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an impressive selection of photo’s of the Great Central Railway at Loughborough and Quorn.  In the last photo’, at Loughborough Central, with the sole preserved GCR, 11F, number 506, in April, 1979, that is a most impressive three quarter portrait of the engine.

The Durham Coast line photo’s, going north from Hartlepool, show various aspects of the line, and in J13773, at East Boldon, it is a somewhat crudely renumbered class 142, 142525, rather than 142025 on the Sunderland to Metro Centre service in April, 1993.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Tyne and Wear Metro photos today.

 

 

Cullercoats Metro St James to Pelaw 20th May 95 C20158

 

 

Whitley Bay  4029 Pelaw to St James Feb 92 J12993   Taken from the public footbridge by the station.

 

 

Backworth Metro 4066 Pelaw to St James 21st Feb 96 C20761

 

 

Backworth 4027 St James to Pelaw 21st Feb 96 C20764

 

 

Pelaw Junction T&W Metro to South Shields 1st Aug 85 C7029

 

 

David

 

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most excellent selection of Tyne and Wear Metro photo’s. The first one at Cullercoats, with a  Metro, on a St James to Pelaw working, on the 20th May, 1995, is most dramatic with the big shower cloud in the sky. The Metro is dwarfed by it.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

A trip to the former East Germany in August 1992 for today to look at the Harzquerbahn between Wernigerode and Drei Annen Hohne.  The Harzquerbahn is metre gauge and forms a network in the Harz mountains area

 

The line to the summit of the Brocken had reopened a few weeks earlier, traffic was very heavy.  In East German times the Brocken was a closed area.

 

This was my second visit, the first having been in the summer of 1991.

 

 

Wernigerode 99 7234    9th Aug 92 C17685

 

 

Wernigerode 99 7234   9th Aug 92 C17699

 

 

Wernigerode 99 7244  waiting to leave for Nordhausen  9th Aug 92 C17679

 

 

Wernigerode Westerntor 199 877   9th Aug 92 C17667  The line's workshops are situated here.

 

 

Drei Annen Hohne 99 7241 Wernigerode to Nordhausen  6th Aug 92 C17469

 

 

Drei Annen Hohne 199 879 Brocken to Wernigerode 8th Aug 92 C17637

 

 

Drei Annen Hohne  Class 99 to Wernigerode and 199 877 to Nordhausen 8th Aug 92 C17622   The line to the Brocken is in the foreground, the other line is to Nordhausen.  The Class 199 diesel is in the station.

 

 

David

Edited April 21, 2022 by DaveF

[corneliuslundie]

It is really nice to see these photos. There is a very nice Microsoft Train Simulator route for the line, and I have often driven to the summit at Brocken, but it is better to see the real thing.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That’s a really lovely selection of photo’s of the Harzquerbahn between Wernigerode and DreiAnnen Hohne. They show how scenic the area is, and how the network of lines fit into the countryside. In C17699, at Wernigerode, you have captured a delightful three quarter bunker end portrait of 99 7234, on the 9th August, 1992.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[The Pilotman]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

The line to the summit of the Brocken had reopened a few weeks earlier, traffic was very heavy.  In East German times the Brocken was a closed area.

Indeed it was! “Listening stations” at the summit could intercept radio signals over a large part of Western Europe. My top tip for potential visitors is catch the train to the summit and walk back down. 

[dagrizz]

So, has anyone seen a 'Brocken spectre' at Brocken? I've seen a few in the UK, best place is on the Crib Goch ridge of Snowdon.

 

Graham 

[DaveF]

 

A few trains at Morpeth in the 1990s today.

 

I have just realised I forgot to crop the first one - Sorry.

 

 

Morpeth 56117 up coal and Class 43 down 20th Dec 91 C16886

 

 

Morpeth 91010 Kings X to Glasgow C  6th April 93 C18407

 

 

Morpeth 56120 up coal 20th Dec 93 C19242

 

Morpeth 90024 Kings X to Edinburgh 26th July 95 C20325

 

 

Morpeth 142019 Morpeth to Newcastle and DVT down 20th Jan 96 J20740

 

 

David

 

Edited April 22, 2022 by DaveF

[eastwestdivide]

19 hours ago, Western Aviator said:

My top tip for potential visitors is catch the train to the summit and walk back down.

Depending on the state of your knees, doing it the other way is an option - I find downhill is harder on the knees than up! Uphill also keeps you warmer in the swirling cloud that sometimes cloaks the mountain (and provides the spectre).

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of Morpeth. In C20325, it’s great seeing 90024 on a Kings Cross to Edinburgh service on the 26th July, 1995. It always was good seeing a 90 on one of the express passenger services on the ECML.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.