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

[Luke Piewalker]

10 hours ago, jcarta said:

 

You were always guaranteed to get some great photo's as virtually everything ran through the area.

Oh yes. I remember for years Victoria was my main experience of Manchester Terminii as we mostly went there while on Holiday in St Annes. It certainly had character and atmosphere.

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the Southern photo’s - I don’t recall seeing the first three before, and thank you for posting them. In the last photo’, at Eastbourne with a class 414 unit, 6052, on a Brighton to Hastings service in October, 1981, it’s certainly a come down from a 4 COR unit. But that was BR, short of cash and units as always by that date.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[melmerby]

2 hours ago, talisman56 said:

 

If it's an 'N' Gauge layout I'd like to know where he got his 'VEP' models.

 

You weren't missing much with the photos being monochrome. Flat plain BR Blue livery and small yellow panels - the only relief was the raised Aluminium double arrows...

When would they have got the blue paint job as 1967 is quite early?

[DaveF]

8 minutes ago, melmerby said:

When would they have got the blue paint job as 1967 is quite early?

 

 The 4VEP (later Class 423) were built between 1967 and 1974.

 

They were delivered in plain blue, later ones in blue/grey.

 

So they were never green.

 

David

[Peter Kazmierczak]

4-VEPs in plain (matt) blue from the outset - never were in green.

[Oldddudders]

The smartly-dressed lady  on the left in J7598 has her suspicions about the photographer's motives. 

[The Johnster]

Blue livery was introduced in 1966, so any stock built after that, like VEPs, REPs, and the TC units were delivered in plain blue as outer suburban units.

[BernardTPM]

1965. Probably the first in Rail Blue and with double arrows were the AM10 (Class 310) units. Small yellow panels too, of course.

[35A]

4 hours ago, DaveF said:

The 4VEP (later Class 423) were built between 1967 and 1974.

 

They were delivered in plain blue, later ones in blue/grey.

 

So they were never green.

 

I remember many of the 4-CIGs and 4-VEPs being delivered from York, via the ECML. It was a regular morning delivery (although the day could vary), which recessed at lunchtime in the West Yard at Peterborough. We would cycle down at lunchtime, from school, to view them. It was a bit hit-and-miss though, with the day varying!

 

A few examples:  5548, hauling 4-CIGs 7389 and 7390 on 20th May 1971;  284, hauling 4-CIGs 7402 and 7403 on 25th August 1971;  358, hauling 4-CIGs 7406 and 7407 on 23rd September 1971;  1513 hauling 4-CIGs 7408 and 7409 on 8th October 1971. All of these were in blue and grey.

 

For some perverse reason, I always seemed to manage to miss the VEP deliveries!

[DaveF]

 

Photos from visits to (mainly) Teesside today.

 

The photos are in date order.

 

 

Skinningrove 29th April 84 C6488

 

 

Thornaby 60030 l e 5th December 92 C18152.jpg

 

 

Middlesbrough Docks Junction 156438 down 14th April 93 C18458.jpg

 

 

Grangetown Junction 153301 and ano Saltburn to Middlesbrough 8th May 93 C18519.jpg

 

 

Teesport 37506 8th May 93 C18524

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the, mostly, Teesside photo’s which are all of interest. In C18152, at Thornaby, with 60030, running light engine on the 5th December, 1992, you have a great view of what there is behind the radiator grill. Also you can see a bridge under construction which could form the basis of a model.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[russ p]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

 

Photos from visits to (mainly) Teesside today.

 

The photos are in date order.

 

 

Skinningrove 29th April 84 C6488

 

 

Thornaby 60030 l e 5th December 92 C18152.jpg

 

 

Middlesbrough Docks Junction 156438 down 14th April 93 C18458.jpg

 

 

Grangetown Junction 153301 and ano Saltburn to Middlesbrough 8th May 93 C18519.jpg

 

 

Teesport 37506 8th May 93 C18524

 

 

David

 

 

Excellent pictures again David,  the first one with the scrapyard below the railway reminds me of a scary incident I had in there about that time.  I was getting something out of a scrap allegro and dropped a spanner through a hole in the floor when I went to retrieve it found the car was sitting over a mineshaft and I was writhing about inside sitting on a very rusty floor with many holes!

The scrapyard was on the site of Carlin how ironstone mine which closed in 1946 and was rail served from the Skinningrove zigzag,  which left the mainline roughly where the picture was taken but due to road improvements and the railway being closed,  lifted and reopened slightly differently no trace is visible of it

[jwealleans]

Russ, since you mention it, have you seen this?

 

(Apologies for the thread drift, Dave).

[russ p]

19 minutes ago, jwealleans said:

Russ, since you mention it, have you seen this?

 

(Apologies for the thread drift, Dave).

 

Thanks Jonathan,  I shall watch that on TV later

[DaveF]

 

Heading north from Oxenholme on the West Coast Main line today.

 

The photos taken in 2003 are amongst my last colour slides, around that time I bought my first digital camera from a shop in Ulverston.

 

Oxenholme 86225 relief Glasgow to Reading 10th Aug 87 C8905.jpg

 

 

Docker viaduct 19th July 03 C26305.jpg

 

 

Low Gill trackbed and viaduct of Little North Western 19th July 03 C26297.jpg

 

 

Lune Gorge Virgin Class 221 down ex pass 19th July 03 C26294.jpg  Taken from the east side of the valley.

 

 

Greenholme 90014 down 24th Aug 90 C15321.jpg

 

 

Greenholme Class 86 down 24th Aug 90 C15323.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the photo’s going north from Oxenholme on the WCML. All are of interest, and the first photo’, at Oxenholme, with 86225, on a relief working from Glasgow to Reading, on the 10th August, 1987, makes quite a sight looking so shiny and clean after what must have been a repaint. The carriages too, look just as clean and shiny. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[11B]

6 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

 

The photos taken in 2003 are amongst my last colour slides, around that time I bought my first digital camera from a shop in Ulverston.

 

At the bottom end of Market Street, next door to the Co-op? I used to take all my 35mm films it there to get developed. I've forgotten the name of the shop, I must ask my dad, if it's still there

 

Loving the photo

 

Kind regards

Ian

Edited June 11, 2020 by 11B

[DaveF]

23 minutes ago, 11B said:

At the bottom end of Market Street, next door to the Co-op? I used to take all my 35mm films it there to get developed. I've forgotten the name of the shop, I must ask my dad, if it's still there

 

Loving the photo

 

Kind regards

Ian

 

 

I don't know Ulverston at all well.  That day I'd taken some photos of the station, realised I had a headache and found a Boots to buy some Paracetamol.

 

Just along the road was a camera shop with (for those days) a very good selection of digital cameras - I ended up with a Canon A70 which had a massive 3 million pixel sensor.  

 

David

[11B]

19 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I don't know Ulverston at all well.  That day I'd taken some photos of the station, realised I had a headache and found a Boots to buy some Paracetamol.

 

Just along the road was a camera shop with (for those days) a very good selection of digital cameras - I ended up with a Canon A70 which had a massive 3 million pixel sensor.  

 

David

Yes that will be the one. In fact I think it was the only one in town if I recall correctly

[keefer]

funny how quick technology moved on in the 2000s.

in 2003 or 4, I bought a Nikon Coolpix 3200 compact camera for £120

quite expensive for me but the going rate for that sort of thing. 3.2M 'effective' pixels in full compressed mode and took 2 or 3 seconds to process the shot, 3x optical and 10x digital zoom. To be honest, I just kept it in the 1.6M pixel mode which gave pics that were 2048 x 1600 (?) pixels. This also meant it didn't totally gorge the 2 x AA batteries.

I still have it and I still have many pics taken with it - they are so sharp and clear even when enlarged many times on screen or print.

in recent years, cameras then phone cameras. were/are pushed with how many megapixels they have (like how many bhp your car has). my phone is something like 8M pixels, fine - however as soon as you zoom in at all, the image breaks up and pixellates i.e. it's a crap lens or sensor which just does not capture the detail. 

Sorry for the diversion Dave, just made me think back to when digital was becoming popular (and affordable) how expensive it seemed! Now you can buy pocket cameras with 20M pixels, Bluetooth, GPS, HD, effects, and on and on - but if the glass and sensor aren't up to it then the pics will suffer.

Just like the old days really - crap lens and crap film gave crap results!

 

 

[35A]

Minor correction, Dave. C26294 is a five-car set, which would make it a 221, rather than a 220.

 

Lovely set of pictures. 86 225 looks resplendent in its new coat of paint.

[billy_anorak59]

Great pictures again Dave.

 

16 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

 

 

Low Gill trackbed and viaduct of Little North Western 19th July 03 C26297.jpg

 

 

C26297:  Is that the viaduct used in the (90s?) TV programme 'The Train now departing' opening credits?

See:

https://twitter.com/i/status/954767167047823362

 

Looks like it anyway.

[DaveF]

11 hours ago, 35A said:

Minor correction, Dave. C26294 is a five-car set, which would make it a 221, rather than a 220.

 

Lovely set of pictures. 86 225 looks resplendent in its new coat of paint.

 

The caption suffered from the usual problem - I expect Ididn't look at the image when copying the notes from my catalogue. 

 

2 hours ago, billy_anorak59 said:

Great pictures again Dave.

 

 

C26297:  Is that the viaduct used in the (90s?) TV programme 'The Train now departing' opening credits?

See:

https://twitter.com/i/status/954767167047823362

 

Looks like it anyway.

 

 

As far as I know it is the same place.

 

David

[DaveF]

Swayfield in the early 1970s and one from High Dyke in the winter of early 1983 today.

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 up ex pass Sept 70 C368.jpg

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9006 up ex pass Sept 71 C734.jpg

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9015 Kings X to Edinburgh July 72 C1010.jpg

 

 

Swayfield view north Nov 72 C1166  No train, just a late autumn photo.

 

 

High Dyke up HST in snow Feb 83 C5946.jpg

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. I like the latest Swayfield photo’s which are full of interest and atmosphere. In C734, with Deltic, class 55, 9006, on an up express in September, 1971, you have a great shot of the Deltic hauled train as it runs along the line at speed. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.