RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 11, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2021 22 minutes ago, Market65 said: And that’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of the ECML from between Darlington and Durham. The last one is of one of the three car class 158’s, and I think the unit number is actually 158805, as it makes it’s way from Liverpool to Newcastle at Chester le Street, in October, 1992. With warmest regards, Rob. I am going to blame the keyboard for my new PC for getting the unit number wrong in the Class 158 image. The keys sem not to be in the same place as on the old one. That's my excuse anyway. David 1 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 9 hours ago, DaveF said: I am going to blame the keyboard for my new PC for getting the unit number wrong in the Class 158 image. The keys sem not to be in the same place as on the old one. That's my excuse anyway. David Australian version maybe, up side down? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Andrew P said: Australian version maybe, up side down? We used to have people who set their 'QWERTY' keyboards to function as 'AZERTY', and not reset them when they'd finished. The first you'd know about it was when you typed in your password, and you'd get 'Access Denied' after the third attempt. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 12, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) Today's photos are from the London Tilbury and Southend line which we have not visited for a very long time. They are a few I found while tidying up the old PC so they are not particularly good but I hope they will be of some interest. There are three of trains, one of the Tilbury ferry and one of PS Waverley, which justifies its inclusion as it was off Southend Pier at the time. Tilbury Riverside ferry Edith approaching 4th May 78 C3829.jpg Laindon Class 302 229 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St Dec 77 C3633.jpg Laindon Class 302 224 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St Dec 77 C3631.jpg Chalkwell 308322 up pass May75 C2066.jpg Southend Pier PS Waverley 1st May 78 C3821.jpg David Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 12, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2021 Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of the London, Tilbury and Southend line which you have found on your old computer. Thank you for posting them, and what I’ve done is to put those two, where you are not too sure of the unit numbers, into a piece of software on my iPad, and I’ve come up with the following results. C3633, at Laindon, with a class 302, on a Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St service, in December, 1977, after some 90% sharpening, the unit number is almost certainly 302229. I’m as certain as I can be it is not 239. And in C3631, again at Laindon, the class 302 on a Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St service, again in December, 1977, is, after considerable sharpening, almost certainly 224 not 234. In both cases, the number 2 goes ‘straight down’ from the top without stopping to go to the left as in a number three. It follows the stroke of the first 2. I hope this is of some help. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 12, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Market65 said: Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of the London, Tilbury and Southend line which you have found on your old computer. Thank you for posting them, and what I’ve done is to put those two, where you are not too sure of the unit numbers, into a piece of software on my iPad, and I’ve come up with the following results. C3633, at Laindon, with a class 302, on a Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St service, in December, 1977, after some 90% sharpening, the unit number is almost certainly 302229. I’m as certain as I can be it is not 239. And in C3631, again at Laindon, the class 302 on a Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St service, again in December, 1977, is, after considerable sharpening, almost certainly 224 not 234. In both cases, the number 2 goes ‘straight down’ from the top without stopping to go to the left as in a number three. It follows the stroke of the first 2. I hope this is of some help. With warmest regards, Rob. Thanks very much Rob, I've altered the captions. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Nice shot of the Tilbury ferry always enjoyed a trip across and a cup of tea the other side ,then home to Benfleet.How is your mum getting on hope she is getting better. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 12, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2021 22 minutes ago, lmsforever said: Nice shot of the Tilbury ferry always enjoyed a trip across and a cup of tea the other side ,then home to Benfleet.How is your mum getting on hope she is getting better. Chris Many thanks for the comment about the ferry - for some reason I never used it. Mum is showing a slow but steady improvement, she is eating better and can walk a few steps. David 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 7 hours ago, DaveF said: Today's photos are from the London Tilbury and Southend line which we have not visited for a very long time. They are a few I found while tidying up the old PC so they are not particularly good but I hope they will be of some interest. There are three of trains, one of the Tilbury ferry and one of PS Waverley, which justifies its inclusion as it was off Southend Pier at the time. Tilbury Riverside ferry Edith approaching 4th May 78 C3829.jpg Laindon Class 302 229 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St Dec 77 C3633.jpg Laindon Class 302 224 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St Dec 77 C3631.jpg Chalkwell 308322 up pass May75 C2066.jpg Southend Pier PS Waverley 1st May 78 C3821.jpg David Our family spent our summer holidays visiting my grandparents in Glasgow. I can remember going on the Waverley from Glasgow to I think Ayr and back on the train. This was back in the mid 1960's, when I was 10yrs. Happy memories. Glad to hear your Mum is on the mend. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Today's photos are "only" eight years old and were taken at Morpeth, which is still on the ECML in Northumberland. Morpeth 142094 Newcastle to Morpeth 5th March 13 DSC_9751.jpg Morpeth East Coast Class 43 up ex pass 5th March 2013 DSC_9754.jpg Morpeth East Coast down DVT 82216 5th March 13.jpg Morpeth NR 142094 ecs for Morpeth to Newcastle from yard 5th March 2013DSC_9757.jpg Morpeth station murals 5th March 13 DSC_9749.jpg Morpeth site of old coal drops 5th March 13.jpg David Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Just think, almost everything in those photos is now either scrap or going for scrap. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2021 1 hour ago, DaveF said: Today's photos are "only" eight years old and were taken at Morpeth, which is still on the ECML in Northumberland. Still... Do you know something we don't? Is Morpeth and its curve soon to be bypassed...? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, brushman47544 said: Still... Do you know something we don't? Is Morpeth and its curve soon to be bypassed...? It's been proposed several times.... David Edited July 13, 2021 by DaveF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2021 Good evening, David. That’s an excellent selection of photo’s from Morpeth as it was on the 5th March, 2013. The last photo’ of the old coal staithes, or coal drops, shows something which I cannot recall seeing for many years now. It’s a valuable record of something which is now gone never to come back. Indeed coal will soon no longer be burnt, except, maybe in preserved steam engines. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) A bit over 30 years ago at Newcastle for today. Newcastle 47582 l e Sept 87 J9238.jpg Newcastle 37065 up ballast 14th April 87 C8264.jpg Newcastle 31230 up le 21st March 88 C9512.jpg Newcastle 43159 Kings X to Edinburgh via High Level bridge to turn train Feb 89 J9796.jpg To do this the train comes in from south over the High Level Bridge, then reverses to head north. This was done when the first class was at the wrong end. Newcastle 43079 Glasgow to Kings X April 90 J10668.jpg David Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 Seeing the class 47 at Newcastle in Network South East livery , I wonder what the furthest away the NSE area a loco or coach in NSE liveryman aged to get? Wick, Thurso, Kyle or Mallaig possibly! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 14, 2021 6 minutes ago, Chris116 said: Seeing the class 47 at Newcastle in Network South East livery , I wonder what the furthest away the NSE area a loco or coach in NSE liveryman aged to get? Wick, Thurso, Kyle or Mallaig possibly! NSE liveried 47s got to the four corners as the expression goes. Not sure about north of Inverness though. Perhaps Invergorden if the workings to there hadn’t already finished. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 14, 2021 Good evening, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of Newcastle. The last one is an excellent three quarter portrait of 43079, at the head of a Glasgow to Kings Cross express in April, 1990. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 Love the 47 photo. Reminds me of some of the poor instamatic ones I took when first taking photos lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 12/07/2021 at 11:15, Fat Controller said: We used to have people who set their 'QWERTY' keyboards to function as 'AZERTY', and not reset them when they'd finished. The first you'd know about it was when you typed in your password, and you'd get 'Access Denied' after the third attempt. We had one idiot trainee programmer who didn't like QWERTY so he rearranged all the keys from A-Z - and then wondered why things didn't work properly... Unfortunately for him, he didn't last long. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 On 14/07/2021 at 17:49, Chris116 said: Seeing the class 47 at Newcastle in Network South East livery , I wonder what the furthest away the NSE area a loco or coach in NSE liveryman aged to get? Wick, Thurso, Kyle or Mallaig possibly! Conversely, I’ve got a photo of a blue/grey Scotrail Mk1 in an excursion rake in Kent. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 No Pics from David today? I hope things are O.K. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackthorn Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) Hi David; Thank you for your work at posting everyday, I appreciate them . I'm sorry I don't comment very often. Is it just me or does the HST (as I knew them), class 43 look completely ruined. I'm not sure if it's the livery, the treatment to the headlights, or both. It just seems to have lost the classic, timeless look it has always had. Maybe it's just rose covered glasses and age! I just saw Andrew P's comment above. I hope everything is OK too. Mark. Edited July 15, 2021 by Blackthorn 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted July 15, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) Please don't expect a good answer about why the photos are so late today. It is simple - the phone rang, I had a conversation and forgot to actually post the photos I had ready in the editor! So here they are now. I'm only 6 hours late. Stocksfield on the Newcastle to Carlisle line for today. Stocksfield Class 101 Carlisle to Newcastle Oct 88 J9702.jpg Stocksfield 143625 Sunderland to Hexham May 90 J10871.jpg Stocksfield 47534 up parcels March 91 J11795.jpg Stocksfield 156469 Sunderland to Hexham Aug 92 J13300.jpg Stocksfield 156454 Carlisle to Middlesbrough Jan 93 J13670.jpg David Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF 38 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Thanks Dave, well worth the wait. As usual a good selection from the past. Davey 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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