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

[Andrew P]

As Davey said, well worth the wait David, thanks.

[Market65]

Good evening, David. There’s no need to apologise about being late with today’s photo’s, your private life is the thing that must come first. 
Today’s photo’s are excellent, and show different aspects of Stocksfield, on the Newcastle to Carlisle line perfectly. In J11795, with 47534, on an up parcels train, in March, 1991, that is a view of a typical parcels train from that era, and will help anyone who wishes to model one.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[cheesysmith]

The 156. The best sprinter of the lot. The miles they clocked up, the reliability, best to work on, built like tanks. Just don't look at the TLC Newton heath is giving them lol.

[russ p]

Cheers  David , we  have said to you . You don't have to post every day , so if it helps  have some time off

[russ p]

27 minutes ago, cheesysmith said:

The 156. The best sprinter of the lot. The miles they clocked up, the reliability, best to work on, built like tanks. Just don't look at the TLC Newton heath is giving them lol.

 

From a fitters point of view.  I aren't keen on them . You sit too far from the screen and if you open the window cab door slams you in the cab even if it has the damper on it 

From a passenger point of view not bad but they are not a 158 east Midlands to note!

[cheesysmith]

I was train crew in the 90s. Nobody at RRNE had a bad thing to say about them. The only bad point was the noise in the saloon in summer with the windows open.

 

By the time these were in service and they realised they could have fitted them with air con the tenders had been accepted from BREL for the 158. 

[St Enodoc]

5 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

Conversely, I’ve got a photo of a blue/grey Scotrail Mk1 in an excursion rake in Kent.

 

That's got the original form of "Scotrail" before it became "ScotRail". The story goes that it was changed because too many folk were pronouncing it as "Scoe-trail".

[Fat Controller]

10 hours ago, Market65 said:

Good evening, David. There’s no need to apologise about being late with today’s photo’s, your private life is the thing that must come first. 
Today’s photo’s are excellent, and show different aspects of Stocksfield, on the Newcastle to Carlisle line perfectly. In J11795, with 47534, on an up parcels train, in March, 1991, that is a view of a typical parcels train from that era, and will help anyone who wishes to model one.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

Strange seeing a Parcels/ Mail on the N&C. We lived a few hundred yards from the line, just west of Wylam, and I can't remember seeing one between July 1983 and July 1991, when we moved.

[DaveF]

I'm hoping these will be posted without incident today!

 

The photos are simply a few more on the ECML in Northumberland, four at Cramlington and one at Morpeth.  Just everyday trains on the various dates.

 

 

Cramlington 254023 up Dec 80 J7308.jpg

 

 

Cramlington 91023 down March 92 J13037.jpg

 

Cramlington 153351 Newcastle to Morpeth Feb 93 J13700.jpg

 

 

Cramlington 142028 Newcastle to Alnmouth May 93 J13830.jpg

 

 

Morpeth 91014 KIngs X to Glasgow C Feb 93 J13701.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF

[corneliuslundie]

I still think that the original livery for the 156/158 longer distance units (was it on both or just the 158s?) was the most attractive. Pity it didn't last long.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. Well that’s an excellent selection of photo’s of the ECML in Northumberland. The first one of HST, 254023, on an up express, in December, 1980, at Cramlington, shows how good the original livery was on those high speed trains. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

Edited July 16, 2021 by Market65
To insert two words.

[cheesysmith]

Not sure if it is the light or it`s age, but the first photo does not do justice to the original flying banana livery of the HST.

 

The 91+mk4 looked best in the original intercity colours, and I didn`t know there was still pacers in choc`&cream that late.

 

Then there is the scud/153, showing the depths BR had to go to to keep the treasury happy.

[Davexoc]

On 16/07/2021 at 16:11, corneliuslundie said:

I still think that the original livery for the 156/158 longer distance units (was it on both or just the 158s?) was the most attractive. Pity it didn't last long.

Jonathan

 

Do you mean this one? (Albeit with CT branding)

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by Davexoc
Photo restored

[35A]

5 hours ago, Market65 said:

The first one of HST, 254023, on an up express, in December, 1980, at Cramlington, shows how good the original livery was on those high speed trains.

 

It was certainly an improvement on the 'original' original livery. As first painted, the power cars of 253 001 had the (subsequently blue) band painted gloss black. I have a picture that I took at the Crewe Works Open Day, in 1975, of either 43002 or 43003, during their brief time in that livery (I wonder if they even made it out into the open air - or, perhaps, that's when they realised that it didn't work?).

Edited July 16, 2021 by 35A
Wrong set number!

[corneliuslundie]

This is the livery I was thinking about:

 

Perhaps it was only used quite like this on the 158s. But much the same as that 156. (photo from Wikipedia)

Jonathan

[BernardTPM]

Yes, a few 156s were turned out in 158 style lvery, but that was close to the introduction of Regional Railways livery and then privatisation so was never common on them. The taller windows didn't really sit so well with that colour scheme.

[russ p]

12 hours ago, Davexoc said:

 

Do you mean this one? (Albeit with CT branding)

 

 

I remember working for central and these units being so filthy passengers complaining that they really couldn't see out of the windows 

[corneliuslundie]

Yes, I think it is the wide band above the windows on the 158 which makes the livery more successful.

Jonathan

Edited July 17, 2021 by corneliuslundie
typo

[DaveF]

 

More Carlisle photos from the first half of the 1990s this afternoon.

 

Yet again just photos of whatever turned up.

 

 

 

Carlisle 47625 23rd Oct 91 C16613.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 90003 Euston to Glasgow C The Royal Scot 29th Aug 95 C20533.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 86239 up l e 29th Aug 95 C20536.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 86227 Glasgow to Poole and 47079 up freight 25th Oct 95 C20601.jpg

 

 

Carlisle 60061 up empty China clay 25th Oct 95 C20616.jpg

 

 

David

 

Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Today’s photo’s of Carlisle are all excellent, and show various aspects of the station. The first photo’ is a most splendid portrait shot of 47625, Resplendent, on the 23rd October, 1991. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[corneliuslundie]

Oh for the days when we were sensible and mail went by rail.

Thanks for some more excellent photos of the way it was.

Jonathan

[DaveF]

A somewhat random set of photos taken over the years at the Keighley and Worth Valley for this morning.

 

 

Keighley Ivatt 2MTT 41241 Aug 72 J3025.jpg

 

 

Keighley 6th Aug 84 BR Class 4MT 75078 5th Aug 84 C6593.jpg

 

 

Mytholmes 118 Brussels Keighley to Oxenhope March 75 C1929.jpg

 

 

Haworth LMS Class 5 45212 Sept 70 C355.jpg

 

 

Haworth WD SJ 1931 May 73 J3206.jpg

 

 

Haworth 8F 8431 Oct 81 C5565.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF

[RANGERS]

On 20/06/2021 at 10:01, DaveF said:

 

This morning's photos are from a visit to the Norfolk Railway in October 1977 - the only time I've been there.  A few more photos taken that day will appear in due course.

 

Sheringham Fowler 0-4-0DM Dr Harry Hunslet 0-6-0ST Ring Haw Oct 77 C3587.jpg

 

 

Sheringham GER J15 564 Oct 77 C3590.jpg

 

 

Sheringham Hawthorn Leslie Pony and Kitson Colywn Oct 77 C3592.jpg

 

 

Sheringham Kitson 45 Colwyn    Hawthorn Leslie Pony    GER J15 564    BR railbus Oct 77 C3584.jpg

 

 

Sheringham Peckett No 5 and SR 12T crane Oct 77 C3586.jpg

 

 

Sheringham RSH No12        Oct 77 C3594.jpg

 

 

David

Just noticed this post, Sheringham did indeed have the look of a scrapyard in those days, thankfully the enthusiasm of the band of volunteers kept it together and laid the foundation for what it grew to become.

 

the locos in the first photo aren’t identified correctly, the Fowler in the shot was an 0-4-0 but a larger stablemate that for a while was the Sheringham station pilot, Dr Harry was a bit smaller - 

 

 

The 0-6-0 saddle tank wasn’t Ring Haw, it was an outside cylinder Bagnall (IIRC) who’s name escapes me. Not sure that its restoration was ever completed, at least at Sheringham.

[DaveF]

50 minutes ago, RANGERS said:

Just noticed this post, Sheringham did indeed have the look of a scrapyard in those days, thankfully the enthusiasm of the band of volunteers kept it together and laid the foundation for what it grew to become.

 

the locos in the first photo aren’t identified correctly, the Fowler in the shot was an 0-4-0 but a larger stablemate that for a while was the Sheringham station pilot, Dr Harry was a bit smaller - 

 

 

The 0-6-0 saddle tank wasn’t Ring Haw, it was an outside cylinder Bagnall (IIRC) who’s name escapes me. Not sure that its restoration was ever completed, at least at Sheringham.

 

 

Thanks very much for pointing this out, I've amended the captions.

 

David

[DaveF]

 

A few photos from Scotland this afternoon.

 

Glasgow Central, then a couple near Grangemouth and lastly the Forth Bridge from a well known viewpoint.

 

 

Glasgow Central 303047 17th Feb 90 C13975.jpg

 

 

Glasgow Central Classes 318   303   101 17th Feb 90 C13979.jpg

 

 

Grangemouth looking north 14th Aug 87 C8954.jpg

 

 

Grangemouth looking south 14th Aug 87 C8955.jpg

 

 

South Queensferry Forth Bridge 7th Aug 95 C20380.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF