Fat Controller Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedlington North Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 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! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2021 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 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 26, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2021 (edited) 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 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 27, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 (edited) 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 44 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 Do those coil trains still run? What powers them if they do? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted August 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2021 IIRC, these coil trains ran from Ravenscraig to Dee Marsh. The trains still run according to Realtime Trains, but come from Margam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 27, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 28, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 28, 2021 (edited) 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 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 28, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 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 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 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. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 29, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2021 (edited) 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 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 29, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) 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 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 30, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 31, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) 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 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted August 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2021 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 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted August 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2021 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. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 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 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) 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 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 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). 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2021 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. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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