MacDuff999 Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 So, quite rightly in some ways, you hit the loco sheds/station and not the Market! Decisions, decisions! as I may have mentioned, I used to live in Edinburgh, so then haggis was the thing. Apart from seeing one or two of the last A2's from Dundee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Last steam on BR I saw was at Water Orton, Saltley and Tyseley, Birmingham. By the time we went to Glasgow it was nearly all dead, Class21/29's, Claytons and 06's. Polmadie. I think 1969/70. Not brilliant picture, scanned from a 126 negative. I got shed passes for Polmadie, Eastfield and Corkerhill. The foreman at Eastfield was not impressed, as he had to find somebody to show me around and he had not been notified of my pass. The foreman at the other two just let me wander around on my own. Imagine that now. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacDuff999 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 In 1966 (I think) a work colleague and I went to Glasgow one Sunday (we lived in Edinburgh), to see what we could see at one or two of the steam sheds. We did Polmadie - still a bit of steam, but not much. We also went to at least one other shed which I remember (not sure which) and we were shocked to see two NB diesels (class 22 now I think), standing dead, windows smashed. I am sure we did Corkerhill too, but again saw hardly anything of steam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 (edited) Found the original photo of Polmadie, above that I had printed and on the back is listed, 2431, 8520 behind and 8534 to right. It would have been a North British, class 21/29. I have a photo at Eastfield of 2427, 2434 and 6108. They were parked up in the sidings on the far side of the main line from the shed. Looks like they may all have smashed windows and the Barclay shunters look like they had been cannibalised. Edited April 25, 2022 by andytrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 A few loco pics'. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 29, 2022 Author Share Posted July 29, 2022 (edited) More photos:- 13198, Bachmann, Ultrascale wheels and Bill Bedford coupling rods. 45487, Black 5. Hornby, converted with Alan Gibson wheels and Brassmasters detailing kit. Edited August 10, 2022 by andytrains 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) More loco pic's. Airfix 4F on a Perseverance chassis. Bachmann J39 converted to EM with Society wheelsets. Nu-Cast Sentinel on Black Beetle. (Far too fast). South East Finecast J69, with Scottish Shunters step. Edited September 4, 2022 by andytrains 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
46256 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Hello Andy The locos are superb. I did a Scottish rail rover for a week in 1971 with other Water Orton based train spotters. We travelled overnight to Inverness then down the East Coast….Aberdeen ..then Edinburgh. We stayed most of the week in a B and B in Haymarket, often catching the class 27 push pull to Glasgow. Great memories best wishes Brian 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 69508 at Eastfield 1954 with the unusual placing of front number plate just above shed plate:- 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 (edited) On 08/11/2022 at 23:04, 46256 said: Hello Andy The locos are superb. I did a Scottish rail rover for a week in 1971 with other Water Orton based train spotters. We travelled overnight to Inverness then down the East Coast….Aberdeen ..then Edinburgh. We stayed most of the week in a B and B in Haymarket, often catching the class 27 push pull to Glasgow. Great memories best wishes Brian We used to go to Glasgow, (Toryglen), to visit my grandparents most summers in the industrial two weeks. My dad was an apprentice electrician in the Glasgow shipyards at the start of WW2. He joined the Royal Navy as soon as he was 18 and served 26 years. This is where he met my Mum, who was a WREN. (From Birmingham). So visits up to Toryglen most August's were to see the Grandparents on my Dads side and the rest of his family. We went on the train most times and I can vaguely remember going through Carlisle with loads of steam engines on shed. And also the stop at Crewe, where the train stopped for ages for the passengers to go and get some relief and refreshment! It was an overnight train. Great Days. Edited November 16, 2022 by andytrains 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) Some of the photos in my thread have re-appeared. Edited August 11, 2023 by andytrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Alder Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 Did you reinstate them or have they come back by themselves? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted January 19, 2023 Author Share Posted January 19, 2023 13 hours ago, Ben Alder said: Did you reinstate them or have they come back by themselves? Richard. They came back by themselves. Andy. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andytrains Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 I bought as couple of locos at Expo EM last weekend. A 2P 4-4-0. (Plastic body, detailed with Comet chassis and Comet tender. Mashima? motor). Non-runner, but a wire had come unsoldered from motor. Bachmann Standard 2-6-4T in green, converted. (So will be a body swap). So a bit of work to do, but nothing too difficult. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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