Chris Turnbull Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Superb photos again. But it's not 47587. The ETH cable holder is above the buffer beam, whereas ETH conversions from 47586 onwards had the box repositioned on the buffer beam. I can't read my own writing! It was 47557. Caption changed, many thanks. Chris Turnbull 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Once we spent most of the school lunch hour watching the breakdown crane retailing an 08 in that area. Do you mean this breakdown crane? Chris Turnbull 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Do you mean this breakdown crane? 810801 Cambridge steam crane K22.31.jpg Chris Turnbull That's a PW crane - I seriously doubt that it could lift an EE 350HP shunter !! Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 17, 2015 Author Share Posted January 17, 2015 Another visit to the Severn Valley Railway today. All photos were taken on 12th April 1980. 7812 Erlestoke Manor leaving Bewdley... ...and here she is entering Arley Meanwhile, looking in the other direction from the bridge here's 5000. Bridgnorth loco shed. And this is the loco servicing area at Bewdley with 5164 just leaving. I was a volunteer at that time and must have shovelled out tons of ash and clinker from that pit. Thanks to Jonny777 as usual. Chris Turnbull 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 17, 2015 Do you mean this breakdown crane? 810801 Cambridge steam crane K22.31.jpg Chris Turnbull No it wasn't that crane, Chris - it was the Loco Dept. breakdown crane that used to spend most of its time in the 'dump' sidings that formed part of the stabling point, leading up towards the North Box and Mill Road bridge. Will look up the details later, but think it was the kind of Cowans Sheldon crane that the old Hornby Dublo model was based on. The one in your picture looks like the Civil Engineer's steam crane that was used in remodelling the track layout prior to the new signalling system being introduced. Interesting picture in other ways too - you can see the end of a steel carrying bogie wagon in the Coalfields yard as a reminder of when steel coil was a regular inward traffic for a fairly short time; not sure whether this was in connection with some specific building or construction job locally, or quite why it happened? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 18, 2015 Author Share Posted January 18, 2015 I think it's time we had something a little more up-to-date although we will wallow in more nostalgia before too long. Stratford on 13th July 2010 with a variety of stock in view. Same day, same place, this is 90003 A few days later on 24th July this is Ely with 170117 entering Platform 1 I probably caught the 08.30 to Ipswich where we have a general view of the loco yard. Moving on to Norwich here we have typical summer crowds, probably waiting to board a Great Yarmouth service. Best to avoid these trains on summer Saturdays! I think these two Driving Brake Vans look almost model-like. Norwich, 24th July 2010. Chris Turnbull 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 18, 2015 Share Posted January 18, 2015 The old cattle docks provided an unusual viewpoint for freight activity at Cambridge, at that time, if you went right round there. Once we spent most of the school lunch hour watching the breakdown crane retailing an 08 in that area. There were several dead end sidings that came up to the cattle docks as I recall; at one time in the mid '70s they contained a lot of Transfesa vans that seemed to be stored there for some reason! It's worth seeking out the Paul Shannon 'Railfreight Since 1988- Wagonload' volume, which goes into some detail about traffic flows around Cambridge; there've been some pretty odd loads sent and received from there. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks Brian, I don't have that book but may have a look for it. There certainly was some interesting traffic dealt with there; it wasn't unknown for a convoy of military vehicles to be making their way down Station Road, having been unloaded from 'Warflats' etc. Almost unrecognisable today, sadly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) For views of stock around Cambridge, Ipswich, Ely, March etc in 1979:http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01509.htmCambridge shots start here, just keep clicking on the next film number.Lots of coach/wagons and the scrappers at snailwell(?) Ely EDIT: found another page - some tank wagons, ipswich and cambridge ex-tender snowploughs and a fairly rare shot of booth car E1106: http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01665.htm meant to say, i'm trawling through for the british stuff, but there is US, european and (mainly, i think) australian stock - some good detail shots in among the general views Edited January 19, 2015 by keefer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks Keefer - loads isn't there? I'd forgotten about the two preserved BR non-ganwayed coaches which were in the Fyffes warehouse siding (near Brooklands Avenue) for a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrover Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What wonderful pictures. I have many happy childhood memories of Steamtown Carnforth, I think my parents have a picture of me standing in front of Mallard there when it was in steam in the 80's. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. Do you have any pictures of Oxenholme back then or Windermere? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 47587 looks like it is going over a 'hump'. This surely isn't the case, but that road is certainly artifically raised for a reason, any one know why? Another lovely set of photos. Any of Littleport lurking Chris? Andy G This won't win any prizes. Littleport on a dismal evening in April 1979 (and looks like something went wrong during processing), but at least it shows the waiting shelter before it burned down. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 For views of stock around Cambridge, Ipswich, Ely, March etc in 1979: http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01509.htm Cambridge shots start here, just keep clicking on the next film number. Lots of coach/wagons and the scrappers at snailwell(?) Ely EDIT: found another page - some tank wagons, ipswich and cambridge ex-tender snowploughs and a fairly rare shot of booth car E1106: http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01665.htm meant to say, i'm trawling through for the british stuff, but there is US, european and (mainly, i think) australian stock - some good detail shots in among the general views There are some great detailed photos on that site. The pages either side of this http://www.pjv101.net/film_bw/pjv01511.htmshow lots of SR units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 That's about as attractive as Littleport ever got. 13 years I lived there (they burned down the waiting room just as I left) and at the end of it I was rather disappointed they stopped at the station and didn't burn the lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 What wonderful pictures. I have many happy childhood memories of Steamtown Carnforth, I think my parents have a picture of me standing in front of Mallard there when it was in steam in the 80's. Thanks for sharing and keep them coming. Do you have any pictures of Oxenholme back then or Windermere? Thank you for your kind comment. Sadly, I have no photographs of Oxenholme or Windermere until the noughties. Chris Turnbull Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted January 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Nice photo of Littleport, things don't change much out here, Apart from the signals and telegraph poles (and the modern version of the waiting shelters) nothing much has changed. The thing that sticks out the most is that gate in the fence, There was one on the up side just over the underpass too. I've just done the gates and it appears that the gate has just been replaced with lenghtened tubes. 13 years, you managed to last that long? The only nice place that I've found is the box! Andy G Edited January 19, 2015 by uax6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 With the introduction of the Norwich to to Cambridge service by Anglia Railways and the extension of the Anglia Day Ranger to Ely and Cambridge I have been a keen user of that ticket. Whilst the price has risen over the years I still regard it as good value for money and use it whenever I have a spare Saturday. On 17th February 2007 170272 forms the Cambridge to Norwich leg of an early morning service. One of my favorite stations is Ipswich; there always seems to be something going on. Still on 17th February, this is a general view of the station. A couple of years earlier on 19th November 2005 this is the loco yard at Ipswich. Travelling up the East Suffolk Line to Lowestoft we have 170204 and 170205 forming Norwich and Ipswich services respectively. I loved it when these units were used on the Norwich trains as those trains were designated standard class only and you could travel in first class with a ranger ticket. Looking down the track towards Norwich. Still on 19th November this is 170202 at Bury St Edmunds. I don't follow steam specials particularly so it is always a thrill to turn up at a station to find an unexpected steam locomotive in the platform. This is "West Country" 34067 "Tangmere" and 90013 at Norwich on 5th May 2007. Chris Turnbull 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Nice photo of Littleport, things don't change much out here, Apart from the signals and telegraph poles (and the modern version of the waiting shelters) nothing much has changed. The thing that sticks out the most is that gate in the fence, There was one on the up side just over the underpass too. I've just done the gates and it appears that the gate has just been replaced with lenghtened tubes. Andy G Yes, with the passing of time, I was puzzled by the gate when I looked at the scan - it just seems to open on to an embankment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I don't follow steam specials particularly so it is always a thrill to turn up at a station to find an unexpected steam locomotive in the platform. This is "West Country" 34067 "Tangmere" and 90013 at Norwich on 5th May 2007. Complete with those to whom "passengers should not pass this point" signs don't apply... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 6700 @ Littleport, 14-08-1971. Stewart 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted January 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2015 That brick building is now just a collection of bricks about waist height, and there is that much greenery that the view of the station from the approach road is almost impossible. Change and decay! Thanks Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 20, 2015 Author Share Posted January 20, 2015 On 18th October 2008 the Railway Study Association organised a visit to the LT Museum at Acton. These photos give a flavour of the exhibits. There are no captions as I'm not too sure of the designations of LT stock so if someone wishes to provide some details the please do so. This is the LT District and Piccadilly lines just outside the museum. This was another surprise waiting for me when I arrived back at Kings Cross on my journey home; 6233 "Duchess of Sutherland". Chris Turnbull 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The first picture of the trams one on right probably went through the tram tunnel and the 1938 stock in red runs today on special occasions at high fares thanks . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Nice to see Acton Depot looking so empty! When I've been there on Open Days, I must have spent hours waiting for people-free shots of the various exhibits. ESL 107 is the last surviving tube gauge Electric Sleet Locomotive, which was used to keep the conductor rails clear of ice. It was one of a batch converted during the 1930s from motor cars built for the Central London Railway right back in 1903/4. The Bakerloo "red train" is comprised of "1938 stock" - built in 1938! Excuse me, but DoS is sooo not right at Kings Cross. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Turnbull Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Nice to see Acton Depot looking so empty! When I've been there on Open Days, I must have spent hours waiting for people-free shots of the various exhibits. It wasn't open to the public that day as I recall hence no crowds. This is a shot I meant to post before I became confused. Chris Turnbull 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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