class"66" Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Virgin 57 in "snow storm"... North wales 2004 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 BR blue 47542 in harsh conditions... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Inverness and Aviemore, back in the good old 1980s Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2014 Getting ready for winter, no snow at Cambridge but good lighting conditions Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 More fab photos ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Not mine, but this is nice 45147 Beeston 1Jan79 by david.hayes77, on Flickr What a terrible tragic ending 45147 had in December 1984. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 13, 2014 Author Share Posted December 13, 2014 Old oak common,47s sitting in the white stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Two unknown Class 37s on a coal train to Consett in 1980: John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted December 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2014 This thread has reminded me of an epic trip. It was a Winter Landcruise sometime in the 1980s, probably organised by SLOA. We joined it at Crewe for the journey to Fort William where everyone would stay in hotels and B&B for one night. As we got into the highlands, the weather turned really nasty; with very heavy snow. At one of the passing points we were held in the loop to let the snowplough pass, the only time I've seen a snowplough being used in this country. Only much later did I discover that we were the last train to get through to Fort William. We were lucky to get there as it was so cold, the diesel fuel froze on one of the locos and the steam heating simply could not cope with temperitures so low. This resulted in the water in the carriage toilets freezing, putting all the loos out of use. So station stops to pass other trains on the single line also became loo stops - even though most stations had no toilets! We woke up in our B&B the next morning and walked down to the station, no trains were running as the line was blocked by snow. Heroic efforts by the organisers resulted in accommodation being provided for everyone on the train for, if I remember correctly, an extra two nights. We made sure we drank the next hotel dry before returning to the one we were staying in. I do remember ringing work, 'sorry, but I will not be in today as I'm snowed in at Fort William'. Eventually we were taken by road to Oban where a scratch rake of (i think) four MK1's was waiting to take railtour participants back as far as Glasgow. As the railtour was probably 10 - 12 coaches, getting everyone into 4 was quite a squeeze, I remember standing for all of the 7 hours journey (but with a open window to hear the locos). At one passing station we were not allowed out of the train as the station canopy was unsafe because of the weight of snow on it. At Glasgow we just made the Euston sleeper, but it was so full I slept on the floor under the seats. We did have a 47 at the front, pulling something like 17 coaches, too many for it to heat, so it was a pretty cold journey. It was diverted via the Glasgow & South Western route and it was daylight when we alighted at Crewe. Somewhere I've got some cine film of the trip! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 One from me: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 East lancs railway ews 37418... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 An unidentified Class 37 hauls a single brake van at Beamish on it's way to Consett in early 1980. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Network rail class 97303 at Coleham... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
South of 1E Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 67027 at a snowy Tring with a late running up Royal Highlander sleeper on 090110. Severe weather over Shap had disabled the usual 90 power Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classsix T Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 http://unofficialnetworks.com/2015/02/must-watch-canadian-trains-dont-fear-the-snow C6T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://unofficialnetworks.com/2015/02/must-watch-canadian-trains-dont-fear-the-snow C6T. Also a deer meeting its fate, by a CN train on that web page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250BOB Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 And then you have to try and start up the freezing cold locos.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pv_cGG56QA4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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