RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2015 Could it be just north of Colwich, looking south, with the Stoke line being the one coming in from the left? Colwich was a 2 + 2 makes 4 junction, with connections between the various lines, heading North away from the junction both the Stoke and Stafford lines are double track. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2015 After a lot of thought I have come down with Norton Bridge. The photographer is at the south end of the platform. The signal was NB12 on the Up Slow. The line to the right of the camera is the recess line, which is the platform line coming off the Down Fast going towards the Stoke line. It was also used to get from the Stoke line to the Up Slow. The trap/run off (sand drag?) at the south end of the line is to the extreme left of the picture. The line going across at the left is the Up Fast. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 The GE is heading south - wonder if it's Purley Oaks? It's Norbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Is it? I have just named all the slides Purley Oaks , However Norbury would seem more sensible, because there is a footbridge across the line just south of the station from where the photos could have been taken; and Purley Oaks has no station footbridge either. Edited November 13, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 13, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2015 I think Purley Oaks also has a substation or something similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Is it? I have just named all the slides Purley Oaks , However Norbury would seem more sensible, because there is a footbridge across the line just south of the station from where the photos could have been taken; and Purley Oaks has no station footbridge either. Yep definitely Norbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Thanks very much. I will make some amendments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) I don't recognise the background buildings here at all.... Edited November 14, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted November 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2015 I think that's approaching Oxford, from the south, and the small trees beyond the ballast wagons are now a thick forest obscuring the industrial units. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted November 14, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2015 Agree with Hillside: South of Oxford Station train on 'Cemetery Curve' (The Cemetery is to the right of the loco). The photo must have been taken off the Osney Lane Footbridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Thanks to you both for the i.d. Another mystery solved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 I think this maybe between Oxford and Didcot, somewhere near Abingdon where the route crosses the Thames, between Radley and Culham, but the line curves differently to how it looks on the map. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 I'm stumped again. This time it is this photo. Track rationalisation and new signals by the looks of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted November 15, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 15, 2015 Didcot West end, with Foxhall Junction behind. The new works are in connection with the start of imported coal trains from Avonmouth to Didcot Power Station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 (edited) Didcot, off Foxhall Road bridge? see google maps Edit: 5 mins after posting, 2 answers already! Haven't we got anything better to do? Edited November 15, 2015 by eastwestdivide 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Foxhall Junction (Didcot) looking west. Though having got Norbury wrong.................................................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Looks like we all pressed the "send" at almost the same time....................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Foxhall Junction (Didcot) looking west. Though having got Norbury wrong.................................................... Was Norbury wrong? Oh dear, not more alterations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 Was Norbury wrong? Oh dear, not more alterations. Norbury was correct Jon - I thought it was Purley Oaks..................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2015 Foxhall Junction (Didcot) looking west. Though having got Norbury wrong.................................................... You got this one right - it isn't Didcot West End but is looking towards Foxhall Jcn from the road bridge which lies several hundred yards to the west of Didcot West End. All the works for the power station imported coal scheme - which were relatively limited in that area were well complete by the time that picture was taken as my scheme to convert the Up Relief line (on which the loco can be seen) into a reversible Goods Line had been commissioned as had the new signalling and the trap point which could be seen at the foot of the gantry (I had hoped we might finish up with a wide-to-gauge trap but alas it is an ordinary one). You will also see that mine and the Freight Operations Officer's insistence that all the new signals structures should have 25kv ohl clearance was duly followed - and is no doubt now saving NR a few tens of thousands of £s. The conversion to a Goods Line was my 'final solution' of the various options I developed for running round the trains from Avonmouth and was in the end the only one that I worked out solely on paper as a couple of my others options I decided I needed to test so I 'borrowed' a Class 60 and a trainload of HAAs for an afternoon to carry out a full trial between Swindon and Reading plus observing the actual times between Didcot and Moreton Cutting. I think I've probably still got my timing details somewhere and I've got the photos of course. I'm never entirely sure about my model railway planning abilities but I can still have the pleasure of taking a trip on the GWML and looking at the various real layouts I planned - this little example being just one of several. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Norbury was correct Jon - I thought it was Purley Oaks..................... Oh sorry. My mishtake. I blame the Chianti.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 You got this one right - it isn't Didcot West End but is looking towards Foxhall Jcn from the road bridge which lies several hundred yards to the west of Didcot West End. All the works for the power station imported coal scheme - which were relatively limited in that area were well complete by the time that picture was taken as my scheme to convert the Up Relief line (on which the loco can be seen) into a reversible Goods Line had been commissioned as had the new signalling and the trap point which could be seen at the foot of the gantry (I had hoped we might finish up with a wide-to-gauge trap but alas it is an ordinary one). You will also see that mine and the Freight Operations Officer's insistence that all the new signals structures should have 25kv ohl clearance was duly followed - and is no doubt now saving NR a few tens of thousands of £s. The conversion to a Goods Line was my 'final solution' of the various options I developed for running round the trains from Avonmouth and was in the end the only one that I worked out solely on paper as a couple of my others options I decided I needed to test so I 'borrowed' a Class 60 and a trainload of HAAs for an afternoon to carry out a full trial between Swindon and Reading plus observing the actual times between Didcot and Moreton Cutting. I think I've probably still got my timing details somewhere and I've got the photos of course. I'm never entirely sure about my model railway planning abilities but I can still have the pleasure of taking a trip on the GWML and looking at the various real layouts I planned - this little example being just one of several. Thanks Mike. That is great info. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Didcot, off Foxhall Road bridge? see google maps Edit: 5 mins after posting, 2 answers already! Haven't we got anything better to do? Dunno about you, I've only been able to answer a couple on here and the other thread about where, but I thoroughly enjoy seeing others identify places. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Is this another taken at Norton Bridge? I don't recognise these stations with no platforms on the through lines, and the split headcode 37 just puts me off even further. I am old school and associate them with the ER. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 (edited) Is that a 53.75 milepost just in front of the loco? Should narrow it down. Edit: 51.75 (see next post - i.e. post in this thread, not milepost, obviously) Edited November 18, 2015 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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