RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2015 Well, would you believe it? Jammed in another box is a sheet of paper with details of some of the slides, and this slide matches up to the number on the sheet, or at least I think it does. It is Dingwall level crossing on the Kyle line, taken in June 1971. Bridgend Avenue crossing - the cottage remains but the area has become much less rural https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.5988341,-4.4385056,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seMUF9InDJ9X9cqekZ4X5HA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en If it is Dingwall it's more likely to be Craig Road, two crossings to the east of Bridgend Avenue https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@57.6000143,-4.4292466,3a,75y,218.82h,72.93t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sx8jCiRv7CSrnvSSbqMlSKg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) I think my scan may be reversed. It ought to be this way around. Edited November 29, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) Looking at the background I think you are probably right. The cottages are a mirror image of the same design. The hills in the background look like your first suggestion now that you have reversed the slide. Edited November 29, 2015 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 Yes, I did look at the other one on Craig Road, and although it is obviously built to the same gatehouse design, it just seems to be slightly further from the road. And as you say the higher ground on the horizon seems to fit better with the original photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 29, 2015 Author Share Posted November 29, 2015 (edited) This ought to be easy, because there is a station name on the hut on the far platform, but slight camera shake makes it unreadable on the original. Edited November 29, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochinvar Posted November 29, 2015 Share Posted November 29, 2015 Newtonmore,at a guess. DR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 1, 2015 Author Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thanks Lochinvar. I thought that I would be able to read the station name here, but it is just not quite clear enough. However the name has five letters and the buildings are wrong for Nairn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Annan, unless I'm very much mistaken. Opposite end of the country from Nairn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Almost identical position of Annan https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/5454123926 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks Jamie and Shadow; and apologies for my terrible ignorance when it comes to the geography of Scotland. This next one is of a distillery with an adjacent single track railway, and my knowledge of distilleries tends to be limited to sampling their products. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomag Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Thanks Jamie and Shadow; and apologies for my terrible ignorance when it comes to the geography of Scotland. This next one is of a distillery with an adjacent single track railway, and my knowledge of distilleries tends to be limited to sampling their products. Scan-151202-0005.jpg Possibly Strathisla on the Keith - Duftown line or Dallas Dhu on the Grantown - Forres line. The line from Grantown to Aberlour had a number of Distilaries but that is at the bottom of the Spey valley and you would proabbly see some hills in the background. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) I think you have it there Bomag. This image of Strathisla does seem to fit, with the distinctive 'towers' just out of shot on the right of my photo. http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/38328682.jpg Edited December 3, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 (edited) it is Strathisla, the date on the wall was the key - 1786. There is a painting in the nearby Ugie House Hotel which shows a similar view. http://ugiehousehotel.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/strathisla-still-painting-keith.jpg Edit - Same as the one in your last post!! Jim Edited December 3, 2015 by luckymucklebackit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Could someone confirm, or otherwise, that this is Looe? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Culmhead Posted December 5, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 5, 2015 Hi, I would definitely think so, judging from my photos from the early seventies and later. Cheers, Aidan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Thanks Aidan. It may be back to Scotland with this one, but I'm not sure after the last one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Number plate on the nearest vehicle seems to be (H)SE, which was Aberdeen area, or Keith until 1981 according to Wikipedia, or Banffshire until 1974 according to http://www.wolfbane.com/vreg.htm. Or "SE - Keith (Banffshire to 1974, Keith to 1981, issued by Aberdeen for Keith from 1981)" according to the PDF http://www.cvpg.co.uk/REG.pdf Can you read any others off the original? Edited December 6, 2015 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 The car on the right, is it a Vauxhall Viva?, looks like JDA 47D, and the Austin Cambridge? is RAV853J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) AV was Aberdeenshire until 1974, and DA Wolverhampton/Birmingham, so that gives us 2 out of 3 in the Aberdeen-ish area... Huntly?? (google maps link) lots replaced, but looks possible. Edited December 6, 2015 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Huntly does look good, comparing with this - https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=23051 but there are no telegraph wires in that 60s photo. I think 'my' photo was taken in the early 1970s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Wherever this station is, it has an HST (passing) service and a large station nameboard. Unfortunately the nameboard is at such an oblique angle that it cannot be read. Edited December 6, 2015 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted December 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2015 Wherever this station is, it has an HST (passing) service and a large station nameboard. Unfortunately the nameboard is at such an oblique angle that it cannot be read. Scan-151130-0007.jpg Hungerford? Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 (edited) Hungerford had a horrible shelter in that shade of yuk just by the footbridge in 1985, in this shot taken in the other direction: And that style of lamp: Edited December 6, 2015 by eastwestdivide 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 But there are hills and buildings in the background of that first photo, and only trees visible in mine. Although I have to admit the other evidence is pretty convincing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) But there are hills and buildings in the background of that first photo, and only trees visible in mine. Although I have to admit the other evidence is pretty convincing. Er yes - but your pic was taken looking in the opposite direction - your view is of a Down train taken from the Up Platform; look for that Aster track circuit case in the bottom right of the picture Johnny posted then look at Eastwestdivide's pics to see where it is (hint. right next to the cab door of the HST) Edited December 7, 2015 by The Stationmaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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