RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2017 What's the engine number? 48433? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 48433? Looks like it. That one was located at Willesden, but there's also photos showing it at Edge Hill and Carlisle! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 It's got electrification flashes, so the picture's taken fairly late in the engine's existence. From at least May 1961 (Locoshed books), it was shedded at Edge Hill. So probably somewhere in the northwest. My first thought was Warrington Dallam, but it's not there. And I didn't realise till now how many concrete shed buildings there were in that area! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Yes 48433, and it looks like an 8A shed plate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 I tend to get a bee in my bonnet about locations, and then spend ages trying to find a location to fit. This photo says Erewash Valley to me, but I have looked at the stations in that area and nothing seems to be quite right. There are very similar buildings but they either have only one gable, or the station seemed to be much closer to a road bridge. In the end I just think, someone will know this place immediately so why am I wasting hours of my time trying to do it myself? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 It's got electrification flashes, so the picture's taken fairly late in the engine's existence. From at least May 1961 (Locoshed books), it was shedded at Edge Hill. So probably somewhere in the northwest. My first thought was Warrington Dallam, but it's not there. And I didn't realise till now how many concrete shed buildings there were in that area! You say that, but a couple of images further along the same negative strip is a photo of 44181 looking rather forlon. This loco was withdrawn from Warrington Dallam in 1965 (which would date the film nicely) and so I suspect the images were all taken in that area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I tend to get a bee in my bonnet about locations, and then spend ages trying to find a location to fit. This photo says Erewash Valley to me, but I have looked at the stations in that area and nothing seems to be quite right. There are very similar buildings but they either have only one gable, or the station seemed to be much closer to a road bridge. In the end I just think, someone will know this place immediately so why am I wasting hours of my time trying to do it myself? Scan-170623-0004.jpg Taking your Erewash Valley suggestion I have flown up and down the line on Google Earth, I think it is Old Hathern Station https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8114829,-1.2372845,3a,75y,171h,92.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smZ7OCu-0GDFi6XLiLGW28w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.flickr.com/photos/99194173@N03/16178626946/in/photolist-qjzZe8-qhiUvf-p4CFGu-pj6vhG-5avxBy-5Gjjdr-eQbvNp-qDDG8U-p4CG15-pKanTc-eQnTad-eQnYJq-zNp2xb-MRCmWZ cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 23, 2017 Author Share Posted June 23, 2017 Thanks Kevin, that is a nice piece of detective work. I gave up at Long Eaton but should have carried on southwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Thanks Kevin, that is a nice piece of detective work. I gave up at Long Eaton but should have carried on southwards. I have just realised that the old station is a b&b, and with good reviews on Tripadvisor, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold daveyb Posted June 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 25, 2017 (edited) Removed as I was far too late... didn't refresh the page Edited June 25, 2017 by daveyb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Hooray, my laptop is repaired after 3 months of relying on an iphone for web communication. Now I can scan films again I know where this was taken, because I can see the roof of Temple Meads in the background; but I am not sure of the date. There were several Open Days at Bath Road in the 1960s, but the loco line-up is the clue to the year. This is 1420 in the foreground. I believe this may be 1965. Does anyone agree? Edited September 18, 2017 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 Included in the Bristol Railway Archive site there is mention of an Open Day on 23rd October 1965. From the list of locos published by the Railway Observer it looks like that date and your line-up could be 1420, 6435, 3659, 6141, and 47276. Also present were 6859, 7026 and 7924. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Included in the Bristol Railway Archive site there is mention of an Open Day on 23rd October 1965. From the list of locos published by the Railway Observer it looks like that date and your line-up could be 1420, 6435, 3659, 6141, and 47276. Also present were 6859, 7026 and 7924. Thanks very much. I think I have posted this before, but have cleaned it up as best as I can in order to read loco numbers in the background. 6859 and 7924 are in the foreground. I can only read one Hymek which is D7027, although D7024 appears in another photo and is probably the one in front of the Blue Pullman. The class 14s are D9504, D9502 and D9527, and the Warship is D800. Edited September 18, 2017 by jonny777 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Somewhere in the house I have a colour magazine spread taken from a similar vantage point as your photo Jonny, but showing the 47 next to D800 to be D1664 'George Jackson Churchward'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Thanks very much. I think I have posted this before, but have cleaned it up as best as I can in order to read loco numbers in the background. 6859 and 7924 are in the foreground. I can only read one Hymek which is D7027, although D7024 appears in another photo and is probably the one in front of the Blue Pullman. The class 14s are D9504, D9502 and D9527, and the Warship is D800. 6859 in the foreground was the last steam loco at the then 'new' Cardiff, Canton Diesel Depot. On Sunday 6th. June, 1965 it was given a wash and brush up at the depot, prior to being used on Royal Train duty in South Wales, probably for heating purposes. . Photographer unknown Brian R 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Here is a photo from another angle. LMR saddle tank 196 is there, with USA 0-6-0T 30064. Behind them, the Warship appears to be D848 but the numbers are not totally clear. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) It can't be D848 Jonny, it wasn't released off Swindon in maroon until 22nd June '66 - the only maroon 800s in traffic in October '65 were D857 (released 22nd September '65), D858 (released 8th October '65) and D863 (released in August '65 and the first one in this livery)... it's probably D858 in your photo. D862 and D865 were in Swindon being painted maroon at the time but weren't released until November, and in any case neither of them had the slatted air vent in the roof directly above the nameplate and BR logo. Edited September 19, 2017 by Rugd1022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 In which case, that photo must be from another year; which adds to the complexity of trying to figure out the details of the negatives. This is an expansion of the original scan, and it would appear to be D848. Given the presence of a USA tank, I have to assume this is part of the 1966 line-up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Possibly October 1966 for the USA tank http://www.bropendays.co.uk/bristol1966oct.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Possibly October 1966 for the USA tank http://www.bropendays.co.uk/bristol1966oct.html 30064 was transferred to WR stock in August 1966 at Meldon Quarry, ostensibly a Southern steam loco operated by the Western Region. . Replaced by a '350' shunter it was reallocated to Eastleigh (via Bath Road) in October 1966, and was finally withdrawn on 'the last day' 9th July, 1967. . Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 In which case, that photo must be from another year; which adds to the complexity of trying to figure out the details of the negatives. Scan-170919-0012.jpg This is an expansion of the original scan, and it would appear to be D848. Given the presence of a USA tank, I have to assume this is part of the 1966 line-up. Definitely not the '65 Open Day then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Does anyone recognise this location? 73088's last allocation was Guildford, so it might be there, but I am not familiar with the shed or its design/layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Guilford had a semi-roundhouse hemmed in by a steep cutting Jonny... your pic could be Redbridge, happy to be corrected though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Here is 73088 again. It is on the same film, but I'm not sure it is the same location after coming offshed, or even the same day. Are there any recognisable features here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 23, 2017 Author Share Posted September 23, 2017 Guilford had a semi-roundhouse hemmed in by a steep cutting Jonny... your pic could be Redbridge, happy to be corrected though. After a lot of searching, I am coming to the conclusion that these images are from Weymouth. The shed environs found on a Google search look very similar to those in the first photo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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