RRU Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Carnforth. Second batch. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Carnforth. Third batch. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 Carnforth. Last batch. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 All these photo`s taken at Chester. The Welsh Marches Pullman being piloted because of fire risk. 92220 Evening Star. We were invited to cross the tracks from the platform to take photographs. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy_anorak59 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I think that this one from Post #27 above is a candidate for the "When the real thing looks like a model" thread - probably something to do with a lack of back scene and the out-of the-box un-weathered locos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Clapham Junction. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 19, 2016 notice one of the PEP units in the background of pics 2 & 3 EDIT: would seem to be 4002 - http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/2_4pep02.html (1st pic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrover Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Wow fantastic pictures of Steamtown, thanks for sharing. They bring back so many memories. I loved going there as a kid(which was at least once a year as we lived in Kendal) Somewhere I have a pic of a 10yr old me stood in front of Mallard when it came to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrover Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Wow fantastic pictures of Steamtown, thanks for sharing. They bring back so many memories. I loved going there as a kid(which was at least once a year as we lived in Kendal) Somewhere I have a pic of a 10yr old me stood in front of Mallard when it came to visit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 More Clapham Jct. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 More Clapham Jct. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Some great pre NSE photos at Clapham. Many thanks for sharing them. Am interested to know what the unit in the distance to the left of the vep on the fourth photo down from the last batch. Is it a 302? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Some great pre NSE photos at Clapham. Many thanks for sharing them. Am interested to know what the unit in the distance to the left of the vep on the fourth photo down from the last batch. Is it a 302? Certainly looks like one. Panto well in the centre, and a toilet in the 2nd coach. Were they overhauled at Eastleigh or elsewhere on the SR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Some great pre NSE photos at Clapham. Many thanks for sharing them. Am interested to know what the unit in the distance to the left of the vep on the fourth photo down from the last batch. Is it a 302? Thank you for your comments. I`m sorry, i know very little about Southern slam door stock. All this VEP CEP CIG business has me baffled. To me a cig is what you put between your lips and set fire to. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted October 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 22, 2016 Wow fantastic pictures of Steamtown, thanks for sharing. They bring back so many memories. I loved going there as a kid(which was at least once a year as we lived in Kendal) Somewhere I have a pic of a 10yr old me stood in front of Mallard when it came to visit! Yep, really good to see these images from the past. BNS shots really take me back to my spotting days there in the early eighties. Anyone know what happened to the miniature railway stock at Steamtown shown above in post 27 Cheers, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 22, 2016 Author Share Posted October 22, 2016 Clapham Jct. again. A better view of that 302 unit here. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great stuff there Peter, I like the ordinariness of the Clapham photos. There is nothing special happening, just BR going about it's business. I particularly like the photos of the carriage sidings, although it is 'only' blue and grey there is plenty of interest to see. That is the sort of atmosphere I appreciate when captured in model form, cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted October 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 23, 2016 Fantastic pictures Peter, many thanks for sharing. Brings back happy memories and great detail for modelling. I recognise three of my friends on one shot. Myself and a colleague took a bus down to the London Transport Open Day, sleeping on it at night. The LT guys were very friendly and they let us have a go on the skid pan, then demonstrated how it should be done by taking two buses on the skid pan and skidding them round together! Afterwards they took us through Central London with us driving their RT. Great fun. Can I ask are your photos slides or prints? How did you scan them in? I've got around 25,000 colour slides which I must scan when I get lots of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Great stuff there Peter, I like the ordinariness of the Clapham photos. There is nothing special happening, just BR going about it's business. I particularly like the photos of the carriage sidings, although it is 'only' blue and grey there is plenty of interest to see. That is the sort of atmosphere I appreciate when captured in model form, cheers Thanks for the comments. It is much appreciated. I noticed the links to your photo`s, so I will take a look at those. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Fantastic pictures Peter, many thanks for sharing. Brings back happy memories and great detail for modelling. I recognise three of my friends on one shot. Myself and a colleague took a bus down to the London Transport Open Day, sleeping on it at night. The LT guys were very friendly and they let us have a go on the skid pan, then demonstrated how it should be done by taking two buses on the skid pan and skidding them round together! Afterwards they took us through Central London with us driving their RT. Great fun. Can I ask are your photos slides or prints? How did you scan them in? I've got around 25,000 colour slides which I must scan when I get lots of time. I worked as a bus and coach mechanic/driver for 50 years, so when the open day was at the bus depot and the LT depot together it was too good to miss. As for the scanning, I have an Epson 2400 scanner which I have had for 20 years. It will scan documents and prints and also has a holder for a negative strip and four mounted slides. The software will switch between BW or colour negatives and slides. The earlier pic`s are scanned from negatives which I was processing myself until I got a batch of film that had a deep red colour to the stock which gave a strange colour cast to the prints that I could not filter out properly. Because of this and the amount of time needed to print 36 negatives, I switched to slides. When the film was processed it just needed mounting, but I had to get a projector to view them. You will be able to see the difference in quality between the ones taken earlier with my first camera and the later ones when I got a new Olympus OM20. If you only need to scan slides, there are scanners that only do this which will give better resolution than a general purpose one. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Managed a couple of visits to Steamtown whilst staying at York very free and easy place you could walk anywhere but always seemed rundown but the stock made up for it and staff always friendly thanks for pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 23, 2016 Author Share Posted October 23, 2016 Last batch of Clapham Jct. Up next, Crewe. Works and station. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RRU Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Crewe Works Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRU Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 Crewe Station That`s the last of the "C"s. The "D"s start with Didcot. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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