bingley hall Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 I knew I had a couple a bit more closer to 'home'........ Class 37 37131 passes West Ealing with a westbound empty domestic coal service during March 1989. Again March 1989, 37411 'The Institute of Railway Signal Engineers' passes Great rocks with the return Speedlink working from Warrington. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 Another one wagon wonder - brakevans don't count! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 Well it is just one wagon! Whilst we were staying in Graubunden May 2009 a number of trains Chur-Arosa were conveying ballast wagons one at a time on the rear of passenger workings - presumably to save paths. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 4 (or 2 fixed formation) wagons and empty to boot ....................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Just the one: 66074 drags a lonely wagon through Stafford by Timothy Young, on Flickr 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2017 This topic has proved more interesting than I thought it would be. I have been surprised how most of the photos have been recent, when one considers the lengths of modern freight trains. Going through Dad's photos of the 50s & 60s I have only found the two photos above and this one, which has two short trains back to back. I don't know whether the left hand train had a loco on it at that point or even if it qualifies as a 'short' train, but the one on the right does. The two brake vans mark the start and finish of the two trains heading in different directions out of Wells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Not loco hauled, but a self-propelled crane that had loaded the wagon about 200 yards away and then shuffled down to the site to lay it in place. Daisyfield Junction in November 2014 Only a few minutes to go to the next day (UK time). Can I suggest pictures with trackside workers/railway staff/employees for the next topic?. Cheers, Mick Edited September 18, 2017 by newbryford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Replica Steam Elephant (I think?) at Beamish Edited September 18, 2017 by cal.n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 18, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 18, 2017 So here we go with the trackside workers. Prepping the rail end for the next length to be laid. Outside my back door sometime in the very early hours November 2011 Cheers, Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Think this particular part of the thread will need some degree of anonymity in this "Aha gotcha" work environment that seems to pervade these days. Anyway............................... making the first cut (properly) ................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Let's start with the oldest fuzziest photo of a piece of rerailing kit being tested. The second print shows the other side but without the people. It's there to show the equipment better and is by Dad's friend and colleague Alan Newman. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Preparing a Thermit weld - taken near Adelaide River during construction of the Alice Springs to Darwin railway in May 2003 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) To show that exactly the same process is used for tram track here is a sequence of shots from the Midland Metro: Ready to ignite with gas torch: Well alight: Keith The keen eyed will notice the pot changes Edited September 19, 2017 by melmerby 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 When you bring Britannia from West Somerset to Didcot you get grubby but stay cheerful 05Apr11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) 'The Daily Job' Santa Apolonia Railway Station, Lisbon Note also -- A platform both sides of train Edited September 19, 2017 by NorthBrit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Possibly some railway staff but quite a few trackside workers - the strange angle was to avoid reflection when taking the pic through glass More trackside workers, no railway staff (this scene is now totally different as there is a great big flyover there) 'Signal side' workers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 In the top photo - the feather is lit but the scissors crossing is set for straight, or is the route indication for something else? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Unpaid workers on the Lynton & Barnstaple! Initial work on restoring "Pilton" when it was at Williton, in December 2002. Apparently it's now finished and will be the standby loco at the forthcoming L&B Gala: Track workers in the fog, January 2003: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Dealing with line side fires (or it might be just a comfort break). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Crossover removal - Newhaven Town Station - 23 3 2013.jpgTrack maintenance - Newhaven Town Station - 23 3 2013.jpgTrack works with VolkerRail crane - Newhaven Town Station - 23 3 2013.jpg The bloke on the platform in the second photo doesn't seem in the least concerned that the one lying in the 4 foot has lost his arm, and seems to have lost the lower part of a leg too . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 The bloke on the platform in the second photo doesn't seem in the least concerned that the one lying in the 4 foot has lost his arm, and seems to have lost the lower part of a leg too . He's probably supposed to be his lookout/minder - but as the branch is shut down all the way from Lewes, which is probably 8 or 9 miles north, he is not exactly having to overexert himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 Only a small contingent of the orange army in this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimble Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Ooooo, has a dig through some work files... this is the southern portal to the tunnel (it's just long enough) at Cambridge Bach, south of Bristol. We were surveying the cliff face and I had the great joy of getting to abseil down to a cave entrance halfway down. In the dark. And the rain. day time work this time, in the cutting between Brighton & Hove stations on the south coast. Again more survey work for slippage prevention. I literally have no idea what we were doing here... only surveying one of the lines across the crossing (if I recall correctly). One of those jobs where the waiting to sign on, briefings, finding the site, and then working out which of the tracks was the one we wanted took longer than the actual job itself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2017 In the top photo - the feather is lit but the scissors crossing is set for straight, or is the route indication for something else? Jim They were testing - but only the signals hence there were all sorts of 'out of correspondence' indications such as that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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