grahame Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 And a few more miscellaneous: London Bridge pre-Shard Peckham Rye (I think) Battersea Park (May 2007) Waterloo (Jan 2007) G. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Finally, I guess this qualifies: DLR (January 2009) - the photographer is on the bridge, the bus is on the train . . . G. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2017 So does this count. Saint Gervais in 2008 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 So does this count. Saint Gervais in 2008 SaintGervais2008 (1).JPG Interesting. Presumably French metre gauge? I pictured one in post #114. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 4-VEP at London Bridge - probably in 1971 NSE liveried 4-VEP no.3138 heads south through Gatwick Airport on a Brighton Line service during February 1989. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 And a few more miscellaneous: Peckham Rye (I think) G. Yes it is Peckham Rye 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 img124.jpg 4-VEP at London Bridge - probably in 1971 img619.jpg NSE liveried 4-VEP no.3138 heads south through Gatwick Airport on a Brighton Line service during February 1989. Hi Bingley Hall, That VEP in img124 jpg looks like it is suffering from the effects of too much carriage washing fluid residue, which has caused the stripey paint effect on the sides. A paint condition you do not see modelled very often. How come contemporary units always look so clean?! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 How come contemporary units always look so clean?! Perhaps it's a number of factors such as modern paints, more regular cleaning ( to promote brand), less atmospheric pollution (due to smokeless zones and no burning of coal in close proximity), regulay livery repainting/updates, etc. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anroar53 Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Hi Bingley Hall, That VEP in img124 jpg looks like it is suffering from the effects of too much carriage washing fluid residue, which has caused the stripey paint effect on the sides. A paint condition you do not see modelled very often. How come contemporary units always look so clean?! That would be the famous Exmover. Oxalic Acid brand of Carriage Cleaning fluid, which was good for getting brake dust off. Unfortunately it affected the dull/matt finish rail blue quite badly, bleaching out the blue pigment of the paint. The gloss rail blue was more resilient, but even that could suffer if the carriage washer didn't do a good job of rinsing off the surplus afterwards. (you could see white patches on the stepboards). I was surprised to find that Exmover is still available. At one time you had to frequently check the Exmover content of the Carriage Washers, by taking a small sample and adding a tablet and noting the colour afterwards to monitor the strength. These days I think that stuff like Autoglym is used which is less acidic? Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 A couple from a recent visit to Hastings. Mainly went to see the semaphores still in use. Can anyone advise other locations where mechanical signalling can be found in the south of the UK? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Hi Andy, Re. Semaphore signals on the South Coast: Perhaps it is too late, as it seems that modernisation has sought out and eradicated many of these structures, but there were still some semaphore signals around Newhaven Town/Harbour and one at the Marine station. It was 2013 when I last went down to the area. At that time both the signal boxes were in operation.Colin Edit: Having looked at Claude's Southern semaphore signalling topic, it seems all those signals I mention could be long gone. Edited June 12, 2017 by Colin parks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Perhaps it's a number of factors such as modern paints, more regular cleaning ( to promote brand), less atmospheric pollution (due to smokeless zones and no burning of coal in close proximity), regulay livery repainting/updates, etc. G. and critically, no more braking with cast iron block brakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2017 Semaphores still to be found at Littlehampton and Bognor Regis just a fifteen minute ride apart on a 313. They can't replace them as they are listed structures apparently. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hi Colin and John, thanks for heads up. Will make a point of taking a trip to both. Cheers, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Hi Colin and John, thanks for heads up. Will make a point of taking a trip to both. Cheers, Andy One more possibility for you Andy is Pulborough. Though if that area around the station still has its semaphores, I do not know. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted June 12, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2017 Not any longer I'm afraid. They were removed a couple of years ago. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70804-photos-of-semaphores-on-the-southern-in-sussex/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 (edited) Not any longer I'm afraid. They were removed a couple of years ago. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70804-photos-of-semaphores-on-the-southern-in-sussex/ Shame. I have pictures somewhere which I took at Pulborough in the mid-2000s. There was a rather spectacular floral display on the signal box maintained by the signalwoman there for few summers running. Colin Edited June 12, 2017 by Colin parks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2017 I want to know where the (presumably recycled) LSWR lattice post that was at the country end of platform 2 at Amberley went along with the signal arms. I suspect that not all of it went in a skip.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Looks like it's getting increasingly hard to track semaphores down. Bognor and Littlehampton are next on the list. Cheers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anroar53 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 A few more of my photos, some being a bit grainy as they are older scans of the originals. DSCF3539.JPG Old meets new. Waterloo July 2013 SR90004 Full House.jpg Full House. Engineering works blockade, Late 1980s SR90005.jpg Water shortages late 1980s. Several sets of stock were loco hauled over the Marshes to St. Leonards to be put through the washer. To be honest, without 'hand bashing' first it was a bit of a waste of time. SR90008 2PB St. Leonards.jpg 'I wandered lonely as a 2EPB'. On Saturdays in the late 1980s Several EPBs worked down to Hastings on Mail Workings. On this occasion one ended up at St. Leonards. SR90016.jpg Another grubby 8CEP arrives for a wash and brush up (without the brush up unfortunately) SR90019.jpg A Jaffa CEP waits to leave St. Leonards on a Saturday afternoon in the late 1980s SR90020C.jpg Push-Pull VEP between Doleham and Winchelsea for 'Ashford 150' SR90072.jpg A 4 CIG rattles by on the Main towards Eastbourne while another loco hauled EMU arrives on the Reception Road. Andy. A few more Chart Leacon 2009-10 Bournemouth 2008 Ashford Down Sidings. 2009. Early 'Jav' days. Andy. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2017 Yes it is Peckham Rye It's always a bit confusing when a loop train is on the return half of the loop and it is still showing a station on the outward, southbound portion of the journey. This train would have gone out by Forest Hill, Sydenham and Crystal Palace, before swinging round through Gipsy Hill, Tulse Hill and the three Dulwichs. This is all from memory as we left London seven years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2017 A couple of shots from last week - a dmu has sneaked in - but there are many more emus! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Bournemouth Depot - 10 minutes past midnight. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin parks Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Hi Phil, These last few posts just go to show the diversity of units and liveries extant on the contemporary rail scene. There are not many of those liveries that I would fancy attempting when painting a model (though the Southern livery on a 313 looks do-able). Out of interest, could someone tell me roughly how many different types of EMU are currently operational on the old Southern Region network? Colin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 13, 2017 Hi Phil, These last few posts just go to show the diversity of units and liveries extant on the contemporary rail scene. There are not many of those liveries that I would fancy attempting when painting a model (though the Southern livery on a 313 looks do-able). Out of interest, could someone tell me roughly how many different types of EMU are currently operational on the old Southern Region network? Colin Have you seen the sides of the Coastway 313s? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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