RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2023 Hornsey 17-01-23 John 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 29, 2023 Share Posted January 29, 2023 305146 at Manchester Piccadilly 1994 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted January 29, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2023 325001 at Crewe on 30/03/01 (my photo) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 310 087 & 304 010 at Stafford on 30/05/78 (my photo) 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, franciswilliamwebb said: 310 087 & 304 010 at Stafford on 30/05/78 (my photo) What is the building in the background? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 12 minutes ago, cornish trains jez said: What is the building in the background? Looking at Google Maps it’s currently a Royal Mail delivery office and, right now, it’s busier than usual. Cheers Darius 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, cornish trains jez said: What is the building in the background? The GPO building, still in use by the Royal Mail today. The yellow vehicles are in the Telecoms yellow livery that replaced the earlier green from 1969 onwards. I don't know if the building was exclusively PO telecoms at the time, however! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 2, 2023 1 minute ago, franciswilliamwebb said: The GPO building, still in use by the Royal Mail today. The yellow vehicles are in the Telecoms yellow livery that replaced the earlier green from 1969 onwards. I don't know if the building was exclusively PO telecoms at the time, however! 1978 would have been in the GPO telecoms “Buzby” period. Cheers Darius 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted February 2, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2023 8 hours ago, Darius43 said: 1978 would have been in the GPO telecoms “Buzby” period. How times change. 1978: "Make someone happy with a phone call" 2023: "Will you PLEASE put that phone down just for five minutes?" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southof1E top tmd Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) The late Tony Ewer catches 319018 leaving Flitwick for Bedford and a VR bus on the 142 all on May 21st 1991 Edited February 2, 2023 by Southof1E top tmd typo 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted February 8, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2023 315804 at Stratford on 06/09/01 (my photo) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Busy busy Clacton 21-10-07 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) Well, they are o/head electrics and will all be gone in the next couple of years...... Monkseaton. Cullercoats Edited March 3, 2023 by Johann Marsbar caption error 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted March 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2023 These are also shown in my Elizabeth Line album - but they may as well be here as well! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2023 (edited) 304003 at Lichfield Trent Valley on 26/09/79 (my photo) Edited April 26, 2023 by franciswilliamwebb (updated image link to avoid a red photo) 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 8 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: Well, they are o/head electrics and will all be gone in the next couple of years...... Monkwearmouth. Cullercoats Given the second picture, isn't the first actually Monkseaton, the next station along, rather than Monkwearmouth, which is in Sunderland? There is a very good bar on the station, called the Left Luggage Office. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 8 hours ago, phil_sutters said: These are also shown in my Elizabeth Line album - but they may as well be here as well! Massive changes at both those stations! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, 62613 said: Given the second picture, isn't the first actually Monkseaton, the next station along, rather than Monkwearmouth, which is in Sunderland? There is a very good bar on the station, called the Left Luggage Office. Yes, Monkseaton it is - Don't know what made me type Monkwearmouth! I did visit the Left Luggage Office on the Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons whilst I was travelling around on the Metro and was very impressed with the place and the range of beers on offer. The Platform 2 bar at Tynemouth was also worth a visit, which I managed include a visit to on Wednesday as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 A few of my amateur photos - hopefully of interest to someone out there! Is this overhead enough? The place to stay in Glasgow is the Leonardo Hotel (formerly Jurys Inn) near Central station. From my hotel room, a Class 390 approaches the station over the River Clyde on 3rd September 2015. And a TPE Class 350/4 departs for Manchester Airport the same day. At the other end of the country, Ashford depot shows off a line-up of then-fairly-new Class 395s on 10th December 2008. The cab of 395003 on the same day. On 1st May 2009 321902 pulls into the bay platforms at Doncaster with a stopping service from Leeds. I never really liked this livery, which was a composite of West Yorkshire Metro red and Northern blue. Cheers, Will 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 321410 in de-branded Silverlink livery at Doncaster on 23rd December 2009. I'm not sure what it was doing here... perhaps standing in while the Leeds-based 321s were being overhauled? 321302 sports National Express / Greater Anglia colours in the yard at Doncaster on 15th April 2009. Another rare visitor to the North - 465906 visits Wabtec for attention on 28th February 2010. And here's a close-up of the barrier wagon. Not far away in Leeds, two very different EMUs share platforms 1 and 2. 333013 and Eurostar set 3311 on the right with a GNER 'White Rose' service some time in 2004 or 2005. Cheers, Will 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 323237 pulls into Manchester Piccadilly on a chilly 5th January 2009. The same unit just before arrival. It was still sporting First North Western 'Barbie' livery but with Northern logos. 320316 pauses at York on 28th February 2012 on its return to Scotland from some kind of overhaul attention, possibly at Doncaster. ...and off she goes towards the North. Note that one of the tail lights is out. Prototype for everything! Cheers, Will 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 323232 (a difficult unit number to say out loud!) basks in the dappled sunlight of Manchester Piccadilly on 11th May 2009. Meanwhile at Birmingham New Street, 323205 pulls in with a cross-city service on 12th March 2008. If you're familiar with these units you'll be imagining the amusing wee-wee-wee noise from the traction convertors. 333013 calls at Keighley on 26th July 2008 with a Skipton to Bradford Forster Square working, while a brave bunch of souls on Platform 2 have just boarded a pair of Pacers for the long stretch of jointed track between Settle Junction and Lancaster on their Leeds to Morecambe service. As someone who grew up in the Aire Valley it is difficult to explain just what a difference electrification made to this line and the surrounding area, especially when the new EMUs were introduced. Having declared myself a Northerner, you will appreciate I found it a novelty to stumble upon dual-voltage 377208 at Milton Keynes, having arrived from somewhere south of the Thames. Back in the North, or the South depending on your perspective, 380113 stands at Glasgow Central. FirstGroup logos were still on the doors when this was taken back on 25th October 2011. Cheers, Will 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWJ Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 314207 looking classy in Strathclyde crimson and cream at Glasgow Central on 25th October 2011. London Midland 350252 in an unexpected place: the little-used Platform 3 at Penrith where it has probably been looped to allow a Down Pendolino to pass. This unit was on loan to First TransPennine Express for driver training while TPE's own fleet of Class 350/4s was being delivered. View from the back cab of 350252 (where I had permission to be, somewhere between Preston and Glasgow on 20th August 2013. This is what TPE was waiting for - 350405 being commissioned at the Wildenrath test facility in Germany on 17th December 2013. To the right is a Munich metro unit and behind is a European version of the Desiro for Belgium. I couldn't possibly comment on the destination screen. Nothing to do with me... 350409 was the first EMU to wear FTPE livery, a different version from the Class 185 to suit the different window layout. Ardwick depot, Manchester, 25th March 2014. And a few days later on 6th April, 409 was out on a commissioning/training run at Preston with a classmate still in '50 shades of grey' base coat. Cheers, Will 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 23, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23, 2023 Class 304 EMU number 007 arrives at Bescot on 10/10/78 (my photo) 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold franciswilliamwebb Posted March 30, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 30, 2023 321407 at Cheddington on 27/10/01 (my photo) 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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