RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hi All, Many of you have looked at my photos here and on fotopic, and some of you have tried to guess locations where I knew the answer (those are in Wheeltappers). This time though I really do not know the location. Most of mine and Dad's photos are catalogued, but from time to time I find uncaptioned ones. Here are two of them, probably taken around or before 1955 by my late father. At the time he lived in Nottingham, but did travel and had a number of track permits. Does any one recognise the station, I suspect the second photo is looking the other way. Image J01 Image J02 Many thanks in advance David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Dave, Just thinking out loud but it has a LNW feel to me. Could it be somewhere between Ashbourne and Buxton, or perhaps on the LNW/Mid Joint in Leicestershire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Dave, Just thinking out loud but it has a LNW feel to me. The signal in the second picture would certainly suggest that to me - I *think* it looks like an LNW lower quad when compared to this picture, but I'm almost totally ignorant of the former LNW network. Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Any way of getting a better scan of the poster (on the LH shelter) and nameboard on the first picture? You might at least get a rough guess of the number of letters in the name. Don't suppose the poster would help, but you never know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 The signal in the second picture would certainly suggest that to me - I *think* it looks like an LNW lower quad when compared to this picture, but I'm almost totally ignorant of the former LNW network. Adam Its an upper quadrant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold melmoth Posted April 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 Could it be somewhere on the Watford Junction - St Albans Abbey line? This is just a wild shot in the dark - I've no hard knowledge to suggest that that is the location. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 Any way of getting a better scan of the poster (on the LH shelter) and nameboard on the first picture? You might at least get a rough guess of the number of letters in the name. Don't suppose the poster would help, but you never know. Thanks for the idea. It is actually a reduction from a 28Mb scan. I cannot read the poster on the wall, but there looks to be a BR sausage on it! The station nameboard angle does not allow letters to be counted, all I can see is that they are raised. The adjoining negatives don't help, they are of a picnic with friends "somewhere"! Looking at the rails in the second image they seem to be polished, certainly in comparison which the check rails etc on the turnout. One of the adjacent negs is of an ex LMS 8F, but it only shows a side of the engine front half, no landscape etc! David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 Could it be somewhere on the Watford Junction - St Albans Abbey line? This is just a wild shot in the dark - I've no hard knowledge to suggest that that is the location. I think it might have been a bit far away for them - if they went out with friends it would have been in their friends pre war car, so they didn't go too far. Thanks for the idea though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Right at the top of the first pic beyond the small goods loop there's another turnout going right. So I have the layout as a single track passing station with a small goods loop with a 'something top somewhere' going off the passenger loop. I guess that the station lies N-S or NW-SE judging by the position and height of the sun, the second pic looking towards the northerly direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Western Sunset is correct, it is on the LNW. Asnbourne to Buxton line, both photographs were taken from the road over bridge at Tissington. Thanks David. I was beginning to think it might've been Shepshed on the Coalville - Loughborough line, though the rails were rather too shiny for that backwater.....Yes, definitely Tissington. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torkardlane Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Puzzles just draw you in. Looks Derbyshire area ish but cant be sure. Any clues in the other pics you can glean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 Western Sunset is correct, it is on the LNW. Ashbourne to Buxton line, both photographs were taken from the road over bridge at Tissington. David, Western Sunset and others, many thanks for the identification as Tissington. Funnily enough I too had wondered about Shepshed, but realised it didn't look right as I remember Dad once built a layout based oon it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Its an upper quadrant Just goes to show I should pay more attention... Adam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 Now I know it is Tissington I have found This: http://www.perfectpicturecards.co.uk/images/products/RAIL006_sm.jpg an old postcard image of it. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted April 1, 2010 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2010 At the moment I have only 3 more where I cannot confirm the location, photos below, of a loco shed. ImageH01 ImageH03 ImageH04 Anyone any ideas? David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Colwick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Annesley? See http://www.annesleyfireman.com/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60B Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Looks like Annesley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Definitely Colwick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torkardlane Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Totally agree Annesley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 No, no, no. Trust me; it's Colwick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
torkardlane Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Changed my mind . first two pics are Colwick not sure on coaling stage though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The coaling stage on http://www.annesleyfireman.com/ is under Annesley MPD listing. Scroll down this link about a quarter of the total page length. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The coaler is Colwick too; built in 1939. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 The coaling stage on http://www.annesleyfireman.com/ is under Annesley MPD listing. Scroll down this link about a quarter of the total page length. Got to admit that it's not Annesley. Those two photos show that the steps on the structures are totally different, let alone the cabin which only exists on the Annesley coaler. Sounds to me like Western Sunset knows the location very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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