RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted January 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2019 For info : I'm having trouble with Flickr at the moment, it takes ages to upload a photo and trying to upload several at once is even worse, I haven't got the time or the inclination to hand hold the upload so I'm currently "on hold" pending our broad band upgrade Flickr has been a pain the last couple of day's with problems uploading photos John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir douglas Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 are the photos small enough to direct upload here? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2019 are the photos small enough to direct upload here? Yes but it was decided that Flickr is the best place (after discussion with Andy Y) and I now share them in lots of railway based Facebook groups so don't want to go back to having to upload them 27 times .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I'm just really pleased that you keep posting Dave. Thank You. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted January 16, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2019 Please continue posting the pictures as the pics around the Chester area bring back so many memories from when I lived in Chester in the early 80's I've not commented because of my inferior knowledge as I was but a young boy back in the 80's but this is what gave me my interest in Railways. This thread is like a time machine for me so please continue. All the best Colin Another vote for you to continue !! As a young trainspotter I was only interested in the actual trains, this thread is a great reminder of all the other fascinating aspects of the railway, that I should have taken more notice of at the time ! I'll chip in with info when I can, but please don't take 'radio silence' to mean your efforts aren't appreciated. Cheers, Phil. I can only echo the above posters thoughts! I can relive my young teenage days around Ellesmere Port / Wirral & Chester through your excellent photo collection. Please do carry on! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post beast66606 Posted January 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2019 Managed to upload a few more - continuing with Huyton Junction. DAS001001Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Levers 8-16 in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001001 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001002Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Levers 12-18 in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001002 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001003Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Levers 21-30 in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001003 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001004Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Levers 22-36 in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001004 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001005Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Block shelf in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001005 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001006Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Block shelf in Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001006 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001007Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)47165 on a Liverpool Lime Street bound express at Huyton, from Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001007 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001008Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)45054 on a down express from Liverpool Lime Street at Huyton, from Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001008 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001009Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)47083 and 40101 head towards Edge Hill / Liverpool at Huyton, from Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001009 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001010Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction signal box, opened 03/1899, abolished 04/07/2014, demolished 05/07/2014DAS001010 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001011Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction up main home 1, straight post, tubular steel, upper quadrant, once carried Huyton Quarry outer distantDAS001011 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001012Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction up main home 1, straight post, tubular steel, upper quadrant, once carried Huyton Quarry outer distantDAS001012 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001013Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction set back from down main to up main and along down main to Huyton Quarry ground frame, lever No.25 (top) and No.26 (bottom)DAS001013 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001014Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction set back from up main to down main, lever No.22DAS001014 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001015Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001015 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001016Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)40124 on a Liverpool Lime Street bound express at Huyton, from Huyton Junction signal boxDAS001016 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001017Huyton05/06/1982 (Saturday)Huyton Junction Up Home 2, left hand bracket to Up St Helens and Up Main, tubular steel main post and dolls, upper quadrant. Up Main home 2 also has Huyon Quarry distant below. Lever No.27 (Up St Helens), No.34 Up main and No.33.DAS001017 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2019 DAS001016, A 40 on an aircon set.... ECS or covering for a 47/4? DAS001009 - despite 40101 being a Kingmoor loco, it always seemed reluctant to venture down the S&C and turn right at Hellifield, however, the likes of the Canton named 47s (of which 083 is one), they were regulars on Severn Tunnel-Carlisle and return workings. Keep em coming Dave. Cheers, Mick 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 20, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2019 DAS001016, A 40 on an aircon set.... ECS or covering for a 47/4? DAS001009 - despite 40101 being a Kingmoor loco, it always seemed reluctant to venture down the S&C and turn right at Hellifield, however, the likes of the Canton named 47s (of which 083 is one), they were regulars on Severn Tunnel-Carlisle and return workings. Keep em coming Dave. Cheers, Mick Annoyingly I was in the signal box and could have found out the workings but at that time I wasn't bothered ... DOH ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Pannier Tank Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 Managed to upload a few more - continuing with Huyton Junction. DAS001001 Huyton 05/06/1982 (Saturday) Levers 8-16 in Huyton Junction signal box Dave, could you please remind me of the reason for the Short Levers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 1017...interesting weathering pattern on the Junction signal. If you did that on a layout it would be decried as being "wrong". Great pictures Dave! Baz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2019 Dave, could you please remind me of the reason for the Short Levers? Motor worked points or signals Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 DAS001016 - the 40 on aircons - could it have been a Scotland-Liverpool working, change from electric at possibly Preston to whatever they had available there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 DAS001016 - the 40 on aircons - could it have been a Scotland-Liverpool working, change from electric at possibly Preston to whatever they had available there? The Buffet is next to the loco, which might suggest a Scotland - Liverpool/Manchester splitter, although 9 coaches in one portion seems high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 I'm intrigued by 1013 and the two vertical dummies. One (the upper?) refers to the trailing crossover, but what of the other? There was once a further movement possible from Down Slow to Up Fast, but that crossover was long gone. Gone too is the goods yard connection on the Down side. Was it to permit a wrong road movement to Huyton Quarry sidings and the Willis Branch? I should know this as I worked the L&MR as a guard in the early to mid-seventies, but it isn't happening! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2019 I'm intrigued by 1013 and the two vertical dummies. One (the upper?) refers to the trailing crossover, but what of the other? There was once a further movement possible from Down Slow to Up Fast, but that crossover was long gone. Gone too is the goods yard connection on the Down side. Was it to permit a wrong road movement to Huyton Quarry sidings and the Willis Branch? I should know this as I worked the L&MR as a guard in the early to mid-seventies, but it isn't happening! The clue is in the description ... The top disc, as you say, reads over the crossover. The bottom disc reads wrong line along the down main to Huyton Quarry Ground Frame - aka bang road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 Another brilliant set of photos Dave, thanks for sharing. Typical work-a-day railway operations and infrastructure ignored by many at the time as "uninteresting", but a few decades on they are an invaluable historical record. Particularly like the coal bunker on DAS001007, and a couple of loose track spikes and the tie bar on the points in DAS001013. Keep 'em coming! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2019 (edited) One of my pics of Huyton in 2013, a bit more security 30 odd years down the line If you tried to take a pic from the same vantage point now you would be stood in the 4ft of the reinstated lines between broad green and Huyton Edited January 21, 2019 by big jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 The clue is in the description ... The top disc, as you say, reads over the crossover. The bottom disc reads wrong line along the down main to Huyton Quarry Ground Frame - aka bang road. Thanks Mate! As first opened, the photos covered the bottom line of each caption, which I didn't realise (I hate bloody computers!). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 21, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2019 Another brilliant set of photos Dave, thanks for sharing. Typical work-a-day railway operations and infrastructure ignored by many at the time as "uninteresting", but a few decades on they are an invaluable historical record. Particularly like the coal bunker on DAS001007, and a couple of loose track spikes and the tie bar on the points in DAS001013. Keep 'em coming! The only thing unchanged in the Huyton photos is that coal bunker, which was still there when I visited last year 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2019 I'm intrigued by 1013 and the two vertical dummies. One (the upper?) refers to the trailing crossover, but what of the other? There was once a further movement possible from Down Slow to Up Fast, but that crossover was long gone. Gone too is the goods yard connection on the Down side. Was it to permit a wrong road movement to Huyton Quarry sidings and the Willis Branch? I should know this as I worked the L&MR as a guard in the early to mid-seventies, but it isn't happening! Top to bottom (relative position of the arms) = left to right (route it refers to) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Yes, I know that: as an ex-guard I should! It was where the lower arm referred that I was unsure of. It's best part of a mile from that dummy to the entrance points for the sidings and Willis Branch. Looking through Beast's photos of the area, I have to ask myself, "Did I really sign the road for all this?" They're certainly bringing back many memories, so thanks, Beast! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted January 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2019 The only thing unchanged in the Huyton photos is that coal bunker, which was still there when I visited last year Thanks Dave. Just looked on Routeview, yes the bunker is still there but the coal has gone (wonder if the coal was used up before the 'Box closed, or if it was redistributed by the locals?). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post beast66606 Posted January 25, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2019 Managed to get some more uploaded to Flickr and I'm going to try for another batch this weekend while the going is "good" Event though I photographed lots of signals and 40s - I ignored the 503s (and 502s) for most of the time, much to my eternal shame, "it's on the doorstep, it'll be here for ever" type of attitude. And suddenly it wasn't ... which is why I record everything when I go out, even the local 170s which ply their trade up and down the line are photographed everytime, for one day they'll be gone and then it'll be too late. DAS001018Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Wednesday)Class 503, Driver Trailer Second, DTS, M29285M in Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001018 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001019Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Trailer Second, DTS, M29278M in Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001019 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001020Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Interior of Class 503, Driver Motor Brake Second, DMBS, M28682M in Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001020 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001021Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Motor Brake Second, DMBS, M29281M on Birkenhead Mollington Street depot, with me drivingDAS001021 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001022Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Trailer Second, DTS, M29273M on Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001022 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001023Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Motor Brake Second, DMBS, M29281M on Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001023 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001024Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, M29273M, Driver Trailer Second, DTS and M29281M, Driver Motor Brake Second, DMBS on Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001024 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001025Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)25089 on Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001025 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001026Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Trailer Second, TS, M29704M on Birkenhead Mollington Street DepotDAS001026 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001027Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Trailer Second, DTS, M29273M on Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001027 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001028Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed08/06/1982 (Tuesday)Class 503, Driver Trailer Second, DTS, M29285M in Birkenhead Mollington Street depotDAS001028 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001029Green Lane Junction08/06/1982 (Tuesday)40001 heads a grain train to Birkenhead Docks passing Mollington Street depot and the site of Blackpool Street signal boxDAS001029 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001030Birkenhead Docks08/06/1982 (Tuesday)40001 runs off a grain train in Birkenhead Docks, West Float - Duke Street behind the train. Note the shunters to the left.DAS001030 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS001031Birkenhead Docks08/06/1982 (Tuesday)40001 runs off a grain train in Birkenhead Docks, West Float - Duke Street behind the trainDAS001031 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Thanks for posting more photo's Dave. I particularly like the 40 on the mixed formation of polybulks - excellent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted January 25, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2019 Great photos as usual. Not many layouts feature 502s or 503s which is a shame. Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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