billy_anorak59 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Anyone identify the class(es) of DMU in this photo ? DAS000125 Bromborough 28/07/1981 DMU for Chester or Helsby passing Bromborough signal box, Down home visible DAS000125 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr I'll take a punt at Class 108 'Derby Lightweight' ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 15, 2018 Don't forget, I'm hoping this will be interactive rather than me simply posting photos which are already available on my Flickr - thanks to Billy for answering the above question, anyone with any information please contribute, as long as any wanderings aren't too distant or too prolonged that's fine. Use it or lose it as they say. I have been having serious thoughts about continuing as it takes a fair bit of time and if it's all one sided then, like a lot of things in life, I might as well lock the thread and pull the shutters down. I know there's a lot of signalling stuff at the moment but blue diesels are on the horizon, as is Dinting Rail Centre and lots of other stuff, I've currently scanned over 3k photos so there's a good way to go to even catch up with the scanning, never mind the negs yet to be scanned. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post beast66606 Posted July 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2018 A couple of blue ones, 24081 had been secreted on Southport ready for a preservation attempt. DAS000140Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/1981 (Sunday)24081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000140 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000144Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000144 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000145Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000145 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000146Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000146 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000151Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000151 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000147Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/1981Data panel of 24081 at Southport steamtown museumDAS000147 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000141Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/198140103 parked outside Birkenhead Mollington Street shed with 47350 alongsideDAS000141 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000142Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/198140103 parked outside Birkenhead Mollington Street shedDAS000142 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000143Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/1981Data panel of 40103 on Birkenhead Mollington Street shedDAS000143 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post beast66606 Posted July 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2018 DAS000148Hawarden17/05/1981Interior of Hawarden signal box after abolitionDAS000148 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000149Hawarden17/05/1981View towards Dee Marsh from Hawarden signal box - after abolitionDAS000149 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000150Hawarden17/05/1981Hawarden signal box after abolition with a Bidston bound DMU passingDAS000150 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrAny takers for the class of the DMU please ? DAS000155Hawarden17/05/1981Hawarden signal box after abolitionDAS000155 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000156Hawarden17/05/1981Interior of Hawarden signal box after abolitionDAS000156 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post beast66606 Posted July 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2018 Some shots which I've already shared with Paul who's making a model inspired by ELJ. DAS000157Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140095 heads, light engine, for Seaforth container base at Edge Lane JunctionDAS000157 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000158Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140027 heads, light engine, for Seaforth container base, passing Edge Lane Junction signal boxDAS000158 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000159Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140124 and 40095 head a Seaforth - Garston F.L.T passing Edge Lane Junction signal boxDAS000159 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000160Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140124 and 40095 head a Seaforth - Garston F.L.T past Edge Lane Junction signal boxDAS000160 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000164Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140095 passes Edge Lane Junction signal box, running light to Seaforth container baseDAS000164 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000165Edge Lane Junction21/04/198140095 takes the Edge Hill line at Edge Lane Junction on a short freight - from Alexander dock ?DAS000165 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000161Edge Lane Junction21/04/1981Lever frame in Edge Lane Junction signal boxDAS000161 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000162Edge Lane Junction21/04/1981Edge Lane Junction - Olive Mount to left, Edge Hill to RightDAS000162 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000163Edge Lane Junction21/04/1981Edge Lane Junction - looking towards Bootle Note the two crossovers, it was proposed to make the dock lines two single ones from here, one to Canada and one to Alexandra, this never happened and the crossovers were removed, only for the trailing one to be reinstated when the Olive Mount Chord was brough back into use. DAS000163 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000166Edge Lane Junction21/04/1981Edge Lane Junction signal box diagramDAS000166 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000167Edge Lane Junction21/04/1981Donkey bell to Edge Hill PSB in Edge Lane Junction signal boxDAS000167 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted July 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) DAS000167 Edge Lane Junction 21/04/1981 Donkey bell to Edge Hill PSB in Edge Lane Junction signal box DAS000167 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr Dymo tape was all the rage then........ I regularly saw the 40s but never picked out 40095 with the flush plated doors at one end. Cheers, Mick Edited July 15, 2018 by newbryford 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2018 A couple of blue ones, 24081 had been secreted on Southport ready for a preservation attempt. DAS000140Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/1981 (Sunday)24081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000140 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000144Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000144 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000145Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000145 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000146Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000146 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000151Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/198124081 parked at Southport steamtown museumDAS000151 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000147Southport - Steamtown Museum18/05/1981Data panel of 24081 at Southport steamtown museumDAS000147 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000141Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/198140103 parked outside Birkenhead Mollington Street shed with 47350 alongsideDAS000141 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000142Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/198140103 parked outside Birkenhead Mollington Street shedDAS000142 by Dave Skipsey, on FlickrDAS000143Birkenhead Mollington Street Engine Shed24/05/1981Data panel of 40103 on Birkenhead Mollington Street shedDAS000143 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr Really good shots for adding/checking detailing there. How did they smuggle the Class 24? Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 Really good shots for adding/checking detailing there. How did they smuggle the Class 24? Baz I think it was taken to Southport on a tenuous journey and then "accidentally" went onto the preserved bit and didn't get out again. This may be a drivers embellishment of the facts but it was what was told to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Interesting set of photos today and a also interesting comment written on one of the levers in DAS000148 at Hawarden. Wonder if they ever did work it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 Don't forget, I'm hoping this will be interactive rather than me simply posting photos which are already available on my Flickr - thanks to Billy for answering the above question, anyone with any information please contribute, as long as any wanderings aren't too distant or too prolonged that's fine. Use it or lose it as they say. I have been having serious thoughts about continuing as it takes a fair bit of time and if it's all one sided then, like a lot of things in life, I might as well lock the thread and pull the shutters down. I know there's a lot of signalling stuff at the moment but blue diesels are on the horizon, as is Dinting Rail Centre and lots of other stuff, I've currently scanned over 3k photos so there's a good way to go to even catch up with the scanning, never mind the negs yet to be scanned. Keep them coming as far as I'm concerned Dave, I did a fair bit bit of spotting in the area, albeit a few years before your pics, so it's interesting to see the infrastructure which I didn't really take a lot of notice of. Just to show I'm paying attention I can post a like after each set?, or take this as a like for the whole lot! Mike. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 Keep them coming as far as I'm concerned Dave, I did a fair bit bit of spotting in the area, albeit a few years before your pics, so it's interesting to see the infrastructure which I didn't really take a lot of notice of. Just to show I'm paying attention I can post a like after each set?, or take this as a like for the whole lot! Mike. The likes I see as an indication people are looking at the thread. Personally I "like" posts from other people to acknowledge the posting - for example Dave has a fantastic thread going and I like each of his photo posts, not all are of major interest to me, but I know he's taken time and effort to post it, so I acknowledge that with a like however It's the interaction I'm after - I've asked a couple of times for DMU experts to assist with identifying the classes in photos, I know I could research and find out but then I'd have less time to scan, catalogue and post the photos so like signalling questions I was hoping that those in the know would assist. I did wander away from the Wirral, there are North Wales photos soon, Reading, Doncaster, Dundee, March, Guide Bridge ( including 76s) all sorts of places will appear in time, I've currently posted around 167, I have catalogued 1600 and scanned 3000 with a further 1500 on the "to scan" list - and then I move to the next negative album, and there are several more to get through after that. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 16, 2018 Loving the photos of the times when I was out & about spotting & photting. Most of my B & W Negs were lost in a house move. DMU classes, unless they have the class as part of the set number, I struggle, so not much help from me there. I don't know well the areas you have shown so far, but please keep up the good work. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Loving the photos of the times when I was out & about spotting & photting. Most of my B & W Negs were lost in a house move. DMU classes, unless they have the class as part of the set number, I struggle, so not much help from me there. I don't know well the areas you have shown so far, but please keep up the good work. Regards Ian The one at Hawarden was another 108. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 Yes keep 'em coming. Great photos and feedback. Is the last DMU a 108? Looks like one but I think Market65 will definitely know. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 The likes I see as an indication people are looking at the thread. Personally I "like" posts from other people to acknowledge the posting - I very rarely 'like' anything, not because I don't like it but because 99.9% of the time I read this forum I do so on my mobile and the mobile version has no means to do it (or at least I've never found it) and I would guess that a lot of people view the forum in the same way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I like BR blue, and am enjoying the photos, but I am no signalling expert, and I rarely visited the North West. I did get to Mollington Street, so that brought back memories. Freight trains and yards I always find interesting, Thanks for taking the time to post them, cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzoh Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 Enjoying the Wirral ones especially -only recently moved away from there down to Reading myself! Keep them coming please Beast! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 16, 2018 I'm very much enjoying the photos, especially as so far they are mainly of places I never got round to visiting when I lived in Manchester and could fairly easily have gone to photograph them - if I could have afforded it as a student. It's also very nice to see photos which show infrastructure as well as trains. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Beast, whatever you decide to do, your efforts in taking the photos (and not just of trains !), and then posting them here, are greatly appreciated. Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted July 17, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2018 Ok, thanks for the support - it's nice to know people are looking at the thread. Although the viewing count goes up, this can be bots doing their things so not necessarily a true reflection of interest, simple click shows this. It's a juggling act at the moment, balancing taking new photos, scanning photos, needing huge amounts of disk space (I have 7TB of disk in my machine and thats almost gone, I'm going to replace the 2TB with another 6TB drive to give me just over 10TB of usable space - and I view this as temporary, I have lots of TB of external NAS drives), cataloguing things (and modifying the software to fit my way of doing this), backing them up, uploading over my damp string connection and just feeling hot and CBA - but I will continue. It's great scanning old photos that I haven't seen for years and remembering the good old days, scary that the ones I'm currently scanning were taken 37 years ago and I was in my twenties at the time - I'm getting old ! Onwards and upwards. more photos along soon. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted July 17, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hi Beast, If I could add my words of encouragement. I do enjoy immensely looking at your photos (and those of DaveFs in a similar manner), as I view them as a great historical record of rolling stock, engines and the infrastructure (probably of most interest to me personally) of the way things used to be, and compare them with today's railway - especially of the areas I haven't visited much over the years. I admit I may be a little conservative with providing feedback and "likes", but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy your postings. I encourage you to keep up the most excellent work, and in return I'll make the extra effort to increase my feedback rate. Regards, Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2018 DAS000165 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000161 Edge Lane Junction 21/04/1981 Lever frame in Edge Lane Junction signal box DAS000161 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr DAS000162 Edge Lane Junction 21/04/1981 Edge Lane Junction - Olive Mount to left, Edge Hill to Right DAS000162 by Dave Skipsey, on Flickr I just love these two photos as they answer so much in relation to the window woodwork. (..but thanks for all the material and a cracking thread.) How many noticed the windows in DAS000162 ? I know I wouldn't have if I was 'flicking' through a vast album of photos. Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Hawarden Bridge 2/11/1979, the day of abolition. The box had been switched out for about 6 months ( a Stoke Division practice I was told) and was finally to be taken out of use. I had applied to buy the diagram - now in the Beast's tender care) so I went with the S&T to view my purchase! Note the Welwyn block releases (the grey boxes) on the front of the block shelf and the replacement LNWR design block instruments. The diagram after removal from the frame; the S&T also gave me a spare copy that was in a cupboard. Finally, the up home , down starter co-acting signals photo taken 1/4/1978 from a Wirral Railway Circle tour. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) I just love these two photos as they answer so much in relation to the window woodwork. (..but thanks for all the material and a cracking thread.) How many noticed the windows in DAS000162 ? I know I wouldn't have if I was 'flicking' through a vast album of photos. Kev. Normally, the ex-LNWR boxes had two bars where the windows opened and one bar when they didn't. Port Sunlight Sidings 24/6/1977. ...and Polesworth 22/71987. Edited July 17, 2018 by flyingsignalman 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted July 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2018 Normally, the ex-LNWR boxes had two bars where the windows opened and one bar when they didn't. Port Sunlight Sidings 24/6/1977. 010 24-6-1977.jpg ...and Polesworth 22/71987. Polesworth 19870722 002.jpg I was thinking the same thing, when I saw those phots, but wasn't the number of bars influenced by the existence (or lack of) of external walkways to clean the windows? Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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