Rugd1022 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It doesn't look that steep in your photo but having driven up it once in a Class 50 I can vouch for it definitely being 'uphill' . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 And it is on quite a curve as well, which can't have helped. I would have loved to have been there in steam days just to see the ACE get pushed up there fully loaded on a Summer Saturday by a couple of 0-8-0T locos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Alfa Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 60009 Union Of South Africa passing through Melton Mowbray with The Yorkshireman tour 7/3/20 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PannierTanker14 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 I’ve got one of 60009 as she passed through Toton. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 2, 2020 Author Share Posted May 2, 2020 Was anyone aboard this trip? 15th April 1995 and 5176 is seen at Orpington with the final public run by an EPB unit, 5001 at the other end in this photo. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tim Hall Posted May 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 2, 2020 10th March 1984, The Conwy Crusader featured 3 Class 40s at various times and was my first railtour: https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/840310cc.htm 40029 is seen near Warrington (taken by a friend as I was on the train!), D200/40122 at Llandudno and 40047 at Blaenau Ffestiniog (50018 was also on the train at this point, but not photographed). 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47449xeCD Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Excellent. I was on the Conway Crusader too (but not the Conway Crusader Two). 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 02/05/2020 at 12:52, jonny777 said: Was anyone aboard this trip? 15th April 1995 and 5176 is seen at Orpington with the final public run by an EPB unit, 5001 at the other end in this photo. No, but I did film it at London Bridge at the start, and funnily enough have just backed up the orginal video tape to computer drive this week. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 02/05/2020 at 12:52, jonny777 said: Was anyone aboard this trip? 15th April 1995 and 5176 is seen at Orpington with the final public run by an EPB unit, 5001 at the other end in this photo. Pretty sure I was, as was, I think, Cloggydog of this parish. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Here is the farewell tour at London Bridge. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2020 We must have been very near each other. Frame grabbed from video, clock on right is 08:48 in this, and 08:51 in your pic. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 I assume that is not you with the bag, further down the platform in my photo? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 50034 and 50035 at Newquay on October 4th 1987. This was a BR arranged trip advertised as the last locomotive-hauled train to Newquay. It ran from Paddington to Newquay and back via the Berks & Hants. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share Posted June 27, 2020 The Welsh Wonder railtour was run twice towards the end of 1978. Both trips began at Paddington and featured runs along the same South Wales freight only branches to Blaenavon, Uskmouth, and Bargoed. This photo is from the second tour on December 2nd, and shows 20022 and 20112 running round the train at Uskmouth. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 One of our away days to Wales 28-5-11 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted September 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 19, 2020 60163 Tornado out on 'The Ticket To Ride' rail tour on 19th September 2020, crossing the River Calder at Mirfield... and restarting from Brighouse after taking water. 60163 1Z63, Darlington to Liverpool Lime Street. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 This is the Medway Growler rail tour from May 21st 1994. The loco used throughout from Cardiff to Ramsgate via Redhill was 37421 seen here at Ramsgate. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 This is 37421 running round the tour train on 21/5/94, and so I presume the location to be Redhill. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 This is the 'East Midlander no 5' at York on 13th May 1962. The tour ran from Nottingham Victoria to Darlington; out via Darnall and back via Newark and Bottesford. The locos here are 30925 and 40646. 90348 shunted the train in the Darlington area. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 30, 2020 Author Share Posted November 30, 2020 After a lengthy bit of detective work - not helped by the train reporting number obscuring the loco smokebox number- I have deduced this is Fowler 2P 40657 at Rickmansworth Church Street station on the 12th March 1961. The tour (by the Branch Line Society) ran from St Pancras to Watford Junction behind 44575, where the 2P took over for the run to Rickmansworth via Watford High Street. It then returned to Junction station but continued on to St Albans Abbey where 44575 took over again for the return to St Pancras via Colney Heath, Hatfield, Finsbury Park, Stratford, Temple Mills, Junction Road Junction and Kentish Town. This is what I miss about today's railways, as most of the complex junctions and freight only lines have been removed and I was too young to travel on these intricate roundabout railtours. . 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 A little camera shake, sadly; but this is 35012 'United States Lines' arriving at Penrith on the Solway Ranger rail tour of June 13th 1964. The RCTS tour ran from Leeds and featured travel along a number of branch lines in Cumbria (or Cumberland as it was probably called at that time) by a variety of locomotives and a DMU before 35012 returned to Leeds with the train. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 This is an interesting photo. 92238 at Evercreech Junction on June 12th 1965. The loco was working a Warwickshire RS tour from Birmingham Snow Hill to Bournemouth and Eastleigh Works. Allegedly the 9F was not in good fettle Amazingly, a b/w negative of this scene has recently sold for £6 on Ebay. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Mc Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 West Country 34046 'Braunton' at Sheffield, 19/12/2020 D1935 (47805) 'Roger Hosking MA' on the rear Jack 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 08/06/2019 at 23:29, Simon Lee said: Especially the one from the steam tour over the Britannia bridge in 1989 ? What happened? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 07/10/2019 at 22:01, woodenhead said: 'Rubber Special' Is that because they expected to sell a lot of prophylactics in Blackpool that evening or because all the staff worked at an eraser company? Or was it a Beatles Magical Mystery Tour? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Soul https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_Tripper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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