RMweb Premium D.Platt Posted September 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2022 Love these photos of Y&D at Heap Bridge , I lived just up the road , but missed this action . 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 03060 Posted September 2, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 2, 2022 6 hours ago, D.Platt said: Love these photos of Y&D at Heap Bridge , I lived just up the road , but missed this action . This has been one of my favourite Industrial locations for a long time ever since I came across it in an early edition of Bylines. I have two Pecketts, a Barclay, several wagons and a building sat waiting for me to build them a layout based loosely on this location, probably in the style of a 'Gum Stump & Snowshoe' type shunting plan. Hopefully I will make a site visit on the way over to the Wigan show next month, not expecting to see anything much remaining of the railway but would like to look at the river and just get a feel for the place. There's a couple of photos in @montyburns56's post that I haven't seen before, there is also an article in one of the Industrial Railway Record mag from the IRS that is worth a read. 'The Day Stan Left' is worth a watch on You Tube. Regards, Ian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 8 hours ago, D.Platt said: Love these photos of Y&D at Heap Bridge , I lived just up the road , but missed this action . I live in Manchester, but I only visited the site a few years ago, but I wish that I'd visited when there were more visible remains of what it used to be. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 4, 2022 Author Share Posted September 4, 2022 This is bit OT, but I've found some of the pics that I took of the Heap bridge site a few years ago. 5 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 4, 2022 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Moving picture action of Heap Bridge 16 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 Stourport Power Station in May 1973 by Paul Bryson 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share Posted November 22, 2022 Castle Donington Power Station 1976 by Tony Wright 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted December 10, 2022 Author Share Posted December 10, 2022 Shotton Colliery 1971 by Sassaby & Kenneth Mason 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted March 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2023 Merthyr Vale 1972 by Gordon Edgar by robmcrorie 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 19, 2023 Author Share Posted March 19, 2023 Merthyr Vale 1972 by Gordon Edgar 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Merthyr Vale 1972 by Gordon Edgar to me MGR's & steam loco just look Wrong even though i Know its Right 3 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 18 hours ago, mozzer models said: to me MGR's & steam loco just look Wrong even though i Know its Right That's why I like seeing pictures of them. It's the same with pictures of steam trains pulling blue & grey coaches in the 60s. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2023 Walkden 1970 by Mike Taylor 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 7 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Walkden 1970 by Mike Taylor And I've driven through that underbridge many times 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 16 hours ago, woodenhead said: And I've driven through that underbridge many times Do you go chuff, chuff, chuff every time that you go through it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted August 8, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2023 16 hours ago, woodenhead said: And I've driven through that underbridge many times Tesco Walkden! David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 7 hours ago, DavidLong said: Tesco Walkden! David Indeed, though it's been a few years since I have gone there. We did look at buying one of the new build houses that were on the site of the loco shed, but the big vent shaft from an old mine did somewhat reminded us what was below that land so we decided not to press ahead. Looks like they've landscaped and planted trees where it was so it's no longer obvious from googlemaps where the vent was. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt37268 Posted August 10, 2023 Share Posted August 10, 2023 On 05/09/2022 at 19:29, montyburns56 said: Stourport Power Station in May 1973 by Paul Bryson This has blown my Tiny Little Mind! So there was working steam literally down the road from Bewdley in 1973 before the SVR reopened there in 1974? I never knew that. 😵💫 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purnu Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 Not sure if we’ve had this one. Flickr linked. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted November 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Purnu said: Not sure if we’ve had this one. Flickr linked. Someone's first attempt at modifying a toy train. It's so hard to get a consistent finish with the little tins of Humbrol. They clearly didn't mix the paint properly when they did the cylinders to get a gloss finish with the satin/matt paints. 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share Posted November 13, 2023 Denaby 1970 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purnu Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Here’s a handful from John Turner’s wonderful Flickr pages. Does anyone have any further information on the location in the 1st photo? 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 22, 2023 Author Share Posted November 22, 2023 7 hours ago, Purnu said: Here’s a handful from John Turner’s wonderful Flickr pages. Does anyone have any further information on the location in the 1st photo? If you mean Ravenscroft Park there's a bit of information about it here from Trevor and on the following pages. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 On 13/11/2023 at 18:16, montyburns56 said: Denaby 1970 Note the odd wheels on dirt can #26. Proof for those people who questioned my model. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Fenwick Colliery, Backworth in 1973 by Billy Embleton 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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