RMweb Gold 96701 Posted August 26, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 26, 2015 More unusual traction courtesy of Stephen McGahon, as part of the Rail 150 celebrations in 1975, DMU railtours were run up the line to Consett. First up on 6 September 1975, a 6 coach consist passes the site of Stella Gill sidings. And on 13 September 1975, a DMU approaches Consett station. John I have a suspicion that I was on one of them trains. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckdancer Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 I think I may have seen all the photographs currently online, I suppose I was hoping someone might have an odd photo amongst their collection that showed these stations in the background that they didn't think was worth publishing online. Have you had a look on facebook? Unlikely source you might think but I'm a fan of the Darlaston and Wednesbury (West Midlands) railway scene and have found a few unpublished photos of the area by looking for the "history of Darlaston" and the "history of Wednesbury" on facebook. The Wednesbury one has thousands of photos and is taking a while to trawl through but the railway photos are really interesting (to me at least). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) There are some really excellent photos of ore trains and the Consett works / area in the current bookazine "Moving The Goods Part 4 Steel - Building the nation". There are both steam and diesel photos of the area. I got mine the other day from WH Smith's for £7.95 - well worth the price. Saw it in Sainsburys also today. Brit15 Edited August 27, 2015 by APOLLO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raised On Steam Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 The future isn't looking too rosy for Leadgate road bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 There are some really excellent photos of ore trains and the Consett works / area in the current bookazine "Moving The Goods Part 4 Steel - Building the nation". There are both steam and diesel photos of the area. I got mine the other day from WH Smith's for £7.95 - well worth the price. Saw it in Sainsburys also today. Brit15 Got a copy today, I've seen most of the pics of the Consett trains but the one on pages 72/73 is a beauty... John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Courtesy of Stephen McGahon, 37106 heads towards Stanley from Beamish in January 1978: John 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Got a copy today, I've seen most of the pics of the Consett trains but the one on pages 72/73 is a beauty... John I've just found said photo on line: http://railphotoprints.zenfolio.com/p884069/h4f99a81d#h4f99a81d John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 35 years ago today, the final iron ore train the 6K60 from Redcar to Consett hauled by 37053 & 37055 ran and here it is passing East Castle: John 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 There are some really excellent photos of ore trains and the Consett works / area in the current bookazine "Moving The Goods Part 4 Steel - Building the nation". There are both steam and diesel photos of the area. I got mine the other day from WH Smith's for £7.95 - well worth the price. Saw it in Sainsburys also today. Brit15 It contains some good photos but also a few errors in the text and captions relating to steel making, the authors grasp of the topic is a bit loose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) It contains some good photos but also a few errors in the text and captions relating to steel making, the authors grasp of the topic is a bit loose. Yes, I noticed the excellent colour photo across pages 68/69 describe 9F No 92249 heading through Leyland with a rake of standard BR hopper Wagons. I've lived in Wigan alongside the WCML all my life and have never seen an iron ore train, loaded or empty. I reckon the photo is of an empty (northbound) Widnes to Long Meg Anhydrite train passing Euxton Junction. A regular service usually around 21 wagons long. The anhydrite wagons weren't standard hoppers either. The loaded (southbound) trains had sheets fitted over the loads. Anhydrite was used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid at Widnes. Nothing to do with Iron / Steel. There is a thread on these trains on this site. Other than that, for me, it is an excellently illustrated book, well worth £7.95. It's very good for weathering / steel works environment modelling purposes. Brit15 Edited September 10, 2015 by APOLLO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 It contains some good photos but also a few errors in the text and captions relating to steel making, the authors grasp of the topic is a bit loose. 'Blast furnaces at Llanelly Steel Works' (p31), when referring to a cut-down saddle tank; there've never been any, as the works used to rely on a mixture of scrap and bought-in pig iron. The cut-locos worked on the 'Landing', which supplied raw materials to the open-hearth furnaces. There are other niggling errors in text and captions in this volume, as well as in those dealing with parcels and sundries, coal and container traffic, but the photos more than make up for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2015 'Blast furnaces at Llanelly Steel Works' (p31), when referring to a cut-down saddle tank; there've never been any, as the works used to rely on a mixture of scrap and bought-in pig iron. The cut-locos worked on the 'Landing', which supplied raw materials to the open-hearth furnaces. There are other niggling errors in text and captions in this volume, as well as in those dealing with parcels and sundries, coal and container traffic, but the photos more than make up for that. I bought the first volume - and it had some good photos - but have bought none since because the text was so poor in that one as consequence of either ignorance or poor research (or both). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Here's a few shots of the iron ore trains over the years: In steam days, 9F 92065 passes South Pelaw Junction on the way to Consett (photo copyright Roy Lambeth): A sign of things to come with trials of a Class 24 on an ore train being banked by two Claytons (Class 17) (photo copyright Bill Watson): The Class 17s proved to be not up to the job so pairs of 24s became the norm. Here we have 5103 and 5110 passing South Pelaw Junction in September 1970 (photo copyright Bill Jamieson): And, finally, in 1974 the older wagons were replaced with new tipplers and the 24s gave way to 37s. Here we have 37006 & 37008 at South Pelaw with an ore train from Redcar (photo copyright Ernie Brack): and then, on 10 September 1980, the final train ran with 37053 and 37055 in charge: John 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 I bought the first volume - and it had some good photos - but have bought none since because the text was so poor in that one as consequence of either ignorance or poor research (or both). Some of the captions are almost as bad as the uncorrected ones you find on the Science Museum site. My current favourite is one from the volume dealing with containerisation; a view of assorted 4t containers very obviously on Conflat As is captioned as being 'A train of British containers is seen at Rotterdam Docks in 1962'; the photo is credited as being from the National Railway Museum/ Science and Society Picture Library. For what it's worth, I reckon the photo is of Southampton Western Docks, given it's an estuarine port, rather than an enclosed dock, and with the opposing shore being largely wooded. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 (edited) I reckon the photo is of Southampton Western Docks, given it's an estuarine port, rather than an enclosed dock, and with the opposing shore being largely wooded. I gave up correcting the NRM/SS Picture Library, despite continued requests from them update incorrect information. The captions on the website were just never corrected. No doubt the no staff/no budget/no time reasoning applies. Seems like inter department co-ordination isn't to good neither. See: http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=British%20Transport%20Commission&objid=1996-7038_BTF_7410 I wonder what future generations of historians will think of the current crop when (If?) they discover the deliberate mistakes we've left for them. The location is Parkstone Quay btw. The Martello Tower within the grounds of the old HMS Ganges can be clearly seen between two of the cranes. Oops there goes me dropping a gooley for future generation's. Maybe I should have said the location is Harwich International. Another corker is: http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=York&objid=1997-7057_YOR_250&keywords=Milk+Tank Now that's the NRM having us believe that LNER existed circa 1900. P Edited September 10, 2015 by Porcy Mane 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2015 I gave up correcting the NRM/SS Picture Library, despite continued requests from them update incorrect information. The captions on the website were just never corrected. No doubt the no staff/no budget/no time reasoning applies. Seems like inter department co-ordination isn't to good neither. See: http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=British%20Transport%20Commission&objid=1996-7038_BTF_7410 I wonder what future generations of historians will think of the current crop when (If?) they discover the deliberate mistakes we've left for them. The location is Parkstone Quay btw. The Martello Tower within the grounds of the old HMS Ganges can be clearly seen between two of the cranes. Oops there goes me dropping a gooley for future generation's. Maybe I should have said the location is Harwich International. Another corker is: http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=York&objid=1997-7057_YOR_250&keywords=Milk+Tank Now that's the NRM having us believe that LNER existed circa 1900. P Or even Parkeston Quay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 10, 2015 Share Posted September 10, 2015 Or even Parkeston Quay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 37089 passes East Castle running light engine to Consett on 28 June 1976 (photo copyright Stephen McGahon) 25198 is an unusual visitor to Consett on a scrap train on 26 May 1982 (photo copyright Stephen McGahon) John 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 Mistakes or not, it's a book well worth £7.95 for the excellent photos alone in my opinion. Wonderful photos above Johndon. Thanks for posting. Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 37070 & 37016 storm up the hill past Beamish Signal box with a loaded iron ore train for Consett on 20 June 1978 (photo copyright Stephen McGahon) And another example of what is still visible if you know what you are looking for, the base of a relay cabinet at Stella Gill: John 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Courtesy of John Carter, here's another shot of 46026 at South Pelaw heading towards Consett with the last passenger train. John 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Another superb shot courtesy of Stephen McGahon sees 37167 & 37200 with ore for Consett on the outskirts of Stanley on 29 June 1976: John 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve O. Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Apologies if a repeat, found this one of a 1953 charter.: http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/3063/Steam-locomotive-92097 Cheers, Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete55 Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 (edited) Apologies if a repeat, found this one of a 1953 charter.: http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/3063/Steam-locomotive-92097 Cheers, Steve. Cannot be 1953.......9F's didn't appear till 1954, and 92097 didn't enter service until June 1956, would be interested to know when it actually was though. Edited February 17, 2016 by pete55 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Cannot be 1953.......9F's didn't appear till 1954, and 92097 didn't enter service until June 1956, would be interested to know when it actually was though. Pete, 10th April 1965. All the photographs/negs/transparencies of the late Mr Davies are "in trust". P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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