JAMIE'S RANDOM UK RAILWAY PICTURES

[jamie92208]

Good evening from a cool and now dark Charente.   We are still at York in 1978. First of all a 40 on what looks like a parcels working.  

And another 40 on what I think is  a northbound.

This looks like a 40 as well.

It was a night for 40' with this freight working waiting to head south.  The 08 waits in the bay.

And a northbound Deltic

Now back to the daylight and a 47 at Leeds. I think it's at the west end.

That's it for tonight.

 

Jamie

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by jamie92208

[keefer]

You did really well with those night-time shots. It's a shame about the colour cast on the 'inside' pics but that's just down to the artificial lighting, which could be a real b*gger to filter.

[lmsforever]

Hallo Jamie  from a cold and dark Aylesbury   they are great photos like the motive power the Deltic brings back happy memories watching them hammering up and down the ecml.

[jamie92208]

19 minutes ago, keefer said:

You did really well with those night-time shots. It's a shame about the colour cast on the 'inside' pics but that's just down to the artificial lighting, which could be a real b*gger to filter.

Dave Green who I was with was advising me.  I didn't have a very good tripod but was very pleased with the way they came out. Considering tbat they are over 40 years old they seem to have stood up well.  I fou d anotber in tbe store room yesterday and scanned that. A ckass 40 on the Long Drag. It'll be added on to the end of these.  After that you'll have to wait till I get back to the UK, and get some time to get trackside.  Meanwhile I've still some way to go with my American Pictures plus other European ones and a few from Australia and Pacific Islands.

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

13 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Hallo Jamie  from a cold and dark Aylesbury   they are great photos like the motive power the Deltic brings back happy memories watching them hammering up and down the ecml.

Yes the Deltics were my favourite. I used to watch them on the viaductline coming out of Leeds. They didn't start the 2nd engine till they got off the 10mph curves to avoid wheeslip.

 

Jamie

[iands]

3 hours ago, jamie92208 said:

Good evening from a cool and now dark Charente.   We are still at York in 1978. First of all a 40 on what looks like a parcels working.  

 

Could be the "Redbanks" working. We used to stay late at the station as this working often provided a "rare" loco.

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, iands said:

Could be the "Redbanks" working. We used to stay late at the station as this working often provided a "rare" loco.

I wondered if it was one if the three Redbanks. They used to come through Morley between 1am an 2am. I can't remember what time we stopped to.  The Redbanks would have been heading north at that time of night as 3 separate trains.  I guess it probably was one of them. 

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

Good evening from a rather cold and dark Charente. I .think that these photos must have been from one of the last Woodlesford Railfans trips which took us to London on a multipart ticket from Leeds.  This is definitely Stratford sometime in 1978

And I think another one at Stratford.

This is definitely at Willesden with a rather clean looking 87.

Then a walk down to Old Oak and a gathering of all sorts round the turntable. Classes 08, 31, 47 and 50 represented.

The scene looks a bit different today.

And an HST heading west somewhere near Old Oak.

That's it for tonight folks.

 

Jamie

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by jamie92208

[jamie92208]

Good evening from a rather wet and cool Charente.  First off from 1978 this scene at Paddington with a D400 as I knew them and an HST.

And then from the shed floor another one from 1971 as a northbound class 40 plods north with what I sort of remember was a Long Meg empties.  Taken just south of Langcliffe

And unfortunately that's it for the moment unless another box of slides surfaces.  Also when I ever get chance to get to the UK again I'll hopefully be out and about.   I have a granddaughter to introduce to the noble art of train watching.

 

Jamie

 

Note.   After the great outage of 2022 I've reloaded all my UK photos posted after 1/6/21 I've also added a copy of the last slide above in it;s proper place in the chronology.

Edited April 7, 2022 by jamie92208

[brushman47544]

On 04/12/2021 at 20:25, iands said:

Could be the "Redbanks" working. We used to stay late at the station as this working often provided a "rare" loco.

 

Oh yes, the Newspaper return empties to Manchester Red Bank carriage sidings when the national dailies were also printed in Manchester. Wasn't the train of empties from Leeds renowned for loading to 20 or more NPCSS on occasion hauled by a single Class 40?

It always surprised me how many more loaded newspaper trains there were leaving Manchester Victoria than return empties to Red Bank. The logistics of marshalling the stock and diagramming locos must have been very complex.

Edited December 7, 2021 by brushman47544

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, brushman47544 said:

 

Oh yes, the Newspaper return empties to Manchester Red Bank carriage sidings when the national dailies were also printed in Manchester. Wasn't the train of empties from Leeds renowned for loading to 20 or more NPCSS on occasion hauled by a single Class 40?

It always surprised me how many more loaded newspaper trains there were leaving Manchester Victoria than return empties to Red Bank. The logistics of marshalling the stock and diagramming locos must have been very complex.

It worked quite well I think.  IIRC 3 loaded trains over the hill each night one of which went to Heaton.  I think that thevother two ended up at Heaton and the same 21 vans were just put back together. Double headed in steam days , for the return journey.  The loco diagrams must have been ibteresting with two unbalanced worki gs each night.

 

Jamie

[Fat Controller]

2 hours ago, brushman47544 said:

 

Oh yes, the Newspaper return empties to Manchester Red Bank carriage sidings when the national dailies were also printed in Manchester. Wasn't the train of empties from Leeds renowned for loading to 20 or more NPCSS on occasion hauled by a single Class 40?

It always surprised me how many more loaded newspaper trains there were leaving Manchester Victoria than return empties to Red Bank. The logistics of marshalling the stock and diagramming locos must have been very complex.

For the North-East, there'd be one via Durham, to Newcastle, thence Heaton; a second via Sunderland, and possibly a third to Teesside. These would probably return to Red Bank as a single train

[jamie92208]

14 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

For the North-East, there'd be one via Durham, to Newcastle, thence Heaton; a second via Sunderland, and possibly a third to Teesside. These would probably return to Red Bank as a single train

They did come back as a single train. When I used to see the loaded ones I was having a cuppa with the signalman at Morley about 01.30.  They were often Peak hauled.

[Fat Controller]

35 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

They did come back as a single train. When I used to see the loaded ones I was having a cuppa with the signalman at Morley about 01.30.  They were often Peak hauled.

Was Morley part of the 'Crossword Circuit'? A former colleague had been a signaller at Manchester Victoria, and said the signallers en-route would agree a choice of crossword. When the final 'box in the circuit had received its copy from the 'papers, then the clock would be started. I never found out what the prize might be....

[jamie92208]

52 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

Was Morley part of the 'Crossword Circuit'? A former colleague had been a signaller at Manchester Victoria, and said the signallers en-route would agree a choice of crossword. When the final 'box in the circuit had received its copy from the 'papers, then the clock would be started. I never found out what the prize might be....

I never saw any evidence of that.

 

Jamie

[smithlington smithe]

On 20/08/2020 at 14:50, jamie92208 said:

On 20/08/2020 at 14:50, jamie92208 said:

Good afternoon.  Some more pictures to share still in 1996 on my cab ride. First off a shot looking back from the cab at the loading bunkers.

And as we left there was another train coming in to fill up.

After we climbed off above the depot this shot suggested itself.

I tried to get an arty night shot during a night shift.  This was the best I could do.

 

Hi Jamie hope you’re well,some great pics here I’m still looking through and I couldn’t believe it when I saw your pic of the Barclay shunter at ferrybridge I’m just wondering if you or anybody have any more information on it,it was new to Padiham power station in 1961 on your photo it even has Padiham nameplates on,one of which I have,would you or anyone know if it still exists,I’m just hoping it hasn’t been scrapped.

 

many thanks 

 

David

 

Edited February 13, 2022 by smithlington smithe

[jamie92208]

4 hours ago, smithlington smithe said:

Hi Jamie hope you’re well,some great pics here I’m still looking through and I couldn’t believe it when I saw your pic of the Barclay shunter at ferrybridge I’m just wondering if you or anybody have any more information on it,it was new to Padiham power station in 1961 on your photo it even has Padiham nameplates on,one of which I have,would you or anyone know if it still exists,I’m just hoping it hasn’t been scrapped.

 

many thanks 

 

David

 

Hi David

 

I'm glad that you found the picture. Unfortunately  I've got no idea what happened to the shunter and it's now over 20 years since I worked in that area.  I'm even in a different  country now.  The only thing that I can think of is to contact the Industrial Railway Society.  Obviously the National Power operation was closed down after the EWS takeover and I've no idea what the site is being used for now.  I wish you luck with the search.  If you would like a higher res copy of the photo, drop me a PM with your email address.

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

Good evening from a wet and windy West Yorkshire.  I got out this morning and actually msnsged to see a train.  I went to Church Fenton to look at electrification progress  those photos are on the Trsns Pennine electrification  thread.  However  I did see 195 118 working through. Here it is coming into Church Fenton from the north. 

Then it set off very slowly towards Leeds.

Jamie

 

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by jamie92208

[31A]

2 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Good evening from a wet and windy West Yorkshire.  I got out this morning and actually msnsged to see a train.  I went to Church Fenton to look at electrification progress  those photos are on the Trsns Pennine electrification  thread.  However  I did see 195 118 working through. Here it is coming into Church Fenton from the north. 

Then it set off very slowly towards Leeds.

Jamie

 

 

 

5mph I believe or something like that leaving Church Fenton until out of the platform loop.

 

[iands]

1 hour ago, 31A said:

 

5mph I believe or something like that leaving Church Fenton until out of the platform loop.

 

The PSR for that section of line 195118 is traversing is 15mph.

[31A]

1 hour ago, iands said:

The PSR for that section of line 195118 is traversing is 15mph.

 

Thank you; I knew it was quite low but my memory deceived me.

[Oldddudders]

I'm not sure I had been aware of a driver sitting so centrally before. Excellent idea, of course, giving max visibility. BR's first attempt at this, with 321 more than 30 years ago, was doomed to fail, because the 321s were expected to work DOO, and the driver needed to lean out of the cab window to ensure all was well before setting off. Shore mirrors and VDUs were equally not well-placed for the driving seat, which while not central, was well away from the window. DOO never did get implemented out of Euston. 

[jamie92208]

2 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

I'm not sure I had been aware of a driver sitting so centrally before. Excellent idea, of course, giving max visibility. BR's first attempt at this, with 321 more than 30 years ago, was doomed to fail, because the 321s were expected to work DOO, and the driver needed to lean out of the cab window to ensure all was well before setting off. Shore mirrors and VDUs were equally not well-placed for the driving seat, which while not central, was well away from the window. DOO never did get implemented out of Euston. 

ISTR that there was a lot of trouble with the HST where the prototype  train got blacked by ASLEF because it had a central drivi g position.

 

Jamie

[jamie92208]

Good morning.  I managedvhalf an hour onnLeeds ststipn yeste4day morning in between other duties.  It really is a great place to see plenty of trains.  I went to the west end of platform 6 and the first thi g I noticed was the new junctions put in over Christmas.

At one point a freight crossed over from the Skipton direction heading down the Midland. The 66 can be seen in the distance.

Another thing I noticed was a 170 in full Northern livery. 170 473.

 

Jamie

 

 

Edited April 7, 2022 by jamie92208

[roundhouse]

We saw a lot of this work going on from our hotel room in the hotel just to the left of those photos over the Xmas period. Luckily some trains were still running to get us there and back.