montyburns56 Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Sheringham 1977 by Hugh Searle 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share Posted June 26, 2021 I bet that this sign would be worth a lot of money these days! Crewe 1974 By Hugh Searle 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium younGGuns7 Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 26, 2021 Just now, montyburns56 said: I bet that this sign would be worth a lot of money these days! Crewe 1974 By Hugh Searle I remember that sign 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted June 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2021 (edited) A similar message at Bristol Temple Meads. It was not being observed by some in the first photo as some are sitting on the end ramp. In the second, the group of younger lads also look to be well beyond where it should have been, if the photo was at a wider angle. (P.S. -both these photos were on Flickr when I had an active membership there. So they should qualify for this thread.) Edited June 26, 2021 by phil_sutters 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 Spalding 1980/81 by Paul Townsend 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 Dundee West Depot 1981 by Bruce Galloway 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted June 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Yeovil Pen Mill. 34052 departing with freight train. 9.7.67 by Roger Joanes, on FlickrYeovil Pen Mill. 34052 & freight for Westbury. 9.7.67 by Roger Joanes, on Flickr Probably the last day when steam worked on the Western Region. July 9th 1967. Edited June 28, 2021 by Andy Kirkham 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 29, 2021 Author Share Posted June 29, 2021 "Forfar Farewell" at Eassie 1982 by Alan Mitchell 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 Toton Hump 1964 by David Ford 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted July 1, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2021 Those 16 tonners are starting to show signs of wear and tear. I seem to recall (it may have been in the MBT articles about them) that the maintenance interval was extended in the early '60s and that's when the rot, literally, started to set in. Photos of the 1/108 diagram in the 1950s show them to be still in a reasonable state although some of the early company and MOWT vehicles were already starting to show signs of a hard life. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 7 hours ago, DavidLong said: Those 16 tonners are starting to show signs of wear and tear. I seem to recall (it may have been in the MBT articles about them) that the maintenance interval was extended in the early '60s and that's when the rot, literally, started to set in. Photos of the 1/108 diagram in the 1950s show them to be still in a reasonable state although some of the early company and MOWT vehicles were already starting to show signs of a hard life. David I wonder if that was because they were beginning to look at future traffic projections and suddenly realised that they had way too many 16 Tonners? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 1500V DC 3-car set Manchester Oxford Road 1971 by Tom Burnham 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 A Cadishead/Glazebrook splurge at the British Tar Products terminal. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 Class 505 EMUs at Altrincham Shed 1971 by Gordon Edgar By Tom Burnham 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 Anerley station in 1972 by Tom Burnham 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlandRed Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 26/06/2021 at 23:47, phil_sutters said: A similar message at Bristol Temple Meads. It was not being observed by some in the first photo as some are sitting on the end ramp. In the second, the group of younger lads also look to be well beyond where it should have been, if the photo was at a wider angle. (P.S. -both these photos were on Flickr when I had an active membership there. So they should qualify for this thread.) Great photos - but the presence of a Brush 4 in the photo of 45658 would surely place it in at least 1964 rather than circa 1960? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidlandRed Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 On 28/06/2021 at 20:33, Andy Kirkham said: Yeovil Pen Mill. 34052 departing with freight train. 9.7.67 by Roger Joanes, on FlickrYeovil Pen Mill. 34052 & freight for Westbury. 9.7.67 by Roger Joanes, on Flickr Probably the last day when steam worked on the Western Region. July 9th 1967. I know the main subject of these excellent photos is 34052, but in the first photo, there is a class 121 parked in the bay at Yeovil Pen Mill, presumably on, or having been used on the shuttle service, and is in the rare (for this class of single unit) bsyp. Possibly the same one as seen in another thread, ex works at Weymouth shed earlier in 1967? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 Goonbarrow 1978 by tosbin man 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 I never realised that they built a special viewing platform for this event. Did anyone get a seat on the stands? Rocket 150 at Rainhill 1980 By Martyn Hilbert 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wass Posted July 6, 2021 Share Posted July 6, 2021 Yes, I did with my family and most of the Hull M.R.S. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted July 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 04/07/2021 at 23:39, MidlandRed said: Great photos - but the presence of a Brush 4 in the photo of 45658 would surely place it in at least 1964 rather than circa 1960? You may well be right. The photo was one among several envelopes of negatives, which Dad obviously hadn't thought worth the expense of having printed. The dates on the envelopes were for a year but clearly some negs had got in the wrong envelopes. I am not as clued up on dates as I could be. There were too many photos involved for me to get into research - hence the 'circa'. Thanks for adding to the information. If I need to use that photo again I can show a more accurate date. If I had the time I could track down the exact date from Dad's spotting logs. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 On 06/07/2021 at 18:55, montyburns56 said: I never realised that they built a special viewing platform for this event. Did anyone get a seat on the stands? They were alright - assuming you didn't get some a**e with his new-fangled video recorder complete with super extending microphone sitting in the row in front of you.... He must have got some interesting recordings given the various suggestions that were made loudly as to where he should stick his microphone...... It only seems to feature in 5 of the 35 photos I took, so he must have got the message! Had I realised how easy it was going to be to see the parade from "public" places, I'd have gone up and stayed at my Grandparents who only lived about 2 miles from the start point at Bold Colliery. As it was, I travelled up on a Stour Valley Railway direct train from Ipswich to Liverpool Lime St and the "grandstand" seats were included in the fare. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted July 8, 2021 Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) Yes. And it was extortionate ISTR. Having a mate at school whose dad was pretty high up the local BR pecking order was advantageous. Managed to get to see them all at Bold Colliery. Some crews were more welcoming than others, but managed to get on the footplate of most of them I think it was erected by the TA Royal Engineers as a training exercise. Funniest thing was the Western with the key in the side! Some numpties had complained saying they shouldn't have any diesels and electrics as they weren't "real" engines. So on the first day D1062 was running about with a big cardboard key stuck on the side. No key, but this is it. Photo from here where there is more. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/3554091623 Jason Edited July 8, 2021 by Steamport Southport 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 81016 at Crewe Works 1983 by Jamerail 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 Oh Vic, I've fallen.. 31467 Reading 1988 by Jamerail 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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