montyburns56 Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Moorswater shed 1961 by Graham Roose 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 Wasn’t there a locomotive firebox doing duty as a gents toilet there? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium spamcan61 Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Nearholmer said: Wasn’t there a locomotive firebox doing duty as a gents toilet there? Yes, the loo on the Looe. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted February 7, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Wasn’t there a locomotive firebox doing duty as a gents toilet there? Yes you can see it in the undergrowth on the right http://newtonabbotrailwaystudies.co.uk/portfolio-item/2884/ And it's now on display at Bodmin General https://www.aditnow.co.uk/Photo/Liskeard-Caradon-Railway_38373/ 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Crofts Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 In addition to Flickr, Geograph is a good resource, and I wouldn't count on it always being there. Most photos have a creative commons licence, Attribution Share Alike. One of my favourite photographers there is Alan Murray-Rust. How about this as an example? Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, 1965 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6510542 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mol_PMB Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 36 minutes ago, Michael Crofts said: In addition to Flickr, Geograph is a good resource, and I wouldn't count on it always being there. Most photos have a creative commons licence, Attribution Share Alike. One of my favourite photographers there is Alan Murray-Rust. How about this as an example? Mersey Docks & Harbour Board, 1965 https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6510542 Lovely! Note the inverted T under the tare weight on the wagon. This indicates the painting date, as explained here: https://quornwagonandwagon.co.uk/2020/05/03/featurette-1-br-goods-vehicle-markings/ A feature not often modelled! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Acklington Goods Shed 1978 by KDH Archive It's also available for weddings and christenings.... 6 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowley 47521 Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 15 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Acklington Goods Shed 1978 by KDH Archive It's also available for weddings and christenings.... I want to live in that. What a lovely building. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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luckymucklebackit Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Diesels were not normally associated with the old terminus at Glasgow Buchanan Street, so three in one shot including a very unexpected "Peak" must be worthy of inclusion in this thread. Photo is dated 30th July 1964 with BRCW Sulzer Type 2 No. D5368, BR Sulzer Type 4 No. D89 and an unidentified 08 shunter. © David Rostance Diesels were actually more common at Buchanan Street than most photographs would suggest, with photographs of classes 08, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 40, 45, and 47 available. It is also possible that D5511 visited the station as part of its Scottish trials in 1958. Jim 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 23 hours ago, Cowley 47521 said: I want to live in that. What a lovely building. You can, funds permitting.... https://www.google.com/maps/@55.3075049,-1.6526013,3a,75y,123.67h,88.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sAgNy107Nlbek0bBwCZ4Knw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 In fact it featured in this Historic England document where it says "Another noted railway architect, Benjamin Green, was responsible for an extensive series of standardised goods sheds on the York Newcastle & Berwick Railway. Again, they reflected the architecture of the stations at which they were located – in this case, Tudor Gothic. Constructed in finely executed masonry, they had stone balls topping each steeply pitched gable, matching those on the station buildings, and arched openings, hoodmoulds and substantial buttresses. Two survive at Acklington (Fig 48) and Christon Bank, both of 1847." https://docplayer.net/53421528-The-railway-goods-shed-and-warehouse-in-england.html 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted February 9, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 D6777 South Bank Middlesbrough 1967 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, montyburns56 said: D6777 South Bank Middlesbrough 1967 What an absolutely fantastic photograph Changed completely out of recognition, I worked over it on Sunday and Monday night just two tracks . The down main which the train is on and up main and the usual accompanying bushes and weeds 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 Dunphail 1966 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2022 2 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Dunphail 1966 Interesting, no trap from the siding. Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Is the "loop" itself a siding? (No, it clearly isn't) Or, maybe the siding is seriously downhill. Is that some kind of point indicator in the foreground? Edited February 10, 2022 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Nearholmer said: Is the "loop" itself a siding? (No, it clearly isn't) Or, maybe the siding is seriously downhill. Is that some kind of point indicator in the foreground? Just a wild guess, but could it be some sort of tablet exchange apparatus? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 11, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11, 2022 Not that common for a siding to have a facing point. I can't see an obvious signal for it either although there does appear to be a loading dock on it , I was wondering if it was some kind of over run if the line is 9n a steep gradient Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Penicuik I think that the loco in the background is Hawthorn Leslie No 3799 Penicuik 0-4-0ST which ironically probably lasted longer than the Clayton. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted February 11, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) I've looked at Penicuik in the past. It's a delightful location and with all the paper mills would be excellent for operation. This is the NLS 1905 map: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=55.82456&lon=-3.21999&layers=168&b=1 In 2FS the length from Bridge Street to the other side of the river bridge is just under 6' and the width from the back of the mill to the other side of the river is 2'. Not enormous even in 4mm although the width may be more of a challenge. If I was more than several years younger I may just be tempted! Just remembered that there is more here: http://disused-stations.org.uk/p/penicuik/index.shtml David Edited February 11, 2022 by DavidLong 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 A question for David Long ,what breed is your dog please he or she looks lovely. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2022 25 minutes ago, lmsforever said: A question for David Long ,what breed is your dog please he or she looks lovely. Chris I read that question and have now spent the last few minutes going round the house singing "What breed is your dog?" to the tune of How Deep is Your Love by the Bee Gees. The mind works in very odd ways, well mine at least! Simon 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DavidLong Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, lmsforever said: A question for David Long ,what breed is your dog please he or she looks lovely. Chris Ettie (Yulia Henrietta) was a Tibetan Terrier but now, sadly, no longer with us. It will be three years in April but we still miss her. They are delightful animals and so very gentle. They are not true terriers but were classified as such by the Kennel Club when they arrived in Britain in the 1930s. Their breeding is very tightly controlled by the TT Association so they don't suffer from any inherent problems that can plague other breeds. I leave her on here as a lovely reminder of her. David Note: they have a double coat but don't shed hair. For showing the coat is long but as domestic pets this is usually cut as shown by Ettie. Edited February 12, 2022 by DavidLong 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12, 2022 Many years ago, a friend of mine had a pair of Tibetan Terriers. Specially bred to keep Tibetan Monks' feet warm in Himalayan winters, it is a little known fact that TT's can climb trees. Tosh had a dog and a b!tch. The dog , Monty, was often found up his apple tree. Tosh appeared in my pub one night with a very long face. Monty had climbed the apple tree, leapt across to the boundary hedge and fence, descended the other side, snuck through a gap in next doors hedge, and got the next door but one's family's English Bull Mastiff in the family way. The owner was not exactly pleased. He was threatening Tosh with all sorts. I sympathised, (after laughing my head off) I then pointed out that the Tibetan Terrier is closely related to the Shih tszyu, so if the resulting pups were sold as English Bull Shih tszyus, then he might get away with it. The Bull Mastiff's owner was mollified, the pups sold (for a very good price) and Tosh remained intact, unlike Monty. Off topic, I know. Regards Ian 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted February 12, 2022 Author Share Posted February 12, 2022 Fintona Tramway, NI 1954 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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