montyburns56 Posted April 23, 2022 Author Share Posted April 23, 2022 Preston 1977 by Martyn Hilbert 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 24, 2022 Author Share Posted April 24, 2022 The electro diesel version of the Class 52 never really caught on... D1010 Merehead Quarry 1979 by Keith Wilde 6 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 25, 2022 Author Share Posted April 25, 2022 Liskeard Station 1981 by John Luxton 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Same place, 20 years earlier, from almost the same vantage point, by "Ernies Railway Archive". It looks like the shed(?) on the right was there in 1961 but was gone by 1981. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted April 26, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2022 You've seen the HST, now see the same concept become the LST.... Maerdy Colliery, 12th July 1986 by Jamerail 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 More from "Ernies Railway Archive". A mixed lot at Tipton St.John. The footbridge was at the southern end of the station. Your best guesses please for the following... (1) presumably the train nearest us, on the right, is on that track because it has arrived from Sidmouth town and is facing towards Sidmouth Junction? (2) what loco, coaches and wagon? (3) what the train further away on the left is doing? Perhaps it's another service from Exmouth, just leaving the station, also heading towards Sidmouth Junction? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 Looks like the driver of 37135 couldn't decide whether it was a push-me or pull-me operation. 19th Feb 1982 somewhere on the Parkandillack branch 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phatbob Posted April 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, KeithMacdonald said: More from "Ernies Railway Archive". A mixed lot at Tipton St.John. The footbridge was at the southern end of the station. Your best guesses please for the following... (1) presumably the train nearest us, on the right, is on that track because it has arrived from Sidmouth town and is facing towards Sidmouth Junction? (2) what loco, coaches and wagon? (3) what the train further away on the left is doing? Perhaps it's another service from Exmouth, just leaving the station, also heading towards Sidmouth Junction? The train on the left would most likely be terminating at Tipton St Johns. They would runround in a loop at north end of the goods yard before returning to Exmouth. Looks like a Maunsel brake and some ancient LSWR coaches and a BR Std 4 tank. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sitham Yard Posted April 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 26, 2022 2 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: More from "Ernies Railway Archive". A mixed lot at Tipton St.John. The footbridge was at the southern end of the station. Your best guesses please for the following... (1) presumably the train nearest us, on the right, is on that track because it has arrived from Sidmouth town and is facing towards Sidmouth Junction? (2) what loco, coaches and wagon? (3) what the train further away on the left is doing? Perhaps it's another service from Exmouth, just leaving the station, also heading towards Sidmouth Junction? Portions from Sidmouth and Exmouth were combined at Tipton St. Johns to form one train to Sidmouth Junction and vice versa so that may be happening here. Andrew 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 252 001 West London, 1975 by Keith Wilde 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
10sidmouth Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 (edited) On 26/04/2022 at 21:09, KeithMacdonald said: More from "Ernies Railway Archive". A mixed lot at Tipton St.John. The footbridge was at the southern end of the station. Your best guesses please for the following... (1) presumably the train nearest us, on the right, is on that track because it has arrived from Sidmouth town and is facing towards Sidmouth Junction? (2) what loco, coaches and wagon? (3) what the train further away on the left is doing? Perhaps it's another service from Exmouth, just leaving the station, also heading towards Sidmouth Junction? The train on the right is the Sidmouth to Sidmouth Jct branch train and consists of a former SECR 100 seater coach attached to a Maunsell BCK. There were 11 sets of this type, very short-lived. Formed in 1958 and disbanded in 1959/60. So this dates the photo. The SECR coach will be in crimson livery. The BCKs were then attached to Maunsell SOs and continued until the introduction of DMUs. The van is possibly the vehicle that brought the newspapers down in the morning and is now being returned empty. The engine is an 82xxx Standard 3 2-6-2, The Std 2-6-4s did not appear on the line until about 1963. The train on the left is no longer a puzzle. In the cold light of day and with rested eyes I can see that the train on the left is a second branch set. The SECR coach is at this end. It is definitely not a GUV - the roof profile, the shape of the buffers and the canted vac pipe are giveaways. Apologies for the misleading first post! Edited April 28, 2022 by 10sidmouth Incorrect information in first post 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, 10sidmouth said: The train on the right is the Sidmouth to Sidmouth Jct branch train and consists of a former SECR 100 seater coach attached to a Maunsell BCK. @10sidmouth - Excellent info, thanks! 🙂 Is that like the 100-seater here: https://sremg.org.uk/coach/secr.shtml ? And the Maunsell BCK here: https://spotlog.org/locolist/class/UKPCS/Maunsell+BCK{SR} ? 1 hour ago, 10sidmouth said: The train on the left is a bit of a puzzle. It looks suspiciously like a BR bogie Guv at this end of the train Like these? https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/srguvandb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) It has end doors, for loading road vehicles, so a CCT (covered carriage truck), or one of the bogie vans with end doors (but I think it is a BR four-wheeler). Edited April 28, 2022 by Nearholmer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: It has end doors, for loading road vehicles, so a CCT (covered carriage truck), or one of the bogie vans with end doors (but I think it is a BR four-wheeler). The rear vehicle of the train on the left does not look like a BR bogie GUV or 4-w CCT to me. Wrong roof profile for starters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artless Bodger Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 1 hour ago, rodent279 said: The rear vehicle of the train on the left does not look like a BR bogie GUV or 4-w CCT to me. Wrong roof profile for starters. The roof profile looks too flat for SR CCT, and there seems to be a vacuum pipe upstand so not end doors in my interpretation of the view though it is a bit indistinct. The roof also appears to have ventilators. Are the apparent door hinges actually the emergency alarm linkage? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2022 10 minutes ago, Artless Bodger said: The roof profile looks too flat for SR CCT, and there seems to be a vacuum pipe upstand so not end doors in my interpretation of the view though it is a bit indistinct. The roof also appears to have ventilators. Are the apparent door hinges actually the emergency alarm linkage? It also has oval buffers, and what looks like full length footboard. I'm 99.9% certain it's not either a BR GUV or CCT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 Ere, you could be right! On peering/squinting closer the things I read as horizontal hinges probably aren’t. Its not simply one of those 100 seater coaches, very foreshortened by the near end-on view, is it? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artless Bodger Posted April 28, 2022 Share Posted April 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Ere, you could be right! On peering/squinting closer the things I read as horizontal hinges probably aren’t. Its not simply one of those 100 seater coaches, very foreshortened by the near end-on view, is it? The rather high position of the tail lamp agrees with the position on the Bluebell Railway coach, http://www.bluebell-railway.co.uk/bluebell/pics/1098.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted April 28, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 28, 2022 D3000 Maerdy Colliery 1986 by Jamerail 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rodent279 Posted April 28, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28, 2022 (edited) The group "Ferrovie e Treni in Italia" has two interesting photos of ex-LMS/WD jackshaft drive shunters in it. Unfortunately, sharing is disabled on both, but if you click on this photo, then scroll forward about 4 images, they are there. "Ferrovie e Treni Edited April 28, 2022 by rodent279 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 "Huts at Skipton made out of parts used in the construction of Midland Railway ground-frame huts/signal boxes. 15-03-82" by Jamerail 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 1, 2022 Author Share Posted May 1, 2022 Strood Coal Wharf (William Cory) 1983 (or is it 1963?) by Kevin Lane 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 12 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Strood Coal Wharf (William Cory) 1983 (or is it 1963?) by Kevin Lane It would have to be 1983, the tipper is a 1973 model! ;) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: Strood Coal Wharf (William Cory) 1983 Thetecwere always a couple of interesting shunting locos there too, the exact ones varying over time. I spotted one there that was either ex-Port of London or ex-Port of Bristol, I forget which, a very smart dark blue, lined in red. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 9 hours ago, Nearholmer said: Thetecwere always a couple of interesting shunting locos there too, the exact ones varying over time. I spotted one there that was either ex-Port of London or ex-Port of Bristol, I forget which, a very smart dark blue, lined in red. PBA 31 was the blue one, and ‘Telemon’ the one in the flickr pic above. The coal traffic didn’t last much beyond 1983, in fact I’m surprised the photo is dated that late. Must go and find some notes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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