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[Ben B]

12 hours ago, 03060 said:

 

Great photo, she still lives in the area just up the road at Bradford Industrial Museum.

Regards,

Ian.

 

 

The loco is in very good nick too- shame the Industrial Museum itself feels a bit neglected, but then that's a decade of council funding cuts, and two years of Covid I suppose...

 

Interestingly the diesel loco from Esholt still survives too as far as I know, out of use though, at Crossley Evans yard in Shipley. Used to be frequently operated for the scrap trains, but since the whole debacle of NR trying to sell the yard out from under them to a supermarket chain, there's been no rail traffic. They seem curiously reluctant to scrap their shunters, even though they must be rusted to the tracks by now.

 

At Esholt itself, there's a very impressive girder bridge over the Leeds-Liverpool canal that's easy to access, and in the woods along the towpath you can find the odd sleeper and rail chair in the winter :)

[montyburns56]

Tipton 1978 by Pete Wilcox

 

 

[Hippel]

Loving the shunter's attire! Cardigan and wellies!

 

Paul

[eastwestdivide]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

Tipton

Was that a wagon repairs location? Both tanks looking freshly painted

[Davey]

8 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said:

Was that a wagon repairs location? Both tanks looking freshly painted

 I'm not 100% certain, but I'm fairly sure your correct. Just north of Tipton Owen Street station there was a triangular junction off the Stour Valley line on the 'Up' (to Birmingham) line. The wagon repair works were located within the triangle. The third leg off the triangle was a loop down to Wednesbury (ex. LNWR) which connected the the ex. LNWR line from Dudley via Great Bridge to Wednesbury.

 

Davey

 

[03060]

3 hours ago, Hippel said:

Loving the shunter's attire! Cardigan and wellies!

 

Paul

 

I'm sure that I've seen him before somewhere .... that's it ..... Arun Quay !!

[Fat Controller]

2 hours ago, Davey said:

 I'm not 100% certain, but I'm fairly sure your correct. Just north of Tipton Owen Street station there was a triangular junction off the Stour Valley line on the 'Up' (to Birmingham) line. The wagon repair works were located within the triangle. The third leg off the triangle was a loop down to Wednesbury (ex. LNWR) which connected the the ex. LNWR line from Dudley via Great Bridge to Wednesbury.

 

Davey

 

South Staffs Wagon Repairs ?

[Davey]

15 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

South Staffs Wagon Repairs ?

Thanks, I think you could be correct.

 

Davey

[montyburns56]

Grove Ferry 1962 by KDH Archive

 

 

[montyburns56]

Wednesfield Road Goods Depot

 

 

 

 

 

[hmrspaul]

On 06/09/2022 at 22:23, Davey said:

Thanks, I think you could be correct.

 

Davey

Yes. South Staffs Wagon Works. First time I sneaked in was with Dave Larkin on a freezing January afternoon and we walked in under that over bridge. I found it again when on my own (I have no idea how I found it) and there was no problem in getting permission to go around with the camera. It closed soon afterwards. A lot of unusual wagons in there. https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/southstaffsworks

Of course, the way the shunter is dressed would be typical of a private works. He isn't a BR person. 

 

Paul

Edited September 8, 2022 by hmrspaul

[montyburns56]

I'm not sure if the tank is something to do with the Westinghouse brakes or another modification?

 

8F at Hither Green by stratfordman72

 

 

[LMS2968]

The tank was indeed for air for the Westinghouse system, Note too the cow (camel? WD 307, now preserved on the SVR, was derailed by a camel) catcher and double cab roof to help keep cab temperatures tolerable. There are no markings, either number or the WD symbols, to be seen.

[montyburns56]

71005 Hither Green 1976

 

 

[62613]

42 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

71005 Hither Green 1976

 

 

When the real thing looks like a model; oh, yes, it does!

 

[montyburns56]

Wolverhampton Low Level 1984 by David Rostance

 

 

[montyburns56]

Rhodesia Railways 15th Class 4-6-4+4-6-4 "Beyer Garratt"  Nr. 403 at Gorton Works 1950

 

 

 

 

[Rugd1022]

On 08/09/2022 at 19:11, montyburns56 said:

Wednesfield Road Goods Depot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the second photo, is the rusty double track the line that ran from Wolverhampton High Level to Ryecroft Junction, passing over the top of Wednesfield Heath Tunnel on the Bescot to Bushbury line...?

 

 

[newbryford]

On 05/09/2022 at 19:36, montyburns56 said:

Burwell Tramway 1971 by Tom Burnham

 

 

 

Now that's a badly worn crossing!

[big jim]

35 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said:

 

 

In the second photo, is the rusty double track the line that ran from Wolverhampton High Level to Ryecroft Junction, passing over the top of Wednesfield Heath Tunnel on the Bescot to Bushbury line...?

 

 

looking on the excellent railmap online website the area appears to now be the royal Mail warehouse building outside Wolverhampton station, the rusty lines look to be the old lines from Heath town jn to the old low level GWR station 

 

https://www.RailMapOnline.com/UKIEMap.php?lat=52.58767&lng=-2.11391&zoom=16.0

[New Haven Neil]

On 16/08/2022 at 09:37, Andy Kirkham said:

One of my own taken in 1995.

I like it becasue there is nothing in it (apart from being in colour) to tell you it isn't, say, 1928.

I like to imagine I'm H.C.Casserley exploring some rural byway in Ireland.

 

 

AN island, but not Ireland!  Nice shot, so much has changed.....

[Ray M]

12 hours ago, montyburns56 said:

Rhodesia Railways 15th Class 4-6-4+4-6-4 "Beyer Garratt"  Nr. 403 at Gorton Works 1950

 

 

 

 

And its on a different gauge line (just)

[montyburns56]

11 hours ago, Ray M said:

And its on a different gauge line (just)

 

Yeah, I didn't notice that until you pointed it out.

[montyburns56]

Parkhead Viaduct, Dudley 1983 by David Rostance.

 

[big jim]

Nah, that’s a photo of ‘Black Country blues’