SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Can anyone identify the van body lying within the station please 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Also does anyone know what the length of a two car cravens is in 4mm? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23 (edited) 3 minutes ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Also does anyone know what the length of a two car cravens is in 4mm? 490mm over buffers. Edit: I’ve just got my Bachmann Cravens out to measure it for you, obviously destined for your layout Andi Edited March 23 by Dagworth 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Another cracking picture. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 (edited) 9 hours ago, Dagworth said: 490mm over buffers. Andi thank you Andi I also need to work out how far back the buffer stops were in the station. It looks like the roof area covered the first coach of the unit and a small part of the second. Although the roof has gone, I think I might have to make a trip to Lowestoft to acertain dimensions. Edited March 23 by SouthernBlue80s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Can anyone identify the van body lying within the station please ... Looks like a container to me. ( my pictures are no clearer ) 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 More 1991 photos More soon 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Another cracking picture. More cracking photo's! That one is very nice! Think I might have to save these for future reference! Love that 31. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, kevsmiththai said: More 1991 photos More soon I am really looking forward to this project. I hope my scratchbuilding skills are up to it. Thank you very much. Do you have any of the wall behind the class 31 above and of the inside of the station. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 6 minutes ago, sb67 said: More cracking photo's! That one is very nice! Think I might have to save these for future reference! Love that 31. Yes 31418 will appear on the layout. Stock will be 03, 08, 31/0 31/4, 37, 47 Cravens DMU in blue. Another DMU not sure which on yet. I really like the way the houses off to right out of shot can form a low relief backscene. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlew Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 4 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Can anyone identify the van body lying within the station please Could be a container rather than a wagon . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Another Bet all these cars are long scrapped 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 2 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: ... Do you have any of ... the inside of the station. 25/9/04 ....... spot the difference ! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 In other news I have added a Great Eastern album to my Flickr channel. This has the higher res scans than I posted here. I've never really got around to uploading my East Anglia stuff but this Lowestoft thread has set me going https://www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/albums/72177720315628680 Kev 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheatley Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 8 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Can anyone identify the van body lying within the station please I think it's one of these, or something very similar: https://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/bcontainer/h660800a9 Parkside and Bachmann do the planked version. Incidently, if you search "Lowestoft" on Paul's site there are some general views and some of odd corners of the yard (although usually with a wagon in the way). Edited March 23 by Wheatley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 23 1 hour ago, kevsmiththai said: In other news I have added a Great Eastern album to my Flickr channel. This has the higher res scans than I posted here. I've never really got around to uploading my East Anglia stuff but this Lowestoft thread has set me going https://www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/albums/72177720315628680 Kev Evening Kev Surprised you haven't got an album for the early Barrow hill galas Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Holding those back for now. Not just the galas but the depot when Merv, Me and Robin walked in the day after we saved it and the first efforts to secure the site to stop anything else getting nicked ( After the roof, Three way point etc) I've got a Barrow Hill album but there is still a lot to go into it https://www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/albums/72177720297165685/ I just looked in the BH folder amd there are 2016 images from Barrow Hill and 254 video files Plenty to go at! Kev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 31 minutes ago, kevsmiththai said: Holding those back for now. Not just the galas but the depot when Merv, Me and Robin walked in the day after we saved it and the first efforts to secure the site to stop anything else getting nicked ( After the roof, Three way point etc) I've got a Barrow Hill album but there is still a lot to go into it https://www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/albums/72177720297165685/ I just looked in the BH folder amd there are 2016 images from Barrow Hill and 254 video files Plenty to go at! Kev Were you involved in saving Barrow Hill? If so thank you...as I have enjoyed every visit I have taken there. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 I have drawn out a trackplan. Just about doable in the space I have. Would a very occasional class 45 or class 40 ever have made it into the yard or on the odd holiday excursion? (I have found a few pictures of 40s on rail tours) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stivesnick Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) On 25/03/2024 at 15:10, SouthernBlue80s said: Would a very occasional class 45 or class 40 ever have made it into the yard or on the odd holiday excursion? Hi "An Illustrated History of the East Suffolk Railway" by John Brodribb (Oxford Publishing Co) has lots of pictures of Lowestoft Station. There are also pictures of various railtours including 55015 at Lowestoft on 3/9/78 and 40004 on 24/7/83. As Class 40 were used on the Great Eastern Main Line out of Liverpool Street it is possible they could have reached Lowestoft in the 1960s but by 1980 they had long gone from the route. They were used on the Harwich Boat Trains from the north west so could have made it on other routes. Given that most trains would have reversed at Norwich, more local motive power would have been used on the final leg to Lowestoft. I don't recall seeing many Class 45 on passenger trains in the region during the 1980s. They could often been seen at March Depot having worked freight trains. Regards Nick Edited March 26 by stivesnick technical error corrected 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted March 26 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26 4 minutes ago, stivesnick said: Hi "An Illustrated History of the East Suffolk Railway" by John Brodribb (Oxford Publishing Co) has lots of pictures of Lowestoft Station. There are also pictures of various railtours including 55015 at Lowestoft on 3/9/78 and 40004 on 24/7/83. As Class 40 were used on the Great Eastern Main Line out of Liverpool Street it is possible they could have reached Lowestoft in the 1960s but by 1980 they had long gone from the route. They were used on the Harwich Boat Trains from the north west so could have made it on other routes. Given that most trains would have reversed at Norwich, more local motive power would have been used on the final leg to Lowestoft. I don't recall seeing many Class 45 in the region during the 1980s. Regards Nick By the 80s it was very rare to see any loco in GE land that didn't have three axle bogies until the arrival of the AC electrics. Primarily we had 31s, 37s and 47s and that was it except shunters and units. I remember VERY occasional 40s and 45s but they really were very rare by my time, 83 onwards. I have photos of pairs of 20s at Ipswich but again they were very rare, and I can't remember ever seeing a 25 there. 56s were a later arrival on some of the stone traffic but not common. Simple thing was that Anglian drivers didn't know other traction so it didn't get there. Andi 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 This one, taken circa 1978, shows a bit of detail on the buildings backing on to the lines on the south side of the station..... 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 12 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: This one, taken circa 1978, shows a bit of detail on the buildings backing on to the lines on the south side of the station..... Thank you. That helps. I have still to find a shot that shows all the backs of those buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 10 minutes ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Thank you. That helps. I have still to find a shot that shows all the backs of those buildings. I might well have some more recent ones that feature clearer views of some of those buildings, as I don't think they have changed that much since the 1980's. You can see one of them in a bit more detail - certainly the windows & fire escape arrangement - on this 2005 shot..... Will have a look through my photos and see if there are any others. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 17 hours ago, Johann Marsbar said: I might well have some more recent ones that feature clearer views of some of those buildings, as I don't think they have changed that much since the 1980's. You can see one of them in a bit more detail - certainly the windows & fire escape arrangement - on this 2005 shot..... Will have a look through my photos and see if there are any others. Thank you for looking Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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