RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted April 3, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2015 Re 4728 at Sutton, I don't think a stencil can be "missing". IIRC, the double figures were single stencils so the correct number (presumably 91 (LB) or 92 (Vic) for Epsom Downs) couldn't be found by the driver. Note also the old depot code - Selhurst was SHST. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Re 4728 at Sutton, I don't think a stencil can be "missing". IIRC, the double figures were single stencils so the correct number (presumably 91 (LB) or 92 (Vic) for Epsom Downs) couldn't be found by the driver. Note also the old depot code - Selhurst was SHST. The full complement of stencils in the cab was one each of '0' - '9' and a black plate. Each digit was a separate stencil, to make up a headcode two of the plates would be mounted in the stencil 'cradle'. The black plate would be used in the event of a single digit headcode being needed, as the complete area of the opal glass had to be covered in the leading direction. The provision of only a single quantity of each digit is why the headcodes for services provided by the DEMUs were the ones where each digit was the same, viz 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 77, 88 (but not 66 and 99 as they could be made up by reversing the '6' or '9' stencils). In theory the train could not run if the correct headcode could not be displayed and you can't display '22' on a 4SUB, therefore it couldn't run that service... As the train appears to be accessing the Epsom Downs platform, the assertion of a missing stencil could be correct, as 91/92/94/96 were certainly the Epsom Downs routes from LB (91) and Vic (92/94/96, by various routes). If one of the 1/2/4/6 stencils went missing (and they could, and did, drop out of the stencil 'cradle' while in motion) then the driver would have had to use the black plate to complete the stencil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Happy Easter and few more from my galleries An undated slide of 73121 light engine at Southampton Eastern Docks. The R registration Peugeot 104 dates it from August 1977 or later. Photographer C.J.Marsden. Photographer M Hull. Your in the eighties as there is a Maxi 2 in the background made from 1980. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 3, 2015 Share Posted April 3, 2015 Clearing the loft this weekend found some picture of Dover Jaffa cake being gobbled up by Shakespeare tunnel. Dover yard sorry a bit out of focus. And the yard taken form St Martins Battery. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted April 4, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 4, 2015 Your in the eighties as there is a Maxi 2 in the background made from 1980. Thank you and well spotted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Might not be 80s, but thanks for the pic of the SUB at Sutton. Not a location that appears too often in pictures. Shame, as I can't think of too may other suburban 5 way junction stations. Sutton is a fascinating subject in its own right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted April 5, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 5, 2015 Might not be 80s, but thanks for the pic of the SUB at Sutton. Not a location that appears too often in pictures. Shame, as I can't think of too may other suburban 5 way junction stations. Sutton is a fascinating subject in its own right. There are another couple of slides of 4SUBs at Sutton on my website from the same unknown photographer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 There are another couple of slides of 4SUBs at Sutton on my website from the same unknown photographer. Found them - thanks Andy. Love the shot of 4728 in Platform 4(?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bigbee Line Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Clearing the loft this weekend found some picture of Dover And the yard taken form St Martins Battery. Great pictures, thanks. Trying to date the picture above. The 'car checkers' hut is in place next to Archcliff box, Bulwark is full of 45 tonne Oil Pots, mide to late 80s perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Great pictures, thanks. Trying to date the picture above. The 'car checkers' hut is in place next to Archcliff box, Bulwark is full of 45 tonne Oil Pots, mide to late 80s perhaps? I was never very good at recording the dates. But it is post 1983 from the car I was driving at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 West St Leonards? I always thought it was St Leonards West. Ramsgate Ramsgate loco shed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 The site of St Leonards Shed. Just a carriage washing plant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 A few more taken in Crawley New Yard 1984. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 A blue SR parcel van that isn't covered in brown muck! Proper rarity you caught there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 West St Leonards? I always thought it was St Leonards West. It appears that it has always been 'West St. Leonards', presumably to avoid confusion with the nearby LBSCR 'St. Leonards West Marina' Station... Was called that by the SER when built in 1887 and appears with that name on an RCH map in 1914. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 For some reason I never really took many cl50 photos :0( Anyway I do have this one at Exeter in May 1991, hopefully not too new for the thread! 50029exeter may91.JPG Anyway back to the SR and the 1980's I did put this on the old thread but thought it worth re-posting..... 330xxfratton oct86.JPG cheers Keith Hi The building on the right looks like an old coaling stage?. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Hi The building on the right looks like an old coaling stage?. Darren It does a bit, but it was the old carriage washer, since replaced with a shiny new one: © Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 West St Leonards? I always thought it was St Leonards West. Here it is in 1984, together with the wonderfully-named Bopeep Junction signalbox: Not a bad prototype for a layout maybe - tunnel, semaphores, signalbox, junction, station only on one route, depot and through trains on the other, diesels and electrics... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 And from 1985, a bit of an oddity, the green class 50 with the VSOE pullmans passing a Hastings unit in the Petts Wood area: Shockingly badly exposed, but worth it for rarity value. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phixer64 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 It does a bit, but it was the old carriage washer, since replaced with a shiny new one: 4408626_0a3446e9.jpg © Copyright N Chadwick and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence Its Fratton yard, and its the current washing plant. Everything from the depot that leaves goes through. I pass Fratton everyday to get to work. Regards Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 only just found this thread, and have killed an hour or two reading and looking at some stunning pictures. great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 just a bump for this thread I'm looking for pictures around Eastleigh in about 1987 I did have some of my own but cant find my photo albums Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 just a bump for this thread I'm looking for pictures around Eastleigh in about 1987 I did have some of my own but cant find my photo albums I would have a few from that period I will dig some out. Some my already be on my Flickr site. The link is below, My Brother and John Dedman can be found there too, they both have pics of Eastleigh from about that time. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Around 1984-85, a failed Peak was snapped in the loco sidings at Norwood. Not by me, although I was working there at the time and had a good climb all over it as I'd never seen one before. The pic has appeared on RMWeb, but I'm 99% sure it wasn't in this thread. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful. Thanks, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2015 As its the middle of summer I thought a few snow scene would be good! Godstone in 1987 Oxted station just as the rebuilding got underway agian in 1987. The unit in the 'bay' was being used as a waiting room. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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