Phill Dyson (onslaught832) Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Nice to see 'Sir Nigel Gresley' in Garter Blue with cutaway valances B) B) B) Cheers Phill :icon_thumbsup2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 25, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) Next in line was the Caledonian 0-4-4T No. 419. Two shots of this it deserved both. LNER D49/1 No. 246 "Morayshire" in somewhat dirty LNER green. This was the first occasion that I had seen this engine it did not come down to the Northeast very often. The cylinders are in lined green also following Darlington practice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 26, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) Of course even the GWR got in on the act. The first was Class 57xxPT No. 7752 in its GWR green livery. Several GWR panniers served on Colliery lines in the Northeast. The Bowes Railway had some. I am not sure but I believe that 7752 was one of them. "Cookham Manor" No. 7808. in GWR unlined green. "Ravingham Hall" No. 6960 has been given the fully lined treatmmment. LNER V2 No. 4771 "Green Arrow" introduced in 1935 for fast goods traffic from London to the North. These engines were all given the full LNER Green livery when built only to lose it during the years of WW2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 26, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 26, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) LNER Thompson 4-6-0 B1 Class No. 1306. This was latterly named "Mayflower". It never carried this name in service. In its latter days it was at Hull Dairycoates Shed. LMS 8F 2-8-0 No. 8233. It was is immaculate black livery, rather different from my own acquaintance of this class which were more often a very grubby black. Longmoor Military Railway 2-10-0 "Gordon" in its blue/red livery. Again I don't expect that it was as clean as this when working. Some exhibits were towed because they were none operational or in this case because there was no third rail. London Transport electric BO-BO No. 12 "Sarah Siddons" fell into the latter category and was instead towed by "Gordon". LNER A4 No. 4498 "Sir Nigel Gresley" in its striking Garter Blue livery. It was chosen to pull the GNR Stirling Single N0. 1. Manufacturers and modellers please note the colour. Precision Paints Garter Blue in these nearest that I have found. GNR Stirling Single 4-2-2 No. 1 in GNR green livery. The 8 foot driving wheels are its most distinctive feature n. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250BOB Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Me, my wife and 3 yr old son could have been in these shots, it was from a bank similar to that where we watched from all day. What a memorable day. I was 27yrs old......my god.!!!!! Great shots...thanks for posting them. Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 28, 2009 Share Posted December 28, 2009 Looks to me like Eddie Gibbon hanging out of 4498's cab. We were also on a bank like that, but lower. I remember kids running down to the track to put coins under the locos then recovering them once they were like tinfoil. I'd forgotten quite what a magnificently sunny day it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 29, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) GNR Stirling No. 1 4-2-2 with its eight foot driving wheels. LNER A3 No. 4472 "Flying Scotsman" 4-6-2 in its Green Livery. Behind was the NER Fletcher 2-4-0 No. 901. Closeup of 4472 901 in its NER livery. On the Smokebox is the Non-Automatic Vacuum Brake equipment. GNR Atlantic 4-4-2 No.990 "Henry Oakley" in GNR Green. Sweitching to the West Coast line we have LNWR 2-4-0 "Hardwicke" in LNWR black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 We didn't realise how lucky we were then, seeing Henry Oakley and Hardwicke working. I wonder when either of them might steam again? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 29, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) Following on behind the LNER green brigard was the LMS red brigard. First of these was the Midland Railway Compound 4-4-0 No. 1000. I had seen this engine in this livery several times before. On one occasion I was driving near Skipton when it appeared on the track parallel to the road. Needless to say I did not get a photo. Following the Compound was LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 "Leander". Last of the red engines was LMS Princess 4-6-2 No. 6201 "Princess Elizabeth". I had to change films at this point so I only got the one shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 30, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 30, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) It was then time for the little fellas. Wantage Tramway 0-4-0WT No. 5. I am note sure why this engine gets as much press but it is a pretty little thing It was followed by Lancashire and Yorkshire "Pug" 0-4-0ST No. 51218. I last saw this on the K&WVR in about 1965. LBSC "Terrier" 0-6-0 "Fenchurch". The name restored after preservation. Looks like it only thrives on white coal! Keeping up with the Soputhern theme S15 4-6-0 No. 841 now named "Greene King" in its smart Southern livery. The largest of the Southern engines Merchant Navy No. 35028 "Clan Line" in BR green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 31, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (cont.) Another shot of "Clan Line" as it drifts along. Ex LMS 2-6-2T proliferated by BR. This is 41241, the one preserved on the K&WVR. Not to sure about that livery but it is bright. Another ex LMS design. This is 4MT No. 43106. They were rarely this clean in real life. Usually they were positively filthy. BR Standard 5MT 4-6-0 No. 75029 in BR Green. BR's last steam engine 9F 92220 "Evening Star". This paused for a while right in front of me so I took the opportunity to take a number of shots of this. I know that some of you out there like detail and if you want the 9F the some of it is here. Heralding the new era Prototype HST is paraded as the last in the cavalcade. That was the end except for a few of the smaller engines returning to Shildon. I will wind up this thread on the next post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted December 31, 2009 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2009 THE S&D 150 CAVALADE (Conclusion) Locomotion is towed backj to Shildon by thge NCB Hunslet. "Fenchurch", 51218 and Wantage Tramway No.5 return in convoy back to Shildon. "Fenchurch" hasn't used much of its white coal! Metro Camell DMU departs, no doubt to darlington. That concludes the events of September 1975. I hope that you have enjoyed it. I guess I will now ave to return to the black and white stuff. Carlisle perhaps. Arthur Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 That was a grand step back in time and no mistake. Thank you , Arthur. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckdancer Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Didn't go as I sneered at preservation at that stage - but I was so much older then.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250BOB Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 Thanks again for taking the time to post all the Rail 150 celebration pics. I used all my film up on the Saturday, in awful weather. You could not buy a roll of film for love nor money on the Sunday...and look at the weather then, burnt your eyes out!!!. Cheers.......................Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomag Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks again for taking the time to post all the Rail 150 celebration pics. I used all my film up on the Saturday, in awful weather. You could not buy a roll of film for love nor money on the Sunday...and look at the weather then, burnt your eyes out!!!. Cheers.......................Bob. The Sunday was my 6th Birthday so I don't remember everything but I can remember Teddy Boston (the fat clergyman from Revd Awdry) walking arround the soaking yard in sandles on the Saturday with everything below the ankle pitch black. Does anybody have the formation of the prototype HST when it was at Shildon? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Harvey Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Will Evening Star ever run under it's own power again? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 1975, seems like yesterday. To think then the HST was the 'new' / 'future', now it's over 30 years old and at a point where it needs to be replaced, it's heritage now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold daveyb Posted March 17, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks again for posting all these... I may pester my father to dig through his slide collection of the period and see what he can find. He was an active member of the Railway Study Assoc and they had some very good connections in those days so some of their trips were quite unusual in itinerary and destination. I was fortunate enough to be taken along on a few of them... B) About 6 and a quarter... possibly the best age a boy could ever be! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium chris-shay Posted March 18, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2010 Thanks for posting these - brought back some childhood memories. I was only 6 at the time but I distinctly remember getting a load of soot on my arms and face from that convoy of 3 tank engines as they came past me and didn't want to wash it off until I'd got home and shown my Mum!! Happy days! (The H&S lot would have kittens seeing that lot today - hardly a barrier or Hi-viz vest in sight!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Griffin Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 do you have any more s&d cavalcade shots, ive seen loads but none of the diesels and electrics that took part,apart from the hst, like 40106,the class 56 and apt ect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hadyn Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Dan - that was Rocket 150 at Rainhill, nearly 30 years ago in May 1980. the HST-P was the only modern traction at Shildon in 1975. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Hadyn Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Other than Dick Blenkinsop's official photos, these are some of the best ones I've ever seen of the cavalcade, thanks for sharing them. Soemwhere at work we have a list of all the crews of the locos, the chap driving the pannier 7752 is Bill Dunnington, Shildon's last steam driver who sadly died only 3 years ago. Lovely pics to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Wonderful photos Arthur which highlight the handsome qualities of all the locos. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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