Porcy Mane Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Marylebone again in March 1964... 1964 MBNE.jpg Drikold must be inextricably linked to music. This is Chris Reas family. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 6, 2018 Author Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) A bit of human interest I meant to post the other day - I was working 6Y55 down at Wembley over the weekend and chatting with my soon to retire Reading based mate Dave Jackson, he mentioned that he'd been in touch with a now retired ex-Bristol man called Ian Spencer who was the secondman on the Toton - Severn Tunnel Junction freight train which derailed at Winchcombe in August '76, effectively closing the Stratford - Cheltenham line for good. Amazing what you find out over a cuppa and a chinwag! Edited September 6, 2018 by Rugd1022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 13, 2018 Author Share Posted September 13, 2018 (edited) Old Oak, 1985, amongst those on the footplate are 81A stalwarts Dickie Bedford, Dennis Mansaull and Peter Keep, photo c/o Denis Lewis... Another 81A man, 'Poacher' Davis, photo c/o Des Wright... Edited September 13, 2018 by Rugd1022 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 (edited) Another 81A man, 'Poacher' Davis, photo c/o Des Wright... FB Poacher Davis by Des Wright.jpg I like the neat way the SSC has been isolated on that 47! Edited September 15, 2018 by DY444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2018 Old Oak, 1985, amongst those on the footplate are 81A stalwarts Dickie Bedford, Dennis Mansaull and Peter Keep, photo c/o Denis Lewis... GW 150 OLD OAK.jpg Another 81A man, 'Poacher' Davis, photo c/o Des Wright... FB Poacher Davis by Des Wright.jpg It looks like Dick Bedford is explaining that the tenders were not like this when he worked on them in the past (anyone who knows him will understand that ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 15, 2018 Author Share Posted September 15, 2018 Oh fully understand your comment Mike, Dickie's 'railway CV' would make the weapons of mass destruction enquiry seem like the gospel in comparison!! If he told me he'd just made a fresh pot of tea I'd question the validity of his statement... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Photo c/o Albert Abear : Ronald Skipper and Archie Cameron on the Greenford Pilot... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 19, 2018 Author Share Posted September 19, 2018 (edited) A very young looking James Paul McCartney with Long John Baldry at Liverpool Lime Street station in 1963... nice period poster on the wall behind... Edited September 19, 2018 by Rugd1022 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Conversation piece at Bewdley on Saturday! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Another from the SVR. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted September 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 25, 2018 Track Renewal work between Crawley and Ifield stations 70801 by john brace, on Flickr YLA 967620 by john brace, on Flickr 66221 by john brace, on Flickr Ifield station by john brace, on Flickr 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 25, 2018 Author Share Posted September 25, 2018 Another from the SVR. That's veteran Old Oak / Hydraulic man Chris 'I don't do the internet' Guntripp standing next to 'Courier' Photo c/o Nigel Kendall... Fireman Ron Whittaker and Nine Elms Driver Charlie 'Happy' Gordon on the Bournemouth Belle, 23rd May 1965... Photo c/o Derek Payne... Derek with his Guard Tony Wilson at Ilkley in 1982... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2018 That's veteran Old Oak / Hydraulic man Chris 'I don't do the internet' Guntripp standing next to 'Courier' Photo c/o Nigel Kendall... Fireman Ron Whittaker and Nine Elms Driver Charlie 'Happy' Gordon on the Bournemouth Belle, 23rd May 1965... FB c.o Nigel Kendall BM Fireman Ronald Whittaker & 9 Elms Dvr Charlie Happy Gordon 230565 Belle.jpg Photo c/o Derek Payne... Derek with his Guard Tony Wilson at Ilkley in 1982... FB DEREK PAYNE & TONY WILSON Ilkley 1982.jpg Nah, that's Harry Worth in orange trousers, isn't it? Now that dates me!!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barcaldinegoods Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 Photo c/o Derek Payne... Derek with his Guard Tony Wilson at Ilkley in 1982... FB DEREK PAYNE & TONY WILSON Ilkley 1982.jpg Note that Ilkley was still gas lit then- you can just see the lamps on the extreme left. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 Photo c/o Albert Pickering - Coalville Driver Jimmy Robinson.. Driver Dave Goodwin at Euston... Photo c/o David Gradwell - Fireman Ron Prince at Euston... Selfridges, 1953... 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 Photo c/o Nigel Kendall... Fireman Ron Whittaker and Nine Elms Driver Charlie 'Happy' Gordon on the Bournemouth Belle, 23rd May 1965... FB c.o Nigel Kendall BM Fireman Ronald Whittaker & 9 Elms Dvr Charlie Happy Gordon 230565 Belle.jpg Ron Whittaker later became a long-standing town councillor and later, Mayor of Bournemouth. He was always a kind chap whenever I contacted him when I worked for the Council. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 The picture of Selfridges reminds me of being taken to Gamages every Christmas to see the amazing model railway it seemed amazing plus the toy dept was full of wonder a real tonic then in the fifties. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted October 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2018 I know you said "Get the class 08 from the shed, but we thought this 08 would be more fun." 50008 positioning stock before an evening photo shoot on the 3rd October 2018 and the start of the Class 50 Golden Jubilee event at the Severn Valley Railway. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 7, 2018 Author Share Posted October 7, 2018 A collection of Old Oak 'faces', c/o Albert Abear… Bert Southgate, Charlie Shute, Dennis Mansell and (in the cab) Eric Webb... Bert Hunt and Don King... Dennis Mansell again with Driver Alec Wallace... Loco Foreman George Coles... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Having seen various pictures of crew with cigarettes and pipes etc., but no cigars that I recall, when was smoking banned in cabs? [i assume cabs are a no smoking zone?] And prior to the ban, where was the ashtray located? The floor? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royaloak Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Having seen various pictures of crew with cigarettes and pipes etc., but no cigars that I recall, when was smoking banned in cabs? [i assume cabs are a no smoking zone?] And prior to the ban, where was the ashtray located? The floor? The stink in the cab of the HST I took over this morning says otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2018 A collection of Old Oak 'faces', c/o Albert Abear… Bert Southgate, Charlie Shute, Dennis Mansell and (in the cab) Eric Webb... FBAA Bert Southgate Charlie Shute Dennis Mansell Eric Webb.jpg Bert Hunt and Don King... FBAA BERT HUNT & DON KING OOC.jpg Dennis Mansell again with Driver Alec Wallace... FBAA DM & ALEC WALLACE.jpg Loco Foreman George Coles... FBAA LOCO FOREMAN OOC George Coles.jpg Somewhere I have a certificate signed by Eric Webb passing me out to drive 350s (08s to younger readers) on preserved/heritage type railways. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 A newly arrived DMU creates some interest amongst the local spotters at Reading General, photo c/o Darren Ford... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Recall an exhibition at Aylesbury a long time ago ,various diesels on display looked in the cabs and what a mess, ash everywhere and a workplace that was definitely unhealthy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 13, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2018 (edited) Having connected the water hose, the driver fettles his steed. 568 was erected 30.9.1910 by Richard Hartmann. A Saxon IVk, 0-4-4-0 she is here at Steinbach, Saxony, ready to rejoin her train and set off for Jöhstadt, only a couple of miles from the Czech Republic. Edited October 13, 2018 by Oldddudders 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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