Mike 84C Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Looks nothing like the Hinksey I remember in the 1960's. More like Russia or other communist country's where the railways just stagger on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) King George V's funeral train... Edited July 25, 2023 by Rugd1022 19 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 4069 Posted July 25, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2023 KIng George VI, I think 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke West Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: King George V's funeral train... Ealing Broadway with 7013 Bristol Castle 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 25, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2023 Definitely King George V. King George VI died at Sandringham and his funeral train was hauled by a Claud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2023 6 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: King George V's funeral train... Disgraceful. Some of those gents are still wearing their hats. What's the world coming to? The youth of today - blah, blah, blah... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Welchester Posted July 26, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26, 2023 10 hours ago, 4069 said: KIng George VI, I think Yes. The loco is carrying a BR smokebox number. 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Definitely King George V. King George VI died at Sandringham and his funeral train was hauled by a Claud. The king's body was conveyed to King's Cross for the lying in state at Westminster Abbey, where the funeral took place, then hauled by Windsor/Bristol Castle to Windsor for the burial. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 Ealing Broadway. Mike Wiltshire 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2251 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 12 hours ago, 4069 said: KIng George VI, I think Agreed. The BR livery is an obvious giveaway (as is the style of dress: definitely post-War not mid-1930s). I think the loco is actually 7013, Bristol Castle, wearing the plates off 4082, Windsor Castle. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 26, 2023 Author Share Posted July 26, 2023 Cotswolds capers... 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 26, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Welchester said: Yes. The loco is carrying a BR smokebox number. The king's body was conveyed to King's Cross for the lying in state at Westminster Abbey, where the funeral took place, then hauled by Windsor/Bristol Castle to Windsor for the burial. Very much so. Back in the '80s when I was dealing with such trains on the WR we had to review the London Bridge plans in so far as they affected the WR as part ofa general updating of London Bridge plans, As part of my preparation for the meeting I went through the file and Train Notices for King George VI's funeral and they included some clearly worried correspondence about the purple damask to be used at Paddington as part of the show of respect decorating the platform where the train was to be loaded. Apparently when the suff used for KG V's funeral was got out of store it was found to have inhabited by a large number of moths and new material was required with a cost quoted. The next letter asked if there was any way of reducing the cost of 2/6 per yard for the new damask? Of course following the death of the late Queen that part of London Bridge was dispensed with which is probably just as well as I very much doubt the plan could have been implemented in time unless it had been drastically pruned since the 1980s revision. Even back then I wondered if the pointwork and track plus signalling equipment claimed to be held in store ready for immediate installation at Windsor actually existed? 1 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike 84C Posted July 27, 2023 Share Posted July 27, 2023 92203, very good engine. Wish I had a ££££ for every ton I shovelled in the firebox. Could I still do it at 76? 🤣 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 29, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2023 On 27/07/2023 at 15:40, Mike 84C said: 92203, very good engine. Wish I had a ££££ for every ton I shovelled in the firebox. Could I still do it at 76? 🤣 Gloves, bits of firebrick in the back corners, or burns on the back of your hands? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Defo the burns! and the gloves but never felt quite secure firing wearing gloves. Why firebricks in the back corners? No depth of fire there was a sure way of needing a "blow up". You developed a twist and flick to fill the back corners and a shovel that was not "flat". I used to get the blade vey hot, and bend it behind a side rod then under the injector waste pipe to cool. You could fire through the trap on one of those horrible GN/LNE "chipshop" oval doors with an angled shovel. I stress never a Western shovel on a 9F. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted July 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2023 When on the SDR I use to use my own ex SR narrow bladed shovel as opposed to the huge WR shovel .... still got it out in my workshop. Never could get my head round the size of a WR shovel compared to other regions 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 If you could get hold of an SR shovel they were a prized bit of kit! You d'not have to fill the pan on a Western shovel, half is usually enough! But fill it with slack and let the blast pull it over the flap makes a really good smoke effect. We used to relieve Saltley men at Tyesley lots of them had their "own" shovels usually an SR one and hand brushes. My driver made one fireman leave his shovel 'cos the one he left me was useless! He was pretty p----d off! but I did return it to him next day and had a good shovel for the rest of the week!! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted July 30, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Mike 84C said: If you could get hold of an SR shovel they were a prized bit of kit! You d'not have to fill the pan on a Western shovel, half is usually enough! But fill it with slack and let the blast pull it over the flap makes a really good smoke effect. We used to relieve Saltley men at Tyesley lots of them had their "own" shovels usually an SR one and hand brushes. My driver made one fireman leave his shovel 'cos the one he left me was useless! He was pretty p----d off! but I did return it to him next day and had a good shovel for the rest of the week!! Time for some more footplate stories please Mike... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 7, 2023 Author Share Posted August 7, 2023 Superb selection of railway photos with staff in them here... https://www.flickr.com/groups/2110615@N22/pool/ 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 10, 2023 Author Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Photo by (and of) Graham 'Inky' Penn of Old Oak Common, putting the headcode up on a Western at New Street in 1974 or 75... Edit : loco is D1030 'Western Musketeer'. Edited August 10, 2023 by Rugd1022 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 10, 2023 (edited) Except the Hymeks, the WR hydraulics had headcode panel blinds that were set by a carriage key turning in a square-socket ended drive shaft, as 'Inky' is demonstrating here. On cold wet nights, when it was sometimes my job as acting secondman, I appreciated the internal arrangements provided on other classes... Edited August 10, 2023 by The Johnster 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Rugd1022 Posted August 21, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) Photo by Arnie Furniss of his mate enjoying the Royal Philharmonic Maybach Orchestra at Newquay in September 1974... Photo by Arnie Furniss, time to ponder at Witham in March 1976... Photo by Arnie Furniss, D1023 waiting to depart from Kings X to York on 20th November 1976 with ER and WR train crews having a conflab... Photo by Arnie Furniss, taken with a self timer by Arnie (with his arms folded) at Padd on 11th March 1976... Photo by Arnie Furniss, a moment in time at Plymouth on 5th July 1976... Edited August 21, 2023 by Rugd1022 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 21, 2023 On 26/07/2023 at 03:37, St Enodoc said: Disgraceful. Some of those gents are still wearing their hats. What's the world coming to? The youth of today - blah, blah, blah... Enlarging the shot a lot (in Irfanview) reveals two men with hats on in the in-focus areas; a man in a trilby in the foreground, who may just have time to doff his hat as the train passes him, and a man in a cap in a precarious position on the fence, who may not have a free hand! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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