Chubber Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 About 9 months before the top photo on the attached page was taken my grandfather took me up into New St No. 2 box while we were waiting for our train to go on holiday - Birmingham to Swanage via the S&D. He phoned one of the boxes on his district to find out where there were some empty compartments on the train. Walter Prichard, the signalman in the picture, then picked me up to pull the lever for the signal into the station for our train. The first of many box visits over the next 50-odd years. I later came across Walter again when he was working at New St PSB and I had joined the S&T. http://www.photobydj...xInteriors.html Marvellous stuff! Those lamps in the first photograph showing your Dad and Mr Bing, they each have two chains hanging down, were they gas lights? Thank you very much for this post Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 16, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2012 Marvellous stuff! Those lamps in the first photograph showing your Dad and Mr Bing, they each have two chains hanging down, were they gas lights? Thank you very much for this post Doug Not my Dad, but a good friend of my Grandfather. Yes, most of the boxes were gas lit. The pilot lights stayed on, the chains were to turn the lights on and off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 What a great thread this is! Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 A Collie after my own heart! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Giffard LSWR 1951-71 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 ....re the great dog pic...he must be a growler fan! Dave 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 This will be interesting, a character seen lineside around the south west, some of you will instantly recognise the chap on the right, and probably post a one word answer, in capitals. Gary 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raffles Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 This will be interesting, a character seen lineside around the south west, some of you will instantly recognise the chap on the right, and probably post a one word answer, in capitals. Gary Dddddddddddeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaattttttttttttttthhhhhhhhhhhhh! (Apologies for the use of lower case). 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubber Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Not my Dad, but a good friend of my Grandfather.. Sorry!Thank you for that. Doug Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 24, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2012 The shunter changing the points at Washwood Heath on 22 October 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots region Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Say David, since you're also a time traveling photographer, are you aware that we have club now and jackets? Also could someone explain Doctor Death to me? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2012 The prosecution enters the following into evidence on the subject of 'Dr Death': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H7dP1v7eU8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
devondynosoar118 Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 With some of the idiots we could do with the gun line to go with the gun dog! That collie looks like a puppet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2012 24 October 2012 The signalman at Eccles Road puts the home back as 158788 heads to Norwich on 1L10 ex Liverpool 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2012 24 October 2012 The signalman at Eccles Road puts the home back as 158788 heads to Norwich on 1L10 ex Liverpool He should be in the hi-vis thread (or is he expecting a train to enter the signalbox?). Presumably hand swung crossing gates?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2012 He should be in the hi-vis thread (or is he expecting a train to enter the signalbox?). Presumably hand swung crossing gates?? Until 1/2 December when the new signalling gets commissioned, then they will be non-working barriers - modular signalling ? pfff. (But don't mention Stalybridge resignalling, I did once but got away with it) 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 25, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2012 So all that was needed was a bit of packing under the wheels and slowly forward! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 What - no gigantic road crane, build an access road, close the depot for a month and lay on subsitute buses? What are you thinking of man! Stewart 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ah, now I understand about Dr. Death. I must admit that I was a bit miffed about that one and although I have not come across the chap, I have encountered one or two of his family precariously balancing in the trees complete with video cameras hereabouts. Well at least the dog has found them, and being a Springer he does seem to treat them as any other bird and wants flush them out of the foiliage. Now, without incriminating myself, or anyone else, I shall try and explain. In the days when class 50's freely roamed the south west,they had a large following of haulage bashers. These bashers were notorious, for using “improvised validity” to been on these trains, and the man in the raincoat, took great pleasure, in bringing these people to the attention of the TTI's and BTP, so he got the name. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 I can't remember the exact details but it was a little more comlpex than that, I think that it involved buffer locking and coupling damage, anyway the gas axe and a hand traverse with jacks were dragged across from the tool vans. I didn't see the completion either as I was away to St. Marks for the train home. I am sure though that, as with so many minor incidents at the time, the efforts to re-rail and repair could have seemed insignificant at the side of the effort to ensure that nobody else found out about it! Big hammer and a couple of chains as well as the packing then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Years ago at Aylesbury in the sixties when I worked for WHSmiths I had to go to the station every morning to sort out the newspapers ,the Northampton parcels was bein.shunted and a van split the points at the north end of the station.Everything was sorted out quickly and hushed up ,pity I didnt have a camera to record it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 Big hammer and a couple of chains as well as the packing then. Nah, no need for chains, just pop a fishplate in the coupling shackles (Not recommended on a steepish gradient - unless you wan't to rerail it for a second time, i still can't understand why I didn't thump the Shunter who forgot to put scotches under the wheels before the Driver shut-off power as per my instructions; not a good night and I'd just got back to my lodging and to bed after that lot only to be called out again). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2012 Isn't there a bit in Gerry Fiennes's "I Tried to Run a Railway" where Control rang him to advise him of a derailment on the GE Main Line (I think). GF asked Control to get the local manager to pull it back on - as GF had shown him on a previous ocasion. Not long afterwards the Control rang back, barely suppressing laughter, to report that said manager had done as asked - and several other roads were now blocked as a result! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Strange goings on at Barnetby. 20214 and 20103 waiting to draw forward, they were later to leave l//d towards Immingham, 13/10/82 cheers 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Reid Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) Crikey the powers that be' would stop the job for that these days I guess - lounging casually whilst in charge of a non-powered rail/logistics interface (expect an RAIB report on the matter shortly). p.s. who nicked the guy at the backs sarnies?- he's in a right cream puff with the rest of them. Edited October 26, 2012 by Bob-65b 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted October 26, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2012 maybe he's the one whose missus always put something nice (and different) on his pieces. someone else, fed up with cheese or egg everyday, decided to swap without telling him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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