lmsforever Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Like that last photo just were was it taken please? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Like that last photo just were was it taken please? I've no idea where it is, but I'm guessing somewhere on the Somerset and Dorset. Wherever it is, it's a wonderfully evocative picture. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) According to the description on Flickr (click on NICE HAT, it will take you to the Flickr page) it is Midsomer Norton Colliery. Radstock is away to the left. Edited December 9, 2016 by Banger Blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBAGE Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Looks like the entrance to Norton Hill Colliery at Midsomer Norton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 9, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2016 An absolute corker of a shot courtesy of Mark Humberstone on the Old Oak facebook group - Old Oak Driver Peter Williams and Secondman Chris Guntripp aboard 'Western Nobleman' at Padd in 1976... D1058 MARK HUMBERSTONE GUNNY 7 PETER WILLIAMS 1976.jpg crikey, Nidge, that loco's had more hits than the Beatles! I'm not sure why but the name Chris Guntripp rings a bell. Did he/does he drive diesels at preserved gala's? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 crikey, Nidge, that loco's had more hits than the Beatles! I'm not sure why but the name Chris Guntripp rings a bell. Did he/does he drive diesels at preserved gala's? Yes Gary, Chris is a regular driver on the SVR on the Hydraulics, I think he also owns 37 109 which is based (or at least used to be) on the East Lancs line. He's currently based with DB Schenker at Hither Green. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2016 Yes Gary, Chris is a regular driver on the SVR on the Hydraulics, I think he also owns 37 109 which is based (or at least used to be) on the East Lancs line. He's currently based with DB Schenker at Hither Green. Thanks for clearing that up Nidge, I knew I'd heard his name from somewhere on the railway, just couldn't remember where! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted December 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2016 roy on W&C line.jpg Me on the Waterloo & City Line circa 1983,the end of the line, a rare shot taken in the depot. picture by Pekka Sisskonen There used to be a Euston driver known as "Slow Line" Jones as his initials were S.L.!! Lived at Northampton. There were some witty nicknames around! We had some good ones at Canton. There was a bloke called Harpic, because he'd drive you clean around the bend, and another one called Thrombosis, a bloody clot wandering around blocking up the system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo C. Cupier Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 With pedants cap on, "According to the description on Flickr (click on NICE HAT, it will take you to the Flickr page) it is Midsomer Norton Colliery. Radstock is away to the left." RBAGE is correct, it is Norton Hill Colliery looking down into Midsomer Norton, with Radstock off to the RIGHT. The rugby posts in the centre are where the sports centre building is now, with Rackvernal Road behind. Pedants cap off. ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted December 13, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2016 We had some good ones at Canton. There was a bloke called Harpic, because he'd drive you clean around the bend, and another one called Thrombosis, a bloody clot wandering around blocking up the system. We have a guy to this day known as run-through! No prizes for guessing why. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 We have a guy to this day known as run-through! No prizes for guessing why. One of our managers has been bequeathed the nickname 'synth'! One of our drivers at another depot was called 'Warren Beatty', I always thought it was his nickname as he was a bit of a lad, a hit with the ladies and owned two Porsche 911s. Turned out it was actually his real name! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted December 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2016 I have just posted this in the Scottish Region 1980's topic, but thought it would also fit in here. A less than gruntled driver about to take over 55012 Crepello at Waverley in 1981 ( I think the year is correct). The train had just arrived 40 min late on a newcastle Aberdeen service after an engine room fire at Berwick. It was replaced by 55007 Pinza for the onward journey Regards Ian 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 We've got a driver who's a bit lazy called HMS Tiredness. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Waiting For Assistance by Arnie Furniss, on Flickr 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 28, 2016 Author Share Posted December 28, 2016 Fantastic find that Michael! It takes years of practice and skill to be able to stand on the shoulder of ballast like that...! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted December 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 28, 2016 Fantastic find that Michael! It takes years of practice and skill to be able to stand on the shoulder of ballast like that...! I had lots of practice at this when out flagging signals. There wasn't much else to do between trains... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted December 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2016 linked from: http://www4.radioparadise.com/graphics/tv_img/12805.jpg at http://radioparadise.com 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2016 One of our managers has been bequeathed the nickname 'synth'! One of our drivers at another depot was called 'Warren Beatty', I always thought it was his nickname as he was a bit of a lad, a hit with the ladies and owned two Porsche 911s. Turned out it was actually his real name! One of my colleagues talks about a former guard at snow hill known as 'stocking tops' coz he's the closest thing to a t**t he knows Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2016 A bit self indulgent again, found this on Flickr, I am the driver on here some 25 years ago https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrc31176/12965893734/in/photolist-kL5yPN-kKKAtY-kKKAoh-kL5yMy-kKL8iU-kKL8iJ-kKKAA1-kL5yPs-kL5yLS-kL5yDh-qxFwtH-NAjGqT-rJ1mJQ-bsp6Nh-bFiYGp-bio5Rt 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Whitby looks so run down compared to now thank goodness its getting better now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2016 Whitby looks so run down compared to now thank goodness its getting better now. The railway was a nicer place to work back then though 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Sometimes you don't need people..... End of the day; end of the year. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 Sometimes you don't need people..... End of the day; end of the year. DSC04068.JPG Or even trains. Happy new year, Peter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 One of my colleagues talks about a former guard at snow hill known as 'stocking tops' coz he's the closest thing to a t**t he knows May I have your permission to use that one? I know someone it applies to and it's far too good to waste... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 1, 2017 We have a guy to this day known as run-through! No prizes for guessing why. I really hope it's for overshooting platforms... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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