Rugd1022 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 It could well be an Old Oak man I suppose, on a nice out and back mileage job perhaps! Mileage jobs, now those were the days.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 It could well be an Old Oak man I suppose, on a nice out and back mileage job perhaps! Mileage jobs, now those were the days.... Happy days. 5 Donny returns would just about double my take home pay. Even better if you could get a Sunday one on top! Still not as good as the contract link for the drivers at "The Cross" though. Paul J. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Rugby Midland in the '60s.... local rumour has it that most, if not all of the BR maroon enamel signage from this fantastic place is secreted away in one of my ex-colleague's loft / basement / garage. It's exceptionally rare for any Rugby Midland (or Central for that matter) signage to come to auction.... Edited July 28, 2017 by Rugd1022 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium martin_wynne Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2017 Rugby Midland in the '60s. Why would you lay a trolley on its side? It's not likely to run off with only 2 wheels. Answers on a postcard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 (edited) Rugby Midland in the '60s.... local rumour has it that most, if not all of the BR maroon enamel signage from this fantastic place is secreted away in one of my ex-colleague's loft / basement / garage. It's exceptionally rare for any Rugby Midland (or Central for that matter) signage to come to auction.... RY Rugby Midland 1960s.jpg 27 July 1968. Coincidence that the photograph was taken forty nine years ago yesterday? P Edited July 28, 2017 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 I didn't know the date Porcy - thanks! KX Top Shed, 30th November 1934, Driver Sparshatt and Fireman Webster with 'you know who'... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Why would you lay a trolley on its side? It's not likely to run off with only 2 wheels. Answers on a postcard. It forms a nice little table to stand other luggage on? Davey 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 It's a bit parkie out... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted July 28, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2017 Happy days. 5 Donny returns would just about double my take home pay. Even better if you could get a Sunday one on top! Still not as good as the contract link for the drivers at "The Cross" though. Paul J. The 'short mileage' for freight guards was the bread and butter on my living wage for a long time. topped up with a bit of time and a third between 22.00 and 06.00. I could manage without rest days and Sundays mostly, but some Sunday work was such a doddle it was hard to turn down! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted July 29, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 29, 2017 Luxembourg station, 20th July: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 30, 2017 Author Share Posted July 30, 2017 Glos & Warks this morning.... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
anroar53 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Assisting the Police. Saturday 11.08.90 On a Saturday afternoon Sussex Police turned up at the Depot to ask if it was possible to search the local lineside for evidence in connection with a raid on a local Building Society the previous week. Fortunately the Carriage Washer Road ran the full length of the search area. A spare Unit was brought out, and with an extra four pair of eyes took the Police for a ride. Seen on the return the Sussex Police WDC clutches the successfully recovered dummy shotgun and evidence bag. Edited July 30, 2017 by anroar53 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Portrush on Sunday with the famous "Portrush Flyer". 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) 27 July 1968. Coincidence that the photograph was taken forty nine years ago yesterday? P The following day The Beatles went walkabout in London for a well known photo shoot during a break in the White Album sessions, talking of the Fabs, here they are at Marylebone in 1964... Edited August 3, 2017 by Rugd1022 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 3, 2017 Author Share Posted August 3, 2017 (edited) In the Factory at Old Oak on 20th October 1965, D1004 'Western Invader' in grubby green livery receives some tlc... the old boy on the right with the flat cap and glasses looks like Arthur Lowe...! With my railway mojo rejuvenated recently I'm finding this specific period on the WR more and more absorbing, steam was pretty much gone by this time and corporate blue was still yet to appear, so the Hydraulic fleet was still in green or maroon at this stage with most of the coaching stock also in maroon. Staff wise, the WR still had many thousands of ex-GWR men on its books who must have thought all this Hydraulic malarkey was a passing phase. Edited August 3, 2017 by Rugd1022 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted August 3, 2017 Share Posted August 3, 2017 Been scanning a few slides from the 1980's and came across this taken at Loughborough in, I think, about pril 1989. Lots of changes at the GCR since then! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 A touch of the Southern on the Glos & Warks... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 5, 2017 Author Share Posted August 5, 2017 Photo by Kevin Cole at Exeter St.Davids... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 The ancient practice of brass rubbing, as applied to loco nameplates - he'll have to be quick, as the signal's off already. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2017 In the Factory at Old Oak on 20th October 1965, D1004 'Western Invader' in grubby green livery receives some tlc... the old boy on the right with the flat cap and glasses looks like Arthur Lowe...! D10xx Old Oak 20th October 1965 GSYP IMG_7268.jpg With my railway mojo rejuvenated recently I'm finding this specific period on the WR more and more absorbing, steam was pretty much gone by this time and corporate blue was still yet to appear, so the Hydraulic fleet was still in green or maroon at this stage with most of the coaching stock also in maroon. Staff wise, the WR still had many thousands of ex-GWR men on its books who must have thought all this Hydraulic malarkey was a passing phase. Well, they were right, weren't they. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbo_Tim Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Like the Manchester Victoria pic can just imagine conversation ,last time this went wrong I pushed it back into the socket,but its not worked weve now got a broken one! I reckon they're practicing retracting the electical coupling box on the BSI coupler. Part of sprinter/ pacer/ turbo unit training to this day... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted August 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2017 "Right away!" Sulzer Type 2 D5185 (25035), visiting from the Great Central Railway, departs Gotherington on the Glos/Warks Railway with 2C63, the 1205 Buckland - Cheltenham Racecourse. 29th July 2017 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted August 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2017 A small contingent of the orange army gets a final briefing on the soon to be lengthened short suburban platforms at London Waterloo on 4th August 2017, ahead of three weeks of engineering work which began on 5th August. I hope it all goes smoothly for the orange army, rail staff and travelling public using Waterloo over the next few weeks. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Photo by Dave Goodwin : Longsight Driver Vernon Blair, 18th March 1978... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 Now he looks a very happy person maybe he was coming up for retirement? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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