RMweb Premium phil-b259 Posted October 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2018 OK, so not the usual happy fare - but unfortunately still very much ‘a human side of the railway’ so to speak https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/heartbreaking-story-broken-train-driver-2093608?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted October 13, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 13, 2018 On a happier note: Starting the day in nice, clean, fresh overalls. They don't last long when the first job is to clean out a Barclay's smokebox! Taken today at 'Rocks by Rail' in Rutland Regards Ian 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 And in the same vein as my recent pic, here we see 99 7232-4 getting greased. This is outside the shed in Wernigerode on the Harz metre-gauge system. 90 route-miles of narrow gauge, with lots of steam. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2018 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 My engine is better than yours. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 16, 2018 Author Share Posted October 16, 2018 (edited) Photo c/o Alex McCallum, the young secondman in the doorway, with his driver Jim Moodie at Ayr depot... Photo c/o Russell Maiden, a young spotter with D1000 'Western Enterprise' outside Swindon Works in 1962... Marlene Dietrich on the tube in June 1973, she was appearing at Wimbledon Theatre at the time... Edited October 16, 2018 by Rugd1022 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Another one from Swanage Gala last weekend; awaiting the 'tip' at Harmans Cross. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted October 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2018 Presumably tender drive to judge from the pile of coal needed to hide the ringfield motor... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) Some time ago I posted a pic of Old Oak man Dennis Mansell posing on the front of D817 at Bristol TM in 1960, I've subsequently been sent another couple taken at the same time, obviously everyone on board that day wanted a keepsake...! Edited October 18, 2018 by Rugd1022 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Scottish-Exile Posted October 18, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2018 Photo c/o Alex McCallum, the young secondman in the doorway, with his driver Jim Moodie at Ayr depot... FB AYR Alex McCallum & Dvr Jim Moodie.jpg A blast from the past. I was the roster clerk at Ayr TMD back then. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Couple from Watercress ASG: 1.Loneliness of long-distance signalman (with apologies to Alan Sillitoe!) 2. Thinks:...."Wonder if I rub hard enough it will turn into a Castle"....?!! Edited October 21, 2018 by Andy Louch 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2018 A young Western Aviator spoils an otherwise decent view of the back end of 253023 at Swindon, circa 1980. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Utrecht, 1956... Passengers awaiting the 08.08 to Paddington at Southall in the big freeze of 1963, photo c/o Frank Dumbleton… Edited October 21, 2018 by Rugd1022 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Bromford Bridge in Brum, photo c/o Dave Binder... Liverpool Street in 1952, photo by Harry Todd... Mods, rozzers and BRUTES... 50 010 on the blocks at Padd, photo c/o Peter Hamy… 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Iver, Bucks... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2018 Iver, Bucks... IVER BUCKS -00_10_43-2014-09-05-10h29m51s225.jpg Nidge that looks like it might be a clip from a film. And it isn't Iver - unless the cutting that's there today is a later addition Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) Nidge that looks like it might be a clip from a film. And it isn't Iver - unless the cutting that's there today is a later addition Bordon Station LMR. From the film Runaway Railway (1966) Keep an Eye out for Hugh Lloyd as "Management Railway Disposals". Edited October 25, 2018 by Porcy Mane 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Where on earth did you find that Porcy? Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Where on earth did you find that Porcy? Unfortunately it is stored away in the brain cells forever. I wish I could free up those brain cells as you know I'm desperately in need of some new ones. For one thing it would save traders chasing me round shows saying, "Oi, are these your glasses I found on my stand?" "Oi, is this your bag of shopping you left on my stand?" "Oi, is this your credit card I found on my stand?" Ad infinitum! I'm sure others can add to the list. P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 These two certainly the right spot for me : Brum New Street, photo c/o Phil Edgar... Crewe Works Open Day, 24th September 1977, photo c/o Ian Walmsley... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Another of mine. P 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Sorry but you of all people should know - pictures of lamp posts are not allowed on this thread. But just out of curiosity, is that a Glasgow made REVO with the barley twist? Dave. Edited October 26, 2018 by davefrk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 But just out of curiosity, is that a Glasgow made REVO with the barley twist? Revo, "Made in Glasgow". Aw come on. Anywez, a good bit of straight fluting beats the flamboyance of a barley twist any day. Lampost by Paul Aylett, on Flickr P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 More lampposts please! Last nights tv show about GWR had apiece about the stationmaster at Didcot ,what a character friendly happy with a good sense of humour and I liked his flat cap. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Reading General ahoy... D1002 is put 'in the book' in 1962... A picket line outside the station in 1962... A HST gets a bit of attention in 1980, photo c/o Ian Parish... A slight faux pah at platform 5 in 1983, photo c/o Michael Hobbs... Down on the Southern bit in 1965... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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