'CHARD Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 When you look at subjects from another angle, it's amazing what you unearth. Here's Willow Holme power station, and its environs..... http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/eaw000306 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Found this cleaning up in the loft. Can't remember when / where I got it, probably at an exhibition years ago. Nothing on reverse and card inside is blank. Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Scottish Modeller Posted January 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2016 HI all, Came across a couple of interesting things on You Tube.... “Ian Nairn Across Britain - From Leeds into Scotland Pt. 1” https://youtu.be/h3H6XtYTx24 “Ian Nairn Across Britain - From Leeds into Scotland Pt. 2” https://youtu.be/TeZlabluu10 Includes footage from Carlisle over the Waverley Route to Edinburgh. Thanks 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 HI all, Came across a couple of interesting things on You Tube.... “Ian Nairn Across Britain - From Leeds into Scotland Pt. 1” https://youtu.be/h3H6XtYTx24 “Ian Nairn Across Britain - From Leeds into Scotland Pt. 2” https://youtu.be/TeZlabluu10 Includes footage from Carlisle over the Waverley Route to Edinburgh. Thanks You've just reminded me that I posted up a section of this on Youtube as well, almost 4 years ago! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a8Q0qIyXnNA/VWDNevmkJhI/AAAAAAACPJ8/1DbWcxHnIzg/s1600/Old%2BPhotograph%2BRailway%2BStation%2BNewtongrange%2BScotland.jpg from: http://tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.co.uk/2015_05_17_archive.html Cheers, 26power 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted February 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2016 I recently purchased Bruce McCartney's new book, "Memories of Lost Border Railways" and recommend it to all Waverley Route fans. It features numerous railway stories written by locals illustrating how much the line was part of the many communities in the various areas served by it and also in their individual lives. In addition there are a great many excellent photographs. Copies are available from Bruce, (see his web site thread here). A must for your library! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerhillboy Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Spoke to bruce the other day and the first batch of books is gone, which is good news for him, and even better he confirmed a second batch of books is on its way Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Thank you for that video of Ian Nairn. A great hero of mine. As a first year Liverpool student I assisted in mounting his famous exhibition 'Subtopia' in 1956; it had a huge effect on me. But a very sad personal story - rather like his contemporary Tony Hancock - he had no sense of his own worth and drank himself to death at only 53. At least he never saw the shambles of rail Privatisation. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpster Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Have we had these before? http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/2607/44081-at-Steele-Road http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/2021/60079-at-Hawick-South http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/3780/Cicero-at-Hawick http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/2031/Steam-locomotive-65232 http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/2045/Steam-locomotive-62425 http://www.time-capsules.co.uk/picture/show/4047/Last-week-at-Riccarton-Junction If so, apologies. If not, enjoy! Arp 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 18, 2016 Author Share Posted February 18, 2016 I personally hadn't previously seen that final week window-hanging shot at Riccarton on 2-1-69. Great finds, Arp! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawick_1987 Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 That second photo i'm sure is actually copyright of the WRHA? Could be wrong - need Mr Stoddon on the case! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 That second photo i'm sure is actually copyright of the WRHA? Could be wrong - need Mr Stoddon on the case!I know the photo you're thinking, but I'm pretty sure this isn't it. You're thinking of the photo showing 70033 in a similar position, which is copyright WRHA Archive. It has been used by the BBC (with permission) amongst others. Not sure of the original photographer of several of those photos, suffice to say that there is the odd name that has only started appearing recently, particularly on that specific website. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share Posted April 11, 2016 61324 at Kilnknowe in an epic shot: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=54691 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 18, 2016 Author Share Posted July 18, 2016 One of the most compelling compositions so far: https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=55812 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 (edited) Have we had this before? No apologies if we have. http://cumbrianrailways.zenfolio.com/p32854980/h1ad93d86#h1ad93d86 http://cumbrianrailways.zenfolio.com/p32854980/h1ad93d86#h1932cb7 Edited July 19, 2016 by 'CHARD 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Brunthill bridge - wonderfully low key shot http://cumbrianrailways.zenfolio.com/p32854980/h1ad93d86#h139f94f7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Flying into Gala.... https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=55895 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 No harm can come from repeating this here, for those who haven't seen it. Incredible footage of 1966 BRCW and 2S52 at Melrose and Gala, but even more essential are the environs, especially Gala station garden, footbridge and forecourt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyOZFUzuFPE 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 No harm can come from repeating this here, for those who haven't seen it. Incredible footage of 1966 BRCW and 2S52 at Melrose and Gala, but even more essential are the environs, especially Gala station garden, footbridge and forecourt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyOZFUzuFPE ... and a perfect accompaniment to this is provided at https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=55892 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) ... and a perfect accompaniment to this is provided at https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=55892 Or this one from George Kinghorn's photographs - the Gala pilot D3878 in charge of the coaches for the filming! Thanks to Dougie Squance for making Kinghorn's photographs available. EDIT: As 08711 this loco is languishing withdrawn in Tees Yard at the time of writing. 'Chard Edited August 3, 2016 by 'CHARD 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 GeorgeKinghorn_010 b.jpg Or this one from George Kinghorn's photographs - the Gala pilot in charge of the coaches for the filming! Thanks to Dougie Squance for making Kinghorn's photographs available. Yes, lots of fascinating stuff here. I reckon 25 Sept 1966 was a Sunday and wondered if the train filmed at Galashiels was specially staged, as there’s nothing obviously suitable in my 1966 timetable – the Kinghorn pic confirms that, and explains why the film doesn’t actually show the train arriving ! Don’t suppose anyone’s got the relevant Special Traffic Notice from back then? The train arriving at Melrose could however have been filmed at any time and might be the 09.20 from Carlisle (note the tail traffic). It looked to have the standard WR 4-coach diesel-era BSK/SK/CK/BSK formation, although the SK appeared to be an ex-LMS one. It might have been September but clearly the steam heating was working. At Gala, the carriage roof-board on the BR Mk.1 SK saying "London - Leeds - Edinburgh" (more visible in the film footage) looked like a clever piece of attention to detail by the film-makers, to convey the idea that the lad was travelling from way down south…. Alasdair 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 This thread just elevated itself to the next level - Brilliant fellas! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 (edited) Certainly the train at Gala is posed. There are only three coaches, there are 'extras' chatting on the platform and obscuring the view, and the heaps of parcels are props, albeit in vaguely the same place that the GPO vans would routinely collect them. It would be very interesting to know the nature of the local working that got them there, presumably paid for by the production company. It's also amazing to think that Gala had a pilot as late as '66, the yard presumably still generating sufficient traffic after the Selkirk trip had finished two years previously. The Melrose filming is completely unconnected in my estimation - the interior shots of the boys' interaction would almost certainly have been filmed elsewhere, probably at Gala. Edited August 3, 2016 by 'CHARD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62440 Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 It's also amazing to think that Gala had a pilot as late as '66, the yard presumably still generating sufficient traffic after the Selkirk trip had finished two years previously. In fact Gala still had a pilot until (at least) March 1968 to work the yard and also the Kelso branch. The last 350HP freight to Kelso took some loaded coal wagons there, so the Hawick pilot, a Clayton, cleared out the yard at Kelso after closure. At least that's what the bloke on duty at the station said the following week when I took along some photos. We'd stuck the name "Borderer" near the cab (as well as Ian Fergusson's headboard) on the locomotive. I think there was a local freight working between Hawick and Galashiels using the Hawick Clayton in the dying years, but maybe someone can confirm that. I'm sure there's one of the late Robin Barbour photos showing two 350HP diesels in Galashiels shed, I think along with a mothballed A4. It may very well be on Railscot. Bruce 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 .... I'm sure there's one of the late Robin Barbour photos showing two 350HP diesels in Galashiels shed, I think along with a mothballed A4. It may very well be on Railscot. Bruce These may be the ones you mention - https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=27942 and https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=25189 Is there a note of the numbers of the 350s anywhere? Alasdair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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