Irishswissernie Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I have recently acquired a number of slides off E Bay described as originals , they are in the correct Kodachrome card mounts imprinted with the relevant processing dates for the image portrayed but either taken with an inferior camera or are possibly duplicates. Against the duplicate theory is that there are a vast number still unsold where the subject matter wasn't worth the trouble and expense of duplicating. The majority have no subject details etc but I have managed to identify them. I think this one is Borthwick Bank Box with a Brittania on a down goods. Date looks like Sept 65. Can anyone confirm and does the image ring any bells as to the photographer. Ernie 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 On 04/01/2020 at 19:04, Irishswissernie said: I think this one is Borthwick Bank Box with a Brittania on a down goods. Date looks like Sept 65. Can anyone confirm and does the image ring any bells as to the photographer. It's definitely Borthwick Bank, down - sadly though, I'm non the wiser as to the date and/or photographer, Ernie. Lovely image though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Just came across these two shots from Russell Maiden, both taken on 17th September 1968.... 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 Here's one that's annoying me at the moment. It turned up in one of my periodic Google searches, titled "Calstock viaduct, Cornwall". I'm halfway through building a model of Barns Viaduct so I'm not fooled by the Cornish red herring, but I can't find any more than this tiny image of type 4 superpower bound for Carlisle. Just to make it more interesting the image title includes "D231", and if that is a reference to the loco it's a long way from its home depot of Rugby (1F). Obviously 1966 or later from the blue/grey BG and midwinter from the lack of foliage, but only three passenger coaches (and possibly two of them brake ends) which seems a bit short to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 16 hours ago, Richard Hall said: Here's one that's annoying me at the moment. It turned up in one of my periodic Google searches, titled "Calstock viaduct, Cornwall". I'm halfway through building a model of Barns Viaduct so I'm not fooled by the Cornish red herring, but I can't find any more than this tiny image of type 4 superpower bound for Carlisle. Just to make it more interesting the image title includes "D231", and if that is a reference to the loco it's a long way from its home depot of Rugby (1F). Obviously 1966 or later from the blue/grey BG and midwinter from the lack of foliage, but only three passenger coaches (and possibly two of them brake ends) which seems a bit short to me. The Colour Rail reference from my own copy of this says it was D347 in June 1968. Bruce might have more detail though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 15 minutes ago, 37175 said: The Colour Rail reference from my own copy of this says it was D347 in June 1968. Bruce might have more detail though. I've dug out the TIF supplied to me by Bruce and it looks like it's got a square headcode box at No.1 end, and the numbers actually look like D367. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 17 hours ago, Richard Hall said: Here's one that's annoying me at the moment. It turned up in one of my periodic Google searches, titled "Calstock viaduct, Cornwall". I'm halfway through building a model of Barns Viaduct so I'm not fooled by the Cornish red herring, but I can't find any more than this tiny image of type 4 superpower bound for Carlisle. Just to make it more interesting the image title includes "D231", and if that is a reference to the loco it's a long way from its home depot of Rugby (1F). Obviously 1966 or later from the blue/grey BG and midwinter from the lack of foliage, but only three passenger coaches (and possibly two of them brake ends) which seems a bit short to me. Happy New Year to all this thread's contributors and observers; the train pictured is a relatively typical formation for the lunchtime 2M52 Waverley - Citadel, the BG may be on there for some traffic reason, in place of another 4-wheel van type. Repositioning of NPCCS vehicles using the daytime service trains was far from unknown and this may be one such example. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Thanks chaps, not quite as interesting a find as I had hoped. Glad to see you back 'Chard, it has been a bit quiet hereabouts lately and I need all the WR inspiration I can get right now. I'm building baseboards for Stobs and whatever else I may be, I'm no carpenter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfisher24 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 Just a quick one, does know if 60045 Lemberg even travelled, or is likely to have travelled over the Waverley, I know various other english based a3’s did so but I’m unsure about 60045. I have recently got hold of a kit built example of 60045 which needed the chassis and motion rebuilt but the body just needed touching up. So I’d rather not change the name and number because they’ve been nicely done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Close, but no cigar: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dubdee/8115691855 Heading the "Waverley", but south from Carlisle. Edited April 23, 2020 by pH Correct link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfisher24 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 1 hour ago, pH said: Close, but no cigar: https://images.app.goo.gl/jhr2sgXEhYwGSycT7 Heading the "Waverley", but south from Carlisle. Oh well, a touch of modellers licence, either that or change to 60052. But not thnow though I think Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 A number of years ago I got from the Hawick & District MRC a spreadsheet list of steam locos recorded as having worked through Hawick, and 60045 Lemberg is included under the A3s - no date(s) or details of workings, though. HTH. Alasdair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 On 29/04/2020 at 07:43, Richard Hall said: Found this Gerald Robinson photo while researching V2 identities. I haven't seen it (or the location) before: unusual side of the line to take pictures. (Edited to add: I initially thought this must have been north of the tunnel due to the distant signal: it must be further than I thought from the South portal to Whitrope box.) Looks like one of the Gerald Robinson photos he allowed WRHA to use, then someone went and photographed them on display at Whitrope and uploaded them to Flickr ... needless to say we weren't impressed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, 37175 said: Looks like one of the Gerald Robinson photos he allowed WRHA to use, then someone went and photographed them on display at Whitrope and uploaded them to Flickr ... needless to say we weren't impressed! Oh, do you want me to take it down? I hadn't realised there was an issue. Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 35 minutes ago, Richard Hall said: Oh, do you want me to take it down? I hadn't realised there was an issue. Richard Your Flickr site? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 By the way, the Up Main Distant that you can see part way down the train is 365 yards north of Whitrope Siding signal box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) This was the Flickr site in question - pretty obviously a photograph of a photograph. There's only a small matter of copyright issues about that kind of thing. https://www.flickr.com/photos/peteredin/9328710039/in/photolist-dkLwwa-21c5yEW-dJd666-fdm5ug Edited May 1, 2020 by 37175 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 48 minutes ago, 37175 said: Your Flickr site? Absolutely not. Found it via Google Images. I'll pull the post anyway seeing as the photo shouldn't be on the Internet in the first place. Regards, Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, 37175 said: By the way, the Up Main Distant that you can see part way down the train is 365 yards north of Whitrope Siding signal box. Copyright shenanigans apart, that strikes me as an awfully short distance between Distant and Home. I realise Up trains wouldn't be travelling fast at that point, but presumably there was a banner repeater just before the North portal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 14 hours ago, Richard Hall said: Copyright shenanigans apart, that strikes me as an awfully short distance between Distant and Home. I realise Up trains wouldn't be travelling fast at that point, but presumably there was a banner repeater just before the North portal? I'm not sure, but I don't think there was. I've attached a very basic diagram I made about twenty years ago showing distances of all signals from Whitrope Siding 'box - hopefully it's readable. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hall Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 This is just idle curiosity now, but I wonder what the sighting on Whitrope Up Distant was like from inside the tunnel. 365 yards doesn't sound like a lot of space to bring an 800 ton train to a halt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain Mac Posted May 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 4, 2020 Permissible speed Hawick to Riccarton culvert was only 45mph and climbing at 1:92 would factor in stopping distance. Anything of length or weight would of had the speed scrub by the constant curvature from the north anyway. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) Sad happenings at Steele Road in 1907: http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/fatal-accident-at-steele-road-station/ Edited May 11, 2020 by 'CHARD corrections 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 On behalf of Bruce McCartney I recently uploaded this footage onto my Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF3o-JzWkGc 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Iain Mac Posted June 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4, 2020 (edited) I'd understood it to be that the type 4 had failed and come to a stand just in rear of the up distant and the type 3, slightly underpowered for consist, was sent to rescue. Cant mind what Bruce told me when he sent me it years ago. Either way, the duff is DIT and not tandem working the consist. Edited June 4, 2020 by Iain Mac Spelling/phrasing 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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