Dave F more photos added 21 June from 1947 to 1955ish

[Nimbus]

This evenings batch now,most were taken at Loughborough in June 1955 - the wedding guests are part of a family wedding.

 

Loughborough Midland Ivatt 4MT 43045 down pass June 55Scan-130526-0016.jpg

Loughborough Midland Ivatt 4MT 43045 down pass June 55Scan-130526-0016

 

 

You can make any job a White Collar occupation. Just takes a little application.

 

The Nim.

[DaveF]

Trips to Rugby, Daybrook and the old museum at York this afternoon, again from negatives.

 

Daybrook c1954 Scan-130526-0023

 

 

Daybrook looking west c1954 Scan-130526-0024

 

 

Daybrook c1954 Scan-130526-0025

 

 

York old museum GNR Stirling Single c1955 Scan-130526-0026

 

 

York old museum Puffing Billy c1955 Scan-130526-0028

 

 

Rugby WD up goods and Class 40 down ex pass c1960 Scan-130526-0029

 

 

Rugby Coronation Class up ex pass c1960 Scan-130526-0031

 

 

Rugby Peak Class 45 D4 Great Gable up ex pass c1960 Scan-130526-0032

 

 

David

Edited June 9, 2013 by DaveF

[62613]

School caps and long raincoats - takes you back!

[rd84]

Hi Andy,

 

The footbridge was on the Shepshed side of the road bridge. The footpath over the pipe wasn't a public footpath - it was just for private water company access so I assume wouldn't have been mentioned anywhere officially ? - strange that they still need a path over the pipe bridge with no trains present !??

 

Cheers

Paul

 

Thanks Paul

 

Once again the bridge registers can mislead the unwary! It certainly doesn't mention a footpath across the pipe bridge.

 

Was the Thorpe Road footbridge on the Loughborough or Shepshed side of bridge No.29?

 

Andy

 

 

 

[Oldddudders]

Utterly pointless crap carp about a particularly successful picture, but I think in 130526-0032 D4 was a class 44, not 45?

[DaveF]

Utterly pointless crap carp about a particularly successful picture, but I think in 130526-0032 D4 was a class 44, not 45?

 

 Oops!  Yet another thing I do know really - but not today!  I need my brain in gear when typing.

 

David

[DaveF]

A couple more from Rugby this evening, then a quick look at Grantham and a trip to Derby.  I am less sure about the exact location of the one captioned as Long Eaton, so if anyone knows better.....

 

Rugby Rebuilt Royal Scot up parcels c1960 Scan-130526-0033

 

 

Rugby Coronation class up ex pass c1960 Scan-130526-0034

 

 

Grantham B1 down ex pass c1959 perhaps Scan-130526-0040

 

 

Beeston South Junction view from rear of dmu c1959 Scan-130526-0041

 

 

Derby 8F up coal c1959 Scan-130526-0042

 

 

Derby 8F 48081 le c1959 Scan-130526-0043

 

 

Derby Crab up goods c1959 Scan-130526-0045

 

 

Derby BR Class 5 73138 up ex pass c1959 Scan-130526-0046

Edited June 9, 2013 by DaveF

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Hello David,

Always good to see pictures of the Derby area. I live in hope that you might have some more of Chaddesden and Spondon tucked away somewhere..........

 

Just a couple of points:

130526-0041 looks very much like Beeston South Junction to me . The freight is waiting on the Up Goods whilst we're approaching Beeston station from the Nottm direction. The sidings on the left is the Down Yard - later the site of Nottm Freightliner Terminal.

 

Daybrook - though at first sight something of a backwater on the "Back Line", even at that period the station and surroundings were immaculate. Of course this was a heavily-used freight route to Colwick.I can understand why your Dad thought it a good location to model.

[DaveF]

Hello David,

Always good to see pictures of the Derby area. I live in hope that you might have some more of Chaddesden and Spondon tucked away somewhere..........

 

Just a couple of points:

130526-0041 looks very much like Beeston South Junction to me . The freight is waiting on the Up Goods whilst we're approaching Beeston station from the Nottm direction. The sidings on the left is the Down Yard - later the site of Nottm Freightliner Terminal.

 

Daybrook - though at first sight something of a backwater on the "Back Line", even at that period the station and surroundings were immaculate. Of course this was a heavily-used freight route to Colwick.I can understand why your Dad thought it a good location to model.

 

Thanks very much for this, I've amended the caption.

 

David

[melmerby]

Utterly pointless crap carp about a particularly successful picture, but I think in 130526-0032 D4 was a class 44, not 45?

In my day they were just "Peaks"!

 

Keith

[Grafarman]

'Derby 8F 48081 le c1959 Scan-130526-0043'

 

The 8F in this picture looks very clean compared with the one above it, albeit at the same location and year; would there be any particular reason for this one being so turned out when the others appear so grubby?  Apologies for my ignorance, it's just that I do like the look of a shiny black loco and was wondering...

 

Thanks

 

David

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Presumably recently ex-works. Notice the "overhead live wire" flashes, that were just starting to appear then.

Edited June 9, 2013 by Western Sunset

[dagrizz]

Presumably recently ex-works. Notice the "overhead live wire" flashes, that were just starting to appear then.

 

I thought overhead warning flashes started to appear in 1961 - or have I got that wrong?

[Peter Kazmierczak]

I thought overhead warning flashes started to appear in 1961 - or have I got that wrong?

I've got it down somewhere as 1960, but these sort of things are rather variable datewise, as to their actual application onto locos and stock.

[DaveF]

It's time now for this afternoon's batch, again from negatives.  Most of them are in Derbyshire, once again some don't have locos.   Google Earth proved very useful in finding the location of the C&HP bridge -fortunately it is still there on Street View.

 

A quick note about all the photo dates - c (circa) before the year indicates this is the best "guess" from all the information I have, but could be about a year either way - e.g. the recent Derby ones are supposed to be 1959 from the evidence of my own early photos, but just could be 1960.

 

Today there is one captioned as Trent, I'm not quite certain about this.  Image " Scan-130526-0006" from post 765 is also supposed to be Trent, and there are a few more at the same location to follow in a day or so.  What do others think?

 

Trent Class 5 ex pass c1952 Scan-130526-0050

 

 

Dunford Bridge EM1 Class 76 E26027 down goods c1962 Scan-130526-0051

 

 

Tissington c1954Scan-130526-0053

 

 

Tissington c1954 Scan-130526-0054

 

 

Tissington 8F c1954 Scan-130526-0055

 

 

Cromford and High Peak bridge over unclassified road from Hopton to Via Gellia A5012 c1954 Scan-130526-0056

 

 

Cromford and High Peak bridge over unclassified road from Hopton to Via Gellia A5012 c1954 Scan-130526-0057

 

 

Skegness J39 64767 c1955 Scan-130526-0059

 

David

Edited June 10, 2013 by DaveF

[Grafarman]

Those shots of Tissington look really picture-postcard; would make a lovely subject for a layout!

 

More please!

 

David

[beast66606]

I think "Trent" is Rugby - it's certainly LNWR whilst Trent was MR - the junction with the Birmingham line heading off the the left perhaps ?

[TheSignalEngineer]

I think "Trent" is Rugby - it's certainly LNWR whilst Trent was MR - the junction with the Birmingham line heading off the the left perhaps ?

Correct DAS, it's Rugby No.7. The Pratt truss style gantry was the Homes for the Up Fast and Up Slow coming from Newbold. The 2-headed colour light in #765 was the Up Birmingham Inner Home. The 3-doll semaphore was the Up Leamington Home. The straight post with the disc at the foot read Down Goods to Down Leamington and the 3-arm dwarf was in the Down sidings

[DaveF]

I think "Trent" is Rugby - it's certainly LNWR whilst Trent was MR - the junction with the Birmingham line heading off the the left perhaps ?

 

 

Correct DAS, it's Rugby No.7. The Pratt truss style gantry was the Homes for the Up Fast and Up Slow coming from Newbold. The 2-headed colour light in #765 was the Up Birmingham Inner Home. The 3-doll semaphore was the Up Leamington Home. The straight post with the disc at the foot read Down Goods to Down Leamington and the 3-arm dwarf was in the Down sidings

 

Many thanks to you both, I thought the signals were wrong - and in a later view still to come I think there is what even I know to be an LNWR box in the background.

 

David

Edited June 10, 2013 by DaveF

[DaveF]

This evening's set are all on the Great Northern, but not the ECML.

 

Skegness K1 c1955 Scan-130526-0060

 

 

Firsby J39 Skegness to Nottingham c1955 Scan-130526-0063

 

 

Boston Grand Sluice Bridge 1955 Scan-130526-0064

 

 

Boston Derby Lightweight dmu E79621 1955 Scan-130526-0065

 

 

Boston Stump across goods yard 1955 Scan-130526-0066

 

 

Colwick J6 WD and O4s 1955 Scan-130526-0067

 

 

Colwick J52 68852 1955 Scan-130526-0068

 

 

Colwick cabless V2 1955 Scan-130526-0069

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BR(W)]

"Trent Jubilee class ex pass c1952 Scan-130526-0050"

 

Hello.

 

May I suggest that the height of the handrail suggests that the loco is, in fact, a Black 5 (3B boiler), not a Jubilee (3A boiler); and it's not a rebuilt Jubilee (2A boiler) as the top feed isn't on the first ring. Anyone agree?

 

As ever, an extraordinarily varied selection of rattlingly good images. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

Cheers,

 

BR(W).

[DaveF]

"Trent Jubilee class ex pass c1952 Scan-130526-0050"

 

Hello.

 

May I suggest that the height of the handrail suggests that the loco is, in fact, a Black 5 (3B boiler), not a Jubilee (3A boiler); and it's not a rebuilt Jubilee (2A boiler) as the top feed isn't on the first ring. Anyone agree?

 

As ever, an extraordinarily varied selection of rattlingly good images. Thank you so much for sharing.

 

Cheers,

 

BR(W).

 

Thanks for suggesting this.  I've just blown up the original scan to have a close look at the loco, I can see your point about the boiler type.  Also there is no nameplate on very close inspection, so I've altered the caption.

 

David

[JeffP]

Can anyone suggest why the V2 had had it's cab removed? Wouldn't that have been a works job?

[Rob F]

The pictures of Colwick highlight what a large complex this was and also as a secondary point, its loss demonstrates how savagely Nottingham was hit by the closures of the 50s and 60s. Was there any other large city that lost such a high proportion of its rail network as Nottingham did, including 2 of the 3 main routes to London?

 

ROB

[45568]

The Derby lightweight DMU has the same number as Bachmann's 32-516A.Coincidence or what?

Cheers,

Peter C.