JeffP's photos, early 70's and 80's.

[11B]

Jeff,

 

The Escort photos may be off topic, but as a former Escort owner myself, very interesting.  I went through a series of Fords, starting with an Anglia 105E, various Escorts (Mks 1, 2 & 3) and ending with a Mondeo.  The latter was the most unreliable car I ever owned, so I then switched brands like you.

 

Back on topic, keep the railway photos coming as most are of areas I do not know.  Thanks for taking the time to scan and post.

My first car was a mk3 Escort..... It didn't even make it home from the garage... Oil pump went, and warning light didn't work.... One replacement engine later....... I moved on to Renaults and never looked back!!!!

 

Ian

 

Ian

[the penguin of doom]

I went from a Mkll Escort to a Mkl as my first cars. Absolutely superb motors! Sadly, neither were the sporty versions.

 

To say I was amazed that the lady who bought my perfectly sound Mkl sent it to a scrap yard, well, words failed me at the time when I saw my old Blue bonnet travelling round on a White Escort! Such a waste of a perfectly good motor!

 

Anywho, cracking pictures Jeff.

 

Cheers.

 

Sean.

[JeffP]

Amusing that, on a model RAILWAY forum, older cars have generated such interest. I now run an Impreza with almost 500bhp...but that's another story.

 

Anyway, tonight we move to the second folder of photos, of which there are far fewer than the first, which ran to almost 1000.

 

If you notice any you've seen before, bear with me, please...I got fed up with the first folder and posted a few from the beginning of the second once before, but they should all be new to you after a day or so.

 

Class 87 departing Crewe, circa 1980.

 

Class 81, 81010  is moving off the loco line to take charge of it's next train, Crewe, circa 1980.

 

Crewe diesel depot, from the embankment by the entrance, with some interesting cars on show, including a yellow 4-door MkI Escort. Circa 1980.

 

two views of green liveried class 40, 40106 at Doncaster, circa 1980.

 

Crewe works, and 86037 looks to be awaiting it's turn, while 47160 looks ex-works. September 1979.

 

Doncaster works, and class 56, 56099, resplendant in large logo blue with a white roof, looks fresh from the paint shops. Circa 1980??

 

The works shunters at Doncaster, 08444 and 08114, pause between duties. Circa 1980.

 

YGH "Seacow" (???) bogie ballast hopper, DB982864 is parked behind Loughborough station, circa 1979.

 

And behind it was YGH "Sealion" DB982900

 

 

 

[talisman56]

That 'Sealion' looks like it's had the 'Seacow' mods done on it (the most obvious being the 'shelters' at either end) but the labelling hasn't been changed...

[Pugsley]

They're both Sealions - the Seacow was the welded variant and I think they were all delivered in the yellow/grey paint scheme.

[Fat Controller]

They're both Sealions - the Seacow was the welded variant and I think they were all delivered in the yellow/grey paint scheme.

The Seacow was air-braked only, but with vacuum pipes, so wouldn't have had the very prominent vacuum cylinders on the two wagons shown. They had a different design of bogie as well- the Y27.

The safety cages over the operator's platform were fitted to the Seacows from new, but most Sealions were retrofitted.

[JeffP]

Thanks...I looked up YGH and it gave both.....

 

An hour or so at Althorpe station tonight, circa 1980.

 

Class 20, running light engine, 20118 is returning eastbound. Quite a rare shot. Apart from ONE that used to outstation at Barnetby, and was occasioanlly used at the bottom of the Gunhouse bank as a banker, they almost always ran in pairs hereabouts.

 

The evening sun silhouettes a class 31 returning east with steel empties.

 

Class 47, which is I think 47350, has a yellow light as it is about to tackle Gunhouse bank.

 

Class 37 on a mixed freight, takes the curve into Althorpe station before crossing the River Trent.

 

The same train has now passed the photographer, I believe the loco to be 37021. It, too, only has a yellow for the bank.

 

 

Edited March 21, 2014 by JeffP

[balders]

Loving this topic many thanks Jeff! So many memories....

[JeffP]

Deltics at Doncaster tonight. Around 1982?

 

Photographed from the top of the multi-storey at Doncaster, class 55 "Deltic", 55015, "Tulyar" leaves for the north with an express passenger train.

 

And next northbound service is 55009, "Alycidon".

 

From St James' Bridge, class 55 "Deltic", 55003, "Meld" threads through the pointwork south of Doncaster station with an express for Kings Cross. Another of it's class is parked awaiting entry to the works.

 

Looking ex-works, 55013, "The Black watch" is photographed on Doncaster Works.

 

A better shot of 55013, with the Crimpsall erecting shops behind it. They were named after an area of the marsh beside the River Don, cleared to build the works.

 

Class 55, "Deltic" 55003, "Meld" again heading south.

 

And last Deltic for tonight, 55007, "Pinza" is also heading south.

 

Strange to note that on this day, all the Deltics I saw were from the first original named batch..even 55013 was an early namer, the others being named almost from the off, being 1, 3, 7, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 20. By this time, 1 and 20 had been withdrawn as early casualties, meaning I only "needed" 12 and 18 that day for a set.

 

The obligatory visit to the Kirk Street works entrance produced class 37 37129, with what appears to be a silver, or white roof.

 

 

Edited March 22, 2014 by JeffP

[SouthernBlue80s]

Great Pics Jeff

Liked the Mexico

Strangely I aso run a 500hp ish impreza

Pic here on this thread

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79219-boxchester-southern-region-1982/page-3

 

 

Anyway back on topic

The 47 pics are giving me inspiration to model some specific 47s and base the deatails and weathering on your pics.

(I remember seeing County of Hertfordshire and Essex alot)

Edited March 22, 2014 by SouthernBlue80s

[eastwestdivide]

As ever, the background details are also fascinating - in the last photo of the Deltic above are the "little yellow tractors" that appeared in my notebooks around that time - I believe they were exported via Sheerness (or possibly Queenborough, or Ridham Dock), or at least they came through N Kent on a regular basis, using the SAA 400xxx series wagons. Where were they built though?

[JeffP]

Southernblue80's: nice, it looks like a version 5?

 

eastwestdivide: as far as I'm aware, they were made at the international harvester plant at Doncaster, which used to be rail-served, sadly now closed and derelict.

[JeffP]

Only a few tonight, from various places.

 

We start with an early HST at Doncaster, unit number 254025 is awaiting the road to the north, one evening circa 1980.

 

Evening Star on the Scarborough Spa Express.

 

Class 02, D2860, preserved at the NRM.

 

Class 33, 33112 on arrival at Waterloo.

 

Worksplate of, I think a class 73, Waterloo. I am reliably informed it's on 73141...thanks Flamingo

 

Waterloo, with classes 33, 73 and 403 awaiting departure.

 

Sorry there are so few tonight, they don't fit in with what comes next.

Edited March 24, 2014 by JeffP

[The Border Reiver]

The worksplate relates to 73141...

[LNERGE]

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Evening Star on the Scarborough Spa Express.

When did they discover the issue with raised check rails?

[Phil Bullock]

More cracking pics Jeff - but as for that UID 37

 

The same train has now passed the photographer, I believe the loco to be 37021. It, too, only has a yellow for the bank.

 

Wouldn't be 37021 - that was a split boxer - see http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5150/5662448361_c4d0b5d1a4_z.jpg

 

Your loco is a centre boxer with roof mounted horns - 37201 perhaps?

 

Cheers

 

Phil

 

[The Stationmaster]

When did they discover the issue with raised check rails?

Quite a long time back - possibly even in the late 1980s but definitely in BR days (as a result of 92220 getting derailed).

[sb67]

Just spent a couple of hours looking through this thread, the photo's are fantastic, brings back loads of memories! Great stuff.

Steve.

[JeffP]

Thanks.

 

Tonight's few are some of my earliest photos. Sadly, the negatives are lost, and they were originally printed on what was called "silk" paper...slightly rough to the touch. It didn't take fingerprints, but the pattern can be discerned on the copies. Sorry.

 

Class 55 Deltic, Which I believe to be 9012, "Crepello", races north with the 1300 Kings Cross - Edinburgh, 1S14, on a sunny afternoon in June 1972. Ranskill

 

About ten minutes later a class 46 storms north with a service to Newcastle.

 

And closely following that, class 47 still in two-tone green races south with a service to Kings Cross from Leeds. The loco could be D1855.

 

The above three photos are now all but impossible with the wires and the embankments very overgrown at that spot.

 

Briostol Bath Road depot, from the platforms at Temple Meads, and a class 52 moves off the shed with a class 47. Circa 1972.

 

This one is at Scorrier, near Redruth, with a Western diesel sporting a 4A39 headcode, heading west with a passenger working for Penzance. May 1974.

 

Sadly, the prints aren't clear enough to read loco numbers and my notes from then don't survive.

Edited March 24, 2014 by JeffP

[keefer]

According to http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/wtt72-73.htm

1E07 was the 11.00 edinburgh-KX

Leeds-KX trains, indeed any non-scottish up ECML trains were 1Axx

[Jack]

Depending on how good your scanner and software is, could you alter the settings?

 

There are some amazing pics on this thread, well done!!!

[JeffP]

From one end of the country to the other, tonight.

 

A damp day at Eastfield, with class 27's and a class 47 parked outside. One of the 27's looks like it's having a boiler test? Circa 1980.

 

And by the time we got to Polmadie, the sun was shining again...line up of shunters outside the repair shed, including a class 06....by this time they were becoming rare.

 

A better view of class 06, 06007 at Polmadie.

 

Motherwell depot, with 37237 nearest the camera.

 

Long shot of the depot at Motherwell, there would appear to be a rake of container flats in for repair.

 

Long shot of Wigan (Springs Branch) depot, with the long suffering wife in the foreground, her hair would indicate it was a windy day.

 

Class 25, 25326 at Wigan (Springs Branch).

 

And this is the rear of Eastleigh depot, another Merrymaker trip, this time to Bournemouth, and we went back to Eastleigh.

 

Class 33, 33105, in excellent external condition, with a parcels train at Bournemouth.

Edited March 25, 2014 by JeffP

[Ray M]

Looks like the Polmadie shunter line up as 2 

06 shunters in the line up.

[brushman47544]

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Long shot of Wigan (Springs Branch) depot, with the long suffering wife in the foreground, her hair would indicate it was a windy day.

 

 

You are lucky, she must be very tolerant. I'm sure mine would have refused to get out of the car - or even refused to get in in the first place!

[JeffP]

Looks like the Polmadie shunter line up as 2 

06 shunters in the line up.

 Yes, it does, you are right.

 

 

 

You are lucky, she must be very tolerant. I'm sure mine would have refused to get out of the car - or even refused to get in in the first place!

 

We used to go to other places and "detour" to a nearby shed. Difficult sheds could be accessed by the application of pretty blonde asking for us both....