Guest B Exam Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) I think Alrewas is just in the East Midlands.... 20308 top n tail 20309 and 10 brand new FNA's on delivery from Davis's & Son, Shirebrook to Crewe Coal Yard on Wednesday 27th August 2014. Edited August 27, 2014 by B Exam 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted August 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) An interesting and novel composition nonetheless. How long did you have to wait for that coincidence of two trains visible between the structures, or did you just get lucky? Thank you for your kind words Edwin. I just got lucky. I had set out to see the 07:35 Hope (Earle Sidings) Fhh to Theale Lafarge Fhh working which was coming down the Manton Line and then the 09:31 Radlett Redland Roadstone to Mountsorrel Sdgs working which would be on the main line through Leicester. They were due to pass the junction 9 minutes apart. The Hope - Theale working was a minute early and I was a minute late, I must walk faster, so I only saw the tail of the Hope train disappearing around the curve. I could see the down Meridian approaching but then heard the up train coming behind me so I just aimed and clicked, I didn't really think about the 'off railway' scene. My photo of the, on time, Radlett train is on the 66 thread and is, I hope, a better composition. I just wish that the downsizing of the pictures to post them here didn't degrade them so much. The two Meridians are a 7.9 Mb picture on my computer and much sharper. Link to Flikr https://flic.kr/p/oDVskm Geoff Edited August 27, 2014 by geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 IMG_0061.jpg 1C30 09:29 Sheffield to St Pancras International meets 1F21 09:58 St Pancras International at Kettering North Junction. 10:42 on Wednesday 27 August 2014. Apologies to the Diocese of Peterborough for knocking the top of the spire off St Peter and St Paul's, Kettering. Geoff Interesting comparison to my (poor) photo in Peak days here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/29471-passing-trains/?p=391539 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted August 28, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 28, 2014 Interesting comparison to my (poor) photo in Peak days here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/29471-passing-trains/?p=391539 I don't think it is a poor photo at all. The experts may point to specific issues but the important point is that it is a record of the line at that moment. The pictures we take today are tomorrow's history and we need to record as much as we can. When it is gone, it is gone and memories do not last unfailingly for ever. With the threat / promise of electrification of the Midland Mainline I set out to try to record the over bridges around Kettering before they are replaced or altered to accommodate the wires. Similarly there is talk of re-instating the double track between Kettering and Corby and so I keep an eye on things there as far as I can. All these pictures are valuable records. Thank you for posting it and the link to it. Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 ...and thanks for recording the line just before electrification. Last few times I've travelled it this year, there have been a lot of footbridge components lying around ready for installation, as well as some already installed. Sharnbrook and Market Harborough areas in particular I think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted August 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) The Manton line just north of the former Glendon South Junction, do the barriers signify a start on the re-doubling between Kettering and Corby? Does anyone have any info on this? Geoff IMG_0053.jpg Looking south from the Glendon Iron Coy’s bridge. 23 August 2014. IMG_0051.jpg Looking north from the Glendon Iron Coy’s bridge. 23 August 2014. Further developments. https://flic.kr/p/oDVRKA 1M21 10:01 St Pancras International to Corby passes a work party just after passing under the Glendon Iron Coy’s Bridge on the final leg of its journey to Corby, 11:03 on Wednesday 27 August 2014. Geoff Edited August 29, 2014 by geoff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted August 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 29, 2014 ...and thanks for recording the line just before electrification. Last few times I've travelled it this year, there have been a lot of footbridge components lying around ready for installation, as well as some already installed. Sharnbrook and Market Harborough areas in particular I think? My pleasure. Geoff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 ...and thanks for recording the line just before electrification. Last few times I've travelled it this year, there have been a lot of footbridge components lying around ready for installation, as well as some already installed. Sharnbrook and Market Harborough areas in particular I think? Two footbridges have sprung up recently just west of the M1 between Long Eaton and Spondon, one being of the massive ramped variety. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) A trip down memory lane..... Those who visited a Derby Loco Works Open Day will remember this slope. Most would enter the works from Siddals Road (those long queues), under the Five Arches, then past the bike sheds and turn right up the slope. There'd be usually a lot of stands here selling metal loco badges (remember them), railway books/magazines and stalls for preservation societies. The difference in levels between the Top and Bottom Yards was about 8ft. Edited September 5, 2014 by Western Sunset 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) I used to man the stand flogging enamel badges as well as the miniature railway with all the proceeds going to St. Christopher's Railway Orphanage. That meant we got in early to set up and could get pictures of the main exhibits before the hoardes descended. Edit: No.1 Shop to the right of the picture is one of the few remains of 'Derby Loco'. It is now part of the Derby College Campus and adjoins the historic Roundhouse which will be the venue for the 2015 Derby Model Railway Exhibition in May. Edited September 6, 2014 by Poor Old Bruce 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 This is the East Midlands Miscellanary thread isn't it? Well off the Southern Region Scalextric set 73119+73138 with 73201 on the rear pass Claypole between Grantham and Newark with 1Q05 Peterborough to Derby test train on Saturday 6th Sept 2014. 1Q05 Terminated at Doncaster due to brake issues, so it ran back to Derby Sunday lunchtime. Here, 1Q05 passes Duffield with all 3 73s on the front! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Double-headed BR Standard Blue with small size double-arrows, not thought you'd see that in 2014... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted September 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2014 MML electrification works at Harrowden Junction. Gt Harrowden, The Slips to Finedon road bridge, Harrowden Junction south side.15 April 2014. Gt Harrowden, The Slips to Finedon road bridge, Harrowden Junction north side. 15 April 2014 The Slips or Harrowden Lane bridge between Gt Harrowden and Finedon. 14 August 2014. The Slips or Harrowden Lane bridge between Gt Harrowden and Finedon. 3 September 2014. Harrowden Lane bridge undergoing re-construction in preparation for the electrification of the Midland Main Line. Monday 15 September 2014. Harrowden Lane Bridge, near Harrowden Junction. Sunday 21 September 2014. That's all, you can relax now. Geoff 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted October 24, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2014 Welland Valley viaduct Friday 24 October 2014 from Cessna 172 G-ZACE. Geoff 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 Haven't posted on this thread for awhile, so here's a view from one of my favourite locations. We are at Deep Dale Bridge, near Barrow upon Trent on the Stenson - Sheet Stores freight line. A pair of Immingham Class 31s head home with empty oil tanks for one of the South Humberside refineries. Whilst both are in Railfreight Grey, the leading one looks to be a slightly lighter shade, or maybe it's just the strong autumn light. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 22, 2014 Author Share Posted November 22, 2014 As the shadows lengthen on the same day, a Class 37 ambles past with empty HEAs and HAAs - possibly from Garston as there was a flow of export coal during this period - late 1980s. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd84 Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 PinzaC55's photos of Whitwick station reminded me of a trip tp Coalville in 1963 to seek out the last Midalnd 2F 0-6-0s as we afterwards walked along that line to Shepshed. Somewhere (safe?) is a photo I took of Whitwick station from the track side but don't hold your breath waiting for me to post it (sorry). To make up for that, here are the photos I took of the 2Fs: Hi, Nice photo's. I've been researching the Charnwood Forest Railway for many years - I see you mention photo's of Whitwick - I wondered if you had taken photo's on your walk to Shepshed ? Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Hi, Nice photo's. I've been researching the Charnwood Forest Railway for many years - I see you mention photo's of Whitwick - I wondered if you had taken photo's on your walk to Shepshed ? Cheers Paul I think I also took a photo of Coalville's other station at the time (remember it was over 50 years ago (heck!!!)) but, although the photos are still about somewhere, I haven't seen them for ages. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Derby Station some 35 years ago - pouring with rain and precious little shelter from some of the removed canopies on platform 2. A Class 47/0 waits at platform 1 with a northbound cross-country service. Note the Mk1 RMB at the front of the train and whisps of steam heat. A Matlock-bound Class 120 stands adjacent. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Derby Station some 35 years ago - pouring with rain and precious little shelter from some of the removed canopies on platform 2. Could almost reuse your captions for these of mine... those canopies were really horrible. More gloom at Derby from the same period. Must have been a dingy day, as even the DMU lights show up on the photo: This one with enough snow to make it miserable, but not enough to make it picturesque. More wisps of steam, and a reminder that opening-window Mk2s could be steam heated: 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Derby Station some 35 years ago - pouring with rain and precious little shelter from some of the removed canopies on platform 2. A Class 47/0 waits at platform 1 with a northbound cross-country service. Note the Mk1 RMB at the front of the train and whisps of steam heat. A Matlock-bound Class 120 stands adjacent. There's not much shelter from the new ones either! Also I understand they don't have enough clearance for overhead wires, so will need to be modified Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Seeing as we are at Derby I thought I'd post this blast from the past: The date is December 1985, the right hand side of the W H Smiths stand (along with the car hire kiosk) had already been blocked off. Looks like there might be some good old '80s Goths/Rockers going to Rock City in Nottingham. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbb Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 the front buildings of Derby station were really quite impressive-anyone know why it was all demolished? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) I presume the maintenance costs were getting high and that the original building just wasn't fit for purpose ( i.e. shove as many people through a concourse as you can). I should have posted this photo along with the other one: March 1984 before any of the reworking began. Edited December 7, 2014 by Flood 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 A gloomy May day at Toton in 1980, as 45103 heads the late evening Nottingham - Glasgow Freightliner. Note the humble wooden fence serving as the only lineside fencing by the approach road to the diesel depot, bottom right. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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