East Midlands Miscellany

[18B]

On ‎10‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 22:11, russ p said:

Shame those 56s are supposedly getting sold to GB and re-engined with a GM unit

 

Better however for them to be in service, albeit with different engines....

[russ p]

16 hours ago, 18B said:

 

Better however for them to be in service, albeit with different engines....

 

 

They will loose all their character and basically be 57s , 56s make a fantastic noise 

[geoff]

A blustery Saturday morning with the sun dodging the clouds made for challenging photography just north of Kettering.

 

Geoff

 

IMG_6413 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr

1Z35 06:41 EALING BROADWAY - 14:05 YORK running on 09/03/2019
Train InformationTrain Running & Realtime Information
Runs on 09/03/2019 
STP schedule runs SO from 09/03/2019 - 09/03/2019 
Operated by WCRC 
Unadvertised Express Passenger Service
Diesel Locomotive
Timing Load - 715 tonnes
Timed to run at 60mph
First & Standard Seating09/03/2019 01:10
Train Activated
Train ID - 731Z351609                      KETTERING09:1309:12(-1)09:3409:42(+8)1SStops to take up passengers
Stops for watering of coaches
KETTERING NORTH JUNCTION09:3709:46(+9) (4)6233 Duchess of Sutherland accelerates through Glendon cutting with the Railway Touring   Company's "The Yorkshireman" 9 minutes late after an extended water stop in Kettering where the train arrived on time. 0950 Saturday 9th March 2019 .

IMG_6415 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr

IMG_6416 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr

IMG_6417 by Geoffrey Robinson, on Flickr

 (4)6233 Duchess of Sutherland leans into the curve onto the Manton line at Glendon South with the Railway Touring   Company's "The Yorkshireman" 9 minutes late after an extended water stop in Kettering where the train arrived on time. 0950 Saturday 9th March 2019 .

[ess1uk]

Great pictures 

[18B]

On ‎03‎/‎05‎/‎2014 at 14:00, Peter Kazmierczak said:

One area that I wish I'd investigated more were the colliery branches in the Notts/Derby Coalfield. I was lucky enough once to go down Bentinck Colliery, right to the coalface, in the mid 1970s. The camaraderie of the miners still lingers with me, as did the coal dust for about a week after.

 

Here we are at Tibshelf East Jn in the late 1970s, on the branch serving the pits at Sutton, Silverhill, Teversal and Pleasley. The signalbox was opened as recently March 1969, the fourth box to have been at this location. It closed in January 1984.

 

a fabulous pic,

 

I wouldn't so much say the fourth box however, as there were Tibshelf South Junction, Tibshelf Weighing Machine Sidings, Tibshelf Sidings and Tibshelf East all in existence at the same time. The Tibshelf East box seen here placed the former Midland Railway box which existed on the opposite side of the running line. Note by the time of the is late 1970s view the line has been singled and the wooden steps and ball on the end of the metal rod was for the collection of the token pouch.