Poor Old Bruce Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Think this thread has become a bit boring with its constant list of links to pictures !! Agreed - I've been thinking that myself - let's have some proper pictures instead of links. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 I'll see what I can do later this evening...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Agreed - I've been thinking that myself - let's have some proper pictures instead of links. How difficult is it to click a link? Most of johnw1's pictures have been absolutely superb and the historical notes that go with them are fascinating. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 How difficult is it to click a link? Most of johnw1's pictures have been absolutely superb and the historical notes that go with them are fascinating. Rob If you have to click a link and your on a limited download allowance it can easily be used up !!! much better if a smaller picture is shown in the post. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 Well here we are at St Mary's Junction, just north of Derby. It's a beautiful spring evening in May 1982 as 45134 sweeps past with the 10.21 Penzance - Leeds service. In the yard is a Cl.08, whilst on the extreme right is another Peak waiting with a freight. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2014 Wow that scene is totally unrecognisable now!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 But you'll still recognise this spot Jim; Weston upon Trent, on the Stenson - Sheet Stores freight line. In the 1970s and 80s, the annual Spalding Flower Festival was a big draw for railway excursions. Here 47511 "Thames" heads an excursion from Plymouth to Spalding. Quite a long way round to Spalding, but i'm sure everyone had a good day out. The village primary school can be seen on the right. This has been replaced by one in a new location, home to an annual model railway show. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted April 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2014 An un identified class 56 making its way round from the Corby Southwood sidings area to the Corby Tube Works with a delivery of steel strip coils from Margam I guess. 1996. Geoff 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted April 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2014 Again an unidentified class 60 with the return empties from the Corby Tube Works near Corby Southwood Sidings area. 1996. Geoff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold geoff Posted April 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2014 66091 sneaks out of the Corby Tube works with the 10:22 Corby B.S.C. to MargamT.C. empties having set off 10 minutes early and about to pass under the Weldon Road. 31 March 2014. Geoff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Still at Weston-on-Trent, though on a much duller winter's afternoon. Here a Cl.45/0 heads past the site of the former station with eastbound empty HBAs. The old station building can be glimpsed behind the yellow BR van. OS maps show the name of the village as Weston-on-Trent, though the parish name on the same maps reads Weston upon Trent. Take your pick. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Just another grey day in the Erewash Valley as a Cl.58 begins the climb out of Toton up to the High Level Goods Line, with coal for Ratcliffe Power Station. The Wagon Shops look busy, with an attendant Cl.08. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnd Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Still at Weston-on-Trent, though on a much duller winter's afternoon. Here a Cl.45/0 heads past the site of the former station with eastbound empty HBAs. The old station building can be glimpsed behind the yellow BR van. OS maps show the name of the village as Weston-on-Trent, though the parish name on the same maps reads Weston upon Trent. Take your pick. Really enjoyed this pic, haze from the exhaust , load on the curve a superb shot of a 45, great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 One of the trainmen kicks his heels on the platform as his steel train from Teesside to the West Midlands waits at signal DY444 in Derby station. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Staying with Class 31s, ambling along near Barrow upon Trent is a departmental train heading for Toton. The "Red Stripe Railfreight" livery didn't seem to sit well on these locos; too much trying to turn a sows ear into a silk purse for my liking. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 43060 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8498867135/ 156410 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9522316474/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 A NE/SW HST has just left Milford Tunnel and approaches Duffield. Next stop Derby. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 4, 2014 Author Share Posted April 4, 2014 Any passengers wishing to catch the NE/SW HST at Derby would've been greeted with this view if they approached the station from Midland Road. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 But you'll still recognise this spot Jim; Weston upon Trent, on the Stenson - Sheet Stores freight line. In the 1970s and 80s, the annual Spalding Flower Festival was a big draw for railway excursions. Here 47511 "Thames" heads an excursion from Plymouth to Spalding. Quite a long way round to Spalding, but i'm sure everyone had a good day out. The village primary school can be seen on the right. This has been replaced by one in a new location, home to an annual model railway show. Thanks for the show plug. Check out the show details in the exhibition section. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 25297 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6901343245/ E56004 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6339239389/ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 There can't be many of us who've not walked down the lane from the site of Stapleford & Sandiacre station, past the scrapyard with the incessently barking guard dogs, then up the bank to see this view. Toton has been lucky in that it's always been a key location in the railway network. Growth in Midland days, modernisation of the yards by both the LMS and BR, then the establishment of what was at one time Europe's largest diesel depot. The next decades will perhaps see even greater changes with HS2 and the new East Midlands station here. But back in the early 1980s one could still sit and watch freight trains being hump shunted. Here a cut of wagons roll down from the Up Hump and head for Fan 2 of the West Yard. Ratcliffe Power Station dominates the horizon, as it has since the mid 1960s. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 5, 2014 Author Share Posted April 5, 2014 Cl.08 08858 waits patiently on the hump engine line in the New Bank arrival sidings. The Old Bank is full of air-braked coal hoppers. A Cl.56 is on the fuel road at Toton Depot. Even the breakdown crane gets into the picture on the left. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 43043 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8650217225/ 60040 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8650219833/ 158773 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8651317046/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted April 6, 2014 Author Share Posted April 6, 2014 The train is certainly the Corby - Lackenby steel empties but I'm not sure where I took this shot. Might be around Trentlock with the empties taking the mainline rather than the High Level Goods. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 (edited) 43043 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8650217225/... Now that had me confused for a minute, until I noticed the date, 2013. Prior to that, the loop (with the 170) was the Down Goods Loop. Since then, the re-laying of Trent Jn to ease the crossings between the Erewash Valley, Sheet Stores and Main lines and the transfer of control from Trent PSB to Derby, the line has become the Down Slow. The signal seen to the right of the 170 was (before resignalling) slightly unusual in that it was a 2A R/G signal in a 4A Y/G/Y/R area. Now it is, I presume, a 4A 2-lens LED signal. The train is certainly the Corby - Lackenby steel empties but I'm not sure where I took this shot. Might be around Trentlock with the empties taking the mainline rather than the High Level Goods. Looks like Trentlock to me, with the hill in the background, Ratcliffe power station off to the right. You can even see the trail of steam from the cooling towers... Edited April 6, 2014 by DavidBird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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