RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's of High Dyke. Again the first one is a real classic, and full of atmosphere. Interesting to see the branch from High Dyke. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 1S42 is the 16:00 KX-Edinburgh. The formation indicates that it is the SuO service. The set will form the up Flying Scotsman on Monday morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 1S42 is the 16:00 KX-Edinburgh. The formation indicates that it is the SuO service. The set will form the up Flying Scotsman on Monday morning. Thanks once again Mark. Having looked at the loco used to get to High Dyke from Market Overton and the people present it would indeed have been a Sunday. As well as it being a working to get the NER saloon to High Dyke it was a celebration of a loco owner's birthday. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45059 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Hi Dave, I too like the picture of High Dyke with the spotters on the far side. I'm trying to work out what the car is. It looks like a Rover P5, but I'm not 100% certain. Thanks, as ever, for taking the time to post your pictures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 As usual I am playing catch-up with this marvellous thread. I managed to photograph the Margam - Tunstead working in 1983 scan0016a.jpg 45017 arrives at Peak Forest with the empties from Margam, 13/6/83 cheers MAny thanks That is the first shot I have seen of the train - the up and down workings crossed at Abbotswood around midnight! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Phil, I've got a photo (somewhere) of it leaving Derby bound for Margam - also behind a "Peak". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 Just wish to congratuate you Dave on reaching page 200, it really is a magnificent achievement! Here's to the next 200 pages! Warm regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2015 Phil, I've got a photo (somewhere) of it leaving Derby bound for Margam - also behind a "Peak". Thanks Peter very interested in seeing that if not too much trouble! Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Thanks Peter very interested in seeing that if not too much trouble! Cheers Phil I know it's on a slide somewhere. Really must sort out my pictures one day. I'll post it on here when/if I find it......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2015 Another visit to the London Tilbury and Southend for today's batch. As is often the case the colour has has "gone off" in a couple of them! Barking 302259 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness 29 4 78 C3808 Laindon Class 31 pw train 5 March 78 C3694 Leigh on Sea 302264 down pass July 80 C5077 Southend East 302 295 up pass sunrise Oct 79 C4840 Taken on the way to work after dropping the car off for a service. Tilbury Town Class 08s 08417 and 08357 down l e Feb 76 C2623 David 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hi, Dave. A great set of photo's of the L.T.&S.R. I like the one with 31 and the engineers train. You can see a red light showing in daylight in it on the 31. With warm regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2015 I know it's a way back but that white on the WCML coach roofs is white paint. Probably chucked off an overbridge or similar. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2015 It's not really a 31, it's a toffee-apple! Note that it has red circle coupling code above the buffers. Intersting that it has a red tail lamp on, would that have been authorised at the time? That pair of Jocko's is nice, and something that you just don't see much of. Andy G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2015 It's not really a 31, it's a toffee-apple! Note that it has red circle coupling code above the buffers. Intersting that it has a red tail lamp on, would that have been authorised at the time? That pair of Jocko's is nice, and something that you just don't see much of. Andy G I assume so, but I cannot remember the date from which it became normal practice. Photo C4840 (2 below it) shows the red lights at the rear of the Class 302, about a year later. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted November 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2015 I assume so, but I cannot remember the date from which it became normal practice. Photo C4840 (2 below it) shows the red lights at the rear of the Class 302, about a year later. David Hi David and all We discussed the use of red tail lights this week at my model railway club. An ex ER signalman informed us they were quite common used in areas where there were EMUs as tail lamps were not used on the EMUs. The signalmen were looking for a red light not a tail lamp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Abbott's Ripton on the ECML in the 1970s for today's photos. I quite often stopped there for an hour or so when I was going to vist my parents when I lived in Essex, Dad used to go there from time to time as he sometimes went that way to Ipswich on business. Fortunately our visits were usually in good weather. Abbots Ripton 40047 08.30 Kings X to Cleethorpes June 75 J4487 Abbots Ripton 25118 down goods June 75 J4489 Abbots Ripton 31155 up engine and brake van July 75 C2197 Abbots Ripton Class 55 up 08.30 Newcastle to Kings X July 75 C2199 Abbots Ripton Class 47 up ex pass 08.30 SX Newcatsle to Kings X July 77 C3388 David Edited November 21, 2015 by DaveF 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Wow! That looks like a big load for a 25. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 And a big load for the Cl.31 too (being ironic there.........................) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) Wow! That looks like a big load for a 25. That looks like about seventy wagons presumably all empty? The first two are 21t mins at 10t each and the rest look like 16t mins at 8t each plus 74t for the loco and 20t for the brake van equals about 658 tonnes, edit for maths but not much brake force though, perhaps just the loco brakes, cheers Edited November 20, 2015 by Rivercider Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 That looks like about seventy wagons presumably all empty? The first two are 21t mins at 10t each and the rest look like 16t mins at 8t each plus 74t for the loco and 20t for the brake van equals about 658 tonnes, edit for maths but not much brake force though, perhaps just the loco brakes, cheers The first two wagons look like MDVs; that's the fitted head, if anyone bothered to couple the brake-pipes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Am I wrong or did the world look tidier back then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Abbott's Ripton on the ECML in the 1970s for today's photos. m Abbots Ripton 25118 down goods June 75 J4489.jpg Abbots Ripton 25118 down goods June 75 J4489 David My own personal view is someone is pushing their luck here. It may have been by control arrangement but i'm almost sure it's the wrong side of borderline. I suspect it's a Little Barford - New England move? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2015 Hi, Dave. Lovely photos of Abbott's Ripton. A wonderful place to take photos, and I also was wondering about the 25 and that train of wagons. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted November 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) My own personal view is someone is pushing their luck here. It may have been by control arrangement but i'm almost sure it's the wrong side of borderline. I suspect it's a Little Barford - New England move? 20151120_164527.jpg 20151120_164614.jpg 20151120_164654.jpg I reckon he's well in - the limit is basically the Length Limit of 75 SLUs which it is probably pretty near while according to those tables the London - Doncaster Class 8 load for a Class 25 was 83 BWUs (according to an earlier RMweb source a BWU = a light wagon with a load of less than 6 ton) so a string of empties would be well inside that and the Length Limit was more than likely to come into play before the Load Limit - as was usually the case with a train of empties. Edited November 20, 2015 by The Stationmaster Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 This guy stood a chance of getting hold of his train but even so it's still quite a load.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/16742224198/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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