mark54 Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Photos yesterday from Burton le Coggles: 1E07 is the 11:00 Edinburgh-KX 1L20 is the 14:20 KX-Leeds 1A25 is the 14:14 Cleethorpes-KX 1E11 is the 12:00 Edinburgh-KX 1N18 is the 15:00 KX-Newcastle 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Mawer Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Hi, Have just stumbled upon your thread. I love the photos from the Newark/Grantham area. I grew up around there at that time and a few years later. Deltics were the sound track of my childhood. I recall two 31s going north into Newark every afternoon about 3pm, with a few wagons. We assumed it was a pick up goods??? They used to go off up the Bottesford line, presumably to the Worthington Simpson factory. I'm not sure where they went from Newark. Can anyone shed any more light? Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 19, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 19, 2016 Odds and ends from the Western Region today. Some of the photos even have trains in them. Sharpness docks April 73 C1246 Blockley GWR Worcester to Oxford line April 72 C873a Exeter St Davids Class 47 up ex pass July 71 C654 Hartlebury down pass 5th April 74 C1528 Hartlebury up pass 5th April 1972 C1529 From above Sapperton Tunnel west end April 1972 C874 David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Do we think it's the cant on the last photo that has led to the inner track being quite heavily oil stained? spilled diesel? Or just different sleepers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Do we think it's the cant on the last photo that has led to the inner track being quite heavily oil stained? spilled diesel? Or just different sleepers?I think they might just be wooden sleepers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Like the Skipton pictures been there a few times in the seventies they used to park a 45 on a siding near the station building at weekends ,the tank unloading facility was always busy and now has a Tesco on the site, thanks for the pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi, Dave. A great selection of WR photo's today. In the first one at Sharpness docks, on the left of the photo' on the other side of the bridge is what looks like a semaphore signal. I am not familiar with the location at that time you see. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hi, Dave. A great selection of WR photo's today. In the first one at Sharpness docks, on the left of the photo' on the other side of the bridge is what looks like a semaphore signal. I am not familiar with the location at that time you see. With warmest regards, Rob. The signal was worked from a lever at the bottom of the post. I remember seeing it. I guess it was operated by the person opening and closing the bridge. It would give an approaching train a little advance indication of the status of the bridge. andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hartlebury and Blockley? You are spoiling us Dave! Blockley hadn't been long singled of course - but the wrong is now righted, other line now reinstated Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) Hi, Dave. Thank you for posting a fine selection of photo's from Skipton in 1967 and 1968. They bring back memories of those end of steam days. Very nostalgic, and, as has been said before, things could be fairly grotty by then. The grot, grey skies, and the sense of the inevitable, has all been so well captured by your Father in those photos. The two Jinties look as if they really are ready for scrapping, for they are so rusty! With warmest regards, Rob. BRDatabase gives the transfer of the two Jinties as late in 1966, both coming from Lostock Hall; so they had probably been parked there ever since. Six months of unrelenting West Yorkshire weather has taken its toll. 47293 had another 8 months of rusting to go before it was cut up. Edited January 19, 2016 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 I think they might just be wooden sleepers. Definite case of overspill from either the loco diesel tank, although unlikely, or.- more likely to be oil from the collection tanks for the loco's bedplate. Have seen a fair few locos where the collection tank drain cock was left open and the side of the loco absolutely plastered in oil. A steady build up of oil over the years would look just like that. The sleepers do look to be wood though. Interestingly looking at the two lines in the photo, the RH line does not appear to have a lot, if any cant on it. If my geography is right, it is the Up Line and climbing up to the tunnel. The LH line (Down line) does appear to have quite a cant on it, as the oil stain shows. This will be going downhill. I am guessing that this is canted to allow for the faster speed of a descending train, whilst the RH (Up Line) the trains are climbing the grade at a much slower speed so there is little or no cant on the track. Just my thoughts on the track difference. Any thoughts any one else? As usual Dave lots of cracking photos from all over the country. Always look forward to seeing what you can surprise us with next. Many thanks for sharing them. Paul J. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2016 LOVE that Sharpness docks photo, so modelogenic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 More daily treats, more questions from me... Post 5549, photo C 654: why does the near platform have a fixed distant under the starter, whereas the adjacent platform has a working distant (obviously 'off')? The first vehicle looks like a rare Mk1 corridor brake first. Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Bill Re the distants - the starter with the fixed distant will have a speed restriction on that route - I suspect probably a cross over on to the line that the 47 is departing on - which has a straight run, hence the distant pulled off. And yup that's a BFK all right - another one for Mr Bachmann please! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted January 19, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 (edited) Dave C1528/9 fascinated by that location, couldn't place it ... I reckon you were at 52°18'46.24"N 2°12'20.44"W - on the south westerly of the two bridges looking north east, Sneads Green nearest village, that's Hartlebury's down distant in front of the other bridge An area not often seen in photos - many thanks for sharing, remember batting along there at a fair lick in Swindon 120s on Worcester to Brum trains in the late 60s/early 70s Phil Edited January 19, 2016 by Phil Bullock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 19, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2016 Dave C1528/9 fascinated by that location, couldn't place it ... I reckon you were at 52°18'46.24"N 2°12'20.44"W - on the south westerly of the two bridges looking north east, Sneads Green nearest village, that's Hartlebury's down distant in front of the other bridge An area not often seen in photos - many thanks for sharing, remember batting along there at a fair lick in Swindon 120s on Worcester to Brum trains in the late 60s/early 70s Phil Phil, Thanks for identifying the exact location for me. When I took them I was on a very roundabout route from my parents home near Grantham to the Severn Valley via Blackwell and other places. I think I just came across the railway and decided to stop and take a few photos. So much for planning my days out. I doubt I'd ever find the place again without your post. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Something of a Yorkshire Miscellany for today. Brough Class 156 Hull to Liverpool 31st July 90 C14619 Gascoigne Wood Junction Class 158 Manchester Victoria to Selby 30th July 96 C21087 Gisburn Tunnel Northern portal Oct 67 J1162 Knaresborough Oct 67 J1157 Maltby Class 37 D6728?? down Aug 67 J1080 David Edited January 22, 2016 by DaveF 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 Maltby, wow, that's a rarely photographed station in later days. Excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 love the green 37 with the brake van. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 J1080 Maltby! Don't see that much. I think the platforms still exist, but well overgrown now. I've taken the odd photo on that line in recent years. For avoidance of up/down doubt, the photo seems to be looking north-ish off the main A-road bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Maltby, wow, that's a rarely photographed station in later days. Excellent. Rarely photographed propelling of the brake van too. With as Single red rear light illuminated but where's the tail lamp? Maybe it's just shunting. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 Rarely photographed propelling of the brake van too. With as Single red rear light illuminated but where's the tail lamp? Maybe it's just shunting. P Looks like it's propelling - there's a signal off in the distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Looks like it's propelling - there's a signal off in the distance. Plus the secondman about to hand over a token and a red tail light. Edit Whoops should have read Porcy's post as well. Edited January 20, 2016 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 Hi, Dave. A fantastic selection of Yorkshire photo's today. The first one of Brough is one where I have cycled round to many times and photographed trains from many times. Gisburn tunnel is, of course, one of those tunnels that are actually not necessary, and is only a tunnel to placate the local gentry! Love Knaresborough as always. Last time I went through on a train was one of the steam specials a few years ago. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Looks like it's propelling - there's a signal off in the distance. And if it's foggy a sure way of keeping the guard alert and ready to jump ship especially on permissive lines. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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