Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

[DaveF]

The second set for today are photos all taken at Morpeth in the first half of the 1980s.  As usual some have survived better than others.

 

 

Morpeth Class 101 E56387 Newcastle to Morpeth July 80 C5110

 

 

Morpeth Class 40 up freight Dec 82 C5893

 

 

Morpeth 47433 Edinburgh to Newcastle mail and pass 25th June 84 C6550  Taking the north curve as it was diverted over the Blyth and Tyne route to Newcastle because of the sleeping car train accident

 

 

Morpeth 37061 down track for relaying main line 25th June 84 C6552

The relaying was to repair the damage caused by the sleeping car train accident.

 

 

Morpeth 47198 up Speedlink 25th July 85 C6990

 

 

David

Edited June 4, 2016 by DaveF

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. Some lovely photos of the narrow gauge railway at Woodhorn Museum. A nice little train to be seen there.

The photos at Morpeth are as interesting as ever, and the first one has a class 101 DTSL leading a class 105 DMBS.

Good views of trains being diverted after the accident that would not have otherwise been possible.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[jonny777]

The Brush type 2 at Burgh le Marsh is on 7J14 which is supposed to be 0945 TWThO Immingham (Fisons Sidings) to Whitemoor, although on that day the train appears to be mostly composed of empty 'plate' wagons. I'm not sure what Fisons would have needed conveying on those.

 

However, I doubt there are few photographs of that train in existence; so it is a very rare item.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. Sorry to go back to yesterday, but something I meant to mention. In J1205, the class 40 has 3 headcode dics open for a class 1 express passenger train. I am wondering how the train got as far as it did without getting stopped for displaying an incorrect headcode.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[russ p]

Excellent once again I've never seen a blue met cam with orange cantrail strip before

[DaveF]

A few more from the Great Central (preserved) this afternoon, taken in the 1970s.

 

 

Loughborough Central Hall Class 6990 Dec 75 C2552  Not the sharpest slide.

 

 

Quorn Hunslet Robert Nelson No 4 26th April 75 C2003

 

 

Quorn Class 5 5231 Sept 76 C3017

 

 

Quorn NSB 377 King Haakon VII Loughborough to Rothley 6th Sept 75 C2433

 

 

Rothley N2 4744 running round Aug 78 C4114

 

 

Swithland Hunslet Robert Nelson No 4 to Rothley 6th Sept 75 C2428

 

 

Edited to correct a location.

 

 

David

Edited June 5, 2016 by DaveF

[Porcy Mane]

Never seen that Inspection Saloon before. Excellent thanks.

Phil

I'ts not an Inspection Saloon. It was the York based N.E. region route learner. In Daves pic you can see in the nearest end, how it had rows of wooden benches arranged theater style to maximize the amount of footplate staff you could fit in. Both ends were fitted out like this to save turning. Usually propelled when working and far more efficient than packing a footplate with a few more crew and an inspector.

 It was a regular at Scarborough for LM men to learn the route for the excursion traffic and often seen around the mineral lines and colliery branches of Co. Durham. I think it was painted maroon originally then painted into olive in the 1960's. Funny how it's weathered to a mucky brown.

Here's a few crews learning the Southern route to Consett.

 

P

Edited June 5, 2016 by Porcy Mane

[DaveF]

Now for some photos taken on the Midland line between Nottingham and Loughborough around Kegworth.

 

They were taken in late February 1977 which was a very very wet week.  All the water in the photos is normally dry land.  There was no light at all so the photos were taken at around 1/60 at f1.8 using a 50mm Pentax lens, the camera was a Pentax Spotmatic. The film was probably Fujichrome.

 

As the week went on more areas were flooded, by the end of the week I couldn't get to the location as all the roads had flooded.

 

 

Kegworth Class 45 down21st Feb 77 C3211

 

 

Kegworth 2 Class 20s up freight 21st Feb 77 C3212

 

 

Kegworth Class 120 Nottingham to Leicester 21st Feb 77 C3214

 

 

Kegworth Class 47 down ecs 21st Feb 77 C3216

 

 

Kegworth Class 45 up fly ash 24th Feb 77 C3221

 

 

David

Edited June 6, 2016 by DaveF

[Mallard60022]

C2443 includes Gresley Dining Car.

C2552 Hall looks a bit better now

70s pics are such fun for stylish haircuts, sideburns and 'interesting fashion'.

Great pics as usual Dave,

Phil

[Peter Kazmierczak]

When I first saw you photo of the "Hall" Phil, I thought the guy standing in the pit had four legs......

[Porcy Mane]

Harry Worth?

[Mallard60022]

When I first saw you photo of the "Hall" Phil, I thought the guy standing in the pit had four legs......

Not my photo (Flickr) but I see what you mean.

P

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Great Central photos, especially that one of the N2. Wonderful that one was preserved.

The Midland line photos are good. The flooding of places is certainly not a new problem, but something that is probably highlighted more by the Media today. I particularly like the side view of the class 120 unit.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Swindon 123]

Now for some photos taken on the Midland line between Nottingham and Loughborough around Kegworth.

 

They were taken in late February 1977 which was a very very wet week.  All the water in the photos is normally dry land.  There was no light at all so the photos were taken at around 1/60 at f1.8 using a 50mm Pentax lens, the camera was a Pentax Spotmatic. The film was probably Fujichrome.

 

As the week went on more areas were flooded, by the end of the week I couldn't get to the location as all the roads had flooded.

 

 

 

Kegworth Class 47 down ecs 21st Feb 77 C3216.jpg

Kegworth Class 47 down ecs 21st Feb 77 C3216

 

 

 

 

David

 

The train in photo C3216, Kegworth Class 47 down ecs 21st Feb 77, doesn't look to be ECS. Two coaches with a brake van on the rear would suggest a trip working of some sorts, with the coaches heading off for works, possibly with defective brakes, hence the brake van. Wasn't unusual for defective coaching stock to be tagged onto freight trip workings if they had been put off somewhere as defective. Worked a couple of trains with defective coaches in like that portrayed.

 

Paul J.

 

Edited to correct silly spelling mistake.

Edited June 5, 2016 by Swindon 123

[DaveF]

The ECML north of Newcastle today on the way to Morpeth.

 

The first photo was taken near Dudley, it is not a favourite location as I find there is very little warning of trains approaching the foot crossing so I haven't been there for several years.

 

 

Dudley foot crossing Class 156 Newcastle to Morpeth 22nd Feb 01_C25256

 

 

Damdykes 43043 up ex pass 10.23 3rd Nov 90_C15486

 

 

Damdykes 47467 up parcels 10.39 3rd Nov 90_C15488

 

 

Cramlington South 27017 down le 5th July 85_C6982

 

 

Cramlington South Class 101 Newcastle to Morpeth 27th Dec 84_C6669

 

 

David

[The Pilotman]

Lovely shots, as always, Dave. Was it unusual to see a 27 that far south on the ECML?

Edited June 6, 2016 by Western Aviator

[Southernman46]

The train in photo C3216, Kegworth Class 47 down ecs 21st Feb 77, doesn't look to be ECS. Two coaches with a brake van on the rear would suggest a trip working of some sorts, with the coaches heading off for works, possibly with defective brakes, hence the brake van. Wasn't unusual for defective coaching stock to be tagged onto freight trip workings if they had been put off somewhere as defective. Worked a couple of trains with defective coaches in like that portrayed.

 

Paul J.

 

Edited to correct silly spelling mistake.

The rear coach appears to be a late a/c Mk2 so maybe even a VB only Mk1 & AB only Mk2 requiring a brake van due to complete brake incompatibility perhaps ??

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. A fascinating selection of ECML photo's. In the last one, that class 101 DMBS has a vent missing above the front saloon, on that very cold and frosty day in December 1984.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

Lovely shots, as always, Dave. Was it unusual to see a 27 that far south on the ECML?

 

 

I don't have many photos but not that uncommon when a train needed to run and nothing else was available.  I think this may have been a light engine returning from taking a failed Scotrail 47 south.

 

David

[DaveF]

Today has been somewhat fraught, yesterday evening one of my back up hard drives failed causing corruption of some files I was copying from the PC, so the PC crashed to a blank black screen.  I've now sorted it out and I have a new back up drive to put everything on to - I always have at least 2 copies of everything as well as the PC copy.  At least it wasn't a Windows 10 issue as I moved my PC to Windows 10 recently after I found it worked well on my laptop.  Today it did an upgrade, and asked me, as I had told it to, when I wanted it to restart.

 

Today's photos are dmus (well four of them are) on the ex Midland Railway line from Nottingham to Newark and Lincoln.

 

 

Lowdham 154002 Lincoln to Nottingham 9th June 89 C11971

 

 

Lowdham Class 120 Derby to Lincoln Oct 75 C2523

 

 

Fiskerton Class 120 Lincoln to Crewe Jan 80 C4943

 

 

Staythorpe fly ash loading sidings Staythorpe power station Oct 72 J3124

 

 

Lincoln St Marks Class 120 ecs in siding 13th Aug 77 C3501

 

 

David

[woodenhead]

If there was a DMU that needed a model in rtr.....

[highpeakman]

I found the Staythorpe picture very interesting. Have often passed by the site of these on the train in recent years and had wondered what the sidings looked like when it was a coal fired power station before the current gas unit was built.

 

I assume there were other sidings for the incoming coal as well? Were they adjacent?

[DaveF]

I found the Staythorpe picture very interesting. Have often passed by the site of these on the train in recent years and had wondered what the sidings looked like when it was a coal fired power station before the current gas unit was built.

 

I assume there were other sidings for the incoming coal as well? Were they adjacent?

 

 

I have to admit that I cannot remember, but I think so.  This is the only photo I have of Staythorpe at the power statio and it's one Dad took.  I've no idea why I never took any

 

David

[Clive Mortimore]

I'ts not an Inspection Saloon. It was the York based N.E. region route learner. In Daves pic you can see in the nearest end, how it had rows of wooden benches arranged theater style to maximize the amount of footplate staff you could fit in. Both ends were fitted out like this to save turning. Usually propelled when working and far more efficient than packing a footplate with a few more crew and an inspector.

 It was a regular at Scarborough for LM men to learn the route for the excursion traffic and often seen around the mineral lines and colliery branches of Co. Durham. I think it was painted maroon originally then painted into olive in the 1960's. Funny how it's weathered to a mucky brown.

Here's a few crews learning the Southern route to Consett.

RlBB.jpg

 

P

Hi Porcy

 

I saw David's photo a few moments ago and was going to say the same thing. A photo of it appeared in Backtrack some time ago, in its maroon livery being propelled by a Fairburn class 4 tank. The Backtrack photo gave me the inspiration to build something similar for Hanging Hill, from a shortie Hornby Gresley coach.

[highpeakman]

I have to admit that I cannot remember, but I think so.  This is the only photo I have of Staythorpe at the power statio and it's one Dad took.  I've no idea why I never took any

 

David

 

Just to say Thanks for responding.

 

I should also make it clear that I found all the other photos interesting as well but this one caught my attention slightly more than usual. Please keep them coming as I look forward to seeing the new pictures every day.

 

Thanks again for your time in doing this.