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

[DaveF]

I just would like to add my belated congratulations on reaching your 400th page of these lovely photo's. You really have accomplished something most unique, and very special. I hope that the photo's will continue for at least another 400 pages. Well done, Dave.

 

Very best regards,

 

Rob.

 

Thanks very much Rob.

 

I have to admit that I hadn't noticed the page number until you mentioned it!

 

David

[sir douglas]

and not just that, its also nearly at 10000 posts

[flapland]

Well done Dave for 400 overs and nearly 10000 runs although I suspect thats not possible.

[Suddaby]

Yes Dave let me add my congratulations, not only to you, but all the folk, that then chip in to make the whole thread so entertaining.

 

All the best Kevin.

 

And that should be an LMS diesel!! :-)

[Davexoc]

Hi, Dave. I like the ECML photos - you can't have too many photos of the ECML. The last one is a most atmospheric and wintry shot of a traditional parcels train hauled by a 31. You don't have them like that anymore.

That is some load for a mere class 31, looks to be approaching twenty vehicles.

 

Just wondered, are C2286 and C3210 taken from the same vantage point, but with different length lenses?

 

Dave

[DaveF]

That is some load for a mere class 31, looks to be approaching twenty vehicles.

 

Just wondered, are C2286 and C3210 taken from the same vantage point, but with different length lenses?

 

Dave

 

 

I think C2286 is taken with a 135mm lens, C3120 is with a 55mm lens on 35mm film.  At that time the only other lens I often used for railway photography was a 35mm.  I did take a few photos with a 400 mm lens.

 

The 135 mm and 35mm were Zeiss lenses with a Pentax screw thread , the 55mm was a Pentax lens with a f1.8 maximum aperture.

 

The camera was  Pentax Spotmatic, the film was probably AgfaCT18 (50ISO).

 

 

They are both taken from the same bridge.

 

David

[35A]

The adjacent pictures of D9007 "Pinza" in J1782 (Jul 69) & the class 46 'Peak' on the Toleman cartics in J2664 (May 71) just reminded me of the 23rd October 1971 when I recorded 9012 "Crepello" on 4Z03 (cartics) not far from the same location.

 

Other than on a couple of short distance test trains, consisting of VanFits, that was one of only two occasions in fifteen years when I actually saw the very rare occurrence of a Deltic working freight (the other was around the same period, when I observed one on an up Freightliner at about 21:40 one night, just as it was almost dark).

[Enterprisingwestern]

The adjacent pictures of D9007 "Pinza" in J1782 (Jul 69) & the class 46 'Peak' on the Toleman cartics in J2664 (May 71) just reminded me of the 23rd October 1971 when I recorded 9012 "Crepello" on 4Z03 (cartics) not far from the same location.

 

Other than on a couple of short distance test trains, consisting of VanFits, that was one of only two occasions in fifteen years when I actually saw the very rare occurrence of a Deltic working freight (the other was around the same period, when I observed one on an up Freightliner at about 21:40 one night, just as it was almost dark).

 

I never saw one on freight, the nearest I got to that was arriving at Doncaster one sunday and finding D9000, (I think), shunting the carriage works sidings, it was suitably photographed.

 

Mike.

[DaveF]

A visit to Scotland today to have a look round Edinburgh (just the railway bits).

 

The photos were taken over a twenty year period.

 

 

Princes Street Gardens Class 47 1624 11.20 Manchester to EdinburghFSO Aug 73 C1297

 

 

Edinburgh Princes Street Gardens Class 101 Edinburgh to Perth Aug 73 C1300

 

 

Haymarket 120 Set C616 11th Oct 86 C8041

 

 

Princes Street Gardens Driving Trailer 18th Aug 87 C9012

 

 

Edinburgh Waverley Class 91 29th Feb 92 C16702

 

 

David

Edited May 5, 2017 by DaveF

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Edinburgh photos. The track layout in Princes Street Gardens has had some changes over the years, going by photos C1300, and C9012. A crossover had been removed with one laid down on the left.

It's nice to see a class 120 in C8041, at Haymarket. I know that some were used on the Royal Deeside line to Ballater in its last year's of use.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Porcy Mane]

I never saw one on freight, the nearest I got to that was arriving at Doncaster one sunday and finding D9000, (I think), shunting the carriage works sidings, it was suitably photographed.

Well reported at the time, regulars on the Cliffe Uddingston Cemflos north of York as they were taken off their rostered passenger workings due to boiler troubles. That must have made it the winter of 63. 

[keefer]

C1297 I remember from your Flickr site, Dave.

I found 1973-4 ScR carriage workings on the yahoo LHCS group site. 1S39 is the 11.20 manchester-edinburgh (friday/saturday only) running between 22nd. june - 1st. september. booked formation BSK,TSO,SK,SK,CK,SK,SK,BSK

 

Abdn-Edin trains, if they displayed a full headcode would be 1Gxx and would usually be on the 'north' lines (those on the right of the pic).

1Sxx were inter-regionals to the ScR and if coming from the Carstairs direction, would tend to be on the 'south' lines as shown

Edited May 5, 2017 by keefer

[DaveF]

C1297 I remember from your Flickr site, Dave.

I found 1973-4 ScR carriage workings on the yahoo LHCS group site. 1S39 is the 11.20 manchester-edinburgh (friday/saturday only) running between 22nd. june - 1st. september. booked formation BSK,TSO,SK,SK,CK,SK,SK,BSK

 

Abdn-Edin trains, if they displayed a full headcode would be 1Gxx and would usually be on the 'north' lines (those on the right of the pic).

1Sxx were inter-regionals to the ScR and if coming from the Carstairs direction, would tend to be on the 'south' lines as shown

 

 

Thanks very much, I knew the information was somewhere but I couldn't find it in my notes, I never thought of checking my flickr photos.

 

David

[35A]

Nice to see the Swindon Cross-Country unit in C8041 with a traditional 592xx series centre car (originally with miniature buffet). Most of the remaining sets had had them replaced with spare class 101 cars by 1986, to increase seating capacity by eliminating the wasted buffet space.

[DaveF]

A very mixed bag of photos taken around the East Midlands for today.

 

 

Upper Broughton Notts    Nottingham to Melton line test track May 69 J1656

 

 

Seaton LNWR May 69 J1668

 

 

Welford and Kilworth station    LNWR Rugby to Peterborough line May 69 J1691

 

 

Stapleford Park lion reserve    van body used for lions to lie on July 72 J2986

We decided not to investigate this more closely.

 

 

Wyfordby 2 Class 20s up empty limestone Aug 72 J3031

 

 

Whissendine Class 44   9 up coal Oct 72 J3116

 

 

David

[flapland]

Wonder if J2986 was ever behind D0260 or was previously a fish or meat van. 

[Rob F]

Love J1656. I assume this was after closure and shows work to fettle the down line for test track use but before the removal of the up line.

 

Rob

[corneliuslundie]

I put a like but I am not sure that is the right adjective for the photos of Seaton and Welford.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like what is a most interesting collection of photos. I think, from enlarging the photo, that the van in J2986, cannot have been a meat van, there is no sign of anymore end vents other than the top one.

The former railway in J1668 and J1691 is, as stated, so sad. No more trains to run over that line.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

A trip to Wales for the first batch today with some photos of the Ffestiniog Railway.

 

 

Dduallt Earl of Merioneth 22nd Aug 70 C241

 

 

Porthmadog Earl of Merioneth 22nd Aug 70 C256

 

 

Penrhyndeudraeth Fairlie Earl of Merioneth Aug 72 J3067

 

 

Penrhyndeudraeth Alco Mountaineer Porthmadog to Dduallt Aug 72 J3069

 

 

Tan y Grisiau Hibberd Upnor Castle Porthmadog to Tan y Grisiau 6th Aug 79 C4679

 

 

Tan y Grisiau Earl of Merioneth Tan y Grisiau to Porthmadog 6th Aug 79 C4698

 

 

David

[DaveF]

West Coast electrics at Hillmorton for the second set this afternoon.

 

As usual the train identifications may or may not be right.

 

 

Hillmorton Class 85 Euston to Barrow May 70 J2113

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 up Ford containers July 71 C668

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 down July 71 C669

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 E3189 down April 72 C909

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 Liverpool to Euston July 79 J6565

 

 

David

[highpeakman]

A couple of stories in response to your picture of Upper Broughton on the Melton to Nottingham line.

 

In the late 60s friends and I often used to eat at The Schooner restaurant (Later it became The Pullman) which used the old station building at Widmerpool just up the line. The line was still open to normal traffic in the early days (mid to late 60s) and part of the restaurant was built out over the old up platform. Occasionally a waiter would ring a brass bell and those in the know would put down their knives and forks and hold the table as a long iron ore train would hammer through with the old 16Tonners banging away just a few feet from the diners.

 

After conversion of the line to the test track they awaited testing of the APT with some trepidation wondering what effect high speed might have. The first train duly ran but actually pulled up in the platform. A guy got off the train and entered the restaurant, bought some cigarettes and reboarded and off it went. The local paper printed the story and it used to be displayed in a frame just inside the door. I can't vouch for the truth of it though!

 

Last time I went that way the place was closed.

[RANGERS]

I'd hazard a guess that J1668 is actually Thorpe By Water, the next crossing along towards Rugby. The building to the left is brick and Harringworth Viaduct can be seen in the background, which all fits with it being Thorpe. Interestingly though the roadway doesn't look that wide, even for a B road.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Ffestiniog photo's. In C4679, I see the diesel hauled train - I did not realise that some services were diesel hauled. The WCML photo's are an excellent set of photo's which show that it has changed so much now that Voyagers and Pendolinos are in charge of the majority of the passenger services.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[sir douglas]

 I see the diesel hauled train - I did not realise that some services were diesel hauled.

 

and for a while they even had a push-pull set of Criccieth Castle and some carriages painted in the same green & white

https://www.festipedia.org.uk/wiki/Criccieth_Castle