RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted November 4, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2017 x Felixstowe Beach April 75 J4255.jpg Felixstowe Beach April 75 J4255 Modern view https://goo.gl/maps/ixcgozWuDUC2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 4, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2017 (edited) Hi, Dave. I like the GE photos. Felixstowe Beach had an interesting wooden station building - I don’t know if it’s still there today. And does anyone know what was going on in the foreground of the first three photos? With warmest regards, Rob. Edit to thank beast66606 for the present day view of Felixstowe Beach station. My question is answered. All so different today. Edited November 4, 2017 by Market65 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Take 2 rails and lay them exactly 7 feet and 1 quarter inches apart, on baulk timbers. Coat? Yes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 Modern view https://goo.gl/maps/ixcgozWuDUC2 Looking the other way, an interesting trap point just before the level crossing. Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 4, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2017 Hi, Dave. I like the GE photos. Felixstowe Beach had an interesting wooden station building - I don’t know if it’s still there today. And does anyone know what was going on in the foreground of the first three photos? With warmest regards, Rob. Edit to thank beast66606 for the present day view of Felixstowe Beach station. My question is answered. All so different today. Dad took the first 3 photos at Sproughton sidings. All I know that they were taken close to a factory he used to visit on business so I assume that there must have been some building work going on - I think it may have been part of an industrial estate. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 5, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2017 Today's preserved railway photos are from the East Anglian Railway Museum at Chappel and Wakes Colne in Essex in the 1970s. In the 1970s it was known as the Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society. Chappel and Wakes Colne N7 69621 March 76 C2639 Chappel and Wakes Colne RSH Jupiter March 76 C2642 Chappel and Wakes Colne RSH 7597 March 76 C2643 Chappel and Wakes Colne RSH 54 Pen Green Sept 78 C4121 Chappel and Wakes Colne Barclay Belvoir Sept 78 C4123 Chappel and Wakes Colne RSH Pen Green May 79 C4488 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 5, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) Mostly Hathern this afternoon together with one photo taken at Kegworth. Both theses locations are on the Midland between Nottingham and Loughborough. The Kegworth photo is really quite poor but shows an interesting loco. Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham Aug 72 J3013 HathernClass 20s 8013 & 8196 up limestone Aug 72 J3014 Hathern Class 47 1810 down mgr Aug 72 J3016 Hathern Class 45 81 up Aug 72 J3017 Kegworth Class 45 100 down and Kingston Gypsum mines diesel Jan 70 J2044 Ruston 0-4-0DH 418793/1957 Many thanks to Fat Controller (Brian W) for the loco details. His link (in the post below) is well worth looking at. David Edited November 5, 2017 by DaveF 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 re the Ruston 0-4-0 at the gypsum mine:- http://www.trentstation.com/gypsum-mining---kingston-on-soar.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2017 Hi, Dave. I like the East Anglian Railway Museum photos. How good the N7 is today compared with how she was at the time of that photo. The Midland photos are real gems, and in J3014 at Hathern, the two class 20’s, 8013 and 8196 make a fine sight at the head of the up limestone train. And I can see that the driver is in his shirt sleeves, so I’m thinking that it must have been a warm day. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TytoAlba Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Mostly Hathern this afternoon together with one photo taken at Kegworth. Both theses locations are on the Midland between Nottingham and Loughborough. The Kegworth photo is really quite poor but shows an interesting loco. Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham Aug 72 J3013.jpg Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham Aug 72 J3013 HathernClass 20s 8013 & 8196 up limestone Aug 72 J3014.jpg HathernClass 20s 8013 & 8196 up limestone Aug 72 J3014 Hathern Class 47 1810 down mgr Aug 72 J3016.jpg Hathern Class 47 1810 down mgr Aug 72 J3016 Hathern Class 45 81 up Aug 72 J3017.jpg Hathern Class 45 81 up Aug 72 J3017 Kegworth Class 45 100 down and Kngston Gypsum mines diesel Jan 70 J2044.jpg Kegworth Class 45 100 down and Kingston Gypsum mines diesel Jan 70 J2044 Ruston 0-4-0DH 418793/1957 Many thanks to Fat Controller (Brian W) for the loco details. His link (in the post below) is well worth looking at. David The last photo brings back trainspotting memories as I grew up in Kegworth, The gypsum mine also had an 0-4-0 saddle tank callled Lady Angela. It was built by Peckett and sons and is now at the South Devon Railway Only the other day I came across a couple of really bad photos of it - certainly not good enough to scan and post to this thread!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 5, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2017 (edited) The last photo brings back trainspotting memories as I grew up in Kegworth, The gypsum mine also had an 0-4-0 saddle tank callled Lady Angela. It was built by Peckett and sons and is now at the South Devon Railway Only the other day I came across a couple of really bad photos of it - certainly not good enough to scan and post to this thread!! I think this is the only photo I have of Lady Angela - taken by Dad. It is in my black and white photo thread of Dad's photos (see signature below for link to the thread). David Edited November 5, 2017 by DaveF 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 From the modelling POV, J3014 shows a couple of the early detail differences resulting from varying standards being applied by different works at overhaul in the late 60s and early 70s - in this instance, one class 20 with the number below the double arrow, the other with the double arrow below the number. Another variant at the time (usually where tablet catching equipment was fitted on the cabside) was with the number below the cabside window and the double arrow on the first bodyside door in front of the cab, which later become the more widespread standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 6, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) Mainly Cleethorpes in March 1978 today with one later one from Brocklesby. Cleethorpes Class 114 Cleethorpes to New Holland March 78 J5979 Cleethorpes Class 47 47434 ecs March 78 J5980 Cleethorpes building new sea wall March 78 J5981 Cleethorpes building new sea wall Class 114 Cleethorpes to Doncaster March 78 J5982 Brocklesby Class 142 westbound 30th May 91 C15864 David Edited November 6, 2017 by DaveF 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Is it sad that I find the Mark IIf TSO, E5925, in J5980, more interesting than the class 47? I just remember that large batch from E5908 to E5935 arriving on the ECML in 1974 and holding sway, alongside the HSTs, until the York semi-fasts (and the Deltics) were superseded in 1982 and most of them were transferred away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 (edited) Looks like Grimsby Dock Tower in the upper right background of J5982: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Dock_Tower Edited November 6, 2017 by leopardml2341 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2017 Hi, Dave. The Cleethorpes and Brockelsby photos are so nostalgic and a reminder of BR as it was in the late ‘70’s. Interesting to see the sea wall under construction at Cleethorpes. It made quite a transformation for all those living there. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
waggy Posted November 6, 2017 Share Posted November 6, 2017 Looks like Grimsby Dock Tower in the upper right background of J5982: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimsby_Dock_Tower And the floodlights at Blundell Park. Grimsby Town's ground is actually in Cleethorpes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 7, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) More ECML photos today, this time taken at High Dyke over a 14 year period. Note - if you enlarge to photos the captions are not all correct - sorry. On the screen as you look at them they should be OK High Dyke Class 55 down 14.00 Kings X to Edinburgh Jan 69 J1529 9019 High Dyke Class 47 08.55 Hull to Kings X Oct 69 J2019 High Dyke Class 47 iron ore from branch July 72 J2984 High Dyke Class 47 up ex pass 09.00 Hull to Kings X Aug 74 C1747 47435 High Dyke Class 254 HST up Feb 83 C5947 Edited to recaption images. David Edited November 7, 2017 by DaveF 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2017 Judging by the nameplate, J1529 is 9019 ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIER, and C1747 is 47435 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Agree with Brushman regarding 47435. Seems to have all the right markings in the right places, similar to the photo in this link. https://flic.kr/p/9DrUga Paul J. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2017 (edited) The fourth digit is most un-4-like. The "Broad Gauge Method" suggests 40096. As it has a Clayton boiler it cannot be 40046, 40096 is more likely. Thanks to both of you, I've altered the caption. David And in addition 40096 was one of only 14 disc headcode locos to have TOPS numbers on green livery. The only other one that ends in a '6' is 40106. Edited November 7, 2017 by stovepipe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2017 Hi, Dave. That’s a great set of photos of High Dyke. I particularly like the first one, which is a real classic shot of a Deltic hauled express train. I too think it’s 9019, Royal Highland Fusilier. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted November 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2017 And C5947 is a great composition. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Glory Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Judging by the nameplate, J1529 is 9019 ROYAL HIGHLAND FUSILIER Are you sure the number is dead right? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvdlcs Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 Impressed that what appears to be a minor road (C5947 - the picture, not the road!) has been so thoroughly cleared of snow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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