Fat Controller Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 15 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Not forgetting the big derailment there when IIRC a sleeper nearly ended up in a bungalow? The bungalow was next door to one of my customers; fortunately, the inhabitants were out, as the derailed stock hit it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 22, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) Carlisle next, a mix of electrics and diesels. Carlisle 90001and 86426 12th April 88 C9431 Carlisle 86410 Glasgow C to Plymouth May 90 J10938 Carlisle 156432 to Newcastle 24th Oct 90 C15420 Class 108 to Barrow on left Carlisle 90130 up 29th Aug 95 C20518 Carlisle Class 43 Glasgow to Plymouth 25th Oct 95 C20597 David Edited May 25, 2022 by DaveF 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 22, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2022 Good evening, David. That’s a delightful selection of photo’s from Wales in August, 1969. The last photo’ at Tywyn, on the Talyllyn Railway, with number 4 Edward Thomas, going away, is so atmospheric, so bucolic. The attraction of that railway is so clear to see. The photo’s of Carlisle are an excellent set, and show a good selection of trains, along with some large amounts of litter on the tracks in the last two photo’s. In the first photo’ with 90001and 86246, on the 12th April, 1988, the 90 will have been nearly new, and the 86 looked good in a rendition of the electric blue livery. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 23, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) A few more random photos today. Ardwick Class 506 M59406 from Hadfield Jan 72 C787 Bottesford LEV1 experimental railbus heading east towards Grantham 4 Aug 81 C5464 Brocklesby Class 47 1888 westbound oil Aug 70 J2174 Chester Class 108 to Manchester May 72 C0931 Skillington Junction on the High Dyke branch 4472 Flying Scotsman Oct 73 C1429 Flying Scotsman was on her way to Market Overton. David Edited May 23, 2022 by DaveF 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2022 Hi Dave, cracking photos as usual and thanks for sharing. In C5464 wouldn't the LEV1 be heading east towards Grantham from Bottesford? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted May 23, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2022 42 minutes ago, iands said: Hi Dave, cracking photos as usual and thanks for sharing. In C5464 wouldn't the LEV1 be heading east towards Grantham from Bottesford? I'm sure I typed east and the computer changed it to west. Many thanks, David 2 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 36 minutes ago, DaveF said: I'm sure I typed east and the computer changed it to west. Many thanks, David I'm glad that kind of thing doesn't only happen to me 🙂. Many thanks for sharing all of the brilliant photos. All the best, Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊 J2174 is good for the fact that everything is so dull and muted, colour-wise except for the yellow end of the loco Edited May 23, 2022 by keefer 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, keefer said: Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊 J2174 is good for the fact that everything is so dull and muted, colour-wise except for the yellow end of the loco To be fair I rather see railways like this rather than overgrown and graffiti on everything with a garish liveried foreign unit, but I am getting old! 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 22/05/2022 at 05:26, keefer said: Sleeper derailments in 1969 & 1984 and a parcels train in 1994. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth it was the 1984 one I had in my mind, thanks. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2022 Good evening, David. What a superb set of random photo’s, each one is a gem. The first one, in addition to being an excellent example of an ‘Everyday Railway ‘ photo’, at Ardwick with a class 506, with M59406 leading from Hadfield, in January, 1972, thanks to the smudge above the middle of the bufferbeam, M59406 looks very sad and tearful. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted May 23, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2022 A really great selection reminding is how the railway was at various times. Jonathan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 For me, the shot of this batch is the Brocklesby Junction picture (J2174) of 1888 on oil tanks. Yet another shot that highlights how magnificent Brush 4's looked, in (clean) two-tone green with full yellow ends. A lovely study of both train and environment. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 24, 2022 9 hours ago, keefer said: Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊 I thought Manchester was always like that. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) 42 minutes ago, 62613 said: isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform? It really is going to Piccadilly. Ardwick had three platforms, one was against the wall and was staggered, being closer to the junction for trains leaving Manchester. Ardwick Class 506 M59607 leading Manchester to Hadfield 8th May 1971 C589 This shows the platform for trains leaving Manchester from the footbridge, the island platform is behind me. Ardwick Class 104 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield January 1972 C0788 This is the other platform from the ramp of the island platform. Ardwick Class 104 New Mills to Manchaster Piccadilly January 1972 C0783 The platform on the laft is for trains from Manchetsr, the island is beyond the footbridge. David Edited May 24, 2022 by DaveF 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 36 minutes ago, 62613 said: isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform? Today it would be as only the island platform is in use, but back then there was a third platform at the station entrance and that is where the Hadfield bound services called. Ardwick was and remains a very oddly located station, difficult to get to and without a real purpose - it was good to stand at and trainspot from, and I guess for Great Universal workers (at the time), it was great for getting the train to/from work from. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, woodenhead said: Today it would be as only the island platform is in use, but back then there was a third platform at the station entrance and that is where the Hadfield bound services called. Ardwick was and remains a very oddly located station, difficult to get to and without a real purpose - it was good to stand at and trainspot from, and I guess for Great Universal workers (at the time), it was great for getting the train to/from work from. That's what confused me. I've only been using the line reasonably intensively since about 2006, and as far as I knew, Ardwick had always been like it is now. I think there are only about two trains a day call there now; one in the morning peak and one in the evening. Edited May 24, 2022 by 62613 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 26 minutes ago, 62613 said: That's what confused me. I've only been using the line reasonably intensively since about 2006, and as far as I knew, Ardwick had always been like it is now. I think there are only about two trains a day call there now; one in the morning peak and one in the evening. Not even that, there is only one call at 1640 to Rose Hill Marple presently. The reduced timetables mean the service has effectively become unidirectional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 It's a station I imagine they'd like to close, close to Piccadilly, plenty of buses for the nearby populace. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted May 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2022 Some old black and white photos of Great Western locos today. Banbury 6803 Bucklebury Grange up ex pass c1949 JVol7083 Banbury GWR 6698 le c1948 JVol3119 Moreton in the Marsh Castle Class 5086 Viscount Horne ex pass Paddington to Worcester c1951 JVol6075 Paddington Castle Class 5004 Llanstephan Castle c1950 JVol7367 Paddington Hall class up ex pass c1948 JVol7288 David 44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted May 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2022 Good evening, David. Thank you for posting the extra photo’s of Ardwick, and, again, in the first photo’ of class 506, with car M59607, leading a Manchester to Hadfield service on the 8th May, 1971, it again looks down and sad. I wonder if all the 506 driving cabs, in yellow, were the same? Well, the GWR steam locomotive photo’s are fascinating, and in the last photo’ at Paddington, with an unidentified Hall class, on an up express passenger train in c1948, you can see that the board on the smokebox door is slightly askew. Not everything in steam days was perfect. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wex Cel Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 5 hours ago, DaveF said: Some old black and white photos of Great Western locos today. Banbury 6803 Bucklebury Grange up ex pass c1949 JVol7083 Banbury GWR 6698 le c1948 JVol3119 Moreton in the Marsh Castle Class 5086 Viscount Horne ex pass Paddington to Worcester c1951 JVol6075 Paddington Castle Class 5004 Llanstephan Castle c1950 JVol7367 Paddington Hall class up ex pass c1948 JVol7288 David Nice selection there, David. JVol7288 especially, I like the slightly squint reporting numbers on the smokebox, I don't know why I just do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 58 minutes ago, Market65 said: it again looks down and sad. I wonder if all the 506 driving cabs, in yellow, were the same? I think they were, at least my brain is telling me they were. No doubt someone will come along in 5 seconds and give me it straight! ;) That's the wonderful thing about this forum, so many people know so many things about so many things! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted May 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 24, 2022 1 hour ago, hexagon789 said: I think they were, at least my brain is telling me they were. No doubt someone will come along in 5 seconds and give me it straight! ;) That's the wonderful thing about this forum, so many people know so many things about so many things! Well this is somewhat later when the blue was relieved with some grey, and this one seems to be going the same way... 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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