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

[JohnH]

More superb images Dave. I especially like  J6243 - heavy freight alongside a beautiful lake...

[corneliuslundie]

I have fond memories of visits to Montreux, Lausanne and Geneva. Great toi see the photos.

Did you ever take a trip on the MOB? I did one way the full length, but of course I was on the train so I only have photos at the two ends of the line, Montreux and Zweissimmen.

Jonathan

[DaveF]

7 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

I have fond memories of visits to Montreux, Lausanne and Geneva. Great toi see the photos.

Did you ever take a trip on the MOB? I did one way the full length, but of course I was on the train so I only have photos at the two ends of the line, Montreux and Zweissimmen.

Jonathan

 

 

Yes, several times over various visits.  I do have a few shots of intermediate stations - but they are my European photo thread and most of those photos are not back there just yet.

 

David

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That is a really excellent selection of photo’s of Chillon, near Montreux, Switzerland from the 5th August, 1978. They capture the railways and mountainous countryside perfectly. In J6237, with SBB, Re4/4ii, 11251, on a TEE service, The Lemano, the train looks most impressive from that low angle, and the couple, out walking, complete the composition beautifully.
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[35A]

I just had to check my own photographs, to refresh my memory of the date that I was thereabouts. Actually, it turned out to be the following year and the following month - to the day, 5th September 1979. I have very fond memories of a day in Montreux and, similarly, of walking around Lac Leman to Vevey. I also have a couple of photographs, posing outside the Grand Hotel (a location which will be familiar to music fans of that vintage). Sadly, to this day, I have still not been back!

[DaveF]

A few photos I took on 26th July on the ECML in Northumberland for this morning.

 

 

I'm not sure how I've done it but they should have been in numerical order.

 

BSC_6917 Southside XC 221 up 26th July 22

 

 

BSC_6918 Southside XC 221 up  26th July 22

 

 

BSC_6922 Buston Barns LNER 800 up  going away 26th July 22

 

 

BSC_6920 Buston Barns TPE 800 down  going away 26th July 22

 

 

BSC_6921 Buston Barns LNER 800 up 26th July 22

 

 

David

Edited August 7, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Great Northern and Great Central/Great Northern Joint all in black and white.

 

They follow the Grantham to Nottingham Victoria line heading west from Bottesford.

 

 

Bottesford North Junction GNR  view towards Newark taken from Nottingham to Grantham train c1950 JVol4287

 

 

Colwick ImageH01  O4s, WD J6? early 1950s

 

 

Colwick ImageH03  V2 without cab  early 1950s

 

 

Colwick ImageH04  Coaling tower  B1 A5  etc early 1950s

 

 

Colwick J52 68852 1955 Scan-130526-0068

 

 

Nottingham Victoria B1 61159 up pass 1950 J86

 

 

Nottingham Victoria Class 5 44912 up pass 1950 J82

 

 

David

Edited August 6, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

 Good evening, David. That is a most delightful set of photo’s which you took on the 26th July, of the ECML in Northumberland. The first photo’ of Southside, with a XC class 221, on an up express shows a typical sight of a diesel unit running along the line under the OHLE. 
The photo’s of both the GNR line to Newark, and the joint line, Great Central and Great Northern, on the Grantham to Nottingham Victoria line going west from Bottesford, are truly excellent, and of historical interest. In ImageH01, at Colwick, in the early 1950’s, that’s a fascinating view of the large shed there, along with a selection of engines, including some O4’s, WD’s, and, on enlarging the photo’, what is indeed a class J6.

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

The Bluebell Railway at Sheffield Park in the mid to late 1970s this morning.  I used to take Mum and Dad there on Boxing Day, it was a pleasant day out from Basildon in Essex through the Dartford Tunnel - it was usually quite quiet on the roads then.

 

Sheffield Park  SECR Class C 592 and USA 30064 26th Dec 76 C3144

 

 

Sheffield Park Adams Radial 488 26th Dec 77 C3635

 

 

Sheffield Park BR Class 4 75027 Jan 75 C1844

 

 

Sheffield Park SECR Class H 263 26th Dec 77 C3636

 

 

Sheffield Park USA 30064 26th Dec 77 C3637

 

 

Sheffield Park USA 30064 26th Dec 77 C3639

 

 

David

Edited August 7, 2022 by DaveF

[JeffP]

Only ever been once back in 1982.

I remember you could walk round the inside of the shed, and with plenty of locos, it was like revisiting my spotting days.

Then along came the "elf" and cya.🙄

[St Enodoc]

2 minutes ago, JeffP said:

Only ever been once back in 1982.

I remember you could walk round the inside of the shed, and with plenty of locos, it was like revisiting my spotting days.

Then along came the "elf" and cya.🙄

You can still walk round Sheffield Park shed.

[DaveF]

Another visit to  a lineside location at Fourstones and two stations on the Newcastle to Carlisle line this afternoon, at Stocksfield and Riding Mill.

 

 

Fourstones A4 4468 York Newcastle Carlisle York 27th Aug 88 C11498

 

 

Riding Mill  Sept 87 J9283  looking west from the footbridge.

 

 

Stocksfield 143014 Hexham to Newcastle 15th April 89 C11857

 

 

Stocksfield 143017 Newcastle to Carlisle April 89 J09877

 

 

Stocksfield 143625 Sunderland to Hexham May 90 J10870

 

 

David

 

 

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of The Bluebell Railway, at Sheffield Park. The last photo’ is a great three quarter front shot of the USA tank engine, 30064, on the 26th December,1977.

The Newcastle to Carlisle line at Fourstones, and Riding Mill and Stocksfield are a delightful set, and the first photo’ at Fourstones, with the record breaking A4, 4468, Mallard, on a York to Newcastle, Carlisle and York special train, on the 27th August, 1988, captures perfectly the appearance of a steam hauled train, in the countryside. The photo’s of class 143’s at Stocksfield show how the everyday railway was by the mid eighties and onwards. It got on with it’s work without any fuss. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Before I post today's photos I thought I'd say something about the "missing photos" from earlier years.  As time passes I suspect it becomes less likely that they will return.  I have checked and in my photo threads there are over 20,000 photos no longer visible.

 

Realistically there isn't any likelihood of my managing to replace that many in the posts, even though I do have copies of them all.

 

So I think the best thing is for me to do new posts and put the old photos in them so they can be seen.  It will take a long time but it would be a lot easier than trying to match up the photos to the original posts.

 

I will start in due course.

 

Now for today.  We go back again to the early 1950s, this time at Grantham, in black and white.

 

A note about the WD photos.  After the war the LNER acquired a batch of ex WD 2-8-0s, they called them Class O7 and numbered them in the 30xx series.  So in early BR days they became 630xx, as in the second photo.  Later they were all renumbered into the 90xxx series.

 

 

Grantham North C12 down inspection saloon c1950 JVol3005

 

 

Grantham O7 WD 63079 early number  down Class F express freight not fited with continuous brakes Feb 52 JVol6111

 

 

Grantham V2 60942 down ex pass c1953 JVol6068

 

 

Grantham W1 10000 c1948 JVol1448

 

 

Grantham WD up Class F express freight not fitted with continuous brake c1949 JVol3010

 

 

David

Edited August 8, 2022 by DaveF

[hexagon789]

5 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

Before I post today's photos I thought I'd say somethimg about the "missing photos" from earlier years.  As time passes I suspect it becomes less likely that they will return.  I have checked and in my photo threads there are over 20,000 photos no longer visible.

 

Realistically there isn't any likelihood of my managing to replace that many in the posts, even though I do have copies of them all.

 

So I think the best thing is for me to do new posts and put the old photos in them so they can be seen.  It will take a long time but it would be a lot easier than trying to match up the photos to the original posts.

 

I will start in due course.

 

Now for today.  We go back again to the early 1950s, this time at Grantham, in black and white.

 

A note about the WD photos.  After the war the LNER acquired a batch of ex WD 2-8-0s, they called them Class O7 and numbered them in the 30xx series.  So in early BR days they became 630xx, as in the second photo.  Later they were all renumbered into the 90xxx series.

 

 

Grantham North C12 down inspection saloon c1950 JVol3005

 

 

Grantham O7 WD 63079 early number  down Class F express freight not fited with continuous brakes Feb 52 JVol6111

 

 

Grantham V2 60942 down ex pass c1953 JVol6068

 

 

Grantham W1 10000 c1948 JVol1448

 

 

Grantham WD up Class F express freight not fitted with continuous brake c1949 JVol3010

 

 

David

There's just something wonderfully atmospheric about B&W steam shots - lovely as ever stuff, David.

[Andrew P]

41 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

Before I post today's photos I thought I'd say somethimg about the "missing photos" from earlier years.  As time passes I suspect it becomes less likely that they will return.  I have checked and in my photo threads there are over 20,000 photos no longer visible.

 

Realistically there isn't any likelihood of my managing to replace that many in the posts, even though I do have copies of them all.

 

So I think the best thing is for me to do new posts and put the old photos in them so they can be seen.  It will take a long time but it would be a lot easier than trying to match up the photos to the original posts.

 

I will start in due course.

 

Now for today.  We go back again to the early 1950s, this time at Grantham, in black and white.

 

A note about the WD photos.  After the war the LNER acquired a batch of ex WD 2-8-0s, they called them Class O7 and numbered them in the 30xx series.  So in early BR days they became 630xx, as in the second photo.  Later they were all renumbered into the 90xxx series.

 

 

Grantham North C12 down inspection saloon c1950 JVol3005

 

 

Grantham O7 WD 63079 early number  down Class F express freight not fited with continuous brakes Feb 52 JVol6111

 

 

Grantham V2 60942 down ex pass c1953 JVol6068

 

 

Grantham W1 10000 c1948 JVol1448

 

 

Grantham WD up Class F express freight not fitted with continuous brake c1949 JVol3010

 

 

David

Good move David, I for one, would not have gone back to look at them, so re posting them will make them fresh for me, and still as enjoyable.

Keep up the good work. 👍

[Chris Turnbull]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

Before I post today's photos I thought I'd say something about the "missing photos" from earlier years.  As time passes I suspect it becomes less likely that they will return.  I have checked and in my photo threads there are over 20,000 photos no longer visible.

 

Realistically there isn't any likelihood of my managing to replace that many in the posts, even though I do have copies of them all.

 

So I think the best thing is for me to do new posts and put the old photos in them so they can be seen.  It will take a long time but it would be a lot easier than trying to match up the photos to the original posts.

 

I will start in due course.

 

Now for today.  We go back again to the early 1950s, this time at Grantham, in black and white.

 

A good idea - and your thread will last even longer!

 

I don't envy you.  I replaced all mine which was hard work and I have but a fraction of what you do.   I look forward to seeing all your photos again. 

 

Chris Turnbull

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Firstly, as others have said, you’ve made the right decision about what to do with all those missing photo’s, and I look forward to seeing them again in those new posts over however many years it will take to get them all posted again.

Now onto the photo’s of Grantham from the early fifties. The first one is most interesting of Grantham North with a C12 on a one carriage train, which a Gresley, D.175, BCK. It could be in use for inspection duties, I’m not sure. It certainly is a charming scene. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

A first batch from the missing photos.  To start with they will be ones originally posted between 1st May 2014 and 11th July 2015 - some 3060 images in all.  They will not be in the original order, that would be far too complicated to do.

 

I cannot guarantee to post two sets of photos every day, there may be days with only "new" or only "old photos".

 

Today's were taken at Lanceaster in 1972.  At that time I was living in Manchester, just coming to the end of my student days after completing a degree in Biology in 1971, I did my PGCE which took a further year to qualify me to teach.  I left Manchester in June 1972.

 

 

Lancaster Class 08 3200 shunting 17th May 72 C0962

 

 

Lancaster Class 40 301 in green up carflats 17th May 72 C957

a Lancaster Class 50 409 up ex pass, Class 108 on right  17th May 72 C960

 

 

Lancaster Class 108 up pass 17th May 72 C959

 

 

Lancaster Platform finger indicator 17th May 72 C954  Class 108 and Class 101

 

 

David

Edited August 9, 2022 by DaveF

[keefer]

Please don't feel you have to post however many pics a day, Dave - just do what you can while allowing for a life outside of RmWeb - any are a bonus after the crash!

Always a pleasure to see the older pics, I hadn't looked back through the thread for a while.

[corneliuslundie]

When changing  trains at Lancaster I have often thought that given enough room it would make an interesting prototype for a layout with a great variety of traffic and trains starting and terminating as well as running through both on the main line and from the Lake District to the Midlands etc.

The main station building would be delightful, but certainly a challenge.

Jonathan

[BernardTPM]

In the first picture there's a good example of the early BR Corporate station sign using white on Rail Blue.

[DaveF]

Around Northumberland on the ECML this afternoon.  The photos run from north to south.

 

 

Stamford Northumberland  DVT and Class 91 up 6th May 95 C20122

 

 

Southside HST 43198 and 43085 down 12th Aug 86 C7891

 

 

Ulgham Grange crossing Class 254 HST down April 82 C5632

 

 

Ulgham Lane crossing Class 254 43045 up 11th Aug 84 C6637

 

 

Stannington Class 142 Alnmouth to Newcastle May 94 J14714

 

 

David

 

 

 

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. Firstly, as already pointed out, please do not feel obligated to post two sets of photo’s each day, just post what you feel you are able to. But whatever you do post will be much enjoyed.

So, those ‘missing photo’s’ from Lancaster on the 17th May, 1972 are delightful to see once more, and the first one, of class 08, 3200, shunting stock is a gem, and is the kind of scene you do not see anymore on today’s unit based railway.

The photo’s of the ECML in Northumberland going from north to south are a most excellent set, and a curiosity can be seen in C5632, at Ulgham Grange crossing, with a class 254, HST, on a down express in April, 1982, only the leading class 43 power car, under the cab windscreen, on the secondman’s side, has some kind of ‘protrusion.’ I have enlarged the photo’, but I’m unable to get any better definition on just what it is.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[SHMD]

Today - Superb!

 

...a big thanks from me.

Please continue BUT at your own pace.

 

 

Kev.