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

[keefer]

Boring banger blue, brilliant!🙂

[DaveF]

Just 4 photos this afternoon, one at Radcliffe on Trent and three east of Radcliffe on Trent on the Grantham to Nottingham line.

 

 

east of Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 to Grantham and Skegness May 75 C2060

 

 

east of Radcliffe on Trent  Class 114 to Grantham and Skegness April 79 C4454

 

 

east of Radcliffe on Trent 37049 Parkeston Quay to Manchester on then experimental concrete slab track April 79 C4455

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 25 eastbound goods Oct 76 C3064

 

 

David

[russ p]

Great pictures David 

I see the paved track test section was in use back then. Supposedly testing different techniques for the 70s channel tunnel . Been out of use for many years now but I think the railless base is still there

[DaveF]

Time now for more photos.  They were taken around Westhouses on the Misland Railawy's Erewash Valley line between Trent and Clay Cross.

 

 

Westhouses 2 Class 20's reversing onto branch July 76 C2843

 

 

Westhouses 20169 & ano light engines July 76 C2844

 

 

 Westhouses 2xClass 20 propelling brake van July 76 C2846

 

 

Westhouses Class 45 down ex pass July 76 C2848

 

 

 

Westhouses Class 44 down coal and 2x Class 20 July 76 C2850

44001 probably - many thanks Davexoc

 

David

Edited January 25, 2023 by DaveF

[Chris Turnbull]

C2844: Love the bi-directional distant arms on one post.  Prototype for everything, possibly?

 

Chris Turnbull

[corneliuslundie]

A very nice painted backscene in the first of the Erewash Valley photos.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an excellent set of photo’s of Longsight, in Manchester, as in May, 1971. The last photo’ of a class 86 on a Manchester to Euston service, is a superb view of both the train and the railway, with the 86 having the original suspension. The leading Mkl BG with BR1 bogies would probably be riding quite roughly at high speeds.

 

The photo’s of Radcliffe on Trent and three east of Radcliffe on Trent, on the Grantham to Nottingham line, are a superb selection, with the last photo’, at Radcliffe on Trent station, with a  class 25, on an eastbound goods train, in October, 1976, you have captured a most excellent shot of the train, with the 25 just displaying four dots in the four character headcode box, before they would be more than likely be replaced with two dominoes. 
 

The photo’s from around Westhouses on the Midland Railway’s Erewash Valley line, between Trent and Clay Cross, in July, 1976, are a delightful selection, with C2844, of 20169 and a second one, running light engines, being a superb shot of the two 20’s, in the midst of that long, hot summer. In all of the photo’s the parched grasses and plants are evident as they suffered in the heat and from lack of rain.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

[Davexoc]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

Westhouses Class 44 down coal and 2x Class 20 July 76 C2850

 

 

As there were only 10 and 2 had different bodyside grilles, so down to 8, the placing of the OHL warning flashes seems to indicate that is 44001....

[65179]

6 hours ago, DaveF said:

Time now for more photos.  They were taken around Westhouses on the Misland Railawy's Erewash Valley line between Trent and Clay Cross.

 

 

Westhouses 2 Class 20's reversing onto branch July 76 C2843

 

 

Westhouses 20169 & ano light engines July 76 C2844

 

 

 Westhouses 2xClass 20 propelling brake van July 76 C2846

 

 

Westhouses Class 45 down ex pass July 76 C2848

 

 

 

Westhouses Class 44 down coal and 2x Class 20 July 76 C2850

44001 probably - many thanks Davexoc

 

David

By the time I passed this spot on a regular basis in the mid-90s on the way to and from university, the area was a shadow of its former self. The Blackwell branch had been lifted and there were just one or two tracks through what had been Tibshelf Sidings to the by then closed Silverhill Colliery. The connection off the line the Class 20s are on in C2850 to the Alfreton Explosives site (not sure if this was its proper name - the site has had umpteen other names since) was still in place too, although rail movements may well have ceased into there by that point also. In your photo you can just see a couple of vans in the left background serving this site - very spread out with a series of small buildings each surrounded by built up grassy banks for obvious reasons peppering the area.

 

Simon

Edited January 25, 2023 by 65179

[DaveF]

The WCML this morning at Polesworth while electrification was underway in 1963 and Tring in 1976.

 

 

Polesworth Class 40 up ex pass Nov 63_J080

 

 

Polesworth Britannia 70031 Byron up ex goods Nov 63_J085

 

 

Polesworth Britannia 70029 Shooting Star up ex freight Nov 63_J082

 

 

Tring Class 86 up ex pass Feb 76  C2604

 

 

Tring Class 310 down pass Feb 76 C2606

 

 

 Tring Class 86 up ex pass Feb 76 C2607

 

 

David

[woodenhead]

On 25/01/2023 at 10:35, DaveF said:

A set of photos I took at Longsight in Manchester in May 1971.  At the time I was revising for my final degree exams and usually took one of two days off each week to relax.  This usually involved going somewhere to take a few photos.

 

Those who know Manchester may be able to work out exactly where I stood to take the photos.  It was not far from where I lived. Of course the supermarkets and their car parks were not there then.

 

Yep I know that spot, dad would drive his blue Cortina up there and we'd watch the trains go past, then we'd pop under the bridge over to the other side to have a mooch at the depot.  Ardwick station was another spot to watch trains pass, standing at Piccadilly was never a thing we'd do, yet half a mile down on a draughty platform in a dodgy bit of town was great fun!

[DaveF]

 

Photos of the Bluebell Railway at Easter 1964 now.  I remember the visit very well even though it was almost 59 years ago.

 

I was 14 and had spent a month staying with French friends who lived in Albi near Toulouse.  While I was there they spoke no English to me at all, so my French had improved a lot.  Mum and Dad met me at Newhaven after I had come back to England using an overnight train from Albi to Paris and then a morning train from Paris to Dieppe followed the ferry to Newhaven.  We stayed at a hotel in Hythe, the staff there thought I was French as I had some difficult in speaking and thinking in English for the first few days.  Are 14 years olds allowed to do that sort of journey by themselves now?

 

In those days you could walk around the site even when locos were moving, no one was bothered.  It was assumed you were sensible.  Of course many railway enthusiasts had made unofficial visits to loco sheds etc and so were perhaps more aware of the dangers than casual visitors today.

 

Sheffield Park LBSCR Terrier 55 Stepney April 64 J100

 

 

Sheffield Park SECR Class P Nos 27 and 323 Bluebell April 64 J103

 

 

Sheffield Park SECR Class P 323 Bluebell April 64 J104  Mum and I are on the right.

 

 

Sheffield Park SECR Class P 323 Bluebell April 64 J114

 

 

Freshfield distant signal from LNWR observation car April 64 J112

 

 

Horsted Keynes from LNWR observation car April 64 J113

 

 

David

[DaveF]

A trip to to Germany now in August 1967.  Once again I was staying with French friends in St Avold, this time Mum and Dad had come too.  We made several day visits to Germany including this one to Saarbrucken.

 

 

Scan-131117-0038 V60 360 50 1679 Saarbrucken Germany V60 360 shunting coaches and Class 50 August 1967

 

 

Scan-131117-0040 50 1679 Saarbrucken Germany Class 50 1679 August 1967

 

 

Scan-131117-0041 Saarbrucken Germany pw vehicle and trailer August 1967

 

 

Scan-131117-0043 23 001 Sarbrucken Germany Class 23 001 departing August 1967

 

 

Scan-131117-0044 V60 386 Saarbrucken Germany Class V60 386 ecs August 1967

 

 

Scan-131117-0045  Saarbrucken Germany E41 August 1967

 

 

David

[43110andyb]

Great pics as always! 

But I had to look twice at (Scan-131117-0044 V60 386 Saarbrucken Germany Class V60 386 ecs August 1967) - I thought the lady on the platform was holding/looking at a mobile phone! 🤦‍♂️😂

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a superb set of photo’s of Polesworth with electrification underway in 1963 and then Tring in 1976. The first photo’ at Polesworth with an unidentified class 40, on an up express passenger train, in November, 1963, shows a modern diesel locomotive hauling a train of mostly much older carriages. The first carriage is a diagram 1850, Stanier, BCK, with shallow window vents. They were built at Woverton, to Lot 658, and introduced between 1932 and 1933. According to Mr. Longworth’s book, on page 231, there were three survivors into 1964, two of which were transferred to the ER, leaving M6799M, which was withdrawn in June, 1964. So the best guess is that it must be that carriage in that photo’. 
 

The Bluebell Railway photo’s from April, 1964, are just exquisite, and show a world that is now long gone. In J104, at Sheffield Park, with SECR, Class P, 323, Bluebell, the locomotive looks resplendent whilst you and your Mum have a family photo’ taken alongside the locomotive.
 

The photo’s from Germany, in August, 1967, at Saarbrucken, are an excellent selection, capturing the station very well, with Scan-131117-0043, of Class 23, 23 001, making a rousing departure, throwing up plenty of dark smoke. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[BoD]

J114 brought Father Ted to mind straight away.

 

Small…..     Far Away……

[35A]

J113 - so only one line at Horsted Keynes was equipped with third rail?

[DaveF]

Photos from visits to Mossend this morning.  Please note they are not in date order.

 

 

Mossend North 60034 iron ore Hunterston to Ravenscraig 5th April 91 C15725

 

 

Mossend North 20165 & 20138 up le 5th April 91 C15726

 

 

Mossend North 37049 & 37326 iron ore Hunterston to Ravenscraig 29th March 89 C11814

 

 

Mossend North 26046 down ballast 29th March 89 C11816

 

 

 

Mossend North 37373 down speedlink 29th March 89 C11821

 

 

David

Edited January 27, 2023 by DaveF

[65179]

Are these last 3 views actually 1989 rather than 1987 David?

 

 

Regards,

Simon

[43110andyb]

2 minutes ago, 65179 said:

Are these last 3 views actually 1989 rather than 1987 David?

 

 

Regards,

Simon

I was thinking that date was later also as 37049 wasn’t re-numbered from 37322 until 1988.

[DaveF]

49 minutes ago, 65179 said:

Are these last 3 views actually 1989 rather than 1987 David?

 

 

Regards,

Simon

 

45 minutes ago, 43110andyb said:

I was thinking that date was later also as 37049 wasn’t re-numbered from 37322 until 1988.

 

 

Many thanks for pointing out my date error.  They were uploaded from my RMWeb back up file as they were amongst those lost last year, so they must have been wrongly captioned back in 2014/5 when I first put them in this thread and I hadn't noticed.

 

David

[DaveF]

Another batch of photos, this time taken at Trent and Trent Lane crossing just on the Nottingham side of the site of Trent station.

 

 

Trent Lane level crossing BRCW dmu Nottingham to Derby Oct 75 C2498

 

 

Trent 25099 up parcels Oct 75 C2508

 

 

Trent Lane level crossing Class 47 down ex pass overtaking 20192 and another on coal April 79

C4464

 

 

Trent Lane Level Crossing 47052 up oil Aug 79 C4813

 

 

Trent Lane Level Crossing 31109 and 31205 down oil 9th April 90 C14268

 

 

David

[SHMD]

53 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

Trent 25099 up parcels Oct 75 C2508

 

 

...that third van looks interesting.

 

 

Kev.

 

[keefer]

Just a b/g BG i think, the clean-ish Mk1 body reflecting the light differently to the grubby, flat-sided GUVs.

[New Haven Neil]

I find the early preservation era photos fascinating, as we had just begun visiting them at that time as a family.   I was only 5/6 in 64 but have strong memories of various railways at that time and in the ten years afterwards.  They all look so different now.