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

[Stoke West]

14 hours ago, DaveF said:

A few more photos at Pilmoor come next.  As usual the loco numbers may or may not be correct.

 

 

Pilmoor Class 47 D1516 up car carrier Edinburgh to Kings X Sept 65 J379

Pilmoor Class 47 D1577 down freight Feb 67 J768

 

 

Pilmoor Class 47 D1501 down Anglo Scottish Car Carrier June 67 J0925

 

 

Pilmoor Class 55 D9010 Newcastle to Kings X Sept 67 J1117

 

 

Pilmoor Class 101 Darlington to York Aug 75 C2211

 

 

David

J768 a Rowntrees working all vanwides , branded 'RETURN TO FOSS ISLANDS YORK NER '

[DaveF]

Some photos on the Great Eastern today, at Ingatestone, Marks Tey and Manningtree mostly in 1975 with one from 1977.

 

 

Ingatestone 309604 Clacton to Liverpool St Oct 75 C2465

 

 

Ingatestone Class 31 up ecs Oct 75 C2467

 

 

Marks Tey possibly 47206 up Norwich - Liverpool St XP Oct 75 C2473

 

 

Marks Tey prototype emu for Class 313 Oct 75 C2475

 

 

 Manningtree Class 31 Parkeston Quay to Liverpool St The Day Continental May 75 J4292

 

 

Manningtree Class 47 47298 Norwich to Liverpool St May 77 C3348

 

 

David

Edited January 30, 2023 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Some less well known areas of North Kent this afternoon.

 

 

Cliffe Brett Marine terminal bogie wagons 18th March 78 C3725

 

 

Allhallows station in the fog - now a caravan park Jan 76 C2596

 

 

Grain oil refinery BP 0-6-0 shunter, near old station Jan76 C2597

 

 

Swale Class 414 6135 Sheerness to Sittingbourne 25th July 78 C3917

 

 

Swale Class 414 6159 Sheerness to Sittingbourne July 78 J6149

 

 

David

[SouthernRegionSteam]

Seeing Allhallows in the fog - it certainly seems to make sense why it never developed in the holiday-friendly way that the Southern envisioned!
Cracking set of photos, as ever. Thank you for posting! I've been quietly following this thread, and have been enjoying it immensely.

[russ p]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

Some less well known areas of North Kent this afternoon.

 

 

Cliffe Brett Marine terminal bogie wagons 18th March 78 C3725

 

 

Allhallows station in the fog - now a caravan park Jan 76 C2596

 

 

Grain oil refinery BP 0-6-0 shunter, near old station Jan76 C2597

 

 

Swale Class 414 6135 Sheerness to Sittingbourne 25th July 78 C3917

 

 

Swale Class 414 6159 Sheerness to Sittingbourne July 78 J6149

 

 

David

 

Great pictures again David,  a bit of Marina envy going on at Allhallows.  A basic super or deluxe Marina coupe with a rather nice 1.8TC or GT next to it 

Classic cars in your thread are almost as good as the traction! 

[Andrew P]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

Some less well known areas of North Kent this afternoon.

 

 

Cliffe Brett Marine terminal bogie wagons 18th March 78 C3725

 

 

Allhallows station in the fog - now a caravan park Jan 76 C2596

 

 

Grain oil refinery BP 0-6-0 shunter, near old station Jan76 C2597

 

 

Swale Class 414 6135 Sheerness to Sittingbourne 25th July 78 C3917

 

 

Swale Class 414 6159 Sheerness to Sittingbourne July 78 J6149

 

 

David

Great pics David, We lived at Hoo, (Hoo St Werburgh) when I was about 4 to 9 years old and went to Allhallows a lot in the summer, and my Dad worked at BP after leaving the Admiralty at Chatham. Thanks for the memories. 

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a delightful selection of Great Eastern photo’s at Ingatestone, Marks Tey and Manningtree. In C2475, at Marks Tey, with the prototype emu for the class 313, in October, 1975, you have captured what is a rare sight for me. Thank you for posting this photograph. 
 

The North Kent photo’s are a most excellent set, with C2596, of Allhallows station in the fog, by then a caravan park, in January, 1976, being a most atmospheric scene, complete with cars and a caravan. A sad reminder of hopes dashed in many ways.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Oldddudders]

16 hours ago, Andrew P said:

Great pics David, We lived at Hoo, (Hoo St Werburgh) when I was about 4 to 9 years old and went to Allhallows a lot in the summer, and my Dad worked at BP after leaving the Admiralty at Chatham. Thanks for the memories. 

ISTR the pub outside the refinery was called The Cat & Cracker!

[lmsforever]

In the early 1950,s  we went on a boat trip from Southend to Allhallows and as we got towards the middle of the estuary the sea got rougher and had quite large waves ,the guy in charge said dont worry we are okay and coming back it will be smooth.The place when we arrived was empty of people it was raining and all there was on the beach was a tea van ,oh boy the boatman was shouted at and people were very upset. The return trip was smooth but all demanded their money back and vowed never to go to Allhallows again.

[DaveF]

Back to January 1967 today to look at the last days of steam at Skipton.  The first 4 photos were on a cold but sunny day - Dad took these, I was working in black and white.  3 are just south of the station, the fourth is by the loco shed.  I can still remember how cold it was!

 

The last one was taken later in the month on a dull raw day.

 

 

Skipton Brittania 70045 Lord Rowallan The Waverley Edinburgh to St Pancras Jan 67 J734

 

 

Skipton BR Class 4 4-6-0 75039 up goods Jan 67 J739

 

 

Skipton LMS 8F 48126 down goods Jan 67 J740

 

 

Skipton LMS Class 5 light engine Jan 67 J742  by the loco shed

 

 

Skipton LMS Class 5 44667 (probably) up mineral Jan 67 J756  The old station is in the left background.

 

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

I just don't know how you do it David. Delightful photos day after day. Many thanks for all the effort you put into sorting and posting them.

Today's of Skipton reflect a long lost world, the one which was around when I was a teenager. Excellently composed and so full of atmosphere.

Jonathan

[mcowgill]

Just catching up on the last few days photos, C1098 on the Ffestiniog at Penrhyndeudraeth is 'Merddin Emrys'.

 

Earl of Merioneth was withdrawn in 1971, it was planned to scrap the superstructure and fit a new Hunslet boiler the same as we see on Merddin Emrys in your photo (new boiler 1970) but as it would mean losing the last traditional Fairlie outline loco a successful campaign led to the preservation of the old Earl as a static exhibit (now in the NRM York) and replacement with a new Earl of Merioneth (aka the Square) entering service in 1979. 

 

This has come full circle, the 1979 loco has been withdrawn and is stored with no plans to return it to service, it's being replaced by new build James Spooner built to the traditional outline.

 

Martin

[DaveF]

Now a batch of photos I took this morning around 10.00 at Cramlington station in Northumberland on the ECML.

 

As you will see from the Class 158 photos I often take more than one image of a train to show specific things either about the train or the location.  At least with digital cameras it doesn't cost any more unlike the days of film.

 

BSC_7503 Cramlington LNER 800 up 31 Jan 23

 

 

BSC_7505 Cramlington LNER 800 down 31 Jan 23

 

 

BSC_7509 Cramlington Northern 158 Morpeth to Carlisle  31 Jan 23

 

 

 BSC_7510 Cramlington Northern 158 Morpeth to Carlisle  31 Jan 23

 

 

BSC_7511 Cramlington Northern 158 Morpeth to Carlisle  31 Jan 23

 

 

BSC_7512  Cramlington Northern 158 Carlisle to Morpeth  31 Jan 23

 

 

BSC_7514  Cramlington Northern 158 Carlisle to Morpeth  31 Jan 23

 

 

David

[Andrew P]

4 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

ISTR the pub outside the refinery was called The Cat & Cracker!

At 9 years old I cant remember, Ian, but the Pub in the Village was the Five Bells from from memory, at the bottom of Bells Lane. 😆

[eastwestdivide]

5 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

ISTR the pub outside the refinery was called The Cat & Cracker!

The name lives on in Cracker Court, Grain, beside the Hogarth pub, here on Google street view:

https://goo.gl/maps/6tjMVUnyF9kPfnxKA

 

1 hour ago, Andrew P said:

At 9 years old I cant remember, Ian, but the Pub in the Village was the Five Bells from from memory, at the bottom of Bells Lane. 😆

The Five Bells pub is still on Bells Lane, but in Hoo, not Grain (i.e. much nearer civilisation!):

https://goo.gl/maps/6UdL55R8V8MWxEbB8

[DaveF]

Today we've had the Midland Railway towards the S&C and the ECML, so now a few photos of the WCML 1967 to 1976.  They were taken around Roade and Norton Bridge.

 

 

Roade Class 83 up ex pass July 67_J975

 

 

Roade Class 310 up pass July 67   J976

 

 

Roade Class 85 E3056 up parcels July 67 _J977

 

 

Roade Class 310 to Coventry Oct 70_J2399

 

 

Norton Bridge 304 032 to Manchester May 76_J5244

 

 

Norton Bridge 87021 down ex pass May 76_J5249

 

 

David

[woodenhead]

10 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Norton Bridge 304 032 to Manchester May 76_J5244

 

David

Looks like quite a few people about to alight at Norton Bridge, bet they were pleased when it shut.

[hexagon789]

49 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

Looks like quite a few people about to alight at Norton Bridge, bet they were pleased when it shut.

Interestingly, in its last year with trains as opposed to the replacement road transport which served it for a period between trains no longer calling and the station actually being legally closed, it had 2,080 passengers. One could perhaps argue that was due to a poor service which I had expected, except I was surprised to learn on looking at the Winter 2002-03 timetable that it had 9 calls each way Mon-Fri (7 Saturdays) on a two-hourly off-peak/hourly peak pattern. That means on average only about 1 in 3 trains calling there had a passenger to/from Norton Bridge. The timings were quite reasonable for commuting or leisure use as well.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said:

The name lives on in Cracker Court, Grain, beside the Hogarth pub, here on Google street view:

https://goo.gl/maps/6tjMVUnyF9kPfnxKA

 

The Five Bells pub is still on Bells Lane, but in Hoo, not Grain (i.e. much nearer civilisation!):

https://goo.gl/maps/6UdL55R8V8MWxEbB8

Yes I know, I did mean Hoo, I lived in Knights Road, just off Bells Lane, a lovely little Village back in 59.

 

[woodenhead]

2 minutes ago, hexagon789 said:

Interestingly, in its last year with trains as opposed to the replacement road transport which served it for a period between trains no longer calling and the station actually being legally closed, it had 2,080 passengers. One could perhaps argue that was due to a poor service which I had expected, except I was surprised to learn on looking at the Winter 2002-03 timetable that it had 9 calls each way Mon-Fri (7 Saturdays) on a two-hourly off-peak/hourly peak pattern. That means on average only about 1 in 3 trains calling there had a passenger to/from Norton Bridge. The timings were quite reasonable for commuting or leisure use as well.

I think they wanted it gone so they could accelerate services - the location of the platform is now the fast lines from Crewe with the slow lines now part of the flyover realignment away from the the station as was.  Clearly not enough patronage to justify a new station.

[Andrew P]

1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said:

The name lives on in Cracker Court, Grain, beside the Hogarth pub, here on Google street view:

https://goo.gl/maps/6tjMVUnyF9kPfnxKA

 

The Five Bells pub is still on Bells Lane, but in Hoo, not Grain (i.e. much nearer civilisation!):

https://goo.gl/maps/6UdL55R8V8MWxEbB8

WOW, That's grown up since I was last there in 59, There was only a small General shop, about where Hoo News in now. and a Hairdresser in the Lane going down to the Church and River Medway.

[hexagon789]

16 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

I think they wanted it gone so they could accelerate services - the location of the platform is now the fast lines from Crewe with the slow lines now part of the flyover realignment away from the the station as was.  Clearly not enough patronage to justify a new station.

Quite probably, I think I was just surprised how much grater the service was than I expected. I anticipated finding a one or two train each way service, perhaps Mon-Fri only but the service was significantly better than anticipated. Perhaps I was thinking too much of Polesworth.

Edited January 31, 2023 by hexagon789

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most nostalgic set of photo’s of Skipton from January, 1967. The last photo’ of Skipton of ex-LMS class 5, 44667, on probably, an up mineral train, shows how sad things had become by that time, with steam leaking from many places on the locomotive. 
 

The Cramlington photo’s from today at about 10.00 a.m., are so different from the Skipton photo’s, and are an excellent selection.  They show how clinical, in many respects, I feel the railway is today. In BSC_7510, with 158850, you have a graphic view of the gap between the platform and the step onto the train. I know the track is canted through the station. 
 

The photo’s of the WCML, from 1967 to 1976, from around Roade and Norton Bridge, are a delightful set. How things change with Pendelinos etc., in place of the traditional electric locomotives. In J977, at Roade, with class 85, E3056, on an up parcels train, in July, 1967, the locomotive is looking quite grimey. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

Today is turning out to be quite different from what I had planned, in a good way, so the first photos are later than usual.

 

There is one at Taunton Silk Mill crossing, the remainder are around Swanley on the Southern in Kent.  Unusually I don't remember anything about the day when I took the Swanley ones.

 

 

Taunton Silk Mill crossing Class 22 D6330 down goods Aug 66 J578

 

 

Swanley Class 411 up ex pass Nov 78 C4212

 

 

Swanley Class 411down ex pass Nov 78 C4213

 

 

Swanley Class 423 7887 Margate to Victoria Nov 78 C4214

 

 

Swanley Class 423 7881 Margate to Victoria Nov 78 C4216

 

 

David

Edited February 1, 2023 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Another set of photos now, this time taken on the Midland line from Nottingham to Lincoln at Lowdham on a selection of dates.

 

 

Lowdham Aug 72 C1138

 

 

Lowdham 154002 Lincoln to Nottingham 9th June 89 C11969

 

 

Lowdham 154002 Lincoln to Nottingham 9th June 89 C11970

 

 

Lowdham Class 31 x2 down oil 10th April 90 C14281

 

 

Lowdham 47223 up oil 10th April 90 C14282

 

 

David