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

[corneliuslundie]

The driver of Greene King was presumably showing off. I think I photographed the same train later in the day.

Jonathan

 

[DaveF]

The next batch are from Didcot on a visit in May 1979.  They had Morris dancers as an extra attraction.

 

 

Didcot 5900 Hinderton Hall railcar 22 and B of B 34051 Winston Churchill May 79 C4511

 

 

Didcot 6998 Burton Agnes Hall May 79 C4517

 

 

Didcot 3650 May 79 C4524

 

 

Didcot 1366 May 79 C4525

 

 

Didcot Radstock North signal box May 79 C4533

 

 

Didcot Morris Dancing May 79 C4536

 

 

David

[woodenhead]

3 minutes ago, DaveF said:

It was the new cleaning crew's first day, rags at the ready to get those locos clean.

[Stentor]

My old boss Peter was a Morris dancer and he always used to say “if you want Morris Dancers put out a couple of jugs of free beer and they will come”.

[franciswilliamwebb]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I assume they were detained indefinitely under the 1974 Morris Act 😉

[DaveF]

A few more photos, this time along the Midland Railway line from Nttingham Midland  to Newark Castle and Lincoln St Marks.

 

Note we are heading north east starting at Gonalston crossing, just east of Lowdham.

 

 

Gonalston Crossing Class 105 Lincoln to Crewe Oct 75 C2515

 

 

Gonalston Crossing Class 120 Crewe to Barnetby March 78 C3763

 

 

Gonalston Crossing Class 25 up coal Feb 76 J5063

 

 

Thurgarton Class 104 Derby to Lincoln St Marks Aug 69 J1821

 

 

Bleasby Class 25 D7618 up coal Aug 69 J1822

 

 

David

Edited February 26, 2023 by DaveF

[Jack]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

The next batch are from Didcot on a visit in May 1979.  They had Morris dancers as an extra attraction.

 

Didcot Morris Dancing May 79 C4536

 

Wow - we often bemoan the aging of the model railway community, but look how young those Morris Dancers are ... I don't think I have ever been out and about in the last 20 years and seen Morris Dancers looking that youthful!!!

 

As always David, such a great thread, thanks for sharing all the piccies!

[DaveF]

An extra set today from Switzerland.  They were taken at Langenthal on 11th August 1988.

 

For those of you who do not know Switzerland  well Langenthal is south west of Olten on the line to Bern.  The station has been bypassed by a new tunnel as part of the Mattstetten to Rothrist Neubaustrecke which opened in the early 2000s, but it is still an important location with a lot of trains.   Langenthal is served by SBB and by the metre gauge network of the Aare Seeland mobil formed when the Solothurn Niederbipp Bahn, Oberaargau Regional Transport and the Biel Tauffelen Ins Bahn and a bus company merged in 1999. 

 

It is also served by the BLS on its Langenthal to Huttwil line  though at the time of the photos this line was part of the VHB (Vereinigte Huttwil Bahnen) which merged with the BLS in 2006.  Actually the last bit was not quite as simple as written as there were a number of amalgamations over many years, hence stock lettered EBT (Emmental Burgdorf Thun Bahn) in some of the photos.

 

And you thought British railway company history was complicated!

 

 

Langenthal Ae6/6 11499 l e 11th Aug 88 C10728

 

 

Langenthal SNBOJB Be4/4 301Solothurn to Langenthal 11th Aug 88 C10729

 

 

Langenthal EBT SMB VHB Bt 383 11th Aug 88 C10732

 

 

Langenthal Re4/4ii 11238 Interlaken to Zurich Flughafen 11th Aug 88 C10737  Hauling a mixed rake of  BLS and SBB coaches - this is quite normal.

 

 

Langenthal EBT Be4/4s 105 and 104 Langenthal to Huttwil freight 11th Aug 88 C10743

 

 

David

Edited February 26, 2023 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most excellent set of photo’s of the Great Eastern at Manningtree, from visits in 1976, and 1977. In the first photo’ of 47135, on a Norwich to Liverpool Street service, on the 28th March, 1976, that’s an excellent three quarter shot of the 47, and it also shows that the second roller blind has got a bit crumpled up, and is illegible.
 

The photo’s of Didcot from a visit in May 1979, are quite superb, and I’m saying nothing about those Morris dancers. 😉

Now, in C4525, 1366 looks delightful at the head of those three GWR carriages. A superb three quarter portrait shot.

 

That’s an excellent set of photo’s of the Midland Railway line from Nottingham Midland to Newark Castle and Lincoln St Marks, as heading north east, starting at Gonalston crossing, just east of Lowdham. In J1821, at Thurgarton, with a class 104, on a Derby to Lincoln St Marks service, in August, 1969, your Dad has captured a most atmospheric shot, and what a window on the right. It reminds me of ancient churches. The railway architect may well have intended just that. 
 

The latest Switzerland photo’s of Langenthal, on 11th August, 1988, are a delightful and atmospheric selection. And that is  certainly a most complicated history! 
In the last photo’, of EBT, Be4/4s, 105 and 104, on a Langenthal to Huttwil freight, that is a most expertly composed shot of the double headed train.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

[DaveF]

A few photos at Toton over the years for this morning.

 

 

Toton general view from east side in heavy sleet! March 67 J841

 

 

Toton Class 20s a Sunday afternoon Nov 70 C424  Taken from a diverted Nottingham to Manchester train.

 

 

Toton Class 25 down ballast April 78 C3769

 

 

Toton 44007 down empty coal May 79 C4577

 

 

Toton Class 37 up empty ballast May 79 C4578

 

 

David

[hexagon789]

40 minutes ago, DaveF said:

A few photos at Toton over the years for this morning.

 

 

Toton general view from east side in heavy sleet! March 67 J841

 

 

Toton Class 20s a Sunday afternoon Nov 70 C424  Taken from a diverted Nottingham to Manchester train.

 

 

Toton Class 25 down ballast April 78 C3769

 

 

Toton 44007 down empty coal May 79 C4577

 

 

Toton Class 37 up empty ballast May 79 C4578

 

 

David

Good selection of classes and views there, a nicely varied selection.

[melmoth]

22 hours ago, franciswilliamwebb said:

 

I assume they were detained indefinitely under the 1974 Morris Act 😉

 

1973 in Scarfolk:

[DaveF]

A visit to the Southern this afternoon around Pirbright Junction on 17th April 1971.

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 47 up vans and freightliner  17th April 1971 J2598

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 423 4VEP up pass Bournemouth to Waterloo 17th April 1971 J2601

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 33 6583 up parcels 17th April 1971 J2604

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 33 6537 freight possibly Temple Mills to Eastleigh 17th April 1971 J2605

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 33 6513 boat train Southampton Western Docks to Waterloo 17th April 1971 J2606

 

 

Pirbright Junction Class 74 E6107 up parcels 17th April 1971 J2609

 

 

David

[keefer]

Presumably a whole batch of GUVs had just come out of works - it's rare enough to see one clean one never mind a few in different trains! 🙂

[iands]

J2598 Love the 'mixed traffic'. Try running that combo on a layout at a show and see what comments are muttered!

[DaveF]

The final set for today are from a visit to Peak Forest on 19th April 1990.  I'm not sure I'd want to travel there and back in a day from Northumberland now but quite often did things like that then.

 

Peak Forest 37425 shunting 9th April 90 C14384

 

 

Peak Forest Class 47 dropping off after banking train 19th April 90 C14389   47441

 

 

Peak Forest Class 47 empty ICI hoppers 19th April 90 C14416

 

 

Peak Forest 37425 shunting 19th April 90 C14418

 

 

Peak Forest 47534 & 2 Class 37s 19th April 90 C14419

 

 

David

Edited February 27, 2023 by DaveF

[woodenhead]

6 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

Toton general view from east side in heavy sleet! March 67 J841

 

Hump shunting, so many varieties of coal wagons abound across the sidings

[brushman47544]

The LL 47 in C14389 is 47441.

[Fat Controller]

I wonder what the story behind the mixed Freightliner/ GUV formation was? I've seen photos of mixtures of Freightliner and air-braked wagons, but never NPPCS stock like this.

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a fantastic selection of photo’s of Toton. In C4577, with 44007, on a down train of empty coal wagons, in May, 1979, you can see the state the Peak was in by then, with those large grills having seen better days.

 

The photo’s of Pirbright Junction on 17th April 1971, are a delightful set, with J2604, of class 33, 6583, on an up parcels train, being a great view of a typical parcels train from the early Seventies. 

 

Finally, the photo’s of Peak Forest, as on the 19th April, 1990, are a superb selection, and capture the place perfectly. In C14418, with another photo’ of 37425, shunting, you have an excellent side shot of the 37.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[eastwestdivide]

1 hour ago, Fat Controller said:

I wonder what the story behind the mixed Freightliner/ GUV formation was? I've seen photos of mixtures of Freightliner and air-braked wagons, but never NPPCS stock like this.

Think the SR had a fair few air- or dual-braked GUVs, but still, if it was newly-overhauled stuff as @keefer a few posts above suggests, why are the few (5-set?) container wagons loaded with containers? Also a 4Z headcode, so [shrugging shoulders icon]

[DaveF]

A visit to North Wales to start with today.  The photos are at Blaenau Ffestiniog in 1979 and 1982.

 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 108 down pass 6th Aug 79 C4703

 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog August 1979 C4744

 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 101 Aug 79 C4746

 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 40 le to Trawsfynnedd July 82 C5732

 

 

Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 120 July 82 C5777

 

 

 Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 120 July 82 C5791

 

 

David

 

 

[DaveF]

Yorkshire next with a series of visits to Rotherham Masborough.

 

 

Rotherham Masborough November 1976 J5545

 

 

Rotherham Masborough Station South Junction  Class 08 local freight December 1976 J5549

 

 

Rotherham Masborough Station South Junction 45022 Lytham St Annes down ex pass 12th August 1977 C3487

 

 

Rotherham Masborough Station South Junction  Class 31 down freight 12th August 1977 C3489

 

 

Rotherham Masborough Wed 5th April  1989 C12072

 

 

David

[eastwestdivide]

Rotherham doesn't look all that different nowadays compared to the 1989 picture (C12072), if a bit more vegetation. There's more of a change versus your 1970s photos, where everything's been rationalised.

The station buildings are occupied, partly by a restaurant.

Here's a diverted Hull Trains service coming from St Pancras via Toton and the Old Road just a couple of weekends ago:

 

 

Edited February 28, 2023 by eastwestdivide

[DaveF]

This evening we have a few photos on the Midland Main Line at Loughborough Midland taken 20 years apart in 1969 and 1989.  The first photo is just to the north west of the station.

 

 

Loughborough 20095 and another down ballast by crane factory June 89 J10026  By the Herbert Morris crane factory.

 

 

Loughborough Midland Class 45 D78 Derby to St Pancras heavy rain May 69 J1701

 

 

Loughborough Midland goods yard in rain May 69 J1702

 

 

Loughborough Midland crane working on new connection to Brush works when Class 60s were being built June 89 J10022

 

 

Loughborough Midland 150101 Nottingham to Coventry June 89 J10025

 

 

David