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

[DaveF]

 Finally today Leeds (City) over the years.

 

 

Leeds City Class 40 light engine Nov 66 J693  I think backing onto or coming off the train behind it.  Dad's notes don't say which.

 

 

Leeds City Class 45 D135 St Pancras to Leeds Nov 66 J694

 

 

Leeds 2 Class 101s Nov 71 C740

 

 

Leeds 156454 Liverpool to Scarborough 3rd March 90 C14094

 

 

Leeds 144002 13th Oct 92  C18109

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

I hadn't realised how fast things changed. A green 40 in August 1986, Large Logo blue a year later and Scotrail in another year.

Jonathan

[DaveF]

14 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

I hadn't realised how fast things changed. A green 40 in August 1986, Large Logo blue a year later and Scotrail in another year.

Jonathan

 

 

The Class 40 though had become the celebrity member of the class  at the time I took the photo it had recently been repainted.

 

Corrected 21st May, see 35A post below as it was D206 which remained green, not D200.

 

David

Edited May 21, 2023 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That is a delightful selection of photo’s of the Welshpool and Llanfair, at Llanfair Caereinion in September, 1969. In C102, of No 1, The Earl, on the 1st September, 1969, you have captured a most imposing shot of the locomotive from rail level.

 

The photo’s of Clapham Junction, on the 21st November, 1987, are an excellent set, with the last photo’ of class 73, 73127, on a down light engine movement, and running on diesel power, being a superb shot of the locomotive.

 

In the photo’s of Carlisle from the 1980’s, you have a superb selection. The last photo’ of 47492, on an up light engine movement, on the 12th April, 1988, being an excellent shot ofthe locomotive. It also reveals the very low platform height in that part of the station at the time of the photo’s.

 

Finally, the photo’s of Leeds (City) over the years, are a great set, and convey how the station was before it was totally changed in more recent years. In J694, of Class 45, D135, on a St Pancras to Leeds service, in November, 1966, you have a superb view, and there is at least, three vehicles back, what looks like a Porthole SK. The Peak is doing it’s best to imitate a steam engine with all the steam coming from it lower down.
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[brushman47544]

5 hours ago, eastwestdivide said:

Not the usual Gatwick Express Mk2s - could this have been a Bournemouth line service in the SW side platforms, and one of the 73+EMU lashups made when they were extracting the traction motors from the 4-REPs for reuse in the new 442s? Or is 1987 too early for that?

The train is definitely on the Waterloo down main and the second coach a buffet so I agree a down Bournemouth train.

[35A]

4 hours ago, DaveF said:

The Class 40 though was the celebrity member of the class which was never painted blue, at the time I took the photo it had recently been repainted.

 

Not quite, David. 40 122 (D200) did spend quite a period in blue but was repainted green when the class was run down, as the nominated loco for charters etc. The loco that escaped the blue paint was 40 106 (D306), which received a further coat of green paint in (IIRC) 1978, which it carried to withdrawal. Even in preservation, under ownership of the Bodens at the Great Central Railway and then Nene Valley Railway and, more recently, as part of the Class 40 Preservation Society fleet at the East Lancs Railway (currently based at the Severn Valley Railway), it has yet to operate in anger in its first coat of blue paint - although it is alleged that it received a blue repaint at Crewe Works in 1978, which was quickly reverted before it left the Works.

[DaveF]

Radcliffe on Trent on the Grantham to Nottingham line to start with today.  They were taken in 1975/6.

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 20 20090 and ano Nottingham to Skegness The Jolly Fisherman Awayday Special Aug 75 C2293

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 105 Nottingham to Grantham Oct 75 C2518

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 37 Harwich to Manchester Piccadilly Oct 75 C2520

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 31 eastbound grain  Feb 76 C2627

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 47 eastbound oil empties Feb 76 C2628

 

David

[JeffP]

C9268. Interesting.

Clapham to Liverpool?

Where had it originated? Brighton?

Would it turn off and go via Earls Court?

[hexagon789]

3 hours ago, JeffP said:

C9268. Interesting.

Clapham to Liverpool?

Where had it originated? Brighton?

Most likely Brighton to my mind.

[Fat Controller]

18 minutes ago, hexagon789 said:

Most likely Brighton to my mind.

There was a working in the early/mid 1990s that ran from Ramsgate to either Lime St or Piccadilly. Down via Folkestone, return via Faversham,

[DaveF]

A look at the railway near Norre Aby in Denmark  next.  It is between Fredericia and Odense. The photos are from 1992 and 1994.

 

 

Norre Aby DSB dmu westbound 13th Aug 92 C17830

 

 

Norre Aby dmu 13th Aug 92 C17832

 

 

Norre Aby DSB ICdmu westbound 13th Aug 92 C17834

 

 

Norre Aby IC3 dmu 5012 to Copenhagen 16th Aug 94 C19610

 

 

Norre Aby DSB IC3 dmu westbound 16th Aug 94 C19613

 

 

David

[35A]

6 hours ago, DaveF said:

Radcliffe on Trent on the Grantham to Nottingham line to start with today.  They were taken in 1975/6.

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 20 20090 and ano Nottingham to Skegness The Jolly Fisherman Awayday Special Aug 75 C2293

 

FYI, David, the only report of 20 090 on 1E85 during August 1975 was Saturday 16th, when it was paired with 20 009 (courtesy of www.railgenarchive.co.uk  - although weekday entries are quite sparse from that time). The trailing loco looks as though it's green, which may narrow things down.

[hexagon789]

2 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

There was a working in the early/mid 1990s that ran from Ramsgate to either Lime St or Piccadilly. Down via Folkestone, return via Faversham,

The Ramsgate service was Summer Sats only IIRC, and by the end was out from Birmingham and returning to Glasgow Central.

 

But it is a possibility of course in the earlier years before the end points changed.

 

I think Brighton just springs more readily to mind.

[DaveF]

A few trains at Swayfield on Stoke Bank.

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9001 St Paddy Dec 71 C773 09.00 Hull to Kings X

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9011 down ex pass 16.00 Kings X to Edinburgh "The Talisman" May 72 C938

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 1760 09.35  Kings X  to Skegness July 72 C1009

 

 

Swayfield  Class 46 down ex pass Dec 74 C1839  no train details

 

 

Swayfield Class 40 down parcels 30th May 78 C3880

 

David

Edited May 21, 2023 by DaveF

[Oldddudders]

1 hour ago, hexagon789 said:

The Ramsgate service was Summer Sats only IIRC, and by the end was out from Birmingham and returning to Glasgow Central.

 

But it is a possibility of course in the earlier years before the end points changed.

 

I think Brighton just springs more readily to mind.

As the train has just come off the Up Brighton Slow line, and is in platform 16 waiting to go round to Latchmere Junction on the WLL, I think Brighton is an obvious origin. It would be possible for it to have come off the South Eastern, via Beckenham Junction and Gipsy Hill, but rather unlikely, not least because the Brighton Main Line was already very busy compared to the Chatham Main Line, which would have taken the train direct to Factory Junction, thence Longhedge Junction and on to Latchmere. 

[DaveF]

Finally today some photos at Toton in 1964 and 1975.  Although steam had gone and locos were being painted blue not much else seems to have changed in the world of freight in the area.

 

 

Toton LMS 4F 44376 light engine on up hump June 64 J153

 

 

Toton up reception sidings Class 08 June 64  J137

 

 

Toton 2x Class 20s up freight Oct 75  C2509

 

 

Toton 20040 & ano down ballast Oct 75 C2511

 

 

Toton 20150 & ano up coal Oct 75 C2513

 

 

David

Edited May 21, 2023 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a superb selection of photo’s of Radcliffe on Trent, on the Grantham to Nottingham line, from 1975, 1976. In C2518, of a two car class 105 DMU, on a Nottingham to Grantham service, in October, 1975, you have captured a great view of the unit, and with the four lamp cab, it’s almost certainly one of the 105’s to have been transferred away from Hull Botanic Gardens Depot as a result of the Beeching cuts. It allowed the yellow diamond coded Derby Lightweights to be withdrawn.

 

The photo’s of the railway near Norre Aby, in Denmark, from 1992, and 1994, are a delightful and atmospheric set. In C17832, of a two car DMU, on the 13th August, 1992, it is a delightful shot, and is expertly composed.

 

In the photo’s of Swayfield, on the ECML, you have an excellent selection. They capture well the way the ECML was back in the Seventies. In C938, of Deltic, class 55, 9011, on a down express passenger train, the 16.00 Kings Cross to Edinburgh, The Talisman, in May, 1972, you have a most nostalgic and atmospheric view of the train with a threatening looking sky adding to the scene.

 

Finally, the photo’s of Toton in 1964 and 1975 are superb, and the first photo’ of LMS 4F, 44376, light engine on the up hump, in June, 1964, is a beautifully captured shot of the stained and tired looking locomotive.
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[hexagon789]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

Finally today some photos at Toton in 1964 and 1975.  Although steam had gone and locos were being painted blue not much else seems to have changed in the world of freight in the area.

 

 

Toton LMS 4F 44376 light engine on up hump June 64 J153

 

 

Toton up reception sidings Class 08 June 64  J137

 

 

Toton 2x Class 20s up freight Oct 75  C2509

 

 

Toton 20040 & ano down ballast Oct 75 C2511

 

 

Toton 20150 & ano up coal Oct 75 C2513

 

 

David

C44376 - a weathering job to aspire to? ;)

[Davexoc]

A feast of 1 blue plus 1 green class 20s today, which happened well after TOPS numbering came in.

Looking at those DSB IC3 sets, and wondering if there are any other units out there where there is a doorless vehicle?

I can see the logic for extra seating on point to point services, but intermediate stops could lead to extended station dwell times....

And they must qualify for the least aerodynamic and ugliest awards.

[hexagon789]

4 minutes ago, Davexoc said:

A feast of 1 blue plus 1 green class 20s today, which happened well after TOPS numbering came in.

Looking at those DSB IC3 sets, and wondering if there are any other units out there where there is a doorless vehicle?

I can see the logic for extra seating on point to point services, but intermediate stops could lead to extended station dwell times....

And they must qualify for the least aerodynamic and ugliest awards.

Actually, as surprising as it sounds, the masive rubber seals on the front do have an aerodynamic property to them. I forget exactly how it works, but the ring shape does displace the air the train moves through in a fashion.

 

I agree absolutely on visual aesthetics though!

 

Not bad units though as such, they can certainly shift some... like an Express Sprinter on a double dose of steroids...

[The Pilotman]

22 hours ago, JeffP said:

C9268. Interesting.

Clapham to Liverpool?

Where had it originated? Brighton?

Would it turn off and go via Earls Court?

1M00 1322 Brighton to Liverpool Lime Street. After Clapham Junction it would have called at Kensington Olympia then Milton Keynes, with a loco change at Mitre Bridge. 

[DaveF]

Today we begin with some of Dad's photos which he catalogued as Kilsby and Crick whichis on the Northampton loop.

 

 

Kilsby and Crick Crick 310061 Coventry to Euston via Northampton March 67 J828

 

 

Kilsby and Crick Class 310 089 Coventry to Euston Oct 70 J2409

 

 

Kilsby and Crick Class 85 down Motorail Kensington Olympia to Perth on Northampton loop July 79 J6526

 

 

Kilsby and Crick Class 86 Liverpool to Euston on Northampton loop July 79 J6528

 

 

Kilsby and Crick 310094 down July 79 J6569

 

 

David

Edited May 23, 2023 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Mainly Ashington colliery in Northumberland, along with one by Woodhorn Colliery.  Just about everything in the first four photos has gone.  The line in the final photo is still in use to take Biomass trains to Lynemouth power station.

 

 

Ashington NCB ex BR Class 14 in distance and BR wagons Dec 82 C5896

 

 

Ashington view towards Butterwell Ashington No1 loop sig box in centre, from West junction 12th Aug 85 C7124

 

 

Ashington NCB ex BR Class 14 31 le and brake Lynemouth to Ashington 12th Aug 85 C7125x

 

 

Ashington NCB Hunslet 2101208 and ano 28th Nov 97 C9288

 

 

 Woodhorn 08485 light engine at coliery crossing 21st June 86 C7594

 

David

[DaveF]

Derby in black and white taken in 1961.

 

 

Derby LMS Class 2MT 46402 light engine c1961 JM71

 

 

Derby LMS Class 5 44804 down goods c1961 JM73

 

 

Derby LMS Class 5 44851 up parcels c1961 JM75

 

 

Derby BR Class 5 73138 up ex pass c1961 JM88

 

 

Derby LMS 8F 48081 light engine, ex works c1961 JM91

 

David

Edited May 22, 2023 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Lastly today some trains at Barkston in September 1968, almost certainly on a Saturday.

 

 

Barkston Class 40 D277 up pullman  Sept 68 J1412

 

 

Barkston Class 31 D5659 down ex pass Sept 68 J1413

 

 

Barkston Class 47 D1510 down Pullman Sept 68 J1417

 

 

Barkston Class 47 D1761 down 11.30 Kings X to Leeds and Harrogate Sept 68 J1423

 

 

Barkston Class 47 D1109 up cement  Sept 68 J1427