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

[DaveF]

Some photos from Scotland this morning.  One is from south  of the Firth of Forth, the others are on the north side.

 

Enjoy finding the trains in the last 2 photos, they are there if you look carefully!

 

 

Cockenzie Power station 26002 coal 21st Aug 86 C7901

 

 

North Queensferry 150208 down Fife Circle train 15th Aug 96 C21312

 

 

North Queensferry 150259 up Fife Circle train 15th Aug 96 J16279

 

 

Kinghorn distant view Class 158 up seen from Pettycur harbour Aug 96 J16291

 

 

Kinghorn distant view Class 37 up freight from Pettycur harbour Aug 96 J16286  The  train is just below the lowest of the top lines of caravans and above the 5 caravans near the left of the photo.

 

David

Edited July 2, 2023 by DaveF

[Southernman46]

Can't be too many Class 113 photos about 👍

[DaveF]

Next up are a few photos from Huddersfield over the years.

 

 

Huddersfield Class 101 Wakefield Westgate to Huddersfield Feb 72  C0853

 

 

Huddersfield view east 8th Sept 90  C15390

 

 

Huddersfield 47423 NSE stock to Wakefield Westgate 8th Sept 90  C15393

 

 

 Huddersfield 144012 25th July 00 C24987

 

 

Huddersfield 153304 Leeds to Sheffield via Penistone 25th July 00 C24990

 

 

Huddersfield main buildings 25th July 00 C24991

 

David

[keefer]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

Kinghorn distant view Class 37 up freight from Pettycur harbour Aug 96 J16286  The  train is just below the lowest of the top lines of caravans and above the 5 caravans near the left of the photo

IIRC a single line ran from the mainline down to the shore area, I think it was for a glassworks. Without checking old maps, the trackbed may have been the slope with (or just above) the line of caravans (from upper-centre left to centre-right at the houses)

[DaveF]

Back to Germany now for a look at Gernrode on the Selketalbahn, now a part of the HSB after quite a complicated history.  It is of course metre gauge.   The last photo is of a standard gauge train at Gernrode on the DR (Deutsche Reichsbahn), DR and DB were not fully merged until 1994.

 

The photos were all taken on 9th August 1992 which was a very hot day, even though I parked my car in the shade of a tree it was incredibly hot when I got back into it, the temperature was well into the 30s even in the shade.  There was no one about, I think everyone was indoors trying to keep cool except me.

 

When I took the photos it was the terminus, the standard gauge line beyond Gernrode to Quedlinburg has since been converted to metre gauge.

 

 

Gernrode 99 6102 9th Aug 92 C17707

 

 

Gernrode 99 7232 9th Aug 92 C17709

 

 

Gernrode  9th Aug 92 C17714

 

 

Gernrode HSB 199 870 9th Aug 92 C17715

 

 

Gernrode DR 201 709 to Aeschersleben 9th Aug 92 C17720  standard gauge

 

David

Edited July 2, 2023 by DaveF

[Southernman46]

During an 7-day all-line railrover in 1983 - for the glorious price of £25 (at priv. rate) too, stopped in at the Travellers Fare buffet at Huddersfield Station for a cup of tea whilst changing trains - only to have it served in a china cup & saucer - no Maxpax plastic there - wonderful.

[DaveF]

A few more photos taken at High Dyke in the days when it was still a junction and had plenty of interesting trains to see.

 

 

High Dyke Class 46 Bradford to Kings X Jan 69 J1521  I've often wondered who owned the Reliant 3 wheeler, there was no one else there taking photos that day.

 

 

High Dyke Class 31 down iron ore to Scunthorpe Jan 69 J1530

 

 

High Dyke Class 40 down vans and Class 31 shunting  Feb 69 J1551

 

 

High Dyke Class 31s 5675 and 5673 light engines Oct 69 J2017

 

 

High Dyke Class 47 D1585 light engine Nov 69 C169

 

David

Edited July 3, 2023 by DaveF

[brushman47544]

J1521 has a full centre headcode so will I think be a Class 46.

[DaveF]

21 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

J1521 has a full centre headcode so will I think be a Class 46.

 

Thanks Andrew.  I did wonder when I posted it but 46s were not that common on the ECMl  - at least not at the times of day Dad and I visited to take photos.

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an excellent selection of photo’s of Scotland, with one from south of the Firth of Forth, and the others on the north side. In J16279, at North Queensferry, with 150259, on an up Fife Circle train, on the 15th August, 1996, your Dad has taken a well composed shot of the unit.

 

The photo’s of Huddersfield are a superb set. In the last photo’ of the main buildings, on the 25th July, 2000, you have taken an excellent shot of them.

 

That’s a great selection of photo’s of Germany,  at Gernrode, on the Selketalbahn, now a part of the HSB, on the 9th August, 1992. In the first photo’ of 99 6102, you have taken an excellent portrait shot of 99 6102. 

 

Finally, the photo’s of High Dyke are all of interest. In the last photo’ of class 47, D1585, running light engine, in November, 1969, you have captured the locomotive well, and have a beautifully composed photo’.

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[keefer]

As if driving a 3-wheeler in the snow wasn't bad enough, if the snow was deep, your back wheels would be in everyone else's tracks but the front wheel would be trying to plough through the mound of snow in the middle!

[35A]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

High Dyke Class 31s 5875 and 5873 light engines Oct 69 J2017

 

5675 and 5673, David - the tablet-catcher fitted ones for the High Dyke branch (5862 was the highest numbered Brush 2).  😁

[DaveF]

Photos from an open day Tyseley in September 1970.

 

 

Tyseley Jubilee 5593 Kolhapur Sept 70 J 2354

 

 

Tyseley N15 30777 Sir Lamiel Sept 70 J2362

 

 

Tyseley LYR 2-4-2T 1008 Sept 70 J2363

 

 

Tyseley Peckett No 1 and replica coaches Sept 70 J2365

 

 

Tyseley GNR J52 1247  Sept 70 J2366

 

 

Tyseley 7029 Clun Castle Sept 70 J2367

 

David

[DaveF]

Bramford is on the line from Ipswich to Haughley Junction where lines diverge to Norwich at Bury St Edmunds.  The photos were taken in the area. around Bramford.

 

 

Bramford Class 105 and 101 mixed set Ipswich to Cambridge June 75 C2182

 

 

Bramford Class 105 Cambridge to Ipswich June 75 C2183

 

 

Bramford Class 47 up ex pass July 75 C2185

 

 

Bramford Class 47 up goods July 75 C2186

 

 

Bramford Class 37 down oil June 75 C2187

 

David

[Rugd1022]

J1551 at High Dyke in '59 : that blue full brake vehicle is a Hawksworth job, looks like it's been recently outshopped from Wolverton or Swindon Works.

[DaveF]

Black and white photos at March and Whitemoor Yard.

 

 

March LNER K3 up and B1 1005 down 1947/8 JVol1186

 

 

March B1 being rerailed with jacks c1948 JVol1258

 

 

March K3 61846 up parcels 1949 JVol1185 

 

 

Whitemoor yard  up side hump control panel c1948 JVol1270

 

 

Whitemoor yard LNER 8000 shunting c1948 JVol1267

 

David

[DaveF]

Lastly today some trains at Swayfield in 1972 - 4.

 

 

Swayfield Class 31 up car carriers June 72 C979

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 1993 08.35 Halifax to Kings X July 72 C1011

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass  17.00 Newcastle to Kings X June 74 C1621  55002

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 down ex pass 18.04 Kings X to Leeds and Bradford 30th June 74 C1640  55001

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 up ex pass Dec 74 C1837  Headcode not on Napier-chronicles website

 

David

Edited July 3, 2023 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of an open day at Tyseley in September, 1970. In J2366, of GNR, J52, 1247, that’s a fantastic photo’ of the sole preserved locomotive. I wonder if it can ever be steamed again?

 

The photo’s of Bramford, on the line from Ipswich to Haughley Junction, are a superb set. In C2183, with a class 105 unit on a Cambridge to Ipswich train in June, 1975, that is a delightful ‘train in the landscape’ shot.

 

You have posted an excellent selection of black and white photo’s of March and Whitemoor Yard. In JVol1258, at March, with a B1 being rerailed with jacks, in about 1948, that’s a most fascinating photo’ of part of the procedure. Indeed, it’s something which I’ve rarely seen photographed before, so it’s both thanks to your Dad, and yourself for posting the photograph.

 

Finally, the photo’s of Swayfield from 1972 to 1974, are a splendid set. In C1621, of a class 55, on an up express passenger train, the 17.00 Newcastle to Kings Cross, in June, 1974, it is an excellent shot. 

Now I can make out a 2 as the last digit of the number, so going by the nameplate, it must surely be 55002, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[brushman47544]

C1621 is 55002 and C1640 is almost certainly 55001. It could also be 55009 but that would mean it failed later that day as it was taken to Doncaster Works for repairs the following day 1 July. 

[35A]

7 hours ago, DaveF said:

Swayfield Class 47 up ex pass Dec 74 C1837  Headcode not on Napier-chronicles website

 

David

 

It's *probably* a Christmas scheduled relief train, David. Although the Eastern Region used to use 1Gxx for internal specials/charters, they tended to use high numbers for scheduled, period reliefs.

 

According to my notes from the time, in the run up to Christmas 1974 there were Anglo-Scottish reliefs in the 1S9x series and on Christmas Eve I have records of a 1A60, 1A80, 1A83. I couldn't find a 1A62 but it might have just run at the wrong time for me.  😄

[DaveF]

Photos on the ECML between Darligton and Durham near Acliffe and Hett Mill.

 

 

Aycliffe 37160 up l e 5th Aug 76 C2948

 

 

Aycliffe 45068 up ex pass and Class 37 down freight 5th Aug 76 C2952

 

 

Hett Mill Loadhaul 60038 empty lime Redcar to Hardendale 31st May 95 C20581

 

 

Hett Mill Class 43 Aberdeen to Kings X 23rd March 96 C20816

 

 

Hett Mill 60024 down empty lime Redcar to Hardendale 23rd March 96 C20824

 

David

[DaveF]

A Southern miscellany, four emus and a station.

 

Bax 2HAP 6135Ramsgate to Charing Cross March 76 C2650

 

 

Bax 4CEP 7199 Victoria to Ramsgate March 76 C2651

 

 

ca Cuxton, view north March 79 C4363

 

 

Cuxton Class 416 5727 Strood to Maidstone West Oct 79 C4879

 

 

Swale 2HAP leaving for Sittingbourne June 75 C2123

 

David

 

 

 

 

[DaveF]

WCML electrics around Hillmorton over 50 years ago, in fact some are 56 years ago.

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 E3129 08.20 Carlisle to Euston March 67 J0823

 

 

Hillmorton Class 83 E3033 down light engine March 67  J824

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 E3142 Windermere to Euston March 67 J834

 

 

Hillmorton Class 86 E3181 up Aug 69 J1819

 

 

Hillmorton Class 85 Euston to Holyhead May 70 J2111

 

David

[DaveF]

On the Great Eastern this evening at Liverpool Street and Stratford Depot during an Open Day.

 

 

Liverpool Street east side Dec 79 C4905

 

 

Liverpool Street 309627 Liverpool St to Clacton Wed 20th Oct 93 C19123  Taken on a visit to London for a conference.

 

 

Stratford MPD breakdown crane July 79 C4636

 

 

 Stratford MPD 313033 July 79 C4643

 

 

Stratford MPD 40176 July 79 C4652

 

David

[SouthernBlue80s]

The EMU pictures remind me of my youth in Kent.

Also I find it facinating that in 1967 there were clean modern electrics with big power and also steam on the network at the same time.