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

[DaveF]

35 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

Just catching up a bit - Harlaxton was at the KWVR at one time in the 70's, I recall it there.  The 'Peckett' in the photo. C3180 isn't a Peckett I don't think, but I'm not sure what it is - it might be the Beyer-Peacock that is now at Foxfield?

 

Harlaxton was indeed at the KWVR, it moved from there to Sewstern in 1973 (I think), then after the scheme closed it went to the North Norfolk.

 

You are right about the "Peckett" in C3180, it is in fact a Bagnall, Jubilee.  I simply captioned it wrongly.

 

David

[SR71]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

By the end of today I'll have completed reposting photos up to early May 2016, the last week or so has been using the odds and ends.

Tomorrow I'll start reposting photos originally posted between May 2016 and May 2017.

 

Today we start with a batch from the Talyllyn Railway.

 

 

Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas Aug 69 J1842

 

 

Tywyn Wharf Hunslet 0-4-0ST Rough Pup in museum Aug 69 J1847

 

 

Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas Aug 69 J1851

 

 

Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas  Aug 69 J1893

 

 

Tywyn Wharf Aug 69 J1929

 

 

Tywyn Wharf No 2 Dolgoch Aug 69  J1938

 

 

Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas  31st Aug 69 C050

 

David

Your 60's colour photos have the best colour reproduction for the era I've even seen. That first image could have been taken last year for the quality of it not 50+ years ago...

Edited August 19, 2023 by SR71

[DaveF]

14 minutes ago, SR71 said:

Your 60's colour photos have the best colour reproduction for the era I've even seen. That first image could have been taken last year for the quality of it not 50+ years ago...

 

Thanks very much for the comment.

 

Fortunately Dad, Mum and I always kept our best slides in boxes or magazines which didn't let any light in, also they were in warm dry rooms.  A few were kept in boxes with smoked plastic lids but they were the ones we thought less good.  Mine spent many years in their boxes on shelves on my landing until they were scanned.

 

A minimal amount of work was done on the usuing Paint Shoip Pro or Photoshop after they were scanned.

 

David

[DaveF]

Another random batch.

 

 

Brentingby Junction east of Melton Mowbray Aug 72 C1027

 

 

Devils Bridge Vale of Rheidol 9 Prince of Wales taking water heavy rain 6th August 1979 C4710

 

 

Kildary bridges over B817 and Balnagown River Aug 74 J3893

 

 

Oakworth 41241 leaving for Haworth July 68 J1374

 

 

Rannoch view south 11th May 85 C6886

 

 

David

Edited August 19, 2023 by DaveF

[russ p]

Afternoon David 

The two bases in the Brentingby picture which I believe were water columns and a result of Midland small engine policy are still visible today 

[Fat Controller]

35 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Another random batch.

 

 

Brentingby Junction east of Melton Mowbray Aug 72 C1027

 

 

Devils Bridge Vale of Rheidol 9 Prince of Wales taking water heavy rain 6th August 1979 C4710

 

 

Kildary bridges over B817 and Balnagown River Aug 74 J3893

 

 

Oakworth 41241 leaving for Haworth July 68 J1374

 

 

Rannoch view south 11th May 85 C6886

 

 

David

Was that the Whitley Bay Horticultural Society's trip to Mallaig? If so, we were on board!

[DaveF]

16 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

Was that the Whitley Bay Horticultural Society's trip to Mallaig? If so, we were on board!

 

It was the Whitley Bay trip.  Several of us went on a number of their trips as a group.  We were usually hanging out of door windows taking photos - but we were careful not to get our heads in the way of fixed structures - we are all still alive!.

 

David

[DaveF]

A few more photos at Sewstern and Market Overton beyond the High Dyke branch.

 

 

Market Overton Peckett 0-4-0St banking ballast train Sept 73 J3401

 

 

Market Overton 4472 Flying Scotsman with BR staff from the High Dyke section of the trip Oct 73 J3472

 

 

Sewstern Hunslet 0-6-0ST Primrose No2 hauling sleeping car July 74 C1680

 

 

Market Overton Merchant Navy 35029 Ellerman Lines being handed over to NRM 7th Sept 75 C2443

 

 

Market Overton Peckett John   Crewe cab at front Sept 75 J4891

 

David

[DaveF]

A final mixed set to end the day.

 

 

Ipswich April 75 J4253

 

 

Monkseaton Tyne and Wear Metro 4026 Pelaw to St James 29th Dec 2000 C25191

 

 

Renishaw Iron Works North British shunter No 23 June 69 J1745

 

 

Rothley NSB 377 King Haakon VII 6th Sept 75 C2426

 

 

South of Grosmont AC cars railbus E79978 Grosmont to Goathland  Aug 75 C2221

 

David

Edited August 19, 2023 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good afternoon, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s of the Talyllyn Railway at Tywyn Wharf. In the first photo’, of No 6, Douglas, from August, 1969, your Dad has taken a well composed shot of the engine as, presumably, it takes water and is coaled.

 

The random batch of photo’s are superb, and in C4710, at Devils Bridge, on the Vale of Rheidol, of 9, Prince of Wales, taking water in heavy rain, on the 6th August, 1979, you have taken an excellent photo’, looking down on the locomotive.

 

The photo’s of Sewstern and Market Overton, beyond the High Dyke branch, are a fascinating set. In the first photo’ at Market Overton, with Peckett 0-4-0ST, banking a ballast train, in September, 1973, your Dad has taken a superb photo’ of the locomotive. 

And thank you for posting a closer, more detailed photo’ of the special vehicle in the last photo’. Combined with your detailed explanation from the other day, I feel I now know the vehicle very well. 

 

Finally, the mixed set of photo’s are a splendid selection. In the last photo’, to the south of Grosmont, of the AC cars railbus, E79978, on a Grosmont to Goathland service, in August, 1975, you have taken a splendid shot of the vehicle. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[SouthernBlue80s]

J3401 of the Peckett is a lovely photograph, I am not into Pecketts, but for me the colours everything about that picture is just right.

[Flanged Wheel]

2 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said:

J3401 of the Peckett is a lovely photograph, I am not into Pecketts, but for me the colours everything about that picture is just right.

It stood out for me too, not least because it reminded me of the work of @NHY 581. Both the photo of the prototype and the modelling equivalent are beautiful examples of the skill and expertise of their respective creators - it’s a real joy to be able to share in them on this site.

[DaveF]

Now for the first photos from the back up folder of those originally posted here between May 2016 and May 2017.

 

We start with photos at Bristol Temple Meads.  The first is from 1977, the rest from 1st July 1989 when I went to a conference - having looked at my diary I was a speaker, I think it was something about school curriculum planning.

 

Bristol Temple Meads 253018 Bristol to Paddington Nov 77   J5853

 

 

Bristol Temple Meads  Class 108 set B963 53613 and 54191 1st July 89 C12101a

 

 

Bristol Temple Meads 43005 up ex pass 1st July 89 C12103

 

 

Bristol Temple Meads 43141 Paddington to Taunton 1st July 89 C12108

 

 

Bristol Temple Meads 43130 Paddington to Paignton Sat 1st July 89  C12109

 

 

Bristol Temple Meads 47653 Glasgow to Penzance 1st July 89 C12124

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

C12018 of an HST and a DMU in platform 1. As far as I can see the HST has its tail lights lit so is presumably an Up train. Though I think it is feasible, if not likely, to leave the station in the Up direction and travel in a loop to gain the Exeter line. Rather line Newcastle. Mind you, Taunton seems an unlikely final destination for a train from Paddington, so was it a special of some kind? Or engineering work perhaps.

Jonathan

[DaveF]

1 hour ago, corneliuslundie said:

C12018 of an HST and a DMU in platform 1. As far as I can see the HST has its tail lights lit so is presumably an Up train. Though I think it is feasible, if not likely, to leave the station in the Up direction and travel in a loop to gain the Exeter line. Rather line Newcastle. Mind you, Taunton seems an unlikely final destination for a train from Paddington, so was it a special of some kind? Or engineering work perhaps.

Jonathan

 

It's a long time ago but I think the Western Region was having a bad day.  I was in a hotel near Parkway and had caught a train to Temple Meads, but the one I caught was not at a time shown in the timetable.  It was the same going back later in the day.

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

That sounds like a probable reason.

Jonathan

[Tim Dubya]

34 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

It's a long time ago but I think the Western Region was having a bad day.  I was in a hotel near Parkway and had caught a train to Temple Meads, but the one I caught was not at a time shown in the timetable.  It was the same going back later in the day.

 

David

 

Ah yes, welcome to the west country, having to use the bus to get to work is always a lottery 😉

[DaveF]

We'll move closer to my home in Northumberland now with a few photos at Cambois and North Blyth on the Blyth and Tyne.

 

 

Cambois 56134 16th Aug 85 C7146

 

 

North Blyth Alcan Class 37 5th May 86 C7522  Taken looking acros the harbour/River Blyth from Blyth Quayside.  The alumina terminal is just to the right out of shot.

 

 

North Blyth Alcan ampties 37212 from Lynemouth 22nd Dec 86 C8236

 

 

North Blyth Alcan 24th Dec 01 C25642

 

 

North Blyth 66105 Alcan empties to alumina terminal 3rd Dec 09 DSC_7655

[The Pilotman]

5 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

C12018 of an HST and a DMU in platform 1. As far as I can see the HST has its tail lights lit so is presumably an Up train. Though I think it is feasible, if not likely, to leave the station in the Up direction and travel in a loop to gain the Exeter line. Rather line Newcastle. Mind you, Taunton seems an unlikely final destination for a train from Paddington, so was it a special of some kind? Or engineering work perhaps.

Jonathan

To my eyes, that HST looks like it has headlights showing and a driver in the cab, indicating a down train (and it’s platform 12, not 1). As to why it’s in the platform “behind” a DMU is anyone’s guess, although David alluded to there being problems that day. I doubt it was a normal move for a through train to run permissively into a platform behind another service, but you never know.
Taunton, although not one of the principal destinations for trains from Paddington, did have some terminating services. These would have been extensions to a Bristol or Weston-Super-Mare service. As I recall, the 1815 ex-Paddington ran to Taunton on weekdays for many years via Box and Weston. After Bristol, it called at Nailsea & Backwell, Yatton, Weston Milton, Weston-super-Mare, Highbridge and Bridgwater.

[DaveF]

Off to the Southern now with photos at Shoreham (not by the Sea), this one is in Kent on the line from Swanley to Otford and then to either Sevenoaks or Maidstone.

 

From time to time I drove past and a couple of times I stopped to get a few photos.  Both times were damp days.

 

 

Shoreham 4EPB down Sept 77 C3545

 

 

Shoreham Class 423 7882 down Sept 77 C3546

 

 

Shoreham Kent Class 33 down freight Nov 79 C4866

 

 

Shoreham Kent Class 33 down freight Nov 79 C4867

 

 

Shoreham Kent Class 423 7770 Margate to Victoria Nov 79 C4868

 

 

Shoreham Kent Class 415 5368 down Nov 79 C4869

 

 

Shoreham Kent Class 415 5311 up Nov 79 C4870

 

David

Edited August 20, 2023 by DaveF

[DaveF]

The East Midlands next, at Kirkby in Ashfield.  The first five photos show the Midland shed in April 1964.   The last one is  of the Great Central station in April 1969, a while after it closed.

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield 8F 48098 April 64 J118

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield 8F 48447 April 64 J119

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield 8F 48282 April 64 J120

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield 8F 48105 plus 4F 44441 and ano 8F April 64 J121

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield 4F 44441 and 8F  April 64 J122

 

 

Kirkby in Ashfield station GCR closed April 69 J1597  Line completely closed 7th Jan 68.  Timetabled passenger trains ceased on 3rd Jan 1956 but was used for excursions until 1962.

 

David

Edited August 20, 2023 by DaveF
To add a word

[RFS]

Hi Dave - C4868 with the 4VEP, headcode 96 indicates it's going to Victoria. 

Edited August 20, 2023 by RFS

[corneliuslundie]

Thanks for the correction regarding Bristol TM. I really should have noticed the platform number. Partly I was fooled by the substantial nature of the buildings which I took to be those facing the forecourt.

And as I look at the image again one lamp seems red and the other white!

I wonder if technically the HST was in platform 11 and the DMU in platform 12, as they are actually the same platform. Though there are no obviuous signals to allow them to be used separately.

And I had completely forgotten that the old terminal platform is now in use and numbered platform 1, It shows how long since I have been there.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of Bristol Temple Meads, with the first from 1977, and the rest from the 1st July, 1989. In C12109, of 43130, on a HST from Paddington to Paignton, on Saturday, 1st July, 1989, you have taken a well composed shot the train. 

 

The photo’s of Cambois and North Blyth on the Blyth and Tyne, are an excellent set. The first one at Cambois, with 56134, on the 16th August, 1985, is an excellent photo’, and has captured well the white exhaust trailing back along the train.

 

That’s a fantastic selection of photo’s of the Southern, at Shoreham. In the first photo’ of a 4EPB, on a down service, in September, 1977, you have captured a delightful scene of the train between the trees. 

 

Finally, the photo’s of the East Midlands, at Kirkby in Ashfield, in April, 1964, and April, 1969, are a splendid set. In J119, of 8F, 48447, in April, 1964, your Dad has taken a well composed portrait shot of the locomotive.
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

Some photos at Barking on both the London Tilbury and Southend and LT lines.  For those who knew the area at the time I had probably gone there to visit Guy Norris to look at records and model railway things.

 

 

Barking Class 308/4 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness via Tilbury 30th April 77 C3326

 

 

Barking Class 302 243 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness 30th April 77 C3324

 

 

Barking LT ecs 30th April 77 C3323

 

 

Barking Class 3084 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness via Tilbury 30th April 77 C3326

 

 

Barking Upminster to Ealing Broadway Oct 77 C3620

 

David

Edited August 21, 2023 by DaveF