eastwestdivide Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 For comparison, Maltby on a misty day in 2010, now-closed colliery buildings to the left: 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 More daily treats, more questions from me... Post 5549, photo C 654: why does the near platform have a fixed distant under the starter, whereas the adjacent platform has a working distant (obviously 'off')? The first vehicle looks like a rare Mk1 corridor brake first. Bill The one with a worked distant was on the Up Main Line hence it would be more likely to be approached by non-stopping trains. The one with the Fixed Distant was the Up Middle Line and it was in any case approached by a Distant Fixed at Caution in view of the fact that most - if not all - trains stopped and there was a speed restriction immediately in advance of Middle's Home Signal (the stop signal above the fixed distant plus it had a restricted approach speed. Thus there was no real need to go in for the complexity of a working distant especially as it would have required some quite complicated controls as Exeter East's Up Main Distant (which it was) also controlled Exeter Middle's Up Main Distant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 (edited) Dave C1528/9 fascinated by that location, couldn't place it ... I reckon you were at 52°18'46.24"N 2°12'20.44"W - on the south westerly of the two bridges looking north east, Sneads Green nearest village, that's Hartlebury's down distant in front of the other bridge An area not often seen in photos - many thanks for sharing, remember batting along there at a fair lick in Swindon 120s on Worcester to Brum trains in the late 60s/early 70s Phil If you look to the left of the line in the second picture of Hartlebury you can see a short pole which carried the wire feeding the ATC ramp, which is also visible if you enlarge the picture. I remember replacing that signal with a colour light when the ATC was replaced by BR AWS. That would have been about 1975/6 I think. I wonder if those four wagons are still in the siding at Elmley Lovett. They are visible on Google Earth but may have gone now. The MOD siding was disconnected about 30 years ago. Edited to add picture, you can see the underframes through the trees. Edited January 20, 2016 by TheSignalEngineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Nice photo of the 37 at Maltby. There may a possible typegraphical error in the caption as D6827 was a centre headcode box loco. Looking at the photo it looks like it could be D6728. Other than that, more excellent photos. Keep 'em coming! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 Nice photo of the 37 at Maltby. There may a possible typegraphical error in the caption as D6827 was a centre headcode box loco. Looking at the photo it looks like it could be D6728. Other than that, more excellent photos. Keep 'em coming! I think you are right - I wish the numbers would stay in the same place on my keyboard and not move around all the time.. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 20, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 20, 2016 I think you are right - I wish the numbers would stay in the same place on my keyboard and not move around all the time.. David I have the same trouble with the letters, when I find out who's moving them there'll be a fuss. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I once worked in an office where the numbers on the phone console keypad could be removed, and of course someone eventually succumbed to temptation ! Utter confusion resulted. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 21, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2016 Some photos on the line to Sudbury from Marks Tey - not all of the highest quality. Marks Tey Class 312 pass Liverpool St to Colchester 2 Nov79 C4865 Marks Tey p w machine 2 Nov79 C4862 Chappel and Wakes Colne Class 105 Cravens dmu pass to Colchester approaching station March76 C2644 Chappel and Wakes Colne Class 105 pass to Sudbury May79 C4492 Bures Class 105 pass Colchester to Sudbury May 83 C6037 David 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 21, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 21, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's of the line to Sudbury. I like those of the Cravens units. Very 'everyday'scenes. The class 312 looks particularly smart. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) Having enlarged J1080 as much as I can, the resolution isn't good enough to convince me that it would be D6728. From April 1966 to February 1975 D6728 was a March-based loco. Back then locos didn't tend to stray too far from diagrams based on their home depots, as a rule (although there were exceptions, when a depot purloined a stray loco for its own use), so a Maltby diagram would, most likely, be a Tinsley-based 37 - or possibly an Immingham one, if it had originated from Doncaster. Not impossible for it to be D6728, which could have worked up to Doncaster from Whitemoor and then been nicked, but I'm sceptical! Edited January 22, 2016 by 35A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I have the same trouble with the letters, when I find out who's moving them there'll be a fuss. Mike. And here's me blaming a lack of skooling for your ablouterations on here. Love you. Dave Franks 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 22, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2016 Back to Manchester for today's selection. Once again when preparing these photos I thought 1990 was quite recent, but it really is over 25 years ago. Ardwick Class 104 on LNWR lines to Buxton 8th May 71 C598 Manchester Oxford Road MSJA electric in green 13th March 71 C474 Manchester Oxford Road left 304041 to Crewe, right 304029 8th Sept 90 C15375 Manchester Oxford Road 47278 Varidae Holidaymaker to Great Yarmouth, NSE stock 8th Sept 90 C15377 Manchester Oxford Road 142051 to Stockport 8th Sept 90 C15378 David 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2016 Hi, Dave. A great selection of photo's from Manchester today. The class 104 DMU in the first photo' shows a touch of class with it's red buffer beam and white cab roof. In comparison, that class 142 in the final photo', is just ugly! With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dagworth Posted January 22, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2016 Back to Manchester for today's selection. Once again when preparing these photos I thought 1990 was quite recent, but it really is over 25 years ago. Thanks, make me feel old.... But seriously thank you for continuing to put up fantastic photos every day. Hope your Mum is recovering well Andi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 23, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Some photos on the Blyth and Tyne. I've noticed that there are some places locally for which I have relatively few images. Hence some of the photos are of a lower quality. Seghill Class 37 up aluminium ingots Aug 99 C24672 New Hartley Class 43 254014 down diverted ex pass April 81 C5312 South Newsham 56112 up l e 22nd Feb 91 C15610 Bebside ballast regulator and track liner Aug 81 C5479 Hepscott 43194 up diverted ex pass 24th June 84 C6543 Hepscott is between Bedlington and Morpeth. David Edited January 23, 2016 by DaveF 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Harking back to that Maltby photo on the previous page, it just happened that the Branch Line Society ran a Carnforth-Cleethorpes tour down there today, with a 37 leading. It was 37706 apparently, formerly D6716, so not the same one as the old photo! "Mind the gap between the train and the platform" - about 6 feet and nearly 90 years since a passenger train stopped there, apart from the odd excursion, according to Wikipedia and others. Apologies for the thread hijack - normal service can now resume. Edited January 23, 2016 by eastwestdivide 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Eastern Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 C15610 of South Newsham, shows Signalman Dennis Christenson who lived in the Railway Cottages in the background. Dennis always used to invite me in to the box when I had finished my paper round at the railway cottages. A lot of my love for railways especially signal boxes & signals were formulated there. Dennis also used to organise trips all other the country either by rail or coach. One memorable trip by rail was to London when we visited all the major stations & depots. On the way back the train came up the Leamside line and we went past Gateshead Depot. This was a bonus but missed by most of the group as it was about 6am and most of us were a sleep. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 (edited) Hi, Dave. Love the SR of BR photo's. I think, in that last one, the class 416 is one of those from Tyneside. The bigger guards/luggage van is the main clue. With best regards, Rob. Apologies for the lateness as I have been 'away' and I'm trying to catch up on this thread - if Dave could stop posting for a few days I might catch up! As I've not seen a follow up to the above post (originally on Page 209 (!))... The 2EPB referred to (5727) is a BR(S) unit. The ex-Tyneside units were numbered 5781-95 when they were converted for use on the Southern Region, and from the front had a 'Phase 2' headcode box which was smaller than the 'Phase 1' boxes (effectively the later boxes lost the bottom 1/3rd of the earlier ones). Edited January 23, 2016 by talisman56 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Page 216 - C9252 - On enlargement, the EDL looks like 73123 (caption says 7313). The left hand high-rise has fire damage a few floors from the top... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 C15378, Manchester Oxford Road, doubt you'd get that much sunlight in a shot now, It's pretty much hemmed in by tall buildings, shows how things change even recently. Given these new buildings I can't help but wonder where they're going to fit extra tracks in. I believe it's proposed to 4 track the area? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2016 Hi, Dave. A lovely and atmospheric selection of photo's of the old Blyth and Tyne today. I like seeing those HST's being diverted over it, a fascinating mix of old and new. With warmest regards Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I once worked in an office where the numbers on the phone console keypad could be removed, and of course someone eventually succumbed to temptation ! Utter confusion resulted. There's the computing support shaggy dog story about the old duffer who just couldn't get used to the QWERTY layout, so removed all the keycaps and put the letters in alphabetical order - then couldn't understand why all his documents came out in Swahili... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 23, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2016 Page 216 - C9252 - On enlargement, the EDL looks like 73123 (caption says 7313). The left hand high-rise has fire damage a few floors from the top... Thanks for the note about the number, yet another typing error. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted January 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2016 Harking back to that Maltby photo on the previous page, it just happened that the Branch Line Society ran a Carnforth-Cleethorpes tour down there today, with a 37 leading. It was 37706 apparently, formerly D6716, so not the same one as the old photo! K50P1533 Maltby 37706.jpg "Mind the gap between the train and the platform" - about 6 feet and nearly 90 years since a passenger train stopped there, apart from the odd excursion, according to Wikipedia and others. Apologies for the thread hijack - normal service can now resume. Did that come through Retford for some reason? I'm sure I heard a 37 earlier today; it could have been going through to Gainsborough up the Brigg line. Thanks EWD. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted January 23, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2016 Dave, Regarding Bebside tamper and track liner Aug 81 C5479 I suspect that the machine nearest the camera is an early ballast regulator. It has a brush box on the front, a small hopper and ploughs at the back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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