RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2014 photo C866 - was it usual to get 310 units to Manchester? By the time I started taking an interest (late 70s), they were rare north of Birmingham, and mostly confined to Euston services. I always noticed the 310s as I always thought they were too posh for Manchester! They were quite rare as 304s ruled until 303s came down to replace the 506s to Glossop. Things got a bit mesed up after that. After 1989 I lost all interest in Railways, for 15 years or so, and by then everything had changed! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 6, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2014 Tonight a few photos from Saltburn and Skinningrove. Saltburn Class 101s Saltburn to Midlesborough and ecs Dec 66 J728 Saltburn Class 101 April 84 C6489 Saltburn showing extension to Zetland Hotel May 75 J4415 Skinningrove BSC shunter 20th Feb 88 C9339 Skinningrove Class 37 up salt 14th April 93 C18474 By the way yesterday's "busy" was a trip to see a dermatology consultant at the RVI in Newcastle in their evening session about a suspicious area of skin. It turns out to be an actinic keratosis which can develop in older people as the result of a lifetime's exposure to sun. David 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nice batch as usual. The last one looks like radius two track but my favorite is the first one at Saltburn with a sea of signals at the end of the platforms. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 6, 2014 Nice batch as usual. The last one looks like radius two track but my favorite is the first one at Saltburn with a sea of signals at the end of the platforms. .............................and 'proper' bog carts. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 6, 2014 Hi, Dave. Good photo's, both of the Newcastle to Carlisle line, and then of Saltburn. Yes, the first one of Saltburn is a really good view, both with the signals and the class 101 DMU's. Please keep the photo's coming, and I wish you well with the skin condition. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) A few I took while I was shopping this morning. They show a GBRf Class 66 arriving with empty coal wagons at the loading point at Blyth Battleship wharf. Those who know the area should be able to work out where I was standing - actually each one is from a slightly different viewpoint - as the train was moving very slowly. In the foreground is the River Blyth, the sea is behind the train. Blyth Battleship Wharf GBRF Class 66 66711 Blyth Battleship Wharf GBRF Class 66 66711 2 Blyth Battleship Wharf GBRF Class 66 66711 3 David Edited August 7, 2014 by DaveF 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Nice pics, Dave. I know the location, you must have a powerful telephoto lens! I didn't think it was possible to see the Battleship Wharf coal terminal from there. I'll have to try, save a few miles going all the way around to North Blyth. Of course, back in the day it was the site of Bolckows scrap yard which was responsible for scrapping loads of steam locos, including at least one A4 pacific. mal Edited August 7, 2014 by Alcanman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Nice pics, Dave. I know the location, you must have a powerful telephoto lens! I didn't think it was possible to see the Battleship Wharf coal terminal from there. I'll have to try, save a few miles going all the way around to North Blyth. Of course, back in the day it was the site of Bolckows scrap yard which was responsible for scrapping loads of steam locos, including at least one A4 pacific. mal 18-200mm zoom on a DX format DSLR, cropped a bit. The actual terminal isn't visible at that point , just the line to it. I was about at the back of Tynetec, you can get nearer if you walk toward Bates from there. David Edited August 7, 2014 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) This evening is a visit to Doncaster to look at some very ordinary trains - and a Deltic. Doncaster Class 55 down Silver Jubilee 11th Aug 77 C3450 dandg's post below tells me that this is 55002, which would fit with the nameplate size. Thanks. Doncaster 40080 down chemical tankers 11th Aug 77 C3454 Doncaster Class 123 Feb 79 C4308 Doncaster Class 104 Cleethorpes to Doncaster Feb 79 C4311 Doncaster 2 hybrid Class 123 and 124 sets Oct 83 C6294 David Edited August 7, 2014 by DaveF 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 Hi, Dave. Two great sets of photo's today. Blyth Battleship Wharf is a fascinating place from seeing it in your photo's. At Doncaster, that is a lovely portrait of 40080, 11th August, 1977. Whilst that class 123 DMSL has had a bit of a scrape along its bodyside. And always good to see photo's of 123's and 124's. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Great photos but what is the livery on the 156 (the brown circles at the bottom of the carriage) not seen that before Blytth is an interesting area to watch the movements of trains thank you . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Great stuff as usual, but they weren't 101's in Saltburn (1st shot) as there was no TOPS then....'Met-Cam's' please!!!! I never had heard the term bog-cart in the North East either - they were always 'multi's' to us platform 9'ers at Newcastle Central! Please to hear your dodgy skin patch was OK, long time since I worked at the RVI though! Edited August 7, 2014 by New Haven Neil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 (edited) Great photos but what is the livery on the 156 (the brown circles at the bottom of the carriage) not seen that before Blytth is an interesting area to watch the movements of trains thank you . It's the Settle and Carlisle liveried set, the rear car has Ribblehead viaduct, the front car is a montage of scenes, as in the photo below.. It's been around for some years. Riding Mill 156484 David Edited to add photo. David Edited August 7, 2014 by DaveF 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 Great stuff as usual, but they weren't 101's in Saltburn (1st shot) as there was no TOPS then....'Met-Cam's' please!!!! I never had heard the term bog-cart in the North East either - they were always 'multi's' to us platform 9'ers at Newcastle Central! Please to hear your dodgy skin patch was OK, long time since I worked at the RVI though! Neil, I always think of them as Met Cams at that time too, but it is easier for cataloguing (and searching on my PC) to use the TOPS numbers. Sorry, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 Hi, Dave. Two great sets of photo's today. Blyth Battleship Wharf is a fascinating place from seeing it in your photo's. At Doncaster, that is a lovely portrait of 40080, 11th August, 1977. Whilst that class 123 DMSL has had a bit of a scrape along its bodyside. And always good to see photo's of 123's and 124's. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Batttleship Wharf is the busiest part of the Port nowadays, though the south harbour still sees some traffic, as does the alumina terminal. They are also building a new oil facility on the site of the Bates terminal (where Bates pit was). Blyth, from a railway point of view, is very quiet compared to how it used to be. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2014 Hi, again, Dave. We in East Yorkshire just called all DMU's diesel railcars. As I got older I referred to them by make as well as the TOP's classification. Never were they called bog-carts. Many thanks for the post above. It is interesting to learn about the place. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandg Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 According to my notes on 11/8/77 it was 55002 which worked 1S12, the down Silver Jubilee. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 You chaps are too young or you would know why DMUs were called 'bog carts' Doncaster......what can I say? Proper trains and not an OHL to be seen. 36A is not too bad these days, but freight is diminishing sadly. However, there were three 47s on freight there yesterday, all GBRF hired in jobs. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 40080 - very nice photograph. The two tanks are different Associated Octel tanks, registered for use to the continent. Perhaps making their way to Harwich? Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyewipe Jct Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Never were they called bog-carts. I must say I'd never heard the term 'bog-cart' before I came across it on RMweb - in the '70s & '80s we always called them 'bog-units', but maybe we're just posh in Lincolnshire... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 We were even more posh in our corner of 1960s Lincolnshire. Although some local spotters called them bog-units, we just called them dmus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 OK so who called a Jinty a Jocko? P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 8, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8, 2014 Time now for some more photos - up to date so we all know what the 142s are called - polite names only I hope! The photos were taken on Monday, Corbridge is on the Newcastle to Carlisle line. Corbridge 142029 from Carlisle Corbridge 142029 Corbridge 142029 and 142025 Corbridge 142025 to Hexham David 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted August 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2014 I'm not being drawn on what my friends back 'home' call 140's etc - but it isn't polite. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I must say I'd never heard the term 'bog-cart' before I came across it on RMweb - in the '70s & '80s we always called them 'bog-units', but maybe we're just posh in Lincolnshire... The term I heard the most around Bristol was 'Fart-boxes' - owing to the distinctive noise of the exhausts vibrating while accelerating struggling out of the station... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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