RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2016 Presumably the signal in C6004 is the Winning Post? Mike. Coat, hat, etc. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 11, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2016 Dad often used to visit Scotland at this time of year, so today we'll go to Crianlarich on a summer's day in 1973. Then we look at Oban in to see it August and October (my photos) with a look at Connel ferry bridge on the way. Trains are a bit few and far between in this part of the world. Crianlarich Aug 73 J3329 Crianlarich Aug 73 J3330 Connel Ferry bridge Aug 76 J5408 Oban Aug 76 J5411 Oban 37403 running round 11th Oct 86 C8081 Oban view south 11th Oct 86 C8084 David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi, Dave. An excellent set of Scottish photos today. The first two of Crianlarich show work taking place on a siding, with those at work, as was the case back then, not covered in hi vis gear which they would be today. The first one of Oban is good in the way you have McTaig's Tower in the background looking down on the station. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted August 11, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2016 Good to see after thirty years this machine is more or less the same as it was. Who'd have thought that back in 86 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I remember my first visit to the west coast of Scotland, in 1971. We parked the motor caravan and spent the night in a layby, midway between Crianlarich and Oban. The evening was spent watching green class 27s threading around the mountains, as the valley echoed to the sound of Sulzer engines thumping away. I was fascinated by the fact that the passenger services ran with a motley collection of freight wagons on the back. Happy days! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 p Oban view south 11th Oct 86 C8084.jpg Oban view south 11th Oct 86 C8084 Very nice piece of modelling, that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 12, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2016 (edited) Back to the East Coast Main Line heading south to Newark today in the days when locos were plain blue with small logos - and often not very clean. Gamston 2 Class 31 up Dec 78 C4242 North Muskham Class 47 up Feb 79 C4349 North Muskham 31277 up freight Feb 79 C4350 Newark on Trent Class 47 up July 77 C3395 Newark on Trent Class 55 down ex pass July 77 C3397 David Edited August 13, 2016 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 C4350 Empty carflats from Wakefield to Dagenham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Spot-on timing with the Deltic shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 12, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent and very nostalgic photos of the ECML. Even the MkII stock is mostly dirty in C4349. How things were allowed to get into such a state I don't think will ever really be known. I remember one train of relatively new MkIIf stock arriving at Kings Cross in June, 1978, and you could not make out the blue and grey livery of the coaches for brake dust and general dirt. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted August 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2016 The shots of 31s on passenger trains evoke some memories. My other half lived in London while I was working in Stevenage. She would get on the Grimsby train at Kings Cross, I would get on an outer suburban Stevenage - Peterborough with a 31 and Mk1s (including compartments tock) A change onto the Grimsby train - once ending in the Gresley Buffet car tacked on the back for a slow but pleasant trip to Grimsby via Lincoln. Baz 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Dad often used to visit Scotland at this time of year, so today we'll go to Crianlarich on a summer's day in 1973. Then we look at Oban in to see it August and October (my photos) with a look at Connel ferry bridge on the way. Trains are a bit few and far between in this part of the world. Even fewer just at the moment... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-37057499 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Photo C4349 isn't 47548 as there was never 47 that carried that number! It was supposed to of been converted from 47125, but for some strange reason, it never got converted and stayed as 47125 until it was scrapped! On enlarging the photo, it looks like 47518. Drooling over the pair of 31s in the snow at Gamston with a rake of aircons behind. Must of been a weather related use in using a pair of type 2s instead of the normal type 4s or 5s at the time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 One hopes the class 31s were of the ETH-fitted 31/4 variety..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 13, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) Essex today, with Manningtree, Parkeston Quay and Harwich long before electrification. Manningtree Class 105 arrived from Harwich 28th March 76 C2658 Parkeston Quay BR ships Sea Freightliner and St George May 75 J4342 Parkeston Quay container crane 12th June 76 C2778 Harwich Town 37260 running round train from Liverpool St March 75 C1882 Harwich Class 08 08460 May 77 C3354 Edited to remove a duplicated image and replace it with the correct one. David Edited August 13, 2016 by DaveF 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hi David Love seeing the photo's of the Manningtree to Harwich line, great memories. As a youngster catching the 'little train' from Manningtree to Dovercourt to see my grandparents Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 13, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's from Essex. I like the first one of the class 105 at Manningtree. And I like seeing C1882 with 37260 running round it's train. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 14, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2016 This afternoon we'll look at preserved steam in North Kent in the 1970s with a visit to the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Railway, this time looking at Sittingbourne and the viaduct over Milton Creek. The final two were taken by Dad. He must have taken them during the bank holiday weekend at the end of May 1977 as Mum and Dad came to stay for a few days with me in Basildon. Sittingbourne Bagnall Alpha 15th May 76 C2729 Sittingbourne Kerr Stuart Leader arriving 15th May 76 C2730 Sittingbourne Bagnall Superb crossing Miton Creek viaduct Oct 76 C3039 Sittingbourne Bagnall Triumph 23rd April 77 C3319 Sittingbourne Bagnall Triumph May 77 CJ5701 Sittingbourne Bagnall Triumph crossing Milton Creek viaduct May 77 J5712 David 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 14, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) 1500V DC electrics now on the Woodhead route. I thought I had run out of photos of Class 76 but have come across a few more. The quality is a bit variable to say the least, but they cannot be repeated now. They are seen at Woodhead and Torside in 1977 and 1980. Does the sun ever shine at Woodhead? Torside 2 Class 76 westbound coal April 77 C3268 Woodhead 76043 eastbound bogie bolsters April 77 C3272 Woodhead 2x Class 76 westbound April 80 C4997 The second loco still has the old BR crest, probably 76022 Woodhead 76010 and ano eastbound April 80 C4998 Woodhead Class 76 westbound freight April 80 C5000 David Edited August 15, 2016 by DaveF 52 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted August 14, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2016 C3272 looks like a very good model! C4997 Wasn't 76022 the last one with the BR crest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapland Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 As usual David lots of memories being brought back. The 76's remind me of many happy visits to Guide Bridge and Reddish Depot, the later as mentioned on another thread with a number dumped 76 bodies. Shame the whole thing was closed beyond Glossop as I am sure it would be massively busy today including passenger trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 14, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2016 Hi, Dave. Lovely photos of the Sittingbourne and Kemsley Railway - a delightful line. Then there are a set of nostalgic photos or the Woodhead line, which, as you rightly said, cannot be repeated. It is a sheer delight to see the 76's at work. Some classic shots of them. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 C4997 Wasn't 76022 the last one with the BR crest? I think that you're right on that. I've got a picture of 76 022 in July 1977, at Rotherwood, still with a lion and wheel. OT - but was 24 021 the last 24 (blue with a lion and wheel)? I've a picture of that, paired with 24 022 (blue with a double arrow) at Sheffield, in late 1975. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeHemmings Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Had a visit to Sittingbourne the week before last, Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted August 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 15, 2016 (edited) I think that you're right on that. I've got a picture of 76 022 in July 1977, at Rotherwood, still with a lion and wheel. OT - but was 24 021 the last 24 (blue with a lion and wheel)? I've a picture of that, paired with 24 022 (blue with a double arrow) at Sheffield, in late 1975. Apologies to Dave for the continued diversion: According to comments on the RPA photos, 76022 took the totem to the scrapyard though I don't know when that was. 76022 at Dinting on 3/7/1981: http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=0176020033000 Close-up of totem at Rotherwood on 30/5/1981: http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=0955020054000 Pic of 24021 at Reddish on 7/12/1975: http://www.railphotoarchive.org/rpc_zoom.php?img=0720025914000 Edited August 15, 2016 by keefer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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