RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2014 :locomotive: :locomotive: :locomotive: :locomotive: :locomotive: Mike. Quick nurse some tissues for Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 16, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) A visit to Stratford this evening. Some of the photos were taken at an open day in July 1979. Stratford LT car 1540 eastbound March 76 C4366 Stratford 08262 shunting March 76 C4371 Stratford MPD Class 31 converted to train heating unit July 79 C4638 Stratford MPD snowplough ADE330970 July 79 C4639 Stratford Diesel repair shop Class 47 on jacks July 79 C4641 David Edited August 19, 2014 by DaveF 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2014 (edited) Nurse forget the tissues for Mike...someone else needs them. Seriously I would have loved to seen this photo before I made the plough on the left. Edited August 16, 2014 by Clive Mortimore 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi, Dave. As always, excellent photo's today. The snowplough in photo' C4639, is converted from an LNER group standard tender - really must model one of these. I like the one of class 22 D6339 at Instow, August, 1966. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. P.S. Sorry about the error over the class 415, I must be more careful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 16, 2014 Hi, Dave. As always, excellent photo's today. The snowplough in photo' C4639, is converted from an LNER group standard tender - really must model one of these. I like the one of class 22 D6339 at Instow, August, 1966. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. P.S. Sorry about the error over the class 415, I must be more careful! Hi Market65 Model snowploughs, you need two one fore and one aft of the locos. This was to clear the line in both directions without having to turn the plough around. It also meant should what had been ploughed out the way fall back the plough train could dig its self out. Trouble is once you build one, or two they just multiply. I only have nine and a tender for number ten. see http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/89074-tender-snowplough/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fender Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 As promised a few hydraulics this afternoon, more "other" photos to follow later on today. I have very few photos taken on the Great Western (and South Western) as I've never lived in the "right" area, nor did Dad, so if I'm not careful I'll run out of the photos too quickly. I think photos on the Western make up about 0.25% of my collection. ......... hmmm...0.25% is not much, but..wait...of 40,000 photos..... = 100 pics!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 17, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2014 (edited) An early start for the preserved railway visit today - though I am not sure if this one really is "preserved" as it has continually evolved since 1927. Although I visited the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch several times I don't think I evr had a ride on it. New Romney RHDR 6 Samson Hythe to Dungeness Aug 75 C2423 New Romney RHDR 8 Hurricane Hythe to Dungeness Aug 75 C2424 New Romney RHDR 9 Winston Churchill Aug 75 C2418 New Romney RHDR Black Prince New Romney to Hythe July 79 C4614 Dymchurch level crossing RHDR No3 Southern Maid Hythe to Dungeness Aug 67 J1050 Dungeness No 10 Doctor Syn pass Dungeness to Hythe May 76 C2802 This was the last wet day for a very long time that year. David Edited August 17, 2014 by DaveF 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Thanks if I had gone to the Stratford open day it would have very odd going in legaly probably would have been constantly looking out for the foreman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 17, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2014 Some now for the evening all from the Alnmouth area of Northumberland on the ECML. Alnmouth Voyager up ex pass 2nd April 2008 DSC_4179 Alnmouth 43122 and 43057 down 22nd August 1989 C13722 Alnmouth Class 91 down ex pass 26th October 2000 C25170 The next two are at Shilbottle JUnction, which was the junction for Shilbottle colliery, south of Alnmouth. Shilbottle Junction Class 56 down steel 27th May 1995 C20166 Shilbottle Junction Class 56 down steel 27th May 1995 C20167 This is the same train a few seconds later showing how quickly the light can change as a sea fret develops. David 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 I'd agree on that Mike but quite a few Western men I worked with called them 'pilots' just as often as 350s. On the Scottish Region in the 1960s, I heard them called a combination of those two terms - '350 pilots'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 David, I particularly like the first shot of the Cl.56 at Shilbottle. Lovely composition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hi, Dave. A good selection of photo's today. Nice to see the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch line. Also good views of Alnmouth area. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Love pics always like Alnmouth its a smashing village and we always went a couple of miles south to the ice cream farm then I was allowed to sit and watch what passed ,another good spot is the level crossing on the road from Lucker to Bambrough thanks very much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted August 17, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2014 An early start for the preserved railway visit today - though I am not sure if this one really is "preserved" as it has continually evolved since 1927. Although I visited the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch several times I don't think I evr had a ride on it. David Hi David You must have a ride next time you visit. Get in the leading coach, the Hythe to New Romney stretch of double track is great when two trains pass each other. Because you are low down and both trains (hopefully) are at 25 mph the effect is that of two full size steam expresses passing at speed. I don't think there is anywhere else that sensation can be experienced daily in the UK at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 18, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 18, 2014 I started to write this post 45 minutes ago but was interrupted by a long phone call about the local Literary and Scientific Society of which I happen to be the current President, so have had to start again as I lost what I was doing. This evening we are visiting the Great Central from just north of Nottingham to just north of Loughborough. Bulwell Common A3 4472 Flying Scotsman RCTS Doncaster to Marylebone May 63 J052 Weekday Cross GCR in foreground, GNR behind from Broad Marsh car park May 78 J6070 East Leake Class 28 Derby RTC S15705 light engine April 69 J1571 Stanford on Soar 9F 92092 up mineral Sept 64 J165 Stanford on Soar K1 62070 up goods Sept 64 J171 David 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2014 Hi, Dave.These are classic photo's of the Great Central line. I especially like the photo' of the 9F 92092 at Stanford On Soar,September 1964. It is a beautifully composed shot. Good to see a K1 running over the line as well - away from more more familiar NER territory I think. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Only the second time I've seen a photo of a K1 on the GC. The other is in some cine film shot at Bulwell Common. Never recall seeing one myself, then again I was only 13 when it shut as a through route, but there's nothing in my spotting notes though. I can now justify the PDK kit I'll build someday to add to the two Nucast ones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted August 18, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2014 Just to be pedantic, "Stratford MPD Class 47 on jacks July 79 C4641" in post #736 is actually Stratford Diesel Repair Shop (DRS) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted August 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2014 I like the 9F shot (J165) in particular; for some reason it reminds me of a George Heiron painting such as were on the covers of 'Model Railway News' around that time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted August 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2014 Back to the LT&S today, around Tilbury. West Thurrock Class 308 314 Passenger Upminster to Tilbury approaching West Thurrock Junction Jan 76 C2625 Tilbury Town 302 226 Tilbury Riverside to Fenchurch St 4 May 80 C5038 Tilbury Riverside 302285 May 80 J6913 West Tilbury Marsh Class 37 parcels to Southend East Dec 76 C3131 Mucking Thames Haven Junction 302236 up pass via Tilbury June 75 C2172 David 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
asa Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 David,you must have a house the size of Buckingham palace to keep all these photos and slides!Keep them coming mate I love them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted August 19, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2014 Hi, Dave. The photo's posted this evening of the LT&S are truly inspiring. Good to see the EMU's used on the services. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 19, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2014 (edited) David,you must have a house the size of Buckingham palace to keep all these photos and slides!Keep them coming mate I love them. They all exist now as scans, most of the older slides were in very poor condition and were binned after scanning. The apparent quality of the images you see is a testament to the abilities of various versions of Photoshp to help restore colour etc. I do keep copies on a number of hard drives in case of problems. David Edited August 19, 2014 by DaveF 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Dave, Loving these LTS photos. Thanks so much for posting them; very nostalgic for me. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 C2625 shows one of the few converted Motor Luggage Van units (3rd coach). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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