RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted October 27, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2016 A look at Newcastle today, before the new platforms were built. Newcastle 03079 May 81 C5354 I suppose I should have also taken a photo of the wagon, but film was expensive. Newcastle 40058 down p w train 28th April 84 C6517 Newcastle 43161 13th Aug 84 C6638 Newcastle 43030 Newcastle to Swansea and 43157 Newcastle to Kings X 24th Oct 85 C7262 Newcastle 47467 17th Jan 87 C8186 David 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Didn't Cecil Paget design an odd looking experimental 2-6-2 loco? I can't remember any details of it or whether it was successful, presumably it wasn't. Did it have sleeve valves or something, I know there was something odd about it. Edward Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 C5354 - very good modelling, is it O gauge? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Didn't Cecil Paget design an odd looking experimental 2-6-2 loco? I can't remember any details of it or whether it was successful, presumably it wasn't. Did it have sleeve valves or something, I know there was something odd about it. Edward Indeed, one and the same. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Indeed, one and the same. Wasn't this the one with such a long fixed wheelbase that it had trouble going round a sharp curve at Syston, between Leicester and Loughborough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted October 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent photos of Newcastle. It's good to see, the driver?, washing the windscreen in C6638. And I love the portrait of 47467 in the last photo. It is so hard to believe that those photos were taken all those years ago, it only seems as though the '80's were so recent. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2016 Took me straight back to standing on the end of platform 10 at Newcastle, Dave. Excellent! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted October 28, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 28, 2016 A few photos from Crewe taken in early 1971 and 1972. The weather was mainly dull on both visits. Crewe Class 86 E3181 up Royal Scot 13th March 71 C492 Crewe Class 86 E3163 Liverpool to Euston 13th March 71 C506 Crewe Class 86 E3139 Euston to Carlisle 1123 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0806 Crewe Class 120 set 501 Shrewsbury to Crewe 5th Feb 72 C808 Crewe Class 86 E3126 Euston to Manchester 1131 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0814 David 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 A few photos from Crewe taken in early 1971 and 1972. The weather was mainly dull on both visits. Crewe Class 86 E3181 up Royal Scot 13th March 71 C492.jpg Crewe Class 86 E3181 up Royal Scot 13th March 71 C492 Crewe Class 86 E3163 Liverpool to Euston 13th March 71 C506.jpg Crewe Class 86 E3163 Liverpool to Euston 13th March 71 C506 Crewe Class 86 E3139 Euston to Carlisle 1123 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0806.jpg Crewe Class 86 E3139 Euston to Carlisle 1123 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0806 Crewe Class 120 set 501 Shrewsbury to Crewe 5th Feb 72 C808.jpg Crewe Class 120 set 501 Shrewsbury to Crewe 5th Feb 72 C808 Crewe Class 86 E3126 Euston to Manchester 1131 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0814.jpg Crewe Class 86 E3126 Euston to Manchester 1131 Sat 5th Feb 72 C0814 David Looks like HA point machines. I thought Crewe was a Westinghouse job or did they just supply the lever frames? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2016 Looks like HA point machines. I thought Crewe was a Westinghouse job or did they just supply the lever frames? The new machines look as if they are Westinghouse Style M63 or Style 70 point machines. The older ones definitely look more like an SGE design (Style HA?) but the frames were definitely Westinghouse in both boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted October 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2016 Hi, Dave. Lovely photos of Crewe from '71 and '72. The thing that immediately strikes me is how grotty the trains were looking. Dirt and brake dust all over the locos and stock. A good exercise in weathering. Interesting that the track was still mainly bullhead rail, BR must have saved money by not renewing the track upon electrification. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 The new machines look as if they are Westinghouse Style M63 or Style 70 point machines. The older ones definitely look more like an SGE design (Style HA?) but the frames were definitely Westinghouse in both boxes. I have a lump of Crewe South frame working at home but i'm surprised to see so many SGE HA's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2016 I have a lump of Crewe South frame working at home but i'm surprised to see so many SGE HA's. So has the Great Cockrow Railway (although it is the only one of their frames which I haven't worked) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) It was after working that frame at the Great Cockrow Railway i decided i wanted one of my own. I had a significant chunk of one of the Bristol GRS drawslide frames as barter material so it didn't take long before i had one. Edited October 28, 2016 by LNERGE 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted October 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 28, 2016 Really liked the Crewe photos, 'my' era! It's funny how much I hated the blue era then, looking out for straggler green locos and maroon coaches, and enjoy it so much now. Fickle, aren't we railway enthusiasts! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 The new machines look as if they are Westinghouse Style M63 or Style 70 point machines. The older ones definitely look more like an SGE design (Style HA?) but the frames were definitely Westinghouse in both boxes.Whatever they were I can still remember the sound they made when they were operated. I miss Crewe as it was in the 70s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Those 1971 Crewe photographs remind me of my first visit there in July of that year, which covered three consecutive days, on a 3D Rover ticket. Nice to see some electrics in nearly original condition but it's the pairs of 50s on the Glasgow trains that I remember (plus some scruffy class 24s, in pairs on coal trains). On one day I clocked up nearly half the class, plus class 74 no E6105 running light back south to the Southern Region, after a works visit. Those three days also included my first visit to Reddish. Apart from the usual collection of class 76s, the depot was hosting a Merseyrail class 503 and class 50 no 414. I've been to Crewe many, many times since - but that first visit (well, actually three times in three days) is firmly implanted in my mind. Thanks, as always, for the memories, Dave. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I have a lump of Crewe South frame working at home but i'm surprised to see so many SGE HA's. I take it you are talking about one of these. A482A-004 by Paul James, on Flickr A right old mixture of bits, at least one of which is stamped LMS. Photo taken from the old Platform 1 by "Station A" box at Crewe 14/03/82. Paul J. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Those 1971 Crewe photographs remind me of my first visit there in July of that year, which covered three consecutive days, on a 3D Rover ticket. Nice to see some electrics in nearly original condition but it's the pairs of 50s on the Glasgow trains that I remember (plus some scruffy class 24s, in pairs on coal trains). On one day I clocked up nearly half the class, plus class 74 no E6105 running light back south to the Southern Region, after a works visit. In view of their dodgy reliability, I wonder how far it got? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I have a lump of Crewe South frame working at home but i'm surprised to see so many SGE HA's. Just wondering if anyone's got a lump of Bolton West's lever frame anywhere! JF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 I take it you are talking about one of these. A482A-004 by Paul James, on Flickr A right old mixture of bits, at least one of which is stamped LMS. Photo taken from the old Platform 1 by "Station A" box at Crewe 14/03/82. Paul J. Yes indeed Paul. Super picture. I've got a few tucked away for use in the future. There's still a couple in use at Hellifield in the classic motor on the facing end driving a rod to the trailing... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2016 One, (if it's the same?), with a heater in the foreground here. Mike. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 (edited) Three more here... https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOB-eP-aGltgsA6tERhipze8tdppjF2cVSbt6DG6qvP11ub3FrZI9lO2CKAiOcjIA/photo/AF1QipMhs9gFDSxSvseikglmq-8UAIcuXPVhWTvFu-mO?key=OWRxS2RWOWIzOFJaN1dXNy1DNW02aVk0T1c4bGxR I had all three delivered to site rather than guess which one is best. I didn't get any objections until they were unloaded. The wagon was loaded by a forklift <G> Scroll left for more pictures.. Edited October 29, 2016 by LNERGE 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 Really liked the Crewe photos, 'my' era! It's funny how much I hated the blue era then, looking out for straggler green locos and maroon coaches, and enjoy it so much now. Fickle, aren't we railway enthusiasts! Funny, having grown up with BR Blue, this thread in particular has created a hankering for the before-my-time green and maroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted October 29, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 29, 2016 Something different today with a few London Transport photos. Two on the Ongar branch and three at Farringdon. I often used to drive past Ongar station in the mid and late 70s but never bothered to take any photos there, yet I went to Blake Hall. (Yet) another missed opportunity. Blake Hall LT Epping to Ongar Feb 79 C4291 Blake Hall LT Epping to Ongar Feb 79 C4292 Farringdon LT C69 stock Circle Line train May 79 C4499 Farringdon LT C69 stock Circle Line train May 79 C4500 Farringdon view west of BR lines May 79 C4501 David 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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