Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 A few for tea time taken in Northumberland today. As has been the case all week it was quite cloudy, at least today it is dry and not very gloomy on the coast. Buston Barns 221 127 down 24th September 2104 DSC_4067.jpg Buston Barns 221 127 down 24th September 2104 DSC_4067 David David, Slightly concerned that "Voyagers" will still be around in 2104..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 25, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2014 A few photos taken at Morecambe in May 1972 for this evening. Not too many trains this evening, more about buildings and things. It may be a few days before I post any more photos as I am involved with some activities with a local society I belong to over the weekend. Morecambe station building and forecourt 17th May 72 C946 Morecambe station concourse 17th May 72 C947 Morecambe Display model of Isle of Man Steamship Co. ship on concourse 17th May 72 C948 Morecambe Class 08 D3202 17th May 72 C950 Morecambe Class 101 Heysham to Morecambe and Lancaster awaitng deprture for Lancaster 17th May 72 C951 David 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thank, again Dave. I enjoy looking at the people that populate stations in old photos. I have no idea why I find them so fascinating.....What are they doing? Where are they going? Are they still alive? Were they happy then? Strange really. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Love the 08 in Morecambe , still got its D in 72. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 25, 2014 Hi, Dave. I've enjoyed seeing tonight's photo's of Morecambe. Lovely architecture. I like the photo' of the 08 as well, a good shot that. I hope that you have a good weekend. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Also just noted that the overhead wires had gone in Morecambe by 1972. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted September 26, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 26, 2014 Thank, again Dave. I enjoy looking at the people that populate stations in old photos. I have no idea why I find them so fascinating.....What are they doing? Where are they going? Are they still alive? Were they happy then? Strange really. Best, Pete. Having people in some pictures does make them more interesting; but what I find more fascinating is the fashions, or lack of them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Any pictures of Cambois depot and its environs lurking in the collection Dave? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 27, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2014 Any pictures of Cambois depot and its environs lurking in the collection Dave? Yes there are, some should appear in the fairly near future, others need working on and are for later. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeighties Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Happy days :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 29, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 29, 2014 Back to normal again now. Some more photos from the High Dyke branch tonight, with one of a British Steel loco on their line. I took a few railway photos over the weekend while doing other things, some will appear here when I have sorted them out. High Dyke Class 47 up ex pass, High Dyke branch in forerground Nov 69 C170 Burton Lane level crossing Class 31 5671 down empty iron ore June 72 C0987 Burton Lane Level Crossing Class 31 D5518 down empty iron ore Nov 68 J1496 Stainby sidings wagons in United Steel sidings , view north June 73 J3223 Mill Lane crossing (Buckminster sidings) British Steel ex BR Class 14 loaded iron ore Oct 70 C399 David 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 29, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2014 Love the 08 in Morecambe , still got its D in 72. Wasn't D3202 in blue with the arrow on the cabside the one that Wrenn sold to me and many other modellers. Never did get a Doublo or Wrenn 350 to run nicely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 29, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2014 Hi, Dave. Great photo's of the High Dyke branch tonight. How things have changed since those days. It's all so modellable, the branch, the sidings and the trains. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 30, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2014 Over the weekend I did take some railway photos, all being well I'll post a few of them here over the next few afternoons. On Friday I was in Alston about 11am and found Darjeeling No 19 on a visit to the South Tynedale Railway. Alston station 26th September 2014 DSC_4116 Alston Darjeeling 19 26th September 2014 DSC_4087 Alston Darjeeling 19 and No 25 26th September 2014 DSC_4092 Alston Darjeeling 19 26th September 2014 DSC_4102 Alston Darjeeling 19 26th September 2014 DSC_4104 David 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 If only they had a series of spirals.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Good see Alston was looking at a dvd of the line just before and the day it closed ,pity the line cant get back to Haltwistle but its a long way and money cant be plentiful,Had a ride behind this loco at Lieghton Buzzard some years ago good day and nice curries on sale in the buffet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 30, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 30, 2014 This evening we have a visit to Folkestone harbour looking at trains and infrastructure in 1975 and 1977. Folkestone Harbour Class 411 and Class 419 up ex pass April 75 C1977 Folkestone Harbour view inland April 75 C1980 Folkestone Harbour swing bridge and incline Nov 77 C3623 Folkestone Harbour view inland Dec 77 J5906 Folkestone Harbour inland end of station Dec 77 J5907 David 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenBill Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hi Dave, Great shots as usual. A silly question re MLVs: what did they actually convey on boat trains? I would not have felt very comfortable in leaving my suitcases in an MLV and then walking to the other end of the train. Thanks, Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Nice shot showing the horrible orange nylon curtains in the 4-CEPs, and also I think some kind of coach reservation label, I seem to recall often carried by boat trains? AberdeenBill - tons of info in this thread: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/43622-mlv-pre-production-shots/ but basically registered/secure/customs cleared baggage to and from the rest of Europe I think, rather than plebs' suitcases. Edited September 30, 2014 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yes the jetty at Folkestone was rather longer than a 12 car CEP/BEP formation and the juice must have stopped in the station, so the MLV could be unhitched and move under its own power nearer to the ferries. At least that is what I always presumed happened, but kick myself now - that I was never to bothered to actually go and photograph the procedure. They were normally at the London end, rather convenient at both ends really, given the reversal at Folkestone Junction. I don't know what would have happened if one had been marshalled at the other end. Maybe it would have been quickly uncoupled at Central and allowed to make its own way down the hill before the passenger service? If you are interested in this section of line during steam days, there are some great sequences on the Online video production Vintage Southern. This is probably long out of stock in most shops, but there is (at present) a copy posted on Youtube. The same footage was included in a more modern production called Steam Around Folkestone, and that has more modern scenes added with footage of preserved steam visits. This latter one may still be available. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hi, Dave. Good to see Alston and the South Tynedale Railway - lovely photo's. The photo's of Folkestone Harbour are very interesting. Please keep the photo's coming. All the best, Market65. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Hi Dave, Great shots as usual. A silly question re MLVs: what did they actually convey on boat trains? I would not have felt very comfortable in leaving my suitcases in an MLV and then walking to the other end of the train. Thanks, Bill Different times Bill, people trusted eachother then......... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Seeing the pictures of Folkestone reminds me of the boat trains hammering through Paddock Wood. We stood at the country end waiting the train to Tonbridge (for school). We used to stand on the platform slope so we could get into coach 9 and walk down to be by the steps at Tonbridge. We could have got on coach 8 - but we were schoolboys! I have memories of the MLV being at the front of down boat trains (we called all fast trains boat trains), but that's a 35 year old memory from someone who didn't know a VEP from a CEP (or know those terms). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2014 Seeing the pictures of Folkestone reminds me of the boat trains hammering through Paddock Wood. We stood at the country end waiting the train to Tonbridge (for school). We used to stand on the platform slope so we could get into coach 9 and walk down to be by the steps at Tonbridge. We could have got on coach 8 - but we were schoolboys! I have memories of the MLV being at the front of down boat trains (we called all fast trains boat trains), but that's a 35 year old memory from someone who didn't know a VEP from a CEP (or know those terms). I think anything with an MLV and a normal headcode would indeed have been a boat train. Obviously there were ECS moves through Tonbridge, not least with units going to/from Chart Leacon for work, but that would be very occasional by comparison. And, certainly in my lifetime, pretty much anything on the Folkestone Harbour branch would have been boat traffic. The passengers were referred to as "Classic", in contrast to those who accessed Dover or Folkestone by ordinary service trains and made their own way to the ferries. These days, under EU auspices, Summer Time starts and ends in the UK and mainland Europe on the same day, so the UK remains one hour behind Europe. It wasn't always so, and juggling timetables for the few weeks when France and UK were other than I hour apart took some thinking about! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) ...I have memories of the MLV being at the front of down boat trains (we called all fast trains boat trains), but that's a 35 year old memory from someone who didn't know a VEP from a CEP (or know those terms). Only at the "front" of down boat trains for the short section of the Folkestone Harbour branch, otherwise pretty much always the London end of all up and down boat trains. I grew up trainspotting in Kent up to the mid-80s, and never saw a boat train the other way round. See also the thread I linked to above (post 1033) for examples of MLVs on non-boat trains in the early 80s, i.e. still during the boat train period and before they spread their wings a bit, so to speak. Page 3 of that thread and others. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/43622-mlv-pre-production-shots/page-3 Edited October 1, 2014 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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