RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 Hi, Dave. What a superb set of photos of Edinburgh. The class 101 in J3265, going to Dundee, has all of its window pans painted. Yet many other 101’s had them left unpainted. I wonder why some, like those two three car sets, should have had them painted? Was it a Scottish variation? With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 14, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 14, 2018 The page at railway.co.uk http://railcar.co.uk/type/class-101/liveries (scroll down to works anomalies) states that it was Glasgow works which tended to paint the frames Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45125 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Hi, Dave. What a superb set of photos of Edinburgh. The class 101 in J3265, going to Dundee, has all of its window pans painted. Yet many other 101’s had them left unpainted. I wonder why some, like those two three car sets, should have had them painted? Was it a Scottish variation? With warmest regards, Rob. Doncaster and York also painted the frames for a short while. Mainly related to the change over to airless spraying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2018 Thank you, keefer, and 45125 for the information about the class 101 window frames. I have just remembered that I have seen one or two cars with painted frames at Beverley station in the late 1960's. However, I now also recall that the sliding top lights were sometimes left unpainted giving a quite unusual effect. It seems there is more to this subject than I could have imagined. Best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Jumping back to J4168, there seem's to be at least 2 people holding hammers in that photo! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Still my number one go to thread! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) I like the redundant semaphore posts behind the colour light in the cab view The Draycott - Derby section of the Derby Area MAS resignalling was brought in over the weekend of 12th - 14th July 1969, so probably just 3 or 4 weeks before the photo was taken. The SRS has copies of the notice available on their website, available in return for donations :-) Edited January 15, 2018 by DavidBird Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Photos taken on visits to Newcastle in 1974 and the 1980s today. I always enjoy looking at my older photos to see how much things have changed over the years - and not just on the railway. Newcastle Class 101 South Shields to Newcastle May 74 J3713 Newcastle Class 45 special to Alnmouth and class 101 May 74 J3717 45002 Newcastle Class 101 and a 108 Middlesbrough to Newcastle May 74 J3719 Newcastle Central west end Classes 254 and 101 Jan 84 C6378 Newcastle 143005 Newcastle to Middlesbrough 29th July 86 C7679 Thanks to Rob (Market65) for identifying the Class 108. David Edited January 15, 2018 by DaveF 54 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 great pics Dave, really like the class 45 threading it's way out of Newcastle. J3719 reminds me of the opening credits of the Likely Lads. Happy days! Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted January 15, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2018 Some nice pointwork in J3717 - a curved double slip. a gently curved single slip with switched crossing and a trap point. I don't think I'll try modelling it. And that's just what is not hidden by the train. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Glory Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) Photos taken on visits to Newcastle in 1974 and the 1980s today. I always enjoy looking at my older photos to see how much things have changed over the years - and not just on the railway. Newcastle Class 45 special to Alnmouth and class 101 May 74 J3717.jpg Newcastle Class 45 special to Alnmouth and class 101 May 74 J3717 Newcastle Class 101 Middlesbrough to Newcastle May 74 J3719.jpg Newcastle Class 101 Middlesbrough to Newcastle May 74 J3719 David J3717: Peak is clearly 45 002, helpfully renumbered at both ends, with class 03 lurking at the top. J3719: Second set does not look to be a class 101. Edited January 15, 2018 by Western Glory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2018 (edited) J3717: Peak is clearly 45 002, helpfully renumbered at both ends, with class 03 lurking at the top. J3719: Second set does not look to be a class 101. Thanks very much. The second set in J3719 is a Class 108. But as everyone knows dmus are not my strong point. Edited as Rob has posted the correct class below. David Edited January 15, 2018 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 15, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hi, Dave. I like the photo's of Newcastle. In J3719, the second DMU behind the class 101 is actually a class 108, Derby lightweight. You tell from the roof vents, which are the shell type, Also the windows, which are lower waisted than a class 105 or class 101, and there are three and a half of them between the two doors, unlike in a Cravens class 105, which has just the three big windows between those two doors. Finally the cab windscreen is much taller than either a class 101 or class 105. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Photos taken on visits to Newcastle in 1974 and the 1980s today. I always enjoy looking at my older photos to see how much things have changed over the years - and not just on the railway. I totally agree with you. I have my photographs on random display as my screensaver. Many is the time that I'm just passing the study and I get drawn in and spend half an hour or more watching them go around, observing many things in addition to the railway changes. What always comes to mind is how grimy and dirty many places were in the late 60s and the 70s - and yet they had a charm about them, from the smoke-encrusted warehouses around Manchester to the chimneys belching out clouds of pollutants in South Yorkshire, from the orange rivers of the Potteries to the coal dust blowing around the docks of South Wales. Towns, cities and countryside seemed to have so much more 'personality' than the uniformly sterile towns and cities of today, all with branches of exactly the same retail outlets in pristine lines. In contrast, of course, the railway permanent way was mostly immaculately maintained (give or take the odd redundant signalling infrastructure), as opposed to the weed-riddled siding complexes and buddleia-infested walls of today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted January 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2018 Who nicked the Freightliner containers (C6378)? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted January 16, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2018 J3717 - is that a Gresley/Thompson buffet car? (top of pic, partially hidden by the signals) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2018 Who nicked the Freightliner containers (C6378)? I think that was still BR land, part of the original NER freight depot. J3717 - is that a Gresley/Thompson buffet car? (top of pic, partially hidden by the signals) I'm not sure, and I can't tell on the original scan either. I'm not sure when they were withdrawn. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I like J3713, with gateshead works crouching at the top of the Rabbit Banks. I visited gateshead shed as 52A in 1966. No steam, and the other older spotters thought I was mad wanting to wander round inside the old works building. I did much the same at stratford before it was all swept away. No locos, but plenty of atmosphere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted January 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Those who follow both my photo threads will see that the European photos thread is taking a break. This one will continue. Although I've not had time to caption more photos recently I still have a good stock of UK photos ready to put on here. Today we have another visit to Lolham, north of Peterborough. You may need to think about the exact location of one of the photos (C1484). Lolham Class 47 up Feb 72 C0838 Lolham Class 47 1789 down parcels poss 10.40 Kings X goods to Aberdeen Feb 72 C0841 Lolham Class 55 9001 up 11.05 Newcastle to Kings X Feb 72 C0842 Lolham Class 47 down 14.20 Kings X to Leeds Feb 74 C1479 Lolham Class 37 up pw train Feb 74 C1484 David Edited January 16, 2018 by DaveF 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Who nicked the Freightliner containers (C6378)? That's part of Forth Banks goods depot, so not such an odd place to find a couple of early-style Freightliner boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Glory Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 (edited) Today we have another visit to Lolham, north of Peterborough. You may need to think about the exact location of one of the photos (C1484). Lolham Class 40 up pw train Feb 74 C1484.jpg Lolham Class 40 up pw train Feb 74 C1484 David There is also something to think about in the description of C1484! Edited January 16, 2018 by Western Glory Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 I find myself using Lolham crossing once a day at the moment. I'm installing point rodding at Tallington and to get there from the south i have to use Maxey crossing. My evening scorch home is via Lolham. There is an odd one way system over this crossing now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted January 16, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2018 There is also something to think about in the description of C1484! I've just noticed that, thanks. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted January 16, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 16, 2018 Hi, Dave. That's a great set of photo's from Lolham. The carriage behind the 37 in the last photo' is a former Thompson SK. I think several Thompson's were used at that time in pw trains by BR. And the Deltic in C0842, 9001, makes a fine sight heading the 11.05, Bradford to KX, in February, 1972. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 C0848 from the formation was the 12:00 KX-Aberdeen. The last 3 coaches only went as far as Edinburgh. 1A22 was the 10:55 Newcastle-KX 1L20 was the 14:20 KX-Leeds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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