45125 Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Never seen fly ash in presflos before; my local workings were from Aberthaw power station to various sites during the M5 build across the Somerset Levels in MGR hoppers, with double headed 37s. The Presflos on the Flyash flows in the Midlands was usually in the 12"6"WB Presflos which were mainly air braked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cctransuk Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 Never seen fly ash in presflos before; my local workings were from Aberthaw power station to various sites during the M5 build across the Somerset Levels in MGR hoppers, with double headed 37s. There was a dedicated diagram of 'stretched' PRESFLOs specifically for fly ash - very common around Peterborough. Regards, John Isherwood. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2018 I love J5298. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 3, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2018 Hi, Dave. I like the Ratcliffe on Soar photos, with a good number of Peaks to be seen. And in J5334, in June, 1976, the unit is a class 116. And what a fine sight HST 254001 makes in the last photo. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 (edited) Trains at Ratcliffe on Soar today which is between Trent and Loughborough. Ratcliffe on Soar Class 47 up fly ash May 75 J4317.jpg Ratcliffe on Soar Class 47 up fly ash May 75 J4317. David, Consulting my records for 1975, the only occurrence of 6Z73 that I have logged was on Saturday 24th May 1975 (which would have been Bank Holiday weekend), when the locomotive working this additional from Ratcliffe to Fletton was 47 330 - seen passing Peterborough at around 10:45, if any of that is of help. Regards. Edited March 3, 2018 by 35A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 The fly-ash Presflos worked occasionally to a concrete-block plant on the Silvertown Tramway in East London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 J4153 the trains looks like it is almost completely tubes, some sheeted (badly) and a bogie wagon in the middle carrying a load I cannot quite make out. Zooming in, I cannot tell if there is some other type of wagons mixed in towards the rear, but it is running as either unfitted or with a fitted head as the brake van on the rear is a giveaway. I wonder if this has come from Corby steelworks? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 4, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2018 Some more photos from a trip to Didcot in May 1979 this morning. Didcot 1363 May 79 C4509 Didcot 5900 Hinderton Hall May 79 C4513 Didcot 6697 May 79 C4514 Didcot 7808 Cookham Manor May 79 C4515 Didcot 1466 May 79 C4522 Didcot 7202 May 79 C4526 David 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 4, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2018 (edited) Bottesford and Radcliffe on Trent this afternoon. They haven't moved from where they were before, on the Grantham to Nottingham line, for anyone new to the thread. Bottesford 20163 and 20172 Skegness toBurton on Trent Aug 83 C6158 Bottesford 20177 and 20192 Burton on Trent to Skegness Aug 83 C6206 Bottesford South view north on GN and LNWR Joint Feb 82 C5623 Radcliffe on Trent Class 47 to Skegness 29th May 78 C3860 Radcliffe on Trent Class 56 coal train from Cotgrave Feb 78 C3681 David Edited March 5, 2018 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 That last photo of the grid in the mist is most appropriate today, as i cannot evven see the other side of the road from our window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 Didcot 1363 May 79 C4509 From that side and angle the splashers are invisible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 4, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2018 Hi, Dave. I like the Didcot photo’s. How sad 1466 looks in C4522. It would be a good modelling project. The Bottesford and Radcliffe on Trent photo’s are as inspiring as always. The first two are great memories of how the summer extras to Skegness used to be until Sprinters came and changed everything. It’s always so good to see 20’s double heading the summer extras. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 From the archives: 20 163 is shown as paired with 20 172 on 1E85/1M47 (the Burton-upon-Trent - Skegness & return) on 1st August 1983, 20 177 is shown as paired with 20 192 on the same train on 4th August. In both images the second loco pictured is from the 1967 batch (headcode panels, 20 129 onwards). None of those locos appear in the archives on any other day in the month of August. However, there are no records for Fridays 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th (were these trains FX - I can't remember?), nor Saturday 6th or 20th. Both trains are recorded for every other day of the month and normally a pair of locos would appear for several days at a time - so make of that what you will! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) A few photos taken between 1969 and 1976 at Derby and Borrowash for this afternoon. Derby June 69 J1768 Derby Class 47 up ex pass April 71 C577 08.55 Leeds to St Pancras Derby Class 25 up freight and Class 45 No128 May 72 C0941 Borrowash Class 45 Sheffield to St Pancras July 76 J5341 Borrowash Class 104 Leicester to Derby July 76 J5342 David Edited March 6, 2018 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 ...However, there are no records for Fridays 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th (were these trains FX - I can't remember?), nor Saturday 6th or 20th. Both trains are recorded for every other day of the month and normally a pair of locos would appear for several days at a time - so make of that what you will! Pretty sure the "Skeggies" were FX, at least in the early 80s (incl. 83) when I was in Leicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 A few photos taken between 1969 and 1976 at Derby and Borrowash for this afternoon. Derby June 69 J1768.jpg Derby June 69 J1768 David A rare shot showing off the purpley- brown colour that was used for a while for coaching stock underframes (including DMUs, IIRC) in the late 1960s/early 1970s. It was presumably intended to make brake dust and other contamination less visible, but didn't work that well. I even saw a re-bodied 16t mineral carrying it. When I painted some models with it, I found 'Caledonian Railway Purple' was a reasonable match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 C5623. I know that I am being completely sentimental, but the GN&LNWR closure was a very sad occasion. I'm sure that a through Northampton to Doncaster service would have been quite useful these days; not to mention a diversionary route in the case of emergencies, even if it might involve diesel drags. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Pretty sure the "Skeggies" were FX, at least in the early 80s (incl. 83) when I was in Leicester. You'd have been around at the same time as me, then. I was there from Sept '82 to July '83. That's a lovely shot of the CCT, David - I remember them being dragged around by Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country units, on Norwich - Birmingham trains, circa 1970/1971. Edited March 5, 2018 by 35A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Glory Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 A few photos taken between 1969 and 1976 at Derby and Borrowash for this afternoon. Derby Class 47 up ex pass April 71 C577.jpg Derby Class 47 up ex pass April 71 C577 David Possibly 1949. Third digit definitely 4. Second and fourth look very similar. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted March 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 5, 2018 C6158: what colour are those locos under the grime? It look more like dark brown than blue. If one weathered a model like that one would be accused of over-egging it. Jonathan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted March 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2018 And C0941 - what a cracking freight behind the 25, conflats and a gunpowder van...brilliant! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 And C0941 - what a cracking freight behind the 25, conflats and a gunpowder van...brilliant! Phil And the Post Office moggie! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2018 C6158: what colour are those locos under the grime? It look more like dark brown than blue. If one weathered a model like that one would be accused of over-egging it. Jonathan They really were blue, but they were not as dirty as some I saw. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 5, 2018 From the archives: 20 163 is shown as paired with 20 172 on 1E85/1M47 (the Burton-upon-Trent - Skegness & return) on 1st August 1983, 20 177 is shown as paired with 20 192 on the same train on 4th August. In both images the second loco pictured is from the 1967 batch (headcode panels, 20 129 onwards). None of those locos appear in the archives on any other day in the month of August. However, there are no records for Fridays 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th (were these trains FX - I can't remember?), nor Saturday 6th or 20th. Both trains are recorded for every other day of the month and normally a pair of locos would appear for several days at a time - so make of that what you will! Thanks for this. I don't think they are the 1st and 4th Aug 83 as I had already taken 45 railway photos in August before I took the one of 20163 and I visited at last 6 other locations, each of which would usually have been a different day, after 20163 and before I took the of 20177. So the actual dates are a bit of a mystery. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 J1768, ex works CCT, freshly painted blackboard panels; yet some oik still chalks up the details on the paintwork! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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