RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2018 There seems to have been some issues with the power supply to the signalbox? I think it had been there since December 1970 when the power workers had a series of strikes causing blackouts. Though it of course have been there following a problem. I'm not sure if there was a generator there during the 1972 power cuts. I think a generator was also placed there during the oil crisis/ miners strike/ 3 day week in Jan/Feb 1974 but I don't have any photos taken then. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Louch Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 David, many thanks for posting photos of Brush 4's at Grantham. Image J2825 is particularly evocative as I remember a trip to Grantham to 'spot' Deltics about this time. The spotter in the shot is standing where we based ourselves and when the signals went 'green' we would all peer into the distance to see if the loco was indeed a mighty 'Dellie' (identified by the distictove large yellow nose) or something more 'lowly'. The down trains hammering towards us provided a wonderful spectacle which I can remember clearly 46 years on! I imagine there must have been a speed restriction for the curve at the northern end of the station, however they seemed to be moving pretty swiftly to us! I think we 'copped' about 5 of the 'beasts' during our first visit there and recall the excitement the appearance of these locos caused particularly from my small group of spotting friends whose diet was usually Peaks or Brushes! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2018 Hi, Dave. I love the Grantham photo’s. All so interesting and in the last one, of a class 47 on a Bradford to Kings Cross service, in January, 1972, you can see plenty of brake dust and weathering on the whole of the train. A good weathering project for a model. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 1A09 was the 08:48 York-KX. The train has an additional BSO marshalled in the formation 2nd coach. 1D04 was the 12:20 KX-Cleethorpes J5615 from the formation was the 08:35 Hull-KX J5616 from the formation was the 08:30 Newcastle-KX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted September 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 5, 2018 J5616 looks like it could be 47516 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 5, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2018 1A09 was the 08:48 York-KX. The train has an additional BSO marshalled in the formation 2nd coach. 1D04 was the 12:20 KX-Cleethorpes J5615 from the formation was the 08:35 Hull-KX J5616 from the formation was the 08:30 Newcastle-KX J5616 looks like it could be 47516 Many thanks to both of you. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 Lovely shots of Grantham, at the time when I regularly used to pass through (I had to look closely to make sure that you hadn't caught me!). Some 'old friends' amongst the green 47s, as well. I'd actually forgotten all about Grantham North box, so that came as a bit of a jolt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2018 It was taken by (as were the others of todays images) when he had taken me to the station to catch a train Insert name of choice? Just to prove I read all the captions! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 It wasn't just Feb 1972 that was cold and miserable; almost the whole year was like that - with the exception of a week in the middle of March when temperatures reached 21C in a few places. But, boy did we pay for that. Most areas did not see that level of maximum temperature again until well into July, and the maximum temperature on the summer solstice (21 June) was actually *lower* than the maximum on the previous winter one (21 Dec 71). That statistic made the national news, as did photos of folk sunbathing in northern Finland above the Arctic Circle (where they were having record high temperatures) just to rub it in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 6, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) I think today could be described as a mixture of places around Leicestershire. There are a couple of photos at Saxby, one of the trains has been seen before but in a different photo. East Langton Class 46 up cement July 74 C1654 Saxby Class 25 and ano down vans May 71 J2662 Saxby Class 25 down Oct 71 J2778 Cottesmore BISC iron ore sidings Feb 72 J2813 Bingham Road trackbed of GNR and LNWR Joint line to Leicester view west Jan 73 J3134 Bingham Road trackbed of GNR and LNWR Joint line to Leicester view east Jan 73 J3135 David Edited September 6, 2018 by DaveF 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted September 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2018 Thanks once again for sharing Dave. I particularly like the signal in J2813 (Cottesmore BISC iron ore sidings). Regards Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2018 Hi, Dave. I like the Leicestershire photo's. A fascinating mixture, and in J2662, at Saxby, with a down van train, in May, 1971, it appears that an earlier 25 is leading, possibly a 25/1, and then a 25/3. There are certainly bodyside grills visible on the first engine, with the cab doors recessed as on the earlier 24's and 25's. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 (edited) Interesting, if you Google Streetview Saxby to reproduce J2778 the house it is blurred out. The building in J2662 is still there but hidden behind what looks like a building site, the loading dock is long gone. Also looking around Cottesmore - a lot of old trackbed has been obliterated with fields, you can see bits of line but then you lose all trace. Edited September 6, 2018 by woodenhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Is it surprising that the cutting sides on the joint line pictures are in better nick than almost any NR equivalents. See you on Saturday Brendan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 J2662- first three wagons are ferry-wagons from mainland Europe. The two nearest the loco are French ones from the immediate pre-WW2/ post WW2 era. The third is a Belgian one, dating from the mid-1960s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) More photos from Radcliffe on Trent this afternoon. So there are yet more photos of Class 114s trundling between Nottingham and Grantham or Skegness. The first photo is taken to the east of the village, nearer to Saxondale. Radcliffe on Trent Saxondale Class 25 7539 down parcels Jan 73 J3136 Radcliffe on Trent tamper May 77 5714 Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Oct 77 J5837 Taken from the "rec" (recreation ground) in the days when concrete pipes and old tyres were safe to play in and on. Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Nottingham to Grantham May 78 J6037 Radcliffe on Trent Nov 78 J6349 David Edited September 7, 2018 by DaveF 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Don't quote me on this, but I think J3136 shows a 25 on one of the Peterborough to Nottingham parcels trains which conveyed lots of products from the Freemans mail order depot near New England, plus pallets of their catalogues. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 Don't quote me on this, but I think J3136 shows a 25 on one of the Peterborough to Nottingham parcels trains which conveyed lots of products from the Freemans mail order depot near New England, plus pallets of their catalogues. I think that is almost certainly correct. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 I was wondering what such a big parcels train was doing over that line, great pictures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 I don't think it is D7525. I took a screen shot and blew that up, and I'm pretty sure it is D7539. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 Hi Dave, Wonderful photos as always. I like the tyres and pipes of the “Rec” and remember playing in similar “Recs” in the early ‘70s. How we made it into our teens alive is a complete mystery... Cheers Darius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2018 (edited) A play park with grass? Luxury! Ones from my childhood were concrete, with concrete pipes, steps and walls to jump off. If there were swings, chutes etc they seemed to be made out of scaffold poles Edited September 7, 2018 by keefer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2018 Hi, Dave. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s. All so full of interest, and in J6037, at Radcliffe on Trent, with a class 114 DMU, on a Nottingham to Grantham service, in May, 1978, you can at least two designs of lamp standards on the platform. Today, I guess it will be the tall aluminium lamp standards that will be on that platform. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 8, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 8, 2018 (edited) An assortment of photos taken over a 31 year period between York and Newcastle for today. Thirsk Class 47 D1567 up freight Dec 66 J727 Sunderland Bridge GNER Class 43 up XP 3rd May 97 C21833 Durham Class Class 45 up Jan 83 C5915 Tyne Yard 37015 ICI Ammonia Grangemouth to Haverton Hill March 85 C6755 Low Fell 43042 up Mon 17th Feb 86 C7299 David Edited September 8, 2018 by DaveF 31 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted September 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2018 C7299 is it just me or is that a strange combination of coaches? Great photos as ever. Thank you for taking the time to share them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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