Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

[DaveF]

 

 

Back to 1986 today with some photos taken at York during the summer.

 

 

York Class 108 York to Sheffield and Class 110 York to Selby 28th July 86 C7649

 

 

York 43197 and executive saloon Kings X to Edinburgh 28th July 86 C7661

 

 

York 45139 up ecs 3rd Aug 86 C7860

 

 

York 3rd Aug 86 C7866

 

 

York 47477 Liverpool to Scarborough 3rd Aug 86 C7877

 

 

David

[lmsforever]

I always enjoyed riding in the class 110 good ride and looked good ,until they started catching fire !

[leopardml2341]

York was much better without wires - just sayin'

[melmerby]

York was much better without wires - just sayin'

and diesels, colour light signals, burger bars, coffee chains.....

 

Keith

Edited December 7, 2018 by melmerby

[leopardml2341]

Keith,

 

Had you left diesels off your list you would have had an 'agree', but as it is I felt the 'supportive' was probably better

[stewartingram]

Deltics are allowed though.

 

Stewart

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I love the photo’s of York. Such a lovely old place and station which is never without interest even today. The first photo’ brings all the memories back of taking a class 110 after a ride on the Scarborough Spa Express, and it was very full. The driver seemed reluctant to drive the unit away from the station until someone, not me, shouted “Get the whip out! We need to be in Selby on time!” We then powered away, and in 20 minutes were stood in Selby station!!

The second photo’ shows a great side view of the kitchen side of the Mk111 Intercity Executive Saloon. Hopefully that will be of use for those wishing to adapt a Mk111 from Hornby or Oxford.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

Today's photos may be most appreciated by those who like to look at remains of early railways in the north east.  i.e. The Stockton and Darlington and others.

 

They were all taken on a RCHS trip in June 1975.

 

If you are ever in the area it is worth exploring.

 

These are Dad's photos, I think I've got the captions right.

 

 

Butterknowle skew bridge over R Gaunless on Haggerleases branch June 75 J4429

 

 

Butterknowle skew bridge over R Gaunless on Haggerleases branch terminus in background June 75 J4430

 

 

Butterknowle line of Haggerleases branch in vegetation June 75 J4431

 

 

Cockfield SDR W Auckland to Barnard Castle line Lands viaduct June 75 J4433

 

 

Cockfield Lands viaduct Gaunless valley Haggerleases branch on right June 75 J4434

 

 

Brusselton incline June 75 J4446

 

 

David

[brushman47544]

Great shot there - Church Lane Crossing 47300 Liverpool st to Norwich May 80 J6928

But this can't be 47300 as that number wasn't in use back then, 47301 being the first of the sub-class. I thought it could be 47310 but that wasn't an SF loco until 1984.

Jury's out I'm afraid....

 

Dave

Think it’s 47100 http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=0219020515000

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. What a fascinating set of photo’s. All so full of historical interest. What solid and clearly well built piers in J4433, at Cockfield S.D.R., on the West Auckland to Barnard Castle line, with Lands viaduct, in June, 1975. A shame the line was closed down in the first place.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

A trip to North Wales now to look at the Snowdon Mountain Railway again.

 

 

Llanberis 2 Enid 23 Aug 70 C267

 

 

Llanberis 8 8th Aug 79 C4725

 

 

Hebron 7 Aylwin Aug 72 J3052

 

 

Hebron 2 Enid 8th Aug 79 C4724

 

 

Hebron 2 July 82 C5717

 

 

Snowdon train in distance 8th Aug 79 C4729

 

 

David

[DaveF]

This evening we are heading south from Nottingham on the Midland Railway line once more.

 

 

Nottingham Class 08 ecs Dec 79 J6711

 

 

Nottingham Class 47 Nov 73 J3476

 

 

Trent Class 47 down empties April 80 J6844

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 St Pancras to Derby April 80 J6847

 

 

Kegworth Class 45 Sheffield to St Pancras Feb 77 J5642  Taken in floods.

 

 

David

[Davexoc]

Some particularly good photos today, find the train on Snowdon before the cloud shrouds the summit, IIRC it did that the once I walked up it.

A classic MGR shot and a Peak dwarfed by the cooling towers.

The 08 on ecs in Nottingham could be 08741 which did once live at Toton.

 

Dave

[melmerby]

Some particularly good photos today, find the train on Snowdon before the cloud shrouds the summit, IIRC it did that the once I walked up it.

 

Dave

I did the Snowdon railway some years ago

Lovely at the bottom, couldn't see your hand in front of your face at the top!

 

Keith

[Oldddudders]

My last visit to Snowdon, I walked up, got soaked, took the train back down. The previous day I had walked up and down Scafell Pike, the day before that ditto Ben Nevis. The things we do!

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I love the Snowdon Mountain Railway photo’s which are so atmospheric. As previously mentioned, starting in sun at the base, you could so often have cloud and fog at the summit - a journey of two weathers.

That’s a fascinating set of photo’s of Nottingham and places south from there on the MML. The first photo’ is a good shot of an 08 shunter on Mk11 air con stock. I don’t think, on a model, you could use an 08 on such stock in any other way.

As always, it’s sobering to see how the cooling towers at Ratcliffe on Soar dwarf the train hauled by a class 45 on a St Pancras to Derby service, in April, 1980, in J6847.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

Back to the 1980s at Carlisle for today's photos.

 

 

Carlisle Class 40 D200 40122 Carlisle to Leeds 26th Aug 86 C7949

 

 

Carlisle 87025 up loco being inspected prior to removal from train 26th Aug 86 C7971  The pink wavy line is a film fault.

 

 

Carlisle 85014 up ex pass replacing 87025 after it failed 26th Aug 86 C7973

 

 

Carlisle 47488 Glasgow to Carlisle via G&SW 14th April 87 C8274

 

 

Carlisle 87035 and 86422 up steel 14th April 87 C8281

 

 

David

Edited December 10, 2018 by DaveF

[Fat Controller]

A bit of a change in C8281; Instead of the coil and slab we're used to seeing on the WCML, the only visible wagon is a Bogie Trestle, loaded with steel plate. Presumably, it would have come from Dalzell plate mill, but I wonder whence it was bound? One possible destination would be Barnstaple, which received steel plate and sections for the shipyard at Appledore.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Carlisle photo’s which are full of nostalgia and interest. In C7971, at Carlisle, with 87025, on an up express, with the locomotve being inspected prior to removal from the train, on the 26th August, 1986. That’s a great photo’, but I’m wondering what the fault was with the 87. I suppose we will never know.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[cheesysmith]

Looking at that loco change, of a 87 for a 85, i think it would have been changed over again, probably at crewe. The anglo scottish trains tended to be 87s and mk3s, which the earlier electrics could not heat, but the cross country trains were mk2 but tended to use 86s.

[DaveF]

More photos from Radcliffe on Trent this afternoon with the usual mix of dmus and locos.

 

Note that in the second photo the Class 47 is running on the then experimental concrete slab track.

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Dec 79 J6704

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent 47019 Parkeston Quay to Manchester March 80 J6813

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham March 80 J6818

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Skegness to Nottingham May 80 J6941

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent 20068 and ano Sheffield to Skegness May 80 J6944

 

 

David

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Radcliffe on Trent photo’s which, as always, are full of interest and nostalgia. In J6813, with 47019 on a Parkeston Quay to Manchester train in March, 1980, again the experimental slab track can be seen.

That’s a great photo’ of 20068 and an unidentifiable one on a Sheffield to Skegness extra, in May, 1980, in J6944. Such classic loco’ hauled trains and it’s such a shame that it’s all units today.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Ray M]

J6813.

The APT test track as we knew it in those days.

i remember them building that track bed, some time in the 70`s.

And then wondering where it had gone, the first time we went over it 

[DaveF]

A quick look at Durham today.

 

I used to go there for work meetings at the University, on rare occasions there was time to take a few photos while I was in the area.

 

Apart from that it's not a place I go to very much.

 

 

Durham Class 143 143025 Durham to Newcastle 31st July 1986 C7745

 

 

Durham 22nd Oct 86 C8108

 

 

Durham 47423 up 22nd Oct 86 C8110

 

 

Durham HST 43120 and 43155 down 22nd Oct 86 C8114

 

 

Durham Class 105 977124 and 977126 route learning set plus Class 101 53212 and 54382 down 23rd May 87 C8477

 

 

David

[great central]

J6813.

The APT test track as we knew it in those days.

i remember them building that track bed, some time in the 70`s.

And then wondering where it had gone, the first time we went over it

 

The APT test track was on the MR line from Melton Mowbray as far as Edwalton.

The paved track at Radcliffe on Trent, so far as I'm aware, was experimental sections to determine a type for use in a future channel tunnel. It's still there in the undergrowth parallel to the down line. There's also a section beside the Derby-Sheffield line in the Little Eaton area.