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

[DaveF]

 

Once again we visit Swayfield today with some photos of ECML trains on Stoke Bank.

 

It may seem that I have a never ending supply of photos taken here, that is probably because it was near home at one time.

 

Many a pleasant Saturday afternoon was spent there taking photos of trains in all weathers.

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 1522 down May 72 J2921.jpg

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9001 Edinburgh to Kings X Feb 73 J3140.jpg

 

 

Swayfield Class 31 down ecs Oct 73 J3436.jpg

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 47412 up Sept 76 J5443.jpg

 

 

Swayfield 254031 Kings X to Leeds June 80 J6985.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 2, 2019 by DaveF

[eastwestdivide]

J3436 more likely assorted empty stock than parcels - there's a GUV, CK, postal van, a sleeper and possibly a Mk1 suburban brake vehicle, then two more Mk1 passenger coaches, not to mention the 5xxx headcode.

[DaveF]

1 minute ago, eastwestdivide said:

J3436 more likely assorted empty stock than parcels - there's a GUV, CK, postal van, a sleeper and possibly a Mk1 suburban brake vehicle, then two more Mk1 passenger coaches, not to mention the 5xxx headcode.

 

Many thanks.

 

The headcode and formation is a bit of a giveaway.

 

David

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Swayfield photo’s which are full of interest. In J5443, with class 47, 47412, on an up express in September, 1976, you can see it’s another eight carriage formation. I guess the two first class carriages might have enough seats and the four second class carriages too. But it does seem a bit limited if there was a sudden rush of passengers. Hopefully such a situation rarely happened. 

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[LNERGE]

1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said:

J3436 more likely assorted empty stock than parcels - there's a GUV, CK, postal van, a sleeper and possibly a Mk1 suburban brake vehicle, then two more Mk1 passenger coaches, not to mention the 5xxx headcode.

It's a collection of rolling stock going to works for attention. I can't find it in a working timetable yet but they did run regularly.

[LNERGE]

Not the train but something like this..

 

 

[Fat Controller]

I remember there being a working like this from Litchurch Lane, Derby, to Crewe (and possibly beyond) which used to pass my workplace in Alsager mid-afternoon. This would have been 1979, I believe.  Sometimes, when there was non-airbraked stock in the formation, it would have a goods brake van at the rear.

[35A]

5L30 (J3436) was an almost daily M-F down working, as mentioned above it was an early afternoon ECS working from London to (IIRC) York Works, conveying stock for attention. It was still running as late as mid-1975. It may have continued running beyond that date but most of my linesiding tended to be in the evening by then - and by 1976, of course, headcodes had been dispensed with, so it becomes difficult to identify anything in my rare afternoon notes that may have been that train. I don't recall it ever being headed by anything more powerful than a Class 31 and it generally passed Peterborough between around 14:10 and 14:45, although I do have a couple of notes of it running marginally later than that.

 

[DaveF]

 

The north west today with some photos taken by Dad at Ainsdale and Southport.  I think he had friends there so he and Mum used to go there on visits from time to time, but rarely took railway photos.

 

I used to know Ainsdale quite well in my student days as I had to do quite a lot of ecological surveys in the sand dunes there.  I never got around to taking any photos though.

 

 

Ainsdale 507010 Southport to Liverpool Oct 82 J7746.jpg

 

 

Ainsdale 507010 Southport to Liverpool Oct 82 J7747.jpg

 

 

Southport Class 507 Southport to Liverpool Oct 82 J7748.jpg

 

 

Ainsdale Class 507 Liverpool to Southportl Oct 82 J7750.jpg

 

 

 

Southport Class 105 and Class 120 Manchester Victoria to Southport June 83 J7980.jpg

 

 

David

 

 

Edited May 3, 2019 by DaveF

[31A]

J7980 - what a strange signal!

 

[43110andyb]

On 01/05/2019 at 21:44, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

They aren't manholes, just drain covers for rainwater/sluice drainage channels.

 

Mike.

It looks most definitely like a UTX (under track crossing) for signalling cables and would be fun to try and lift off if there was a cable fault.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the north west photo’s which is quite a change from the ECML.  It’s most interesting to see the class 507 EMU’s  going about their daily work. A mainly unsung class of train.

In the last photo’, J7980, at Southport with a class 105 and a class 120 on a Manchester Victoria to Southport service  in  June, 1983, the class 105, on enlarging the photo’ is actually a hybrid two car unit. It’s formed of a class 105 DTSL, and a class 104 DMBS. You can tell from the three and a half windows between the passenger doors, the tumblehome, the guards van windows and exhaust pipes. The roof vents are different too. 

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[iands]

2 hours ago, 43110andyb said:

It looks most definitely like a UTX (under track crossing) for signalling cables and would be fun to try and lift off if there was a cable fault.

Would have to disconnect the rodding, which would mean signing the points out in the register, which would most likely mean a possession (doubt you would get long enough "between trains" even back then). Quite a palaver!

[Davexoc]

4 hours ago, 31A said:

J7980 - what a strange signal!

 

I was thinking that too. One blue spectacle and one green, but neither lit or shielded from being backlit, so presumably only used in daylight hours??

[dvdlcs]

Is it just me, or the angle of the photographs, but the footsteps on the Class 507s seem very large. Was this a factor of the tumblehome on the units or some unique clearance issues on Merseyrail?

[BernardTPM]

Probably because the new units were narrower in the body than the old LMS designed units.

[DaveF]

 

Some more photos along the Cumbrian Coast line this afternoon, between Ulverston and Park South crossing, north of Barrow.

 

Note the unusual platform arrangement at Ulverston.

 

 

Ulverston 6th Aug 87 C8735

 

 

Ulverston Class 108 54235 and 53951 Lancaster to Barrow 6th Aug 87 C8736.jpg

 

 

Ulverston Class 108 54235 and 53951 Lancaster to Barrow 6th Aug 87 C8737.jpg

 

 

Kirkby in Furness 6th Aug 87 C8748

 

 

Park South Crossing FR signalbox 6th Aug 87 C8744.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 4, 2019 by DaveF

[flapland]

Ulverston is a lovely station and the town is ok, it has a nice cinema and Stan Laurel museum. Also the 16c Swarthmoor Hall is close by if you have an interest in Quaker History. 

Edited May 4, 2019 by flapland

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Cumbrian Coast Line photo’s which show some of the scenery the line passes through. I agree, Ulverston station is delightful, and it would also make a splendid model. In C8737, at Ulverston, with a two car class 108 DMU, car numbers 54235 (DTSL) and 53951 (DMBS) on a Lancaster to Barrow service on the 6th August, 1987, on the bottom of the cab of the DMBS you can see how damage from repeated hitting from the air pipe has been patch painted. The yellow is somewhat different from the rest of the yellow on that cab end.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

 

I didn't get chance to ad any photos this morning, so here are the first set for today.

 

They were taken at Carnforth, most in 1987 - so they are only about 32 years old.  One dates from 1973.

 

 

Carnforth Class 5 44932 and ano Class 5 and 6960 Raveningham Hall Feb 73 C1177.jpg

 

 

Carnforth Barclay Trenchard and a boiler and a YE Janusl 8th Aug 87 C8809.jpg

 

 

Carnforth 15inch gauge petrol loco 8th Aug 87 C8811.jpg

 

 

Carnforth 850 Lord Nelson 8th Aug 87 C8814.jpg

 

 

Carnforth Bagnall Cranford No2 8th Aug 87 C8823.jpg

 

 

Carnforth Baguley Bass Charrington No5 8th Aug 87 C8826.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 5, 2019 by DaveF

[lmsforever]

Always liked the old the old Carnforth friendly and always something to see and the stock sometimes seemed like a scrapyard but worth going.

[DaveF]

 

Now for the afternoon batch which were taken over quite a long period at York.

 

 

York old museum NER 1463  Aug 65 J229.jpg

 

York Class 45 Liverpool to Scarborough Oct 83 C6305.jpg

 

 

York Class 110 51842 59647 51812 centre car Class 127 Scarborough to York 28th July 86 C7655.jpg

 

 

York Class 141 Harrogate to York 28th July 86 C7664.jpg

 

 

York 47526 up parcels 13th July 87 C8685.jpg

 

 

York V2 4771 Scarborough Spa Express 3rd Aug 86 C7870.jpg

 

 

David

[Michael Edge]

On 18/02/2019 at 16:58, Fat Controller said:

J7392: the little shunter coupled to the ballast hopper was owned by a company called Grant-Lyon-Eagre, I believe; they were a Scunthorpe-based subsidiary of British Steel, specialising in track work at industrial sites. The shunter had worked on installation works at Eurotunnel's Cheriton terminal, and Dolland's Moor yard back in 1992/3.; it was positively dwarfed by some of the German locos it worked alongside. 

C8809 has a YE Janus, not a Sentinel.

[melmerby]

Nice set from Carnforth but C1177 doesn't look like a B1, it looks like another Stanier loco next to 44932.

 

 

[DaveF]

1 hour ago, melmerby said:

Nice set from Carnforth but C1177 doesn't look like a B1, it looks like another Stanier loco next to 44932.

 

 

 

 

As Captain Mainwaring might have said "I wondered who would be the first to notice that".

 

A simple captioning error - as usual - never study the photo you are captioning.

 

David