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

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Carnforth photo’s. They show, in the first one in particular, how, apart from more soot and oil, how it was in an operating MPD in steam days. And also how varied the locomotives were back in those days. 

The York photo’s are as delightful as ever, and in C7655, with a class 110 DMU,  51842, 59647, 51812, with the centre car a class 127 TSL, on a Scarborough to York service on the 28th July, 1986,  you have one of the more remarkable hybrid units to operate in the York area.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

 

I've just noticed that this thread had it's fifth birthday last Wednesday May 1st as it was on that day back in 2014 when I started to post this series of photos.

 

Today we pay another visit to Grantham.

 

It's a station which holds many memories, I quite often used to trainspot there in the school holidays, travelling on the train from Nottingham.  I can remember (just) ex Great Central A5s on these trains, then the LNER L1s - which sometimes had cracks in their footplate valances.  Then it all changed to dmus, later known as Class 114.

 

 

Grantham 254003 down June 80 J6961

 

 

Grantham Class 47 up car train July 80 J7000.jpg

 

 

Grantham Class 114 E50045 Grantham to Nottingham July 80 J7002.jpg

 

 

Grantham 47458 up July 80 J7022.jpg

 

 

Grantham 40007 up parcels May 82 J7645.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 6, 2019 by DaveF

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. Congratulations on a belated fifth anniversary. The time has flown by! And please keep the lovely photo’s coming.

Today’s photo’s are delightful and in J7002 at Grantham, with class 114/2 DMBS, number E50045, on a Grantham to Nottingham train in  July, 1980, you can see cups of tea in the cab and a dent, which has been poorly plated over, on the drivers side of the cab.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[jessy1692]

5 years and still going strong, i know im not the only one whos first port of call on here is to see what fantastic images appear each day.

As ever, thanks for posting Dave, long may it continue.

All the best

James

[mullie]

This remains a great thread and a must see. Thanks for taking the effort to post every day.

 

Martyn

[35A]

The hours that I spend on here, not only looking at the latest photographs but also looking back at other postings from the last five years. A complete joy. Thank you once again for the time that you invest in showing us your (and your Dad's) wonderful collection of images. They slightly predate my own photographs, although some of them overlap with the period when I was taking monochrome photographs on an old box Brownie and later colour images on a Halina 35mm SLR, so it's great to see many pictures from around the early 70s from the period that I remember well but wasn't photographing extensively, before I moved on to more advanced hardware!

[The Johnster]

Happy 5th birthday!  This topic is a constant source of enjoyment, and like many others, I am thankful for your efforts with it!

[DaveF]

Many thanks for the birthday wishes for the thread's 5th anniversary.

 

Today we are back in Northumberland to see some more trains on the ECML.

 

They are in order from north to south.

 

Cheswick Class 37 up empty alumina to North Blyth 7th May 87 C8567.jpg

 

 

Goswick HST up 27th Feb 87 C8255

 

 

Longhirst 37007 Alcan Fort Willimam to North Blyth alumina empties 12th Dec 87 C9289.jpg  probably 37507 Hartlepool Pipe Mill

 

 

Longhirst 43064 down 12th Dec 87 C9292.jpg

 

 

Morpeth Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle diverted via Blyth and Tyne 20th June 84 C6563.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 7, 2019 by DaveF

[brushman47544]

C9289 - the 37 has been refurbished so is a 37/5 or 37/7. It looks like 37507 Hartlepool Pipe Mill.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the Northumberland photo’s with  the  ECML. They are full of interest, and in the last one at Morpeth, with a class 101 DMU on a Morpeth to Newcastle service, which is diverted by the Blyth and Tyne line on the 20th June, 1984, I think, in the gloom, I can make out a forth vehicle. I don’t think it’s the unit, for that is  a three car unit.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

 

 

[uax6]

Is it a trick of the camera angle or does that Met-Cam have a larger than normal grey area?

Andy G

[DaveF]

On 07/05/2019 at 20:07, uax6 said:

Is it a trick of the camera angle or does that Met-Cam have a larger than normal grey area?

Andy G

 

 

They varied quite a lot, as in the photos below.

 

The first two photos show different heights of grey in the same train.

 

 Newcastle east bays Class 101 10th July 87 C8641.jpg

 

 

Class 101 Castleford 5th April 89 C12075

 

 

Morpeth Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle diverted via Blyth and Tyne 20th June 84 C6563.jpg

 

 

David

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by DaveF

[Market65]

I think it may be the way they were painted by the Scottish Region. Haymarket I believe it was. They often, also, painted the window pans too instead of leaving them unpainted as on the other regions. I hope that is of additional help.

 

Best regards,

 

Rob.

[45125]

1 hour ago, Market65 said:

I think it may be the way they were painted by the Scottish Region. Haymarket I believe it was. They often, also, painted the window pans too instead of leaving them unpainted as on the other regions. I hope that is of additional help.

 

Best regards,

 

Rob.

Glasgow works painted them like that not 64B. The window frame painting on Met Cams was unique to ScR units in blue livery, York and Doncaster used to do it.

[DaveF]

 

 

Today's photos are in and around Newcastle.

 

 

Manors 43070 down 27th May 87 C8540.jpg

 

 

 

Newcastle 143005 Newcastle to Middlesbrough29th July 86 C7679.jpg

 

 

Newcastle 43051 Newcastle to Kings X 1 Sept 87 C9086.jpg

 

 

Gateshead locos on shed Jan 84 C6366.jpg  Taken from the pavement on Redheugh Bridge

 

 

Scotswood Junction Class 101 Tyneside Venturer view east 14th Sept 85 C7171.jpg

 

 

David

Edited May 8, 2019 by DaveF
To correct a caption,

[Fat Controller]

In that photo of Scotswood Junction, the track-less formation on the right is presumably that of the route to Blaydon? This must have closed in about 1983.

[DaveF]

34 minutes ago, Fat Controller said:

In that photo of Scotswood Junction, the track-less formation on the right is presumably that of the route to Blaydon? This must have closed in about 1983.

 

 

That's right.   It closed on 4th October 1982.

 

When that line closed it seemed very strange to have to travel along the south side of the Tyne - a longer and slower journey but it does allow the Metro Centre to have a station.

 

David

[Fat Controller]

4 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

That's right.   It closed on 4th October 1982.

 

When that line closed it seemed very strange to have to travel along the south side of the Tyne - a longer and slower journey but it does allow the Metro Centre to have a station.

 

David

Lynne moved to Tyneside in early 1982, and until late autumn, I stayed back in the Midlands to finish off a couple of projects. One of these was in Crewe, so I used to travel up via Carlisle, thence to Newcastle. In 1983, we moved to Clara Vale, and the bus from the village used to travel along Scotswood Road, parallel to the railway. Jobling-Purser (later Colas) had a bitumen terminal at a location somewhat optimistically called 'Paradise', just by the bridge where the road went under the railway.

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the photo’s from around Newcastle which are as full of interest as ever. In particular, that’s a good portrait of an HST power car, at Newcastle, number 43051, on a Newcastle to Kings Cross service on the 1st September, 1987, in C9086. 

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[Mark Saunders]

15 hours ago, Fat Controller said:

Lynne moved to Tyneside in early 1982, and until late autumn, I stayed back in the Midlands to finish off a couple of projects. One of these was in Crewe, so I used to travel up via Carlisle, thence to Newcastle. In 1983, we moved to Clara Vale, and the bus from the village used to travel along Scotswood Road, parallel to the railway. Jobling-Purser (later Colas) had a bitumen terminal at a location somewhat optimistically called 'Paradise', just by the bridge where the road went under the railway.

 

There is also Point Pleasant (Wallsend) on the Riverside branch!

[Fat Controller]

Just now, Mark Saunders said:

 

There is also Point Pleasant (Wallsend) on the Riverside branch!

I presume it's anything but? Probably used for shooting 'Vera'.

[DaveF]

 

All but one of today's photos are of two disused railways.

 

The first two are taken on the NER line from Alnwick to Coldstream.

 

The next three are taken on the line from Tynemouth Oxford Street station, the original Newcastle and North Shields Railway terminus, to the North Pier at the entrance to the River Tyne.   The line was owned by the Tyne Improvement Commission.  It was very steeply graded.  There was a blockyard for preparing stones for the pier, those who live in the area will know where it was, it is now a car park.  There appears to be little in print about the line.

 

The last photo is for those who could not face a day without a photo of a train.

 

 

Edlingham NER Alnwick to Coldstream line Dec 81 J7624.jpg

 

 

Roseden NER Alnwick to Coldsteam line Dec 80 J7298.jpg

 

Tynemouth line to north pier Aug 81 C5484.jpg

 

 

Tynemouth line to north pier Aug 81 C5486

 

 

Tynemouth line to north pier Aug 81 C5485

 

 

Newcastle 43061 up 24th Feb 87 C8221

 

David

 

 

Edited May 9, 2019 by DaveF

[Market65]

Hi, Dave. I like the fascinating collection of NER photo’s, which are full of interest. In particular J7298 at Roseden, on the former Alnwick to Coldstream line, in December, 1980. If what is seen in the photo’ is correct then the signal cabin was in an astonishingly well preserved condition. I am not aware of any attempt to preserve anything of that line.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

 

[lmsforever]

The Coldstream snow photos in the snow are very good ,is that the viaduct you see as you come down into Alnwick form Rothbury?

[RFS]

21 minutes ago, Market65 said:

Hi, Dave. I like the fascinating collection of NER photo’s, which are full of interest. In particular J7298 at Roseden, on the former Alnwick to Coldstream line, in December, 1980. If what is seen in the photo’ is correct then the signal cabin was in an astonishingly well preserved condition. I am not aware of any attempt to preserve anything of that line.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

 

 

Well it's still there - see attached. Already by the time of the photo it has curtains so appears to have been taken over by the adjoining householder. Perhaps it's a model railway room!