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

[DaveF]

 

I had a look at the original this morning,  can anyone see a number?

 

I think Dad must have written it down by looking at the rear vehicle - and got it wrong.

 

David

 

Edited April 18, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

Switzerland again today, in the north east of the country which is perhaps a bit less familiar to may people from the UK.

 

We start with three photos at the Weissenbach viaduct on the (then) Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn, which is now part of an enlarged Sudostabahn.  It is between Degersheim and Heriasu on the line to St Gallen.

 

The last three photos are on the metre gauge Appenzeller Bahn along the line from Appenzell to the terminus at Wasserauen

 

 

Weissenbach viaduct BT BDe4/4 eastbound 4th Aug 92 C17417

 

 

Weissenbach viaduct BT Tm 7 4th Aug 92 C17419  an engineering train

 

 

Weissenbach viaduct BT Re4/4 Romanshorn to Luzern4th Aug 92 C17421

 

 

Steinegg AB ABe4/4 43 Gossau to Wasserauen 4th Aug 92 C17430

 

 

Steinegg AB ABe4/4 43 Gossau to Wasserauen 4th Aug 92 C17431  My car is in the foreground

 

 

Wasserauen  Driving trailers (Dt) at front of trains with ABe4/4 power car at rear of each. 3rd Aug 92 C17391

 

 

David

Edited April 18, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Firstly, regarding that class 142. Yesterday I enlarged the photo’, and apart from a 0 which is the last part of the number, next to it, I’m sure it’s possible to see either a 5 or an 8. Perhaps I am seeing things. 😉

Now today’s photo’s of Switzerland, from August, 1992, are truly amazing, and it’s good to see the Weissenbach viaduct on what was the Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn, and also the metre gauge Appenzeller Bahn along the line from Appenzell to Wasserauen.

Indeed I particularly like that first photo’ of the Weissenburg viaduct, with BT BDe4/4, on an eastbound service on the 4th August, 1992. Aspects of the view put me in mind of a model railway.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[russ p]

1 minute ago, Market65 said:

Good evening, David. Firstly, regarding that class 142. Yesterday I enlarged the photo’, and apart from a 0 which is the last part of the number, next to it, I’m sure it’s possible to see either a 5 or an 8. Perhaps I am seeing things. 😉

Now today’s photo’s of Switzerland, from August, 1992, are truly amazing, and it’s good to see the Weissenbach viaduct on what was the Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn, and also the metre gauge Appenzeller Bahn along the line from Appenzell to Wasserauen.

Indeed I particularly like that first photo’ of the Weissenburg viaduct, with BT BDe4/4, on an eastbound service on the 4th August, 1992. Aspects of the view put me in mind of a model railway.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

It probably 050 Rob that used to be a regular back then 

[Market65]

Thank you, russ p. I recall 050 on such trains back then. I’m going with that number therefore.

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

2 hours ago, russ p said:

 

It probably 050 Rob that used to be a regular back then 

 

2 hours ago, Market65 said:

Thank you, russ p. I recall 050 on such trains back then. I’m going with that number therefore.

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

 

 

Many thanks, I'll caption it as 050.

 

David

 

[DaveF]

 

Photos taken on the ECML between Darlington and Newcastle for today.

 

 

Sunderland Bridge 60022 limestone hoppers Lackenby to Shap Oct 93 J14444

 

 

Croxdale Class 91 down  Oct 93 J14454

 

 

Croxdale Burnigill DVT and Class 91 down  Oct 93 J14443

 

 

Deerness Junction  Class 158 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime St Oct 93 J14440

 

 

Plawsworth Class 43 Bristol to Newcastle March 94 J14615

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most impressive selection of photo’s of the ECML between Darlington and Newcastle. In the last photo’ at Plawsworth, with a HST on a Bristol to Newcastle express in March, 1994, I can’t help noticing that it a two plus six set. I wonder if a TS had been taken out, earlier on, owing to a defect? 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

Early 1950s Pacifics in black and white at Barkston, north of Grantham today.  As usual some were taken using his track permit.

 

 

Barkston A4 60003 Andrew K McCosh up ex pass c1953 JVol5064

 

 

Barkston A3 60053 Sansovino up ex pass c1953 JVol5060

 

 

Barkston A3 60088 Book Law down ex pass c1953 JVol5062

 

 

Barkston A1 60115 Meg Merrilies up ex pass c1952 JVol7383

 

 

Barkston A1 60117 Bois Roussel up ex pass c1952 JVol7379

 

 

David

Edited April 20, 2022 by DaveF

[great central]

Not sure if I've told this anecdote before but when I was young we met one of the signallers from Barkston while on holiday. 

Having been invited to visit one day, my mother took me on the train to Grantham then bus to Barkston. It was quite a long walk to their house to then find he was on shift so an even longer walk in the summer sun ensued to the south box itself. 

Totally worth it though to stand in the box watching a steady stream of trains passing almost within touching distance.

[corneliuslundie]

Now those are what I call trains. Excellent (even if not Brunswick Green!).

Jonathan

Edited April 20, 2022 by corneliuslundie

[Market65]

What a delightful selection of photo’s of Barkston to the north of Grantham on the ECML from the early fifties. In JVol5060, with A3, 60053, Sansovino, on an up express passenger train in c1953, it is a particularly impressive sight with photo’ taken from rail level.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Buston Barns (yet) again today.  

 

I know I have a lot of photos taken here but there are good views and a very quiet road to park on and walk along.

 

 

 

Buston Barns Class 254 down and up Oct 85 J8436

 

 

Buston Barns 43155 Aberdeen to Kings X Jan 89 J9740

 

 

Buston Barns Class 143 Berwick to Newcastle 16th June 90 C14547

 

 

Buston Barns 153319 Newcastle to Alnmouth  22nd July92 C16996

 

 

Buston Barns 56076 down steel 10th Sept 94 C19827

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Well, that’s a great selection of photo’s of Buston Barns on the ECML, and in C14547, with a class 142 on a Berwick to Newcastle service, on the 16th June, 1990, you can see that the second cars exhaust pipe has, for some reason, got a bent top to it. It certainly would look most wrong on a model. Also you can see an excess of diesel particulate around the top of that exhaust pipe. I just hope it was made good in the depot after the days services had finished.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Photos in Newcastle today, four at the station and one nearby.

 

 

Newcastle Bridge over The Side June 88 J9549

Newcastle 143011 Middlesbrough to Carlisle 10th July 87 C8656

Newcastle 142518 17th Aug 90 C15271

 

 

Newcastle 91014 down and part of Class 47  Aug 91 J12854

 

 

Newcastle 91032 up 31st Aug 93 C19118

 

 

David

Edited April 22, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a most impressive set of photo’s of Newcastle. In J12854, with a class 91, on a down express and part of a class 47, in August, 1991, it shows a nice sweeping view, but the 91 is actually 91014, not 91011.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

1 hour ago, Market65 said:

Good evening, David. That’s a most impressive set of photo’s of Newcastle. In J12854, with a class 91, on a down express and part of a class 47, in August, 1991, it shows a nice sweeping view, but the 91 is actually 91014, not 91011.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

Many thanks.  I'm not sure how I got that wrong, it is quite obvious now.

 

I've amended the caption.

 

David

[DaveF]

 

Photos taken between Grantham and Nottingham this afternoon.  

 

 

Bottesford cranes laying tack   Nov 83 J8097

 

 

Bottesford welding Nov 83 J8128

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Skegness to Nottingham March 77 J5647

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham May 75 C2062

 

 

Radcliffe on Trent July 77 J5730  viaduct over the River Trent, Colwick Yard was to the left.

 

 

Sneinton Junc view east Nov 78 J6348

 

 

David

Edited April 23, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That is a most impressive set of photo’s of the line between Grantham and Nottingham. In J5730, at Radcliffe on Trent, of the viaduct over the River Trent in July, 1977, you have a great photo’ of the main span, and the arches each side of it. If someone has the room it would make a splendid model.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

 

Another batch of photos from Wales, this time mainly around Llanberis, for your coffee break today.

 

I think I've now put back all the photos (except for one day) from June 2021 to March 2022.  The missing day is because I accidently duplicated a day a few weeks apart so it didn't make sense to put them back twice.  Thanks to to those who have put back their photos they put in the thread to add information.

 

As for older posts - some have reappeared, I still have my fingers crossed.  I do have an idea of what I'll do if they don't come back but am prepared to wait for some time yet.

 

The first photo is of a "Logomotive" which amused me.  Think how old the young people are now!

 

Llanbedr Logomotive 9th Aug 79 C4775 (2)

 

Now we move on to the Llanberis Lake Railway.

Llanberis 5 Helen Kathryn 8th Aug 79 C4738

 

 

Llanberis Hunslet Dolbadarn July 82 C5718

 

 

Llanberis Hunslet Dolbadarn July 82 C5719

 

 

Llanberis Lake Railway Aug 72 J3040

 

 

Finally. two from the Snowdon Mountain Railway.

Llanberis loco shed 23 Aug 70 C265

 

 

Snowdon Halfway Aug 72 J3051  The train is the small pale dot top left with a trail of steam.

 

 

David

Edited April 24, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

A few more from Damdykes and Cramlington for today's second set.

 

 

Damdykes Class 101 Newcastle to Morpeth Dec 81 C5610

 

 

Damdykes 43099 down 11th July 92 C16972

 

 

Damdykes 91009 up 18th March 95 C20012

 

 

Cramlington 56120 up coal Oct 93 J14436

 

 

Cramlington 56051 down coal May 94 J14711

 

 

David

 

 

[andytrains]

David.

Nice photos.

That shelter at Cramlington does not look very inviting!

Andy.

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That is a most impressive set of photo’s from Wales, from around Llanberis. In C5718, at Llanberis, with Hunslet,   Dolbadarn, in July, 1982, you have a great rear three quarter portrait shot of the locomotive alongside the stone watertower.

The ECML photo’s from Damdykes and Cramlington are full of period delight and the first photo’of a two car class 101 DMU at Damdykes in December, 1981, shows a colourful effect on the unit from the low sun which I think would not be possible to recreate on a model.

 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

6 hours ago, andytrains said:

David.

Nice photos.

That shelter at Cramlington does not look very inviting!

Andy.

 

 

The last time I was there a bit over two years ago it had been tidied up.

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

And much better than a steel and glass bus shelter with all the glazing broken.

Jonathan