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

[russ p]

2 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

 

 

 

The first four photos, including J4304 the 37 on the 3 coach train were all taken in the evening on a weekday.  The 37 is just about to enter Maningtree station from the north, heading south.  So it cannot be going to Harwich.  I suspect it is around 6-7p.m.

 

At the time Dad often had to spend about 3 days a week in Ipswich for work, he and I sometimes met in the area to take some photos and have dinner (at a pub/retsaurant near Bentley) before he returned to his hotel in Ipswich and I went back to Basildon.

 

Sadly I don't have any GE working timetables for the period. 

 

David

 

Great pictures David so much tidier than today 

I'm wondering if the 3 coach set had come off the east Suffolk 

[corneliuslundie]

Jvol7289 is a gem. I assume that it will be forming a northbound train, either to Huntingdon or to Mildenhall - possibly to Newmarket and on but I would expect something a bit newer for that service, especially if going on from Haughley down the main line to Ipswich.

Correction: southbound not northbound, see below.

Jonathan

Edited December 3, 2022 by corneliuslundie
correction

[jwealleans]

2 hours ago, Market65 said:

I cannot think what NLBS stands for

Is the 'BS' an indicator that it has a British Standard gangway?

[31A]

2 hours ago, corneliuslundie said:

Jvol7289 is a gem. I assume that it will be forming a northbound train, either to Huntingdon or to Mildenhall - possibly to Newmarket and on but I would expect something a bit newer for that service, especially if going on from Haughley down the main line to Ipswich.

Jonathan

 

Looks to me as though it's heading the other way, having just passed under Hills Road bridge at the south end of the station, and most likely destined for Colchester via Sudbury & Mark's Tey etc.

 

[DaveF]

43 minutes ago, 31A said:

 

Looks to me as though it's heading the other way, having just passed under Hills Road bridge at the south end of the station, and most likely destined for Colchester via Sudbury & Mark's Tey etc.

 

 

Yes it is going south.

 

David

[corneliuslundie]

Thanks. I had recognised it as Hills Road bridge and was trying to to remember just where the advertising hoarding was. It is nearly half a century since I lived there. So leaving the station ECS rather than arriving to form a train out. And yes, the Sudbury direction. That service had gone when I lived in Cambridge.

Of course the hoardings might not have been in the same place that much earlier anyway (that's my excuse!).

Still a great photo of a long gone scene. The kind Dave produces time after time to delight us all.

Jonathan

Edited December 3, 2022 by corneliuslundie

[DaveF]

 

The London Tilbury and Southend line for today's replacements around Chalkwell which is between Leigh on Sea and Southend.

 

The first one was taken in some spare time before going for a job interview in Basildon, I got the job.

 

The last one was taken a few days before I left Essex and moved to Northumberland.

 

 

Chalkwell Class 302 down pass taken from beach April74 C1598

 

 

302293 down pass going away between Leigh on Sea and Chalkwell Aug 77 C3537

 

 

302309 west of Chalkwell Sept 78 C4153

 

 

Chalkwell 302255 up pass July 79 C4654

 

 

302309 up pass between Chalkwell and Leigh on Sea July 80 C5076

 

 

David

[62613]

Jvol4500; No earlier than March 1948. According to the RCTS Green Book,  no. e1300 was built 3/1948

[DaveF]

A few preserved railway photos.  The newest is only 35 years old, the oldest only 58 years old.

 

 

Sheffield Park GWR Earl class 9017 April 64 J108

 

 

Keighley 41241 climbing away July 68 J1365

 

 

Cadeby Bagnall 0-4-0ST Pixie Aug 68 J1401

 

 

Sittingbourne Bagnall Superb crossing viaduct over Milton Creek May 75  C2121

 

 

Steamtown L&YR Class 25 1300 on shuttle 8th August 87 C8836

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an excellent selection of replacement photo’s of the L.T.&S.R. from around Chalkwell, between Leigh on Sea and Southend. In C3537, with 302293, at the rear of a down passenger train, going away, between Leigh on Sea and Chalkwell, in  August, 1977, it can be seen how the electric tail lights were used and that hardly anyone was taking any notice of the train. 
The mixture of preserved railway photo’s are a great set, and in J1365, at Keighley, on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, with 41241, climbing away, to Oxenhope, in July, 1968, the steep climb is evident, and in those early days, a mixture of non BR liveries are to be seen.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

This morning we start with a batch of photos from the Bluebell Railway in the mid to late 1970s.  I hope the photos capture some of the atmosphere of the period.

 

 

Sheffield Park Adams Radial Tank 488 shunting Jan 75 C1848

 

 

Sheffield Park Class H 263 Dec 78 J6354

 

 

Sheffield Park Class H 263  Dec 78 J6354

 

 

Sheffield Park SR U Class 1618 and Class H 263 Dec 78 J6358

 

 

Bluebell Halt U Class 1618 and P Class 323 Dec 78 J6371  It was very icy day as you can see from the lane Dad walked up to get the photo!

 

 

Horsted Keynes Dec 75 C2547

 

 

David

Edited December 4, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

The next batch are today's replacements.

 

They were taken at Bottesford on the Great Northern's line from Grantham to Nottingham.  Mum and Dad lived close to the station for several years in the early 1980s and he often walked down to take a few photos just as I did when I visited them.  The first photo is one of Dad's before he lived there. The rest I took.

 

 

Bottesford Normanton Lane crossing Class 45 possibly D128 up mineral July 69 J1783

 

 

Bottesford Class 114 white and blue livery Grantham to Nottingham 28th Nov 80 C5228

 

 

Bottesford BRCW dmu Grantham to Nottingham 29th Nov 80 C5231

 

 

Bottesford 25069 and 25081r pass Leicester to Skegness and dmu to Nottingham Aug 81 C5459  1st Aug

 

 

Bottesford 20070 and 20075 pass Derby to Skegness Aug 81 C5460 1st Aug

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2022 by DaveF

[SHMD]

I wonder why all the sand is falling out of the loco on that last photo?

 

 

Kev.

 

[DaveF]

Now for the last batch of photos for today.  Once again they are on the Blyth and Tyne between Winning and North Blyth.

 

 

Winning 56133 l e to Cambois March 89 J9843

 

 

Winning Plasser and Theurer DTS-62N July 90 J11000

 

 

Winning Class 56 empty coal Dec 90 J11690  I'm not sure why a rake of empty hAAs was heading towartds the staithes unless it was for short term storage in the loops.

 

 

Cambois Plasser and Theurer USP5000C DR77318  July 90 J11001

 

 

North Blyth Class 37 25th July 85 C7088  Taken from Blyth Quayside.  The wagons are Alcan ones either for Fort William or Lynemouth.  The ships are waiting to load with coal, they will move either to the west staithes or the Bates elevators to load.  

 

 

David

 

 

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a delightful selection of photo’s of the Blubell Railway from the mid to late 1970’s. The last photo’ of Horsted Keynes, December, 1975, shows a great side shot of the crane. So useful for modelling. 
The replacement photo’s of Bottesford on the Great Northern line between Grantham and Nottingham, are an excellent selection, and in that first photo’, at Bottesford Normanton Lane crossing, with a class 45, maybe D128, on an up mineral train in July, 1969, it can be seen that the 45 is well weathered lower down, which would look good on a model.

The photo’s of the Blyth and Tyne between Winning and North Blyth, are all of interest, with J11001, at Cambois, with Plasser and Theurer track machine, USP5000C, DR77318, in July, 1990, which is an excellent shot of it, and again, useful for modelling purposes.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[35A]

C5459 - 25 069's only appearance on the Leicester - Skegness in August 1981 was on 1st, together with 25 081.

 

C5460 - 20 070 worked the same day (and for most of that week), along with 20 075. It did reappear towards the end of the month, paired with 20 087, but (as the index numbers of the pictures are adjacent) I suspect that they were taken the same morning.

[DaveF]

17 minutes ago, 35A said:

C5459 - 25 069's only appearance on the Leicester - Skegness in August 1981 was on 1st, together with 25 081.

 

C5460 - 20 070 worked the same day (and for most of that week), along with 20 075. It did reappear towards the end of the month, paired with 20 087, but (as the index numbers of the pictures are adjacent) I suspect that they were taken the same morning.

 

That date makes sense, many thanks.

David

[DaveF]

Some replacement photos from the Cambrian Coast line today, 1972 to 1982.  I think there will be a few more in due course.

 

 

Tygwyn Classes 103 and ano Pwllheli to Machynlleth 6th Aug 79 C4675

 

 

Pont Briwet  Class 108 going away  Macynlleth to Pwllheli 6th Aug 79 C4678

 

 

Porthmadog Class 103 and Class 101 behind  Pwllheli to Machynlleth July 82 C5739

 

 

Criccieth Class 101 up pass Aug 72 C1073

 

 

Criccieth Class 24 5145 down goods Aug 72 C1074

 

 

David

Edited December 5, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

 

There are no trains in this afternoon's photos but I hope the photos will still be of interest.

 

They are taken around Shildon and on the line to Eastgate in County Durham.

 

 

Shildon cutting south of tunnel June 75 J4451

 

 

Shildon from above the north end of the tunnel  June 75 J4458

 

 

Stanhope view east towards Stanhope station 18th May 85 C6921

 

 

Stanhope view west towards Eastgate 18th May 85 C6922

 

 

Eastgate looking west to cement works April 90 J10796

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

[corneliuslundie]

Very nice to see the Cambrian photos again, especially the last one. I took one photo of a freight on the Cambrian line at about that time, south of Barmouth bridge, but their days on the coast were already numbered.

And of course Pont Brewit has been completely rebuilt.

Jonathan

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of replacement photo’s of the Cambrian Coast line, from 1972 to 1982. In that last photo’ at Criccieth, with class 24, 5145, on a down goods train, in August, 1972, you have captured a delightful view, and I can’t help noticing a road, going up a very steep hill, in the background. The train is quite short, and mainly vans, and I think Bachmann make most if not all of that train - if not right now, certainly in the recent past.

The photo’s from around Shildon and the line to Eastgate in County Durham, are certainly of interest, from a railway point of view. Trains are not always needed in photo’s. In C6922, at Stanhope, looking west towards Eastgate on the 18th May, 1985, you can see how the line crossed a river on a viaduct, in a wooded area.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[43110andyb]

Some nice shots around Shildon and of the aqueduct (cutting south of tunnel June 75 J4451).

you can see the ‘short cut’ down the embankment to the points- we still used that into the 90’s until the boundary fences were mended and upgraded! Seems madness now with a playground in the field and holes left in fences!

[DaveF]

The early 1970s at Grantham for this morning's replacements.

 

 

Grantham Class 47 1503 up ex pass Leeds to Kings X May 72 C970

 

 

Grantham Class 55 9015 Tulyar up ex pass May 72 C972 08.00 Edinburgh to Kings X

 

 

 

Grantham Class 47 down ex pass Jan 74 C1464  13.10 Kings X to Leeds and Bradford

 

 

Grantham Class 47 down freightliner Jan 74 C 1465

 

 

Grantham Class 55 down ex pas 27th July 74 C1691  11.25 Kings X to Leeds and Harrogate  55 022 "ROYAL SCOTS GREY

Edited December 6, 2022 by DaveF

[woodenhead]

52 minutes ago, DaveF said:

The early 1970s at Grantham for this morning's replacements.

 

Grantham Class 55 9015 Tulyar up ex pass May 72 C972 08.00 Edinburgh to Kings X

 

 

This must be around the time that colour was arriving, you can see that the south half of the station is still in black and white, I think colour reached the whole of Grantham by early June 1972.

[DaveF]

 

Trains at Buston Barns in Northumberland again this afternoon.

 

 

Buston Barns Class 101 Newcastle to Alnmouth April 85 J8264

 

 

Buston Barns 56117 down l e May 91 J11911

 

 

Buston Barns 153331 Alnmouth to Newcastle 19th Sept 92 C18061

 

 

Buston Barns Class 43 up Sept 93 J14432

 

 

Buston Barns Class 90 up going away 3rd Aug 95 C20347  Replacing a failed Class 91.

 

 

David