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

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C1691 is 55 022 "ROYAL SCOTS GREY".

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a fantastic set of replacement photo’s of Grantham from the early 1970’s. In C1465, with an unidentified class 47, on a down freightliner, in January, 1974, the weather conditions are poor, but the headcode box lights are still not as bright and white as on many models. The special coating of the windscreen can be clearly seen.

The photo’s of Buston Barns, on the ECML in Northumberland, are a superb selection, and show how varied the trains working over the mainline have been. In the last photo’, of a class 90, on an up express, going away from the camera, on the 3rd August, 1995, substituting for a failed class 91, it is the perfect solution for those of us with a Hornby 91 that is not running as it should. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

A trip to Yorkshire for today's replacements which were taken at Ravensthorpe where there was a Junction between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway.

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 101 Aug 67  J1101

 

 

Ravensthorpe   Aug 67 J1102

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 124 Liverpool  to Hull Aug 67 J1103 going away

 

 

Ravensthorpe LMS Fairbairn 2-6-4T 42085 up parcels Aug 67 J1105

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 37 westbound goods Aug 67 J1106

 

 

David

Edited December 7, 2022 by DaveF

[DaveF]

This afternoon's photos are once again from the ECML in Northumberland, this time around Shilbottle Junction, south of Alnmouth.

 

They are all from visits in March 1993.  I had a look there recently and whilst I can find a place to park I have not yet found a view as it is very overgrown.

 

Shilbottle Junction Class 43 up 20th March 93 C18386  Alnmouth village is behind the train.

 

 

Shilbottle Junction Class 43 up 20th March 93 C18387

 

 

Shilbottle Junction March 93 J13745

 

 

Shilbottle Junction 56046 up March 93 J13767

 

 

Shilbottle Junction Class 43 up March 93   J13771

 

 

David

[lmsforever]

6 hours ago, DaveF said:

A trip to Yorkshire for today's replacements which were taken at Ravensthorpe where there was a Junction between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway.

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 111 Aug 67  J1101

 

 

Ravensthorpe   Aug 67 J1102

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 124 Liverpool  to Hull Aug 67 J1103 going away

 

 

Ravensthorpe LMS Fairbairn 2-6-4T 42085 up parcels Aug 67 J1105

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 37 westbound goods Aug 67 J1106

Is the power station still there?

 

David

 

[DaveF]

16 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Is the power station still there?

 

 

 

It closed in 1982.  A new gas fired power station was opened on the same site in 1998.

 

David

[lmsforever]

Thanks

[woodenhead]

1 minute ago, DaveF said:

 

 

It closed in 1982.  A new gas fired power station was opened on the same site in 1998.

 

David

A 50MW gas power station operated now by Eon

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an excellent set of replacement photo’s of Ravensthorpe, from August, 1967, and the first one,  on enlarging the photo’, is of DMBS NE51426, a class 101/2, with Leyland engines, the DMCL, it is coupled to, on investigation, in all the books I have, should be 102/1, NE51496. The last photo’ of a class 37, and a brake tender, on a westbound goods train, is a superb view of the train with a good variety of wagons, vans and at least one tank wagon. 
The photo’s of Shilbottle Junction, on the ECML in Northumberland, from March, 1993,  are a superb set, in the first photo’, is a delight, with Alnmouth visible behind what would appear to be a NE - SW HST, which has just the one TF.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[steve4rosegrove]

16 hours ago, DaveF said:

A trip to Yorkshire for today's replacements which were taken at Ravensthorpe where there was a Junction between the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and the London and North Western Railway.

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 101 Aug 67  J1101

 

 

Ravensthorpe   Aug 67 J1102

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 124 Liverpool  to Hull Aug 67 J1103 going away

 

 

Ravensthorpe LMS Fairbairn 2-6-4T 42085 up parcels Aug 67 J1105

 

 

Ravensthorpe Class 37 westbound goods Aug 67 J1106

 

 

David

Just for accuracy, it's Fairburn.  Love the photos.

[DaveF]

This morning's replacements are from Haresfield on two visits in the early In April 1972 and April 1973.

 

Haresfield Class 45 D35 Paignton to Edinburgh April 72 C905

 

 

Haresfield April 1972 C906

 

 

Haresfield Class 45 possibly 30 Leeds to Paignton April 72 C907

 

 

Haresfield Class 47 1862 LCGB Torbay Express special Birmingham to Kingswear April 73 C1238

 

 

Haresfield Class 120  April 73 C1242

 

 

David

[DaveF]

Black and white days at Grantham this afternoon.

 

 

Grantham A3 60055 Woolwinder up ex pass c1953 JVol4124

 

 

Grantham A3 down ex pass c1948 JVol1449

 

 

Grantham A4 60008 Dwight D Eienhower down Flying Scotsman c1949 JVol7136

 

 

Grantham Barrowby Road O2 down iron ore c1952 JVol7334

 

 

Grantham D3 62000 down goods c1949 JVol7361

 

 

David

[brushman47544]

I'm not familiar with Haresfield - where did the third track go in the final photo with the Class 120 DMU? A junction or further track rationalisation?

[corneliuslundie]

I'd never noticed the distinctive cab profile on the O2 before.

Jonathan

[Ian Smeeton]

Is it me?

 

Over the last week or so, David's second set of photos ( on days where they are in Black and White), are not appearing for me.

 

Using Google Chrome, if that is any help.

 

Regards

 

Ian

[DaveF]

35 minutes ago, brushman47544 said:

I'm not familiar with Haresfield - where did the third track go in the final photo with the Class 120 DMU? A junction or further track rationalisation?

 

Haresfield is south of Gloucester where the Midland and the Great Western ran side by side.  The Midland line was the one on the northern side.  There was a junction between them a little further south, Standish Junction.  I cannot remember exactly were I took the photos in relation to the site of Haresfield station which was on the Midland line.

 

7 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

I'd never noticed the distinctive cab profile on the O2 before.

Jonathan

 

It still has an original Great Northern type roof.

 

David

[DaveF]

9 minutes ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Is it me?

 

Over the last week or so, David's second set of photos ( on days where they are in Black and White), are not appearing for me.

 

Using Google Chrome, if that is any help.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

Ian,

 

I've sent a PM to Andy Y to see if he knows what it might be.

I use Chrome and have no problems (yet).  The black and white images are GIFs as JPEGs go red owing to some sort of software issue which Andy has referred to the software people.

 

Sometimes images can take a while to appear, if that happens I leave the page open for a minute or so- GIFs give a larger file size than JPEGs so may take longer to load.

 

David

 

[Donington Road]

 

1 hour ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Is it me?

 

Over the last week or so, David's second set of photos ( on days where they are in Black and White), are not appearing for me.

 

Using Google Chrome, if that is any help.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

41 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

Ian,

 

I've sent a PM to Andy Y to see if he knows what it might be.

I use Chrome and have no problems (yet).  The black and white images are GIFs as JPEGs go red owing to some sort of software issue which Andy has referred to the software people.

 

Sometimes images can take a while to appear, if that happens I leave the page open for a minute or so- GIFs give a larger file size than JPEGs so may take longer to load.

 

David

 

Never had a problem viewing photos before, using FireFox.

Todays photos don't show at all from Davids post, although judging by the likes etc. some people are seeing them as the screen grab below indicates.

 

 

[DaveF]

A couple of experimental posts. 

First post: I'm repeating this afternoon's black and white photos as JPEGs - do they show up and are they red?

 

Grantham A3 60055 Woolwinder up ex pass c1953 JVol4124

 

 

Grantham A3 down ex pass c1948 JVol1449

 

 

Grantham A4 60008 Dwight D Eienhower down Flying Scotsman c1949 JVol7136

 

 

Grantham Barrowby Road O2 down iron ore c1952 JVol7334

 

 

Grantham D3 62000 down goods c1949 JVol7361

 

David

 

 

[Ian Smeeton]

Hi David,

 

They show up fine for me now.

 

They are in B& W, not red for me.

 

I will have a look back over the last few days to see if they show up.

 

I always enjoy your photos each day.

 

Regards & thanks for the repost.

 

 

 

Ian

[DaveF]

Second experimental post

Second Post  I've now found out how to reduce the file size for GIFs - not an obvious task but I finally found the route in Photoshop.

 

Are these visible to everyone?  The hyphens sem to be a fetaure of GIFs when saving titled images.  I've left them in so I know which images are which.

 

My apolgies to those who are wondering what on earth I'm playing at but I have to use the same inages to make sure that eventually everyone sees all the images.

 

Grantham-A3-60055-Woolwinder-up-ex-pass-c1953-JVol4124

 

Grantham-A3-down-ex-pass-c1948-JVol1449

 

 

Grantham-A4-60008-Dwight-D-Eisenhower-down-Flying-Scotsman-c1949-JVol7136

 

 

Grantham-Barrowby-Road-O2-down-iron-ore-c1952-JVol7334

 

 

Grantham-D3-62000-down-goods-c1949-JVol7361

 

David

 

 

[Ian Smeeton]

Those are not showing for me, David.

 

I have left the tab open since my last post, and the first lot of the second set of today's photos are still not showing.

 

Your second set of the second set is just fine, but your third set of the second set just has the titles

 

[SHMD]

2 minutes ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Those are not showing for me, David.

 

 

Have you tried F5 a couple of times?

 

(Of course you have , but the F5 trick needs eliminating from the investigation...)

 

 

Kev.

[Ian Smeeton]

Hit F5 several times.

 

No change

 

Regards

 

Ian

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Firstly, of the experimental photo’s, the first ones are back in red, the second set are normal, and in black and white. I’m on my iPad, using the Ghostery browser. I hope that may be of some help in what is clearly an ongoing issue/s.

 

Well, the replacement photo’s of Haresfield, from April 1972 and April 1973, are an excellent set. In C906, from April, 1972, that’s an interesting track machine. 
The black and white photo’s, of Grantham, which I can see are all of interest, with the first one of A3, 60055, Woolwinder, on an up express passenger train in c1953, being a lovely three quarter shot of the engine and train.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.