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

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Thank you for posting those excellent photo’s of Buston Barns on the ECML in Northumberland. I’m very late myself tonight, at 01.40 a.m., I’m just late to bed. 😉
The last photo’, of the Permaquip HCT 024, from February, 1993, shows a fascinating piece of machinery, and I don’t recall seeing too many photo’s of one. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

Pilmoor again this morning on a selection of dates.  The photos are in order by loco class.  The locos may be correctly identified - perhaps.

 

 

Pilmoor Class 37 D6780 down goods July 66 J555

 

 

Pilmoor Class 40 D242 up goods April 67 J0851

 

 

Pilmoor Class 45 D19 Liverpool to Newcastle June 68 J1312

 

 

Pilmoor Class 47 47443 up ex pass Feb 83 C5970

 

 

Pilmoor Class 55 D9002 11am Newcastle to Kings X April 68 J1247

 

 

David

[iands]

J555. There is also a 25 trying to hide in the bushes on the Up side, but not quite managing it. 

[russ p]

1 hour ago, iands said:

J555. There is also a 25 trying to hide in the bushes on the Up side, but not quite managing it. 

 

I was just looking at thar Ian. I'm trying to work out where it's stood as the line to Sunbeck junction would have gone by that time 

[43110andyb]

7 minutes ago, russ p said:

 

I was just looking at thar Ian. I'm trying to work out where it's stood as the line to Sunbeck junction would have gone by that time 

Same here! It must be a siding at Pilmoor cottages on the up side? 

[DaveF]

4 minutes ago, 43110andyb said:

Same here! It must be a siding at Pilmoor cottages on the up side? 

 

It's a long time ago but I think there was a siding there then.

 

David

[russ p]

38 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

It's a long time ago but I think there was a siding there then.

 

David

 

I wonder what that was for? No sign of it today and quite difficult to pick out both ends of the former triangle 

[DaveF]

 

A selection of photos around Shireoaks for early this afternoon.

 

 

Shireoaks 2 Class 20s westbound April 78 C3772

 

 

Shireoaks looking west April 78 C3773

 

 

Shireoaks Class 31 westbound empty coal April 78 C3774

 

 

Shireoaks Class 114 Sheffield to Lincoln April 78 C3775

 

 

Shireoaks Clas 114 Lincoln to Sheffield going away April 78 C3776

 

 

Shireoaks East Junction 56011 coal empties April 78 C3777

 

 

David

[SHMD]

Those 16tonners, in C3774, look in remarkably good condition for 1978!

 

 

Kev.

[russ p]

33 minutes ago, SHMD said:

Those 16tonners, in C3774, look in remarkably good condition for 1978!

 

 

Kev.

I wonder if the ones without the top doors had recently been rebodied  

[BernardTPM]

One other recognition point was that the rebodied wagons had a radius at the bottom of the sides rather than two flats welded together. Certainly the two nearest the camera exhibit this, so were newer bodies, possibly the third one too.

[DaveF]

Cramlington in the 1980s for the next batch.

 

 

Cramlington Class 254 Edinburgh to Kings X Oct 84 J8193

 

 

Cramlington Class 254 Kings X to Aberdeen Oct 84 J8188

 

 

Cramlington Class 254 up Oct 84 J8189

 

 

Cramlington 43097 Kings X to Aberdeen Nov 87 J9349

 

 

Cramlington  during footbridge replacement March 89 J9828

 

 

David

 

 

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s an excellent set of photo’s of Pilmoor. The first one, of 37, D6780, on a down goods train, in July, 1966, has, apart from the 25 on the siding next to the cottages, some possibly interesting loads in some of the wagons further back in the train. The 37 is in a quite grubby condition which is how I remember them from the mid to late Sixties.

 

The photo’s from around Shireoaks, in April, 1978, are a superb selection, with the first one of two class 20s running westbound, light engine and brake van, a most excellent capture. Some rustiness can be seen around the driver’s windscreen. 

The Cramlington photo’s from the Eighties show plenty of interest, with J8189, of a class 254 HST, on an up express, in October, 1984, being a beautifully composed shot of the train as it passes under the NER footbridge.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

Church Lane crossing on the Great Eastern just north east of Ingatestone for the first set of replacements.

 

 

Church Lane level crossing Class 31 down pass rain March 75 C1903

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing 306019 Liverpool St to Chelmsford April 75 C1993

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing Oct 75 C2472

 

 

Church Lane crossing 308148 to Colchester July 76 C2834

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing Class 37 up vans July 77 C3363

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing (south of) 312797 Colchester to Liverpool St 5th May 80 C5054

 

 

David

[russ p]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

Church Lane crossing on the Great Eastern just north east of Ingatestone for the first set of replacements.

 

 

Church Lane level crossing Class 31 down pass rain March 75 C1903

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing 306019 Liverpool St to Chelmsford April 75 C1993

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing Oct 75 C2472

 

 

Church Lane crossing 308148 to Colchester July 76 C2834

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing Class 37 up vans July 77 C3363

 

 

Church Lane Level Crossing (south of) 312797 Colchester to Liverpool St 5th May 80 C5054

 

 

David

 

Excellent pictures pictures again David.  I appears from the last picture that headcodes were still been used on the GE mainline much later than the rest of the network.  Am I right in thinking even 315s had them when new

[DaveF]

36 minutes ago, russ p said:

 

Excellent pictures pictures again David.  I appears from the last picture that headcodes were still been used on the GE mainline much later than the rest of the network.  Am I right in thinking even 315s had them when new

 

 

I think 315s had a space on the top left of the left hand window but I left Essex just as they were being introduced and never photographed them.

 

Ceratinly the GER seems to use headc odes later than anywhere else (at least north of the Thames).

 

David

[33C]

I can remember using the 4 code blinds on 302's in the early nineties on the unrefurbished LTSR stock.

[DaveF]

It's time now for some Kings Cross photos from May 1978.

 

Dad took them, I think that Mum was in London for one of her Union Executive meetings and Dad had decided to go with her and take some photos before they met up for a meal and the journey home. 

 

 

Kings Cross 254005, Class 55 May 78 J6041

 

 

Kings Cross 55007 Pinza May 78  J6043

 

 

Kings Cross 312018 Royston to London May 78 J6046

 

 

Kings Cross 47414 Hull Executive May 78 J6051

 

 

Kings Cross 31218 up ecs May 78 J6052

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveF]

The ECML in Northumberland again now.

 

The first photo is near Shilbottle Junction, the rest are just to the north at Wooden Gates level crossing, south of Alnmouth.

 

 

Shilbottle Junction Class 91 down18th June 94 C19519

 

 

Wooden Gates Class 37 and Class 47 down light engines and Class 43 up Oct 90 J11655

 

 

Wooden Gates Class 43 up 16th July 94 C19526

 

 

Wooden Gates 91020 down 4th Feb 95  C19989

 

 

Wooden Gates Class 91 down 22nd July 95 C20321

 

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a delightful set of replacement photo’s of Church Lane crossing, on the Great Eastern, just north east of Ingatestone. In C2472, from October, 1975, you have captured a superb view of the crossing, and gates. Then in C3363, with an unidentified class 37, on an up train of vans, in July, 1977, that’s a superb shot of the 37 nearly head on. 

The London King’s Cross photo’s, as taken by your Dad, in May, 1978, are an excellent selection, with J6043, of 55007, Pinza, departing on a down express showing the typical blue haze of the exhaust. A most atmospheric shot.

 

The ECML in Northumberland photo’s at Shilbottle Junction, and just to the north at Wooden Gates level crossing, are showing excellent scenes of express trains on the ECML at those two locations. In C19526, at Wooden Gates, with an unidentified class 43, leading an up HST on the 16th July, 1994, you have the scene of a dramatic sky and a most yellow looking field sandwiching the train. A beautiful composition.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

 

[DaveF]

Photos of the Great Eastern line to Southend Victoria for lunchtime today.

 

 

Hawkwell 308158 Liverpool St to Southend Victoria March 77 C3247

 

 

Hawkwell 302219 Southend Victoria to Liverpool St March 77 C3248

 

 

Southend Airport 307120 Southend Victoria to Liverpool St July 79 C4593

 

 

Southend Airport 307123 Southend Victoria to Liverpool St July 79 C4594

 

 

Southend Airport 307103 Liverpool St to Southend Victoria July 79 C4595

 

 

Southend Victoria from car park July 79 C4596

 

 

David

 

[keefer]

C4596 look at all of those units stabled, I take it this was off-peak!

I don't know the station at all but presumably the 'car park' area used to be a goods yard?

[DaveF]

45 minutes ago, keefer said:

C4596 look at all of those units stabled, I take it this was off-peak!

I don't know the station at all but presumably the 'car park' area used to be a goods yard?

 

 

I believe it was the goods yard but I only moved to Essex in 1974 and rarely visited Southend so I thinik I only went to Victoria once or twice.

 

David

[33C]

11 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I believe it was the goods yard but I only moved to Essex in 1974 and rarely visited Southend so I thinik I only went to Victoria once or twice.

 

David

The yard was for the coal merchants deliveries of which Charringtons was one, note their office by the weighbridge. The very same office from which I collected "one of coal, one of coke", on my go-cart! (Our coal man had recently retired). I did find in the weeds, the old BR enamel, "SPEED LIMIT IN YARD 4 MILES PER HOUR", which hung on my wall for a few years and is now at Mangapps, I believe.

Edited January 6, 2023 by 33C
Missing letter.

[DaveF]

Some WCML photos now at Brinklow, north of Rugby.

 

I have to admit that the last two both show the same train, the better quality photo is Dad's.

 

 

Brinklow  Class 81 Glasgow to Euston Jan 69 J1522

 

 

Brinklow Class 85 Euston to Blackpool Jan 69 J1523

 

 

Brinklow Class 82 up parcels Jan 69 J1525

 

 

Brinklow Class 86 down ex pass Jan 71 C458

 

 

Brinklow Class 86 down ex pass Jan 71 J2497

 

 

David