TEDDYBEAR D9521 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) Here is another 'reject pile' slide I acquired off Ebay. Ok, it leaves a lot to be desired and is never going to make it into one of Kevin's Strathwood albums, but at least it is a record of a moment in time never to be repeated. d1030 d811 taunton 1968.jpg D1030 'Western Musketeer' and D811 'Daring' at Taunton in 1968 (allegedly). I would say about 1965 as D1030 went into Blue with small yellow ends 8/66, can't see D811 livery but looks green to me D811 went Maroon with small yellow ends 11/65 so that could give you some idea of a date. Cheers GARETH Edited June 9, 2016 by TEDDYBEAR D9521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEDDYBEAR D9521 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) Most hydraulic photos/slides are way out of my price range on Ebay, especially if my financial controller takes more than a passing interest. However, I occasionally take a punt on a poorer quality slide at much lower prices. This is one of those, and I was pleasantly surprised to find the subject actually quite sharp despite the ingress of light into the film in places. The slide mount details say 1967, but I am concerned that the date might be a couple of years out as the loco is in green livery and the coaching stock is all maroon. d1037 tiverton junc 1967.jpg D1037 Western Empress passing Tiverton Junction, but maybe not in 1967. D1037 went to Blue small yellow ends 1/67 so this again could give you an idea of the date I'd say 64/65 Both photos are still a great bit of history great to see. Cheers GARETH Edited June 9, 2016 by TEDDYBEAR D9521 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Thanks Gareth, for that info. I will amend the slide mount details accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted July 26, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Still buying slides, but can't do them justice with the cheap scanner bought recently as a stop gap before the excellent Nikon Coolscan gets repaired which is on the backburner as saving for a car for my wife. This one won late last night, not the best quality slide, but very rare in my opinion. D1007 Western Talisman at (edit -Reading?) in her final livery of blue. Talisman of course ended her days in December 1973 in the West Ealing disaster, photos of her in blue are rare, I've only seen a few in the years I've been collecting. I've lost loads of eBay auctions, Western slides are still fetching a premium price, one going for £100 plus. It was very nice and a high quality slide but out of my price range. Slide tidied up a little bit, mainly to correct under exposure. Edit 1B73 is the 1430 Paddington-Paignton in 1972/3 which I suspect is when this was taken. Neil Edited July 27, 2016 by Downendian 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Here are two more of D1007 in blue: 1007_1315_Padd-Cardiff_Reading_23-9-72 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 1007_Reading_1030_Kingswear-Padd_3-7-71 by Robert Carroll, on Flickr 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26, 2016 Smashing shots Whats the second vehicle in that last photo please Robert? Kind regards Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Smashing shots Whats the second vehicle in that last photo please Robert? Kind regards Phil It's one of the four RSOs that had the same bodyshell as a Mark I SO and 48 fixed seats. So, they were basically an SO with different branding. They were originally on the Scottish Region - Sc1014-7 but some or all moved later to the WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Still buying slides, but can't do them justice with the cheap scanner bought recently as a stop gap before the excellent Nikon Coolscan gets repaired which is on the backburner as saving for a car for my wife. This one won late last night, not the best quality slide, but very rare in my opinion. D1007 Western Talisman at Westbury in her final livery of blue. Talisman of course ended her days in December 1973 in the West Ealing disaster, photos of her in blue are rare, I've only seen a few in the years I've been collecting. I've lost loads of eBay auctions, Western slides are still fetching a premium price, one going for £100 plus. It was very nice and a high quality slide but out of my price range. Slide tidied up a little bit, mainly to correct under exposure. image.jpeg Neil Are you sure that's Westbury Neil..? Looks more like the old platform 4 (Down Main) at Reading. Edited July 27, 2016 by Rugd1022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted July 27, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2016 I wasn't sure Nidge - will go editing Neil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 27, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2016 Are you sure that's Westbury Neil..? Looks more like the old platform 4 (Down Main) at Reading. If that picture was taken at Westbury the loco would probably have still been moving. The only Westbury location which makes sense with the loco stationary is the Up Salisbury Line platform but if the headcode is correct then it would be a down train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) Still buying slides, but can't do them justice with the cheap scanner bought recently as a stop gap before the excellent Nikon Coolscan gets repaired which is on the backburner as saving for a car for my wife. This one won late last night, not the best quality slide, but very rare in my opinion. D1007 Western Talisman at (edit -Reading?) in her final livery of blue. Talisman of course ended her days in December 1973 in the West Ealing disaster, photos of her in blue are rare, I've only seen a few in the years I've been collecting. I've lost loads of eBay auctions, Western slides are still fetching a premium price, one going for £100 plus. It was very nice and a high quality slide but out of my price range. Slide tidied up a little bit, mainly to correct under exposure. Edit 1B73 is the 1430 Paddington-Paignton in 1972/3 which I suspect is when this was taken. image.jpeg Neil I empathise with your loss of hydraulic slides recently Neil. I am the same. There seems to be a sudden increase of Western slides at the moment, which is probably due to the high prices paid for certain loco numbers. My theory is that the super wealthy hydraulic purchasers are only interested in front 3/4 photos, and any that are 'going away' from the camera seem to be ignored. My feeling is that any hydraulic photo is worth having, not just the "brag to all my poor lowly mates" version, and so I concentrate on ones such as this - It may not be image of the century, but it is D1001 leaving Paddington sometime in the 1970s. Edited to add, that cost me £3.99. Edited July 27, 2016 by jonny777 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 This also cost me £3.99, but I don't believe Western Dragoon is leaving the station, but given the position of the driver, I think it is adding extra stock to a later W of E departure. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 (edited) It's one of the four RSOs that had the same bodyshell as a Mark I SO and 48 fixed seats. So, they were basically an SO with different branding. They were originally on the Scottish Region - Sc1014-7 but some or all moved later to the WR. I think these were re-graded as SO by the time of the photo. Are the bogies B4? Difficult to tell. If they are BR1, then I think it is RUO W1019 which when it was allocated to the SR lost it's CW bogies in the late 1960's. Edited July 27, 2016 by mark54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I think these were re-graded as SO by the time of the photo. Are the bogies B4? Difficult to tell. If they are BR1, then I think it is RUO W1019 which when it was allocated to the SR lost it's CW bogies in the late 1960's. Robert kindly sent an enlargement and they are B4 bogies, so definitely one of RSO W1014-7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertcwp Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) Robert kindly sent an enlargement and they are B4 bogies, so definitely one of RSO W1014-7. 1007_Reading_1030_Kingswear-Padd_3-7-71_crop-m by Robert Carroll, on Flickr Edited July 7, 2017 by robertcwp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2016 SO I suspect I know the answer to this but here goes.... So is it a simple job of just changing the interior and branding to convert an SO to an RSO of this batch? Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 SO I suspect I know the answer to this but here goes.... So is it a simple job of just changing the interior and branding to convert an SO to an RSO of this batch? Cheers Phil Basically yes, although the roof vent positions were different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted July 28, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2016 Thanks Mark ... an easy project for the list then Cheers Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted August 5, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Another rarity picked up this morning, D7051 in small yellow panel livery with blue window surrounds. Only three Hymeks had this livery D7004 and D7007 were the others. I paid £3.71 for this, an absolute bargain considering it's such a hen's teeth livery, although being underexposed I suspect reduced the price . The details with the slide state it's taken at Keynsham, but I can't recognise where. It's possible but I didn't know the location so well in the late 1960s early 1970s, any help here appreciated. Neil Edited August 5, 2016 by Downendian 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 I reckon it is Keynsham - the Hymek is standing on the Down Sidings east of the station with the station footbridge visible to the west. The Fry's connection - or course of what was left of it at that time - is just visible to the right of the Down Main Home Signal. The Up Siding appears to have gone which dates the picture later than October 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2016 I reckon it is Keynsham - the Hymek is standing on the Down Sidings east of the station with the station footbridge visible to the west. The Fry's connection - or course of what was left of it at that time - is just visible to the right of the Down Main Home Signal. The Up Siding appears to have gone which dates the picture later than October 1969. And this must be before July 1970, when the Keynsham signal boxes were abolished http://www.signallingnotices.org.uk/scans/55/1970%20-%20S%202659%20Bristol%20Stage%204.pdf I think the Fry's connection remained in use well into the 70s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Another rarity picked up this morning, D7051 in small yellow panel livery with blue window surrounds. Only three Hymeks had this livery D7004 and D7007 were the others. I paid £3.71 for this, an absolute bargain considering it's such a hen's teeth livery, although being underexposed I suspect reduced the price . The details with the slide state it's taken at Keynsham, but I can't recognise where. It's possible but I didn't know the location so well in the late 1960s early 1970s, any help here appreciated. image.jpeg Neil That certainly is a bargain at £3.71. It restores my faith in bargains still being out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Ah - that livery didn't bring out the best in an otherwise stylish loco did it? Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 Ah - that livery didn't bring out the best in an otherwise stylish loco did it? Phil It looked absolutely awful (being very polite about it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 5, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2016 It looked absolutely awful (being very polite about it) We know where you live. Be afraid, very afraid. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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