Dave F more photos added 21 June from 1947 to 1955ish

[DaveF]

We will spend the evening in and around Nottingham wit just one image at Kings Cross.   I think some of the prints I've scanned were enlargements from quite small areas of negatives judging by the size of the grain.

 

Nottingham Victoria J6 pass c1952 JVol4185

This has been severely cropped so none of the buildings are visible.

 

London Kings Cross V2 pass c1951 JVol4186

 

 

Nottingham Midland Jubilee 45657 Tyrwhittt up ex pass c1953 JVol4187

 

 

Nottingham Loco 8F 48350 le c1952 JVol4188a

 

 

Nottingham Victoria N7 down pass c1951 JVol4190

 

Nottingham Victoria K3 down pass c1951 JVol4191

 

 

Nottingham Victoria B1 61283 c1953 JVol4192

 

Nottingham London Road Junction 1F 0-6-0T 41686 le c1950 JVol4193

 

David

 

 

[62613]

No. 4186; what's a V2 doing on a local?

[DaveF]

No. 4186; what's a V2 doing on a local?

Stopper from Peterborough?  Or covering for a failure.  

Some where there are photos of them on locals on the GC.

 

David

[DaveF]

Time now for this afternoon's batch.  All but one are on the ex LNER, revisiting places we have already seen - hopefully without repeating photos - Dad had several copies of some images!

 

Nottingham Victoria V2 60859 York to Swansea c1953 JVol4194

 

 

Willoughby J6 64207 up le c1952 JVol4195

 

Nottingham Victoria B17 61662 Manchester United pass Nottingham to Leicester c1953 JVol4196

 

Millers Dale compound up pass c1953 JVol4197

 

Nottingham Victoria O1 63865 down goods c1953 JVol4198

 

Barkston J6 64172 pass Grantham to Lincoln c1952 JVol4199

 

Grantham B16 up goods c1952 JVol4200

 

Sutton on Sea J39 64747 down ex pass Leicester to Mablethorpe c1952 JVol4201

 

David

[DaveF]

Second attempt at uploading this evening images - I managed to attach the wrong set first time and had to delete the post.

 

A mixed bag this time, freight and passenger, ex LNER and ex LMSR.

 

Lincoln Central B1 61016 up ex pass c1953 JVol4204

 

Barkston O2 63946 up iron ore empties c1953 JVol4205

 

Sleaford J39 up pass c1952 JVol4207

 

Lincoln Central B1 61212 up ex pass c1953 JVol4208

 

 

Barkston V2 up ex pass c1951 JVol4209

 

Stanton Gate 4F up and 4F 44030 down goods c1952 JVol4210

 

York D49 Leeds to Scarbrough c1952 JVol4211

 

 

Grantham A4 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower up ex pass c1953 JVol4212

 

David

[DaveF]

This afternoon's batch.  A mix of locations  again, mainly ex LNER.

 

Barkston A22 60504 Mons Meg up ex pass c1952 JVol4213

 

Sleaford J6 64190 up pass c1952 JVol4214

 

Sleaford J6 64225 up pass c1952 JVol4215

 

Lincoln Central B17 61630 Tottenham Hotspur down ex pass c1953 JVol4217

 

Nottingham Victoria J39 up pass c1952JVol4220

 

Rolleston Junction 2P 0-4-4T 1324 push pull Southwell to Rolleston Junction c1948 JVol4222

 

York D49 up pass and J27 le with snowplough c1952 JVol4224

 

Nottingham Victoria O1 down goods and B1 c1952 JVol4286

 

 

David

 

 

 

[DaveF]

This evening we'll have a look at some goods trains at York with three Nottingham images thrown in as well.

 

York K3 61922 down cattle c1953 JVol4225

 

 

York K3 61982 up goods c1953 JVol4228

 

 

 

Nottingham Victoria B17 shunting c1952 JVol4229

 

 

York K3 61982 up goods c1953 JVol4230

 

 

York B1 61039 Steinbok up goods c1953 JVol4232

 

 

York B1 61039 Steinbok up goods c1953 JVol4232a

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 69806 le c1952 JVol4233

 

 

Colwick Crossing 4F 44415 down coal c1952 JVol4235

 

David

 

[jwealleans]

JVol4229 -that's an LNER D 86 (or 87) Utility van. You don't see many pictures of those. Shame you can't see the lettering layout.

[Peter Beckett]

 

Stanton Gate Beyer Garratt 47985 shunting c1951 JVol4167.jpg

Stanton Gate Beyer Garratt 47985 shunting c1951 JVol4167

 

Toton Beyer Garratt 47994 le c1952 JVol4171.jpg

Toton Beyer Garratt 47994 le c1952 JVol4171

 

 

 

David

 

David,

Great Garratt photos!

 

Peter

[Mallard60022]

What a staggering variety of loco's and stock there once was; such fun looking back but also quite sad. However we can recreate those times if we so wish.

I think those A5 tanks were very handsome. I never 'knowingly' saw one.

Lovely shots again - thanks.

Phil @ 36E

[The Stationmaster]

What a staggering variety of loco's and stock there once was; such fun looking back but also quite sad. However we can recreate those times if we so wish.

I think those A5 tanks were very handsome. I never 'knowingly' saw one.

Lovely shots again - thanks.

Phil @ 36E

Hard luck Phil - a trip up the GC back then was a wondrous sight of a totally alien world for a youngster who lived in Western territory and was used to engines of a completely different shape.  The whole process seemed to be very much a trip into the heartland of those 'dark satanic mills' the further north you went on the GC with alien engines of unusual appearance plus increasing industrialisation until you reached the summit of it all at Sheffield (reverse) or missed it by some route which took us further north east through an industrial landscape peppered with collieries until we emerged back into the countryside on the final leg to York.

 

Gradually the cheapest route north (via Banbury and Woodford) was replaced for family visits to Yorkshire by the more expensive option of the ECML which had its own attractions and its own patches of industrialism plus some good sheds to watch out for as we went past of course.  But oddly in my later, teenage, years of going north to stop with relatives in Acomb I reverted to the GC route because it remained something very different and it meant a ride behind a Darnall EE Type 3 southwards from Sheffield.  Oh dear, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

[melmerby]

Hard luck Phil - a trip up the GC back then was a wondrous sight of a totally alien world for a youngster who lived in Western territory and was used to engines of a completely different shape.  The whole process seemed to be very much a trip into the heartland of those 'dark satanic mills' the further north you went on the GC with alien engines of unusual appearance plus increasing industrialisation until you reached the summit of it all at Sheffield (reverse) or missed it by some route which took us further north east through an industrial landscape peppered with collieries until we emerged back into the countryside on the final leg to York.

 

Gradually the cheapest route north (via Banbury and Woodford) was replaced for family visits to Yorkshire by the more expensive option of the ECML which had its own attractions and its own patches of industrialism plus some good sheds to watch out for as we went past of course.  But oddly in my later, teenage, years of going north to stop with relatives in Acomb I reverted to the GC route because it remained something very different and it meant a ride behind a Darnall EE Type 3 southwards from Sheffield.  Oh dear, nostalgia ain't what it used to be.

OT somewhat:

Back in the days when the railways were still very regional a trip to another 'land' was an eye opener.

 

I, being a Brummie, was used to seeing mostly ex GWR and LMS locos,  with the very occasional ER and SR stuff, but a trip in the late 50s with the school locospotters to Madchester's 9 & 26 area sheds was a revelation.

Apart from the stuff on the LMR from "oop north" (L&Y etc.) which didn't normally venture to the West Midlands, Gorton which had recently been transferred to 9G and full of of ex GCR stuff (and loads of WDs) was special and seemed somewhat alien.

 

Keith

Edited May 12, 2013 by melmerby

[DaveF]

This afternoon we visit the Annesely area, looking at both the Midland and Great Central lines, with a few more in Notingham as well.  The railway geography in the area was complex with the Midland, Great Central and Great Northern in close proximity.   

Redhill Tunnel is on the Midland just south of the River Trent.

 

Redhill Tunnel 41040 piloting Jubilee up ex pass c1093 JVol4236

 

 

Annesley GC O1 63591 up coal c1952 JVol4237

 

 

Nottingham Midland BR Clas 5 73001 c1952 JVol4239

 

 

Nottingham Midland BR Class 5 7301 and gas tanks c1952 JVol4240

 

 

Annesley MR 4F 44394 up pass c1952 JVol4241

 

 

Annesley GC O4 63839 up coal c1952 JVol4242

 

 

Linby GC B1 61250 A Harold Bibby up fish c1952 JVol4243

 

 

Annesley MR 4F 44037 up le c1952 JVol4244

 

 

David

[Mallard60022]

Annesley shed &  environs must have been heaven for spotters despite the fact it was such a desolate and dirty area of mine waste, smoke, dust and general industrial detritus. However, just a few hundred yards either side of the yard areas was farmland and open countryside. I would have loved to have seen the two tunnels 'leading to' Kirkby and Mansfield. On the Robin Hood Line today, as one approaches what was the 'upper' of the two, it is hard to visualise what was there before.  63839 looks as if has just left the lower tunnel?

P

[DaveF]

For this evening we are going to see a bit more at Annesley and Linby and we also look at Stanton Gate which is between Toton and Trowell on the Midland.  There is one photo away from these places.  Perhaps an evening for those who like goods trains

 

Linby GC B1 61162 up ex pass Manchester to Marylebone c1952 JVol4245

 

 

Stanford on Soar O4 63798 up coal c1952 JVol4246

 

 

Linby MR Ivatt 4MT 43019 down goods c1951JVol4247

 

 

Linby GC O1 63789 down goods c1952 JVol4249

 

 

Annesley North GC J11 64370 down goods c1951 JVol4250

 

 

Stanton Gate 2F 58159 up goods c1952 JVol4251

 

 

Stanton Gate 4F 43943 up goods c1952 JVol4252

 

 

Stanton Gate 4F 44130 down goods c1952 JVol4253

 

[JeffP]

"A .Harold Bibby", my last B1 haulage, Barnetby to Scunthorpe, circa 1966/7.

 

We had been to Barnetby to see the last Brit in the area, 70012, John of Gaunt, on a special out of Cleethorpes via Lincoln.

 

Three of us went, one, sadly passed away 2011. He was just 60.

[DaveF]

This afternoon's are "loco portraits", some are quite grainy!

 

Sleaford V2 60948 down ex pass c1954 JVol4254

 

Toton 8F 48222 up coal c1952 JVol4255

 

Stanton Gate 2F 58159 up goods c1953 JVol4256

 

Stanton Gate 8F 48363 shunting c1953 JVol4258

 

Bobbers Mill 2P 40518 up pass c1953 JVol4259

 

New Basford Yard  J50 68929 shunting c1952 JVol4260

 

Stanton Gate 4F 44118 down coal c1952 JVol4261

 

Sleaford J6 64182 down pass c1952 JVol4262

 

Edited to corect a location

David

Edited May 13, 2013 by DaveF

[talisman56]

What I have noticed on most of the 'Express' trains pictured, rarely are there two coaches the same. Looks like there was an element of 'we need a train, assemble whatever's in the yard that will do'... (e.g. 4245, 4111, 4144)

Edited May 13, 2013 by talisman56

[DaveF]

A quick look at Grantham this evening and then (yet) another visit to bits of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire - but its not all engines.

 

Grantham J52 68877 c1953 JVol4263

 

 

Grantham A4 60008 Dwight D Eisenhower up Heart of Midlothian c1953 JVol4264

 

 

 

Grantham A3 60092 Fairway down ex pass c1953 JVol4267

 

 

Annesley MR 2P 40454 Nottingham to Mansfield c1953 JVol4268

 

 

 

Trowell Junction flat bottom rail c1952 JVol4269

 

 

Radford Station signals c1952 JVol4275

 

 

Nottingham Victoria B1 heavy snow c1952 JVol4276

 

 

Nottingham London Road Low Level J50 shunting goods c1953 JVol4278

 

David

Edited May 14, 2013 by DaveF

[Oldddudders]

4268 has such a clever composition with the 2P in the foreground, but the pretty lady and her child looking happily on . Unusual and successful.

[DaveF]

4268 has such a clever composition with the 2P in the foreground, but the pretty lady and her child looking happily on . Unusual and successful.

 

I think that's Mum and I.

 

David

[pH]

I think that's Mum and I.

 

David

 

I did wonder about that!

[Mallard60022]

Your dad was one great photographer. I love the final shot; absolutely lovely and the 2P with 'family, wonderful stuff.

Phil @36E

[DaveF]

Most of this afternoon's batch are once again in and around Nottingham.  I hope you know Nottingham's railway geography by now as we visit another junction.

 

This afternoon we reach the end of Volume Four, with the last three prints.  Before we look at Volume Five there a few images which had got into the wrong place in the albums.

 

New Basford goods yard c1953 JVol4280

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 le and B1 up ex pass Manchester to Marylebone c1953 JVol4291

 

 

 

 

Moorbridge Junction GN andGC between Bestwood Colliery and Bulwell Forest c1952 JVol4292

 

 

Newark A1 up ex pass c1951 JVol4293

 

 

 

Rugby Coronation Class up ex pass c1952 JVol1066

 

 

 

Nottingham Victoria O4 down goods c1949 JVol3057

 

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A5 E9816 and K2 parcels c1949 JVol3058

 

 

Nottingham Victoria A3 up Master Cutler c1951 JVol3059

 

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mallard60022]

I was down in NM looking at where things used to be and that New Basford Yard shot is interesting. Of course there is no indication of it ever having existed,  but if you look down from Perry Road I think it is and you are an investigative historian then you can visualise where it was.

P