Dave F's own black and white photos, 1960s completed 30th December

[Oldddudders]

  The people will repay study - did we really look like that all those years ago?

 

Not necessarily. Always remember that the collective noun for bankers is a "wunch"!

[hornbyandbf3fan]

Not necessarily. Always remember that the collective noun for bankers is a "wunch"!

I think it's a bit ruder now!

[darren01]

Hi 

Again an amazing set of photo's you have put up!, what is weird is seeing all these people walking across the running lines!

Please keep the coming.

Darren01

[DaveF]

Six to look at this evening, to complete the railtours at Skipton.  I have deliberately not cropped the last two so as to give an indication of what Skipton was like then.

 

Skipton LMS Class 5 44899 and 45290 le 17th March 1968

 

 

Skipton Brittania 70013 Oliver Cromwell le 17th March 1968

 

 

Skipton LMS Class 5s 45447 and 45110 17th March 1968

 

Skipton Brittania 70013 Oliver Cromwell railtour to Carnforth 17th March 1968

 

 

Skipton Brittania 70013 Oliver Cromwell railtour to Carnforth 17th March 1968

 

 

Skipton Brittania 70013 Oliver Cromwell railtour to Carnforth 17th March 1968

 

My apologies to anyone who clicks on the images to look at them full size, the year on my caption is correct at 1968, the image file name is wrong.

 

David

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DaveF]

A few more at Pilmoor for this evening.

 

Pilmoor sight testing signals June 1968

 

 

Pilmoor Class 40 D254 up ex pass June 1968

 

 

Pilmoor Class 40 D251 down ex pass June 1968

 

 

Pilmoor Neptune track recorder up June 1968

 

 

David

[LNERGE]

Scan-131129-0044 Skipton LMS Class 5s 45447 and 45110 17th March 1967.jpg

Skipton LMS Class 5s 45447 and 45110 17th March 1968

Sometimes photo's like this turn up. I know the intended subject is the motive power but look into the detail. What lurks behind the four stack shunt discs? Is it some sort of ground slot? I have reason to believe some of these discs were controlled by two boxes.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/llangollen_signalman/5867028164/in/photostream/

 

I think we are looking at 20/22/26 this would have been 4 stack at one time, and slotted with Skipton Station South through both Down Main and Back Platform Line. As proved by the next photo ....

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/llangollen_signalman/5867028928/in/photostream/lightbox/

 

A totally magnificent picture there DaveF.

Edited December 14, 2013 by LNERGE

[DaveF]

Sometimes photo's like this turn up. I know the intended subject is the motive power but look into the detail. What lurks behind the four stack shunt discs? Is it some sort of ground slot? I have reason to believe some of these discs were controlled by two boxes.

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/llangollen_signalman/5867028164/in/photostream/

 

I think we are looking at 20/22/26 this would have been 4 stack at one time, and slotted with Skipton Station South through both Down Main and Back Platform Line. As proved by the next photo ....

 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/llangollen_signalman/5867028928/in/photostream/lightbox/

 

A totally magnificent picture there DaveF.

 

 

The relevant part of the image at full resolution:

 

Skipton

 

Also one of Dad's photos, in colour:

 

Skipton J1232

 

 

 

Do they make things clearer?

 

David

Edited December 14, 2013 by DaveF

[LNERGE]

The relevant part of the image at full resolution:

 

Scan-131129-0044 45447 and 45110.jpg

Skipton

 

Also one of Dad's photos, in colour:

 

1232.jpg

Skipton J1232

 

 

 

Do they make things clearer?

 

David

Yes that helps. Other thing's to note... a half buried battery box, the disc signal base looks capable of holding six weight bars and i can now see weight bar on the ground slot which now leads me toward this may be some sort of weighted detector also.

[DaveF]

Some more for this evening, from tomorrow we move to a different part of the country.

 

Pilmoor Class 47 D1581 down ex pass June 1968

 

 

Rigton crossing Class 101 pass Harrogate to Leeds June 1968  One green coach and one blue coach

 

2 views on the Worth Valley taken between trains just after it reopened as a preserved line.  Note the track.

Mytholmes view from above tunnel July 1968

 

 

Mytholmes view to tunnel from south July 1968

 

 

Knaresborough June 1968

 

 

David

Edited December 14, 2013 by DaveF

[keefer]

love the shot of D1581, GFYE cl.47 on early b/g mk1s plus car carriers on the back.

looked at Napier-chronicles.co.UK and the WTT for the time gives 1A10 as the 07.49 caledonian rd. - Perth

[DaveF]

In the summer of 1968 my parents moved back to Nottinghamshire, in the early autumn I moved to Manchester to become a student, so the photo locations changed.

 

Today's photos take us to Cadeby, the home of Rev E (Teddy) Boston who as well as a large Great Western model railway (Olton Priors) and a less well known model based on the Southwold Railway using 12mm gauge track  had a 2' gauge railway around three sides of the Rectory garden.  He also owned an Aveling and Porter steam roller (Thistledown) and a Foster traction engine (Fiery Elias).  I was fortunate in being allowed to drive them from time to time.  One of the things I will always remember was taking Fiery Elias through Hinckley on a Friday tea time.

 

Mum and Dad had known Teddy at Cambridge when he and Dad were undergraduates and had remained in touch so we quite often used to visit him, sometimes on his open days, at other times just to see him and run the model railway.  We only took photos on his open days to respect his privacy and always asked Teddy for permission first even though he was a good friend.

 

Cadeby Bagnall Pixie August 1968

 

 

Cadeby Simplex August 1968

 

 

Cadeby Baguley Petrol loco Lilleshall Aug 68

 

 

Cadeby unloading Aveling and Porter steam roller August 1968

Note, this roller in these two photos is not Teddy's Thistledown.

 

Cadeby Aveling and Porter steam roller Rev Teddy Boston on right August 1968

 

 

David

[Jack]

Excellent pictures!  I do like Teddy Boston's biography, a very interesting read.

 

Sadly rectory gardens arn't what they used to be though ... I'd struggle to get an O gauge loop into ours, let alone a 2' one!!!

[DaveF]

Some more taken at Cadeby for this evening.

 

Cadeby Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST Maragret ex Penrhyn Aug 68

 

 

Cadeby Bagnall Pixie August 1968

 

 

 

Cadeby Bagnall Pixie August 1968

 

 

Cadeby Foster traction engine Fiery Elias August 1968

 

 

Cadeby Aveling and Porter steam roller Lord Elpus August 1968

 

David

[DaveF]

A bumper set this evening.

In August 1968 I visited Crich, mainly to see the Prague tram which had recently arrived.  This tram produced a lot of publicity for the Crich Tramway museum as it managed to leave Prague just before the clampdown in the summer of 1968.

 

Back to "proper" railways tomorrow.

 

Crich Trams from Sheffield 510 Sheffield 189 and Glasgow 812 August 1968

 

 

 Crich trams from Leeds Sheffield 46 and another August 1968

 

 

Crich Blackpool 49 August 1968

 

 

Crich tram shed August 1968

 

 

Crich Prague 180 newly arrived August 1968

 

 

Crich Sheffield 189 August 1968

 

 

Crich tram bogie August 1968

 

 

Crich Blackpol 49 August 1969

 

 

Crich English Electric steeple cab hauling Beyer Peacock steam tram August 1968

 

 

Crich Prague 180 August 1968

 

 

David

Edited December 17, 2013 by DaveF

[DaveF]

Back to railways for this evening, but still using electricity for three of the photos on the WCML.

 

Hopton Incline Cromford and High Peak Railway August 1968

 

 

Hillmorton Class 85 up ex pass September 1968

 

 

Hillmorton Class 81 down ex pass September 1968

 

 

Hillmorton Class 310 down pass on Northampton Line September 1968

The leading 310 must have a small yellow warning panel.

 

David

Edited December 18, 2013 by DaveF

[Peter Kazmierczak]

I especially like the one taken at Hopton David. So evocative. Interesting to see the track in situ over a year after closure. Hopton had, to me at any rate, the feel of standing on top of the world as you could see for miles towards the Trent Valley.

[lmsforever]

The pics at Crich make you realise how much has been achieved over the years ,I went there in the early seventies and it was great but now its fantastic,keep the photos coming please.

[DaveF]

A few more for today.

 

Hillmorton Class 86 up ex pass September 1968

 

 

Hillmorton Class 85 up ex pass September 1968

 

 

 Swayfield Class 31 D5586 down freight September 1968

 

 

Plumtree A3 4472 Flying Scotsman RCTS railtour Ipswich to Chesterfield September 1968

 

 

David

Edited to correct a caption.

David

Edited December 19, 2013 by DaveF

[ikks]

Wonderful stuff Dave, although my interest in railways declined considerably with the dieselisation/electrification of the London Midland Region, I still travelled by train on journeys of any diatance and despite my (self perceived!!) indifference to the motive power, once on that train the exitement came back. Everything was still there to be observed and taken in, so thanks for helping to relive those memories.

 

Rgds.........Mike

[DaveF]

Four more for this evening, three on Great Northern lines and one on the London and North Western

 

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Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass September 1968

 

 

Corby Glen Class 47 D1760 down ex pass September 1968

 

 

Stainby High Dyke branch looking north September 1968

 

 

By the time I took the next photo I had moved to Manchester as a student, up to June 1969 I only took a few photos, usually when using trains.   For some forgotten reason I didn't make notes at the time for some of these photos so locations and dates have taken a bit of sorting out.

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 81 E3013 up ex pass Class 76 beyond November 1968

 

David

 

[mikes]

Four more for this evening, three on Great Northern lines and one on the London and North Western

 

Scan-131201-0014 Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass September 1968.jpg.

Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass September 1968

 

 

Scan-131201-0015 Corby Glen Class 47 D1760 down ex pass September 1968.jpg

Corby Glen Class 47 D1760 down ex pass September 1968

 

 

Scan-131201-0016 Stainby High Dyke branch looking north September 1968.jpg

Stainby High Dyke branch looking north September 1968

 

 

By the time I took the next photo I had moved to Manchester as a student, up to June 1969 I only took a few photos, usually when using trains.   For some forgotten reason I didn't make notes at the time for some of these photos so locations and dates have taken a bit of sorting out.

 

Scan-131201-0017 E3013 Manchester Picadilly Class 81 E3013 up ex pass Class 76 beyond November 1968.jpg

Manchester Piccadilly Class 81 E3013 up ex pass Class 76 beyond November 1968

 

David

great pic of manchester - more more more please! if you cant remember any locations we could always try and guess...

 

mike

[DaveF]

We'll be looking at Manchester Piccadilly for a few days now.  These were probably taken on a Friday afternoon.

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 304 006 down pass November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 76 E26057 Ulysses light engine November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 506 M59602M pass Hadfield to Manchester November 1968

 

 

David

[DaveF]

Today's offering.

 

Manchester Piccadilly detail of overhead November 1968

 

 

M59608 Manchester Piccadilly Class 506 M59608M Hadfield to Manchester and Class 85 November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 506 November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 104 Buxton to Manchester November 1968

 

 

Manchester Piccadilly Class 304 on line from Oxford Road November 1968

 

David

 

[Joe MCMLXI]

Dave, thank you for the fantastic collection of photo's you're sharing.... especially the Peak Line ones on posts #1,#6 & #14.

Having experienced a footplate ride through Berwyn Tunnel on the llangollen line, the journey up the Peak line on a heavy mineral train must of been hell! Especially on the Banker!

My mum used to catch the 'stopper' at Cressbrook, on her way to working in Buxton and she commented on how smokey the coaches got if the window ventilators weren't shut!

Please keep posting!

regards - Joe

[NXEA!]

Those shots of the 81 with the 76 just in the background and the 85 and the 506 EMU are bloody marvellous! I don't know about anyone else, but I don't automatically put/picture 76's alongside 81's/85's for example, when of course they rubbed shoulders everyday for years, so these photographs are a good reminder. Brilliant stuff, keep 'em coming!