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On 01/07/2023 at 21:03, Market65 said:

Good evening, everyone. Firstly, thank you, Mick, for the excellent photo’ of H & B Rly, 2-4-0, number 40.

 

This evening we see three photo’s of Ottringham, in about August, 1964, on the branch to Withernesea, courtesy of John Turner, on Flickr. The first photo’ shows an unidentifiable 2-car Craven's (later TOPS Class 105) DMU, as it departs Ottringham with an afternoon Hull to Withernsea local service.
 

The next photo’ is of the double track through Ottringham station as it gave way to single line operation (as far as Patrington) here at the station's eastern end, and the main arm on the bracket signal gives access to that bi-directional single line, whilst the smaller shunting arm signalled entry to the headshunt for access to the goods yard and coal yard.
 

The third photo’ is of the main station building, and station master's house. 
 

 

Best regards,

 

 Rob.

Are the harvesters in an adjacent field? Whilst working on RMDRC’s Aylesbury Town, we turned up photos of harvesters arriving from Felixstowe on lowmacs, unloaded through the station end dock for delivery to the New Holland plant. These look like they’d be out of gauge.

On 06/12/2022 at 19:08, Market65 said:

Good evening, everyone. With thanks again to John Turner, on Flickr, the first of two photo’s, and we go to Hessle, in about 1964. We see a Gresley B16/2, 4-6-0, 61435, with the J19 pilot trip - mainly Earles Cement Presflos - from Melton, possibly going to Hedon via the Outward & Inward Yards (Hull) and Wilmington & Drypool. 
 

 

It’s been a while since I checked in on this thread, so please forgive the question.

What was at (or near) Hedon to attract the Presflos?

Ta

Chris

Some time ago, there was discussion around Royal Train visits to Hull. This snippet from the RAF Association magazine hints at an overnight stop by George VI near Willerby (Willoughby). Any detail to add to it?

More interesting photos, the depot shots show lots of little details that could be used to enhance TMD layouts.

 

I was intrigued by the Botanic Gardens shot including 03169 and the 'Loco sand van'.

Was it common to use an old van to store (bags?) of loco sand?

I have a couple of pictures of Pantyffynnon with a van in the yard complete with its own access steps

and the question has been raised as to what it was used for, maybe loco sand?

 

cheers

That Sand Van was in the yard through the 80s.  It was often the casualty of some overly zealous shunting, as I remember seeing it at 45 degrees to the horizontal, sat on the buffer stops a few times.  I presume it was cut up on site when the yard was cleared for sell off.  Never saw it move from that spot, and the proximity to the loco stabling roads would support its use as a store for the loco sand.

There were a few instances of enthusiastic shunting at BG: every now and then something in the sidings which were the old Hornsea/Withernsea lines would get pushed across the crossing over Spring Bank towards the old Botanic Gardens Station.  Trouble was, the lines had been lifted a decade before.  Headline stuff in the Hull Daily Mail!