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

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    Posted · Edited by Western Glory

    Some more ECML photos today, this time at Swayfield - which as we all know is on Stoke Bank between Peterborough and Grantham.

     

     

    attachicon.gifSwayfield Class 31 up parcels Jan 70 J2049.jpg

    Swayfield Class 31 up parcels Jan 70 J2049

     

    attachicon.gifSwayfield Class 40 274 down June 73 J3216.jpg

    Swayfield Class 40 274? down June 73 J3216

     

    attachicon.gifSwayfield 55020 down Feb 76 J5056.jpg

    Swayfield 55 down Feb 76 J5056

     

    David

    J2049 - only 19 candidates. D prefix. Last digit possibly 6, might be D5516 (but very much a longshot).

     

    J3216 - I agree with 274.

     

    J5056 - too easy for a proper Spot-the-Deltic, it would be like a Spot-the-Ball with the ball still there!

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted · Edited by Western Glory

    Many thanks for the information about the tablet catcher recess in the Class 20s.

     

    Now for today's photos, all taken at Southside which as you all know is (and the junction was) south of Warkworth on the ECML in Northumberland.

     

    attachicon.gifSouthside Class 55 down Aug 80 C5160.jpg

    Southside Class 55 down Aug 80 C5160

     

    David

    And can anyone have a guess at the Deltic identity in C5160. I enlarged the photo, but can’t quite manage to make out either the name or number.

    With warmest regards,

    Rob.

    I think the candidates based on the name are either 55005 or 55010, the latter having only one nameplate at this time. Number is indistinct but last digit looks to be same as first and lettering a better match for 55005, so that's my choice.

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted · Edited by Western Glory

    Photos taken on visits to Newcastle in 1974 and the 1980s today.

     

    I always enjoy looking at my older photos to see how much things have changed over the years - and not just on the railway.

     

    attachicon.gifNewcastle Class 45 special to Alnmouth and class 101 May 74 J3717.jpg

    Newcastle Class 45 special to Alnmouth and class 101 May 74 J3717

     

    attachicon.gifNewcastle Class 101 Middlesbrough to Newcastle May 74 J3719.jpg

    Newcastle Class 101 Middlesbrough to Newcastle May 74 J3719

     

    David

    J3717:

    Peak is clearly 45 002, helpfully renumbered at both ends, with class 03 lurking at the top.

     

    J3719:

    Second set does not look to be a class 101.

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    The Grantham to Nottingham line again today at Bottesford.

     

    attachicon.gifBottesford 2 Class 20 to Skegness Aug 82 C5855.jpg

    Bottesford 2 Class 20 to Skegness Aug 82 C5855

     

    David

    Identifying the first loco should be easy but it's not. It might be 2000x, however last digit is barely visible. Clues to the ID are dents in the cab door below the handle and the two marks on the solebar, if that helps any!

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Love todays photos especially J657 with the brake tender. The garage reminds me of my dads old garage which looked just like that but had s Ford Anglia Van parked next to it back in the mid 70's.

    I do like a green EE Type 4 with discs. The dog was evidently not a trainspotter, nevertheless almost certainly a wagger!

     

    I think the garage was a prefabricated one, the 'rays of the sun ' pattern being the company's trademark. For some reason, the name 'Atcost', or something similar, comes to mind. The Wolseley/ Riley would make a nice cameo, though I never remember one as colourful as that.

     

    1092 EL is a Bournemouth registration and four numbers followed by two letters is a rare combination, apparently.

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Ratcliffe on Soar on the Midland Railway for today's photo selection.

     

    attachicon.gifRatcliffe on Soar Class 45 St Pancras to Nottingham June 76 J5300.jpg

    Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 St Pancras to Nottingham June 76 J5300  probably 45144  16.05 St Pancras to Derby

     

    attachicon.gifRatcliffe on Soar Class 45 up April 78 J5992.jpg

    Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up April 78 J5992  Saturday 11.10 Nottingham to St Pancras

     

    David

    David. I would like to submit my entry into the "Identify the Peak" competition for photo J5300. I submit that is is 45144 and produce this link as evidence, based on patterns of damage to the paint on the nose. https://flic.kr/p/rcxas5

     

    Paul J.

    I agree J5300 is 45144, based on number 451x4 and nameplate a good match for Royal Signals.

     

    J5992 has an easier number to read, I think, most likely 45119.

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

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    D9021?

    I think I can make out the tell-tale sign of bolts on the cab roof where the roof mounted air horns were originally mounted on D9019, D9020 and D9021.

    The double line nameplate rules out D9020 NIMBUS.

    There is a regimental crest above the nameplate, but that doesn’t help as both D9019 and D9021 carried a crest.

    However there looks to be more red on the lower half of the nameplate either side of a single central word as if it says:

    ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND

             HIGHLANDER

    Like this: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_03_2014/post-13196-0-57109400-1394743452.jpg

    Rather than:

                ROYAL

    HIGHLAND FUSILIER

    like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Carried_with_pride-_'Royal_Highland_Fusilier'_nameplate_-_panoramio.jpg

     

    And finally "D9021" not just "9021" as, according to Chronicles of Napier, the "D" prefix was still carried in March 1970 but had been removed by May 1970.

     

    Am I right?

     

    Thanks Dave F for scanning all of the amazingly evocative pictures on this thread which bring back fond distant memories from early childhood.

     

    Cheers

     

    Tom.

     

    Correct, well done. J2085 must be D9021.

     

    It was the only Deltic with nameplate lettering longer on top row than bottom and number is too long to be plain 9021.

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