ba14eagle

37406 & 37401 passing Yarnbrook with the "Solent Syphons" 9th April 2005

37264 Tyseley Railway Centre 16th October 2003

37704 Bristol TM 11th February 2008

Iain

66035 Swindon, VSOE to Cheltenham Spa, 18th March 2004

66546 Avon binliner at Swindon 13th July 2004

66707 at Eastleigh 10th July 2005

66719 prior to working 6M40 Westbury to Stud Farm 10th July 2017

66752 works 6M40 Westbury to Stud Farm 26th April 2017

Iain

35027 Port Line undergoing attention on Sheffield Park shed 2nd November 1988.

That TescoOil is good stuff!

Iain

Some more class 50's this afternoon

50007 & 50050 run round the "Court Chester" at Worksop. 13th June 1992

50008 & 50015 Bristol TM 23rd November 1991

50008 Laira open day 15th September 1991

50009 Honiton 24th August 1989

A sorry looking 50010 in the Laira scrapline. 15th September 1991

50015 & 50031 Laira open day 15th Sptember 1991

50015 creates a light trail at Westbury. 10th November 1986

50017 & an unidentified classmate (possibly 003?) Exeter St Davids 25th August 1989

50017 is used to demonstrate the rerailing gear at Laira open day. 15th September 1991.

Iain

Olivias Trains can work wonders fitting sound and stay alive chips into small tank engines.

This is some work theyve done for me this week:

Again, usual rider, Ive no connection to this business, just a satisfied customer.

Many thanks Baz

Royston was from Trowbridge - as am I. A few of the other names I remember. My initial contact was through John Bishop, who was also from Trowbridge.

I remember my first trip was to Merseyside and Manchester, then I think Humberside / Lincolnshire - was this the trip I have slides taken at March depot? (In my slide scans thread)

Then there was an East Midlands trip and, lastly, a trip to London depots - I have photos taken around Stratford (both depot and works) and Old Oak Common.

On one of the trips, we had to take someone back to South Wales and the minbus ran out of fuel on the M4 somewhere between Bristol and Bath - I dont think I made school the next day!

Iain

Back in the 1980's, when I was just a mere schoolboy, I used to belong to a group called "The Western Rail Society".

They used to run mini-bus / coach tours to places of railway interest, for all us number crunchers.

I only went on 4 or 5 trips, but remember, with the aid of depot permits, scratching lots of cops! 

The only thing is, I no longer have the notebooks taken on these trips and only a handful of dodgy photographs, taken on an old Zenit B camera.

Does anyone else remember this Society? Were you a member of it? Do any of the newsletters still exist? (crammed with lists of numbers seen on trips). 

The internet seems to draw a blank, hence my request. 

thanks

Iain

Its about time we started on the one class that I have so far not covered - the 50's.

Most of my images will feature NSE liveried machines or those celebrities that emerged at the end of the classes time on BR. I hope you wont get bored

The first 2 locos in the class - 50001 & 50050, Totnes, 25th February 1990.

50001 Laira scrapline 15th September 1991

50002 Westbury (diverted Waterloo to Exeter service) 22nd November 1987

50002 Salisbury 23rd February 1990

50002 Laira scrap line 15th September 1991

50005 Westbury, passed by 47430, April 1989

50005 Plymouth 27th August 1989

50005 Exeter St Davids 1st March 1990

50007 & D400 arrive at Exeter St Davids 24th May 1992

50007 Chester 13th June 1992. This was the ill-fated Court Chester railtour.

More 007 & 008 next time

Iain

Some more 33/1's this evening. Apologies for the duplication of loco's / trains, but I liked the images and one was in a rare location for a loco hauled train!

33101 Exeter St Davids 24th May 1992

33103 Lymington Pier 7th May 1988

33108 Salisbury 28th November 1987

33112 & 33026 Carmarthen 14th May 1988

112 & 026 again storm out of Westbury 14th May 1988

Iain

Change of plan - ive caught up with some more 33 scans.

33001 stabled at Woking. 27th May 1986

33001 again, heading out of Trowbridge, towards Westbury. 8th May 1987

33002 Exeter St Davids, 24th May 1992

33027 Basingstoke. 23rd September 1987

33031 Truro. 29th October 1988

33033 & 33031 Penzance. 29th October 1988

33034 Ramsgate. 29th October 1986.

33039 arriving at Salisbury. 28th November 1987.

More 33's next time.

Iain

Some more scans, from across various classes.

26005 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

37178 York 7th February 1987

37675 Laira open day 15th September 1991

37711 & 86240 Carlisle 25th May 1992

45060 Basingstoke rail event 23rd September 1987

Eastleigh depot 7th May 1988

I hope these are of interest - some nameplates & snails!!

47214

47322

47439 7th March 1987

47535

Next time, some preserved steam.

Iain

Caradoc:

Very interested in this program, after visiting the railway last September. As with others, i got a bit fed up with all the jeopardy and appalling continuity.

If you havent been to the North York Moors, it is well worth the visit. For me, it was like an "up North" version of the Bluebell - excellent!!

Some nice big engines, some real coaches (Gresleys) and some steep grades, meaning you get plenty of noise from the front end. The scenery is stunning, Whitby is a very interesting place for a wander, Pickering has some cracking pubs and The Black Swan Hotel has its own micro-brewery.

And dont forget to wander up into Goathland village for the full "Heartbeat" experience - and I'd never watched the program!

Some diesel units - mechanical, electric and modern.

A pair of Laira's bubble cars at Looe. 22nd August 1989

B431 has run through the buffers in the Down Trowbridge siding at Westbury. 15th October 1987.

L204 departs Twyford with a Henley service. April 1990

L405 on a down train at Ruscombe April 1990

L407 leads a 6 car formation away from Twyford. April 1990

P871 makes its reversal at Bere Alston with a Gunnislake service. 22nd August 1989

207012 Salisbury 23rd September 1987

156 crosses Dandry Mire viaduct 25th May 1992

The same 156 runs into Garsdale station.

Personally, I would like anything that carried china clay in speedlink services - PRA' & PAA or STS 4w Clayliner tanks (TTA?). Yes, I know weve just had the Tiger Rail PBA' but what the hell - spoil us!!

Definitely agree, any of the boxes or hoppers from the Mendip quarry fleets would be great for those buying Dapol' 59 and would be interested in the Bardon PHA bogie hopper.

Some good old Southern EMU's today - ok the GatEx is debateable, but the Platform 5 used to list them in its Multiple unit books!!

CEP 1503 leads a Margate train at Ashford, 28th October 1986

Class 489 GLV Salfords 1st May 1990

2BIL 2090, part of the national collection, Basingstoke railevent, 23rd September 1987

319028 Salfords 1st May 1990

319046 Salfords 1st May 1990

Unidentified 4Cig? Salfords 1st May 1990

Unidentified 442 "Wessex" electric Somerford November 1989

Unidentified 10 car 442 formation Somerford November 1989

Iain

As promised, some HST's.

43010 Bath Spa May 1991

43010 gets a tow, Bristol TM 27th February 1989

43070 London St. Pancras 7th March 1987

43162 London St. Pancras 7th March 1987

43167 Westbury April 1989

43175 Bristol TM 27th February 1989

43179 Laira Depot 15th September 1991

Unidentified set Ruscombe April 1990

Unidentified set Twyford April 1990

Timed exposure, unidentified set departs Westbury 10th November 1986

Iain

Latest news from down at the bunker.

Ive now managed to get my hands on a Bachmann / Modelzone 08 in Longmoor livery, so very happy.

Sorry, but this just seems to be another thread, wasting time and space on this site. What was it that RM web stands for again?

Some preserved locos this evening.

25185 / D7535 Kingswear. 23rd November 1991

D7672 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

D7017 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

"Warship" D821 & "Hymek" Laira open day 15th September 1991

45135 Laira open day 15th September 1991

D1013 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

D1015, D1023 & D1062 Laira open day 15th September 1991

D9000 & D9016 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

55015 Laira open day 15th September 1991

Next, HST's.

Iain

The final few ac electrics now.

90010 Gloucester open day 1st July 1990

90140 Ipswich June 1992

91017 & 91026 Kings Cross undated

91031 York undated

Somehow I managed to miss out shunters at the beginning of this thread, so here are some 08's

08644 Penzance 29th October 1988

0864? & 08792 Laira Depot 15th September 1991

08801 Plymouth 25th February 1990

Next time I will go back and round up some of the latest scans.

Iain

Some ED's and some ac electrics. Again, I seemed to have neglected taking shots of these, possibly due to my location.

An unidentified 73 passes Salfords on a down Gatwick Express. 1st May 1990

73001 stabled at Woking. 27th May 1986

73002 on Ramsgate depot. 31st October 1986

73118 stabled at Basingstoke. 23rd September 1987.

73135 passing Clapham Jn on a down Gatwick Express. 25th February 1987.

73140 Gatwick Airport. 28th February 1987

1502 Electra. Basingstoke rail event. 23rd September 1987.

81012 passes Watford Jn with a Ford car company train. 25th February 1987.

86401 in its NSE livery. Basingstoke rail event. 23rd September 1987.

86421 arrives at Carlisle with a Southbound cross country working. 7th September 1988

We will round up the ac electrics next time

Iain

Tonight I will round off the type 5's, with classes 58, 59 & 60. Living within the 59' main stomping ground, I dont know how come I have only 2 shots of them - and one of them is taken miles from home!

58004 at Bristol TM, 1st July 1990. This was a special train i/c/w that days Gloucester Open Day

58008 passes Radley with another train of coal for Didcot Power Station. 20th July 1988

58012, Merehead open day. 25th June 1989

58032 heads a line of locos at the back of Saltley depot. 7th June 1986. Also on this day, I had taken a shot of 58037 at Coventry working a cross country train to Poole - shame it didnt come out!

59003 departs Westbury April 1989.

59004 passes Ruscombe with empties heading back to the Mendips. April 1990.

60078 passes Loughborough. February 1992.

60096 at Sheffield Midland. February 1992.

Next time we will move onto electro-diesels and ac electrics.

Iain

Due to the large number of class 50 photos Ive got and I dont have any "in service" Western or Deltic shots, I will skip forward to the Class 56'.

56002 passes Oxford with Northbound empty coal hoppersfrom Didcot Power Station. August 1988

56031 "Merehead" at Merehead open day. 25th June 1989

Not sure if this is 56035, 038 or 040! Woodborough. 20th July 1988

56045 on a cement working at Drynham, Trowbridge. 24th May 1989

56046 arrives at Westbury with more empties for one of the Mendip quarries. April 1989

56048 departs Westbury with a set of ARC PGA's. 7th May 1987

56051 Westbury Depot. 10th May 1987

56053 Westbury Depot 17th October 1987

56062 Westbury 14th May 1988

56075 passes the old station at Patney & Chirton with loaded PGA's. 20th July 1988

Iain

Looking at this picture I was thinking the solebar is way too deep. However, it looks odd because the bottom of the doors have been painted black by mistake. Regards black, the buffers and headstocks should be black not grey. Not too difficult to put right.

Cheers.