bingley hall

Precursor to The Overground - a Silverlink Class 313 unit at Kensington Olympia on what I seem to remember was a Willesden Jct to Clapham Jct service - 20 January 2006 (click to view full screen)

Your are right to query the station. I think you will find it's Whitley Bay, https://goo.gl/maps/aLiqVnxQ4SG2 the next station when travelling anti-clockwise

Tynemouth was the large station I linked to in my earlier post. Both are rather grand edifices for "Tram Stops"!

 

Cheers

 

Keith

Excellent. Thanks for following up on that.

Come on, somebody must have some T&W Metro pictures.

 

Now lets see a picture witha Metro unit on it (or elsewhere)

 

Keith

First I have to locate the slidebox then scan the slide, then send it all the way from Australia

Taken in March 1989 at Tynemouth station (I think - feel free to correct me if wrong). Best viewed full screen.

EDIT: The station is Whitley Bay - see below.

Next: Steam and diesel in the same image - but not doubleheading

The last pic of that d/d says to me that there might be a market for s/h Boris buses when they are withdrawn!

 

Stewart

These were taken in 1983 - I'm not sure what their buses look like these days?

A slight change of pace.......a couple taken in Calcutta in January 1983

I wonder whether it is that Bachmann have supplied (dumped) a bulk load of new cheaper stock or they have simply authorised retailers to be able to discount their existing unsold stock by a greater than usual amount, perhaps providing some funding support.

 

G.

If you look at the in stock that's on offer at heavy discounts at the moment it is the same models (more or less) at each of the individual retailers - too much of a coincidence? 

Not a particularly great shot, but included for posterity's sake.

One of the former Tyneside two car units that became 2-EPBs on the Southern, and which (in this case 5791) were often regulars on the West Croydon to Wimbledon 'cross-country' service - now of course part of the Croydon Tramlink. Taken at West Croydon circa 1972 from a moving train heading home to Sutton.

Also Phibsboro and Stephen's Green.

RA37 was a regular on the 27B when I were a nipper. Almost a family friend.

 

Nice to see 3 of the 4 liveries carried by these buses.

 

I must try to upload my pictures of the same event. Were you a passenger on the (overloaded) C class mini tour?

No - it was a very rushed visit. I came down from Belfast on a RPSI steam tour, but it was running rather late so time was tight.

D-stock and others

Wimbledon - 6 March 2013

Richmond - 14 March 2013

Richmond - 14 March 2013

In July 1981, classic former Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric no.4884 in service with the New Jersey Transit authority is seen at Newark, NJ with a westbound Amtrak service bound, if memory serves correctly, for Washington. The GG1 was covering for a failed Amtrak locomotive.

Pacific National EMD-powered unit 8182 waits for a short rake of hoppers to be loaded with grain at Cootamundra, New South Wales, on Tuesday 4 April 2017.

Next - A narrow gauge train (gauge less than 1 metre) in regular service (not preservation)

D0280 Falcon at Goodrington Sidings, Paignton. 13 August 1969

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/63923883@N03/16824229591/

Great find thanks - I'll have to see if I can dig my shot out now.

A couple more Routemasters from the July 1972 visit to Aldenham

I'm guessing the location at Hayes & Harlington might have something connection with the Western class 52 which finished about then.

 

Yep - it was in fact the day of the very last working - the Western Tribute railtour.

Interestingly, when I was on holiday in Sth Devon for the last weeks of August 1969, I saw Falcon on a regular basis between Taunton and Newton Abbot.

 

I used to catch the Devonian from Paignton to Exeter St Davids and on the 20th and 21st Aug my records show that we passed D0280 at Dawlish, and my vague memory is that it was on a Motorail service. I don't have any loco diagrams nor any WTTs, but I do have my dog-eared public timetable from those days, and the Dawlish stop for my train was 1048. 

 

The only service that could have been was the 0745 Kensington Olympia to Totnes (FO to St Austell)which only ran on certain days of the week in Summer. It was non-stop for much of its journey but was due to arrive in Totnes at 1210, so just before 1100 at Dawlish is not too far out given the queue of trains over that stretch in those summer months.

 

Why a Bath Road loco was rostered I don't know, but it might have logically spent a few hours at Old Oak early in the morning, depending on what the previous working was. Maybe someone has these loco diagram records?

 

I also saw it in the up direction at Exeter in the early evening, so it may well have been on the return service from Totnes to Olympia which passed St Davids at around 1830.

Yep, I have a very poor B & W photo (Brownie 127) of it taken at the carriage sidings at Paignton in August 1969 while on holiday down there.

4-VEP at London Bridge - probably in 1971

NSE liveried 4-VEP no.3138 heads south through Gatwick Airport on a Brighton Line service during February 1989.

Lovely photo bingley hall. I regret no going to Peak more often back then I wish my Dad or Uncle had taken me there more. Oh well I will just have to wait for that time machine to arrive!

Paul

Thanks - I was fortunate that my sister lived in Macclesfield at the time so it was a short early morning drive up into the Pennines.

It's a fine line between what constitutes a holiday and an all out train chasing trip, but a fairly relaxed winter trip to Switzerland late in 1988 probably was closer to a holiday than most. Lucky enough to catch one of the Rhätische Bahn 'krokodils' after going down for an evening walk to the station at Davos. 

Locomotive in a workshop (not on shed or a maintenance depot)

A relatively early morning start to the day reveals a light overnight snowfall at Peak Forest sometime in early February 1989. 37684 on the right and 37687 on the left and probably 'Scottie' 37411 with its headlight on in the distance.

Now there's a funny coincidence.........

First up we have RM 706 doing the tilt test at Aldenham Works in July 1972 (not the greatest quality, taken on dodgy film stock on a Canon Dial half frame camera).

17 years later in March 1989, RM 706 again seen when in service with Carlislebus (although it was over two decades later before someone pointed it out the connection to me).

A pretty drab and deserted looking Manchester Victoria in November 1983 with a two-car Manchester-Bury unit awaiting departure. (Need to click on this one to get the whole effect.)

I personally find it hilarious that this milk train is practically the same composition of those of the Western Region in the early BR days. A puffing loco, 15 milk wagons, and a brake coach tagged onto the rear!

 

MILK Express for the First time on YouTube! - YouTube

At least the Indians (and the New Zealanders) still carry milk on rail.

They probably think it hilarious that we're not smart enough to do likewise 

..and expensive too I would imagine. My own bus is a 74 seater and it's looking like I'll have re-do them all

JF

One of the owners did explain it to me at the time although I cant remember the exact details. It wasn't cheap, but they were able to keep things affordable by buying in 'bulk' and sharing the order with a couple of other heritage owners.