PinzaC55

Great shots Silverlink , keep them coming !

In my Deltic bashing days there was a legendary basher (he was the one who kissed 55022's nameplate at Kings Cross on the last service train) and I think it was him who was bashing a pair of 20s back from Skegness via Elton. Supposedly the train was stopped at Elton and he bailed out there just to say he had rare haulage to an obscure station! Apologies to him if he reads this and it is a shaggy dog story.....

2 shots of 55002 looking glorious at St Pancras in 1989, In the second shot she is being inspected by (left) a couple of my former colleagues from Kings Cross. 55002 at St. Pancras (2) 1989 par PinzaC55, on ipernity 55002 at St. Pancras 1989 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Seen by me in 1978 when I was several pounds lighter and still had use for a comb, Whitwick station on the old LNWR Loughborough (Derby Road) to Hugglescote branch which closed to passengers in 1931. Whitwick Station (1) 24.6.78 par PinzaC55, on ipernity Whitwick Station (2) 24.6.78 par PinzaC55, on ipernity Edit* I just looked on Google Earth and incredibly it not only still exists but has been very tastefully restored ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitwick_railway_station

I have one of Beamish and one of West Stanley and I don't think they have been published but since they are copyright I cannot post them here.

Interesting thread here http://www.lner.info/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=10094

Carr House West box, after East was done away with (now in Beamish) and West's nameboard was shortened to Carr House.I think I took this in 1979, the name of the Punk group "CRASS" on the P Way shed is a clue! Carr House West Signalbox par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Honestly no idea but this guy may well know http://www.napier-chronicles.co.uk/ On 30.8.81 55002 ran an Adex from Newcastle to Whitby via Sunderland and even though I had been bashing the previous day I simply couldn't miss it ! Here she is entering Sunderland station with the grandparents finding themselves surrounded by young men with Black Sabbath t shirts carrying Adidas bags 55002 at Sunderland 30.8.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity Running round at Battersby 55002 Battersby par PinzaC55, on ipernity Arrival back at Sunderland, slightly out of focus as I had no tripod Deltic 55002 At Sunderland 30.8.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

55013 turns the air blue leaving Newcastle in 1981 55013 Newcastle par PinzaC55, on ipernity Seen at Barnetby station on her way back from Cleethorpes 3.9.1981 55013 at Barnetby Station 3.9.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity A close up of her nameplate then back on the train. Luckily the Deltics had a bit of time in hand at stations like Barnetby! 55013 "The Black Watch" Nameplate 3.9.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Is the signalbox in the distance Carr House East, which is now at Beamish?

Way way back on 3.8.78 I visited Thirsk and snapped 55019 zooming south past a steam age water crane, ancient colour light signals and in the background a rake of flat wagons which were used to unload tanks for Catterick. Thirsk was a difficult place to visit because the train service was very poor in those days with sometimes 2 hour gaps inbetween trains! When I took this photo "You're The One That I Want" by John Travolta and Olivia Neutron Bomb would be playing on my Benkson transistor radio 55019 at Thirsk 3.8.78 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

I saw this ugly wreck at Tower Colliery in Wales on 26.5.1988. Amazingly she has been restored and is still working! D3261 at Tower Colliery (1) 26.5.88 par PinzaC55, on ipernity D3261 at Tower Colliery (2) 26.5.88 par PinzaC55, on ipernity D3261 at Tower Colliery (3) 26.5.88 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

I was at the station yesterday and I swear the roof was still echoing!

Well the thread seems to have run out of steam Hey ho, here is 55008 waiting to take over from 55010 on 1L43 on 16.10.81 at York. Just 3 months later both Deltics would be on the scrap line. 55008 + 55010 at York 16.10.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Nice testament to the insanity of railway closures. The new destroying the old.

55003 Meld heads south across the King Edward Bridge in Newcastle with 1V93 on 16.5.80 55003 Meld On King Edward Bridge Newcastle par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Number 7 chills at Doncaster on train 1A34 on 29.8.81. Not long till the end now 55007 Pinza at Doncaster on 1A34 29.8.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

On 29.5.79 I caught a DMU to Grimsby Town in the hope of getting my first Deltic haulage here......there was a distant roar and then my own baby came round the corner - magic! 55007 Pinza At Grimsby Town par PinzaC55, on ipernity Seen from the train passing Fish Dock Road signalbox 55007 Grimsby Docks 29.5.79 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Sometime in the summer of '79 55008 The Green Howards waits to leave the Cross with a night service. I know the colour looks weird but KX was lit by Sodium lights then. 55008 Kings X par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Not one of my own but due to the power of the Internet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/theblackwatch/gallery39.htm I also found this clip of the same tour but only at York If you watch this clip give the guy a thumbs up for his efforts - its not me BTW I couldn't afford a video camera in those days !

Great shot Silverlink! And the guy in the orange shirt has a photograph of you, wherever he is now..... Here is 55021 glimpsed at Durham on 10.6.78 55021 Durham 10.6.78 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

Hi Ian, the other reason why I didn't post there is that is that there is very little activity on that group so if you go to the 6th thread the last post was 6 months ago and after that many of the threads are 2 years old. Seeing as you are in Scarborough here is a treat from 29.8.1981 when I had 55013 to Scarborough and back. The only bad point was that 55009 passed me at Seamer on the way from Filey! Happy days 55013 at Scarborough par PinzaC55, on ipernity 55013 at Scarborough on 1A37 29.8.81 par PinzaC55, on ipernity

I searched that area for Deltics and although there are subthreads in the Class 55 group with photos of Deltics in them there is no thread solely devoted to photos of Deltics unless I missed something?

One of my big regrets is that I never photographed a Deltic on the bufferstops at Kings Cross when they had been standing for an hour between turns and they started up with plumes of white clag and that characteristic clattering noise. Did anyone? If you have such a photo, please share it with us! Here's a Deltic leaving York seen from the Holgate footbridge where the spotters sat on the signal gantry! Deltic at York Holgate 1980 par PinzaC55, on ipernity