DaveF

Switzerland today with Kussnacht am Rigi and Zurich Oerlikon. Kussnacht am Rigi 14th August 88 C11037 Kussnacht am Rigi 14th August 88 C11045 Zurich Oerlikon Re4/4ii 11345 Schaffhausen to Chiasso 18th Aug 88 C11470 Zurich Oerlikon RBe4/4 1446 Zurich to Rapperswil 18th Aug 88 C11471 Zurich Oerlikon RBe4/4 1461 Zurich to Winterthur 18th Aug 88 C11483 Zurich Oerlikon RBe4/4 1480 Zurich to Hinwil 18th Aug 88 C11484 David

Thanks for giving me the correct location for the photo, I've altered the caption. It's also nice to know the identity of the person on the loco, I think I've read some of his work. David

I often went to Leigh on Sea at the weekends when I lived in Basildon. The cockles and other seafood were always worth sampling. David

Just testing you - actually a typo. Thanks for pointing it out. David

The Tilbury line at Leigh on Sea this afternoon, most are from September 1974. The first four were taken in the first week or that I was in Essex, before my flat was ready and I was staying in digs in Leigh on Sea. I know one photo is really very poor but it shows a Class 304 MLV. Leigh on Sea sunset Sept 74 C1785 Leigh on Sea class 308 down pass v poor image to show MLV Sept 74 C1786 Leigh on Sea 302244 up pass by the cockle sheds at sunset Sept 74 C1787 Leigh on Sea Class 302 238 up Sept 74 C1788 Leigh on Sea 302272 down Oct 74 J4073 Leigh on Sea Class 302 304 up Feb 78 J5930 David

A final few from Denmark today. I'm not sure which red light you stop at when driving under the railway in the third photo. Esbjerg view north 25th July 92 C17010 Ribe DSB dmu 4050 26th July 92 C17032 Munkjeberg railway bridge 13th Aug 92 C17899b Denmark Humlebaek EA Class 3017 Helsingor to Copenhagen 12th Aug 94 C19605 Odense railway museum DSB Class O 2-4-2T 318 15th Aug 94 C19728 David

Hett Mill and Sunderland Bridge today. They are both on the ECM between Darlington and Durham, just south of Croxdale. Some of the photos are quite recent (for this thread) having been taken in 1997, only twenty years ago. Hett Mill RES 47704 down light engine 30th May 95 C20198 Hett Mill 56075 up coal 23rd March 96 C20826 Sunderland Bridge 47147 down light engine 24th Oct 95 C20565 Sunderland Bridge 158801 Newcastle to Liverpool 24th Oct 95 C20569 Sunderland Bridge 56003 down coal 18th Oct 97 C23144 David

Trams in and around Innsbruck for today's photos. Innsbruck Bergisel tram 41 Sept 89 J10310 Innsbruck Bergisel tram 31 Sept 89 J10312 Igls tram 40 Sept 89 J10354 Igls tram 52 Sept 89 J10461 Bergisel Innsbruck tram 40 Sept 89 J10500 David

Correction - I've just looked at my own 1997 photos and have found that by August 1997 the crossing had gone, as can be seen in my photo below - I think it had only just been done. Montreux view west 17th Aug 97 C22991 David

Hi Keith, It was indeed taken from the end of the platform. Looking at Google Earth image for 1997 (which only has a partial coverage of Montreux in photos) it appears to show the level crossing still in situ. I think the road crossing the line was the Rue de la Gare. David

Yes, it is Dad. At the time he was just starting to walk around a bit after quite a serious heart attack. Later he had heart surgery - I think it was about 7 bypasses - at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle and lived until 2005. You could well be right about the loco number, I can convince myself that both 47453 and 47463 are correct! I went with 47453 as that is what I wrote down on the day, but it is very easy to get it wrong when trying to take a photo and read the number. Thanks too for the coach identification. David Thanks very much for your work on the coach identification. David

.......Followed very quickly by some at Bottesford on the Grantham to Nottingham line, taken in 1982 and 1983. Bottesford Class 105 Nottingham to Skegness Aug 82 C5854 Bottesford 20159 and ano Leicester to Skegness June 83 C6060 Bottesford Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham and Class 47 47453 Glasgow and Edinburgh to Parkeston Quay July 83 C6108 Bottesford 20172 and ano Leicester to Skegness Aug 83 C6155 Bottesford Class 105 Nottingham to Grantham Aug 83 C6166 David

The first set for today, somewhat late as I fell asleep after lunch - I seem to have a virus which although improving has left me feeling very weak and incredibly tired. Anyway, here is a set of photos from the Foxfield Railway taken in 1975 and 1976. . Dilhorne RSH 0-4-0CT Roker 28th Sept 75 C2450 Dilhorne Platform Bagnall Hawarden Platform Bagnall Hawarden Dilhorne to Cash Heath Wharf 28th Sept 75 C2464 Dilhorne Avonside Robert July 76 C2893 Dilhorne Avonside Cranford July 76 C2895 Blyth Bridge Exchange sidings Bagnall Hawarden July 76 C2906 Caverswall Road LC Bagnall Hawarden July 76 C2917 David

A few more from Erstfeld today. Erstfeld Re4/4ii 11136 Chiasso to Schaffhausen 17th Aug 88 C11381 Erstfeld Re6/6 11630 Carlo Magno Dortmund to Sestri Levante 17th Aug 88 C11402 Erstfeld Re6/6 11685 Bayreuth to Chiasso 17th Aug 88 C11404 Erstfeld Ee3/3 16345 17th Aug 88 C11408 Erstfeld Re6/6 11619 Milano to Hamburg 17th Aug 88 C11412 David

Another Scottish miscellany for today's photos. Vert often when either Dad or I visited Scotland we would only spend a day or so in each place so we could get to the far north and west (both of us don't/didn't just like railways). This means that for a lot of locations there will only be one or two photos, taken while travelling from one place to another. Of course sometimes there wasn't even a train to photograph. Indeed sometimes there wasn't any track left either. Moulineam crossing Class 26 Glasgow QS to Inverness Aug 73 J3278 Nairn bridge over A96 Aug 74 J3913 North Water Bridge over River Esk NBR Bervie branch Aug 74 J3927 Montrose Class 47 Aberdeen to London Aug 74 J3928 Munlochy Fortrose branch Aug 74 J3946 David

A few more from Innsbruck today. Innsbruck 6020 042 Innsbruck to Munich Sept 89 J10296 Innsbruck Class 1044 Sept 89 J10304 Innsbruck DB 111 050 and OBB 1044 094 and 1020 005 l e Sept 89 J10331 Innsbruck DB 110 252 Munchen to Bolzano Sept 89 J10340 Innsbruck Class 1110 and DB Class 111 Dortmund to Milano Sept 89 J10369 David

A quintet of Deltics at Swayfield today. You can enjoy deciding whether I have the numbers right and also trying to identify the two for which I don't have a number. Swayfield Class 55 9006 up Flying Scotsman Edinburgh to Kings X Oct 72 C1151 Swayfield Class 55 down 11.00 Kings X to Newcastle Nov 72 C1164 Swayfield Class 55 up 08.00 Edinburgh to Kings X Nov 72 C1165 Swayfield Class 55 9021 15.25 Leeds to Kings X up May 73 C1248 Swayfield Class 55 9015 down Yorkshire Pullman 16.05 Kings X to Leeds and Harogate May 73 C1250 David

A few odds and ends from Switzerland from today. Montreux view west 4th August 1988 C10099 Kussnacht am Rigi Te 14th August 88 C11038 Kussnacht am Rigi Te 14th August 88 C11050 Naters FO HGe4/4 33 Glacier Express Zermatt to St Moritz 9th Aug 88 C10560 Ins Te17 and BLS Re4/4 Neuchatel to Bern 16th Aug 88 C11283 David

As far as I remember they simply go through bits of cliff to others parts of the harbour. I haven't been there for around thirty years, others may know a lot more than me. David

Some photos taken between Newcastle and Middlesbrough today. The Seaham harbour photo does not have a current railway in it, but there used to be one. Pelaw Junction 47305 up onto Leamside line 1st Aug 85 C7034 Boldon Colliery Brockley Whins Class 101 Newcastle to Sunderland 23rd June 84 C6542 Boldon Colliery Brockley Whins Class 101 to Middlesbrough 15th Aug 85 C7138 Seaham Dawdon Colliery Jan 83 C5918 Seaham Jan 83 C5920 David

Austria today with some photos of Achenseebahn locos at Jenbach. Jenbach Achenseebahn 3 Sept 89 J10381 Jenbach Achenseebahn 1 Sept 89 J10422 Jenbach Achenseebahn 1 Sept 89 J10427 Jenbach Achenseebahn 1 Sept 89 J10428 Jenbach Achenseebahn 2 Sept 89 J10451 David

The Deltic number was indeed a typing error. It could very well be a down train, it's a few years since I've been to the station, but I'll amend the caption. Thanks Jim and 35A for trying to identify the Class 40, I'll go with 40101. The date looks about right. David

This evening's photos were taken by Dad at Darlington in 1975. The first four were taken on his arrival in Darlington for a weekend visiting Stockton and Darlington Railway locations organised by the RCHS, SLS and NER Society as a part of S&D 150 anniversary. The final photo was taken on his way home from the S&D 150 Cavalcade at Shildon. He had been there as a part of the team with Flying Scotsman. Note that the Class 40 in the second photo is still in green livery. Darlington Class 47 up parcels June 75 J4390 Darlington Class 40 Glasgow QS to Scarborough June 75 J4392 probably 40 106 Darlington Class 101 Saltburn to Darlington June 75 J4393 Darlington Class 55 55005 down June 75 J4394 Shark ballast brake van in the left background. Darlington Class 55 down Aug 75 J4868 David

Today's somewhat belated photos are from Zurich Oerlikon. They were taken during my last hours in Switzerland that summer, on my way to the airport. Zurich Oerlikon Re4/4ii 11224 to Zurich 18th Aug 88 C11466 Zurich Oerlikon Re4/4ii 1128 to Zurich 18th Aug 88 C11472 Zurich Oerlikon 18th Aug 88 C11477 Zurich Oerlikon BDt to Zurich 18th Aug 88 C11488 Zurich Oerlikon RBe4/4 1441 and Ae4/7 1092718th Aug 88 C11489 David

Sorry, that's all the information I have on it, taken from Dad's notes. David