DaveF

Southern electrics today at several locations all of which begin with S Swifts Green may sound an unusual location, it is actually the nearest place to a bridge on the line between Headorn and Ashford. I'll admit that I had to look that up this afternoon as when I first looked at the photos there i hadn't a clue where it is. The train details were taken from a copy of an SEG headcode publication, they may be correct. Sheerness Class 414 Sheerness to Sittingbourne May 77 J5713 Sittingbourne West Junction 2HAP 6061 Victoria to Faversham May 76 J5219 Swanley Class 414 6109 Gillingham to Victoria Nov 78 C4211 Swifts Green Class 423 7893 Ramsgate to Charing X May 76 J5179 Swifts Green Class 414 Charing X to Ashford May 76 J5180 That's a much younger me in the photo. David

A visit to Tanum today. For those who are unsure of where it is this may help: Tanum is 143km from Gothenburg and 32 km from Stromstad. Stromstad is on the west coast of Sweden, just south of the border with Norway. Tanum is about halfway between Stromstad and Uddevalla. I'm sure that will make it clear. Tanum 9th Aug 94 C19567 Tanum 3207 Goteborg to Stromstad reversing into platform to allow other train to pass, south points not working 9th Aug 94 C19573 anum 3211 Stromstad to Goteborg 9th Aug 94 C19575 Tanum 10th Aug 94 C19639e Tanum 3207 10th Aug 94 C19639g David

I've enlarged the coach, probably more than is wise, does it help? Corbridge Class 37 up pw train July 83 C6096 David

Northumberland ECML again today with Damdykes and Cramlington in the early 1980s. They are in order from south to north. The Damdykes photo is no longer possible, the only good view now is looking north from the eastern side of the line, which means standing in the field beyond the Citroen Dyane. Damdykes Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle Dec 81 C5611 Cramlington Class 254 up 27th Dec 84 C6670 Cramlington 27017 hauling 47527 up 5th July 85 C6978 Cramlington Class 31 relaying train Feb 84 C6470 Cramlington 47418 WBHS Newcastle to Fort William 11th May 85 C6834 David

More from Gothenburg again today. Goteborg Rc6 1417 11th Aug 94 C19586 Goteborg Rc1 1021 11th Aug 94 C19588 Goteborg 3212 11th Aug 94 C19598 Goteborg Rc5 1375 11th Aug 94 C19602 Goteborg tram 12th Aug 94 C19677 David

Thanks very much, I've added it to the caption. David

I agree about BR's daft policy - I could never understand why numbers were only at the left hand, it can hardly have saved much money. More annoying to me is that back in the late 80s I threw away some of my notebooks, thinking I had written them all up neatly in my catalogues - I had forgotten that I hadn't always put the numbers in, they didn't always seem important at the time. After all they were only photos of everyday locos, the locations were the most important thing to me then. I suspect it may a Gateshead loco - but it looks remarkably clean. David

Thanks Andy, I think it could be a 105, mixed pairs were not unknown on the line, I think I've probably got another photo with such a pair somewhere. David

Probably either Saturday 9th or Saturday 16th July 83. David

Many thanks for all the comments about identifying locos, I am always pleased when there is discussion and eventual agreement (or whatever), as long as there is a realisation that I cannot always reply or correct captions as quickly as I would like. Today we visit the Newcastle Carlisle line again. I'm not sure what happened to the slide at Fourstones, it simply scanned very poorly - several times! There will be better images of other trains there in due course. I don't think anyone will work the numbers of the Class 101 near Bardon Mill. Blaydon 37101 eastbound freight Oct 82 C5862 Corbridge view east July 83 C6094 Corbridge Class 37 up pw train July 83 C6096 contains a Clarke Chapman 12t Twin Jib Crane probably from Low Fell - info from Phil Bancroft - 96701 Fourstones 46229 Stockton to Carlisle 16th March 85 C6758 Taken to the west of the site of the station. Bardon Mill (near) Class 101 and 105 Newcastle to Carlisle April 82 C5647 David

We are going to leave Switzerland for now, though we will return in due course. In 1994 I took Mum and Dad to Sweden, as they would no longer drive abroad. Naturally I took railway photos (as did Dad) around the places we visited, which were in the west. It was an unusually hot summer there that year, some of the film suffered a bit in the heart in the car so some of the colours are a bit "off". We start at Gothenburg (Goteborg), which has both trams and trains to look at. We stayed in a hotel by the station which was useful. For some reason I didn't write down details of emu's in my slide catalogue and have managed to misplace my book on Swedish traction. If anyone can fill in the details I would appreciate it. Goteborg 11th Aug 94 C19585 Goteborg 3141 11th Aug 94 C19596 Goteborg station 11th Aug 94 C19604 Goteborg emu 11th Aug 94 C19653 Goteborg 3206 11th Aug 94 C19658 David

Perhaps it is time I talked about captions once again. I take the information, as many of you know, from the catalogues written by myself and Dad when our slides came back from the film processor. When we took photos we usually made a note of the place, loco class, train identity (if we knew it) and date - usually the month and year, sometimes the actual day of the month. If I had seen the loco number clearly when I took the photo I often wrote it down, Dad sometimes did. At any stage of captioning errors can occur. I may have written down the wrong place name, especially when visiting an unfamiliar location. There is also the problem in some places, where there is no nearby village or suitable railway location as to what to call a location. As for loco numbers if I know the number I include it, if I think it may be right I include it. Sometimes I copy the number from the catalogues without having a good think as to whether the number fits the appearance of the loco - headcode box type etc. If I am not reasonably sure I usually do not include the number in the caption. Fortunately there are a number of people here on RMWeb who give generously of their time in identifying locos and trains where I am unsure of them or have got them wrong. When these photos were taken working timetables were not available so both Dad and I had to try to work out what trains we thought we had seen by trying to estimate likely passing times of trains at our locations. Eventually I then change the captions. However, that can not always be done straight away. For various reasons my time is very limited at present, so I may quickly read a post and click "thanks" but simply do not have time to make alterations to captions straight away. I am afraid you will all have to be patient - and my lack of time will probably become worse not better over the coming months. David

Thank you for taking the time to work out the most likely number. I know it has already been mentioned twice, and I had already acknowledged it was not 37258 in my post #10844. I had not altered the caption on the image in the original post as I did not have time to have another look in detail at the scan earlier this evening. David

Again I think it will be a slide where Dad had tried to read the number off the slide having not made a note at the time - and if he did make a note at the time he may have got it wrong. I know how hard it is both to take a photo and read the number correctly as a train goes by. I have amended to caption to 45104?. David

It's quite possible the number is wrong in Dad's notes - he often tried to take the number off the slide, it may be 370xx. I certainly can't read it on the scan. It's one of the problems of working on old photos - as all caption writers know. David

Peaks on the Midland today with a few photos taken at Ratcliffe on Soar in the second half of the 1970s. Once again I'm not sure if all the train destinatyins/origins are correct. Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 St Pancras to Sheffield Mar 75 J4151 14.05 St Pancras to Sheffield Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Mar 75 J4154 probably 1C76 15.54 Derby to St Pancras Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 down St Pancras to Sheffield Sept 75 J4904 possibly 13.05 from St Pancras Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 down June 76 J5301 16.40 St Pancras to Sheffield. Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 45104? St Pancras to Nottingham April 78 J5991 David

Mainly Ruti, in Canton Zurich today. The next time I went there the station was being rebuilt. There is also one of a ferry entering the harbour at Romanshorn, on the Bodensee. Ruti ZH 11th Aug 88 C10794 Ruti ZH 11th Aug 88 C10795 Ruti ZH 11th Aug 88 C10798 Ruti ZH BDt Zurich to Rapperswil 11th Aug 88 C10790 Romanshorn MV Romanshorn 2nd Aug 88 C10014 David

Thanks very much for the details. I have checked dad's slide catalogue and that date would be right, it was one of the first photos he took that August. David

Mark, Thanks once again. When I looked at the image I thought the notes saying it was from Hull seemed wrong. David

Paul, I'm perfectly happy for you to post the relevant ones here. If you want a thread on them, which I think would be very useful, then I would suggest you put it in: Prototype: UK Prototype Discussions (not questions) . That is where my photo threads are placed. David

Class 47s at Swayfield for today, back in the 1970s. Swayfield Class 47 No 1106 11.00 Kings X to Newcastle Oct 71 J2782 Swayfield Class 47 1784 down freight Dec 71 J2799 Swayfield Class 47 1760 down 10.05 SO Kings X to Edinburgh July 72 J2976 Swayfield Class 47 No 1109 12.40 down Kings X to Hull Oct 72 J3112 Swayfield Class 47 47406 Friday 08.53 Bradford to Kings X April 78 J5986 David

On the Furka Oberalp and Rhatische Bahn for today. Oberalppass 15th August 88 C11159 Oberalppasshohe Calmut 15th August 88 C11160 Oberalppasshohe Calmut FO Deh4/4 92 Disentis to Andermatt 15th August 88 C11161 Rabius Surrein RhB Ge4/4ii 15th Aug 88 C11184 Rabius Surrein RhB Ge4/4ii 628 St Moritz to Zermatt 15th Aug 88 C11185 David

The second set are photos again taken around Radcliffe on Trent which as usual is between Grantham and Nottingham. The dates range fro 1975 to 1978. As Mum and Dad lived there for several years I have a lot of photos taken there to work through. Radcliffe on Trent Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Mar 75 J4173 Radcliffe on Trent Class 37 probably 37092 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Mar 75 J4182 Radcliffe on Trent 20135 and ano Derby to Skegness Aug 77 J5746 Radcliffe on Trent 25122 shunting oil tanks Feb 78 C3677 This is probably better described as Rectory Junction, which is on the other side of the Trent from Radcliffe on Trent. The tankers were being shunted at the Colwick oil terminal. The view is taken looking west towards Rectory Junction. Radcliffe on Trent 47011 Parkeston Quay to Manchester Aug 78 C4100 Many thanks to Western Glory for sorting out the likely identity of 37092. David

Another trip back to August 1975 to look at the S&D 150 event at Shildon. Does anyone recognise a younger version of themself? Shildon D49 246 24th Aug 75 C2345 Shildon Head Wrightson 0-4-0VB 24th Aug 75 C2347 Shildon B1 1306 Mayflower 24th Aug 75 C2356 Shildon 24th Aug 75 C2361 Shildon CR 419 24th Aug 75 C2375 Shildon 24th Aug 75 C2319 Edited to add a photo I missed out earlier. David

Two more from Oensingen and three from Olten today. Oensingen Teiii 127 and Ae6/6 11516 eastbound freight 11th Aug 88 C10776 Oensingen Teiii 127 11th Aug 88 C10778 Olten Re4/4ii 11175 to Luzern 6th Aug 88 C10302 Olten Re4/4ii 11303 to Interlaken 16th Aug 88 C11325 Olten Re44ii 11146 southbound Tiziano16th Aug 88 C11328 David