DaveF

Trains seen at Bottesford today. Just a reminder that Bottesford is on the GNR route between Grantham and Nottingham. Bottesford Class 31 D5621 down iron ore March 70 J2079 Bottesford Class 104 Nottingham to Grantham 29th Nov 80 C5230 Bottesford Class 47 Parkeston Quay to Manchester July 81 C5444 Bottesford 20068 and 20073 Nottingham to Skegness July 81 C5445 Bottesford Class 114 Nottingham to Skegness July 81 C5461 David

A few photos from the north east of Switzerland today. Kreuzlingen MThB ABDe4/4 13 Konstanz to Weinfelden 2nd Aug 88 C10000 Kreuzlingen Re4/4ii 11371 Schaffhausen to Rorschach 2nd Aug 88 C10002 Rorschach Re4/4ii Interlaken to Chur 1st Aug 88 C9923 Rorschach Re4/4ii 11388 1st Aug 88 C9925 Rorschach Ee3/3 16354 1st Aug 88 C9926 David

A visit to Crich this afternoon to see some preserved trams. It has changed a lot since these photos were taken on visits in 1968 and 1979. Crich Sheffield 510 Sheffield 189 and Glasgow 819 Sept 68 J1435 Crich Prague 180 Sept 68 J1449 Crich New York 674 April 79 C4452 Crich Sheffield Horse tram 15 April 79 C4453 Crich Wakebridge Halt Glasgow Tram 1282 27th Oct 79 C4857 David

Sorry, I don't know and don't have any details of Belgian stock to hand. David

Cumbria today to have a look at the WCML over the years. ocker Virgin Class 821 DVT up ex pass 19th July 03 C26308 Docker Garths view north Feb 73 C1204 Scout Green Class 50 down ex pass Feb 73 C1202 09.00Euston to Carlisle (and Blackpool) Scout Green Class 87 down 17th Aug 76 C2989 Shap Wells Class 86 up 17th Aug 76 C2985 David

The narrow gauge Pinzgauer Bahn at Zell am See today. It runs from Zell am See to Krimml. Zell am See 2095 001 Krimml to Zell am See Sept 89 J10159 Zell am See 5090 002 Zell am See to Krimml Sept 89 J10168 Zell am See 2092 002 shunting standard gauge wagons Sept 9 J10169 Zell am See 2092 002 Sept 89 J10177 Zell am See 2092 002 and 4030 308 Worgl to Graz Sept 89 J10246 David

The only trouble with the flickr comments is that for some reason flickr notifications don't always work. When they do work (and that one did as it happens) I then have to remember to alter the captions in my catalogues and on the digital image files, including the backup copies on external hard drives. Sometimes (often) things get missed..... David

Some photos taken between Scunthorpe and the Tent today. Once again they are Dad's and I wasn't there so I don't know much about them. I ought to know more about the places than I do as I used to know the area quite well a long time ago. Gunness Wharf Aug 70 J2169 Ruston Shunter Flixborough BISC line from Scunthorpe Aug 70 J2170 Conesby Scunthorpe BISC line from Scunthorpe Aug 70 J2171 Lysaght's works Winterton BISCYorkshire Engine Co Janus Coleby Vale ironstone branch Aug 70 J2172 Winterton station GCR Whitton branch Aug 70 J2173 David

Photos around Zell am See again today. Zell am See 1110 027 eastbound freight Sept 89 J10175 Zell am See 1010 003 westbound Sept 89 J10188 Zell am See Class 1010 westbound freight Sept 89 J10195 Zell am See 1042 608 Innsbruck to Wien Sept 89 J10207 Zell am See 1044 059 Wien to Beregenz Sept 89 J10251 David

I can't think of an excuse for getting it wrong this time. David

Another mixed bag taken at Pilmoor today. Pilmoor Class 40 up goods May 67 J0882 Pilmoor A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley special A4 loco socy Kings X to Newcastle July 67 J0968 Pilmoor A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley special Doncaster to Edinburgh Aug 67 J1054 Pilmoor Class 46 D192 Liverpool to Newcastle Sept 67 J1115 Pilmoor Class 43 up ex pass BR Arrow on yellow front Feb 83 C5968 David

Some photos from a day trip to Salzburg this afternoon. Salzburg 1063 021 l e Sept 89 J10210 Salzburg 1042 619 l e Sept 89 J10212 Salzburg 1042 572 Wien to Innsbruck Sept 89 J10214 Salzburg Salzach bridge Class 4010 Sept 89 J10221 Salzburg Rainerstrasse bridge Class 1042 westbound l e Sept 89 J10225 David

A few more photos on the Great Central between Nottingham and Loughborough today. The colours are a bit "off" on a couple of them. Stanford on Soar Rebuilt Jubilee 45735 Comet down light engine Sept 64 J163 The colours were poor when this film came back from the processors - Agfa must have been having a bad day. Nottingham Victoria clocktower Sept 70 C5502 Hotchley Hill Class 45 D18 derailed July 71 J2712 Hotchley Hill Class 44 D8 on breakdown train July 71 J2720 Weekday Cross showing track singled April 74 J3669 Stanford on Soar view south Aug 75 C2237 David

Guess what - I still have lots of photos taken at Zell am See, so here are a few more. As you will have realised by now Dad spent as much of his holiday as he could taking railway photos. It's as well Mum likes railways. Zell am See 1044 077 Lindau to Graz EC Dachstein Sept 89 J10148 Zell am See 1042 638 Innsbruck to Salzburg Sept 89 J10180 Zell am See 1042 638 Innsbruck to Salzburg Sept 89 J10181 Zell am See 1044 072 Basel and Lindau to Graz Sept 89 J10200 Zell am See 1044 014 westbound freight Sept 89 J10233 David

Thanks again Mark. I've had a look at Dad's notes and am fairly certain it wasn't a Sunday. David

Yes, Kegworth station, the platform in the centre only faced the passenger line (the left hand pair). David

Today we have a few more photos from the Midland line between Nottingham and Loughborough. Kegworth Class 20 D8154 and ano up freight Jan 70 J2048 Hathern 2 Class 20s up March 70 J2069 HathernClass 44 D4 up up March 70 J2070 Normanton on Soar Class 45 up ex pass Sept 70 J2371 Sheffield to St Pancras Attenborough 31119 down light engine 9th April 1990 C14271 David

A modern digital camera, preferably my Nikon D7200 SLR which can do both still and video would be my choice. David

Some more from Zell am See today. Zell am See Class 1020 1020 009 westbound freight Sept 89 J10143 Zell am See platform trolley shunting post van Sept 89 J10179 Zell am See Class 1110 westbound freight Sept 89 J10202 Zell am See Class 1042 Salzburg to Innsbruck Sept 89 J10231 Zell am See Class 1010 westbound freight Sept 89 J10232 David

I don't do much scanning now as I think I have done all the family negatives and slides. Some of the older ones (mainly family photos pre war) were of various odd formats. For those I just used my flatbed scanner. The current one is an Epson 4490 which I've had for quite a few years. It has slide/negative holders, I have also been known to cut my own masks to fit odd negative sizes. I find the results it produces are fine for what I need - I rarely print anything, I just connect my laptop to the TV to look at my photos at home. However publishers have had no problems using photos scanned with it in books. I think Epson still do some higher end scanners which will do all sorts of negatives including glass plates, but I haven't kept up to date recently. Almost all my 35mm images were done with a Minolta Dimage scanner which I bought in 2003, it has done over 100,000 scans and still works but I use different software now (Vuescan) as the Minolta software doesn't work with newer versions of Windows. If I just need a scan of one of my 1960s prints I often use my current printer/scanner, a cheap Canon MG32350 which produces acceptable results and saves getting the Epson out. As for where to go in a Tardis? I would like to see Carlisle around 1908-12, also York around the same time. After that - anywhere with a railway. But could I take a modern digital camera or would I have to have a camera of the period I was visiting? David

Mum and Dad stayed in Zell am See for about a week as a part of a holiday they had in Austria in 1989. David

I'd like to thank everyone for all the Likes, Thanks etc and the very kind comments you have made about the photos. Time for another visit to Scotland now, once again loking at the WCMl. We are at Beattock (at and near the station site) and Lockerbie on a very dull and dismal day in March 1981. Perhaps it is time to get my Tardis set up so it only visits places when the sun shines. Lockerbie 87028 up March 81 C5297 Beattock Class 86 down March 81 C5298 Beattock 86215 up March 81 C5299 Beattock Class 87 down March 81 C5300 eattock Class 37 up freight March 81 C5301 David

Today's "extra photos" show a coal working. The train is an empty set working to Potland Burn loading site, in Northumberland. The train is first seen approaching Ulgham Lane crossing, just south of Butterwell Junction where the train leaves the ECMl to proceed along a single track line past Linton to Potland Burn. The loco is 66176. I had plenty of time to drive from one location to the next. DSC_6733 Ulgham Lane crossing 28th Feb 2012 DSC_6741 Linton 28th February 2102 DSC_6742 Linton 28th February 2102 DSC_6745 Potland Burn 28th February 2012 DSC_6746 Potland Burn 28th February 2012 David

Many thanks to everyone for the Likes, Thanks, and comments on my photos. Some more photos from Zell am See in Austria today. Zell am See 1044 077 Lindau to Graz EC Dachstein Sept 89 J10149 Zell am See 1044 085 Salzburg to Bregenz Sept 89 J10192 Zell am See 1110 530 eastbound freight Sept 89 J10203 Zell am See 1110 012 eastbound freight Sept 89 J10204 Zell am See 4010 013 Graz to Innsbruck Sept 89 J10235 David

A few days ago I wrote a little about the number of photos used on this thread and my European thread. As many of you know all the railway photos taken by myself and Dad are catalogued. They are in hard back notebooks (mainly A4) and I've just realised they take up about 3' 6" of shelf space. Then there are the indexes by location and loco type. I also use at least 8 railway atlases of varying scales and periods, as well as road atlases and OS maps. Then there are the sectional appendices for the London Midland, Eastern, North Eastern and Scottish Regions, together with other useful bits of BR information. I also have a number of working timetables but hardly any of them cover the period when BR 4 character headcodes were in use. For the preserved photos I use at least seven different editions of Railways Restored and its predecessors, dating back to 1974. For BR and privatised stock I have quite a large collection of books I use. So why do so many of my captions need amending? Simple answer - I am human. Dad and I didn't always write down the correct location (or date for that matter). As for identifying dmu and emu classes - that can be very difficult, but I don't know why. So please keep the corrections coming. The more photos I post the more sympathy I have for those who try to write captions for photos in books. It is so easy to get them wrong. Edit - Having written that I managed to get the train captioned incorrectly in the first of today's photos. Now (at last) the rest of today's photos. Once again we visit Church Lane crossing on the Great Eastern, with one photo taken near Kelvedon. Church Lane crossing Class 47 down March 75 C1904 Church Lane crossing Class 309 down 607 June 75 C2073 Church Lane Crossing Class 47 47118 Liverpool St to Norwich 5th May 80 C5052 Church Lane crossing Class 37 up 5th May 80 C5056 Kelvedon Class 37 up ballast SundayMay 75 C2022 David