DaveF

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

Switzerland today with St Gallen and the nearby Bodensee Toggenburg Bahn Sitter viaduct. St Gallen TB trailer 1st Aug 88 C9933 St Gallen BT RBDe4/4 74 St Gallen to Degersheim 1st Aug 88 C9941 St GallenBT RBDe4/4 74 St Gallen to Degersheim 1st Aug 88 C9943 St Gallen Re4/4ii 11288 St Gallen to Winterthur 1st Aug 88 C9944 Sitter viaduct BT 1st Aug 88 C9945 David

Now for a few more Tanfield Railway photos. DSC_5400 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5403 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5406 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5407 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5415 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 David

Some Vale of Rheidol photos for today's first batch. All were taken on 7th August 1979. Devils Bridge 9 7th Aug 79 C4708 Devils Bridge 9 7th Aug 79 C4709 Devils Bridge 9 7th Aug 79 C4711 Devils Bridge 9 7th Aug 79 C4715 Aberystwyth 9 7th Aug 79 C4718 David

Happy New Year to everyone. A couple of wintry photos for you this evening to end the year. DSC_5939 Edlingham viaduct 6th Dec 2008 This was on the NER line from Alnwick to Wooler. DSC_9434 Hexham 23rd Jan 2013 David

A few Southern photos next. South Darenth 4VEP 7867April 75 C1968 South Darenth 4CEP 7190 Victoria to Ramsgate April 75 C1969 North Halling Class 33 northbound freight April 75 C1972 North Halling April 75 C1973 North Halling 2HAP 6115 southbound Strood to Paddock Wood April 75 C1974 David

Starting once again with some Tanfield Railway photos. Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5376 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5386 Tanfield Railway Sunniside 10th September 2011 DSC_5389 Tanfield Railway East Tanfield 10th September 2011 DSC_5394 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5396 David

More from Zell am See for today. Zell am See 1110 001 westbound freight Sept 89 J10145 Zell am See 1044 077 Lindau to Graz EC Dachstein Sept 89 J10147 Zell am See 1044 021 Graz to Liondau EC Dachstein Sept 89 J10161 Zell am See 1044 019 Innsbruck to Wien Sept 89 J10186 Zell am See 1110 009 westbound l e Sept 89 J10252 David

There will be more at some future date. David

We'll stay in the north east for the BR photos today with a brief look at the NER line from Newcastle to Carlisle. Wylam Class 101 Newcastle to Carlisle April 81 C5337 Wylam Class 101 Newcastle to Carlisle April 81 C5338 Wylam bridge over Tyne April 81 C5341 Bardon Mill Class 101 Newcastle to Carlisle Aug 77 C3503 Denton School crossing view east Aug 73 C1371 David

More Tanfield Railway photos this afternoon, still in September 2011. This time they are all taken at Marley Hill around the loco shed, workshop and yard. Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5371 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5372 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5373 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5374 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5375 David

Some wet weather at Zell am See today. Zell am See 1042 637 Linz to Innsbruck Sept 89 J10151 Zell am See Class 4010 Sept 89 J10155 Zell am See 1042 638 Saalfelden to Salzburg Sept 89 J10156 Zell am See 1042 638 Saalfelden to Salzburg Sept 89 J10158 Zell am See 1042 611 Salzburg to innsbruck Sept 89 J10182 David

As it's very close to the end of the year I thought a few statistics might not come amiss today. According to my records this thread has about 6620 photos in it, most of them are scans from old slides. My European thread has about 1550 photos in it. So that makes about 8170 photos so far So about 8,000 slide scans (I think a slight overestimate) and 170+ digital images. In all I have around 40,000 scans of railway slides of mine and Dad's, with a few taken by Mum as well. I use, on the two threads, just under 4,000 scans a year. So in theory the two threads can continue for about 8 more years - but the european scans will run out well before then. So the British one might go on longer - if I have the will to keep on posting them. However I have now used up almost all the 1950s photos and only have a few hundred 1960s photos left. I haven't tried to count the 1970s images, but they are gradually being used up too. So as time passes I will be posting more photos from the 1980s onwards. The slide scans finally end around August 2003 - even that is around 13 years ago now, which is when I (and Dad) changed to digital cameras. In terms of the areas the photos cover. I am running very short of GWR photos and don't have too many Southern ones left. To be honest there never were many GWR images because except for 4 years in Manchester I have always lived on the eastern side of the country and for the last 36 years in the north east. Eventually the GER and LTSR photos will also all be used up. Then the focus will more be on the midlands northwards, with a lot from the north east and parts of the north west. One other point, from time to time on weekdays I will have to start to post preserved railway images as I have a lot of those which will not be used up if I only post them on Sundays. To anyone who asks for more photos each day - sorry but NO. At times it is hard enough getting 10 ready a day for the two threads (5 for each), even though I try to work about a week in hand. I hope this is useful. Of course you may all get bored and ask me to stop posting the images! Now for today with photos from more trips to Swayfield. Swayfield Class 55 possibly 9003 Meld up ex pass Sept 71 C717 12.00 Edinburgh to Kings X Swayfield Class 55 9006 up ex pass Sept 71 C734 08.00 Edinburgh to Kings X Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass July 72 C1012 06.50 Newcastle to Kings X Swayfield Class 55 down ex pass Jan 74 C1459 13.00 Kings X to Edinburgh Swayfield Class 55 up ex pass 30th May 78 C3878 probably 10.20 Newcastle to Kings X With thanks again to Mark 54 David

Yes, you are right. David

More from the Tanfield Railway. Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5345 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5347 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th September 2011 DSC_5364 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5365 Tanfield Railway Marley Hill 10th September 2011 DSC_5369 David

As ity is very close to the end of the year I checked the number of my photos in this thread today, it is about 1500 so far. Still in Switzerland, this time another batch of photos from Rapperswil. Rapperswil Ee3/3 16381 1st Aug 88 C09963 apperswil RABDe12/12 1105 Rapperswil to Zurich 1st Aug 88 C09964 Rapperswil SOB BDe4/4 85 Rapperswil to Einsiedeln 1st Aug 88 C09965 Rapperswil RABDe8/16 2003 Zurich to Rapperswil 1st Aug 88 C09967 Rapperswil RABDe8/16 2002 Rapperswil to Zurich 1st Aug 88 C09968 David

Paul, Many thanks for the information. It's one of Dad's photos, I've no idea where he got the information from. Once again I was in Manchester at the time. David

At the Tanfield Railway even the bits of platforms passengers use are grass at two stations. C1527. The ballast seems to have been a pale browny grey from one of the other photos I took that day. From time to time photos do have colour problems. At one time I kept them in some slide boxes sold by Boots which had a smoky grey clear plastic lid. They were kept stacked on top of each other but the slides near the ends of the boxes received a lot of light over the years and suffered a lot of colour change. In some cases the top half of the slide had become bright orange. David

It doesn't surprise me at all that I've got them wrong (again). I thought they probably were wrong when I posted them but wasn't sure what they really were either. Captions now amended. David.

The second batch of photos are around the GWR. Chalford Pressed Steel dmu Swindon to Cheltenham Spa April 72 C0876 Hall Green Class 116 dmu probably Stratford to Birmingham April 71 J2627 Hartlebury Class 117 dmu down 5th April 74 C1527 Haywood Lodge south of Hereford A3 4472 Flying Scotsman down special steam Newport to Hereford 7th April 74 C1570 A special for Bill McAlpine and guests. Kingswear station and ferry landing Aug 1961 J1682 Sharpness Docks April 73 C1245 David

Still in Switzerland with photos taken at Pfäffikon SZ (i.e. in Canton Schwyz). This is where the Südostbahn line from Arth Goldau towards St Gallen crosses the SBB line from Zürich to Chur. Pfaffikon SZ SOB Re4/4iii 44 Romanshorn to Luzern 31st July 88 C9869. Re4/4iii are much the same as the Re4/4ii but are lower geared. Pfaffikon SZ Re6/6 11687 westbound freight 31st July 88 C9870 Pfaffikon SZ Re4/4ii 11217 Basel to Ziegelbrucke 31st July 88 C9874 Pfaffikon SZ SOB Re4/4iii 44 St Gallen to Arth Goldau 1st August 88 C9897 Pfaffikon SZ 1st August 88 C9902 Edited twice to get the right photos in the correct order and to replace a sentence which vanished. David

Two batches in quick succession today. First some more Tanfield photos. I wonder how many stations have grass platforms? Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5339 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5341 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5343 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5325 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5333 David

Now for some photos taken around Gretna on a dismal day in March 1981. I had probably been to a meeting for work and had some spare time before I went home. Gretna Class 86 down March 81 C5289 Gretna Class 87 up March 81 C5290 Gretna Class 25 down freight to G&SW March 81 C5292 Gretna Class 25 down freight to G&SW March 81 C5293 Gretna Green G&SWR March 81 C5295 A new station has since been built. David

Another set of photos from the Gotthard, this time taken at Wassen. Wassen Re6/6 11633 northbound 29th July 88 C9700 Wassen RBe4/4 1468 Luzern to Airolo 29th July 88 C9701 Wassen Re4/4ii Chiasso to Schaffhausen 29th July 88 C9703 Wassen Re6/6 11605 EC Carlo Magno Dortmund to Sestri Levante 29th July 88 C9704 Wassen DZt Airolo to Zug 29th July 88 C9708 David

There will be some more over the next few days. David