DaveF

We'll move to the Tanfield Railway now for today's north east preserved railway photos. They were taken on 10th September 2011. Once again I'll just state the locations so you can work out the loco identities if you wish to. Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5313 Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5316 Some young volunteers Tanfield Railway Andrews House 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5319 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5321 Tanfield Railway Causey Arch 10th Sept 2011 DSC_5322 David

I can only comment on my own observations for some of the examples you give. EWII coaches, which are the Swiss "lightweight" design intended for internal services, as in photo A. This was a livery which was starting to be replaced by the example in photo B by 1988 when I spent almost a month photographing railways in Switzerland. On each succeeding visit the proportion in livery B increased. I think the version in photo C with the turquoise stripe had received some refurbishment, but I have no details. I've ridden in them but cannot remember what the interior was like. I encountered D in the later 1990s, but don't know what the livery was for. I remember seeing some in the north east in that livery lettered "ICH BIN REX" - REX being the Rheintal Express service - I don't have further details. I believe the blue and grey ones in photo E were painted to be used as the centre two coaches in the RBDe460 sets (Kolibri or NPZ trains), but I have seen them in ordinary loco hauled trains as well. Moving on to K and L. The Minitrix model is somewhat short of scale length. K and L represent RIC coaches intended for international traffic, built around the late 1960 into the 1970s. In real life there are several distinct designs of this period. G is again an RIC coach, in Eurofima orange. the various types were built around 1977 to 1981 (according to my SBB book on coaches- SBB Reisezug und Gepackwagen - published by SBB in 1982). I believe the idea was to paint international coaches in the same colour for all countries - it didn't eventually work but some countries did use the colour. F,H,I,J are the various liveries for the EWIV coaches. I think you have them in date order in your photos. I haven't been to Switzerand for some years so cannot give any date information. The blue ones are night coaches, previously they were plain blue with a white (or was it silver?) stripe. I am sure there are other members of RMWeb who know a lot more than me about this, so am happy to be corrected. One further point - SBB never seem to be in much of a hurry to repaint coaches (or locos) unless it is necessary so new and old liveries often coexist. The EWIII stock, originally orangy red and grey were designed to have tilt mechanisms fitted, hence a different body profile, but that never happened. I believe they are now owned by BLS and are painted in their latest livery. In the late 80s and 90s when I saw Swiss trains each year on holiday it was always noticeable that the stock in a train could be quite mixed. For a number of years almost all trains over the Gotthard had one or more EWII coaches, I was told this was because some passengers (tourists) wanted to be able to open windows to enjoy the views. In those days most trains were loco hauled, strengthening coaches were added at times of high passenger demand which often didn't match the main part of the train. In the case of push pull sets this could involve an extra couple of coaches and a driving trailer being added, which looked very odd. Now and then a loco could end up in a train with the main train, then the loco, then the strengthening coaches. There are quite a lot of Swiss photos in my European railway photo thread which you may find useful. It is at: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/98009-a-few-of-dave-fs-european-railway-photos-updated-26th-december-2016/page-1 Ernie Brack (irishswissernie) also has a lot of Swiss railway photos on flickr, his albums can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/albums He has over 30,000 photos on flickr, the albums are arranged alphabetically by location, so you will have to look at several pages to find all his Swiss albums. Edited several times as each time I read it I notice another error. David

Yes, they are as you can see in this photo (which has been on this thread a long time ago). Polesworth Britannia 70029 Shooting Star up ex goods Nov 63 J082 David

Mark, Thanks again for sorting out these trains. I am sure you are right about the second up train in the fog and snow at Newark. It was a day which has remained in my memory - partly because of the fog and ice on the drive from Dad's near Radcliffe on Trent to Newark along the A46. The trains were not running to time and a number of headcodes were wrong too. Edited to correct a detail. David

Thanks very much for working that out. The image is one of Dad's, I wasn't there that day - I was living in Manchester at the time. When I captioned it I just used his notes which, just like my own, are fallible at times. David

I should have done a multiquote for this and the query below about the photo being back to front. Elsewhere in the thread are more photos of Polesworth. In the others it can be seen that there is a length of rail each side of this track which looks as though it has just been removed with new rail on the sleepers. This makes the track look odd, in fact the ballast is as normal. David

Is this better? I did make a note when I scanned this batch that I thought this might be back to front but forget to check it when I posted it - perhaps a result of too much Christmas food. The version below does look more believable. Polesworth Class 40 down ex pass Nov 63 J081 David

A look at ex LNWR lines today. Polesworth Class 40 down ex pass Nov 63 J081 This photo seems to be back to front, my apologies. The corrected version is a couple of posts further down. Welton Class 86 Euston to Glasgow May 70 J2115 By the M1. Somewhere Watford Gap - Dad only made a note of a nearby village for this and the next one. Welton Class 85 down parcels May 70 J2116 Perry Bar LNWR Birmingham to Wolverhampton line April 71 J2630 Nuneaton Class 86 Euston to Blackpool 9th Aug 77 C3431 David

Photos at the north end of the Gotthard route for today between Arth Goldau and Amsteg Silenen. Arth Goldau 1st Aug 88 C09973 This is what remains of the ARB line down to Arth and the Zugersee. Fluelen Re6/6 11631 southbound freight 29th July 88 C9652 Altdorf 29th July 88 C9655 Erstfeld 30th July 88 C9799 Erstfeld Ae8/14 11801 l e 29th July 88 C9710 Amsteg SBB power station 29th July 88 C9709 Taken from the train. David

A few more from Beamish for this afternoon. Beamish Rowley station Sept 11 DSC_5187 Beamish Pit 2nd September 2011 DSC_5274 Beamish Pit 2nd September 2011 DSC_5275 Beamish Pockerley Waggonway 2nd September 2011 DSC_5280 Beamish Pockerley Waggonway 2nd September 2011 DSC_5282 David

Now for photos from visits to Newark, some taken in seasonal weather. Newark 2 Class 31s up le Jan 70 J2053 Newark Class 55 up Jan 70 J2054 07.25 SX Newcastle to Kings X Newark Class 31 down parcels Jan 70 J2055 Newark Class 47 up Jan 70 J2056 possibly 08.48 Halifax / 09.10 Bradford / 09.10 Leeds to Kings X Newark on Trent Class 47 down ex pass July 77 C3400 14.10 Kings X to Leeds David

The turkey and trimmings have been eaten, as has the Christmas pudding, visits have been made and phone calls made to distant relatives so peace has now descended and I can post the photos. As it is Sunday we start with some preserved railway photos, this time from the Severn Valley in its earlier days. Bewdley LMS Ivatt Class 2 46521 Bridgnorth to Bewdley Oct 76 C3041 BewdleyLNER K4 3442 The Great Marquess Oct 76 C3042 Bridgnorth Ivatt Class 4MT 43106 Bridgnorth to Bewdley Oct 76 C3057 Bridgnorth 47383 11th April 77 C3301 Bridgnorth 70000 Britannia 8th Sept 79 C4828 Bridgnorth 5764 Bridgnorth to Bewdley 8th Sept 79 C4830 David

Turkey and Christmas pudding has been eaten, visits and phone calls made so peace has now returned! Switzerland again today with photos taken around ArthGoldau station. Arth Goldau RBe4/4 Arth Goldau to Aarau 30th July 88 C9800 Arth Goldau Re6/6 11671 southbound 30th July 88 C9807 Arth Goldau 1st Aug 88 C09974 Arth Goldau Re4/4ii Re6/6 RBe4/4 Ae3/6i 2nd Aug 88 C09981 The view is looking north towards ArthGoldau station. Arth Goldau (south of) Gotthardbahn from SOB 31st July 88 C9891 David

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope that all of you, whatever you are doing and wherever you are, enjoy your day. A few more from Beamish to start the day, more photos will follow sometime later today. I've noticed one of these appeared fairly recently -Oops. But which one? Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5258 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5262 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5265 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5267 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5268 David

Switzerland again with photos from Faido, Biasca, Bellinzona, and Chiasso. Faido 30th July 88 C9788 Faido 30th July 88 C9789 Biasca 30th July 88 C9779 Bellinzona 30th July 88 C9772 Bellinzona Re/66 11679 Schaffhausen to Chiasso 30th July 88 C9758 Chiasso 30th July 88 C9726 David

Staying in the north east we now visit the Blyth and Tyne, north of Newcastle on the line to Cambois and North Blyth. Winning 37201 rounding curve towards Marcheys House April 83 C6008 Winning 56133 21st Oct 85 C7258 Winning 56118 up 23rd July 96 C21062 Freemans Crossing Crossing 37093 Dec 82 C5887 Freemans Crossing 56097 29th Sept 85 C7211 David

Over the next few days I thought we could have a few extra photos. I've chosen some I took in the autumn of 2011 at Beamish and the Tanfield Railway, both of which are not too far from home for me. I'll just caption the places, you can enjoy finding out about the locos! We'll start today with some taken on the lines around the pit and village at Beamish. Note: Some of the locos were visiting. Beamish Pit village 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5253 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5256 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5257 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5259 Beamish Pit 2nd Sept 2011 DSC_5267 David

Thanks again Mark. I'm sure there will be a lot more for you to identify in the coming year, I hope you'll be happy to continue with your work on the train details, I appreciate it a lot. I am slowly adding the extra details to my catalogues for future reference. David

To start with thank you very much for the Christmas wishes and comments about the photos, I hope to go on posting them for some time yet. Some trains at Ratcliffe on Soar on the Midland Main Line south of Trent for today. These are Dad's photos, if you think you'e seen at least one of these trains before you may be right as we often went there together when I was visiting home. Ratcliffe on Soar Class 46 down July 69 J1791 13.20 St Pancras to Nottingham Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Jan 70 J2040 12.55 Sheffield to St Pancras via Nottingham Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 68 Sheffield to St Pancras July 71 J2706 12.10 Sheffield to St Pancras via Derby Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 136 St Pancras to Sheffield July 71 J2716 14.05 ex St Pancras Ratcliffe on Soar Class 25 D7511 up July 71 July 71 J2718 David

We are back in Switzerland today, south of the Gotthard visiting Lugano, Mendrisio and Melide. Mendrisio Temii 323 30th July 88 C9730 Melide 30th July 88 C9732 Lugano 30th July 88 C9736 Lugano FLP Be4/8 24 30th July 88 C9742 Lugano exhibition van and cinema train 30th July 88 C9747 Lugano ABt 30th July 88 C9753 David

Carlisle in 1987 today. I haven't got a clue why I was there two Tuesday's running. Carlisle 47606 and 31120 14th April 87 C8269 Carlisle 86257 shunting Mototrail vans off Euston to Stranraer train 14th April 87 C8287 Carlisle Class 108 14th April 87 C8295 Carlisle 86414 down ex pass 21st April 87 C8334 Carlisle 143025 and 47404 Middlesborough to Carlisle 21st April 87 C8335 David

Something a bit different for today. Trams in Ghent, Belgium. Ghent 14th August 90 C15234 Ghent 14th August 90 C15235 Ghent 14th August 90 C15236 Ghent 14th August 90 C15237 Ghent 14th August 90 C15238 David

I thought I'd start today with a Christmas card. It shows a B1 crossing Harrogate Stray. For RMWeb Christmas Card 2016 David

I think I have some photos of these trains. Hopefully they will appear here in due course. David

Alnmouth, on the ECML in Northumberland for today. Alnmouth viaduct Class 254 down Aug 80 C5153 Alnmouth Class 254 up Aug 81 C5491 Alnmouth Class 254 down Aug 81 C5492 Alnmouth Class 40 down ICI tanks Aug 81 C5493 Alnmouth Class 47 up Edinburgh to Newcastle Aug 81 C5494 David