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Duly amended. David

It is a 114, I've just checked another photo taken of it - already on this thread and also mis-captioned as a 108 (I've corrected it now). Thanks very much once again. David

I really must remember to type the correct loco number in the captions - I had it right in my notes too! David

Two locations in southern Germany today, Hohenkrahen and Kirchzarten. Hohenkrahen 110 169 northbound from Singen 3rd Aug 90 C14685 Hohenkrahen 111 058 southbound 3rd Aug 90 C14686 Kirchzarten 139 125 Neustadt to Freiburg 18th Aug 91 C16509 Kirchzarten 18th Aug 91 C16510 Kirchzarten 18th Aug 91 C16512 David

On the Great Eastern tonight, at Haughley Junction in the snow on two visits in 1979. Haughley Junction 31195 ecs fromStowmarket to Bury St Edmunds to run round Jan 79 C4285 Haughley Junction 31195 ecs to Stowmarket after running round at Bury St Edmunds and adding 2 coaches Jan 79 C4286 Haughley Junction 31195 ecs to Stowmarket after running round at Bury St Edmunds Jan 79 C4287 Haughley Junction Class 47 Liverpool St to Norwich Feb 79 C4301 Haughley Junction Class 114Ipswich to Cambridge Feb 79 C4304

A few from the Tanfield Railway this afternoon. They were taken yesterday at the "Legends of Industry" weekend, with visiting locos "Mech Navvies 71515", an RSH Austerity from the Pontypool and Blaenavion Railway and Kitson A No5 from the North Tyneside Railway. I'll add them to the thread in the order I took them over the next few days. The first batch are all taken at Marley Hill, where the loco shed, carriage shed and stock sidings are situated. Note: As usual all the photos were taken from locations accessible to anyone. DSC_6523 Marley Hill A 5 andTwizell Twizell was built by Stephensons in 1891. DSC_6525 Marley Hill A 5 and Twizell DSC_6531 Marley Hill Armstrong Whitworth No 2 and Hawthorn Leslie No 2 DSC_6536 Marley Hill Cochrane Sir Cecil A Cochrane was built by RSH in 1948 DSC_6538 Marley Hill A general view from the carriage shed. DSC_6541Marley Hill A No5 Heading north to Sunniside. The line in the foreground is on the trackbed of the Bowes Railway which had a flat crossing with the Tanfield Railway - the cutting on the far side has been filled in and is now the car park. The line is now the headshunt for the loco shed. Edited (several times) for punctuation and spelling. My keyboard seems to have an aversion to double letters. David

Another look at Reichenau Tamins this evening. Reichenau Tamins RhB Ge6/6 415 mixed train to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14901 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4i 628 Glacier Express Zermatt to St Moritz and Chur 7th Aug 90 C14919 Reichenau Tamins 7th Aug 90 C14925 Reichenau Tamins Ge6/6ii 703 goods to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14929 Reichenau Tamins RhB Ge6/6ii 705 westbound 8th Aug 90 C14956 David

The second set for today are at Kibworth and Wyfordby on the Midland Railway. Kibworth North Class 45 121 St Pancras to Derby April 73 C1231 Kibworth North Class 46 151 down April 73 C1232 Kibworth North Class 45 Sheffield to St Pancras April 73 C1234 Kibworth North Class 45 up ex pass April 73 C1235 Wyfordby crossing 2 Class 20s up empty iron ore Aug 72 C1066 David

A few from the 70s at the Great Central in Loughborough and Quorn for this teatime. A bit later than usual on Sunday afternoon as I've spent the day at the Tanfield Railway. Loughborough Central Fowler 4wds Arthur Wright 26th April 1975 C1999 Loughborough Central Hunslet Robert Nelson No 4 26th April 75 C2000 Loughborough Central GCR Director D11 506 26th April 75 C2001 Loughborough Central RSH 39 rebuilt to look like a GCR loco April 79 C4430 Woodthorpe Hunslet Robert Nelson No 4 26th April 75 C2005 Quorn N2 744 leving for Rothley Aug 78 C4116 David

I think it was by road but by then I'd moved to Essex and Dad had also moved. David

Today would have been Dad's 89th birthday so I thought I'd post a few of his photos as well today. They are on the High Dyke branch and British Steel lines. He took the first four while he was managing the workshops at Sewstern and the ex British Steel lines between Stainby Glebe and Buckminster Junction. During this time Sewstern works sectioned Ellerman lines for the NRM as well as carrying out various other work both for railways and other engineering firms. The completion of Ellerman Lines took place at Market Overton, where the final photo was taken. High Dyke Dyke McAlpine Hunslet 0-6-0DS, Class 47 Grimsby to Kings X on left June 74 J3765 Sewstern Barclay Harlaxton and 1912 DE 320042 Jan 74 J3535 Sewstern wheel lathe Ellerman Lines behind Feb 74 J3583 Sewstern workshops 35029 Ellerman Lines being sectioned for NRM York Nov 74 J4104 Market Overton 35029 sectioned before delivery to NRM York Aug 75 J4679 David

A visit to Thun on the BLS in Switzerland today. Today, as it happens, we won't see any BLS trains! Thun was also served by the Emmental Burgdorf Thun Bahn with it's red trains. The EBT formed a part of the RM (Regionalverkehr Mittelland), which is now merged with the BLS. Thun SBB Ae6/6 11475 15th Aug 91 C16439 Thun EBT RBDe4/4 15th Aug 91 C16440 Thun SBB E3/3 16376 15th Aug 91 C16441 Thun EBT Re4/4ii 112 15th Aug 91 C16442 Thun SBB cheese restaurant car 15th Aug 91 C16443 David

A few photos from Morpeth today. As many of you know Morpeth has a sharp curve at the western end of the station with a 50mph speed limit so trains travel quite slowly, useful for photography in bad weather in the days of slide film. It is still the junction for the Blyth and Tyne route to Newcastle and North Blyth/Lynemouth. The original junction allows direct running to the south from the Blyth and Tyne - i.e. it faces west, the new line, built when the Metro was being built, allows direct running from the north onto the Blyth and Tyne. Morpeth was also the junction for the NBR Wansbeck Valley line through Scotsgap to Reedsmouth (or Redesmouth) with the branch to Rothbury from Scotsgap Junction. Morpeth 55005 The Prince of Wales Own Regiment of Yorkshire Newcastle to Edinburgh 17th Jan 81 C5266 Morpeth Class 47 up coal April 82 C5648 Morpeth 37253 light engine Dec 83 C6328 Morpeth Class 101 Newcastle to Morpeth Jan 84 C6381 Morpeth 43158 up diverted via Blyth and Tyne after sleeping car train derailment 24th June 84 C6546 David

I'm pleased you are still enjoying them. There are quite a lot more GER photos, as and when I get them sorted out to put on here. I don't think think I have any around Gidea Park - both my and Dad's photo indexes don't show anything around there. Regards, David

It's the ordinary BR blue (but it's an early one!). It is from an Agfa slide which sometimes does odd things to blues. The small yellow panel always makes it look a bit odd as well, then there is the grey roof which is unusually pale. It is just about impossible to "correct" some slides to get the colour right - it depends so much on the original film type and how it was stored. I also suspect that some films were better processed than others depending on when they last replaced the various chemicals. My own feeling is that you should never assume a colour on an old slide is "correct". When I am working on old photos I always keep looking out of the window to check the colours of grass and sky and have even been known to look at models to get somewhere near to the "right" colour when the slide has badly faded (or gone pink, magenta or green!). David

A few more photos from Belgium today. Belgium Essene Lombeek Class 27 2747 Liege to Brugge 1st Aug 90 C14628 Belgium Essene Lombeek Type AM63 236 westbound 1st Aug 90 C14629a Belgium Herbesthal view north of line to Eupen at Limburger Strasse 1st Aug 90 C14631 Belgium Herbesthal view north of line to Eupen at Limburger Strasse 1st Aug 90 C14631 Zeebrugge 15th Aug 90 C15260 David

A few photos on the way north from Keighley today. In the 60s and 70s, long before the advent of the mobile phone and internet, you never knew quite what would turn up when you were standing on a platform or by the lineside. You couldn't get hold of current working timetables either so it was usually a case of photographing whatever turned up. Now and then, if you were near a signalbox, the signalman would tell you if anything interesting was about. Keighley LNER B1 1306 Mayflower and LMS Class 5 44871 Carnforth to York (from Euston) Oct 76 J5491 Skipton BR Class 4 4-6-0 75039 up goods Jan 67 J739 Gargrave Class 108 Leeds to Skipton May 67 J0907 Bell Busk Brittania Class 70023 (ex Venus) down vans Oct 67 J1165 Hellifield Class 101 Skipton to Lancaster April 67 J853 David

Germany today with brief visits to Northeim and Warendorf. The north south main line through Northeim is electrified, the east west route is not. Northeim DR 114 789 Pass Northeim to Nordhausen 26th July 91 C15986 Northeim DB 103 182 Pass Fulda to Flensburg 26th July 91 C15987 Northeim 216 094 26th July 91 C15988 Warendorf DB 212058 26th July 91 C15984 Warendorf 212058 pass Warendorf to Munster 26th July 91 C15985 David

For the second (and last) batch for today we are back on the Great Eastern at three locations on the way to Shenfield. Brook Street 307109 Clacton to Liverpool St 13th June 76 C2785 Harold Wood 308161 Clacton to Liverpool St 13th June 76 C2786 Harold Wood Class 307 Liverpool St to Southend Victoria 13th June 76 C2789 Shenfield 37 Norwich to Liverpool St Nov 75 C2531 Shenfield 47130 up ex pass Jan 79 C4275 David

Three photos I took while I was shopping this morning. Note - the third one is a bridge, it doesn't have a train on it! North Blyth Battleship Wharf 66037 and UP Jasper 18th June 2015 DSC_6515 North Blyth Battleship Wharf 66037 Railway and road bridges over River Blyth David

I think it is, I sure Mal will confirm it in due course. Meanwhile this is one of Dad's photos at the same location which he has noted as the Olympia Brucke. Innsbruck 2043 076 also Classes 1145 1020 1042 1044 1110 Sept 89 J10297 David

Reichenau Tamins on the Rhätische Bahn in Switzerland again today, with a few photos of everyday trains. Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4i 609 westbound goods 7th Aug 90 C14920 Reichenau Tamins ABt 1712 Chur to Thusis 7th Aug 90 C14928 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4ii 615 Disentis to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14930 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4ii Glacier Express from Chur 7th Aug 90 C14936 Reichenau Tamins RhB Ge4/4i 607 Disentis to Chur 8th Aug 90 C14954 Edited to display loco classes correctly - Windows does not like"/" in a file name on my PC. David

Some photos from Lincolnshire this evening, including two of the same bridge at different times. Bardney left Class 105 Lincoln Central to Coningsby, right Class 114 Firsby to Lincoln Central Aug 68 J1389 Bardney down empty tube wagons April 72 J2896 Holton le Moor B1 61107 up goods delivering water to crossing keepers house Sept 63 J064 Holton le Moor Class 31 D5554 shunting Nettleton mines iron ore sidings April 69 J1585 Fledborough LD&ECR bridge over River Trent Aug 64 J154 Fledborough LD&ECR viaduct over River Trent Oct 75 J4992 David

Sorry Chris, I don't know anything more about the coach. The only other photo I have of a similar crane and coach is below, taken after the sleeping car train derailment at Morpeth. Morpeth self propelled track laying crane and coach 25th June 84 C6566 It might be worth looking at Paul Bartlet's photos. David

I have four others, reproduced below. If anyone wonders why photos taken on the same day have non sequential file numbers it's because I used two cameras at that time. Cramlington 31297 p.w.train 19th Feb 84 C6469 Cramlington 19th Feb 84 C6510 Cramlington 19th Feb 84 C6511 Cramlington 19th Feb 84 C6512 David