DaveF

A visit to Beighton and Dore today in blue diesel days. No blue skies though. Beighton 37201 northbound freight on Midland line Jan 79 C4337 Beighton Class 114 pass westbound on GC line Jan 79 C4338 Beighton Class 56 down coal going from Midland to GC line Jan 79 C4339 Dore Class 46 up ex pass April 79 C4442 Dore Class 45 up ex pass April 79 C4444 David

Something of a German miscellany tonight. Quite often when I'm sorting out photos I come across one or two of a place which don't always fit into a neat group to post. This is the case for some of tonight's images. The first one is at Elbingerode which is on the Rubeland Bahn in the former East Germany electrified at 25kVAc. Elbingerode Rubeland Bahn 171 004 5 8th August 1992 C17644 Monschau Vennbahn line 1st Aug 90 C14633 Monschau Vennbahn line 1st Aug 90 C14634 Opposite the Lorelei Class 141 southbound pass 2nd Aug 90 C14654 St Goarhausen 110 248 southbound with Jugoslavian coaches 2nd Aug 90 C14651 David

The second batch of photos today are on the Highland line north of Inverness - in fact ending up as far north as you can get. As most of you know trains are a bit few and far between in that part of the world so some of the shots are infrastructure, I hope you will still like them. Culrain Class 26 Inverness to Wick and Thurso Aug 73 C1335 Lairg 25th June 69 C016 Kinbrace rear of northbound train leaving Aug 73 J3302 Thurso 21st June 69 C011 Thurso full brake Aug 73 J3292 Thurso Aug 73 J3293 David

It's time we visited a new location for the Sunday afternoon preservation spot, so we'll travel back in time to 27th May 1991 when the rope hauled incline was being demonstrated at the Bowes Railway using a rake of NCB wagons. Sadly rope haulage is no longer working. The demonstrations involved working wagons up and down the bank using the winding engine at Blackham's Hill. On this visit it was also possible to travel in steam hauled brake vans to a separate platform using a junction part way up the incline from Springwell. The Bowes Railway is situated on the south side of Gateshead, just off the A1. The site is open on selected dates, details are on the Bowes Railway website. Springwell Bowes Railway Barclay WST 27th May 91 C 15830 Blackhams Hill Bowes Railway electric winding engine 27th May 91 C15834 Blackhams Hill Bowes Railway wagons at top of incline 27th May 91 C15835 Blackhams Hill Bowes Railway wagonsbeing hauled up incline by rope 27th May 91 C15838 Blackhams Hill Bowes Railway view up incline 27th May 91 C15839 Blackhams Hill Bowes Railway view down incline 27th May 91 C15840 Springwell Bowes Railway Barclay WST 27th May 91 C15828 Edited to add a photo. David

Remaining in Switzerland, this evening's photos were taken at ArthGoldau in 1988, where the lines from Zurich, Luzern and north through Rotkreuz meet to go over the Gotthard. Arth Goldau RE4/4i Regional Zug Airolo to Luzern 28th July 88 C9637 Arth Goldau Re6/6 11671 Othmarsingen southbound containers 30th July 88 C9807 Arth Goldau ARB stock stabled for night 1st Aug 88 C09974 Arth Goldau ARB rack point 1st Aug 88 C09977 Arth Goldau SOB BDt 291 Rigi Konstanz Express Luzern to Konstanz 5th Aug 88 C10206 David

Some from the Midland main line between Nottingham and Loughborough for this evening. The first two are taken from somewhat damaged half frame slides, so the quality is not so good. Hathern station site Class 27 D5384 and 2 brake tenders down coal April 66 J458 Normanton on Soar Class 105 Leicester to Nottingham April 66 J453 Normanton on Soar Class 45 Nottingham to St Pancras Aug 75 C2242 Loughborough Midland 150101 Nottingham to Coventry June 89 J10025 Loughborough Midland Class 45 D78 Derby to St Pancras heavy rain May 69 J1701 Mum used to work at the Brush works towards the end of the war when she was a turbine designer. David

A few more from Reichenau Tamins on the Rhätische Bahn in Switzerland today. Reichenau Tamins Be 4/4 513 Thusis to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14900 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4ii 611 St Moritz to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14914 Reichenau Tamins Ge6/6 415 mixed train to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14918 Reichenau Tamins cement wagon on transporter 7th Aug 90 C14923 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4i 609 shunting 7th Aug 90 C14924 David

A visit to the WCML in Cumbria for today. With the aid of a time machine we can have a set of photos from a period of 35 years in one post. Beckfoot Class 40 D216 up vans April 68 J1252 Dad's notes say D216, but I think it is another loco as there is no nameplate. Low Gill viaduct on Ingleton line (Little North Western) April 68 J1263 Lune Gorge Virgin Class 221 down ex pass 19th July 03 C26295 Greenholme 90016 up steel 24th Aug 90 C15318 Shap 60058 down oil 29th March 94 C19365 Davaid

Austria this evening, continuing to look at Zell am See with photos of both the standard gauge main line and the Pinzgauer Bahn line to Krimml which is 760mm gauge. Zell am See 5090 003 30th July 91 C16057 Zell am See 2090 002 Krimml to Zell 30th July 91 C16062 Zell am See Tischlerhausl 1044 075 eastbound 31st July 91 C16066 Zell am See 6030 308 Salzburg to Worgl 31st July 91 C16080 Zell am See DB 110 322 ecs from a Sonderzug Aachen to Zell am See 3rd Aug 91 C16112 David

Along the Great Central Railway line to Cleethorpes today. At one time, before these photos were taken, I knew the area quite well, especially round Grimsby Docks as we sometimes moored Dad's boat there in the 1960s. In those days there was still a lot of timber traffic with lines of timber wagons in the sidings around Alexandra Dock. Melton Ross 60055 westbound iron ore 30th May 91 C15876 Brocklesby Class 47 westbound oil 28th March 78 C3757 Grimsby Class 114 to Cleethorpes 11th Aug 77 C3459 Cleethorpes 156473 Manchester Airport to Cleethorpes 26th July 2000 C25004 Cleethorpes Class 114 11th Aug 77 C3458 David

A visit to Reichenau-Tamins station on the Rhätische Bahn in Switzerland today. Just to the west of the station is the junction for the lines to Disentis and St Moritz. Heading east you come to Chur. The Vorder Rhein and Hinter Rhein meet here to form the River Rhein (Rhine). Reichenau Tamins RhB Ge6/6 415 mixed train to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14903 Reichenau Tamins Ge6/6ii 705 Chur to St Moritz 7th Aug 90 C14911 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4i 609 westbound goods 7th Aug 90 C C14920 Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4ii 611 Chur to St Moritz 7th Aug 90 C14931 This photo was taken from the gardens of the SchlossHotel Adler at Reichenau, which was a very pleasant hotel at the time. I've no idea what it is like now. As you would expect from its name it is a castle, right by the Rhein. Reichenau Tamins Ge4/4ii 621 Glacier Express Zermatt to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14938 David

Today's photos could be described as being not too far from Harrogate, which was where Dad was living when he took these photos. I have (or had) black and white versions of most of them, I was probably standing a few yards from him. The two on the Ripon line at South Stainley are the only two photos I have of the line between Ripon and Harrogate while it was still open, the S&C and the ECML were both much more interesting to photograph. Harrogate Goods Class 08 Aug 65 J281 Knaresborough viaduct K1 up goods Aug 65 J341 Cattal Signal box, station building and crossing Nov 67 J1172 South Stainley, south of Ripon Class 101 Leeds City to Darlington, going away, taken on last day of services March 67 J793 South Stainley, south of Ripon Class 46 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime St taken on last day of services March 67 J794 David

Another visit to Denmark today. A brief look at Odense where the Danish National Railway Museum is situated, together with a couple from Ribe. I'm sure you all know Denmark well enough not to need any further details of the locations - but they are on Google Earth! As usual I find it to believe that it is over twenty years since I went to Odense. Odense DSB IC3 5369 5037 to Copenhagen 14th Aug 94 C19713 Odense railway museum DSB No 159 15th Aug 94 C19720 Odense railway museum DSB dmu and DSB Lyntog 460 15th Aug 94 C19733 Ribe station buildings 26th July 92 C17030 Ribe DSB dmu 4050 26th July 92 C17031

Electrics around Standon Bridge and Nuneaton this evening - and one photo of a bridge. They are all in the days of BR blue with the ones at Standon Bridge being taken in the early part of the long hot dry summer of 1976. The three Nuneaton photos are Dad's, I've no idea why he went there, but he never went back to take any more photos there. The first photo has some nice pointwork. Nuneaton Class 85 down ex pass May 71_J2641 Nuneaton LNWR Nuneaton to Coventry line bridge over B4114 May 71_J2642 NuneatonClass 304 025 Rugby to Stafford May 71_J2643 Standon Bridge Class 87 up XP June 76_C2812 Standon Bridge Class 87 down XP June 76_C2814 David

There should be some more in due course. David

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Landquart in Switzerland again today with one standard gauge SBB train, the rest are the metre gauge RhB (Rhätische Bahn). Landquart Re4/4ii 11145 Chur to Zurich 7th Aug 90 C14892 Landquart RhB Ge4/4ii 630 Landquart to Davos 7th Aug 90 C14882 Landquart RhB Ge/44ii 623 to Davos 7th Aug 90 C14885 Landquart RhB Bt Davos to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14887 Landquart RhB Ge4/4ii 621 Davos to Chur 7th Aug 90 C14890 David

Some taken at Kings Cross for today. Kings Cross 55007 Pinza May 78 J6044 Kings Cross 3120198 Royston to London May 78 J6046 Kings Cross 55017 Durham Light Infantry Nov 79 C4895 I remember taking the next one, I was on my way to Newcastlefor a job interview which led to me moving to the north east. Kings Cross 313064 Feb 80 C4949 Kings Cross 317371 21st Nov 87 C9279 Since the clock says midnight I must have been about to catch the sleeper to Newcastle after a work meeting David

I've just checked my notes, the 114 (C4454) was taken in April 79. David

I can spell, but my keyboard can't! David

Austria again this evening, this time on a (very) wet day in Salzburg. I travelled there on the train for the day from Zell am See. In places the track was under water, even the rails were covered. Perhaps electricity in Austria is less dangerous than Britain - I was on a train hauled by (I think) a Class 1044 electric. Salzburg 1063 023 1st Aug 91 C16087 Salzburg 1081 008 Regionalzug 1st Aug 91 C16089 Salzburg 2067 020 1st Aug 91 C16091 The watre was quite high in the river for August... Salzburg Salzach Bridge Class 1044 Wien West to Basel via Germany (I think) 1st Aug 91 C16093 Salzburg SVB Salzburger Stadtwerke Verkehrsbetriebe 47 Nussdorf Salzburg to Lamprechtshausen 1st Aug 91 C16095 David

The second batch for today are from the GNR Grantham to Nottingham line. Bottesford West Junction Class 31 D5803 up mineral July 69 J1785 Elton and Orston 156407 Skegness to Crewe going away 10th June 95 C20284 The next photo was taken to the east of Radcliffe on Trent station. On the extreme right is the start of the trial section of concrete slab track on the up line. It had curves in it, the formation was originally four tracks wide to accommodate the LNWR lines and it even had a (non functioning) trailing point. east of Radcliffe on TrentClass 114 Nottingham to Grantham April 79 C4454 Radcliffe on Trent 2x Class 25 Yarmouth to Derby June 79 C4585 The Cotgrave branch ran from west of Radcliffe on Trent station to Cotgrave colliery. Cotgrave Branch Class 31 up coal Nov 68 J1501 I think Dad took this photo near the junction of the roads from Cropwell Bishop and Cotgrave to Radcliffe on Trent. He was living in Cotgrave at the time. David

It's a long time since I posted anything in this thread - photography and 0 gauge have been occupying my time. A recent re-organisation of the "hidden sidings" has led to my finding space for two more goods trains. A supply of wagons was no problem, I have lots of them, but I realised I had no spare brake vans (and two already in use are not very good models). So I need some more. A hunt in my boxes of unbuilt kits found a Parkside kit for a very late period Midland Railway brake (very like the Bachmann early LMS one released recently). That has been built and awaits painting once the second one is built. The second kit is a Jidenco etched brass kit for a Midland 6 wheel 15Ton or 20Ton brake van. I think I've had the kit for around 20 years, the first job was to make sure the parts were all there, including the castings and to find some wheels. The wheels will be the current Hornby type. All the etches and castings seem to be there. Before anyone says that Jidenco kits are (almost) impossible to build I should mention that I built the same brake van type over thirty years ago, I remember the hard bits very well indeed! The worst bit back then was bending up the solebars into the correct "U" shape from pieces of brass with no half etched lines, as the bolt/rivet detail is etched on the surface so I assume half etched bend lines could not be done as well. I may use my "hold and fold" or I may see if I have some suitable brass channel and add the etches as an overlay. This afternoon I cleaned up the brass with some "Safeway Cream Cleaner" - it's very old but still cleans well, it's just abrasive enough. A few small bits fell off the etch but as brass is quite heavy the bits remained in the bowl after I gently tipped the water away - a bit like gold panning really. I'm not sure how long it will take, it will be fitted in between other modelling, photographic and gardening things. All being well I will take some photos as it progresses and post them here. David PS The brass is a lot cleaner than it looks in the photo. Davd

Some more from Cadeby Rectory, the home of of Rev Teddy Boston. Cadeby Pixie June 64 J129 Cadeby Bagnall 0-4-0ST Pixie June 70 C221 Cadeby Pixie returing from trip to Crich on low loader Sept 70 J2293 Pixie and the wagons are about to be hauled up the incline on the right back onto the railway. At times the drive could get a little crowded... Cadeby Foster Fiery Elias on rectory drive Sept 70 CV457 Health and Safety was a bit different then. If you fell off it was your own fault. Cadeby Pixie Sept 70 C373 Cadeby Bagnall 0-4-0ST Pixie June 71 J2693 David

I think almost all colour films of the 60s (and even into the 80s) can give problems. Agfa goes green, Fuji loses a lot of the green, it goes an olive colour, Ektachrome can have an overall green tinge and so on. You also have the problem of fading caused by exposure to any light while they are stored. Many years ago I read an article in Amateur Photographer which said that there is a measurable shift in colour balance on a slide after being in a projector for only thirty seconds! David