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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

They were certainly quite uncommon on the GE line to Colchester and beyond. I've had a quick look at my photos and as far as I can see I have only two photos of centre headcode 37s on passenger workings south of Colchester and one on a train of car carriers in the up direction at Shenfield. The only other one is at Harwich, which may well have come from the Ipswich direction. I've not counted the split headcode photos but there are a lot more! David

Some photos from Switzerland in the summer of 1978. They were taken at Chillon, just east of Montreux by Lake Geneva (Lac Leman). Chillon SBB Ae6/6 11483 westbound freight 5th Aug 78 C4007 Chillon SBB Re4/4ii 5th Aug 78 J6196 Chillon SBB Re4/4ii TEE Lemano 5th Aug 78 J6237 Chillon SBB Re4/4ii eastbound Schnellzug 5th Aug 78 J6242 Chillon SBB Re4/4ii Schnellzug 5th Aug 78 J6245 David

More electrics today on the WCML at Roade and Norton Bridge. Roade Class 83 up ex pass July 67_J975 Roade Class 310 up pass July 67 J976 Norton Bridge Class 86 down pallet vans May 76_J5234 Norton Bridge 87019 up ex pass May 76_J5237 NortonBridge 86205 down ex pass May 76_J5248 David

Back to Austria today with some photos from Innsbruck on 5th August 1991. I was staying in Igls at the time and went to Innsbruck on the tram (line 6). Innsbruck 1020 004 at rear of Rollender Landstrasse from Brenner Pass 5th Aug 91 C16155 Innsbruck 1063 035 5th Aug 91 C16157 Innsbruck 1010 018 5th Aug 91 C16158 Innsbruck 1044 20 motorail 5th Aug 91 C16159 Innsbruck 1161 002 5th Aug 91 C16160 David

Today's photos, somewhat early once again. I've had to come in from the garden as it has started gently raining so though I'd get work on some photos for a while. They were taken around Cramlington, on the ECML north of Newcastle at various times in the 1980s - on a variety of film types. Cramlington South Class 101 Newcastle to Morpeth Aug 80_C5129 Cramlington 55012 Crepello Edinburgh to Newcastle Aug 80_C5132 Cramlington Class 31 track and ballast 19th Feb 84_C6470 I think I took this after a freight train derailment when some track had to be replaced. Cramlington South 47521 Edinburgh to Newcastle 5th July 85_C6975 Cramlington South 37079 down dolofines & vans 20.00 25th May 88_C9463 David

Eddie, Thanks very much for the information. I like the photo too - Drei Annen Hohne has changed a bit! David

A few more photos from the Harzquerbahn in the former East Germany today. Wernigerode 99 247 to Nordhausen 27th July 91 C16015 Wernigerode DR 199 892 1 27th July 91 C16022 This is a metre gauge DR diesel based on the V100 design, the standard gauge version is Class 201 from which these were rebuilt to metre gauge. Drei Annen Hohne 99 7231 6 DR to Schierke 27th July 91 C16013 Elend 27th July 91 C15999 Allerbach DR 99 7222 5 to Nordhausen 27th July 91 J12096 David