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A final batch from the Tanfield Railway. Not many trains but some photos of other things to see at the railway. Andrews House house starter DSC_6083 Marley Hill DSC_6049 NCB wagon DSC_6050 Token exchange at Marley Hill DSC_6019 Oil cans 2 DSC_6041 Over the weekend there was a vintage bus rally at the Metro Centre with a service running to Marley Hill. Routemaster bus at Marley Hil DSC_6027 Bristol ex Darlington bus at Marley Hill DSC_6065 Daid

A look at the Rhatische Bahn today, the metre gauge railway in South East Switzerland. All these photos were taken at Landquart where there is both the RhB station on the line from Chur to Klosters and Davos and the SBB station on the line between Sargans and Chur. Landquart RhB Be4/4 515 Chur to Landquart 7th Aug 90 C 14880 Landquart RhB Ge4/4ii 630 Landquart to Davos 7th Aug 90 C14881 Landquart RhB Ge4/4ii 623 to Davos 7th Aug 90 C 14883 Landquart RhB Be4/4 513 and Ge6/6ii 704 7th Aug 90 C14891 Landquart RhB Ge2/4 shunting 7th Aug 90 C14897 David

Another visit to the line from Maningtree to Harwich this evening. I find it hard to believe that I took these images nearly 40 years ago. An extra photo tonight as some don't have trains in - I always like to photograph the whole railway scene. Manningtree Class 47 47298 Norwich to Liverpool St May 77 C3348 Parkeston Quay Class 105 Harwich to Manningtree going away Feb 77 C3198 Parkeston Quay Class 08 shunting in distance Feb 77 C3199 Parkeston Quay Freightliner terminal from platform Feb 75 C1864 Harwich Class 08 761 Oct 75 C3083 Harwich BR Train Ferry leaving Harwich, carrying vans. Trinity House MV Lady Patricia on left C2175 David

Some more from the Tanfield Railway last Monday. Edited several times to get the right photos in the right place! Cochrane taking water at Andrews House DSC_6081 EastTanfield No2 and Cochrane running round 4th May 2015 DSC_5988 In Marley Hill shed DSC_6043 Through the waiting room window DSC_6009 Stephenson Crossley diesel at Marley Hill DSC_6047 David

The link doesn't seem to work for me, try: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/69274-dave-f-more-photos-added-21-june-from-1947-to-1955ish/ David

There are some in this thread and some more to come - but I have many thousands of photos to work through if we don't all get bored with them. If you go to my flickr site and look in albums (sets) you will find some. https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/sets Note - There are three pages of albums (sets. David

If anyone has a timetable with these trains in I'd love to know what they are. C1146. I probably took this around lunchtime on a weekday, I very occasionally got chance to slip out from work for a short while. J054 at Bardney. This may have been taken at a weekend or else it was during half term. It was taken from Dad's boat on the River Witham if anyone wonders how he took it without swimming!. David

Switzerland once more this evening. As you travel east along Lac Leman (Lake Geneva) from Lausanne you will come to Cully, from where a metre gauge line, the Chemin de fer Electriques Veyveysans (CEV) climbs up to Blonay and then on to Les Pleaides. Above Blonay it uses a rack. From Blonay a branch line leads to Chamby. This is now worked by the Blonay Chamby Preservation Society, which also has a museum, Musee de Chaulin part way along the line, also used as the loco depot. Meanwhile the MOB (Montreux Oberland Bernois) climbs from Montreux through Fontanivent and on to Chamby before continuing on its way to Gstaad and Zweisimmen. The line crosses the motorway near Chernex (Autobahn or Autoroute depending on whether you are a German or French speaking Swiss) - the area's main language is French. Blonay CEV BDeh2/4 71 Vevey to Les Pleiades 5th Aug 78 J6249 BlonayCEV BDeh2/4 Vevey to Les Pleiades 5th Aug 78 J6276 Blonay. Blonay Chamby ex Brunig & ex BAM Ed3/3 6 5th Aug 78 J6252 Blonay. Blonay Chamby Geneve Tramways 125 5th Aug 78 C4013 Chernex MOB BDe4/4 Montreux to Gstaad 5th Aug 78 J6277 David

A few from around the Lincoln area this evening. Lincoln St Marks tail end of goods hauled by Class 03 from Lincoln Central July 70 J2159 Branston and Heighington Class 31 down goods March 72 C859 Potterhanworth Class 31 up pass Sept 72 C1146 Bardney B1 4-6-0 down pass Bardney June 63 J054 Bracebridge disused Lincoln to Grantham line July 70 J2155 David

A few more from my visit to the Tanfield Railway on Monday 4th. Sunniside Cochrane and No 2 4th May 2015 DSC_5967 Cochrane and No 2 approaching Marley Hill box DSC_6061 Entering Causey station DSC_6001 At Andrews House DSC_6013 Awaiting restoration DSC_6048 Armstrong Whitworth No 2 DSC_6052 Edited (twice) to remove a duplicated photo and replace it with the one I meant to upload. David

Yes, it is in LMS livery. I was surprised how well the slide scanned as the original was in poor condition. It's one of Dad's photos, I've just had a look and he only took the one photo there - most remiss of him! David

The Swiss are quite good at standardising things, when they want to. The various designs of standard gauge coach used by SBB are also used by most of the private standard gauge railways. They also like to buy things made in Switzerland when they can. David

Another part of north east Switzerland today, the village of Urnasch, about halfway between Herisau and Appenzell on the Appenzeller Bahn. You will remember that this is metre gauge from previous photos. Urnasch AB BDe44 33 Wasserauen to Gossau 5th Aug 90 C14815 Urnasch AB BDe44 33 Wasserauen to Gossau 5th Aug 90 C14816 Urnasch AB BDe44 33 Wasserauen to Gossau 5th Aug 90 C14817 Urnasch AB ABde44 46 Gossau to Wasserauen 5th Aug 90 C14818 Urnasch AB ABde44 46 Gossau to Wasserauen 5th Aug 90 C14819 David

A few from Derbyshire this evening, including one very early one of Dad's. Langley Mill MR Eastwood Colliery branch, NCB wagons June 69 J1757 Awsworth 47014 up freight, GNR viaduct behind C3901 Awsworth Class 47 down empties June 78 C3903 Stanton Gate Jubilee up Thames Clyde July 52 J004 Stanton Ironworks Yorkshire engine Co DE1 or DE2 0-4-0 diesel shunter April 69 J1625 David

A few from the Tanfield railway, not far from Gateshead, yesterday (4th May). As usual the engine shed was open to look round, much of the yard at Marley Hill is also accessible. Some of the coaches have verandahs which are useful for obtaining photos as the train is going along. There will probably be some more photos over the coming days. Tanfield Railway Andrews House No 2 and Cecil Cochrane 4th May 2015 DSC_5954 Inside a Tanfield Railway coach Cochrane and 2 at Sunniside 4th May 2015 DSC_5959 Approaching East Tanfield DSC_5981 Cochrane and No2 at East Tanfield 4th May 2015DSC_5983 Inside Marley Hill shed DSC_6036 Awaiting restoration at Marley Hill DSC_6046 No 2 and Cochrane climbing to Andrews House DSC_6075 David

Switzerland again, this time we are at Buchs, between St Margarethen and Sargans in the north east, next to the Rhein. It is also the junction for Austria and the Arlberg route. Trains to and from Austria change from SBB to OBB traction and vice versa at Buchs. Buchs Re4/4ii 11280 5th Aug 90 C14789 Buchs Ae6/6 11441 EC Franz Schubert Basel to Wien West 5th Aug 90 C14790 EC means Eurocity express. Buchs E3/3 8487 5th Aug 90 C14794 Buchs OBB 1044 111 EC FRanz Schubert Basel to Wien West 5th Aug 90 C14795 Buchs Ae4/7 10921 5th Aug 90 C14796 These locos were built between 1929 and 1934 so were fairly old at the time of the photo. David

I'm back home now from a very enjoyable day at the Tanfield Railway - there will probably be some photos of it in the next few days. This evening's photos are from Selby to Hull over quite a long time span. Selby bridge Feb 83 C5957 Selby Class 124 Liverpool to Hull Aug 67 J1073 Ferriby 156481 Liverpool to Hull 31st July 90 C14621 Hessle Class 111 Leeds to Hull Sept 66 J645 Hull 158809 and 144022 22nd July 00 C24929 David

Yes, I believe it is, placed there to publicise the museum - Gloddfa Ganol I think at Blaenau Ffestiniog. Thanks very much, I've often wondered what the train looked like from the lineside. David

Switzerland today, at Altstatten where there are 2 stations, one for the SBB and the other for the Appenzeller Bahnen. A metre gauge tram line used to connect them but was closed a long time ago. Altstatten lies near the Rhein, between St Margarethen and Buchs in the north east of the country. Altstatten Re4/4ii 11385 Interlaken to St Gallen 5th Aug 90 C14769 Altstatten Re4/4ii 11385 Interlaken to St Gallen 5th Aug 90 C14770 Altstatten Stadt end of SGA where tramway started to SBB station 5th Aug 90 C14767 Altstatten Stadt SGA ABDeh4/4 6 Gais to Altstatten 5th Aug 90 C14765 Altstatten Stadt SGA ABDeh4/4 6 Gais to Altstatten 5th Aug 90 C14766 David

The second batch for today are on the line from Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Trawsfynnedd. Llanrwst 47432 special Morpeth to Blaenau Ffestiniog 19th April 86 C7462 Dolwyddelan Class 120 Llandudno Junction to Blaenau Ffestiniog July 82 C5725 Dolwyddelan Class 120 Blaenau Ffestiniog to Llandudno Junction July 82 C5728 Roman Bridge Class 108 up pass 6th Aug 79 C4705 Blaenau Ffestiniog Class 40 le to Trawsfynnedd July 82 C5732 David

I'm just going to watch the "Tour de Yorkshire" on TV so I thought I'd better post today's preserved railway photos first. The photos of the Ffestiniog were all taken on a very wet day when I had gone on an excursion from the north east, I'd joined the train at Cramlington and we had travelled to Blaenau Ffestiniog, then we were to have a round trip on the Ffestiniog before returning home. On the day D200 was hauling a trip from Leeds (I think) and broke down, so was very late, we were behind it on the way to Blaenau. They went on the train before us to Porthmadog. However, both train loads needed to go back to Blaenau on the same Ffestiniog train, so some hurried shunting was done resulting in a 17 coach train being taken to Blaenau by Linda and Blanche double heading. I believe that according to a piece in the Railway Magazine this was thought to be the longest train the FR had run in preservation days. Porthmadog Mountaineer 19th April 96 C7470 Porthmadog Moel Hebog shunting to add extra coaches to train 19th April 86 C7472 Porthmadog Linda and Blanche on 17 coach special with trainloads from Leeds and Morpeth 19th April 1986 C7474 Porthmadog Moel Hebog 19th April 86 C7475 Penrhyndeudraeth Linda and Blanche on 17 coach train 19th April 1986 C7476 Tan y Grisiau Linda and Blanche on 17 coach train 19th April 1986 C7481 Blaenau Ffestiniog Linda and Blanche 19th April 1986 C7483 David

Thanks again, I've added the information to the captions. David

I do have quite a lot more when I get around to captioning them. David

Possibly, but I'm not sure how rare they were. I stopped collecting numbers when the A4s left the southern end of the ECML, except for locos I photographed - and even then some loco numbers had to be taken from the slide if I forgot to write down the number at the time I took the photo. David

Austria again this evening. We start with one more from Feldkirch and then move a fairly short distance to the west and stop at Nenzing, on the Arlberg route, to watch a few trains. Feldkirch 1044 080 EC Stuttgart to Feldkirch 5th Aug 90 C14777 Nenzing Class 4020 Bludenz to Feldkirch 5th Aug 90 C14782 Nenzing Class 4020 Bludenz to Feldkirch and 1044 073 plus 1044 083 EC Dachstein Basel and Lindau to Graz and Klagenfurt 5th Aug 90 C14783 Nenzing Class 4020 Bludenz to Feldkirch and 1044 073 plus 1044 083 EC Dachstein Basel and Lindau to Graz and Klagenfurt 5th Aug 90 C14784 Nenzing 1044 088 Alpehrhein Wien West to Sargans and Bregenz 5th Aug 90 C14785 David