DaveF

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

I recommend them too, they are very good indeed. Sue and Chris worked in the TV industry, their films are very professionally produced. David

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

I've had a look at the original scan, it is a container ship. As for the clinker lifeboat the Portsmouth to Ryde ferries in use then, Brading, Southsea and Shanklin, were built in 1948 by Denny's in Dumbarton and presumably had never been updated much. David

Austria today with a few photos taken at Zell am See in 1991. This was shortly after the station had been rebuilt with platforms and canopies. Zell am See 1044 103 eastbound weedkilling 30th July 91 C16053 Zell am See 1044 202 Zurch to Graz Robert Stolz 30th July 91 C16058 Zell am See 4010 010 Innsbruck to Graz 30th July 91 C16059 Zell am See 1044 109 Wien West to Innsbruck Jacob Prandtauer 31st July91 C16083 Zell am See 4030 304 Worgl to Salzburg 31st July 91 C16084 David

It's a lovely sunny day here in Northumberland, ideal for a trip to the Isle of Wight on one of the ferries from Portsmouth. Portsmouth Harbour entrance MV Brading Ryde to Portsmouth June 75 C2144 Ryde Pier Head 4VEC 043 June 75 C2159 Ryde Pier Head July 79 J6545 Ryde Pier Head O2 Ryde to Ventnor and O2 le faded slide Aug 64 J157 Brading 4VEC 045 Shanklin to Pier Head June 75 C2154 David

Dad took these photos, he was using Agfa film at the time (ASA 50). Over time the blues tend toi turn greener which makes scanning and correcting them quite a big task! Some I have more success with than others. The French photos are not amongst Dad's best, for some reason the lens was not always stopping down correctly so there is some over exposure - but only on random images.When he got home and the slides came back from Agfa he bought a new camera! David

Yes it was mine. It generally worked well and din't rust - but I only kept it for about 18 monhs. The only problem was that it once boiled for no apparent reason but never did it again. I replaced it with a Citroen BX - a much nicer car. David

The train is on the WCML north of the station, approaching the site of Caldew Junction. Just out of shot to the right is the site of the Caledonian Railway goods yard, the road is now called Viaduct Estate Road. The freight avoiding line was the far side of the Caledonian Goods line, it joined the main line just north of this photo at Caldew Junction. I'm afraid I've forgotten what the plaque is for. David

I have to admit that when I posted the photo this evening I did wonder whether the second loco might be a Class 87, but my notes said 86. What do others think? David

A few more from France in 1967 today. St Avold DBVT08 Frankfurt to Paris going away Aug 67 J999a St Avold SNCF B coach Aug 67 J999c Calais Ville SNCF 141R Paris to Calais Maritime Aug 67 J1026 Calais Maritime SNCF 141R 1276 light engine Aug 67 J1035 Calais Maritime 050TQ12 light engine Aug 67J1042 David

Carlisle in the 1980s today, all electrics. Carlisle 86034 & 86038 down freight 23rd Oct 84 C6617 Carlisle 86258 Talyllyn Glasgow to Euston 23rd Oct 84 C6623 Carlisle 86229 up vans 6th Aug 85 C7069 Carlisle 87023 Velocity up Royal train 30th July 86 C7731 Carlisle 81008 up motorail 30th July 86 C7737 David