DaveF

Today's are a final view of permanent way work at Harrogate and a few of Dent on the Settle and Carlisle. I think I took these as Dad was thinking of modelling the station. They have appeared before in the Dent layout thread Harrogate Class 08 and tracklayer June 66 Dent up platform building July 66 Dent station building July 66 Dent station building platform side July 66 David Edited as my keyboard can't spell. D

Yes, it is a small trackside allottment, in the photo of Dad's below you can see a pw hut which the allotment was next to. Presumably it "belonged" to the local pw gang. Harrogate Class 46 D171 White Rose Harrogate to Kings X April 66 J471 David

Paul, I've taken a piece of the original scan at full resolution (from the photo in post 28 of the relayer), the number is clearly 480. Image below. Crop of Scan-121001-0041 Track relayer 480 David

Some more PW ones this evening. 3 of the photos are of a tamper but I like the human interest in them. Harrogate scarifying ballast June 66 Harrogate tamper June 66 Harrogate tamper again June 66 Harrogate tamper leaving June 66 David

Some more of the p w work at Harrogate this evening. I remember that I only found out that the track was being relayed when one Sunday morning there seemed to be a lot of noise at the railway, looking out of my bedroom window I could see an 08 so went to investigate. Those who know Harrogate well will probably be able to work roughly where I lived back then! Harrogate tracklayer June 66 Harrogate Class 40 D242 pw train June 66 Harrogate track train June 66 Harrogate Class 08 and tracklayer June 66 David

A crop of the original scan at full resolution is below. The number is W68499. Brake van from tracklayer photo Crop of Scan-121001-0039 Hope this is some use. David

This evening's batch. All at Harrogate. Harrogate B1 61337 11 40am ex pass Harrogate to Kings Cross Nov 65 Harrogate B1 61337 11 40am ex pass Harrogate to Kings Cross Nov 65 These are the first two of a series of photos taken while the down line across Harrogate Stray was being relayed, which I will post over the next couple of days. Some have been seen elsewhere before. Harrogate tracklayer June 66 Harrogate tracklayer June 66 David

Four more for today. I hope you like the people at the Middleton Railway. The Deltics were taken from the Dad's Jaguar Mark 9 on the A1 as we were heading south. Obviously I was not driving, I would have been sitting in the back and took them through the window. The crane at York captioned as a misty day was also bitterly cold with a lot of frost and a few damp patches. For some reason I must have decided to take the train from Harrogate to York for the day to watch trains. I don't think I'd do it in that weather nowadays. Middleton Railway Brake van October 1965 North Muskham Class 55 down Pullman taken from car April 66 South Muskham Class 55 down ex pass taken from car April 66 York Class 08 and breakdown crane on a misty day Feb 66 David

This evening I'm making a start on my 35mm negatives. Early in 1965 my parents moved to Harrogate, I joined them in the summer after staying for several months with friends to take my O levels. That summer I was given a Yashica Minister 2D - the link to flickr (not my site on it) gives some details of it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/32113303@N07/3183447333/ Most of the photos were taken on Ilford FP3 (100ASA) or HP3 (400ASA) negative film. I found I could afford about 1 film a month while in the sixth form and later at University. Some years ago I sold most of my negatives, some RM Webbers own a number of them. Having checked I still have about 250 most of which I will use in this thread. I will not be posting copies of anything I have sold. They are a mix of steam and diesel (mainly diesel) together with a number of specials. There are also some trams, preserved locos and miniature railways. They cover the period September 1965 to May 1969 when I changed to colour slides. They are not in strict chronological order but most are dated. A number have been on RMWeb or flickr before but never all together and I have taken the opportunity to re scan them using Vue Scan software with my Minolta Scan Dual III which is giving much better results. They are not all technically brilliant but I hope they will give a taste of the period and that at least some will be useful. So here are the first four. Collingham Bridge tamper October 1965 Gargrave down Thames Clyde Mk2 coach in blue and grey October 1965 Middleton Railway Y7 0-4-0T 1310 October 1965 Taken at an open day. Leeds City west end during rebuilding April 1967 The distant steam loco is an unidentified Britannia. David

I got back rather too late last night from the camera club to post any images. This evening's are at Grantham around 1963 and are the last of the Brownie 127 images. From the next batch we'll be looking at photos taken on 35mm film with a decent camera. Grantham A3 60049 Galtee More down ex pass c1963 DBR404 Grantham A3 60106 Flying Fox down ex pass c1963 brownie 017 Grantham A2 60522 Straight Deal light engine and A3 60059 Tracery just backing on to up ex pass c1963 brownie 018 Grantham A4 60026 Miles Beevor up ex pass slipping on departure c1963 brownie 019 David

Tonight we have one more from Dunford Bridge and some from Derby. If you think you've seen them before you haven't - but some were taken when I was out with Dad with both of us taking photos. Dunford Bridge EM1 Class 76 westbound freight 1960 brownie 015 Derby Crab up freight c1961 brownie 013 Derby Patriot 45544 down freight c1961 brownie 014. Derby 3F light engine c1961 brownie 016 David

Another 4 this evening. Tuxford Class 40 up ex pass Sept 60 brownie 010 Millers Dale Cressbrook tunnel 4F banking limestone Oct 60 brownie 006 The mark is not a fingerprint, it is a scanning artefact as the film would not stay flat in its holder. Dunford Bridge Class 76 westbound freight 1960 brownie 012 Kirkby in Ashfield 8F 48282 l e April 64 brownie 011 David

Tonight's offering is four more Brownie photos, two actually have trains on them. Millers Dale Cressbrook Tunnel 4F up light engine Oct 60 brownie 005 Royal Albert Bridge from the Plymouth side c1961 brownie 007 I do have two more negatives taken here which are supposed to have trains on them but I was far too late pressing the shutter and just have some blurry carriage roofs so have not scanned them. Solent off Portsmouth PS Sandown Portsmouth to Ryde ferry c1961 brownie 008 I think I took this while I was sailing. Tuxford A1 up ex pass Sept 60 brownie 009 A Brownie 127 was not the best camera for pictures of moving trains. David

I don't think we've had a blue one with arrows twice on each side, pre TOPS number of course. Barkston Class 47 1569 iron ore High Dyke to Scunthorpe December 1970 C442 David

Some months ago I wrote in my thread of Dad's photos that in due course I would scan my black and white negatives, or at least the ones I still have - I sold a lot of them a few years ago. I know some are in the hands of RMWeb members. I've at last made a start on them and will gradually add them to this thread - but it will probably certainly not be every day. The first twenty or so are from my Brownie 127, so don't expect quality! The images taken from 1965 are on 35mm film so will be much better. When I first had the Brownie I was about eleven, so film was a special treat. I can't remember the price of film, but a surviving negative wallet gives the film development price as 2 shillings. I always did my own printing. The first four are below. I eventually learnt not to cut off the front of locos! Probably Stoke Works Junction LMS Class 5 southbound ex pass c1960 brownie 001 Dunford Bridge EM2 pass Sheffield to Manchester 1960 brownie 002 Dukeries Junction A4 down light engine Sept 60 Brownie 003 Some of you may have seen this one before. Millers Dale Cressbrook Tunnel LMS 8F down limestone Oct 60 brownie 004 David

Congratulations, I've always enjoyed your writing. I must have started reading MRC a few years before you started working for IA. These days I particularly enjoy your editorship of Steam World. David

I didn't think the P2's had any daylight under the boiler - at least not on any photos I've seen of the prototype. David

I'm enjoying finding out the actual vehicles in this parcels train as they are two of Dad's photos. To save you having to go to flickr to see the photos I'm posting them here. d Beckfoot Class 40 D307 down parcels April 68 J1259 That's me at the bottom of the photo. d Beckfoot Class 40 D307 down parcels April 68 J1260 David

There are several hundred photos taken in Essex between 1974 and 1980 in my flickr sets, you can find them on these pages: http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/sets/?&page=2 http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/sets They include the LT&S, GER Shenfield to Colchester, GER Marks Tey and Sudbury branch, Colchester to Ipswich and the Felixstowe branch, GER Manningtree to Harwich, Liverpool Street to Shenfield, Eastern Essex Miscellany. I hope you can find them and enjoy looking at them.

The Jidenco/Falcon Class B can be built, below is a photo of one I built 30+ years ago. One day I will sort out the "temporary" repair to the crosshead and piston rod! The one in the background is a 7mm scale version from (I think) Loveless parts, again built around 15 years ago. Neither is perfect but they give me a lot of pleasure - and they both work well. David Edited for spelling again. D

English Electric Type 4 (Class 40) D390 on up goods at Chaloners Whin Junction circa 1966 (I have a more accurate date but cannot find the print with the notes on the back at the moment). David

No, I just went there for a walk. David

As far as I know (it's a few months since I was in that part of the county) there haven't been many changes to the remains of stations on the North Easter's Alnwick to Coldstream line. If it has an island platform I think you must be thinking of Whittingham, which I believe was sold recently so things may change there. Photos around there will appear in another thread in due course. David

As I'm sure most people know the North British Border Counties Railway ran from Riccarton Junction to just west of Hexham. There was also the "Wannie" line from Reedsmouth (or Redesmouth) Junction to Morpeth, which had a branch from Scotsgap Junction to Rothbury. There is a thread here on the Border Counties line: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/39128-border-counties-railway/ Having lived in Northumberland for over thirty years I have a number of photos of the remains of the ex NBR and thought it was worth starting a new thread to put them on RM Web. The images will also appear on flickr. Images will be added as and when I get time (and when I take new ones). Contributions and comments from everyone are welcome. I'll start with a few I took this afternoon on the Rothbury branch while I was visiting Fontburn Reservoir. The place names should be sufficient for most of you to work out where they were taken, if not I'll try to remember to add OS Grid references. Fontburn viaduct DSC_1078 South of Fontburn viaduct DSC_1079 Embankment south of Fontburn viaduct 2 DSC_1080 View south from Rothley Bridge DSC_1081 View north fom Rothley Bridge DSC_1082 Rothley Bridge DSC_1083 B6342 bridge near Rothley cross roads DSC_1084 For those who don't know Northumberland well it should be apparent that there is a lot of empty countryside. David