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On 25/08/2022 at 13:42, Covkid said:

 

And we had the best gaffer ever in Mr Les McDowell

Agreed .

At Bescot we where known as "Trainload Freight West Midlands" . I was a trainman D at the time and I did a swop with a shunter from another local yard for one of their nifty orange and blue all weather rain jackets which had a Trainload freight West midlands logo on it . 

Found a pic on Flickr of one of the mugs that was issued to staff at the time : https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119375@N03/6613121155/sizes/l/ & https://www.flickr.com/photos/63119375@N03/6613121135/sizes/l/

Had a few jobs second manning (Trainman D) or driving at Bescot usually on the night ferry turn or when spare taking 08's off the depot to various locations , Washwood Heath , Saltley , Tyseley , Oxley , Wolves Steel , Those weren't too bad but the bad ones where Rugby via Nuneaton or Crewe ! Nose first usually kept the loco's cool but cab first and you had to watch the engine temps . More rarer on daytime shifts though Wednesbury , Washwood Heath and Saltley where easily done if needed , Though a PITA if you ended up following one over the Sutton Park line !

Superb , It's back . Many thanks for sorting this out , Very much appreciated . 👍

Searched on Google for 86222 NSE and found an entry in Google books for Pip Dunns "British Rail Main Line Locomotives Specification Guide"

86221 has NSE flashes under it's numbers while in IO , While 86222 has NSE branding and flashes while in B

Looks like a wired crossover though unusable for electric traction you can see it better in these other pics . 

David Ford pics from 1971 : https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5537874243/sizes/h/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5537880309/sizes/h/

1972 further back : https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/33529718463/sizes/h/

The crossover wire continues its run up the down DC line and the down DC wire becomes the crossover wire for the last part of the crossover .

There are a few pics on Flickr taken at Ardwick from various photographers showing the crossover between the DC and AC fitted lines and there's a double set of insulators on both the contact and catenary wires . Would of made a mess if a pantograph had tried to run along that section of catenary !

Tony Walmsley image taken 1983   : https://www.flickr.com/photos/75514026@N03/23258605816/sizes/h/

Note also the additional mesh partition on each of the gantries between the two systems . 

I'm not sure without comparing it with an OS map from that specific era ?

There's are BR signalling diagrams for Peterborough station contained within a few resignalling notices  which are available to download from the "Signalling Record Society" website : https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/ArchiveSignals/brer.php 

47-1973 : Peterborough, extension of Peterborough area of control, closure of Crescent Junction SB.
Sunday 11 March. 

Also :

51-1973 : Holme - Yaxley - Fletton - Peterborough, extension of Peterborough area of control, closure of Fletton, Yaxley SBs.
Sunday 29 April

The Old-Maps website can be a good resource for the older more detailed 1:1'250 scale Ordnance Survey maps .

Peterborough station area 1984-1985 : https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/518686/298845/13/100951

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Agreed , It's a shame it wasn't rolled out to any of the UK based loco's before the sale to G&W .

Freightliner Poland (PL) livery :  https://www.flickr.com/photos/167500455@N07/47791590181/sizes/l/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39974957@N08/50534682142/sizes/l/

On 27/12/2019 at 15:25, Bernard Lamb said:

Me to. They were an important part of GDR motive power for many years.

I have a memory of a time when there was major flooding in the Dresden area and several of these machines were placed above the piers on the bridge outside the main station to help prevent the bridge being washed away. 

Bernard

2013 floods , there's a video on YouTube showing the loco's on the bridge : https://youtu.be/sU9mTtqVXsM

80s-90s period : Gulf Oil trains to the Albion terminal , Oil trains to Rowley Regis , Rugeley & Ironbridge Power stations , BOC tanks to Wolverhampton (Monmore Green) , Steel traffic to Wolverhampton steel , Wednesfield Road (wolves) , Wednesbury , Great Bridge , Brierley hill & Round Oak . Chemicals traffic to Langley Green (Chlorine and phosphorus) , Cars from Longbridge , Scrap from Handsworth , Bilston & Saltley . China clay to Stoke . Coal to Rugeley & Ironbridge Power stations . Household coal to Pensnett , Shrewsbury & Gobowen . Cement to Oakengates , Handsworth & Curzon street (Birmingham) . Concrete sleepers from Washwood Heath (west end) . Freightliners to/from Lawley street & Dudley Terminals . Imported metals to the smelter at Bloxwich . Stone to Witton . MOD traffic to Donnington . Fertiliser to Alscott (south of Shrewsbury) .

So this is whats keeping you busy these days Dave , Excellent layout and instantly recognisable .

Hope your not replicating Saltley PSB's habit of holding the homeward bound Bescot men wanting access to the Sutton park line