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  1. Have you had a look on facebook? Unlikely source you might think but I'm a fan of the Darlaston and Wednesbury (West Midlands) railway scene and have found a few unpublished photos of the area by looking for the "history of Darlaston" and the "history of Wednesbury" on facebook. The Wednesbury one has thousands of photos and is taking a while to trawl through but the railway photos are really interesting (to me at least).
  2. Jim, love the thread and your photos! Apologies if this has been mentioned before, but what is the "point train"? I noticed a few wagons with points on them when I went past Bescot Yard a couple of weeks ago. It was a depressing looking site - so little activity now.
  3. My favourite was always Tramway Crossing in Gloucester. Enormous amounts of freight plus many passenger trains of all varieties. Plus close to 2 sheds. The locals must have spent a good percentage of their lives waiting for trains to clear the crossing.
  4. Top feed close to dome - 45298/45081 Top feed well away from dome - 44697/44986
  5. 45609 was involved in a bad smash on 18th May 1948 and was also a very early Jubilee withdrawal in September 1960: From http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMAW8E_Wath_Rail_Crash_Memorial "The express train was travelling from St. Pancras to Bradford. There were two locomotives, twelve coaches and 194 passengers. At a speed of 60-65 miles per hour the train derailed due to track distortion caused by very hot weather. Seven passengers and Driver B. Wilshire, of locomotive number 45609 "Gilbert and Ellice Islands", were killed and 55 injured. Fire service, first aid and mine rescue staff from the nearby Manvers Main Colliery helped at the scene of the accident, and the colliery canteen supplied refreshments for the rescuers."
  6. We used to see sugar beet trains heading, in season, from the Burton direction, south, along the South Staffs towards Stourbridge. They weren't covered with tarps as far as I remember.
  7. Thanks David - I now realise the platforms on my layout don't look authentic because they are way too narrow....
  8. Hopefully this hasn't been mentioned, but I recently saw the Nicole Kidman/Colin Firth film "The Railwayman". Really enjoyable film. Set in the 50s, there is a very brief shot of a loco (a class 37?) in that nice maroon West Coast livery when Colin's character goes to meet Nicole off a train in "Edinburgh".
  9. Well when I made my first trip to see the ECML from the West Midlands there were 3 locos we wanted to see as they were legendary amongst the Midlands spotters - Mallard, Flying Scotsman and to a lesser extent Silver Link. Just another A3? Not to us folk.
  10. It was indeed heaven, but the foremen when I wanted to take a look around were most unhelpful! I'm a West Midlander but fortunately dad was a good sport and took me and my brother all over the place. Of all the places, locations on the ex-GC were my favourites. As another poster said above, there was an alien feel about the ex-Great Central lines. Alien, but brilliant.
  11. I think this is very close to where the Stafford Road Coaler was. A magical place that we got dad to drive us to whenever we were in his good books. By the way, no Black Country scene is complete without Rosebay Willowherb - in season of course. There should also be various aromas around the layout - slurry, sewage works and gas odours. Charming place in the old days wasn't it?
  12. Michael - thanks for these photos. I liked the Lowry one and so went off Googling to see what others are around - thanks for the inspiration and an interesting half hour or so!
  13. Try copying the link at the top (cntrl C) then paste into your post... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG7jbpHjNPU&feature=youtu.be
  14. On the subject of railway footage, I found this on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pe4h0fV0I&list=UU2-ssI7UqwVjr_SP7k8IgMA&index=688&feature=plpp_video The same person has quite a few old videos of Torquay, Dartmouth and London as well as heaps of vintage car stuff.
  15. Ah Bristol. I suffer from the "focussed spotters view" of a lot of major towns and cities and Bristol is one of them. What I mean is I'm familiar with the main station and the routes to the engine sheds but little else. Maybe the footie grounds. So I've yet to explore the normal "delights" of Bristol itself. A treat to come at some stage no doubt!
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