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Bonjour Paul, it was good to see Nouvion again, and have a chat. The layout attracted quite a lot of positive comments while I was watching. I enjoyed the Culm Valley Show, it was a good day out, cheers

We were in Dawlish Warren earlier this week and walked along the sea wall, although the winds were not that strong there were high tides and there was quite a lot of spray. I got a couple of photos along the way including this one cheers

Here is a photo from Newquay, here part of the South West Coast Path follows the route of the Treffrey Mineral Railway from St Dennis to Newquay Harbour. In Newquay this is on the route from Newquay Station down to Newquay Harbour, closed in 1925 and lifted in 1926, 10/9/2014 cheers

From 1975 on one of my rare Scottish trips, one of my dodgy instamatic photos. 50041 outside the shed at Polmadie, 18/8/75 cheers

Here is another of mine, I don't think it has appeared before Glorious to the rescue, 50033 at Exeter St Davids with a HST set with power cars 43150/43149 21/4/82 cheers

I can not find any photos or reference to timber traffic from North Wales in the 1980s in my books, there may have been trial loads, but probably not regular traffic. For other Speedlink traffic there was cider from Taunton to Holyhead as well as aluminium ingots from Holyhead for export both traffics carried in bogie ferry vans, (Cargo Wagon I think) cheers

The wagon on the rear looks like a OCA which were built 1981/2, some were later turned over to the engineers. cheers

I agree with Jamie, my Baker Rail Atlas shows a connection to Marchon Chemical works south of Corkickle station, so they are not 'oil' tanks. I went there once in 1984, (overnight to Carlisle then back along the coast) and have a photo taken from the platform, in the siding with stopblocks at the south end of the platform is a train of what look like caustic soda tanks, (dark blue with orange solebars and ladders) In the distance to the south another set of tanks this time white with orange band. cheers

Thanks Peter, Like Jintyman I was wary of thread hijack and this was the first time I thought one of my shots was relevant as they are earlier than your 1985-7 theme. My three photographic visits to North Wales were in 1982/83, so far I have scanned all 19 photos from 1982, they are in my Flickr album '1980s L.M.R. North Wales', mostly not very exciting as a lot are DMUs. When I get time in the autumn I wiil restart scanning, I have a few more freight shots I think so will post some when I get there. In the meantime I will enjoy trainspotting at Llanbourne! cheers

I have been reading about Llanbourne for some time and enjoying the photos. I thought the North Wales Coast was really interesting in the early 1980s, with loco hauled stock and semaphore signals. It was a long way from home so I only made a handful of visits, and they were a bit before your timescale. However as the flyash workings have been mentioned I did take a couple of photos, and here is one of them:- 56070 is reversing a loaded train at Llandudno Junction, 7/6/83 cheers

We had a family holiday to the Isle of Wight around 1964 when I was 5, we crossed on a paddle steamer. I remember being taken to see the motion from the inside, I can still remember all the shining brasswork Thanks for posting cheers

Interesting you mention 'Rail & Ale', I have travelled over the line twice recently and on both trips on a saturday there were Ale Trailers travelling. On the first trip there was a group of 14 on my train from St Davids, at the first pub I called in the Landlord said he often gets parties of up to 25. The second trip (for the Barnstaple Model Railway Exhibition) there were 7 more. This must be quite an important revenue source for the line, these mid/late saturday morning departures would be quite lightly loaded without them I assume, cheers

Hi Ray I am glad you had a good day, it was my first visit to the Minehead Show and I really enjoyed it. It was good to see Hounslow Sidings for real having followed the build on here, the mirror effect works well. and it was good to meet you and Darren and have a chat, cheers

Great pictures Nigel. I must have arrived at Creedyford towards the end of your photo and video session when you were requesting the class 50 NSE photo charter! cheers

I don't know whether this will be any help but I still have my TOPS Location Handbook for October 1977. The fact that a siding or yard had a TOPS location number did not mean that it was actually still receiving traffic, sometimes it just meant the siding was still connected, but disused. This list may give you some ideas. 48219 Whitlingham - APCM 48221 Norwich Wensum - BR 48223 Norwich Power Station - CEGB 48225 Norwich Wensum Depot - CCE 48230 Norwich Goods - Unspecified 48231 Norwich Thorpe - BR 48232 Norwich Thorpe - NCL 48233 Norwich Thorpe - Shell 48234 Norwich Thorpe - C&W 48235 Norwich Thorpe TMD 48236 Norwich Thorpe - Boulton & Paul 48237 Norwich Thorpe - Charrington 48302 Norwich Trowse Yard - BR 48304 Norwich Trowse - RT Roadstone 48305 Norwich Trowse - CS&TE 48306 Norwich Trowse - Boulton & Paul 48309 Norwich Trowse Lower Jn - BR 48311 Norwich Victoria CCD - NCB 48312 Norwich Victoria - Stevenson R & Sons 48313 Norwich Victoria - King A & Sons cheers

Yesterday, 30/7/2014, I walked the lenght of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal from Firepool Lock at Taunton through to Bridgwater Docks. Just before reaching the start of the canal at Taunton I passed the former GWR Goods Offices . And then got an unusual view of the water tower located beside Taunton East Yard, many of us will be familiar with the view from the railway side. Here is the water tower on the right of the shot seen in July 1985. I was previously unaware that it was built on top of a former lime kiln. cheers

Thanks for making the trip down west with your masterpiece, it was much appreciated (and I did make myself known this time - rather than remain an impressed mystery observer) cheers

Hi Bill, it was good to see Creedyford at Barnstaple, I had hoped for something a bit special and was not disappointed. You have really captured the LSWR heritage very well, the backscene and the curves at each end work nicely. well done! cheers

The Plough, in Station road Taunton, is a small pub serving a variety of ciders ( including Orchard Pigs Maverick mentioned earlier) I usually call on the way back to the station after visiting Rail-Ex or the SWAG event cheers

Yes - this is absolutely superb, and not too strong either, cheers

The 0-6-0T 3F tank 47366 was allocated to Sutton Oak in my locoshed books of 1955 and 1959, that is St Helens isn't it? Does that help? cheers

Hi Anthony, and welcome to the forum. I expect this thread will be popular, old photos are always of interest, mystery locations especially so. I think 60077 is at Leeds City where the Thames Clyde Express (from London St Pancras to Glasgow) reversed and changed locos cheers

You have done rubbish very well, I like the shots of the stop blocks, cheers

Hi thanks for the confirmation of Chris Nutman. I thought it was Mark Herrington in the photo, but did not know many of the Bath Road traincrew so you are probably right. To be honest I first worked with Mark in 1999 when i went to Barton Hill as a roster clerk. I knew he had been an examiner at Stoke Gifford and Tytherington and must have spoken to him many times as I was in Bristol TOPS in the 1980s. Do you remember the cartoon drawing of the Stoke Gifford staff that used to be displayed in the shunters cabin there? Mark was one of the staff featured. cheers

Here are some more views of the stone trips from Stoke Gifford to Tytherington first a general view of the east end of Stoke Gifford The Stoke Gifford shunter sits in the sunshine on the upside ground frame waiting for the road for the 08.55 trip to Tytherington, 7/9/83. I had not previously paid much attention to these photos, closer inspection reveals that the 08.55 trip has a mix of wagon types the shunter is attatching 4 PGA hoppers to the front of a set of sealions possibly these have been delayed from the previous afternoons working from and to Woking, it was most unusual for sealions to be loaded on daytime trips otherwise. The PGAs are probably going up to Tytherington to be detached in the cripple siding for repair by Marcroft Engineering. At the head of the 08.55 trip to Tytherington the driver of 47088 Samson looks back. I think the shunter wearing hi-viz is Chris Nutman on the right is the carriage and wagon examiner Mark Herrington who I later worked with at Barton Hill where he was a driver for EWS, 7/9/83 There was the ability to cross two Tytherington trips at Yate as on the beginning of the Tytherington branch there was an inwards road and an outwards road. It was also possible for returning loaded trains to run wrong line down over the up main from Yate as far as Westerleigh Junction. 47032 has worked the 05.45 trip from Stoke Gifford to Tytherington with a set of MSVs and is seen running into Stoke Gifford down loop with the return 08.45 from Tytherington, 7/9/83 cheers