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As Bill mentioned in the post before yours, there is Exeter at the end of June and Lydney at the end of September booked for 2018 so far. Back to Burnham, which was a very relaxed exhibition operationally, with everything going or running well, from the set up and dismantling, to the loco running and operation. An excellent venue with a nice big, well lit school hall. This enabled me to take some good pics, some of which I will share with you below. 08083 makes a move. A renumbered Dapol loco. 08111 at rest. A renumbered Dapol loco. 08555 on the block. An Oakville Kit. 25213 waiting. Bachmann loco. 47499 on vans. Heljan. Cl 116, TY 539, heading for Stourbridge. Easybuild kit. Fowler No5 sidelined. Ixion. Until the next exhibition. Enjoy. Paul J. Edited to correct manufacturer of 08555.

They certainly fit the bill for Kings Cross. During my time there, there was a roughly triangular area, partially open, between platforms 9&10 and platform 8 that formed the parcels area. It is the access road to there that can be seen through the arch in the first photo.The area is now the Fullers bar on the station, or at least the upstairs is, the downstairs seems to offices now. It could be a busy place, as all the newspapers and magazines came into there in a variety of vans from the various papers, it being very busy from late afternoon with vans vying for position to unload their newspapers among the crowds of commuters trying to get to Platforms 9&10. Wednesdays was the busiest day, with a small artic squeezing itself into the space to unload farmers weekly for loading onto the 14.11 parcels for all the farmers in Yorkshire. I spent 5 weeks there awaiting a Traction Trainee course to start in May 1979. It certainly taught me the station and its environs, which stood me in good stead for when i started on the footplate. The name of the Fullers bar reflects the areas former use. See link. https://flic.kr/p/bEdYBz Paul J.

Be warned that the Goole based locos had differences in the radiator and cab windows compared to the model Heljan have produced in 'O', which is a Scottish version. Paul J.

The small building to the right of the buffer stop and the left of the staircase in the last photo was a toilet that was still lit by gas when i was there in 1979-84. There where also toilets up at Kings Cross goods that the WC's just hung over a trough with running water, and the doors to the cubicles only just came above waist height. You could be seen in all your glory when attending to business. There were some odd hideaways at "The Cross" that hadn't changed, possibly since being built. Paul J.

I remember that there used to be offices above the ends of the suburban platforms accessed by a high level passageway across the end of platform 9&10. although my memory is a bit hazy, I remember going there to pick up my uniform from the stores there. It is possible that the staircase led up to that passageway as it would be quick route for staff to access those suburban platforms. There were a lot of little rooms and passageways around that area. I also found a photo showing platform 17 on Flickr. It is not brilliant, but it is the only one I've come across showing the platform face side. See link. https://flic.kr/p/VBqzoT I also came across a video of the widened lines with a shot of a train coming out of Hotel Curve, looking at Platforms 14&15. It also gives a good idea of the gradient out of the tunnel. Watch from 1min:50s. Paul J. Edited to add the link to the U-tube clip that I forgot to put in the original post. DOHHH

According to the "Six Bells Junction" website, 60019 worked the RCTS "A4" to Glasgow railtour from Leeds City to Glasgow and back. Out via Beattock, with a Class 20 banking assistance, and back via Kilmarnock, on the 16th July 1967. More details here. https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/60s/670716ag.html Paul J. Edit. Just beaten to it by David!

I converted one to EM using the existing wheels turned down. I also had to modify the back of the air tank, and to solve the brake gear issues I fashioned to plasticard pads with appropriately positioned holes in, and stuck them onto the chassis with the hole matching those on the original chassis then re-glued the brake gear back in place. See photo below. The spacer is marked with the red arrow. I must admit I found the brake gear very fiddly to take off without breaking parts, and just as bad to refit. Paul J.

Some Nice Harwich photos David. Thank you for sharing. More info on "Essex Ferry II" can be found here. http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/mv-essex-ferry-ii-past-and-present/ Lasted until 1982, and cut up in 1983. I manages a shot of a sister ship, "Cambridge Ferry", which can be seen below, along with some quayside shots of the ferry comings and goings. All taken in 1984 during my MP12 train handling sessions. The boat trains from Liverpool Street to Harwich Parkeston Quay, being a favorite for my instructor to use for training. CBR-5-130 by Paul James, on Flickr CBR-5-133 by Paul James, on Flickr CBR-5-136 by Paul James, on Flickr Paul J.

Looks very much like Doncaster to me. Looks like Doncaster depot can be seen above the cab of the leading 20 through the tangle of wires. EDIT. Now I'm certain its Doncaster, looking towards Carr Depot having found this on Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/bydfUu Paul J.

The eclectic platform numbering at Kings Cross can be seen in the plan (below) of the 1933 resignalling scheme. KX resignalling. Track plan. by Paul James, on Flickr Paul J.

It was a one off. Kings Cross loco was closed by the date of the photos, and engineering work (it was a Sunday) prevented locos going to Finsbury Park and coming off shed that evening. As there was only limited stabling provision at KX, platform 10 was used to stable locos that would be required for that evenings train as it didn't see many, if any suburban services on a Sunday. Locos could still be fueled at Ferm Park if required. Paul J.

Platform 11 didn't exist at Kings Cross, during my time there, (1979-84), the suburban side only had 9 & 10. See below. 46010, 46050, 46029 [A780-032 (HR)] by Paul James, on Flickr 55016, 47406, 55022, 46029, 46050, 46010. [A780-033(HR)] by Paul James, on Flickr The GN, LNER & BR ran services into both Moorgate and Broad Street. Moorgate was accessed via the Widened Lines, (York Road & Hotel Curve), but also ran services to Broad Street via Finsbury Park, Canonbury Junction and Dalston Junction into Broad Street, and finished around the same time as the Widened Line services, when all services where concentrated at the Tube station via Drayton Park. See photos of some of the services via the links below. I suspect that capacity issues forced the GN to split its services between the two termini, and it remained that way until the electrification of the line resulted in a complete re-think on services .https://flic.kr/p/qet4Lk https://flic.kr/p/fqmtAG https://flic.kr/p/dPKnyM https://flic.kr/p/6bgJkg Paul J.

The 66's where pretty bad when new. Noisy cab environment, external doors that never fitted properly and rattled, inadequate cab ventilation in summer, and I even had one that the windscreen gave a "disco" multi light appearance to approaching signals through the windscreen. After a couple of years the front windscreens started to leak and I saw a couple with quite a lot of rust around them because of this. I can't imagine them getting worse, but they must have done! Paul J.

It doesn't look like a shed plate, more like a stenciled 34G in paint, or some sort of sticker. Paul J.

Having looked through a number of photos, I haven't spotted any Deltics with Electrification flashes in the late 60's/early 70's, so not really an anomaly, although I hadn't spotted they were missing before. I wonder when they started to receive them. It is an excellent atmospheric photo. I can recall being in the some sort of pose on many occasions working on them. 55013,. [ECML-27] by Paul James, on Flickr Paul J.

They didn't all get TOPS numbers/markings, as seen in the photo below taken in April 1985. The wagon which is the main feature hardly has any markings on it, including a number, and the one just creeping into picture on the right has only a number, on a very rusty body. HUO B338137 [DBR5-127] by Paul James, on Flickr Paul J.

Here is an example of a motor operated slotted distant signal, on a wire worked stop arm as mentioned by Beast in post 5. This example is at Shrewsbury and has Sutton Bridge Junctions Down Distant slotted to Severn Bridge Junctions Down Hereford Section signal. As far as I know, this signal has not been replaced yet. A closer look at the motor working for the distant and wire for the section signal. Paul J.

Really nice set of photos there David. Thank you very much for sharing with us. i especially like the last on at Stanton Iron Works. Nice Sentinel shunter and some 16T minerals with not a TOPS panel in sight. Lovely! Paul J.

A photo of the other BSYP class 24, D5026, has now come to light via Facebook and D1047 of this parish. Unfortunately I'm unsure of copyright so can't post here. It is in the same style as Class 27, D5389, which can be seen in this link. https://flic.kr/p/axrkov. The yellow panel comes up as far as the top of the flat part of the cab front, and there is an electrification flash on the RH door, just below the top of the yellow panel. There is one electrification flash on the bodyside, between the top and middle steps up to the water filler. As it is only one photo I have seen, I can only describe the one side and end, but I see no reason why the other en d & side are not the same. Philip Sutton hinted at the livery in his latest SLW offerings. That's the two BSYP Class 24's now sorted for photos. Now it's find a photo of a green TOPS 31 and D4 BSYP, if they existed? Paul J.

Dents in the bonnet seemed to be easily caused as the photo below of 55022 in 1981 seems to prove. 55022 stands outside the shed at Finsbury Park Depot, 3rd June 1981. 55022. [A681C-023(HR)] by Paul James, on Flickr Paul J.

Kilchurn Castle from the other side of Loch Awe. Photo taken from the A819, off the RH edge of melmerby's photo. Despite what it looks like on the photo, you cannot get to the castle from this side, as Loch Awe gets in the way. Paul J. PS. Photo taken in summer 2010.

Even GUV's with Express Parcels lettering in maroon. See link below on John Turners excellent Flickr pages for this example, and many others. Highly recommended to have a look if you like old Parcels stuff and wagons. Some gems in there. https://flic.kr/p/ZZ6Q98 Paul J. Edited to correct silly spelling mistake, spotted as soon as I posted. Doh.

A HST will not fit the island platform (platform 1) at Hereford with all the train, including the power cars on the platform. It only just clears the track circuit and has been like that since they first started running to Hereford. The GW drivers have to be pretty precise in there positioning, or else it can lock up the frame in the box. When we used to run the loco and coaches, we always ran into platform 2 so as to be able to run round the train using platform 1, it being the only signalled way to do it. You had to run past the signal with the loco to get the back end in clear, but not too far so as to foul the next track circuit with the coaches and lock up the frame. We managed to lock up the frame doing just that during the Hereford Open Day in 1991, and had a hell of a job thinking how to unlock it. Paul J.

No worse than on the 4 wheel rail-bus's being used at the time looking at the measurements. Plenty of room on the RH side desk to put a handbrake wheel and setter if required as it was not designed to carry members of the public. AWS would not have been an issue in 1959. A lot of lines and the WR didn't have it. Paul J.

Agree with Brushman regarding 47435. Seems to have all the right markings in the right places, similar to the photo in this link. https://flic.kr/p/9DrUga Paul J.