Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

[Fat Controller]

15 hours ago, New Haven Neil said:

Not forgetting the big derailment there when IIRC a sleeper nearly ended up in a bungalow?

The bungalow was next door to one of my customers; fortunately, the inhabitants were out, as the derailed stock hit it.

[DaveF]

 

Carlisle next, a mix of electrics and diesels.

 

 

Carlisle 90001and 86426 12th April 88 C9431

 

 

Carlisle 86410 Glasgow C to Plymouth May 90 J10938

 

 

Carlisle 156432 to Newcastle 24th Oct 90 C15420  Class 108 to Barrow on left

 

 

Carlisle 90130 up  29th Aug 95 C20518

 

 

Carlisle Class 43 Glasgow to Plymouth 25th Oct 95 C20597

 

 

David

 

 

Edited May 25, 2022 by DaveF

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a delightful selection of photo’s from Wales in August, 1969. The last photo’ at Tywyn, on the Talyllyn Railway, with number 4 Edward Thomas, going away, is so atmospheric, so bucolic. The attraction of that railway is so clear to see.
The photo’s of Carlisle are an excellent set, and show a good selection of trains, along with some large amounts of litter on the tracks in the last two photo’s.

In the first photo’ with 90001and 86246, on the 12th April, 1988, the 90 will have been nearly new, and the 86 looked good in a rendition of the electric blue livery. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[DaveF]

A few more random photos today.

 

 

Ardwick Class 506 M59406 from Hadfield Jan 72 C787

 

 

Bottesford LEV1 experimental railbus heading east towards Grantham 4 Aug 81 C5464

 

 

Brocklesby Class 47 1888 westbound oil Aug 70 J2174

 

 

Chester Class 108 to Manchester May 72 C0931

 

 

Skillington Junction on the High Dyke branch 4472 Flying Scotsman Oct 73 C1429  Flying Scotsman was on her way to Market Overton.

 

 

David

Edited May 23, 2022 by DaveF

[iands]

Hi Dave, cracking photos as usual and thanks for sharing. In C5464 wouldn't the LEV1 be heading east towards Grantham from Bottesford?

[DaveF]

42 minutes ago, iands said:

Hi Dave, cracking photos as usual and thanks for sharing. In C5464 wouldn't the LEV1 be heading east towards Grantham from Bottesford?

 

 

I'm sure I typed east and the computer changed it to west.

 

Many thanks,

 

David

 

 

[DavidMcKenzie]

36 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

 

I'm sure I typed east and the computer changed it to west.

 

Many thanks,

 

David

 

 

I'm glad that kind of thing doesn't only happen to me 🙂. 

Many thanks for sharing all of the brilliant photos.

All the best,

Dave

[keefer]

Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊

J2174 is good for the fact that everything is so dull and muted, colour-wise except for the yellow end of the loco

Edited May 23, 2022 by keefer

[russ p]

29 minutes ago, keefer said:

Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊

J2174 is good for the fact that everything is so dull and muted, colour-wise except for the yellow end of the loco

 

To be fair I rather see railways like this rather than overgrown and graffiti on everything with a garish liveried foreign unit, but I am getting old!

[New Haven Neil]

On 22/05/2022 at 05:26, keefer said:

Sleeper derailments in 1969 & 1984 and a parcels train in 1994.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_accidents_at_Morpeth

 

it was the 1984 one I had in my mind, thanks.

[Market65]

Good evening, David. What a superb set of random photo’s, each one is a gem. The first one, in addition to being an excellent example of an ‘Everyday Railway ‘ photo’, at Ardwick with a class 506, with M59406 leading from Hadfield, in January, 1972, thanks to the smudge above the middle of the bufferbeam, M59406 looks very sad and tearful.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[corneliuslundie]

A really great selection reminding is how the railway was at various times.

Jonathan

[35A]

For me, the shot of this batch is the Brocklesby Junction picture (J2174) of 1888 on oil tanks. Yet another shot that highlights how magnificent Brush 4's looked, in (clean) two-tone green with full yellow ends. A lovely study of both train and environment.

[St Enodoc]

9 hours ago, keefer said:

Is ever there was a photo that shows how dismal the '70s often were, then C787 at Ardwick may be it 😊

I thought Manchester was always like that.

[62613]

isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform?

 

[DaveF]

42 minutes ago, 62613 said:

isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform?

 

 

 

It really is going to Piccadilly.

 

Ardwick had three platforms, one was against the wall and was staggered, being closer to the junction for trains leaving Manchester.  

 

Ardwick Class 506 M59607 leading Manchester to Hadfield 8th May 1971 C589  This shows the  platform for trains leaving Manchester from the footbridge, the island platform is behind me.

 

Ardwick Class 104 Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield January 1972 C0788  This is the other platform from the ramp of the island platform.

 

 

Ardwick Class 104 New Mills to Manchaster Piccadilly January 1972 C0783  The platform on the laft is for trains from Manchetsr, the island is beyond the footbridge.

 

David 

 

 

Edited May 24, 2022 by DaveF

[woodenhead]

36 minutes ago, 62613 said:

isn't that 506 going to Hadfield, Ardwick being an island platform?

 

Today it would be as only the island platform is in use, but back then there was a third platform at the station entrance and that is where the Hadfield bound services called.  Ardwick was and remains a very oddly located station, difficult to get to and without a real purpose - it was good to stand at and trainspot from, and I guess for Great Universal workers (at the time), it was great for getting the train to/from work from.

[62613]

6 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

Today it would be as only the island platform is in use, but back then there was a third platform at the station entrance and that is where the Hadfield bound services called.  Ardwick was and remains a very oddly located station, difficult to get to and without a real purpose - it was good to stand at and trainspot from, and I guess for Great Universal workers (at the time), it was great for getting the train to/from work from.

That's what confused me. I've only been using the line reasonably intensively since about 2006, and as far as I knew, Ardwick had always been like it is now. I think there are only about two trains a day call there now; one in the morning peak and one in the evening. 

 

Edited May 24, 2022 by 62613

[hexagon789]

26 minutes ago, 62613 said:

That's what confused me. I've only been using the line reasonably intensively since about 2006, and as far as I knew, Ardwick had always been like it is now. I think there are only about two trains a day call there now; one in the morning peak and one in the evening. 

 

Not even that, there is only one call at 1640 to Rose Hill Marple presently. The reduced timetables mean the service has effectively become unidirectional.

[woodenhead]

It's a station I imagine they'd like to close, close to Piccadilly, plenty of buses for the nearby populace.

[DaveF]

 

Some old black and white photos of Great Western locos today.

 

 

Banbury 6803 Bucklebury Grange up ex pass c1949 JVol7083

 

 

Banbury GWR 6698 le c1948  JVol3119

 

 

Moreton in the Marsh Castle Class 5086 Viscount Horne ex pass Paddington to Worcester c1951 JVol6075

 

 

Paddington Castle Class  5004 Llanstephan Castle c1950 JVol7367

 

 

Paddington Hall class up ex pass c1948 JVol7288

 

 

David

 

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Thank you for posting the extra photo’s of Ardwick, and, again, in the first photo’ of class 506, with car M59607, leading a Manchester to Hadfield service on the 8th May, 1971, it again looks down and sad. I wonder if all the 506 driving cabs, in yellow, were the same?

Well, the GWR steam locomotive photo’s are fascinating, and in the last photo’ at Paddington, with an unidentified Hall class, on an up express passenger train in c1948, you can see that the board on the smokebox door is slightly askew. Not everything in steam days was perfect.

 

With warmest regards,

 

 Rob.

[Wex Cel]

5 hours ago, DaveF said:

 

Some old black and white photos of Great Western locos today.

 

 

Banbury 6803 Bucklebury Grange up ex pass c1949 JVol7083

 

 

Banbury GWR 6698 le c1948  JVol3119

 

 

Moreton in the Marsh Castle Class 5086 Viscount Horne ex pass Paddington to Worcester c1951 JVol6075

 

 

Paddington Castle Class  5004 Llanstephan Castle c1950 JVol7367

 

 

Paddington Hall class up ex pass c1948 JVol7288

 

 

David

 

Nice selection there, David. JVol7288 especially, I like the slightly squint reporting numbers on the smokebox, I don't know why I just do! 

[hexagon789]

58 minutes ago, Market65 said:

it again looks down and sad. I wonder if all the 506 driving cabs, in yellow, were the same?

I think they were, at least my brain is telling me they were.

 

No doubt someone will come along in 5 seconds and give me it straight! ;)

 

That's the wonderful thing about this forum, so many people know so many things about so many things!

[Davexoc]

1 hour ago, hexagon789 said:

I think they were, at least my brain is telling me they were.

 

No doubt someone will come along in 5 seconds and give me it straight! ;)

 

That's the wonderful thing about this forum, so many people know so many things about so many things!

 

Well this is somewhat later when the blue was relieved with some grey, and this one seems to be going the same way...