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[97406]

It’s a shame the 151 didn’t take off. It was the most interesting one.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7 by 97406

[Ben B]

2 hours ago, woodenhead said:

Northern are procuring their replacement as we speak.

 

Will be interesting to see how many make it to preservation, the 153s are already being bought up but a 150 isn't quite a 101, 108 or suchlike, a 156 is more amenable for a preserved line and a 158 with sealed windows and aircon sounds expensive to run.

 

It's a really long shot, but it would be nice if a 150 in original condition (no gangways) and Centro green livery ended up on the SVR. It always surprises me how little they do in the way of unit preservation, but a Sprinter in the colours and conditions they ran on the adjacent mainline might be a nice touch, maybe useful for shuttle workings between Kiddy and Bewdley. Kind of a 'what if' scenario for the line, if the route hadn't been preserved but stayed open, same as the Worth Valley have with their Pacer.

[Pinza-C55]

On 03/09/2024 at 08:44, Andy Kirkham said:

 

Goyles? That's a new one on me. Short for Gargoyles?

 

I started bashing locos in 1978 and Class 31s were always known as Goyles even though nobody knew the origin of the nicknames. 47s were Duffs and 40s were Whistlers although there the name made sense.

[97406]

On 08/09/2024 at 00:23, Pinza-C55 said:

 

I started bashing locos in 1978 and Class 31s were always known as Goyles even though nobody knew the origin of the nicknames. 47s were Duffs and 40s were Whistlers although there the name made sense.

 

I believe ‘Goyle’ (as in gargoyle) is a reference to the ‘face’ of the loco, especially with a full yellow end slapped on it. Has an almost skull-like quality to it,

Edited September 12 by 97406

[montyburns56]

Caldon Low 1988 by Nick Allsop

 

 

[Matt37268]

On 07/09/2024 at 17:41, Ben B said:

 

It's a really long shot, but it would be nice if a 150 in original condition (no gangways) and Centro green livery ended up on the SVR. It always surprises me how little they do in the way of unit preservation, but a Sprinter in the colours and conditions they ran on the adjacent mainline might be a nice touch, maybe useful for shuttle workings between Kiddy and Bewdley. Kind of a 'what if' scenario for the line, if the route hadn't been preserved but stayed open, same as the Worth Valley have with their Pacer.

The SVR’s just acquired a 101 unit… 

[woodenhead]

4 minutes ago, Matt37268 said:

The SVR’s just acquired a 101 unit… 

Which is altogether more suited to a preservation line with good forward, back and side visibility and I'll wager easier to maintain

[Pinza-C55]

A distinctive feature of Darlington Bank Top station was the 18 foot triangular thermometer outside Richardsons factory. Sadly the factory closed in 1980 and the thermometer became vandalised and was eventually demolished, in 1998 according to the poster of the photo.

 

 

[montyburns56]

Totally off topic, but definitely an interesting picture....

 

"MV Esso Jersey passes along the Exeter Canal and through the Countess Weir Swing Bridge on the A38, Summer 1963." by Steve Knight

 

 

[Cowley 47521]

51 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

Totally off topic, but definitely an interesting picture....

 

"MV Esso Jersey passes along the Exeter Canal and through the Countess Weir Swing Bridge on the A38, Summer 1963." by Steve Knight

 

 

Really interesting photo. Thanks for posting that.

It’s actually Countess ‘Wear’ by the way. 

[montyburns56]

The train suggests the 1970s, the signage suggests the 1960s...

 

Crewe 1971 by David Ford

 

 

[Mol_PMB]

4 minutes ago, montyburns56 said:

The train suggests the 1970s, the signage suggests the 1960s...

 

Crewe 1971 by David Ford

 

 

Very nice. I'm struggling to place the view, the platforms must have been renumbered and the layout changed in the intervening decades.

[younGGuns7]

On 16/09/2024 at 18:32, Cowley 47521 said:

Really interesting photo. Thanks for posting that.

It’s actually Countess ‘Wear’ by the way. 

All the cars built in the UK with UK parts 

[keefer]

Remarkable that such an important station on the WCML should still be a forest of old British Railways signage - the electrification and speeding-up of the West Coast expresses (with new locos & stock) were supposed to be the shop window for the 'brand-new' Corporate Image BR.

[woodenhead]

21 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

Very nice. I'm struggling to place the view, the platforms must have been renumbered and the layout changed in the intervening decades.

It's still there but Platform 1 and the end bays went with the remodelling in 1985, then they ripped off the roof.

 

From the parcels bay end where I would be in spotters heaven:

 And this is what happened to Platform one, this was where all the side screens were where locos would be coming on and off shed.

 

Edited 7 hours ago by woodenhead

[Mol_PMB]

2 minutes ago, woodenhead said:

It's still there but Platform 1 and the end bays went with the remodelling in 1985, then they ripped off the roof

 

Ah, so it's on the West side!

Platform 1 is now on the East (up) side - so the order of numbering must have been reversed at some stage.

The East side south-facing bays are still there of course

[DaveF]

3 hours ago, Mol_PMB said:

Ah, so it's on the West side!

Platform 1 is now on the East (up) side - so the order of numbering must have been reversed at some stage.

The East side south-facing bays are still there of course

 

It's one of my photos, it is good to see it here.  Yes it was a down train, Euston to Manchester Piccadilly.  In the background there are a lot of mail bags as a postal strike had ended just before (it had lasted from 20th January until 8th March).  It was a Saturday, I was living in Manchester then as a student and when I could afford used to go for a ride and take photos if I had a free Saturday.

 

David

Edited 4 hours ago by DaveF

[rodent279]

4 minutes ago, DaveF said:

 

It's one of my photos, it is good to see it here.  Yes it was a down train, Euston to Manchester Piccadilly.  In the background there are a lot of mail bags as a postal strike had ended just before (it had lasted from 20th January until 8th March).  It was a Saturday, I was living in Manchester then as a student and when I could afford used to go for a ride and take photos if I had a free Saturday.

 

David

Fascinating photo from the transition era-the transition from the steam age into the modern era.

Now would that scene be significantly different if taken 7 years earlier with a Duchess entering the station?

[DaveF]

7 minutes ago, rodent279 said:

Fascinating photo from the transition era-the transition from the steam age into the modern era.

Now would that scene be significantly different if taken 7 years earlier with a Duchess entering the station?

 

I'm not sure about the fluorescent lighting, the Royal Mail (?) trucks for shifting the trolleys.  The Public address speakers might have been different too.  At this moment I don't have a book handy with photos of Crewe to check.

 

The overhead wires would have been there, they were used from 1960 for the Manchester trains etc.

 

Apart from that I think it would be much the same.

 

David