talisman56 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 I used to get that on the way home from work. Every time I stopped at the lights some b****er would wash my screen and ask for £1.50. I would 'accidentally' knock the wipers on and they'd retreat fairly quickly... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) HST held outside York in 1986. Secondman gets out to use signal phone from 1:45. Driver starts to move before the secondman has got back on board: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjap4n5Bd2E Edited October 1, 2014 by BR(S) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 1, 2014 I used to get that on the way home from work. Every time I stopped at the lights some b****er would wash my screen and ask for £1.50. I would 'accidentally' knock the wipers on and they'd retreat fairly quickly... It was amazing how close I could get the wing mirror to the railings at the old North Circular lights by Stonebridge Park station. Scattered a couple of buckets of water there back in 1990. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 1, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 1, 2014 It was amazing how close I could get the wing mirror to the railings at the old North Circular lights by Stonebridge Park station. Scattered a couple of buckets of water there back in 1990. But where did the water come from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2014 I'd like to think the window-hanging commuter is savouring the sound of a Class 50 taking him home. A few years henceforth, the 50s would be gone from the Thames Valley and Class 165 and 166 units (from which window-hanging is impossible) would be employed on this sort of train instead. For the record, the train is the 1810 Paddington to Oxford stopper leaving Pangbourne on June 15th 1988. The loco is 50020 Revenge. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 This one's not about a human doing something in the picture but how the driver influenced the stock for the service: http://www.hondawanderer.com/43182_Moreton-in-Marsh_2008_2.htm "The Cotswold Line was closed for engineering work south of Hanborough and because the driver of one of the Worcester to Hanborough shuttle diagrams didn't sign Class 166s, a special short HST was made up comprising 43182, 42277, 44059, & 43042." 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Portrait of the photographer, Berney Arms, Sept 2014: thanks to my dedicated assistant* / significant other* / worthy adversary* who I thought was flagging down the driver at the request stop (*delete as appropriate) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I know I’ve said it once but it’s worth repeating: This really is a great thread and very enjoyable to browse through. Thanks to all who have contributed. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roythebus Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I was just trying to identify the Waterloo driver cleaning the class 50 window! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 I'd like to think the window-hanging commuter is savouring the sound of a Class 50 taking him home. A few years henceforth, the 50s would be gone from the Thames Valley. Cracking photo - I loved those peak hour Thames Valley commuter services. Well maintained large logo Old Oak 50s on 7 coach VB Mk1 sets, with enthusiastic drivers like RMWeb's Brian Daniels - what's not to like? Fast from Paddington to Reading, often above the rated maximum for the stock with the BR1 bogies banging and hunting away over the points at Dolphin Junction and Ruscombe, before rolling into Reading in 27 mins for the 36 miles. Then crossing to the Down Relief for the main event - all stations to Didcot: flat out in notch 7 from each start until the last possible braking point, then hard in with the brake for a beautifully judged stop each time....Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Goring, Cholsey, Didcot....before a final sprint to Oxford. Deep joy! If I ever make enough money, one day I'd like to pay for a preserved 50 and Vintage Trains' VB set to do it all over again.... David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Cracking photo - I loved those peak hour Thames Valley commuter services. Well maintained large logo Old Oak 50s on 7 coach VB Mk1 sets, with enthusiastic drivers like RMWeb's Brian Daniels - what's not to like? Fast from Paddington to Reading, often above the rated maximum for the stock with the BR1 bogies banging and hunting away over the points at Dolphin Junction and Ruscombe, before rolling into Reading in 27 mins for the 36 miles. Then crossing to the Down Relief for the main event - all stations to Didcot: flat out in notch 7 from each start until the last possible braking point, then hard in with the brake for a beautifully judged stop each time....Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Goring, Cholsey, Didcot....before a final sprint to Oxford. Deep joy! If I ever make enough money, one day I'd like to pay for a preserved 50 and Vintage Trains' VB set to do it all over again.... David A number of the commuter sets were cleared for 100mph - so in theory were permitted higher speeds than the locos! Edited October 4, 2014 by The Stationmaster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Plenty of human stories in this, i like the shot of the milk churns with drinking water in being emptied out. Edited October 4, 2014 by Michael Delamar 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2014 (edited) Cracking photo - I loved those peak hour Thames Valley commuter services. Well maintained large logo Old Oak 50s on 7 coach VB Mk1 sets, with enthusiastic drivers like RMWeb's Brian Daniels - what's not to like? Fast from Paddington to Reading, often above the rated maximum for the stock with the BR1 bogies banging and hunting away over the points at Dolphin Junction and Ruscombe, before rolling into Reading in 27 mins for the 36 miles. Then crossing to the Down Relief for the main event - all stations to Didcot: flat out in notch 7 from each start until the last possible braking point, then hard in with the brake for a beautifully judged stop each time....Tilehurst, Pangbourne, Goring, Cholsey, Didcot....before a final sprint to Oxford. Deep joy! If I ever make enough money, one day I'd like to pay for a preserved 50 and Vintage Trains' VB set to do it all over again.... David When I was a young basher in the Reading area I would sometimes get up early, cycle to Reading West and jump on the Newbury to Paddington loco-hauled train for the short run into Reading. Back round to Reading West on the Basingstoke thumper and into Reading again on the Westbury to Paddington train (praying it would be on time to avoid having to make a Mark Cavendish-style dash to school on the bike. In the evening there were four loco-hauled stoppers down the Thames Valley so you could go from Reading to Tilehurst on the first one, Tilehurst to Pangbourne on the second, back to Reading on a DMU and repeat the feat on the third and forth down trains. In all, six different locos in a day and all class 50s if you were lucky. Happy days. Edited October 4, 2014 by Western Aviator 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 4, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2014 One from the lens camera from hinksey 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DY444 Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 Showing early management potential. Me aged 4 supervising a light engine movement at Derby. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 5, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2014 This one's not about a human doing something in the picture but how the driver influenced the stock for the service: http://www.hondawanderer.com/43182_Moreton-in-Marsh_2008_2.htm "The Cotswold Line was closed for engineering work south of Hanborough and because the driver of one of the Worcester to Hanborough shuttle diagrams didn't sign Class 166s, a special short HST was made up comprising 43182, 42277, 44059, & 43042." The problem being not the acceleration but stopping a short HST set. Most of the brake power was in the coaches, so they had to be restricted in speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Border Reiver Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 71000 Duke of Gloucester at Carlisle on 14th October 2006 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 A fantastic capture of a moment in time... http://www.flickr.com/photos/52087249@N07/9857051854/in/set-72157632167356684 Another coal delivery here including a 'propped' wagon door... https://www.flickr.com/photos/smcg82ic10/14273786010/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Another token exchange, this time in the rain, at Leek Brook Jcn 1981. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Changing loco lamps at Carrog 22/5/2013 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted October 14, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2014 The lookout has sounded the alarm. The driver has sounded the locomotive horn. Stand well clear lads. 66003 passes a track maintenance gang at work around Bradley junction, Huddersfield on 14th October 2014. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timn Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 The last picture in this post (19) is not Jack Powell but Jack Evans I think? Looks like him he left Stonebridge Park in about 1977. Would that make sense? He moved to North Devon! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Two views of footplate men, the first at Llangollen (in the rain) 22/5/2005 and the second at Kidderminster trimming the coal in the tender May 1998. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) Nine elms 1967,doing a bit of spotting! Edited October 17, 2014 by darren01 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Delamar Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 My shot of some of our shunters. Garston Liverpool with 08924. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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