RMweb Premium Steven B Posted June 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14 Same location, 6 years later: Bolton Parcels by David Flitcroft, on Flickr Fast forward another 3 years, on it's last day of operation: Bolton 47471 Oct 93 by Leighton Logs, on Flickr 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 11/06/2024 at 18:01, The Johnster said: Siphon, not GUV, with the open door, different roof profile and outside framing on lower body sides. I think the working is probably an up empty newspaper stock, which would mean it is on the up relief; it looks as if it has picked up dribs and drabs of the down working which were dropped off the previous night. The curvature of the formation is correct for this, and the photo is taken from 'Duffield's Bridge'. IIRC the line speed on the relief was 75mph in those days, but even that would be pushing the limit for a 31 hauling a load like that; I count 13 bogies, about 390tons trailing. This is probably why the train is routed on the reliefs, 90mph stock or not. Definitely on the up relief heading towards Padd, most likely the afternoon Plymouth - Old Oak empty papers job. Interesting that the 31/4 is an Eastern Region machine and not the more usual Old Oak one, note also the red buffer beam and white handrails. At the time of the photo 31 406 was allocated to March but moved to York the same month. With thirteen on and having probably been stopped at Reading it was probably doing no more than 40mph when photographed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 14 45 with a following wind… 31s were pretty feeble, but they had lovely big cosy comfy quiet cabs. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnofwessex Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: 45 with a following wind… 31s were pretty feeble, but they had lovely big cosy comfy quiet cabs. Thats the important feature! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted June 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14 7 hours ago, Steven B said: Bolton 47471 Oct 93 by Leighton Logs, on Flickr One for the prototype for everything I think, the first six vehicles all in different liveries... Blue GUV, RES BG, IC BG, All red BG, RM BG, blue/grey BG, then more RES and RM at the rear. And the weathering on 47471, been through the carraige washer frequently, but not recently. Clean bits of roof above the cab doors, with missing black around the windows, and a blue patch showing through by the bodyside window, and not forgetting the ghost arrows of indecision from its blue days.... It was still like that, but somewhat cleaner over 18 months later on a TPO in Penzance. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 19 hours ago, Davexoc said: ... the ghost arrows of indecision from its blue days.... There is absolutely nothing indecisive about the BR logo. In fact the complete opposite. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Crompton Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 One can never have two many pictues of parcels trains in Bolton. From Flickr. 24th June 1991, 47592 shunting. Picture by Robert Catterson. 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Photo by Paul Gabbay : 47 186 with southbound vans... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I've probably already posted this one in the Class 47 photo thread but anyway here goes - photo by (I think) Martin Loader : 47 081 'Odin' on southbound vans passes through the middle road at Oxford on 27th August 1983... 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post montyburns56 Posted July 19 Popular Post Share Posted July 19 Moorswater 1980 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Metr0Land Posted July 20 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 20 Up parcel empties 1967 by Dave Marks, on Flickr 47 101 at Derby on 16-04-87. by Fred Castor, on Flickr SX 73 119 by Brian Bennett, on Flickr 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Crompton Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Metr0Land said: Up parcel empties 1967 by Dave Marks, on Flickr 47 101 at Derby on 16-04-87. by Fred Castor, on Flickr SX 73 119 by Brian Bennett, on Flickr Following the link to the last picture leads to an interesting Flickr album put together by Brian Bennett - 'Brighton Mainline - 1970s'. There are some gems here including this one. What are the first two vans behind the 73? Edited July 20 by Will Crompton 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20 2 hours ago, Will Crompton said: Following the link to the last picture leads to an interesting Flickr album put together by Brian Bennett - 'Brighton Mainline - 1970s'. There are some gems here including this one. What are the first two vans behind the 73? Hi Will LMS CCTs. 4 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southernman46 Posted July 20 Popular Post Share Posted July 20 Bit of shufflin' - Stockport 1984 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southernman46 Posted July 20 Popular Post Share Posted July 20 Hustlin' at Loughborough 1983 - 311xx 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Will LMS CCTs. Like this https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsparcels/e1e6e5e71 and several other photos. Lasted in to the late 1970s https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmsparcels/e104320f4 Paul. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Flood Posted July 20 Popular Post Share Posted July 20 Another photo from Brian Bennett's collection on Flickr. This time showing an LNER CCT. Looking at the smudge on the roof of the 73 it's 73106 again, taken just before the previous photo. As the LNER and LMS CCTs were all withdrawn by mid 1978, two 47s are shown with 0000 and the tree foliage; I estimate a rough date of around mid 1976-1978. 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will Crompton Posted July 21 Popular Post Share Posted July 21 (edited) From another Brian Bennett Flickr album, 'B R blue diesel 2', 03 170 at Newcastle (undated). It has a nice view of the end of a Siphon G which has had its corridor connections removed. Edited July 21 by Will Crompton 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andyvee Posted August 22 Popular Post Share Posted August 22 There are not too many pictures out there of Collett full brakes in corporate blue, hence a first post from me of a recent slide purchase (it's more use on here than squirreled away in my collection), plus a sort of recreation of the scene as a 1/32 finescale model. K42 diagram no.W276W is seen at Leeds on 6th January 1968, and is marked as 'gas heated', presumably to allow for use by guards on trains without through steam pipes. Some, but by no means all were thus marked. This is the one preserved at the South Devon Railway, it was apparently withdrawn in 1977 but survived as a tool van at OOC until 1990. The last went early in 1978, but several became departmental or weedkiller vans. When in regular use they ranged all over the BR system in the blue era, including Scotland. No. 130 even took up residence at Thurso in departmental use in the 1980s after withdrawal. Not to be confused with diagram K41 (earlier and subtly different) or the K44 (longer). 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 On 20/07/2024 at 21:37, Flood said: Another photo from Brian Bennett's collection on Flickr. Looks like one of the old deicing units over on the left, withdrawn about 1978/79ish 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted August 23 Share Posted August 23 14 hours ago, Andyvee said: There are not too many pictures out there of Collett full brakes in corporate blue, hence a first post from me of a recent slide purchase (it's more use on here than squirreled away in my collection), plus a sort of recreation of the scene as a 1/32 finescale model. K42 diagram no.W276W is seen at Leeds on 6th January 1968, and is marked as 'gas heated', presumably to allow for use by guards on trains without through steam pipes. Some, but by no means all were thus marked. This is the one preserved at the South Devon Railway, it was apparently withdrawn in 1977 but survived as a tool van at OOC until 1990. The last went early in 1978, but several became departmental or weedkiller vans. When in regular use they ranged all over the BR system in the blue era, including Scotland. No. 130 even took up residence at Thurso in departmental use in the 1980s after withdrawal. Not to be confused with diagram K41 (earlier and subtly different) or the K44 (longer). That's fabulous information and a beautiful looking set-piece, set slap bang in Transition Era esoterica. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Not Jeremy Posted August 23 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 23 22 hours ago, Andyvee said: Ah yes, shunted off the Truro to Falmouth mails at Devoran as I recall... 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 "Prototype Brute Carrying Vehicle (variously classed as PCV / BCV / GUV) M85000 at St Pancras - c.1971" 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 4 16 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: "Prototype Brute Carrying Vehicle (variously classed as PCV / BCV / GUV) M85000 at St Pancras - c.1971" That's my next one when/if I get 86500 finished! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 4 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: That's my next one when/if I get 86500 finished! Mike. Soon after that it was altered to E85000, but still hung out at St. P https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brnpccs/e1d9e6f1e and others Later I'm not the only person to have photographed it at Banbury https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brnpccs/e9c3b99a Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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