RMweb Gold DaveF Posted December 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'd dearly love to see the Sutton on Sea pics. There are two in this thread if you do a search for them David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesysmith Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 J2940, love the ex LMS BG in the middle of all the BR GUV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) A trip to Scotland for today's pictures, with visits to Motherwell and Mossend in August 1987 and March 1989 . Mossend North 314216 Coatbridge to Motherwell 14th Aug 87 C8964 Mossend North 26028 up le 14th Aug 87 C8965 Mossend North 26005, 37310, 37321 iron ore to Ravenscraig 14th Aug 87 C8973. It does help if you press the shutter at the right moment, then I might have had all three locos properly in the photo. Mossend West 26034 up le 14th Aug 87 C8976 Motherwell 303008 14th Aug 87 C8982 Mossend North 303034 Motherwell to Coatbridge 29th March 89 C11820 David Edited December 19, 2015 by DaveF 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2015 (edited) I've just put a Christmas card in the Christmas Card thread, I'll add it here as well. My thanks for all the kind and valuable comments on the photos. Those who are familiar with Hexham will know why the 156 appears to be running "wrong line". David Edited several times to get it right! Edited December 19, 2015 by DaveF 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2015 Hi, Dave, and thank you for all the photo's you have posted this year. A remarkable feast indeed. I know the year has not quite finished, but I hope that you will post many more next year, for I am certainly looking forward to seeing them each day. Tonight I like those Scottish photo's, and especially the second one of 26028 at Mossend North. A fine view of that loco'. And I love the Christmas card, thank you, and a very Merry Christmas, Dave. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Dave,well what a collection of photos you have posted,marvelous,fantastic and of course cant leave out AWESOME !!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing those pictures. The other thing that stands out is the remarkable knowledge of other viewers of this thread. So thank you for the Christmas card,have good time and enjoy the new year,you deserve a break from entertaining us all. Don. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Let me add my thanks as well for providing the 'Must Read' thread of 2015. I implore you to keep up the good work in 2016, with a New Year Resolution to print at least 4 end of steam photos per week. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suddaby Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Let me add my thanks as well for providing the 'Must Read' thread of 2015. I implore you to keep up the good work in 2016, with a New Year Resolution to print at least 4 end of steam photos per week. Merry Christmas to you and yours! Hi Dave, What more can I add to d.h64's post, except, and a Happy New Year, as he says "must read". Always entertaining, and the anticipation of what will he post next. Just great Dave - thanks. Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Ref the Mossend pictures, so sad that the vantage point is no longer accessible, it was a great meeting point for Scottish Enthusiasts. I remember one time that there were about a dozen cars there, everyone had received a tip-off that a class 59 was coming north on a test run, unfortunately it was caped that day. Luckily for me it did run a few weeks later, and I was one of the few that got photographs of it. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I presume the DMU is working a Hexham- Newcastle service, and will be using the crossover just after the 'box to switch to the Newcastle-bound line? Does Hexham see any freight these days? I recollect that, in the early 1980s, there was timber inbound for Egger, and outbound for another mill, Cargowaggon twin-vans with board fo Egger, seasonal beet-nuts traffic for Farmway, resin (Egger again) and coal. There was also ballast traffic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted December 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) I presume the DMU is working a Hexham- Newcastle service, and will be using the crossover just after the 'box to switch to the Newcastle-bound line? Does Hexham see any freight these days? I recollect that, in the early 1980s, there was timber inbound for Egger, and outbound for another mill, Cargowaggon twin-vans with board fo Egger, seasonal beet-nuts traffic for Farmway, resin (Egger again) and coal. There was also ballast traffic. You are right about the 156. I don't think there is any freight now, the old goods yard is now a retail park. I'm not sure about the sidings on the up side. I haven't been to Hexham much since Mike le Marie retired and his model shop closed. It's only about 40 minutes from home, but it's not a town I need to visit often. David Edited December 20, 2015 by DaveF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2015 I'm hoping that this thread will continue as now through next year. The locations should continue to be reasonably unpredictable, depending on which images I happen to be working on and captioning - which sometimes take a while to do. I do keep a note of the areas used each day to try to avoid several days running of (say) Plmoor. I do still have lots of photos of places we have not yet visited. As for photos of the last days of steam - like all the photos the supply is finite, but there are still some more to come. This afternoon we'll have another look at the Talyllyn Railway in August 1969. It must have been a sunny month. Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas Aug 69 J1850 Tywyn Wharf No 6 Douglas Aug 69 J1851 Tywyn Wharf No 4 Edward Thomas 31st Aug 69 J1892 Tywyn Wharf No 2 Dolgoch Aug 69 J1938 Tywyn Pendre No 2 Dolgoch Auig 69 J1945 Dolgoch No 6 Douglas 31st Aug 69 C052 David 36 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) A visit to Yorkshire for today's second set of photos, this time of the railways in and around Harrogate. Arthington Class 47 D1975 The White Rose Kings X to Harrogate Dec 66 J702 Harrogate Class 40 D238 Yorkshire Pullman Harrogate to Kings X Jan 68 J1197 Harrogate B1 61303 heating carriages Class 101 Leeds to Harogate Oct 66 J667 Harrogate B1 61319 Harrogate to Kings X Aug 65 J279 Starbeck Class 110 NE51833 Harrogate to York July 67 J973 David Edited December 20, 2015 by DaveF 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2015 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's. I love those of the Talyllyn Railway, so atmospheric of the line in 1969. The photo's of Harrogate show that since the mid - sixties, the station has been rebuilt, and the railway has been rationalised. That one of B1 61319 is such a lovely portrait of the engine. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 That fabulous shot of the B1 answers a question I posed in my build thread! Wonderful timing: thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 21, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) It's time for another look at the ECML, this time we'll head north from Grantham towards Newark. Sometimes the weather is good, at other times it is not. Barkston Class 55 possibly D9005 down Flying Scotsman Sept 68 J1409 Barkston Class 47 1998 11.00 Newcastle to Kings X Dec 70 J2474 Barkston Class 47 1504 15.00 Kings X to Newcastle Feb 71 J2516 Claypole Class 55 9006 11.30 Kings X to Harrogate Oct 70 J2431 Dry Doddington Class 47 1510 up Sunday Yorkshire Pullman Oct 70 J2427 David Edited December 21, 2015 by DaveF 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted December 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 21, 2015 J1409 - 1A16 at that time was the down 'Flying Scotsman' - looks like there's an RMB as well as a restaurant car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 These shots are an inspiration to anyone who models the era and was ever in any doubt that weathering wasn't essential to capture the spirit and atmosphere of the dying days of steam and the fledgling era of the diesels. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1A22 is the 11:00 Newcastle-KX 1N18 is the 15:00 KX-Newcastle 1L13 is the 11:30 KX-Harrogate (Saturday formation) 1A16 is the Saturday formation of the Yorkshire Pullman. Front half is the 09:55 Bradford portion & 09:50 Harrogate portion at the rear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2015 Hi, Dave. An excellent selection of photo's of the ECML. About the only thing to have changed from steam days is the use of diesels. You can see telegraph poles, some semaphore signals, and mechanically operated points - not electrically worked. So much still in use from steam days. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 22, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2015 Corby steelworks and a couple of disused railway photos today, just for a change. There is less information than usual in Dad's notes on the Corby photos, does anyone know more about the locos? Corby and Weldon BISC shunter 214 Oct 70 J2388 Corby BISC 0-6-0ST and 0-6-0DS 214 Oct 70 J2389 Corby BISC p w train Oct 70 J2390 Corby BISC p w train Oct 70 J2391 Rushden trackbed of MR Wellingborough to Higham Ferrers branch Oct 70 J2394 Glenfield Tunel Feb 71 J2521 David 46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2015 Excellent photographs again Dave, what happened to this country? I love pictures of British industry, when we were still a proud nation. Look at the cars all British 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Incredible how that landscape has changed. Superb photo's of industrial heritage Dave. I think I shall treat myself to a review of all these pages again in the new year. Happy Christmas mate, and keep up the great work. All the best. Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted December 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2015 What's that (blue) van in J2391? Kev. (Wonderful pics - drool......) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Ex-LMS 6 wheel milk van I think......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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