mullie Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 (edited) Definitely prefer the older photos, the trains were so much more interesting! I like travelling on modern trains or what passes for them out of Weymouth but the lack of leg room is really annoying! Having said that quite a lot of our trains have morphed into buses and not just at weekends. Edited March 2, 2016 by mullie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted March 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2016 Love the weathering on that Cravens DMU car. Did the rain puddle inside I wonder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 2, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 2, 2016 Definitely prefer the older photos, the trains were so much more interesting! I like travelling on modern trains or what passes for them out of Weymouth but the lack of leg room is really annoying! Having said that quite a lot of our trains have morphed into buses and not just at weekends. That is so true of many areas isn't it. Normally I would curse that sort of situation but whilst visiting Ross on Wye (as I do every so often to see family) I realised that the modern Ross to Hereford bus service, that is about half hourly, is actually a superb service compared to what the railway provided back in the 60s. Apologies.....I didn't like writing that. Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 2, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hi, Dave. Great ECML photo's. In C5404, I do agree about the weathering on the Cravens DTSL, and it would look good on the Bachmann model! In the last photo' both DMU cars are class 108. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 2, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 2, 2016 Hi, Dave. Great ECML photo's. In C5404, I do agree about the weathering on the Cravens DTSL, and it would look good on the Bachmann model! In the last photo' both DMU cars are class 108. With warmest regards, Rob. Thanks, My useless typing once again. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Endacott Posted March 2, 2016 Share Posted March 2, 2016 I do agree about the weathering on the Cravens DTSL, and it would look good on the Bachmann model! I don't know what's the matter with some of these depot painters. Haven't they ever looked at models too see what weathering is supposed to look like? Geoff Endacott 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 David, Nice photos of THE Pier railway. I still remember precisely the loud “CLUNK, CLUNK, CLUNK etc.” that they made.................... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium AndyB Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2016 I thought we'd have a change from preserved steam today and take a look at the Southend Pier railway as it was in the mid to late 1970s. I quite often used to visit Southend when I lived in Basildon, if I went to the pier I always enjoyed the walk and very rarely rode on the train. Southend Pier October 1974 C1818.jpg Southend Pier October 1974 C1818 Southend Pier October 1974 C1820.jpg Southend Pier October 1974 C1820 Southend Pier from pierhead July 1975 C2188.jpg Southend Pier from pierhead July 1975 C2188 Southend Pier 30th April 1978 C3811.jpg Southend Pier 30th April 1978 C3811 Southend Pier 30th April 1978 C3819.jpg Southend Pier 30th April 1978 C3819 Southend Pier SNCB Reine Astrid from PS Waverley May 79 C4473.jpg Southend Pier SNCB Reine Astrid from PS Waverley May 79 C4473 David Thanks for these, David. Interesting on C1820 the ventilation grill is directly in the driver's line of site; granted that it was unlikely he had a great need to see much! And would I be right to think that the large office block to the rhs of the following photo (C2188) was at Chartwell Square? Home to our plastic flexible friend, if so! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Mawer Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks for the Nottingham Lincoln line shots. My youth!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2016 Thanks for these, David. Interesting on C1820 the ventilation grill is directly in the driver's line of site; granted that it was unlikely he had a great need to see much! And would I be right to think that the large office block to the rhs of the following photo (C2188) was at Chartwell Square? Home to our plastic flexible friend, if so! It looks like one of those rotating windscreen wipers often seen on ships. I remember them being tried on the main line, including EM2 No. 27002, but they didn't catch on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 3, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) More photos from the Midland Railway's Erewash Valley line today. Avenue Sidings Hunslet? 0-4-0DS No5 Aug 75 C2275 Westhouses Class 44 down coal and 2x Class 20 July 76 C2850 Pye Bridge Class 45 down ballast July 76 C2839 Pye Bridge 8F 48126 up coal Oct 63 J075 Awsworth track machine down June 78 C3900 David Edited March 3, 2016 by DaveF 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 J075 - very interesting wagons as the first and second vehicles behind the 8F - the first appears to have two side panels which drop down, the second looks like a 5-plank open body which has been lengthened with two extra panels and plonked on a longer chassis... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2016 Hi, Dave. Some lovely photos of the Midland Railway Erewash Valley line. I particularly like J075, at Pye Bridge with 8F 48126. The second wagon, is it a pipe or tube wagon? With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) It looks like the BR built tube wagon to an earlier LMS design, as seen here - http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brlmstube/h365401e1#h365401e1 Edited, to add that I am beginning to doubt myself now because that particular design had corrugated ends which the one in David's photo seems not to have. Edited March 3, 2016 by jonny777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2016 Yea, Westhouses. One of my favourite stabling points on 80s shed bashes. One of the out in the wilds sort of place as well. Lots of ghosts. Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2016 Excellent again Dave 2850 is interesting,the 20s have the sub (signal) but if as I suspect this is to take them to the down main. This has cleared very quickly after the coal train,but any other visible route they would receive a main aspect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2016 Excellent again Dave 2850 is interesting,the 20s have the sub (signal) but if as I suspect this is to take them to the down main. This has cleared very quickly after the coal train,but any other visible route they would receive a main aspect It looks like TT66 signal on the Up & Down Goods at Blackwell South Junction. The line straight ahead was a siding and the signal showed a sub and stencil for that move or a main aspect for the Up Main. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 3, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2016 Ahh right, I'm getting confused, I was thinking it was the goods. I think by then they only went as far as Pye Bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 (edited) J075 - very interesting wagons as the first and second vehicles behind the 8F - the first appears to have two side panels which drop down, the second looks like a 5-plank open body which has been lengthened with two extra panels and plonked on a longer chassis... Very common in this area. a Pipe, either LNER or the BR built LNER Pipe diag 1/461. http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/brpipe/e2a5b4f54 The second is an LMS tube with plank end http://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/lmstube/e38b93d25 Paul Edited March 3, 2016 by hmrspaul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted March 4, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 4, 2016 For today's pictures we had a short distance northwards from Newcastle on the ECML. Manors Class 104 up pass Feb 80 C4956 Manors 37063 down coal Feb 80 C4957 Manors Class 105 down pass Feb 80 J6770 Ouseburn Class 43 Aberdeen to Kings X & T & W Metro June 87 J8958 Benton Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle Aug 81 C5537 David 37 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Great to see those old pics of Manors station, reminds me of my old 'spotting days in the 1960s when Manors was the terminus for the Blyth & Tyne. We used to change from the 101 DMU onto a Tyneside Electric to complete our journey to Newcastle Central. The alternative was a change at Backworth onto a Tyneside Electric. Happy days! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted March 4, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2016 Hi, Dave. Excellent photo's of the ECML from Newcastle. Always good to see the DMU's going about their everyday work. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted March 4, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 4, 2016 Don't suppose we could creep around the corner a bit to Trafalgar Yard & then down to Quayside? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted March 4, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2016 Don't suppose we could creep around the corner a bit to Trafalgar Yard & then down to Quayside? Phil That had all gone before I moved to the north east, very sadly. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 C5537 looks like another Cl101/105 hybrid set. Nice shot of a 4 car BRCW 104 as well. No first class on it, which seemed to be the norm of units around there. Yet more fascinating photos David. Always look forward to seeing what you put on the thread next with anticipation. Paul j. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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