RMweb Gold DaveF Posted November 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Ray M said: C909 ,E3189 looks to have 1 blue cab roof & 1 white cab roof ? It does look like that but I think it's just light reflecting off the rear cab roof. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2023 Some more LTSR photos, once again at Laindon. Laindon Class 302 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St June 75 C2068 Laindon Class 302 302300 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness Aug 77 C3540 Laindon Class 302 Fenchurch St to Shoeburyness Dec 77 C3628 Laindon 302276 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St May 79 C4554 Laindon Class 302 275 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St Feb 80 C4952 David 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2023 9 hours ago, SHMD said: No, Sutton Hoo as confirmed by Rob above. (I can't find it now.) Kev. Simon someone, in France IIRC - I think life caused him some issues he hasn't posted anything on FB group for ages. His 3rd rail was live! Very characterful layout. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) On 31/10/2023 at 12:03, Artless Bodger said: Nice photo C5034, the train is crossing the Luton Arches. 2EPB in the lead as you say, the second unit looks like a 2HAP - you can see the water pipes along the roof to the toilet tanks. Taken from the "Great Lines" as locally known just next to the Medway Hospital. Definitely a pair of Class 414 2-HAP's, the rear is a Phase 1 with the external lighting conduit, the front is a Phase 2 - lighting wiring internal and the "Hibar" headcode panel - the only 2-EPB's with these were the ex-Tyneside ones which never worked on the SED. Headcode 92 is likely to be the Gillingham portion off the Victoria - Maidstone East / Gillingham Stopper via Catford which split at Swanley during the 70's/80's. Edited November 3, 2023 by Southernman46 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 4 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Simon someone, in France IIRC - I think life caused him some issues he hasn't posted anything on FB group for ages. His 3rd rail was live! Very characterful layout. That wasn't Simon Parks who did a model of Newhaven, was it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2023 The name does ring a bell... Kev. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nigb55009 Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2023 It was Colin Parks who built Newhaven Harbour. Simon Park conducted his own orchestra. They reached number one in the charts, or maybe it was still the Hit Parade then. Anyway, they were at number one with Eye Level, which was the theme from Van Der Valk, the original series with Barry Foster in the lead role. Incidently, the B-side was Distant Hills, which was the theme from Crown Court, still being shown on TalkTV. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 3, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2023 I don't think there is much of a connection between this batch of photos, unless someone can think of one. Runcorn bridge May 69 J1711 Railway bridge on right, taken from passenger seat of car. Rushcliffe Halt Hotchley Hill Class 45 shunting plasterboard sidings Aug 75 C2236 On the Great Central between Nottingham and Loughborough. Great Rocks 24th Aug 90 C15299 Hathern Class 120 Nottingham to Birmingham via Leicester Aug 72 C1041 Hathern Class 45 85 Royal Corps of Transport Sheffield to St Pancras Aug 72 C1044 David 51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southernman46 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, nigb55009 said: It was Colin Parks who built Newhaven Harbour. He is now sadly no longer with us - his scratch-built EMU's were works of art .......................... Edited November 3, 2023 by Southernman46 1 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 42 minutes ago, DaveF said: Runcorn bridge May 69 J1711 Railway bridge on right, taken from passenger seat of car. I've been over both those bridges so many times. The railway bridge was called Ethelfleda. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2023 Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of LTSR photos, at Laindon. C3540, of Class 302, 302300, leading a Fenchurch St. to Shoeburyness service, in August, 1977 C3540, is a particularly well composed photo’, which is sharp, clear and I like seeing the overhead catenary along with the train. The mixed bag of photo’s are simply superb. Each one is a gem. C15299, at Great Rocks, on the 24th August, 1990, is a splendid shot of the scene. I like how you get the railway going into the tunnel with the vast area of works on the right. All so well captured in the photo’. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, DaveF said: Hathern Class 45 85 Royal Corps of Transport Sheffield to St Pancras Aug 72 C1044 1M88, only a few years before, was the Up 'The Waverley' (Edinburgh - St. Pancras). Originally ran from Princes St. station but after closure in 1965 ran from Waverley, until the closure of the Waverley Route in 1969. Edited November 3, 2023 by keefer 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artless Bodger Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, DaveF said: Great Rocks 24th Aug 90 C15299 One for the 'when the real thing looks like a model' thread - the scenery on the left looks contrived, to hide the fiddle yard behind the industrial sidings on the viewing side. A wonderful prototype for anything photo! Did the expanding quarry remove an exisiting hill continuing to the right of the main line, or were the lines built by competing companies. I'm afraid this is an area of England I don't know much about, nor its railway history. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted November 3, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2023 4 hours ago, Fat Controller said: That wasn't Simon Parks who did a model of Newhaven, was it? Simon Glidewell. I think he fell out with the mods here big time. The layout was St Mary Hoo. 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 4, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2023 Some trains at Morpeth on 12th July 2016. 67003 is featured, it was the only time I saw it in this livery. BSC_0780 Morpeth 67003 0Z67 Newcastle to Newcastle 10.19 12th July 16 BSC_0785 Morpeth Class 221 1V56 Glasgow to Plymouth 1032 12 July 16 BSC_0788 Morpeth 67003 0Z67 to Newcastle 1036 12 July 16 BSC_0790 Morpeth 67003 and 142026 Metro Centre to Morpeth 1036 12 July 16 BSC_0797 Morpeth 43319 Edinburgh to Kings X 1E07 10 David 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 65179 Posted November 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2023 19 hours ago, Artless Bodger said: One for the 'when the real thing looks like a model' thread - the scenery on the left looks contrived, to hide the fiddle yard behind the industrial sidings on the viewing side. A wonderful prototype for anything photo! Did the expanding quarry remove an exisiting hill continuing to the right of the main line, or were the lines built by competing companies. I'm afraid this is an area of England I don't know much about, nor its railway history. Here you're looking south from Great Rocks Jct. The line to the left is the former Midland Railway mainline south to Derby and Buxton, by this time freight only and to Buxton only, while the line to the right are the then ICI lines at South Works carrying on into Tunstead Quarry. The quarry dates from the late 1920s. You can see how things were arranged here: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15.9&lat=53.27139&lon=-1.84979&layers=193&right=ESRIWorld together with the more recent satellite view showing the former MR line heading south through Great Rocks Dale while quarrying has now expanded to both sides of the dale. Simon 2 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 4, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 4, 2023 (edited) A quick trip to East Yorkshire to see Brough and Hull. It's not an area Dad or I went to very often. Around 60 years ago when I was a teenager I used to do a lot of sailing in the Humber. If we moored anywhere overnight it was always on the south side, usually South Ferriby or Grimsby, never the north side. I can't remember the reason. Brough Class 124 Hull to Liverpool Sept 65 J353 Brough Class 156 Hull to Liverpool 31st July 90 C14619 Brough Class 254 Kings X to Hull 31st July 90 C14620 Hull 22nd July 00 C24931 Class 158 hiding under the roof. Hull 158905 22nd July 00 C24933 David Edited November 4, 2023 by DaveF 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2023 Good evening, David. That’s a great set of photo’s of Morpeth on 12th July, 2016. The first photo’ of 67003, on 0Z67, Newcastle to Newcastle, at 10.19, is a superb shot of the 67, and is well composed. A lovely photo’. The photo’s of Brough, East Yorkshire, and Hull, are especially interesting for myself, living not far away in Beverley. The first photo’ at Brough, with a six car class 124 unit, on a Hull to Liverpool service, in September, 1965, is a most excellent photo’, and full of nostalgia. With warmest regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 The HST is quite frankly the most amazing railway phenomenon- they looked for years so ultra modern in old infrastructure pictures then seemingly without notice became instantly retro in a modern railway environment! Top class! 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted November 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 4, 2023 Lovey to see the Class 124. They don't seem to feature often in photos. Jonathan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 5, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2023 (edited) A trip Belgium to see some trams in Ghent. The photos were taken on the way back to catch a ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull after a holiday in Austria and Switzerland. I didn't make a note of the exact locations or details about the trams. Ghent 14th August 90 C15234 Ketelbrug Ghent 14th August 90 C15235 Koophandesplein Ghent 14th August 90 C15236 Koophandesplein Ghent 14th August 90 C15237 Bridge over R. Leie Koophandesplein Ghent 14th August 90 C15238 Koophandesplein Ghent 14th August 90 C15239 Koophandesplein approaching Ketelbrug Ghent 14th August 90 C15240 Kortrijksepoortstraat David Edited April 8 by DaveF 42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 5, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2023 A few from the Blyth and Tyne between Winning and North Blyth in November and December 2016. BSC_2122 Cambois 66070 15 Nov 16 from the coal terminal BSC_2127 Freemans crossing 66070 15 Nov 16 from the coal terminal BSC_2393 Cambois 66605 14th Dec 16 empties to the coal terminal BSC_2397 North Blyth 66605 14th Dec 16 BSC_2400 North Blyth 66605 14th Dec 16 David 40 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted November 5, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2023 A few Great Eastern photos this evening. One Class 08 and four Class 309 emus. Harwich Class 08 08460 May 77 C3354 Shenfield Class 309 Clacton to Liverpool St Jan 79 C4270 Shenfield 309626 Liverpool St to Clacton Jan 79 C4273 Marks Tey Class 309 down Jan 77 C3185 Marks Tey 309617 down May 79 C4557 David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 5, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2023 Good evening, David. That’s a most excellent selection of photo’s at Ghent, in Belgium, of some trams, on the 14th August, 1990. The first one is a most enchanting photo’ of a tram crossing that bridge, with reflections in the calm waters. The second set of photo’s of the Blyth and Tyne between Winning and North Blyth in November and December, 2016, are an excellent set. BSC_2393, at Cambois, with 66605, on the 14th December, 2016, with a train of empties to the coal terminal, is a well captured photo’, and the driver is having a conversation with someone. That’s a great selection of photo’s of the Great Eastern mainline. In the last photo’, at Marks Tey, with 309617, working solo on a down service, in May, 1979, you have captured perfectly, the unit between the masts of the overhead catenary. With warmest regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Dave I've been meaning to ask for a while, were some of your Brentwood bank photos taken from the Seven Arches bridge? You might know the road as it had a pub of the same name in it, came off Shenfield common if I remember rightly and there was an entrance to Hartswood park in it? The position looks familiar to me as I always stopped for a look over the bridge when I used to go to my early evening piano lesson in a house just over the bridge. It was only a mile from school to the lesson but a four mile cycle ride home in all weathers. Blue and grey Great Eastern photos are a real blast from the past, really enjoy all your photos. Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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