Dave F's photos - ongoing - more added each day

[keefer]

17 hours ago, lmsforever said:

That looks like the RNLI Arbroath lifeboat in the rear of the photo , busy station.

No, that's just a boat yard for building/repairing. 

The photo shows the (outer) tidal harbour basin and you can just make out (to the left of the two fishing boats) the gap through to the inner basin which, up until the '70s, could have fishing boats berthed 2 or 3 deep around the wall.

The small lifting bridge over the slipway gave access to the outer wall/pier on the right (stretching some way behind the camera on the right).

The lifeboat station was off scene to the left, behind the camera.

Walked across that little bridge and around the harbour many times while on holiday, staying with relatives up near the Abbey. Good times☺️

EDIT:

Current satellite view, orange arrow shows viewpoint of camera in Dave's pic:

 

1923 OS 25-inch map shows the Branch tracks around the harbour (tracks top left lead to Arbroath station.)

 

Edited December 19, 2023 by keefer

[lmsforever]

2 hours ago, keefer said:

No, that's just a boat yard for building/repairing. 

The photo shows the (outer) tidal harbour basin and you can just make out (to the left of the two fishing boats) the gap through to the inner basin which, up until the '70s, could have fishing boats berthed 2 or 3 deep around the wall.

The small lifting bridge over the slipway gave access to the outer wall/pier on the right (stretching some way behind the camera on the right).

The lifeboat station was off scene to the left, behind the camera.

Walked across that little bridge and around the harbour many times while on holiday, staying with relatives up near the Abbey. Good times☺️

EDIT:

Current satellite view, orange arrow shows viewpoint of camera in Dave's pic:

 

1923 OS 25-inch map shows the Branch tracks around the harbour (tracks top left lead to Arbroath station.)

 

Thanks

[DaveF]

Ratcliffe on Soar next, between Loughborough and Trent.

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up ex pass and Class 47 down ex pass March 69 J1565

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 46 D186 up freight April 69 J1642

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 down Aug 69 J1793

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Thames Clyde? Aug 69 J1796

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Jan 70 J2041

 

 

Ratcliffe on Soar Class 45 up Jan 70 J2043

 

David

Edited December 19, 2023 by DaveF

[balders]

J1695 is a very interesting image given it's part of a preserved line now. It looks like a substantial and well maintained railway landscape given it closed a couple of years later. 

 

I recall going there with my dad in the very early days of preservation in the torrential rain and having short rides in a brake van at Shackerstone I think.

 

Regards

 

Guy

[Market65]

Good evening, David. That’s a great selection of photo’s of places beginning with L and M. The last photo’ at Market Bosworth, on the MR and LNW Joint line, in May, 1969, is a well composed photo’ of the station, and the track layout can be clearly seen which might be of to someone who may wish to make a model of the station.

 

The photo’s of Ratcliffe on Soar are a superb set. J1642, of Class 46, D186, on an up freight train, in April, 1969, is an excellent composition by your Dad, of both the train and the cooling towers.

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[DaveF]

A batch of photos at Skipton.  One or two may have been posted more recently, if so my apologies, for some reason my records are a bit vague about this batch.

 

Edit.  It has just occurred to me that I could have searched this thread to see what was posted when. It's a bit late now but I will try to remember in future when I have doubts about a photo.  Meanwhile enjoy them even if you have seen any before.

 

 

Skipton LMS Class 5 Light engine loco coal wagons and LMS Jinty Jan 67 J742

 

 

Skipton LMS 8F up goods Jan 67 J764

 

 

Skipton LMS Class 5s 44887 & 45219 Feb 67 J781

 

 

Skipton Class 5 44831 down freight June 67 J0911

 

 

Skipton Class 113 Colne to Skipton June 67 J912  dmu class corrected

 

David

 

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by DaveF

[Oldddudders]

31 minutes ago, DaveF said:

A batch of photos at Skipton.  One or two may have been posted more recently, if so my apologies, for some reason my records are a bit vague about this batch.

 

Edit.  It has just occurred to me that I could have searched this thread to see what was posted when. It's a bit late now but I will try to remember in future when I have doubts about a photo.  Meanwhile enjoy them even if you have seen any before.

Frankly, David, since most of your photos are simply irreproducible, if the occasional 'duplicate' slips through, no-one here will die in a ditch. Don't waste too much time on this!

[Donington Road]

1 hour ago, DaveF said:

A batch of photos at Skipton.  One or two may have been posted more recently, if so my apologies, for some reason my records are a bit vague about this batch.

 

Edit.  It has just occurred to me that I could have searched this thread to see what was posted when. It's a bit late now but I will try to remember in future when I have doubts about a photo.  Meanwhile enjoy them even if you have seen any before.

 

David

 

 

 

50 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

Frankly, David, since most of your photos are simply irreproducible, if the occasional 'duplicate' slips through, no-one here will die in a ditch. Don't waste too much time on this!

 

Like Ian said David, no-one is going to be bothered about duplicates.  This thread is no different to thumbing through your favourite photo book time after time.😀

We all know it is quite a commitment to post something every day and we really appreciate the effort you put into this.

[33C]

22 hours ago, keefer said:

No, that's just a boat yard for building/repairing. 

The photo shows the (outer) tidal harbour basin and you can just make out (to the left of the two fishing boats) the gap through to the inner basin which, up until the '70s, could have fishing boats berthed 2 or 3 deep around the wall.

The small lifting bridge over the slipway gave access to the outer wall/pier on the right (stretching some way behind the camera on the right).

The lifeboat station was off scene to the left, behind the camera.

Walked across that little bridge and around the harbour many times while on holiday, staying with relatives up near the Abbey. Good times☺️

EDIT:

Current satellite view, orange arrow shows viewpoint of camera in Dave's pic:

 

1923 OS 25-inch map shows the Branch tracks around the harbour (tracks top left lead to Arbroath station.)

 

Any "Abandoned rails in the road"?

[New Haven Neil]

J912, rare small yellow panel DMU.

 

Always something of interest in your photos Dave, as others have said the occasional duplicate is no issue.

[DaveF]

14 minutes ago, 33C said:

Any "Abandoned rails in the road"?

 

I don't hve any other photos of Arbroath, I think Dad must just have stopped there for a few minutes. taken a photo and moved on.  David

[keefer]

3 hours ago, 33C said:

Any "Abandoned rails in the road"?

Looking at Google Streetview, all of the quayside roads are tarmac or monobloc with no sign of any rails showing through.

A lot of the roads past the top left of the Inner Basin have been obliterated since the '60/70s with the building of the dual carriageway & associated main roads through the town. 

Edited December 20, 2023 by keefer

[33C]

1 minute ago, keefer said:

Looking at Google Streetview, all of the quayside roads are tarmac or monobloc with no sign of any trails showing through.

A lot of the roads past the top left of the Inner Basin were obliterated in the '60/70s with the building of the dual carriageway & associated main roads through the town. 

Shame. Thanks.

[DaveF]

A few photos taken at York over the years for this evening.

 

 

York A3 4472 Flying Scotsman up light engine Oct 66 J674

 

 

York Class 40 40070 KWVR special Colne to York Sat 7 Apr 79 C4386

 

 

York 55003 Meld Sat 7th April 79 C4400

 

 

York 254024 ecs for special York to Stratford via Ipswich  Sat 7th April 79 C4411  This was the return working for the trip from Ipswich to York via Stratford and round to the ECML that morning.  I travelled on it to and from Shenfield, it was a very interesting trip, much of it on very rare track for an HST.

 

 

York 55018 York to Kings X May 81 C5359 I think this was taken on a journey from Newcastle to Colchester for work, for some reason I stopped off at York for a while on the way.

 

David

[Market65]

Good evening, David. Firstly, I am not worried about any duplicate photo’s, it just such a pleasure and a privilege to enjoy seeing these photo’s each day. Please keep them coming for as long as you can.

 

That’s a fantastic set of photo’s of Skipton. The first one of LMS Class 5, running light engine, with loco coal wagons in the foreground, and an LMS Jinty, in January, 1967, is a superb and most atmospheric photo’. 

The last photo’ of a unit on a Colne to Skipton service, in June, 1967, is a splendid shot, but is actually two of the four character headcode box class 113’s with one RollsRoyce engine per car. 

 

The York photo’s are truly outstanding. C4400, of 55003, Meld, on Saturday, the 7th April, 1979, is an excellent portrait shot of the Deltic. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.

[corneliuslundie]

55003: now that is how a Deltic should look.

J

[DaveF]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

 

Brinklow Class 86 E3194 down freight Jan 69 J1524

 

David

[russ p]

20 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

 

Brinklow Class 86 E3194 down freight Jan 69 J1524

 

David

 

20 minutes ago, DaveF said:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

 

Brinklow Class 86 E3194 down freight Jan 69 J1524

 

David

 

And a merry Christmas to you David and yet again sincere thanks for your excellent pictures 

7th April 79 was a busy day for railtours I remember been on one from Middlesbrough to Dinting with 55022 coming off and the V2 coming on for a run over the hope Valley 

It had a loco change on the way home but I can't recall what they were

I drove D9000 on the mainline in 2001 and was quite emotional thinking of how excited I was as a 13 year old being hauled by the same loco I was now driving 

[DaveF]

Today starts in Switzerland at Unterterzen by the Walensee on the line from Zürich to Chur.  The photos are from 1988 and 1990.

 

 

Unterterzen  Station building and goods shed 31st July 88 C09851

 

 

Unterterzen Re4/4ii 11226 Sargans to Ziegelbrucke 31st July 88 C9852

 

 

Unterterzen Re4/4ii 11253 Basel to Chur 31st July 88 C9853

 

 

Unterterzen goods shed and station building road side 31st July 88 C9854

 

 

Unterterzen Ae6/6 11442 to Zürich 9th Aug 90 C14995

 

 

Unterterzen Re4/4ii 11269 EC from Chur 9th Aug 90 C14997

 

 

Unterterzen Re4/4ii 11169 Schnellzug to Chur 9th Aug 90 C14998

 

David

[Artless Bodger]

J742 is particularly interesting, the LOCOSX 5 plank wagons all seem to be WR ones, I cannot determine if they have end doors - ex clay wagons or just merchandise wagons? Can you tell me the meaning of LOCOSX please? Specific to Skipton perhaps? Also in the rake behind a cupboard door 'French' mineral, you don't often see them in photos (though somewhre I've seen a photo of an A4 pulling a whole rake of them - protoype for anything). I find any photo with the 'French' minerals interesting as we had several as internal coal wagons at the papermill I worked in.

 

Your Swiss photos are always interesting thank you. In my view the Re4/4ii and Re6/6 have to be the neatest electric locos yet built. 

[mullie]

Thanks for continuing to post every day, this is still a 'must see' and I don't mind how often you repeat  photos like many have said.

 

The photos without trains are just as interesting, few photographers capture infrastructure the way you do.

 

Best wishes

 

Martyn

[New Haven Neil]

2 hours ago, Artless Bodger said:

Your Swiss photos are always interesting thank you. In my view the Re4/4ii and Re6/6 have to be the neatest electric locos yet built. 

 

I always thought they summed up both the modern railway scene abroad, and proof that practical locomotives don't have to be ugly with bits sticking out all over.  So smooth, so furrin, so much better than a lot of the tat we got!

[DaveF]

Swayfield during 1972.

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 up ex pass April 72 C869

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 19.00 Kings X to Newcastle June 72 C0978

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 17.29 Bradford to Kings X June 72 C0999

 

 

Swayfield Class 55 9012 09.48 Harrogate to Kings X The Yorkshire Pullman July 72 C1013

 

 

Swayfield Class 47 09.00 Hull to Kings X Dec 72 C1169

 

David

[BernardTPM]

C869 and C0978 (first two) show two early pre-TOPS Blue FYE variations well.

[Market65]

Good evening, David. First of all I wish you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you will enjoy a relaxing time. And thank you for all the excellent photo’s you have posted this year.

 

Now, that’s a great set of photo’s of Switzerland at Unterterzen by the Walensee on the line from Zürich to Chur. C14998, of Re4/4ii, 11169, working a Schnellzug to Chur service, on the 9th August, 1990, is a most delightful composition, which captures the train in the Swiz countryside so perfectly.

 

The photo’s of Swayfield, on the ECML, are a superb selection. C1013, of Class 55, 9012, on the 09.48, Harrogate to Kings Cross, The Yorkshire Pullman, in July, 1972, is an excellent photo’ of the Deltic hauled Pullman. 
 

With warmest regards,

 

Rob.