RMweb Gold DaveF Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 2 hours ago, Artless Bodger said: The platform canopies are devoid of glass, was this removed during the war as an air-raid precaution, or had it succumbed before the war? I think a wartime precaution, I'm sure I've seen pre war photos with the glass in place. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 21 (edited) This morning I went to the Tanfield Railway's "Legends of Industry" Gala. It runs from Sunniside to East Tanfield, I spent my time at Andrews House and Marley Hill. To me it is in the south as I have to cross the Tyne to get there, it's about 40 minutes from home when there isn't too much traffic. Today there were 5 locos in steam plus 2 diesels. There will be a selection of photos over the next three days. BSC_8737 Andrews House Bagnall Hawarden This year's visiting loco. BSC_8740 Andrews House Bagnall Hawarden Arriving from Sunniside with a train to East Tanfield. BSC_8747 Marley Hill Armstrong Whiiworth 2 and Hawthorn Leslie 2 with Barclay Stanley on the left BSC_8749 Marley Hill Armstrong Whitworth 2 and Hawthorn Leslie 2. Also an ex NCB undergound mine loco. BSC_8750 Marley Hill Andrew Barclay Stanley David Edited June 21 by DaveF 47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 4 minutes ago, DaveF said: This morning I went to the Tanfield Railway's "Legends of Industry" Gala. It runs from Sunniside to East Tanfield, I spent my time at Andrews House and Marley Hill. To me it is in the south as I have to cross the Tyne to get there, it's about 40 minutes from home when there isn't too much traffic. Today there were 5 locos in steam plus 2 diesels. There will be a selection of photos over the next three days. BSC_8737 Andrews House Bagnall Hawarden This year's visiting loco. BSC_8740 Andrews House Bagnall Hawarden Arriving from Sunniside with a train to East Tanfield. BSC_8747 Marley Hill Armstrong Whiiworth 2 and Hawthorn Leslie 2 with Barclay Stanley on the left BSC_8749 Marley Hill Armstrong Whitworth 2 and Hawthorn Leslie 2. Also an ex NCB undergound mine loco. BSC_8750 Marley Hill Andrew Barclay Stanley David Only ever been there once - March 2020 as a quickly arranged trip to replace one to New Jersey c/o you know what... - and was very impressed with the place, particularly what they had waiting to be restored (!). I stayed at Stanley, so it wasn't far to travel..... Hopefully will get there again next year after this years "catch up" programme of trips to the USA. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 Lovely pictures of the Tanfield. I've always thought Andrews House makes an ideal model railway station (picture by DaveF, see earlier post) There's a passing loop, a quaint station building with equally ideosyncratic ancillaries and its closely bounded at each end by bridges. An ideal place to run short goods and passenger trains, hauled by nothing bigger than an 0-6-0 tank loco. Perfect! 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Hroth Posted June 21 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 21 (edited) Here's one I took in the opposite direction from the stone bridge in August 2018. Not much has changed! (Apart from the bushes on the right, which are rather larger...) Edited June 21 by Hroth 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 21 Somewhere much closer to home in Northumberland for teatime, I can be there in just over 10 minutes. Cramlington Class 31 relaying trainFeb 84 C6470 Cramlington Class 254 up 27th Dec 84 C6670 Cramlington Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle 27th Dec 84 C6672 Cramlington track machine 29th Oct 87 C9239 Cramlington North 37071 up le 31st May 91 C15901 David 44 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 Good evening, David. That’s a fantastic assortment of Scottish photo’s. J3988, at Leith, with a Class 08, in August, 1974, is a superb view of the track layout and several cranes can be seen too. The photo’s of the Tanfield Railway's "Legends of Industry" Gala, from today, are an excellent selection, and I am looking forward to seeing the others over the weekend. The last photo’ at Marley Hill , with Andrew Barclay, Stanley, is a delightful portrait of the locomotive. The photo’s of Cramlington are a delightful set. The last photo’ at Cramlington North, with 37071, on an up light engine movement, on the 31st May, 1991, is a lovely composition of the 37 on a dull May day. Very best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artless Bodger Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 5 hours ago, DaveF said: I think a wartime precaution, I'm sure I've seen pre war photos with the glass in place. David As an aside, following my query, remembering photos of Cannon Street with no glass in the roof, I checked up. The glazing was removed from Cannon Street roof as a precaution and carefully stored in a factory, to be restored after the war. Unfortunately the factory itself was bombed and the glass was destroyed. I presume similar precautions were taken in other vulnerable places. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 (edited) 2 hours ago, DaveF said: Somewhere much closer to home in Northumberland for teatime, I can be there in just over 10 minutes. Cramlington Class 31 relaying trainFeb 84 C6470 Cramlington Class 254 up 27th Dec 84 C6670 Cramlington Class 101 Morpeth to Newcastle 27th Dec 84 C6672 Cramlington track machine 29th Oct 87 C9239 Cramlington North 37071 up le 31st May 91 C15901 David The houses in the background of the top photo C6470 have a whiff of Bob Ferris and Terry Collier about them... 😉 Edited June 21 by Rugd1022 9 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt37268 Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 19 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: The houses in the background of the top photo C6470 have a whiff of Bob Ferris and Terry Collier about them... 😉 Obviously the Elm Lodge Housing Estate and not Inkerman Terrace 😀 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Davexoc Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 13 hours ago, DaveF said: Leith Class 08 Aug 74 J3988 Just wondering if you and/or your dad ever use(d) filters on your cameras? The cloud definition in this particular shot stands out, which is something more easily acheived with a polarising filter. Personally I have a UV filter on most lenses, which acts as lens protection. My eldest daughter once dropped a DSLR, and the smashed filter made it look expensive but meant the lens survivied the impact, with only a new filter being required... 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted June 22 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 10 hours ago, Davexoc said: Just wondering if you and/or your dad ever use(d) filters on your cameras? The cloud definition in this particular shot stands out, which is something more easily acheived with a polarising filter. Personally I have a UV filter on most lenses, which acts as lens protection. My eldest daughter once dropped a DSLR, and the smashed filter made it look expensive but meant the lens survivied the impact, with only a new filter being required... Both Dad and I almost always had (I still have) a UV filter on lenses, more to protect the lens than anything else. We both had polarising filters and used them for time to time, most often when taking photos including lakes and sometimes the sea. I don't any more, though I do hav eone in the camera bag. I have found that sometimes when a slide is scanned the sky improves a bit. About twenty years ago when I scanned all the slides technology was not as advanced as it is now, sometimes the results could be a bit unpredicatble but when everything worked the photos came out really well, as in this case. David 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 22 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 22 (edited) This morning's photos are taken at Cadeby in Leicestershire, near Market Bosworth. Rev E. R. (Teddy) Boston was the vicar there, as many of you know he had a large OO gauge Great Western layout as well as one based on the Southwold Railway. He also had a 2' gauge railway in his garden, along with his steam roller (Thistledown) and a traction engine (Fiery Elias). Dad had known him at Cambridge and we quite often used to visit in the 60s and early 70s. It is where I learnt the basics of driving railway and road steam vehicles. Cadeby 1931 Austin 7 April 64 JRV024 Cadeby Bagnall Pixie June 64 J131 Cadeby Foster engine Fiery Elias June 69 C421 Cadeby Bagnall Pixie June 70 C222 Cadeby traction engine, thresher and car in tow June 70 C431 Cadeby Pixie safety valve and whistle removed for winter Feb 71 J2518 Cadeby Midland Railway dray Apr 74 J3648 David Edited June 22 by DaveF 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 I was up in the north-east this week and on Wednesday I took the train from Newcastle to Carlisle and back. Although I’d been to both places before, I’d never travelled over that line. Thanks to David’s prodigious posting of pictures, the route (as well as the stations at both ends) felt very familiar and I was able to look out for features of the line that I only knew from this thread. Sadly no diverted HSTs, nor any class 26s on a Tyne Yard Speedlink these days, but a very picturesque bit of railway. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 22 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 22 (edited) Five more photos from yesterday at the Tanfield Railway. BSC_8751 Marley Hill Andrew Barclay Stanley and Hawthorn Leslie 2. ecs to Sunniside. BSC_8753 Andrews House Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Cochrane East Tanfield to Sunniside BSC_8754 Marley Hill Andrew Barclay Stanley. Mixed train Sunniside to East Tanfield. BSC_8755 Marley Hill Andrew Barclay Stanley. Mixed train Sunniside to East Tanfield. Exchanging tokens. BSC_8758 Andrews House Andrew Barclay Stanley and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Cochrane. Both trains stationary, coal was being passed from the coal stage out of shot beyond the water tank on the right to Stanley via Cochrane. David Edited June 22 by DaveF 46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted June 22 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 22 (edited) The ECML again at Barkston, north of Grantham. Barkston Class 47 up ex pass and Class 47 down ex pass and wagons of a goods on Sleaford line Dec 69 C175 Barkston Class 47 up empty iron ore Dec 69 C180 Barkston Class 55 D9000 12.00 Edinburgh to Kings X Feb 70 J2067 Barkston Class 47 up Oct 75 C2486 Barkston Class 55 55018 down 30th May 78 C3889 David Edited June 23 by DaveF 46 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 39 minutes ago, DaveF said: C2486 Any catering car experts out there? Looks like an unusual one somehow but can’t put my finger on it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post russ p Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted June 22 22 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: The houses in the background of the top photo C6470 have a whiff of Bob Ferris and Terry Collier about them... 😉 I have a section of the Elm Lodge Estate on my layout, Bob's viva is there 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said: Any catering car experts out there? Looks like an unusual one somehow but can’t put my finger on it. Dia.30 Griddle car, built new 1960, no.1100-2. Dia.31 no.1103-5 were converted 1966 from dia.16 RF and while similar, had a different window layout. Edited June 22 by keefer 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted June 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 22 Good evening, David. That’s a fantastic set of photo’s of Cadeby in Leicestershire, near Market Bosworth. C421, of Foster engine, Fiery Elias, in June, 1969, is a superb portrait shot of the engine. The photo’s of the Tanfield Railway, are a delightful selection. The first photo’ at Marley Hill, with Andrew Barclay, Stanley, and Hawthorn Leslie, number 2, on an ECS to Sunniside, is an excellent composition, and portrays the two locomotives perfectly. The photo’s of the ECML, at Barkston, north of Grantham, are a splendid set. The last photo’ of Class 55, 55018, on a down express train, on the 30th May, 1978, is a most impressive composition of a Deltic hauled express not long before the HST’s took over. Very best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 4 hours ago, russ p said: I have a section of the Elm Lodge Estate on my layout, Bob's viva is there There were actually two HB Vivas used, one was a 2-door in Peacock Blue (ALF 132H) and a 4-door in Pacific Blue for which I couldn't see the reg.no. As an possible explanation maybe they were "firm's" cars. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) On 21/06/2024 at 11:41, Artless Bodger said: J643, I wonder where the train of vans and cars had originated? I cannot identify the vans or cars (not my sphere of interest at all), so I wonder if anyone can identify the make etc please? Just out of interest. On 21/06/2024 at 11:46, Carnforth said: First thought is of Ford Transits, facing the camera. I remember them having a distinct white bumber region. I think! On 21/06/2024 at 12:29, keefer said: Looks like Transits (the more boxy squared-off version) with a D-series lorry/tractor unit behind. Early Mk.1 Transits with the white grille area; most seem to be grey. Both the Transit and the 'D' cab were 1965 introductions so would be coming out of the factories in September 1966. Cars further on, possibly including the last of the Mk.1 Cortinas off to the showrooms. Production would have switched to the new Mk.2 during the summer break, for launch in October. Other Ford cars at that date would be Mk.3 (105E) Anglia, Ford Corsair and the Mk.IV Zephyr & Zodiac. Edited June 22 by BernardTPM 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) Duplicate removed. Edited June 22 by BernardTPM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
35A Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 (edited) Looking at J2067, David, it's not D9002, as it has a single line nameplate. My first thought was that it was D9008 but the front footstep gives it away - it's D9000. Edited June 22 by 35A Correction 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Bob-65b Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 (edited) 15 hours ago, keefer said: Dia.30 Griddle car, built new 1960, no.1100-2. Dia.31 no.1103-5 were converted 1966 from dia.16 RF and while similar, had a different window layout. Spot on Keefer - has to be Diag 30 E1102, the only one to be Air Braked / Electric Heated for use in these sets. Edited June 23 by Bob Reid Grammer! 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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