RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 10 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10 (edited) 14 hours ago, Donington Road said: You are not alone Jim, I can't get my head around it either. The road on Google maps from Loch Watenan through the 90° bend past the house with the red facia boards (Station Masters House?) is on a rising gradient, whereas Dave's photo shows a dip in the road (presumeably where the railway crossed) rising on both sides. It is just a bit too far on my push bike to go and investigate so could you please put us out of our misery Dave. I will try but it's one of Dad's photos so I too will have to look it up - I am assuming he got the place right and it is not somewhere else on the line. I went there once in the late 60s but didn't take photos! It may be tomorrow though. David Edited September 11 by DaveF 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 11 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11 14 hours ago, Donington Road said: You are not alone Jim, I can't get my head around it either. The road on Google maps from Loch Watenan through the 90° bend past the house with the red facia boards (Station Masters House?) is on a rising gradient, whereas Dave's photo shows a dip in the road (presumeably where the railway crossed) rising on both sides. It is just a bit too far on my push bike to go and investigate so could you please put us out of our misery Dave. 13 hours ago, DaveF said: I will try but it's one of Dad's photos so I too will have to look it up - I am assuming he got the place right and it is not somewhere else on the line. I went there once in the late 60s but didn't take photos! It may be tomorrow though. David I've had a look at Dad's other photos he took that day and at maps along with Google Earth and think Jim has it right - I cannot find anywhere else which fits any better, though I will have another look later on. David 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 11 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 11 (edited) Much nearer London today with photos of both BR and London Transport trains at Barking, Blake Hall (Ongar branch) and Upminster. I have not added the LT classes as I always get them wrong. Barking Class 302 298 Shoeburyness to Fenchurch St 30th April 77 C3327 Barking LT up 30th April 1977 C3329 Blake Hall LT Ongar to Epping - despite what the destination blind says Feb 79 C4293 Blake Hall LT Ongar to Epping Feb 79 C4294 Upminster Class 105 Romford to Upminster Dec 79 C4904 David Edited September 11 by DaveF 47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donington Road Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 (edited) 6 hours ago, DaveF said: I've had a look at Dad's other photos he took that day and at maps along with Google Earth and think Jim has it right - I cannot find anywhere else which fits any better, though I will have another look later on. David Thank you David. I have spent a pleasant afternoon reading all about the Wick & Lybster railway, very interesting, as are most disused railways, all thanks to you posting a photo. For those of you who are interested, lots of info on Google, just search Wick & Lybster railway. Edited September 11 by Donington Road 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 11 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 11 Some north east photos next. Plawsworth is between Chester le Street and Durham on the ECML. I haven't been there for a long time as it was became overgrown some years after these photos, one day I'll go and see if it has been cleared up. Simpasture Junction was the junction between the Stockton and Darlington Railway and the Clarence Railway, near the present town of Newton Aycliffe. i.e. between Heighington and Shildon. Tyne Dock is on the south side of the Tyne from where the iron ore trains used to run to Consett. Nowadays it deals with the wood pulp traffic from there to Lynemouth. Tyne Yard is on the ECML south of Newcastle. Plawsworth Class 46 down Jan 83 C5916 Plawsworth Class 254 HST up Jan 83 C5917 Simpasture Junction Clarence Railway view east June75 J4461 Simpasture Junction Class 37 down freight on the Stockton and Darlington June 75 J4464 Tyne Dock sidings 15th Aug 85 C7141 Taken from St Bede's monastery, Jarrow. Tyne Yard 37005 up p w June 81 C5440 David 45 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11 Good evening, David. That’s a fascinating set of photo’s of both BR and London Transport trains at Barking, Blake Hall (Ongar branch) and Upminster. In particular I like C4293, at Blake Hall with a LT Ongar to Epping service, in February, 1979. It is a most atmospheric shot of the train in the countryside. The photo’s from the north east at Plawsworth, Simpasture Junction, Tyne Dock and Tyne Yard, are an excellent selection. The last photo’ at Tyne Yard, with 37005, on an up permanent way train, in June, 1981, is truly superb, and what a well weathered 37 that is. Very best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 12 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 12 Another Scottish assortment this morning, hopefully a bit easier to place. Ardlui Train hauled by 37259 and 37121 WBHS Newcastle to Fort William 11th May 85 C6841 Aviemore from the north June 69 C002/5498 Taken from the back of a car Aviemore South 21st June 69 C001 My first colour railway photo Ballachulish station remains July 74 J3867 Banavie swing bridge Aug 76 J5402 Banavie swing bridge Aug 76 J5403 Banavie swing bridge Aug 76 J5404 David 47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted September 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12 That's a remarkable picture of Aviemore from the North. That road, (back then the A9?)looks absolutely nothing like that now; in fact you wouldn't recognise it. Great images. Best Scott. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 How well I know all those scenes, and how I wish I could revisit them. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12 From yesterday: C5916 shows how bright red the vestibules were in the Mk2b/c! C5440 shows how manky the 37 is, where the grot has had to be scrubbed off the yellow end. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12 On 11/09/2024 at 09:33, DaveF said: I've had a look at Dad's other photos he took that day and at maps along with Google Earth and think Jim has it right - I cannot find anywhere else which fits any better, though I will have another look later on. David the only other possible location on the whole branch is slightly further south but the building locations don’t quite add up again and street view doesn’t extend to the location (but they may do if the photo was taken further up the road) https://maps.app.goo.gl/jRHWsxNsVFUYn7cu8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy red line: trackbed Green arrow: White House black arrow: house on horizon X: Photo location this is of course now assuming the trackbed is in fact running behind the white building along the line of the telegraph poles you can see 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 12 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12 4 minutes ago, big jim said: the only other possible location on the whole branch is slightly further south but the building locations don’t quite add up again and street view doesn’t extend to the location (but they may do if the photo was taken further up the road) https://maps.app.goo.gl/jRHWsxNsVFUYn7cu8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy red line: trackbed Green arrow: White House black arrow: house on horizon X: Photo location this is of course now assuming the trackbed is in fact running behind the white building along the line of the telegraph poles you can see That's definitely a possibility Jim. I'm beginning to think that they moved the scenery around after the line was closed, and then again between Dad taking the photos and now! David 2 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12 2 hours ago, DaveF said: That's definitely a possibility Jim. I'm beginning to think that they moved the scenery around after the line was closed, and then again between Dad taking the photos and now! David I don’t like to think that 1974 was 50 years ago and a lot could have changed, I wasn’t born until the following year! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 12 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 12 Some black and white photos on the Midland for this evening. Derby 2 BR Class 5s down ex pass c1960 JVol7059 I was standing next to Dad when he took this photo, I still remember the amount of steam and noise. Mansfield Junction 8F 48666 up goods c1952 JVol4173 The white triangle at the bottom is just damage to the print. Notingham London Road Junction Ivatt 4MT 43040 pass Nottingham to Lincoln c1952 JVol1006 Nottingham Mansfield Junction Fairburn 4MTT 42680 Nottingham to Mansfield c1950 JVol7308 Rolleston Junction 2P 0-4-4T 1324 push pull Southwell to Rolleston Junction c1948 JVol4222 David 50 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS2968 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 JVol7059 is certainly impressive! 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 12 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12 Good evening, David. That’s a superb Scottish assortment of photo’s. In particular C002, at Aviemore South, on the 21st June, 1969 C001, your first railway photo’ in colour. A beautiful composition and it shows the signalbox particularly well. The black and white Midland photo’s are full of interest. The first photo’ at Derby with two BR Class 5’s on a down express passenger train in c1960, is a most remarkable shot of the locomotives and all the smoke and steam. Thank you for posting it. Very best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
balders Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 JVol7059. Wow! 😎 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 13 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 13 Metre gauge in Switzerland this morning on the Rhätische Bahn at Samedan. It is the junction for the lines to St Moritz and Tirano. In the other direction you can go to Scuol Tarasp or Filsur and on to Chur. Samedan RhB Ge4/4ii 619 Chur to St Moritz 7th Aug 88 C10328 Samedan RhB Crocodile Ge6/6 414 7th August 1988 C10329 Samedan RhB Ge3/3 214 7th Aug 88 C10331 note the shunter is about to move coaches with the passengers still in them. Samedan RhB ABe4/4 505 Samedan to Scuol Tarasp 7th Aug 88 C10332 Samedan 7th Aug 88 C10342 station building Samedan RhB ABe4/4 503 and 501 7th Aug 88 C10346 David 38 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 13 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 13 While I was out this morning Ihad a walk at Northumberlandia which as you would expect from the name is in Northumberland, just to the west of Cramlington. It is in a 46 acre community park. Northumberlandia is a reclining human female form, 100 feet high made of over 1.5 million tones of rock, clay and soil. The photos below of trains on the ECML to the north of Cramlngton were taken part of the way up it. I hadn't intended to take railway photos so I only had my little Canon Ixus with me instead of my Nikon dSLR. IMG_0219 Northumberlandia Class 800 down 13th Sept 24 The train was just going away as I got to my vantage point so a "grab shot". IMG_0221 Northumberlandia Class 158 Carlisle to Morpeth 12.01 13th Sept 24 IMG_0229 Northumberlandia Class 158 Carlisle to Morpeth 12.13 13th Sept 24 IMG_0230 Northumberlandia 801204 11.00 Edinburgh to Kings X 12.13 13th Sept 24 IMG_0231 Northumberlandia 801204 11.00 Edinburgh to Kings X 13th September 2024 The sea is in the distance. David 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 13 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 13 Some photos on the Grantham to Nottingham line this evening. Bottesford Class 114 Grantham to Nottingham Oct 81 C5576 Bottesford Class 20s Skegness to Nottingham May 82 C5668 Bottesford Class 114 Nottingham to Grantham May 82 C5681 Bottesford 20073 and ano Skegness to Burton on Trent July 83 C6109 Sewstern Lane crossing 47468 Parkeston Quay to Glasgow and edinburghAug 83 C6111 This level crossing is to the east of Bottesford. David 41 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13 Good evening, David. That’s a fantastic selection of photo’s of the metre gauge in Switzerland, on the Rhätische Bahn at Samedan, on the 7th August, 1988. I particularly like C10329, of RhB Crocodile Ge6/6, 414, which is a most excellent three quarter portrait shot of the locomotive. The photo’s from Northumberlandia, from earlier today, are a stunning set. In IMG_0229, Northumberlandia, with a Class 158 on a Carlisle to Morpeth service at 12.13, that’s a beautiful photo’ and how tiny the 158 looks. The photo’s of the Grantham to Nottingham line are a superb set. The first photo’ at Bottesford, with a refurbished Class 114 on a Grantham to Nottingham service, in October, 1981, is an excellent composition, and despite the October sun, you can see the marker lights clearly lit up. Very best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted September 14 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 14 On the Midland line between Nottingham and Newark at Lowdham and Thurgarton this morning. Lowdham Aug 72 J3105 Lowdham Aug 72 J3106 Lowdham pw machine Aug 78 C4106 Lowdham Class 120 Lincoln to Derby Aug 78 C4107 Lowdham view north 10th April 90 C14279 Thurgarton Class 25 down oil Feb 76 J5064 David 39 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted September 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 14 1 hour ago, DaveF said: Lowdham view north 10th April 90 C14279 Looks like you just stepped back in time a few generations! Classic 'trailing single slip to access the station yard' layout - amazing that it lasted so long, especially for such a small yard. Was there a particular traffic to/from the station which warranted keeping the yard? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted September 14 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14 41 minutes ago, keefer said: Looks like you just stepped back in time a few generations! Classic 'trailing single slip to access the station yard' layout - amazing that it lasted so long, especially for such a small yard. Was there a particular traffic to/from the station which warranted keeping the yard? By that time the only siding was the one by the platform, now and then it was used to stable p.w. machines. I cannot remember ever seeing anything else there. David 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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