RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 17, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2015 Photos of visits to Skipton in 1967 for today. The photos were taken in and around the loco shed, with some examples of extreme weathering. Skipton LMS Class 5 Light engine loco coal wagons and LMS Jinty Jan 67 J742 Skipton LMS 3FT 47293 withdrawn Jan 67 J747 Skipton LMS Class 5s 44887 & 45219 Feb 67 J778 Skipton BR 9F 92212 and BR Class 4 in shed Feb 67 J779 Skipton LMS Class 5s 44887 & 45219 Feb 67 J781 Skipton 47599 and 47293 June 67 J 914 David 47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Love the phot J779. Atmospheric doesn't do it justice! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2015 J914 - you've slipped in another photograph of a model haven't you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2015 Hi, Dave. I don't know what to say! Those photos are truly outstanding! You really have spoilt us today with some great "End of steam" photo's. The weathering is, as you said, quite overdone on many of the loco's, but then that is how it was at the end of steam on BR. More please! With best regards, Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Evocative and awe inspiring. I hesitate to click like, because it makes me sad to remember, but yes, great photos. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward66 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Superb shots from Skipton emphasising the totally unkempt nature of steam locos. towards the end. The shot showing condemned wooden wagons is excellent showing how some of the planking was missing, great fodder for modellers. Looks like 47293 had been moved into position for its last trip along with 47599. Edward 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Is hard to believe that a few of those photo`s are actually in colour and not B/W. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.hill64 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I love the end of steam shots: I suppose because it reminds me of a time before working for a living, paying taxes, paying bills, worrying about the kids............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Is hard to believe that a few of those photo`s are actually in colour and not B/W. I always seem to remember the Fifites being very monochrome - until I saw the Deltic prototype at Euston whilst I was enroute to Glasgow. The Sixties, of course burst into psychedelic color....... Only half-kidding! Best, Pete. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post DaveF Posted December 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2015 (edited) Some seasonal photos for today taken at Nottingham and Kegworth on the Midland line to London. The Kegworth photos were taken as several days of freezing fog started to clear which had left a heavy hoar frost. They are a reminder of what we may experience after the New Year - unlike today which as I look at the gathering gloom outside my window is mild, very dull and damp. Nottingham Midland Class 45 10.50 SuO St Pancras to Nottingham Feb 71 J2510 As this was a Sunday Dad may have been giving me a lift to Nottingham station to catch a train back to Manchester - I don't think our village had buses on Sundays. Kegworth Class 45 39 08.01 Manchester Piccadilly to St Pancras Jan 71 J2489 Kegworth Class 45 52 up parcels Jan 71 J2490 probably 3C48 Nottingham parcels concentration depot to St Pancras Kegworth Class 45 71 up 09.00 Sheffield to St Pancras Jan 71 J2491 Kegworth Class 45 down empty coal Jan 71 J2492 probably from Wellingborough to the Nottingham area. David Edited December 18, 2015 by DaveF 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Brrrrr.. illiant! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted December 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hi, Dave. Outstanding photo's, especially those of Kegworth. What a delightful effect the hoar frost makes on the tracks, carriage roofs, etc. And it is great to see class 45's at work on the Midland line. With best regards, Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold highpeakman Posted December 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thank you, Thank you for those evocative shots at Nottingham and Kegworth. Always one of the first threads I look at each day so Thank you again for providing such brilliant and interesting photographs throughout this year. Have a great Christmas and New Year (and please keep the pics coming). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Those frosty photos are wonderful; so much so that I looked back in the weather map archive to try and find a date range in Jan 1971 when they might have been taken. Do you have a date, or is it just a month? The 4th looks a possibility, but I couldn't find many more which would produce that much frost. 13th maybe, and a few unlikelies but possible. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted December 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 Those frosty photos are wonderful; so much so that I looked back in the weather map archive to try and find a date range in Jan 1971 when they might have been taken. Do you have a date, or is it just a month? The 4th looks a possibility, but I couldn't find many more which would produce that much frost. 13th maybe, and a few unlikelies but possible. Although these are Dad's photos I was also there and took very similar photos. I was at University then so must have been at home for the Christmas holidays. The only photos he took that January before these were with a sprinkling of snow on the ground at Peascliffe Tunnel and a thicker layer of snow at Sutton on Sea (which by then was closed) in sunshine, probably taken on New Years Day. That makes me think that it must have been very early in January. David 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thanks David. That would fit nicely as the end of December was quite snowy with a NE'ly wind and snow showers affecting the eastern coastal counties. The 4th was a Monday. I'm not sure if that makes Sunday 3rd more likely, but not sure how many freight/parcels trains there would have been on a Sunday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted December 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thanks David. That would fit nicely as the end of December was quite snowy with a NE'ly wind and snow showers affecting the eastern coastal counties. The 4th was a Monday. I'm not sure if that makes Sunday 3rd more likely, but not sure how many freight/parcels trains there would have been on a Sunday. It would probably have been a Monday, especially as we saw a Class 45 on the GCR at Rushcliffe Halt on the same day. Dad would have been on holiday that week. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 David, The last two are taken at Sutton Bonington, rather than Kegworth. Nice selection as usual. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest B Exam Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wonderful evocative photos Dave of my local. How things have changed. Locos gone, track layout at Nottingham remodelled and its very rare to get haw frosts these days. So far I've had to scrape the car once this winter its been that mild! Mind you, its was nice to get 1Q05 (37116) in the sun at Ancaster this morning! Back on topic: Keep up the good work. Its a highlight of my day at the moment! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted December 18, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 Very evocative shots of the peaks David. The 1970s winters always felt colder, and jigs the memories of snorkel parkas, stamping on the ground to keep the blood flowing and as many gloves as you could put on whilst spotting. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Until a few recent Christmases, the 1970 event had been the last white Christmas for decades. Although for many areas the majority of the snow fell on Boxing Day, there were some snow showers in many areas on Christmas Eve which meant a good deal of the country woke up to snow lying on the ground during Christmas morning. I remember it well (alright - vaguely). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark54 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 1D07 is the 10:50SuO St Pancas-Nottingham 1M51 is the 08:01 Manchester Piccadilly-St Pancras J2940 is almost certainly 3C48 the 10:10 Nottingham Parcels Concentration Depot-St Pancras 1M14 is the 09:00 Sheffield-St Pancras 8D60 is probably a Wellingborough to Nottingham area coal empties. Thank you for posting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted December 18, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2015 David, The last two are taken at Sutton Bonington, rather than Kegworth. Nice selection as usual. Peter Thanks Peter. When I posted them I thought the captions were wrong but then forgot to do anything about it. Dad had a habit of identifying places by the nearest station or signal box and I sometimes don't check. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 In the small graveyard at Sutton B (just out of shot to the right in your fourth photo) lies Cecil Paget - one time manager of the Midland Railway. Rather appropriate that he's buried within earshot of the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Although these are Dad's photos I was also there and took very similar photos. I was at University then so must have been at home for the Christmas holidays. The only photos he took that January before these were with a sprinkling of snow on the ground at Peascliffe Tunnel and a thicker layer of snow at Sutton on Sea (which by then was closed) in sunshine, probably taken on New Years Day. That makes me think that it must have been very early in January. David I'd dearly love to see the Sutton on Sea pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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