Rivercider Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 That photo of Weston station in the snow brings back a lot of memories. Early Jan 1982 was a well known snow event around the Bristol Channel/Severn Estuary coast, both over S Wales and the West Country. I was on the S Wales coast at the time, and most places were cut off for some days (weeks in the case of tiny rural villages served by hilly roads. I can't give you a 31 photo, or a even a railway one - because I had to try and walk to/from work - but this is what some of the drifts looked like. obs post snowdrift 1.jpg I have a few memories of the 1962/3 winter in Exeter but I was only 3 and the drifts seemed massive! Since 1971 i have lived in Weston and remember significant snow on only 6 or 7 occasions. I don't have many snow shots but here is one more for this thread from the same winter One of Bath Roads class 31/4s outside its home depot is 31421, they had been mainly used on the Portsmouth Harbour and Weymouth services before the 33s took over, 11/12/81 cheers 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 (edited) Yes mid Dec 1981 was a prelude to early Jan 1982, although where I was across on the South Wales side at the time, we missed most of the December snow because a SE'ly wind off the Bristol Channel just kept temperatures high enough for it to be rain. However, a deep low pressure came almost straight over South Glamorgan / North Somerset and after many hours of gale force SE'ly winds they suddenly swung to NW'ly gale force winds, which was more than my garden fence could cope with and the entire length of it blew over almost instantaneously with a succession of bangs outside that sounded like war had been declared. I remember it well, and vowed it would never happen again - so I replaced the fence with leylandii, much to my neighbours annoyance. However, this is beginning to seem like the extreme weather thread so I had better get on topic - 31179 at Leicester in better weather December 1982 31196 and 31195 at Immingham in even better weather December 1983 Edited for typos. Edited November 4, 2014 by jonny777 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve-e Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Nice photos wasn't 31111 not nicknamed "sticks" due to the number of 1's in the number? It may have been something local. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 As an Essex man, I took Class 31s for granted, but did take a few shots - not as good as some of the ones above, sadly: The first was at Rayleigh on 10th Feb 1982, after an embankment slip between there and Hockley, and the second is 31138 between Hockley and Rayleigh on the up evening post train from Southend Victoria, that I think carried mail from the Access credit card centre. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 More awesome pictures.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon br blue Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Film of them under construction. http://youtu.be/LpT7LCRt2WQ I'm guessing the sound is genuine and not added afterwards - so the sound is of the original class 30 Mirrlees engines? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted November 5, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 5, 2014 A few of my photos, apologies if I've posted some of them before. 31143 looking a little sorry for itself at Bescot in 1988 31423 also at Bescot short after being named, 1990 31568 another namer at Bescot, 1990 31276 at Workington, September 1991 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I used to live in Dursley, and managed to get a few shots of Class 31s on the Berkeley nuclear flask trains. This would have been around 1997, when the brake van was still used. Seen at Standish Junction. The Sharpness branch is mostly in a cutting hemmed in by trees... This looks like a different pair, in the siding at Berkeley. I can't find my notes of the loco numbers, sadly. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Some really good shots here and perfect timing for my Farish class 31 project to kick off. BR blue please. This picture has a very model railway feel about it. I'm almost imagining those houses as a printed backscene! 108d-31289-cork.jpg 289 Corkickle Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
locoholic Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) A couple of Class 31s around Sheffield: 31116 and 31227 at Rotherwood Sidings, with lovely rusty coke hoppers, presumably from Orgreave, on 16th April 1981? And an unidentified one at Tinsley, on the same day. Edited November 6, 2014 by locoholic 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rivercider Posted November 6, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) A view from Bath Road in 1982 when there were still 31/4s allocated there for working the Portsmouth Harbour trains In the shed yard are 31419, 31231, 31401, 31326, 25160, and 47166, 17/5/82 cheers Edited November 6, 2014 by Rivercider 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 A few of my photos, apologies if I've posted some of them before. 31276_barrow_28-09-91_sml.jpg 31276 at Barrow (I think?), September 1991 Mark last photo is Workington,must have been a railtour with that many people on the platform?? Ray Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Might have posted this somewhere else, but anyway, steam rising at Leicester, early 80s, with (I think) the Peterborough-Crewe postal TPO train that ran round at Leicester mid-evening. Tried to adjust the greenish colour cast from the fluorescent light, but the other light on the left just got redder and redder. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 (edited) I had a tweak, because I cannot resist these things, but this is about the best that I could come up with. Edited November 6, 2014 by jonny777 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted November 6, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 6, 2014 Mark last photo is Workington,must have been a railtour with that many people on the platform?? Ray Thanks Ray I've corrected the caption. It was indeed a railtour, Pathfinder's Solway Slaps, with two different pairs of 20s (128 +168 and 028+055) from Stafford to Workington and back, happy days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 you mean this one!! Back to 31's 275 workington shed 141 centre roads workington Ray 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 7, 2014 Author Share Posted November 7, 2014 Back in 1995 dutch 31s on flasks passing through Llandudno junction... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsignalman Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 A grubby 31 leaving the runround sidings at Hooton, late 1980's. 31 208 at Mollington Street HS Ca1979. 31 178 at Barrow 12/7/1990. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Loving the class 31 pics 275 with it's ploughs is a beast. Anyway a couple of mine. Cheers Peter. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew s Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 31 533 passing through Bescot, August 1991 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Apologies if any have been posted before, 31160 Phoenix Springs Branch April 1990 31970 Crewe September 1991 31304 Bamfurlong Jct., 1986, 7E34 Ashton -in- Makerfield to Lindsey Liverpool Lime Street D5500 North London line near Lillie Bridge heading back to the Eastern region, 1968 Tom 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 At last, a REAL Brush 2 in green! Stewart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 (edited) I must admit to being rather fond of the class 31s, probably because there was an allocation of them at Bath Road in the 1970s when I was trainspotting, and later joined BR in Bristol, and they were still there in the 1980s when I started taking photographs. They seemed to be popular enough when doing the sort of work for which they were designed, secondary passenger and local freight work. The Bath Road locos worked the Portsmouth Harbour - Bristol - Cardiff service before the class 33s took over, the service over this route had been a patchwork of local services and when the 31s first appeared the service was not even hourly to begin with. Here are some photos of them on the Pompey trains starting in Cardiff 31424 is seen at Cardiff Central waiting to work the 12.15 departure to Portsmouth Harbour, the GUV on this trains was unusual though the set used on the Bristol - Weymouth working normally had one, 11/8/82 Now we are nearing Newport 31419 is seen approaching Ebbw Junction with a morning departure from Cardiff to Portsmouth, 19/5/82 And into Newport 31420 this time, is running into the platform at the head of the 08.15 Cardiff Central - Portsmouth Harbour, 17/7/80 cheers Edited November 9, 2014 by Rivercider 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
long island jack Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 31's on coal 130 Siddick juc 304 workington dock juc 312 maryport 312 maryport loading point Ray 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Phil Mc Posted November 9, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 9, 2014 A few different loco's, all at Derby. Cheers, Phil. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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