Wolseley Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ayr station: 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted February 2, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2017 Ayr station: Ayr Station.JPG There were NO redeeming features to the front end of these, were there? There used to be a stack of the Gangway end boards at Glasgow Central. Often wondered if they counet them. Wonder if they are still there? Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D1059 Posted February 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 3, 2017 Not got many decent 70s pics as all I had back then was a Kodak Instamatic but here are a few Park Royal DMU at Crewe August 1978 Park Royal at Crewe by Stephen Dance, on Flickr Class 302 at Shoeburyness July 1979 Shoeburyness by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 08 744 at Preston August 1978 Preston Pilot by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 55 003 Meld at Peterborough 13-07-79 Racehorse by Stephen Dance, on Flickr Stratford Open Day 14-07-79 Stratford Open Day 1979 by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 40 130 at Preston 23-07-79 Traditional Coal by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 40 197 at Peterborough 28-08-79 Ballast For Hitchin by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 55 009 Alycidon at Doncaster 31-08-79 Alycidon at Doncaster by Stephen Dance, on Flickr 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 Great pictures, its not the camera that counts, but the person using it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted February 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2017 might have just been an instamatic, but given the right conditions you could still get cracking pics, as shown above. After all, the format was basically a square version of 35mm (ie 4x4 prints instead of 6x4) The later 110 format was bad enough, but they managed to top that with the Disc film! Btw I've heard of camera buffs loading 35mm film into 126 cartridges to give more film choice, especially since 126 became more scarce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Great pictures, its not the camera that counts, but the person using it. Definitely. Also, the best camera to have is the one you have with you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrobuscp Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 (edited) I hope this is of interest. Flying Scotsman, having been lifted at Liverpool from the ship bringing the loco back from the USA, the loco is about to touch down on English soil for the first time since 1969. Edited February 4, 2017 by antrobuscp 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 (edited) Time for a few more. This time Edinburgh Waverley in 1975: Edited July 16, 2017 by Wolseley 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Time for a few more. This time Edinburgh Waverley in 1975: Great pics. Mind you, most of them would also fit in the When the Real Thing Looks Like a Model thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 Great pics. Mind you, most of them would also fit in the When the Real Thing Looks Like a Model thread I hadn't thought of that but, now that you mention it.... The first three were taken from Calton Hill with a 200mm lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Time for a few more. This time Edinburgh Waverley in 1975: Great pics. Mind you, most of them would also fit in the When the Real Thing Looks Like a Model thread Now when did you see a model with realistically lit marker lights like that? Almost invariably they have ridiculously blazing searchlights! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Now when did you see a model with realistically lit marker lights like that? Almost invariably they have ridiculously blazing searchlights! And three driving cars! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Now when did you see a model with realistically lit marker lights like that? Almost invariably they have ridiculously blazing searchlights! I was looking more at the first pic, with the Lima diesels, the clearly unprototypical Peco point geometry, the acres of uniform, flat ballast and the bus-on-a-bridge cliche backdrop . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted September 13, 2017 Author Share Posted September 13, 2017 A couple more photos from the 1970s, taken in Dundee yard on 7th June 1975: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 No trains in this photo, but here's Oban station on a wet day in 1975: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2017 Great pics. Mind you, most of them would also fit in the When the Real Thing Looks Like a Model thread Nowhere near as realistic as the Waverly West ones in the 'How realistic...' thread Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 (edited) Not got many decent 70s pics as all I had back then was a Kodak Instamatic but here are a few 55 009 Alycidon at Doncaster 31-08-79 Alycidon at Doncaster by Stephen Dance, on Flickr Note the rare sight of one of those elusive On-Track Machines tamping the Down Fast, a plain-line Tamper possibly by Plasser & Theurer Edited September 14, 2017 by Pandora 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Here are some more cars from the 1970s scan0181 (2).jpg 37274 approaches Pontypridd with a coal train from one of the Rhondda Valley pits, 10/9/79 cheers The billboard is advertising Hemel, a short-lived zero-alcohol content "lager" sold in pubs, Hemeling was the tag line for drinking Hemel in the television adverts, not much to be cheerful about. with Hemel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGT1972 Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 That track machine at Doncaster is a Plasser & Theurer machine but it's a liner rather than a tamper. Before they were introduced lining was done by eye after the tampers had done their work. These Plasser & Theurer AL203 machines were built from 1964 with the later machines built at Shrewsbury by Rolls Royce (in the old Sentinel works). They (and the slightly revised AL250s) soon became redundant as later machines were able to tamp and line. The photo nicely illustrates the relative small size of these earlier machines compared to the giants of today. Nice photo! Hywel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 And the Union of South Africa again: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 I remember back in the '70s after the mainline steam ban was lifted there were seemingly endless photos in 'Railway Magazine' of preserved locos with rakes of blue and grey stock trailing behind on railtours, it all looked a little incongruous at the time but rather quaint now, looking back. If you modelled such a formation now, some folk would no doubt question your marbles! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D803Albion Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) Going back to post #33. Wouldn't the class 47 still have an operating head code in 1975? Edited September 15, 2017 by D803Albion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 I remember back in the '70s after the mainline steam ban was lifted there were seemingly endless photos in 'Railway Magazine' of preserved locos with rakes of blue and grey stock trailing behind on railtours, it all looked a little incongruous at the time but rather quaint now, looking back. If you modelled such a formation now, some folk would no doubt question your marbles! Most depots in those days still had rakes of b/g liveried steam heated vacuum braked mk1s for excursion and charter work, often 'B' rated stock limited to 75mph running, usually with B1 bogies. These was ideal for steam excursion work. I always thought that 'Sir Nigel Gresley', in her blue livery, looked particularly at home with these rakes. The days of depots having spare stock are long gone on the pared down hyper-efficient railway where the sidings they occupied have all been sold off for development. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Going back to post #33. Wouldn't the class 47 still have an operating head code in 1975? Unfortunately I hadn't dated any of my photos (the Dundee ones were easy to date as I just had to check when the Forth and Tay excursion ran to find out when I took them) and I was just going off my memory but, you're right, reporting numbers were in use up until the beginning of 1976 so it couldn't have been 1975. The photos were still taken in the 1970s though, but must have been late 1977 or, less likely, early 1978. The last one, looking over the roof of Waverley station was, I'm pretty certain, earlier, and would have been 1975. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 This one I took at Perth must have been 1977 or '78 too then: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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