Loco sheds and other railway buildings...
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Flying Phil said:
Hi P5BNij
That GCR May last departure I saw arrive back in Leicester Central!
Following that train there was the meeting in the waiting room to effectively found the MLPG (Main Line Preservation Group) which became the MLST (Main Line Steam Trust) and then the preserved Great Central Railway.
And of course we still have the Loughborough engine shed which, hopefully, will still have escorted "Shed Tours" when allowed.....
Taken in 2018
I had no idea the GC preservation group were that quick off the mark Phil. A mate of mine who's recently retired was in Rugby Power Box that day on an errand from the station and remembers seeing that last DMU going over the Birdcage bridge on the way back north, apparently the entire viaduct from there right across the to the Avon Valley flood plain was festooned with detonators, the noise must have been quite something. Our Booking On Point is in a building on Great Central Way, more or less on the site of the old Loco Testing Station, the large warehouse right opposite was built on what's left of the embankment that took the line north from there.That GCR May last departure I saw arrive back in Leicester Central!
Following that train there was the meeting in the waiting room to effectively found the MLPG (Main Line Preservation Group) which became the MLST (Main Line Steam Trust) and then the preserved Great Central Railway.
And of course we still have the Loughborough engine shed which, hopefully, will still have escorted "Shed Tours" when allowed.....
Taken in 2018
Edited by Flying Phil on Wednesday 10th March 12:09
Edited by Flying Phil on Wednesday 10th March 12:10
More Rugby stuff -
It was unusual to see a Peak at Rugby in 1984, especially stabled overnight in one of the bays, although the coal train from Toton for Rugby Cement Works sometimes brought one over to us....
D334 heading south in 1961....
Brush Type 2s were sometimes used on the Peterborough jobs....
South end bays in 1983.... we used to get sick of the sight of the 25s in those days hoping something more exotic might turn up like a 20 or a 37, I really miss them now (the first loco I ever drove was 25 051)....
This one was taken further along the Market Narborough line at Theddingworth in 1966, the bridge here was used in the Stanley Baker film 'Robbery' in March and April the following year....
Great bit of nostalgia there 
It's just reminded me that one of the lads I work with 'rescued' the operating panel from Tinsley Yard Hump 'box.
Some of the boxes I've frequented for one reason or another over the years, usually to fill up the enamel brew can....
Does anyone remember steam lances being used on locos to clear snow from pointwork....? This is Padd in January '79....
It's just reminded me that one of the lads I work with 'rescued' the operating panel from Tinsley Yard Hump 'box.
Some of the boxes I've frequented for one reason or another over the years, usually to fill up the enamel brew can....
Does anyone remember steam lances being used on locos to clear snow from pointwork....? This is Padd in January '79....
matchmaker said:
Here's an interior of the original 1956 Cowlairs Panel, taken in the mid 1970's (possibly 1976 - note the shirtless signalman!) The geek standing in the background is yours truly 
If the first time I have to go to a Signal Box to get comms with a Signaller it doesn't look exactly like that, complete with half naked Signalman I'm going to be extremely disappointed 
A couple from my local area (Stirling). Both boxes now long gone.
Here's a curiosity which still exists - "Anderson's Piano" on the Oban line. 19th century technology to detect boulders rolling down from Ben Cruachan.
I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to traditional signalling. A recent purchase:
Here's a curiosity which still exists - "Anderson's Piano" on the Oban line. 19th century technology to detect boulders rolling down from Ben Cruachan.
I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to traditional signalling. A recent purchase:
I haven't been to Scotland for about twenty years but did a fair bit of travelling on the trains up there in the '80s, the atmosphere on some of the branch lines was very different to elsewhere. A bunch of us went up to Thurso in the freezing cold Winter of 1982 behind a 37, taking turns to have a cab ride, the train crew were very easy going.
I used to have a fair collection of railwayana but I've been pruning it down recently, I'll be keeping these though - my other half's parents were from Maidenhead....
I used to have a fair collection of railwayana but I've been pruning it down recently, I'll be keeping these though - my other half's parents were from Maidenhead....
outnumbered said:
OK, so this is neither a shed or a building, but it is something you don't see any more. Poole Harbour in 1978.
Is that John Entwhistle and Lemmy without a beard on the left...? The Gwinear Road sign above your post reminded me of something, at Old Oak we had two old hand drivers who were brothers and came from that area of Cornwall, their names..... Albert and Harry Rail!
P5BNij said:
Great bit of nostalgia there
It's just reminded me that one of the lads I work with 'rescued' the operating panel from Tinsley Yard Hump 'box.
Some of the boxes I've frequented for one reason or another over the years, usually to fill up the enamel brew can....
Does anyone remember steam lances being used on locos to clear snow from pointwork....? This is Padd in January '79....
Would the 'rescuing' of the panel from Tinsley Yard hump box have been around 2003? If so I may have been there when he came walking back to the sidings with his treasure. EWS shunters course. It's just reminded me that one of the lads I work with 'rescued' the operating panel from Tinsley Yard Hump 'box.
Some of the boxes I've frequented for one reason or another over the years, usually to fill up the enamel brew can....
Does anyone remember steam lances being used on locos to clear snow from pointwork....? This is Padd in January '79....
Flying Phil said:
Hi P5BNij
And of course we still have the Loughborough engine shed which, hopefully, will still have escorted "Shed Tours" when allowed.....
Taken in 2018
It was better not so long ago(probably longer so than I think) when that shed was open to any visitor all the time....And of course we still have the Loughborough engine shed which, hopefully, will still have escorted "Shed Tours" when allowed.....
Taken in 2018
For anyone with a general interest in railway relics jago hazard might be worth looking up on you tube. Very London (underground) focused but can be an easy way to lose time! The more recent videos seem to be more commercial as he must have started making money/ followers.
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