Loco sheds and other railway buildings...
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the-norseman said:
P5BNij said:
The new infrastructure job we've been involved with on the Bletchley - Oxford 'East / West Rail' project...
Just down the road from me, I go past the site quite often over towards Winslow. 6Y69 with Autohoppers on. 6Y66 is going out tonight the the NTC on it.
Edited by the-norseman on Monday 30th May 11:08
Back down there tomorrow, relieving 6Y66.
the-norseman said:
P5BNij said:
Close - it was 6Y64, 6Y69 was was working at the Bletchley end, the rear loco was cascaded off 6Y69 though
Back down there tomorrow, relieving 6Y66.
Ah yep didn't look at the site plan properly and spot the cascade move!Back down there tomorrow, relieving 6Y66.
What you on this weekend?
legzr1 said:
Not sure where that £85k comes from...! Mind you it's probably the Special Volunteer Group, they sometimes have to lodge away from home for weeks or months on end.
Edited by P5BNij on Friday 3rd June 10:11
Tyre Smoke said:
P5BNij said:
The new infrastructure job we've been involved with on the Bletchley - Oxford 'East / West Rail' project...
Did there used to be a lot more lines there? I'm looking at the double arch Bridge. Sorry for what might be an obvious question. Abandoned railways interest me. Or abandoned bits of railways.For instance the old Tiverton Junction was once a busy interchange, now just a couple of platforms and a loop. Love to go and have a look around.
Tiverton Junction was a lovely GWR station with branches to Tiverton (Exe Valley line) and Hemyock (Culm Valley line) - just before it closed in 1975 I had a brakevan ride along the Hemyock branch behind a Class 25. Here's NBL Type 2 D6343 at the junction in 1971....
legzr1 said:
P5BNij said:
Not sure where that £85k comes from...! Mind you it's probably the Special Volunteer Group, they sometimes have to lodge away from home for weeks or months on end.
Apologies for the off-topic posts - I mentioned it because you hinted at work popping up at various places. Edited by P5BNij on Friday 3rd June 10:11
It looks like an economical way to take relatively short-term contracts without the expense of depots and the overheads of ‘regular’ drivers.
Other companies do the same. An excellent head-line figure (and that’s the basic figure - o/t and excess hours is a given and expected so 6 figures is the norm at our place) but, it’s definitely not for everyone!
A1 / minder driver is also needed. A bit of extra responsibility to add to the stresses of living out of a suitcase away from family and friends and an expectation of you’ll do anything anywhere at the drop of the hat.
Great thread btw
A couple of our lads were seconded to Acton for the big Mendip quarries contract, they were lodging away for nearly three years, fair play to them for earning a very large wedge but staying away from home for that long isn't my thing at all.
Some more random titbits of nostalgia from the hard drive...
bristolracer said:
Yes sorry, I should have captioned it - it's Dunmere Crossing on the Bodmin to Wenford Bridge branch, it was taken in the mid '70s I think - the hoods were fitted to the wagons from c.1974 onwards 
Edited by P5BNij on Saturday 4th June 13:16
Edited by P5BNij on Saturday 4th June 13:20
It looks like the boiler is working overtime just to overcome the leaky steam pipe, a very common thing in those days! I did my boiler training at Stratford Works in November '83, and was probably amongst the last to do so.
I don't know much about the lines in Cheshire really apart from the WCML, was Northgate on the 'Cheshire Lines Committee' patch?
I don't know much about the lines in Cheshire really apart from the WCML, was Northgate on the 'Cheshire Lines Committee' patch?
Some nice atmospheric shots from prolific photographer Dave Ford :
AL6 / Class 86 E3130 at Weedon in August '69...
AL6 / Class 86 on a 'liner at Weedon in August '69...
Sulzer Type 4 / Class 45 'Peak' at Kegworth in April '66...
English Electric Type 1 / Class 20 D8156 at Kegworth in March '69...
AL6 / Class 86 E3130 at Weedon in August '69...
AL6 / Class 86 on a 'liner at Weedon in August '69...
Sulzer Type 4 / Class 45 'Peak' at Kegworth in April '66...
English Electric Type 1 / Class 20 D8156 at Kegworth in March '69...
mcdjl said:
P5BNij said:
Thanks for posting those - one of our shunters lives close by and often walks what's left of the route. The branch diverges away from the Knighton Junction - Bagworth Junction line at Desford.
The Leicester industrial heritage society have started running tours into it if you're interested. A mixed bag from the archives...
One of the WR Blue Pullman sets at Bristol Temple Meads c.1961 / 62...
Touching 110mph somewhere on the WCML...
Grantham in the early '60s...
Spam Can 34041 '46 Squadron' at Stewarts Lane shed in Battersea, now the site of a stone terminal...
EE Type 4 D201 at Crewe Works open day, September 1971...
One of the WR Blue Pullman sets at Bristol Temple Meads c.1961 / 62...
Touching 110mph somewhere on the WCML...
Grantham in the early '60s...
Spam Can 34041 '46 Squadron' at Stewarts Lane shed in Battersea, now the site of a stone terminal...
EE Type 4 D201 at Crewe Works open day, September 1971...
About fifteen ago I was road learning the Midland Mainline with a mate when we were put into the loop at Wigston, a few miles south of Leicester, with an hour or so to kill we went mooching about in the bushes and found a very mangled upper quadrant semaphore arm, we bunged it in the cab and it's now resting in my garage.
V6 Pushfit said:
Yertis said:
That's a nice pic. Almost looks hand tinted (?).
I've got one of those white headcode disc thingies that I found at Corfe Mullen Junction on the S&D. This was in 1980 so I didn't think anyone would miss it.
Ditto a signal arm and a totem sign. Shifted the arm on last year. I've got one of those white headcode disc thingies that I found at Corfe Mullen Junction on the S&D. This was in 1980 so I didn't think anyone would miss it.
I've got a slightly pock marked WR brown one from Maidenhead.
Bert Cheese said:
P5BNij said:
A mixed bag from the archives...
One of the WR Blue Pullman sets at Bristol Temple Meads c.1961 / 62...
Ah, one of the Wall's Ice Cream men as they were perhaps cruelly dubbed by other footplate crews.
I don't think the white gear lasted long though, later Blue Pullman shots tend to show drivers in regular uniform.
I read somewhere it petered out after a couple of years, mostly because of mickey taking by fellow footplatemen!One of the WR Blue Pullman sets at Bristol Temple Meads c.1961 / 62...
Ah, one of the Wall's Ice Cream men as they were perhaps cruelly dubbed by other footplate crews.
I don't think the white gear lasted long though, later Blue Pullman shots tend to show drivers in regular uniform.
I've still got some of my old dark blue BR kit stashed away somewhere...
Bert Cheese said:
P5BNij said:
I read somewhere it petered out after a couple of years, mostly because of mickey taking by fellow footplatemen!
I've still got some of my old dark blue BR kit stashed away somewhere...
That's a familiar sight, a similar view from the mid-80's here with my Dad giving it the lot on a Bomo-Reading cross country turn.I've still got some of my old dark blue BR kit stashed away somewhere...
IIRC its somewhere north of Winchester, summertime as he's got the pale blue lighweight jacket on, and being an ex-steam man is using a bit of BR issue cloth to operate the controls...some of the cabs on certain depots diesels were none too clean, though I seem to remember this being Stratford based 47487 who did make an effort to look after stuff.
As a rule Southern drivers didn't wear uniform hats once steam finished...I'm guessing the bloke in Modern Railways on the 47/3 was a Western man!
Love the pic of the happy driver on D1044 too, Dad was based at Basingstoke and drove Warships and Hymeks regularly, he never done the course for Westerns but drove them occassionally as a pilotman and whatever.
Edited by Bert Cheese on Wednesday 2nd November 19:53
Edited by Bert Cheese on Wednesday 2nd November 21:01
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