Irishswissernie Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 First 2 Inverness Last 2 Stranraer Harbour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) Bottom 2 are Stranraer, aren’t they? Ernie and I clicked the keys simultaneously I think ! Edited November 1, 2022 by Galteemore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 7 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Bottom 2 are Stranraer, aren’t they? Ernie and I clicked the keys simultaneously I think ! Could well be! I would not be familiar........ last time I got a train from Stranraer was about 1970! And I've never been to Inverness. I hear there are lots of Scotsmen there.......... OK, one more for today, since ye've all been good. Again, possibly posted before, but there ye go. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 13 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Today's 1st November offering: And another few, for good luck: Closer: Top ones are Inverness. Class 24 diesel. The fact that it's in the 'south' side platforms and has a Class 1 'Express' headcode in the headcode box, suggests a Glasgow or Edinburgh service. Aberdeen trains were Class 120s DMU from 1959-80, so I'm ruling that out. The mix of Blue/Grey & Maroon Mk1s suggests late-60s/very early 1970s. Bottom two are Stranraer Harbour with a Class 126 DMU, these were repainted from Green first to all-blue then to Blue/Grey as here. The 126s only received Blue/Grey from 1977 and the Class was mostly withdrawn in 1982, a couple of sets surviving until January 1983. The Stranraer services became loco-hauled in 1981/2. So bottom photos are 1977-81; likely more in the middle of that range. 5 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Could well be! I would not be familiar........ last time I got a train from Stranraer was about 1970! And I've never been to Inverness. I hear there are lots of Scotsmen there.......... OK, one more for today, since ye've all been good. Again, possibly posted before, but there ye go. Class 52 'Western' (2,700bhp 90mph Diesel-hydraulic), no idea of location or year though but they were all based on the Western Region! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, jhb171achill said: OK, one more for today, since ye've all been good. Again, possibly posted before, but there ye go. A lot of cranes and big machinery - implying a possible dock setting, maybe with a steelworks adjacent? Edited November 1, 2022 by Broithe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 The first two digits suggest a fitted freight to a Southern Region destination. Can’t find what ‘56’ working was…. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 38 minutes ago, Galteemore said: The first two digits suggest a fitted freight to a Southern Region destination. Can’t find what ‘56’ working was…. 56 was just the service number for that route that day, so train number 56. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Kingsbridge before it was converted to CIE Irish Outline stock. Nothing but BR era stock in this photo. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 I believe this was taken by Senior about 1937 / 1938 / 1939. That's one big beast of an engine. Probably has a very hungry firebox! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: I believe this was taken by Senior about 1937 / 1938 / 1939. That's one big beast of an engine. Probably has a very hungry firebox! Is this the same thing? https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/LOCOMOTIVES-OF-THE-LONDON-MIDLAND-SCOTTISH-RAILWAY/LONDON-MIDLAND-SCOTTISH-RAILWAY/i-5Brb4HH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Broithe said: Is this the same thing? https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/LOCOMOTIVES-OF-THE-LONDON-MIDLAND-SCOTTISH-RAILWAY/LONDON-MIDLAND-SCOTTISH-RAILWAY/i-5Brb4HH Certainly looks like one of them! Nice find! Edited November 3, 2022 by jhb171achill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 Another 1930s view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 Nice scenery in the background (right)...Scotland, perhaps? This is again, I believe, from a visit in the 1930s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 3, 2022 Share Posted November 3, 2022 1 hour ago, jhb171achill said: Nice scenery in the background (right)...Scotland, perhaps? This is again, I believe, from a visit in the 1930s. Lake District? 11E is shed code for Tebay. No 70 was, I think, a long term resident. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 3, 2022 Author Share Posted November 3, 2022 8 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Lake District? 11E is shed code for Tebay. No 70 was, I think, a long term resident. I knew I'd get excellent info on this one! Apparently it was built in 1932. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 More, this time the LNER area. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hexagon789 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 18 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: More, this time the LNER area. Forth Bridge in Scotland. An LNER J38, I think. (I'm not the best with steam loco classes.) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 Another for tonight. I believe this to be mid-1930s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Another for tonight. I believe this to be mid-1930s. Looks like Crewe. Shed code is Crewe North. Wheel size suggests an LNWR 5’7 2-4-2T. Would have been nice had it been one of the similar 4’6 tanks which ended up on the DWWR! Edited November 5, 2022 by Galteemore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Now that I'm back from a few days away, here are a couple more. Edited November 9, 2022 by jhb171achill 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) Now that top one is especially nice. A large boilered Claughton - ‘Baltic’, at the end of her days I think - withdrawn in 1937. She looked gleaming in 1932….https://www.rail-online.co.uk/p302805879/hC5F5FA6A Edited November 9, 2022 by Galteemore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 12, 2022 Author Share Posted November 12, 2022 Fine lookin' beast The final one in this series - unless I find more! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 (edited) Indeed it is, ‘ E C Trench’, one of the ‘Patriots’. Amazingly, the first few were actually rebuilds of the Claughtons like ‘Baltic’ above, although not much of the original loco survived……hopefully the new build Patriot will be on the rails soon…. The lower loco is a Beames 0-8-4T - one of the final LNW designs before amalgamation. Beames was educated in Monkstown. Edited November 12, 2022 by Galteemore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 Found some more British stuff of Senior's. This one is badly out of focus, but shows a lot. Must have been colourful with all those private owner wagons. Next, this: I've posted it before, but putting it here for completeness with the other ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 If that's a Collins Green Colliery wagon, as it seems to be - it looks newly painted and the mine closed in 1931, I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishswissernie Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 8 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Next, this: I've posted it before, but putting it here for completeness with the other ones. Class E1R at Halwill Junction in the platform built for the Light Railway to Torrington. Loco is an ex LBSCR E1 0-6-0t one of 10 rebuilt by the Southern Railway as E1R 0-6-2t's to provide more coal/water space. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 (edited) Pre-preservation Festiniog. This may have been taken by my grandfather in the 1920s, though the severing of the bottom of the locomotive's wheels tends to point towards a teenage Senior as the culprit, a decade later! Still, highly interesting image, without a camera-totin' gricer in sight. Finally for the moment (from Senior's Brexitstan material), the Vale of Heavy Rain in about 1956. Edited November 23, 2022 by jhb171achill 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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