New archive web gallery

[S.A.C. Martin]

Hi Mike, great collection as always. I've noted you have a picture of Quicksilver in 1950 at Top Shed. She's still in LNER Garter blue albeit with BR branding and numbering. RCTS 2A reckons Quicksilver went into the darker Express Passenger Blue in November 1949, so any time in 1950 would be wrong on that basis.

Still a cracking shot though, as is the truly stunning side on shot of Woodcock in the lined experimental "purple".

[upney sidings]

Thank you for the info re 60015's livery. The caption has been enhanced accordingly.
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... &k=nJTCdpr

Mike M.

[adge]

One of my photos - posted here: download/file.php?id=5318&mode=view - shows lining on the cabside of a rather grubby 60112 at Grantham on 1st August 1963.[/quote]

What a fantastic photo - proper railwaymen! Has anyone got any idea from their 'uniforms' what jobs these lads did?[/quote]
Agreed a superb image.
some info on 60112 in its latter years -
Still a Grantham loco when she worked the special on 25.8.63 Waterloo - Weymouth.
A week later she 'went north' to York. But that was far from her swansong as,
over a year later, she turned up on the Midland Main Line on 7.12.64 working a Derby
- St. Pancras parcels. By 20.38 that day she was hauling a Marylebone - Preston
parcels as far as Nottingham. Overnight at Annesley and 'commandeered' in
usual Annesley fashion to work the 11.15 newspaper empties the following day
Nottm to Marylebone . She was promptly sent north again on the 20.38 parcels
to Preston. No information about where she came off but presumably north of
Annesley as she would have been back on the empty newspapers the following
day or shunting Gotham sidings! It's thought 60112 was the last A3 to
appear on the old GCR main line [apart from 4472] and presumably the last
to be serviced at Annesley.

Source is Robert Robotham's book 'The Last Years of the GC Main Line.'

[strang steel]

I thought that I would add this clip here, as it seemed kind of appropriate.

It is only 2 and a half minutes, but the quality is outstanding:-

http://youtu.be/gw0QvgR8N2Q

The raw and unorganised clips plus others not shown above, can be viewed here:-

http://youtu.be/haQm9LJR4FM

[workev]

Adge,

Looks like the photo is 61070's from the 'Return to Grantham' thread, I assume you had trouble wait the quotations.....?

Ian

[upney sidings]

Lessons are learned constantly whilst one builds a web presence and one that became increasingly obvious with mine was that the Recent Uploads was too big (300 – 400 images) for comfortable viewing if one specialised in a subject such as the LNER. I’ve made an attempt to rectify that by creating separate galleries in line with the subject matter contained therein and so we now have a Recent Uploads gallery devoted to ‘E’ which includes Scottish material. That gallery is located at:
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... uploads-E/
Although my own interest veers towards the pre-grouping era, I think that my favourite amongst this batch is the shot of no. 26 ‘KESTREL’ in black livery which was quite a rare find.

It could well be that Richard Marsden will find something of interest amongst this batch for his web site. Please contact me off-list if that proves to be the case.

For those with interests beyond the LNER, all the newly divided Recent Uploads galleries are viewable from this starting point:
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... nd-queries

However, my latest foray is in Ireland which seems to captivate people across a wide spectrum of railway interests. Most of this material was on my Fotopic site but I excluded most of the narrow gauge back then although, this time around, it’s included:
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... h-railways

One hopes that viewing this smaller batch of LNER material proves to be a pleasurable experience for you.

Regards,

Mike M.

[upney sidings]

I’ve been notified of two comments in the Recent Uploads (E) gallery ...........

http://tinyurl.com/lmtlgap The caption at the moment states:
This oddity is LNER 'Super Sentinel' no. 8404 which was the second numerically of this class of two geared locomotives built specifically for use on the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway wher they proved to be less than the success that had been hoped for. This shot, taken at Yarmouth, isn't dated but must be very early in 8404's working life because delivery for service was in June 1930 and the W&E trial was short following which the side skirts and cow catchers were removed in May 1931.

Whilst the comment begs the questions .........
Comment about the skirts being removed in 1931 doesn't fit with the wagon which has post-1936 small lettering. Surely the side protection would have had to be restored for use on public roads?

So, what should the correct interpretation of this subject be?

http://tinyurl.com/k373u3e The caption at the moment states:
My latest scanner has made a good fist of scanning this hugely overexposed negative where all others had failed. The LNER Gresley A4 in the centre of the frame is in silver grey livery but the negative is so bleached out that there is no evidence of the locomotive's name although it is clear that there is no nameplate in the forward position.

Whilst the comment begs the question .........
That A4 also has the recessed coupling hook which was removed in very short order after a fatality. Were any other than 2509 outshopped with this feature?

The implication being that this can be only no. 2509 but is that so?

Rgds,

Mike M.

[jwealleans]

The comment was mine, but reading round on this forum it's not as useful a clue as it might have been. The discussion I had in mind is here.

[upney sidings]

The latest batches of images are awaiting perusal on my web pages and include 71 LNER related pictures amongst which are about 50 that were one of my last Fotopic uploads before that crashed and so they could be familiar viewing for some of you. However, amongst the last of the images in this gallery are three pre-war shots of ‘streaks’ at Cambridge including a stunning portrait of ex-works 10000 in garter blue on Cambridge shed.

The new LNER-related material is in this gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/lzeyxw2

By way of what I hope comes as a pleasant surprise I’ve finally got around to scanning and uploading my small collection of 15 M&GN images only three of which have ever had a public showing before. Help with a few of the locations would be appreciated:
http://tinyurl.com/qdmxodm

All the Recent Uploads galleries are to be found here:
http://tinyurl.com/occex4e

Rgds,

Mike M.

[upney sidings]

It’s been nearly 4 months since I last mentioned the recent uploads to my web site. The latest British material is located here:
http://tinyurl.com/occex4e

Pick and choose whatever suits your interest.

........... and for those whose railway interests encompass Europe there’s some recently uploaded mostly Réseau Breton French material here:
http://tinyurl.com/lbt6rnn

Rgds,

Mike M.

[v3man]

I suggest the shot of NBR 4-4-0T 9135 looks like having left Joppa and approaching Portobello East junction, the bridge in the background carrying the Lothian Lines freight avoiding line from Portobello to Niddrie and on to Monktonhall juncton.

[upney sidings]

I suggest the shot of NBR 4-4-0T 9135 looks like having left Joppa and approaching Portobello East junction, the bridge in the background carrying the Lothian Lines freight avoiding line from Portobello to Niddrie and on to Monktonhall juncton.

Valuable info. Many thanks.

[upney sidings]

Generally speaking I don’t like to overload user groups and forums with notifications of new material in my web gallery and it’s just over a year since I last did that on this forum. These are the latest offerings for which I’ve gleaned sufficient data for the captions to be viable:
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... uploads-E/

There is, however, another batch of (E) material, mostly from the same collection, for which I have no location data. Help with that would be appreciated:
http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... es-posers/

Please note that the page of displayed images is a thumbnails page.

Regards to all,

Mike M.

[R. pike]

I can't help with the location but the inclusion of a 3 aspect mechanical searchlight below the main arms in very interesting. I suspect the distant was motor operated.

http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... -Lz9FdvL/A

[StevieG]

I can't help with the location but the inclusion of a 3 aspect mechanical searchlight below the main arms in very interesting. I suspect the distant was motor operated.

http://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Trains-Ra ... -Lz9FdvL/A

Hi Mike M.

I particularly liked this shot of 60005, but mostly because of the unusual signal combination at extreme left, I'm afraid.
I hope you don't mind, but because of the signal, I linked to this photo in a post in the www.signalbox.org Forum to see if I could elicit more info. including location.
A few North Eastern location suggestions followed, including Aycliffe, but then yesterday the following was posted by "Mackay".
I hope it helps you : -

"That's a super photo, indeed taken at Aycliffe with the A4 on a down train viewed from the north end of the lime quarries siding. Left-to-right: LQ semaphore (converted to upper quadrant on 21 Oct 1951, so that helps to date the photo) - 4 is the top arm (up starter) with arm "B" below, a motor-operated repeater for the next auto colour light, U48. Then the mechanical colour light repeaters below as mentioned in the other thread already referred to. 60005 is just about on crossover 13. The bracket seen vaguely in the distance carried colour-light down home 24 (not known whether a "real" or a mechanical colour light). Shunting dolly 11 Pull Quarry Sdg to Down Main is visible immediately left of the telegraph pole, and milepost 49 1/2 just to the right of it. Finally 21 From Lime Quarry on the right. Not sure what the object near 24 is, but the cabin was on the down side, behind the photographer, at the north end of the down platform. Aycliffe closed on 23 January 1966, six years short of its centenary, seemingly with its second frame, 25 levers, by Stevens & Sons from July 1907 still in place."