BR Photos from 90s and early 00s

[Gizmogle]

I thought that it was such a shame that there are so many great railway photographs hidden away in our house, so with my Dad's permission, I am beginning to upload them all (10 new pictures every Monday) to my Fotopic.

The first ten can be found here:
http://gizmogle.fotopic.net/c1582826.html

 

[16CSVT2700]

http://50149.fotopic.net/c962308.html

Some scans of pics my dad and a few I took when I was much younger. A changed scene from today indeed.

 

[Craig]

Interesting shots

 

[16CSVT2700]

I seem to remember the run with D400 and 50030 as being very lively

Ahh http://gizmogle.fotopic.net/p53708737.html
The You-Cannot-Be-Serious Pilkington stock!

 

[Gizmogle]

What is that stock about? I've never seen it before. It's rather colourful.

 

[Half Pint 56120]

I cannot find my old 90s photos, same really had tonnes of bloody grid photos of cab etc, all those memories need found.

 

[will1337]

Wow, I had no idea there used to be a 141 weedkilling train! Lovely photos.

 

[Gizmogle]

Nope! Me neither! There's also a few liveries I've seen in the pictures that I don't recognise.

I've got some good crash photos to go up sometime.
I'll be updating this thread every Monday when I put new photos up, so watch this space

 

[CraigS]

Nice and interesting shots

 

[Dennis]

What is that stock about? I've never seen it before. It's rather colourful.

It was advertising the newly launched Pilkington K glass. IIRC the stock did a few tours.

 

[Darandio]

Nostalgia is a good thing.

 

[Gizmogle]

It is. I'm always really disappointed that I missed the days of loco haulage.

 

[Darandio]

I was around long enough to realise it was there, the problem was I never appreciated it as much as I should have. Can vaguely remember being hauled in MK1 Transpennine stock as a child, would imagine it was a 47 but wouldn't have a clue. Final memory was the last 47 Virgin Crosscountry runs through Hett gates.

 

[Gizmogle]

Nah. My earliest memory is Buxton - Stockport on FNW 156s.

 

[Half Pint 56120]

I can remember 47s on cross country and mail, i can remember an NSE 47 at NCL aswell but i'll have a look round in my old number books to remember it. postal 08s at NCL bay platforms. I loved the 90s was a great decade for me not just for grids but other stuff.....mainly grids lol non of this rancid tug stuff.

 

[me123]

See, my first train was a 320 (I think...) But I do remember a 303 at least 8)

I always saw this when I see old shots, but I can't beleive how old fashioned everything looks, even from the early '90s when I was born! Makes me feel old

 

[Half Pint 56120]

was only 18 years ago since '90 nowt to feel old about....kinda funny how the rail system has declined to nuthin but plastic units and mostly foreign made stuff, what ever happened to good old british engineering....probs bought out like the railways.

 

[EE Type 3]

was only 18 years ago since '90 nowt to feel old about....kinda funny how the rail system has declined to nuthin but plastic units and mostly foreign made stuff, what ever happened to good old british engineering....probs bought out like the railways.

Most 'British stuff' was unrealiable, non-standard and costs a small fortune to maintain. 66s are cheap and ready to use, need little maintainence and can be thrown away once they are finished with.

Nostalgia, mmmm 8)

33s on Shrewsbury - Cardiffs, 37s up the coasts, leccies on WCML 8)

And of course 150s to Pwllheli!! hock:

 

[rail-britain]

I was lucky enough to live within view of Barrhead station in the late 1980s
At the time Glasgow - Carlisle services were still operated by locos (mostly Class 47/4) and either Mark 1 or Mark 2a coaches
Also, WCML services operated via Kilmarnock, giving some unusual locos and workings from time to time

Equally, when Class 156s were introduced they used Glasgow - Carlisle for testing purposes, and I managed to see almost all the Scottish units as they were accepted!

I remember seeing the Pilkington rake a few times at Carlisle
I then moved to Aberdeen and for the next three years observed the transition from Class 47/7s to 156s, and then finally 158s, as well as the Aberdeen - Inverness transition from Class 47/4s to 156s, then back to loco haulage, and then finally a mix as 158s finally arrived
Again, this also resulted in seeing some strange locos as some had to temporarily allocated to Eastfield and Inverness

 

[P156KWJ]

It was advertising the newly launched Pilkington K glass. IIRC the stock did a few tours.

is it? I thought it was sealink livery

 

[BJMorley]

My first train was a VT HST!! But the one I remember the most was a VT 47 on the track closest to the path on the bridge just before TB bus Depot and Derby Evening Telegraph Printers (or the old MR Signalling Works) just before Derby Station.
Brandon

 

[schmoo_smith]

whats this all about? its only 1 car and has no windows!! http://50149.fotopic.net/p29381259.html

 

[laseandre]

Early Class 168?

The black strips are the opening windows, with the rest of them washed out in the sun?

 

[class 313]

Early Class 168?

The black strips are the opening windows, with the rest of them washed out in the sun?

No, this comes up around every year.

The classic was a Electrostar body(ish) built on a Mk1 chassis.

http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/class424_exp.html

 

[Gizmogle]

This week's BR goodies are up

http://gizmogle.fotopic.net

Does anyone know what that red and grey livery is? :???:

 

[class 313]

This week's BR goodies are up

http://gizmogle.fotopic.net

Does anyone know what that red and grey livery is? :???:

I know what it is, just forgot the name. Technical services or something. That should be 47972 as well.

 

[EE Type 3]

Central Services, applied to that 47, and 20169 and 20092.

 

[Gizmogle]

Been busy with college and stuff, so my Fotopic hasn't really been getting updated much recently.

But today I scanned another album in (another 5 to go!) and uploaded another 10 pictures.
I've moved the already scanned photos to my computer, so it'll be much quicker and easier to update. So every Monday for more delicious BR photos.

This week's rather delayed collection:
http://gizmogle.fotopic.net/c1600422.html

 

[Spaceflower]

Most 'British stuff' was unrealiable, non-standard and costs a small fortune to maintain. 66s are cheap and ready to use, need little maintainence and can be thrown away once they are finished with.

Thrown away? Bit like eveything else made nowadays, we are living on top of our own waste, but wait...............we could mine it!

How will geologists of the future explain red, white, blue soft rock layers with intermittent strands of what looks like a ...........t, e, s, c, o

 

[Gizmogle]

http://gizmogle.fotopic.net/c1600422.html

10 brand new BR photos for you all