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4th March 2019:
Not sleeping well doesn't make for a great day and neither does rain showers in between some lovely bouts of sunshine.
So I took a couple of extra photos of my MM theme and used one of them for today's photo. It's a necklace that I inherited from my Mother and has made appearances on my Photostream before!
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Got roped in to walk the youngest daughter’s dog yesterday for an hour or so including a section of the Erewash Canal. Of course it rained the whole time. Ratcliffe coal fired power station going full out today as well, 4th March 2022
Got roped in to walk the youngest daughter’s dog for an hour or so, it rained the whole time, however I did come across Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd Tug No.3, Vesta moored on the Erewash Canal at Sawley. 4th March 2022,
Vesta was built in 1935 by Harland & Wolff Ltd, Woolwich for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. Lt and is currently powered by a National Diesel also dating from 1935. Sold to Stanton & Staveley Ironworks at Ilkeston in 1942 and then sold to Stuarts & Lloyds Ltd, Coombeswood Tube Works at Halesown in 1947. In 1948 she was shortened by removal of middle plates to tug length and used by Stuarts & Lloyds to tow dayboats in and around Birmingham until sold in 1959.
Not a lot of open water at Elvaston Castle Country Park following the “Beast from the East”, 4th March 2018.
Yours truly and the lovely Mrs Woolley suitably attired for an evening out at a vintage 1940’s dance, 4th March 2023.
Wednesday has arrived and the Lady of the House has commenced the major cleaning session so alas the demolition crew have been at work and the Blue Train Track layout is no more. It is all boxed away again in the garage probably awaiting the Easter school holidays when hopefully my grandchildren will be able to visit and we can build and operate another layout in the garden for a day or so.
So here we have the main station with Gordon on an express, on the left three station avoiding freight loops, on the right a station avoiding loop, in the left background the carriage wash and five carriage sidings (under the sette) and in the bottom right the connection to the engine sheds, 4th March 2021.
4th March 2022 :
Well, if we thought the new wall was bad enough it's now got a heck of a lot worse. Yesterday I noticed the workman adding two other layers at the top, so asked him how high was it going to get.
It's going up as high as the extension, (I've added an X to mark the spot). This obviously doesn't also include the roof.
We didn't have a great view to start with, but now it's gone. We won't know until the Summer if we loose any sunshine too. I do hope not, or if so, as little as possible.
We aren't overly impressed. Connected to this photo :
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Today is : National Grammar Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-grammar-day-march-4/
And for Some Other News it's : National Day of Unplugging - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day-of-unplugging-first-...
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4th March 2020:
Rufus: "As usual Dad went out so Mum, Izzy and I were stuck at home, but as it was raining ... again, Mum wouldn't have gone out anyway. Instead once I'd snuggled up on the sofa she got the picture making thing out and took rather a lot of photos of me. But, liked this one the best. I also got a cuddle, a lot of kisses and a treatie biscuit for just staying curled up.
Izzy wanted to join in too, but Mum said she'd have her special day another day."
Silly info Not so silly today : It's National Grammar Day.
National Grammar Day is observed across the United States each year on March 4th. The observance encourages the use of correct grammar in both verbal and written language.
According to the Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1,025,109. There is some controversy over that figure, but it’s safe to say it is over a million.
Language is something to celebrate. Some people might suggest that grammar is a set of rules for language, but it is a system for understanding language. Understanding the system and the structure helps us to understand each other better and can help us to learn new languages.
There’re so many ways to celebrate the day. Try these on for size:
*Read a new blog, book, magazine or newspaper. You might learn a new turn of phrase or word.
*Learn a new word from another language. Not all languages use the same grammar rules. Some languages even have words that don’t exist in other languages.
*Spend time with someone who speaks your first language as a second language. You might learn something new about syntax, tense or spelling.
*What might be a grammar error in one language is perfectly fine in another. Do you speak two languages or more? What are the unique differences between grammar rules that you’ve noticed?
Although this is basically for the US, it counts for every language. Having taught English as a second language for yonks, I am fanatical about grammar!!
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4th March 2018:
So it's Sunday lunch.
Or it would be if I hadn't made such a mess of the photo. I've done as much editing as I could to make it presentable. Although even now, I'm not happy with it. But it's my photo for today as I couldn't retake the photo ... we'd eaten it!
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The ducks and geese struggle to find some open water at Elvaston Castle Country Park during the “Beast from the East” winter weather, 4th March 2008.
Easter school holidays are here, will my grandchildren and Grandad be able to get to build and operate the blue train track? It will have to be outdoors in the garden to comply with the Covid rules but the weather forecast for the next few days does not look good. A reminder from the last (Grandad only) operating session, 4th March 2021.
The Ryans Lass sails through Shardlow Canal Port, 4th March 2017.
The Trent and Mersey Canal was built in the 1760/70’s linking the River Trent at Derwent Mouth, Derbyshire to the River Mersey and opened fully in 1777 although the section through Shardlow, Derbyshire was completed in 1770. Shardlow was originally a river port on the Trent, with origins back to the bronze age. With the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal Shardlow developed greatly. The earliest extant map, from 1816, shows a canal port comprising twelve warehouses and associated basins Along with this development came various other businesses and buildings to support the carriers, with boat builders, ropewalks, workshops, stores, stables, offices, workers' cottages and owners' houses. The decline of the canal system led to the closure of the port in 1948 and different uses for the warehouses, but the area remains remarkably little changed today.
4th March 2021:
I is for ice.
When we had the theme of something in ice for the Macro Mondays theme; for some reason or other, I put my props back into the freezer compartment of the fridge. Just don't ask me why!!
Although I'm glad I did, as it came in very handy for The Alphabet Challenge and the letter I. A small tub filled with water and some old dried flowers inside.
Today is : National Hospitalist Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-hospitalist-day-first-th...
And as for the Silly News it's : Marching Music Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/marching-music-day-march-4/
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This was the view from our velux window at 6.30am this morning. I never usually get up quite this early so was super pleased to see the gorgeous colours and ran to grab the camera.
Picnik used to darken the foreground as you could see a little more detail on the houses than this.
An unidentified Arriva Cross Country class 220 Voyager heads north through Ulleskelf, 4th March 2010. The unit is running in the path of the 08:28 Penzance – Glasgow Central service. With the unit numbers only displayed in small characters on the leading valence class 220/221 unit recognition can also be difficult.
Possibly one of the most recognisable flags of the world, the White Ensign flies outside the Royal Navy shore establishment, HMS Sherwood, Toton, Nottingham,4th March 2019. The White Ensign (the cross of St George on a white background with the Union Flag in the upper canton) can trace its history back more than 300 years and assumed its current form at the beginning of the 19th Century following the Act of Union. Up until 1864 ships of the Royal Navy flew Red, White or Blue Ensigns, according to the three squadrons in the Fleet at that time. In addition, the Red Ensign has been flown by merchant ships since at least the reign of Charles II. In 1864 the Admiralty standardised on the White Ensign..
The low winter sun reflects off the smooth side of 185144 as it heads north through Ulleskelf with a service for York, 4th March 2010.
DB Cargo 66165 heads south through Long Eaton working 4V54, 09:29 Wakefield – Didcot, 4th March 2017.
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Taken on the A445 Leamington Spa, Warwickshire.
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First Trans Pennine Express operated Siemens Desiro 185150 heads south through Ulleskelf, 4th March 2010. 185150 is the penultimate unit of fifty one class 185 units built by Siemens in Germany and was delivered in December 2006. Each class 185 vehicle is powered by a Cummins QSK19-R engine through a Voith 3 speed hydrodynamic transmission powering both axles on one bogie with the other bogie unpowered. The class 185 units are designed for quick acceleration and fast hill climbing and provide an improved service to the class 158 units they replaced due to the higher acceleration afforded by the 2250 bhp compared to the 1050 bhp provided by a three car class 158 unit.
Northern Trains operated 158907 approaches Ulleskelf with a southbound service, 4th March 2010.
Unit History
A total of one hundred and eighty two class 158 units were built (one hundred and sixty five two car sets and seventeen three car sets) between 1989 and 1992. 158907 is one of a batch of ten class 158 units (158901 – 158910) leased by West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive specifically for duties in their area.
4th March 2017:
With Graham out all morning, I was on Rufus duty for his morning prom. Taking photos with him attached to one hand isn't the easiest of things, but he was very good about it.
Just about managed to get this photo of a Daffodil in a garden while he stayed still for a bit.
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An example of being in the right place at the right time. On this day, the 4th March 2014 both myself and my wife were quite poorly with bad chest infections and I was off work sick. However my wife needed to see her GP so we decided I would drive. Our GP surgery is in the centre of Long Eaton and on arrival the car park was full so I agreed that I would drop my wife off and park in the adjacent ASDA supermarket car park. There I would wait her phone call to pick her up after she had seen the GP rather than walk over to the surgery as I was not feeling well myself. So there am I listening to the car radio waiting the call and along comes 66736 Wolverhampton Wanderers and 66705 Golden Jubilee working 6K50, Toton – Crewe engineers duty and they stop 20 yards away waiting for the road south. Fortunately I nearly always have my little Panasonic TZ20 “point and shoot” camera in my pocket and was able to grab this shot before the signal cleared and they moved off.
4th April 2018:
Rufus: "Mum seemed to be having all sorts of problems with the picture making thing today. She took simply loads of photos of me, either on the sofa and then when I went onto the bed. I actually went on the bed to stop her taking *more* pictures of me, but it didn't stop her!
Anyway, out of all the photos she took she told Dad that there was only this one that seemed good enough to keep and use for today's photo. She said something about being a bad camera day. Poor Mum.
I was actually waiting for Dad to get ready so we could go out for our morning prom and he was taking rather a long time...."
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85003 pauses at Crewe in the early hours of the 4th March 1978 with an Anglo _Scottish overnight service. The first vehicle behind the engine appears to be a Two Tier Car Transporter Van (TCV) and is one of fourteen vehicles built by Newton Chambers in 1961 for East Coast duties. I am quite surprised to see it in a West Coast train as all fourteen vehicles were allocated to the Eastern Region for East Coast services.
Locomotive History
85003 was originally E3058 and is one of a class of forty new AC electric locomotives, classified AL5 built by Doncaster works with electrical equipment supplied by AEI. E3058 entered traffic in June 1961 although deliveries of AL5’s were spread over the three and a half years, with the last, E3095 not entering traffic until the last week of 1964. Not having been plagued by the problems of earlier types, the AL5s led a fairly uneventful existence and for the next twenty five years the class could be found on secondary passenger, parcels and freight duties through out the West Coast Main Line. In 1989, Railfreight Distribution identified the need for more AC electric traction, and with late delivery of Class 90 locomotives, the decision was made to convert ten Class 85s to dedicated freight locomotives. This entailed removal of their train heating, reducing their maximum speed, and reclassifying as Class 85/1 with 85003 becoming 85113. By the spring of 1991, however, the end was in sight for these locomotives with the new Class 90/1s entering traffic and 85113 was withdrawn in November 1991. Following withdrawal almost the entire class were dumped around Crewe Electric depot, where they remained for well over twelve months before disposal began. Eventually 85113 made the journey to MC Metals, Glasgow where it was broken up in December 1992.
Inside the box - or outside the box ?
The weather was a bit too wet for a line side location so back to the station for one in the dry!
37605+37602 head the 6K41 back to Crewe about 55mins. up on booked time.
83009 is stabled with a train of Mark I coaching stock on one of the through lines at Crewe station in the early hours of the 4th March 1978.
Locomotive History
83009 is one of fifteen locomotives of class 83 built between 1960 and 1962 by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry works. Originally E3032 it entered traffic in November 1960 however the class 83 suffered with major problems with the water cooled mercury-arc rectifiers, resulting in the entire class being stored in 1969. E3032 was one of nineteen class 83 and class 84 locomotives stored at Bury. English Electric put forward several proposals to cure the problem, but it wasn't until the authorisation of the northern section of the WCML electrification that the plans were carried out, and new Silicon Rectifiers were fitted to the fleet during refurbishment at Doncaster in 1973-74. In July 1983 virtually the whole class were withdrawn en-mass including 83009, however it was converted to a static current converter at Longsight depot and used to convert 25kV AC to 1500V DC for the maintenance of class 506 1500V DC overhead electric multiple units. These units were withdrawn in 1984 with the conversion of the Glossop/Hadfield line to 25kV AC overhead, and 83009 was redundant. Remarkably it was sent to Willesden and returned to service for empty coaching stock duties out of Euston. It remained on these duties until displaced by class 81 locomotives in 1988 and withdrawn in March 1989. Following withdrawal it was dumped at Crewe until finally making the journey to MC Metals, Glasgow where it was broken up in 1993.
86017 heads north with an express on the Down Fast at Stafford overtaking class 310 EMU 077 with a local service, 4th March 1978
Locomotive History
86017 was originally E3146 and was built by English Electric at there Vulcan Foundry works, entering traffic in April 1966 for West Coast Main Line duties. It became 86017 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme, 86317 when fitted with modified wheels in the early 1980’s and 86417 when fitted with improved suspension in the late 1980’s. It was withdrawn in September 2001 and broken up by CF Booth, Rotherham in November 2004. The class 310 four car units were built at Derby Carriage works between 1965 and 1967. They were the first EMUs to be based on the Mark II bodyshell, which featured semi-integral construction. They were built for West Coast Main Line suburban duties from Euston (rarely operating north of Birmingham) and remained on these duties until displaced by class 317 EMU’s in 1987. They were then cascaded to the London Tilbury and Southend lines displacing class 302 EMU’s (built in 1958) until again displaced, this time by class 357 EMU’s between 1999 and 2002 and withdrawn.
Pine by the 17th Green on Morecambe Golf Course, there also two photos of Bulrushes by or in the pond by 2nd fairway into lockdown photo gallery at this link www.thebrewstop.co.uk/lockdown-2021/part-two/4thmarch.htm
On a dull and misty winters morning Crewe station pilot 08055 waits in one of the south bays for its next duty, 4th March 1978
Locomotive History
08055 was built by Darlington Works as 13068 and entered traffic in November 1953 allocated to Woodford Halse MPD on the Great Central London extension. It was one of a batch of five class 08’s (13065 – 13069) delivered new to Woodford Halse in 1953 and remained until two months before the depot closed in June 1965 when it transferred to Willesden. In the 1957 renumbering scheme it became D3068. The next sixteen months would see D3068 slowly moving north with transfers to Northampton (June 1965) and Rugby (October 1965) before becoming on of the Crewe works pilots in October 1966. In May 1968 it transferred to Crewe Diesel Depot from where it was withdrawn in November 1980. It was broken up at Swindon works in May 1983.
85031 has just coupled up to a stabled 83009 and its train of Mark I coaching stock on one of the through roads at Crewe station in the early hours of the 4th March 1978. The train will later form 1G00, 03:50 Crewe – Birmingham New Street.
Locomotive History
85031 was originally E3086 and is one of a class of forty new AC electric locomotives, classified AL5 built by Doncaster works with electrical equipment supplied by AEI. E3086 entered traffic in March 1962 although deliveries of AL5’s were spread over the three and a half years, with the last, E3095 not entering traffic until the last week of 1964. Not having been plagued by the problems of earlier types, the AL5s led a fairly uneventful existence and for over twenty five years the class could be found on secondary passenger, parcels and freight duties through out the West Coast Main Line. Withdrawals had commenced in 1983 but by the beginning of 1989 thirty four were still active however withdrawals quickened and by the end of 1991 only one was left in traffic. 85031 was withdrawn in May 1990 and following withdrawal was dumped at Crewe Electric depot, where it remained until it made its final journey to MC Metals, Glasgow where it was broken up in September 1992.
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86242 departs south from Crewe with an Up passenger service formed of Mark I stock, 4th March 1978. The leading vehicle is a Corridor Composite (CK) and it does not appear to carry any number (on this side at least). Clearly visible is the different window arrangement of the middle second class compartment which could be opened to allow stretchers to be passed through into the compartment.
Locomotive History
86242 was originally E3138 and was built by Doncaster works, entering traffic in January 1966. One hundred class 86 locomotives were built from 1965-1966 for duties on the then newly electrified West Coast Main Line, from London Euston, to Birmingham, Crewe, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool and later from 1974 Preston and Glasgow. Following problems with track damage and rough riding a batch of locomotives were modified with improved suspension and modified wheels and were progressively renumbered 86204-86252. Following the electrification to Norwich in the mid 1980’s 86242 was one of fifteen class 86 locomotives transferred to Ilford for Great Eastern express passenger duties and would remain on these duties until superseded by class 90 locomotives in 2004. Withdrawn in October 2004 it was stored from November 2004 until March 2008 at MoD Shoeburyness when it was then moved to Long Marston where it overhauled and exported to Hungray in July 2013.
Dawn has just broken on a very misty morning and peering out of the gloom of Crewe station is 85008 at the head of the Locomotive Club of Great Britain Caledonian No.3 Railtour to Glasgow and Fife, 4th March 1978.
Locomotive History
85008 was originally E3063 entered traffic in October 1961. Not having been plagued by the problems of earlier types the forty locomotives of class 85 led a fairly uneventful existence and for over twenty five years the class could be found on secondary passenger, parcels and freight duties through out the West Coast Main Line. Withdrawals had commenced in 1983 but by the beginning of 1989 thirty four were still active however withdrawals quickened and by the end of 1991 only one was left in traffic. 85008 was withdrawn in September 1990 and following withdrawal was dumped at Crewe Electric depot, where it remained until it made its final journey to MC Metals, Glasgow where it was broken up in January 1993.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
~Abraham Lincoln~
Another year older today, so I'll have to believe that :-)
I'll catch up later, then I'm away for the weekend.
86211 pauses at Stafford on a dull and misty winters morning with a northbound express, 4th March 1978.
Locomotive History
86211 was built by English Electric at there Vulcan Foundry works and entered traffic in April 1966 for West Coast Main Line duties. Originally E3147 it became 86211 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme, On the 19th September 1986 1H20, 17.00 Euston - Manchester Piccadilly overran the signal at danger protecting the junction at Colwich, coming to a stand, or nearly so, with the locomotive (86429) straddling the Up Fast. Unfortunately 1A76, 17.20 Liverpool Lime Street -Euston with 86211 in charge was travelling under clear signals at a speed of 95- 100 mile/h on the Up Fast closely approaching Colwich Junction when, without time for the driver to apply the brakes, the locomotive of the Manchester train was seen ahead astride the junction. The two locomotives collided with tremendous force, being derailed all wheels and turned over onto their sides, followed immediate into derailment by the leading eight coaches of the Liverpool train and the leading three coaches of the Manchester train, some of which turned onto their sides and all of which were extensively damaged. The driver of the Liverpool train was fatally injured and both locomotives and seven of the coaches damaged beyond repair. The remains of 86211 were broken up at Crewe works in September 1987.
86009 arrives from the south at Crewe with a Down passenger service, 4th March 1978.
Locomotive History
86009 was originally E3102 and was built by Doncaster works, entering traffic in August 1965. It became 86009 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme, 86409 when fitted with improved suspension in the late 1980’s and finally 86609 when it had its electric train heating isolated, maximum speed reduced to 75mph and was dedicated to freight traffic and in the early 1990’s. By the end of the 1990’s it was a Freightliner engine and is currently (November 2012) in front line service forty seven years after entering traffic.
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A borderline photograph that I have debated long and hard as to whether it is good enough to upload of 24035 stabled at Crewe, 4th March 1978. Ten months later this locomotive will be broken up.
Locomotive History
24035 was originally D5035 and was part of the first batch of class 24's to be built at Crewe works (D5030 - D5037) being delivered in August 1959, allocated to March. In February 1960 it transferred to Stratford and a year later in March 1961 to Willesden. Six months later it transferred to Watford where it remained until January 1965 when it returned to Willesden. It would start its migration north in March 1967 when transferred to the Birmingham Division and five months later it transferred to the Stoke Division (Crewe) from where it was withdrawn in October 1978. On the 13th December 1978 24035 and 24047 were dragged across the Pennines as the 05.00 9Z10 Crewe Depot - Doncaster works special and after a career of just under twenty years 24035 was broken up during January 1979.
86241 departs south from Crewe with an Up passenger service, 4th March 1978. The leading vehicle is a Mark I Brake Second Corridor (BSK) and appears to be followed by another Mark I brake vehicle (most probably another BSK) which is an unusual formation and suggests this is an excursion/charter train rather than a scheduled service train.
Locomotive History
86241 was built at Doncaster works and entered traffic in September 1965 as E3121. Modified with improved suspension and modified wheels to reduce track damage in 1973 it was renumbered 86241. It was renumbered 86508 briefly, during a short period dedicated to freight traffic but soon reverted back to 86241 and passenger duties. By 1999 class 86 locomotives were starting to become surplus to requirements and 86241 was withdrawn in January 2000 and broken up on site at Crewe Electric depot by Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers in February 2003.