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Sunday has long been a day for family and I hope that you are as blessed as I am.
This image was from a School Student Council event this past fall that went around and raked leaves for homes in the neighborhood - focusing on elderly that are unable to do so.
Andy, at the district science fair yesterday, had his project - a study on the impact of shape on the efficiency of windmill blades - selected to participate in the state science fair competition.
Dan, who a few days ago had $45 to his name, remarked in the car upon picking him up that he only had $15 of his money left. I asked what he spent his money on and he replied that he had donated it to St. Baldricks - a foundation for the cure and support of children with cancer.
Allison, in the foreground of this image, does those little, unnoticed things every day that make so many other things possible.
It is Sunday, and like yesterday was and tomorrow will be, I am a very blessed man. I hope that you are blessed as well. Happy Sunday.
*** READER ADVICE *** Read out loud, in yer best Brummie twang. It'll make more sense!
Us Brummie kids, we have a bit of history with class 56's. I first remember seeing one some time in 1978, thundering south through Solihull on a 'Didcot Dusty', one of the constant procession of MGR coal trains from the East Midlands to Didcot Power Station. These trains were formerly dominated by Toton's fleet of no-heat class 47/3's, several of which were still running round in faded two-tone green well into 1977.
But we don't remember the class for its day to day bread and butter work. Oh no. We remember them for their exploits with rakes of blue and grey coaches behind.
I could brag about being in the right place (Reading) at the right time (26/05/80) for 56042 (the rare one with CP3 bogies, withdrawn fairly early on) on 1E63 from Reading to New Street. Lord knows how that happened, I do remember 1E63 was greeted at Leamington by a fairly large contingent of cranks for the 24 mile run to New Street.
How on earth did stuff get found out without Facebook, WhatsApp or cell phones?
But I think that yer average Brummie kid would remember Sunday morning Grid bashing the most.
Early to mid 1980's Sundays could indeed be quite productive, 1980/81 still saw regular class 40's on the first trains into New Street from the north-west. And Saltley kick-outs for cross country services were as unpredictable as you like, if they had something 'foreign' they wanted rid of, 1E08 1615 New Street-Leeds and 1E30 1650 New Street-York were favourites for getting rid of 'stuff' from the likes of Tinsley, Thornaby and Gateshead. And, if there was bugger all about, and that didn't happen so often, you'd end up playing football on a field in Cofton Hackett instead. Don't ask...
But, far and away, it was the 'Drags' that created the most interest. It was common for Sunday engineers possessions to last until 1600, and, if the line from New Street to Rugby was closed for the spade brigade, the trains to Euston would arrive from Wolverhampton behind an electric loco, drop the pan and a diesel locomotive would attach and take the train, loco 'un all, to Nuneaton. There, the diesel would drop off and the electric would go forward to Euston.
In theory, they were booked for 47/4's, there was little else around that could power the air-con of the late mk2 stock.
The reality was somewhat different...
Anything and nearly everything could appear. The 47's were largely ignored until the latter years, there was a period where 58's turned up occasionally, and if Saltley had a 50 hanging around, it might have gotten 'fixed' onto one of the three (?) diagrams.
It is the class 56's that stir the most memories though. They held sway for a good few years, I had a good number on the Drags and I couldn't even begin to fathom how many of the 135-strong fleet did at least one turn of the workings. I'd be very interested to find out.
This one definitely did, I was there. Late June 1986. All clag and turbo scream it was. Loved it.
56113, 34 years later on all bar a week or so, on 16 June 2020 leading 6C41 Basford Hall-Holyhead through the centre road at Rhyl.
All clag and turbo scream...
Raking the millions of pine needles. The hubby made piles yesterday, so he did most of the work, and I am just shoveling them into the neighbor's bin since ours is full.
My little buddy took the photo.
Now I will go make a quiche and then re-acquaint myself with the elliptical.
This place is right along the parkway a little north of Mabry Mill. I've never gotten out of the car before here nor found the place very interesting, but fog and colors change everything. I went down the bank and hopped around the rocks taking photos of the colorful tree and water over the spillway. I used 3 exposures to get everything like I wanted. This was an extremely productive outing especially for being unplanned, and glad I got to see some fall with the heavy weather coming tonight that is likely to blast away much of it.
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GY WDP-4D 40104 negotiating a curve with the empty rake of 17604 Yeshavantapur - Kacheguda Prasanthi Nilayam Express...
Class 40 Indian Summer
After having enjoyed the delights of 40118 on local service 2J66 from Preston-Man Vic, and then again on 1E19 from Man Vic to Leeds - and then a too-long fester at York - the gen was out and finally the late-running 1E71 12.15 Blackpool-Newcastle turned up behind 40152 (Beast!)
Here is the view as 40152 finally rolls into York's excursion Platform 16 with a fine rake of ten Mark 1s. The first couple of coaches are very well loaded with happy bashers, with a good many more on the platform :)
'A day in the life' - log book update:
Saturday 28th July 1984 - 40152 on 1E71 12.15 Blackpool - Newcastle [Load 10x Mark 1s].
YORK
Thirsk
Northallerton
DARLINGTON
44 miles
This followed two runs earlier in the day with 40118:
40118 on 2J66 06.55 Blackpool - Man Vic.
PRESTON
Leyland
Chorley
BOLTON
Agecroft Jnct.
Windsor Bridge Jnct.
Salford
MAN VIC
31 miles
40118 on 1E19 08.40 Man Vic. - Scarborough
MAN VIC
Miles Platting
Park
STALYBRIDGE
Greenfield
Marsden
HUDDERSFIELD
Mirfield
DEWSBURY
Morley
Holbeck East Jnct.
Whitehall Jnct.
LEEDS
44 miles
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 31 by the time I had 40152 towards the end of July. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
Locomotive History
D352 / 40152
D352 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered traffic in July 1961 and was an Eastern Region loco for most of its life. It lasted in service until the end for the class in January 1985.
Detailed Locomotive History
D352 / 40152
Originally D352 it was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry and entered traffic in July 1961, allocated to York MPD. It was built with the final variation of nose design featuring a central four-digit headcode panel (although by this date it has acquired a “domino” screen to the panel) and no gangway doors, giving a much neater appearance. 40152 would be for most of its career associated with Yorkshire and the North East being allocated to Gateshead, Thornaby, York or Healey Mills until 1983 when it transferred to Longsight. It received its last classified repair at Crewe works in September 1979 well after withdrawals had commenced and this enabled 40152 to survive in traffic until January 1985 when it was withdrawn. Even then it was still serviceable and was condemned only because it was “surplus to requirements”. However this did not stop 40152 from being broken up almost immediately two months later in March 1985 at Doncaster works. Extra info courtesy of: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john]
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
VISITING BLACK COLLETT 1450 DEPARTING FROM IRWELL VALE STATION ON THE EAST LANCS RAILWAY IN STUNNING LIGHTING CONDITIONS WHILST WORKING 0930 HRS EX BURY WITH A NICE RAKE OF MAROON STOCK 29/11/98.
A trip out to The Berry Barn for lunch and then a bit of a walk about - came across this old hay rake. A bit of "processing " and sliding to get to this.
Used Prisma: Transverse Line filter - all in the iPhone. First for a Painterly effect - then used only a bit of a slide for HSS in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
For - Happy Slider Sunday - HSS!
An attempt at over-processing a picture - on purpose.
With a uniform rake of 38 Tesco containers behind the Class 88, it makes a fine sight climbing Shap on Bank Holiday Monday 28th May 2018.
DRS Class 88, 88004, is seen climbing Shap at Scout Green with 4S43, 0616 Daventry - Mossend loaded Tesco on a warm and sunny morning at 0953 well over 10 minutes early.
Seen passing here at 0953, due Tebay 1005
Remodelling and resignalling north of the station. 66030 is on a rake of ballast wagons...July 30 2016.
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Buck Rake and Mt. Diablo.. a rancher said this Buck Rake was used by his family in the 1960's before they sold it to the the present owner to be used as a decoration lining the entrance road to the golf course.
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The Liverpool - Southport EMU workshops at Meols Cop just outside Southport. Mainly the sliding door (later Class 502), but a single car of the compartment stock is behind the 3 car unit in the foreground, but this may be a Parcel car. A rake of Carmine/cream hauled stock is stabled on the right so probably mid 1950s?