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Unusual visitor to London Heathrow - Dan Air BAC 1-11 517FE G-BCXR is seen here, arriving in the evening sunshine, on finals to runway 27L. Dan Air movements at Heathrow were not a common occurrence at the time - probably on the Inverness flight [see comments below]. The aircraft is in the final Dan Air livery carried by these aircraft, which looked quite stylish. Note the hush-kits which had to be applied to the 1-11s in the mid-80s due to stricter noise abatement rules :)
Memories of a mis-spent youth 😎
By 1986, when I took this shot, I had been making regular forays to my home airport of London Heathrow for ten years... and in that time, my photography had developed from using a primitive Kodak Instamatic (1976-77), through a short period with a borrowed secondhand 35mm (1978-79) to, firstly a secondhand Zenith E + 300mm telephoto lens (1979-80), via a temporary replacement Zenith EM (1980), to my first brand-new camera - a shiny black-bodied "Moscow Olympics" special Zenith TTL, with which I took this photo :)
The summer of '86 - aged 24, and with a new job working in urban ecology, I had less spare time to visit my old haunt of Heathrow airport. However, after getting my old negatives scanned, it appears that I did make a few forays with my Zenith TTL and 300mm telephoto lens. By this time, I had abandoned Kodachrome 64 as a tad too expensive, and was using Kodacolor VR100 or 200 print film.
So over a relatively short period, one August evening in 1986, I shot 20 frames and managed to capture this huge variety of aircraft and airlines:
3x Tu-154s Aeroflot (2 frames), Malev & Balkan
3x B707s TAP cargo, NAC cargo, TMA cargo (2 frames)
2x B727s Pan Am & VIP
2x Airbus Egyptair A300, Swissair A310
1x B737 Aer Lingus
1x B747 JAL (2 frames)
1x TriStar BA
1x BAC1-11 Dan Air
1x F-27 Luxair
1x Saab 340 Manx
1x G2 VIP
Gives you an idea of what Heathrow was like back in the good old 1980s 😎
I wasn't a huge fan of the BAC 1-11 - they were incredibly NOISY on take off :) But at least I managed to record a few of them on film for posterity before they vanished completely from the scene.
G-BCXR c/n 198 was a late-build BAC 1-11 517FE that started life as VP-LAN - leased from Court Line to subsidiary LIAT (Leeward Islands Air Transport) - an airline which Court Line had a controlling stake in at the time.
Court Line Originally Autair International Airways, formed in the 1950s, later renamed Court Line in 1970 - an Inclusive Tour charter airline. The airline was based at Luton airport. In 1971 Court Line acquired a controlling interest in Antigua based regional airline LIAT. Court Line leased some of their BAC 1-11s to LIAT, including this aircraft. After returning to Court Line as G-BCCV in Apr 1974, the airline went bankrupt in the August.
The aircraft was sold off to Monarch Airlines, and became G-BCXR. Returned to BAC for the fitting of hush-kits in 1983, and then leased to Dan Air (as seen in my photo). Withdrawn from servive in Nov 1992, and sold to British Air Ferries at Southend, where it was broken up.
See here for further information on the BAC 1-11: bac1-11jet.co.uk/
Taken with a Soviet made Zenith TTL camera and 300mm lens, using Kodacolor VR200 print film. Scanned from the original negative without restoration.
You can see a random selection of my aviation memories here: www.flickriver.com/photos/heathrowjunkie/random/
There was certainly a good variety of vehicles running through Basingstoke on rail replacement duties today (Good Friday 2023). The sun made an appearance which was good to see as well!
Basingstoke Rail Replacement service 8 April 2023. There were no passenger trains at Basingstoke over the Easter weekend with a huge number of replacement services being provided. This Kässbohrer S416GT-HD coach was new to Shearings in 2014 but is now operated by Mervyn's Coaches of Innersdown, Hampshire.
My camp for the night at Belle Campground in Joshua Tree National Park. I put on the rainfly since it looked like rain. It did - a bit.
This is my new Marmot Limelight 3 tent. It replaced my stolen REI Taj 3 tent. When shopping for a replacement, I would have purchased the REI Taj 3 again, but the footprint is no longer available (the tent is discontinued, but still available online). I tend to camp in some rough places and really like using a footprint for tent floor protection.
After a lot of research, I settled on the Marmot Limelight 3. It's not as big as the Taj 3 (though both are "three" person tents), but does come with a footprint. It'll be a comfortable two person car camping tent. It's also just light enough (6lbs, 11oz) to backpack if split between two people.
www.rei.com/product/828150/marmot-limelight-3p-tent#specsTab
SK22BVG is seen on Chiltern Rail Replacement at Amersham Station.
Vehicle Details
Operator: Z&S Transport
Fleet Number: 397
Registration: SK22BVG
Vehicle: Enviro 400 MMC
A few photos showing how track replacement was carried out in the 80's, before the introduction of Track Renewel Machines and Ballast Cleaners... Maghull station - Sun 22nd July 1984
The PW gang dig the ballast in place and check the levels and gauge. 40044 can be seen in the background
MC 07 HAM a Volvo/East Lancs Olympus, operated by Hams of Flimwell on route to Hastings Railway Station from Battle.
Crawley Luxury Volvo B7R Plaxton Prima T7 MTT (new to Motts) at Oxted on rail replacement service, 21st June, 2020.
On the 28th of August 2022, Hillsbus Foundry Road’s m/o 9517 (Volgren CR228L/Scania K310UB 14.5m) is seen at Central on trackwork route 31T1 to Penrith
all our town bridges were destroyed or damaged two years ago in the worst floods we have ever known , this is the first one to be replaced. l think it looks like a mini Sydney Harbour Bridge..........lol
In 1984 a train carrying over a million litres of four-star petrol derailed in the Summit Tunnel, heading in the Rochdale direction from Todmorden. A seized axle bearing in the fourth wagon derailed it and subsequent wagons. One of the derailed wagons ruptured and began to leak.
Understandably the train crew made a swift exit on foot, and telephoned for help. The fire brigade arrived, and found some fires burning. The train crew, under the guidance of the fire brigade, heroically re-rentered the tunnel and drove the locomotive, pulling the first three tankers, which had remained on the track, out of the tunnel.
Meantime back in the tunnel the heat from the intial fires caused the fuel in one of the tankers to expand and then vent through the safety valves. The exiting fuel vapour, under pressure, ignited. The resulting inferno reached temperatures of over 1500 degrees celsius. According to Wikipedia, this accident represents 'probably the biggest underground fire in transportation history'. Some idea of the intensity of the blaze can be gleaned for these photographs of hot gases igniting as they hit oxygen on leaving the ventilation shafts of the tunnel.
Such was the robustness of George's Stephenson's tunnel that, depite this ferocious asault, of an intensity that its designer could never have anticiipated, less than a year later it was reopened for service.
However for the intervening period rail replacement bus services were provided. Here we see West Yorkshire PTE 5021, a Roe-bodied Leyland Olympian, dropping passengers off at Littleborough railway station after the trip from Todmorden*. An arm points from the bus to the subway through which passengers would pass on the way to the Manchester-bound platform.
*or possibly Wallsden. I don't recall where the train service from Yorkshire terminated at this time.
Pats Coaches PC20PAT is seen at Machynlleth Railway Station prior to operating a Transport for Wales Rail Replacement Service to Aberystwyth
Sat in the cab of the broken East Lancs Mynellium Loyne WJ55 CSV (32766) a cat in the Weymouth Depot. Soon to undergo repairs, the Trident has an axle problem according to drivers.
YN57FZL is seen leaving at Broxbourne on Greater Anglia rail replacement to Stansted Airport.
Vehicle Details
Operator: Angies Tours
Registration: YN57FZL
Vehicle: K230UB Scania Wright Solar
A different start to a weekday…
In an unusual circumstance, the weekend closure of the West Anglia rail line via Harlow Town extended into a Monday, with replacement road transportation operating between Stansted Airport/Bishops Stortford and Broxbourne.
Starting out the fairly short journey south, Ensignbus Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 LX15GOK (127) heads down Thorley Street on the outskirts of Bishops Stortford with a service for Broxbourne 17/03/25
Go Ahead London General MHV90 LF67EWO working a Thameslink rail Replacement service to Bromley South via Catford
So, due to some dubious roofing in one of the house extensions, rainwater had seeped into the extension and flooded most of the back wall. Unfortunately, all of my Aliens, Predator, and AvP comics that were in storage were destroyed. I may have not showed it because I know more "valuable" things were lost to the water, but I was devastated.
I've been reading comics for a long time, and the Dark Horse series featuring the two FOX icons were the first comic books I ever really sat down and read. They were the series that I would always pick up whenever young me saw a new one on the shelves. The sight of them soaked and ripped in a mass of torn pages and draining ink was incredibly upsetting.
Luckily, my parents were kind enough to come to the rescue and reimburse me the costs for all the ones I lost. While they'll never be the same as the issues I'd read in my childhood, it's great to see them with new, shiny covers. A lot of them are in even better condition than they were before the water, so that's a big plus!
If you haven't read the books, they're really fun and enjoyable (albeit a bit mature). If you're a fan of either series, you'll probably love them. The Aliens books in particular go down some great alternate visions of what an Alien movie could be, while the AvP books show you what the AvP movies SHOULD have been. The Predator books are also great, and give a much more in-depth look at a character who isn't quite so fleshed out in the films. I liked the Predator when I saw the movies, but I loved the Predator when I read the comics.
Pick them up if you get the chance!
I got my pieces back from the Jigsaw Puzzle Doctor today. Not too bad. They stated that solid colors were the most difficult to match. I'll do final assembly tomorrow, just beating 2017!
Another day of rail replacement yesterday with Pavilion Coaches Volvo B10M-62 Plaxton Excalibur UIL 4207 (ex M473 SBT) on Dorking to Horshams. After a few weeks with a motley collection of vehicles, this route is expected to settle down with London General vehicles from Monday for a few weeks.
An R179 train sits in Coney Island Yard next to two R42s, one of the models of car that the R179s forced into retirement.
R42 (St. Louis Car Co., 1969-1970)
R179 (Bombardier, 2016-2019)
Coney Island Yard - BMT
First Trident WA54OLO 32756, is seen passing an older 1999 Trident T819LLC in Kingskerswell, during the Rail Replacement runs. 18th October 2015
A pic of Graeme midway through replacing one of XH558s engines. They're big old units aren't they?
Best viewed large.
Graphic for the Health section describing which and how joints are replaced as well as their estimated duration. Illustrator, Lightwave 3d and Photoshop.
Go Ahead London Blue Triangle E135 SN60BZG working the Southeastern rail replacement service to Lewisham via Greenwich
T9VCC - Van Hool T916 Astron.
New in 2006 to Galloway, Mendlesham as AY06CPZ.
ex Viking Tours (Regalway, Heywood) .
On a rail replacement in Cleethorpes, June 2025.
Another day of poor class 37 availability. Still, I get some more Pacer shots in the bag and saves the panic as they near the end on their lives, (if ever!!!). So, a set of Pacers work out of St Bees with 2C47, the 17:31 Barrow - Carlisle.