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Addition to SMJ Steam in the Sixties Album

Started Nov 23, 2011

3 New Albums from the Sixties
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Started this discussion. Last reply by John Cosford Nov 23, 2011.

 

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Blisworth Ironstone shed

"The item that is being refered to is the digging arm of the Ransomes And Rapier 5360 Stripping Shovel. It is refered to as 'The Pole'. The pole slots into a hole in the middle the jib of the 5360. You are looking at the rack side…"
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Blisworth Ironstone shed

"I have examined my original high-res scan but am not much wiser. I don't know what it is but it appears to have been there for a long time, judging by the stains on the three concrete supports.  It might possibly be part of some form of…"
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Woodford Halse Shed and Locos

This album contains photos of Woodford Halse loco shed plus a couple taken near the west curve to the SMJ, all from the Sixties. Whilst strictly speaking Woodford Halse was not part of the SMJ, it certainly provided many of the locos and crews that…
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WH WD 90040 1963

"Thanks Dick. I get my loco allocation information from www.brdatabase.info which shows nothing for this loco before 21/12/63 which was the date it was allocated to Nottingham. Curiously, it was later re-allocated to Woodford Halse for 1 week in…"
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SMJ Freight Timings

SMJ Freight Train timings from autumn 1965 to closure of Woodford Halse shed.
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WH WD 90040 1963

"It was a Woodford loco from 1948 up until Dec 1963"
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WH Shed V2 60871 1963

"It had probably come down ( well 'up' actually!) on one of the 'Dringhouses' fitted freights that would have continued via the SMJ with WR power possibly a double chimney 9F. V2s, and less frequently by 1963 B16s, were the usual…"
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WH Shed WD 90033 1963

"I saw this engine on the SMJ line EAST of Woodford a couple of times around 1960, on one occasion it was pulling a Crosti and B16 and heading towards Northampton. This looks like the line of withdrawn 'Dubdees' that lined the…"
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Addition to SMJ Steam in the Sixties Album

After uploading the photos in this album, I discovered a neatly drawn table in my rather scrappy notebook for 1964/65 which showed the steam freight workings over the SMJ. I have now added this table to the album as a photo. I cannot recall where this information came from but it could have been from one of the railway magazines of the time. The data more or less ties in with the photos taken in 1965 so I hope that this added information proves useful. The photos of the eastbound 9F-hauled…See More
Nov 23, 2011
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John Cosford replied to John Cosford's discussion '3 New Albums from the Sixties'
"Hi Dave, Thanks for the info on CAD Kineton/Burton Dassett. When my mates and I visited the area in the early sixties, the depot did not appear on the OS map nor was it signposted from any of the roads that we travelled. As a result we never knew…"
Nov 23, 2011

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At 18:49 on April 13, 2009, Peter S Lewis said…
Hello John,

Welcome aboard!
(And, re Andy's comment...he must know you well!!?...what is your expertise?

Peter
At 23:14 on April 11, 2009, Andy Thompson said…
Hi John. Nice to have your expertise onboard!

Andy
 
 
 

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