Guess the Station...

[4SRKT]

A new thumper eh?

Indeed, in this the 25th Anniversary year of the demise of the last 70 class, a photo of that very set, with no 75 River Maine leading, a couple of weeks before the set was wrecked internally by drunken Apprentice Boys and withdrawn. As 2011 is likely to be the last year in which its venerable 45 year old 4SRKT power unit will still be operational in a 450 class, it's a poignant picture

Amazing to think that the 450s that were born out of these sets have now been running for 5 years longer than the 70s managed!

 

[Track Basher]

Indeed, in this the 25th Anniversary year of the demise of the last 70 class, a photo of that very set, with no 75 River Maine leading, a couple of weeks before the set was wrecked internally by drunken Apprentice Boys and withdrawn. As 2011 is likely to be the last year in which its venerable 45 year old 4SRKT power unit will still be operational in a 450 class, it's a poignant picture

Amazing to think that the 450s that were born out of these sets have now been running for 5 years longer than the 70s managed!

First time I went across the 70s had all gone.

Off topic but remember this

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I do believe that 117 is not where it is supposed to be; instead I suspect it is somewhere between ashford Works and where you would normally find it.

Bickley?

Although I don't recall a fence splitting one end of one of the platforms there so I suspect I may have the correct line but the incorrect station...

 

[Track Basher]

Time for a clue.

It is not off route it is on the correct service on a normal route of operation.

It is in NSE land but you could probably work that out.

 

[Lad Brookes]

Is it Redhill?

(edit, not it's not- that's got a through road or two)

 

[Track Basher]

Not Redhill.

Clue number 2: It is not a Class 117.

 

[4SRKT]

Off topic but remember this

That's Greystones again isn't it?

 

[Track Basher]

That's Greystones again isn't it?

It is Bray - Graystones shuttle pre Dart.

It was the only diesel unit in the ROI. Every other train outside DART was loco hauled.
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4SRKT has been the nearest so far.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Not Redhill.

Clue number 2: It is not a Class 117.

Oh stuff... it's a 115 on the Chiltern isn't it?!?:roll:

 

[Track Basher]

Oh stuff... it's a 115 on the Chiltern isn't it?!?:roll:

Yep......

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Amersham, assuming that's the Chesham bay on the left?

 

[Track Basher]

Not Chesham. Getting close though.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

*ahem* I didn't say it was Chesham though did I?

 

[Lad Brookes]

Chalfont & Latimer then.

 

[Track Basher]

Chalfont & Latimer then.

Mugridge does all the work and someone else streams in with the correct answer.

Misread it but it was not Amersham either.

 

[Lad Brookes]

I'm embarrassed to claim that- it's only one stop away from me as well.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Yes... a big D'oh moment - I correctly recognised the station but got the name muddled up with the next one down the line didn't I?!:roll:

Almost as embarrasing as the day I failed to recognise a well known railway personality who I had known for years...

 

[Track Basher]

Yes... a big D'oh moment - I correctly recognised the station but got the name muddled up with the next one down the line didn't I?!:roll:

Almost as embarrasing as the day I failed to recognise a well known railway personality who I had known for years...

Been there done that.......

 

[Lad Brookes]

New one in my edited post above.

New to this, at least...

 

[Track Basher]

Shot in the dark here:

Ancaster

I take it this station is still open?

If that is correct I shall be amazed it is floor open. Off to bed and on an unexpected Skip bash tomorrow so shall not be about to post. Will have a quick look in on the mobile.

 

[Lad Brookes]

Station is still open- and not Ancaster.

 

[4SRKT]

It is Bray - Graystones shuttle pre Dart.

It was the only diesel unit in the ROI. Every other train outside DART was loco hauled.

And here's one of the Bray > Greystones shuttle in 1985 one year after the DART opened to Bray, and before IR leased the 3 80 class units from NIR. A push-pull set consisting of three coaches converted from old AEC railcars, with the most appalling moulded fibreglass seats in. Truly grim.

 

[NXEA!]

It looks like the IOW to me?

 

[Lad Brookes]

Not on the Isle of Wight... or any other island (apart from Great Britain).

 

[NXEA!]

Not on the Isle of Wight... or any other island (apart from Great Britain).

Ok, as the engine bears a resemblance to an 02 in my untrained eye, I'm going to have a stab at Halwill Junction?

 

[Lad Brookes]

No- the station is still open.

However, the station name has changed slightly since then (at the time of the photo, the name had a '& xxx' suffix to the current name).

 

[12CSVT]

Wild guess - Braintree (& Bocking)

 

[Lad Brookes]

Afraid not. Not a million miles away though.

 

[Broken Viking]

As 2011 is likely to be the last year in which its venerable 45 year old 4SRKT power unit will still be operational in a 450 class, it's a poignant picture
Amazing to think that the 450s that were born out of these sets have now been running for 5 years longer than the 70s managed!

I'm probably missing something here...But what is the connection between Thumpers and Desiros? The two are pretty much worlds apart from what I know! hock:
(And Thumpers are not only more reliable, but they don't fail in light snowfall either... )

Not on the Isle of Wight... or any other island (apart from Great Britain).

Can I just double-check on that for a moment? That looks like a two-road station to my eye, yet the train looks to be running right-hand and the clear presence of the "Gentlemen" sign rules out a rev-angle shot.

In the meantime; The brickwork and architecture look Eastern Region to my eye, and the dray in the picture suggests routine handling of passengers with volumes of luggage who might be going to/from University. Is it Cambridge?

 

[Lad Brookes]

Proper Class 450s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIR_Class_450 with proper engines.

Definitely on the British mainland. There's some kind of pointwork behind the train- maybe it's a crossover, or there's a junction nearby...