Album Railway miscellania from Phil Sutters

North Downs viewed from a train - 5.3.2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 22:48:29 +0000

VolkerRail tamper TSB 51022 Newhaven 8 11 2022

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:56:07 +0000

Relatively slow-moving pieces of railway engineering kit are often transported to the work site by road, to avoid causing delays to regular services.

East Hill Lift - Hastings - 23.3.2012

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:27:02 +0000

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GBRF 66 Bishopstone pw train 19 12 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:45:28 +0000

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Freightliner 66514 Newhaven 1 12 2021

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 22:49:50 +0000

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Shooting into the low winter Sun does not make for good photographs, but I was on a shopping trip and did not have the time to wait for the train to depart and thus move to a more photogenic location!

Island Line 006 Ryde Pier head & St John's Road 19 7 2018

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:26:20 +0000

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HJS log book15 8 1964 pages 1&2

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 06:35:54 +0000

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Uploaded in response to a query in Vintage Photos Theme Park. www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/50008194 The numbers are the numbers of the engines themselves. Ones with D in front are diesels, the rest are steam. Some of each also have names. These were at that time only given to engines primarily used for passenger express trains. This was the period of transition from steam to diesel. By the end of the 1960s steam engines had been phased out. The small letter/number combinations in the centre of the page showed to which motive power depot each engine was allocated. Barrow Road was one of two major MPDs in Bristol. It served the lines running to the midlands and north. The other was the former Great Western MPD at Bath Road, near the principal Bristol station at Temple Meads.
These pages come from Dad's neatly kept log books, which he wrote up at home, from the notes he made on his journeys.

Brief encounter

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 08 Nov 2019 14:17:25 +0000

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A portrait of a passenger, passing through Lewes. An enlargement of a small section of a photo of a train. www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/49435646 I didn't notice her at the time, but saw her while looking for subjects for the group 'Railway people around the world'.

Zermatt & Mont Cervin with railcar. Post Card from c1930

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:15:21 +0000

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Postcards collected by one of my great-aunts on a trip to Switzerland in the 1930s.

Chemin de fer du Gornergat et le Breithorn Post Card from c1930

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 20:15:17 +0000

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Postcards collected by one of my great-aunts on a trip to Switzerland in the 1930s.

Great Northern Railway sign - Rye - 16.8.2007

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Fri, 05 Oct 2018 17:07:28 +0000

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I don't know whether this authentic or a repro. It was on sale in Rye in Sussex some years ago,

Oxford Station - Food outlets - 17.3.2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:56:20 +0000

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2-6-4T Lady of the Isles - Mull Railway - 11.6.1985

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:23:36 +0000

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This little 10.25inch gauge railway ran for about 30 years as a tourist attraction, but was closed in 2011 when its lease was not renewed.
Photo by John Sutters

2-6-4T Lady of the Isles on the Mull Railway - 11.6.1985

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 11:23:36 +0000

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This little 10.25inch gauge railway ran for about 30 years as a tourist attraction, but was closed in 2011 when its lease was not renewed.
Photo by John Sutters
Beware the colour in this photo. There was a pronounced orange streak, from a light leak, across the chimney area. In trying to reduce that the overall colour has shifted. Added to that, Dad's colour photos are generally degenerating over time.

Argentinian steam snow plough c1950

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:47:10 +0000

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I dug this out having seen a very similar US machine in Wadi Archives' collection. www.ipernity.com/doc/1120197/40295010

Tram bodies made into a house - Winchelsea Beach - 10.8.2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:15:36 +0000

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According to a couple who live near here, the core of this house is a U shape formed of three old tram bodies. The rounded end profile of one of the bodies, seen on the left of all three photos, makes me wonder about that. The square framing of the rows of four windows is similar to a photo I have seen of a carriage on the Rye & Camber Tramway, so the bodies on the south and east elevations could be from that local source. I am sure that the history of these old relics has been documented. If I find out more details I will add them here.
One of the properties, along The Ridge, with a railway carriage at its centre, did come on the market a couple of years ago and one could see the rooms made out of individual compartments.

Victorian Brake-third carriage - Winchelsea Beach - 10.8.2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 20:15:37 +0000

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Wood BlocX bench - Hove - 9.4.2015

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 19:12:02 +0000

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Plenty of room to put your coffee down!

73080 lets off steam

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:52:23 +0000

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This was in my father's railway photo collection, but I am fairly sure it isn't by him. If anyone thinks they have the copyright, I shall remove it, once their case is proven.

Beach tramway - 28.5.2009

nobody@ipernity.com (Phil Sutters) — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:24:49 +0000

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This line was used mainly to transport shingle from the beach for building works around the port. There is one photo of a rail-mounted long-range gun being tested on it, back in the 1880s, I think.