woodhead diesals

[HM181]

Originally Posted by Wakey spotter

Brilliant Pics HM181.
Thanks Very much for posting and the effort you put in.
Chris

Did you recognise the man stood in the Class 37 doorway, we spoke about him on the phone? He went to National Power.

The man with the wooley hat , stood in the snow plow door was an HM driver, who was also a football referee in his spare time.

There is no effort involved as the pics are at home, the scanner works well, and so does my memory.
As you know av nowt else to do.

[HM181]

In my time on the railways, we worked into the Eastern End of the MSW, eg Wath, Penistone, and the areas round Barnsely that were near to the MSW. This was Dodworth Pit, and Silkstone Jct up to Barnsley Jct. at Penistone.
Tinsley men woud have gone from one end of this line to the other doing ballast turns and sharing the electric work with Wath/Guide Bridge crews.
Alas a couple of years after I went on BR, this line was closed over the Pennines.
All the pits HM men serviced were gone and shut after 1985.
All the railway was brand new in and around Barnsley. A good judge of a fully relaid formation is a lack of rubbish in the drains adjacent to the track.
Not one supermarket trolley or bike frame did we find when pulling out this railway.
I'm told that to lay CWR and deep dig a formaton was £1m per track mile.
A crimminal waste of money.

[37260]

woodhead simply shoud not have seen shut.

[37260]

still looking for that elusive photo of a dmu or diesel over woodhead some body must have one ?

[HM181]

It is quite simple for you to find stuff about the MSW google.
Just enter what you want in IE and its suprising how much turns up.


http://dave-higson.fotopic.net/c490857.html

[Wakey spotter]

Hm181 - Yes the Man in question is Brian Easter ! He was The Class Instructor in September 79 when I started as a Traction Trainee. A wonderful Gent
He "came out of Retirement" to work for the National Power Rail Business that I helped to set up.
To have Brian in a Classroom at Nat Power was great because of the wealth of knowledge that he could cascade to the Trainees who were mostly from Power Station backgrounds.
I can`t recognise the guy in the wooly hat tho !!
Chris

[HM181]

Originally Posted by Wakey spotter

Hm181 - Yes the Man in question is Brian Easter ! He was The Class Instructor in September 79 when I started as a Traction Trainee. A wonderful Gent
He "came out of Retirement" to work for the National Power Rail Business that I helped to set up.
To have Brian in a Classroom at Nat Power was great because of the wealth of knowledge that he could cascade to the Trainees who were mostly from Power Station backgrounds.
I can`t recognise the guy in the wooly hat tho !!
Chris

That man on the plow was Des Sinclair, who was a 56A Wakefield man.
He would have moved from Wakefield Shed upto the Mill in 1963.
Des also was a DMU driver, and did rest day relief at Huddersfield.
He got 3 hours travelling time plus bus fares.
The HF drivers did not like that , but ASLEF at this point did not work RD's.
Des passed away a few years ago, after taking the money in 1994.

[saxokid]

Originally Posted by HM181

All you need will be in this link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/deadman...7623225335472/

Nice pics mate.......