On Shed October 2011 edition
"Preserving the steam locomotive legacy..and more..on film"
October 2011 Edition.
Front Page.
Ex LMS 8F locomotive 48151 Gauge O Guild pictured making the climb up to Aisgill summit with the return working of The Fellsman.(C) Andrew Edkins
Contents.
Welcome..and site news. Review new Features.(Documentaries)
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
Steam Tube Video Highlights
Talyllyn Slate Railway (Wales) circa 1950 - "Railway With A Heart Of Gold" Ella73TV2 on YouTube
New railway artist James Green
On This Day In This Month In Railway History
The Lives of Female Waiting Room Attendants at
London Bridge Station in the 1860,1870s... (TurnipRail)
A Summer of Strain: An Olympic Task for Rail Infrastructure
(Courtesy www.railway-technology.com)
Christian Wolmar- September 2011 Newsletter
Welcome..and site news...
TFC and Shedmaster extend a warm welcome to all to this October 2011 edition of "On Shed".We are especially pleased to be able to welcome the new members to Steam Tube, bringing our membership to 694. Some of the new members have connections with Alaskan Railways, Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway, the NSW Rail Transport Museum,the Richmond Vale Mining Museum,
the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, the BC Forestry Museum, the Fillmore & Western Railway,California, the Jefferson Railway, and China. In future editions of On Shed, we shall endeavour to include more details on these, and other railways. We hope to be able to include many more videos and photographs of overseas steam action.Thanks to all Steam Tube members who
provide excellent coverage of their local mainline and preserved steam action . Thank you again to all of you who provide us with the evidence of your enthusiasm for steam locomotion.
How are we doing
It is our aim to make Steam Tube "The Home of Steam on the Net". Your comments about how we can continue to build on our reputation- and content- are gratefully accepted and appreciated.
There is no doubt in our minds that the quality of the images and videos has increased noticeably.
We appreciate your sterling efforts in getting the steam action to Steam Tube.
Please keep it up!
Steam Tube documentaries
We havent had too many offerings of documentaries, although it could be said that the clips some of you upload , with their excellent captions are really in this genre. But if you feel able to put a voiceover, or commentary, on your films, then we shall be pleased to see them!
Over the last month, we have had some most interesting uloads....We are particularly pleased to have had Cherie Stihler join us, and acquaint us with archive footage of Alaskan railways..
And Peter Hemys atmospheric photographs take us back to a lost age too.
Calendar Competition..
Entries for the 2012 Steam Tube Calendar will close on September 30th 2011.
Submissions for the Steam Tube Yearbook will be accepted for a whle longer.....
More later!
Communication
We like to keep the membership involved and informed. So e-mails are sent out fairly regularly...but not too regularly to irritate you, we hope. We are taking steps to make sure that you receive the communication from Steam Tube that you wish to receive.
So, now, on with this months edition......
Enjoy!!
Steam Tube Photographic Highlights
15,354 images at 21/09/11
Steam Tube Video Highlights
3,262 videos at 21/09/11
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Talyllyn Slate Railway (Wales) circa 1950 - "Railway With A Heart Of Gold" Ella73TV2 on YouTube
This film is an account of the Talyllyn Railway, a historic narrow-gauge slate carrier in Tywyn, Wales, and its operation by a preservation society who saved it from being sold for scrap. Although the release date is 1965, it was actually filmed in the early 1950s. Academic Film Archive of North America director Geoff Alexander visited the railway in June, 2009 as part of the process of preparing the film for uploading:
"Opened in 1865, the Talyllyn railway was the first narrow-gauge steam railway opened specifically for industrial hauling by steam. Since saving the railway in the late 1940s, hundreds of individuals have been involved in keeping it running, and visitors are welcome to ride (www.talyllyn.co.uk) The passion for the railway on the part of the Society is extraordinary. Volunteers are classed in three groups: adults, adolescents, and children, and a significant number of marriages and children have happened as a result of the social interaction among society members. I found the Talyllyn experience to be a culture with a passion for preservation. Filmmaker Kit Davidson gave the Society the right to use this film to raise funds, and they sell the DVD in their shop. When I arrived, the four people cleaning the locomotive spontaneously started whistling the theme to this film, written by Judd Woldin. The railway is easily visited by rail from virtually any point in the UK, as connections can be made to the town of Tywyn, in Wales, where the Talyllyn Railway is located."
For more on the filmmaker, visit www.afana.org/davidsoncarson.htm
This movie is part of the collection: Academic Film Archive of North America
Director: Carson "Kit" Davidson
Producer: Carson "Kit" Davidson
Production Company: Carson "Kit" Davidson
Sponsor: David Richards
Note: this film and its description noted above were sourced from http://www.archive.org/details/railway_with_a_heart_of_gold_1965
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New railway artist James Green
We have an abundance of good railway artists, today we have a new one breaking onto the scene, James Green. His paintings appear even at this early stage to be up there with the best. This early success is helped by his technical background ensuring that visually all the components of the engines he paints are totally correct. Mix this with the experience James has gained over the years painting landscapes then you have the perfect mix for a great railway artist.
James achieves his paintings not by traditional oils or watercolour but by mixing acrylic inks and gouache together applied with both paint brush and airbrush onto canvas in his own distinctive style. So affective is this technique his paintings are often mistaken for photographs.
Here are a selection of James paintings....
(photo 3) Snow at Stowe A glimpse into the future commissioned by CSRE(Chinese Sourced Railway Equipment), this painting by James Green shows how the West Coast Mainline could look in a few years time.
(photo 4) Epic Painting in progress, this should end up being a masterpiece showing a powerful double header Duke of Gloucester and Oliver Cromwell around 80% complete this gives a good insight into how James builds up his paintings. The end result should be nothing more then breathtaking.
You can buy signed Limited editions of all of James work from his website www.jamesgreenart.co.uk from just £39 mounted and £55 framed. His website also has a interesting work in progress section which enables you to view what James is currently painting, you can also view past works to see how he built them up from start to finish.
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On This Day In This Month In Railway History
--/10/1925
Sir Henry Fowler succeeds George Hughes as Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
01/10/1910
The Great Western Railway of England, abolishes second-class rail fares (first- and third-class remain).
01/10/1911
Nigel Gresley (later Sir Nigel) becomes Locomotive Engineer, Great Northern Railway
Chime whistle blasting, Sir Nigel Gresley approaches Tempsford Crossing on the Up The Tynesider on 27/11/10. It was about 25 mins late but had an easy schedule into the Cross.(C) Dick Bodily
04/10/1883
The first ever Express dOrient passenger train service leaves Paris for Constantinople (now Istanbul) in the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), by way of Munich, Vienna, Budapest, Bucharest, Giurgiu, then, with passengers crossing the Danube by boat, a second train from Rustchuk to Varna, and from there by boat Espero to Constantinople. The train is officially renamed Orient Express in 1891
04/10/1976 :
New train speeds into service.
British Rail began its new 125mph High Speed Train (HST) service today. The first London-Bristol service arrived three minutes early.
The Inter-City 125 has been introduced to provide a regular high speed service between Cardiff, Bristol and London.
British Rail will extend the HST service to other major cities over the next two years.
Powered by two diesel motors the Inter-City 125 has recorded a top speed of over 140mph in trial runs, making it the fastest diesel-powered train in the world.
With specially-composed music by David Gow and no commentary, Overture One-Two-Five was the last complete production to be shot on 35mm film by British Transport Films. It was produced to mark the introduction of the new Inter-City 125 High Speed Train services between Paddington and Bristol. Presented here to guide you to the BFI website where you can buy the entire BTF DVD Video collection at bfi.org.uk
05/10/1999
At least eight people are confirmed dead and 160 injured after two trains collided near Paddington Station in west London at the height of the morning rush hour.
A Thames Trains 0806 BST from Paddington to Bedwyn in Wiltshire collided with the incoming 0603 BST Great Western 125 express train from Cheltenham at 0811 BST.
Investigations revealed how 31 people died and dozens were injured because of a head-on collision when one of the trains passed a red signal.
Public inquiries were headed by Scottish judge Lord Cullen. He made dozens of safety recommendations and concluded Railtrack, the company then in charge of rail infrastructure and its investment, had failed to respond to earlier warnings about signalling problems.
For more details read Adrian Vaughans book "Tracks to Disaster"(2002)
06/10/1829
The directors of the Liverpool and Manchester company held a competition called the "Rainhill Trials" to find the most suitable locomotive.The winner was Robert Stephensons Rocket which was awarded the prize of £500
"Rocket" at Sheringham 1993 (C)Adrian Vaughan
08/10/1952
Accident at Harrow and Wealdstone (112 deaths)
Newsreel footage of the aftermath of the 1952 Train Crash at Harrow & Wealdstone Station, which claimed the lives of 112 people and injured hundreds more.
10/10/1919
Anatole Mallet, inventor of the Mallet locomotive type, dies. (b. 1837).
13/10/1901
The London and South Western Railway in England completes experimental installation at Grateley on its West of England main line of automatic semaphore signals controlled by track circuits and pneumatics, the first such scheme in the United Kingdom
13/10/1928
Charfield railway disaster: London, Midland and Scottish Railway night mail train crashes into shunting goods train following signal passed at danger at Charfield , Gloucestershire: 16 killed
Read the full report here...
15/10/1889
Death of Sir Daniel Gooch
15/10/1907
18 die as a result of the Shrewsbury rail accident on the London & North Western Railway when a sleeping car train is derailed passing through Shrewsbury station, England, at excessive speed
Hansard Extract...
Shrewsbury Railway Accident.
HC Deb 29 April 1908 vol 187 cc1245-6
§MR. SMEATONI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether in view of the Report by Colonel Yorke on the cause of the fatal accident at Shrewsbury on the 14th October last, to the effect that Martin, the engine-driver, must have been overcome by sleep while the train was passing Crewe bank at a high speed, and therefore failed to see the signal and apply the brake in time, that Martin had been out of bed the whole of the previous night and most of the preceding four nights, with the exception of the 12th, he intends to take steps to prevent such overworking of engine-drivers, and what these steps are.
§MR. CHIOZZA MONEY(Paddington N.)At the same time may I ask the Secretary to the Board of Trade whether his attention has been directed to the fact that the official Report upon the recent Shrewsbury railway disaster attributes the accident to the deceased driver falling asleep on the footplate through overwork and lack of proper and regular rest; if he can state what representations have been made to the railway company concerned; and what steps the Board of Trade purpose to take in order to protect the travelling public from similar disasters.
§MR. KEARLEYThe point to which Colonel Yorke drew attention was the frequency with which Driver Martin had been put on night duty, and he suggested that it would seem to be a wise precaution to prevent the driver of an express train being out of bed for two nights in succession, or, at any rate, to limit the number of such nights in any one week. The Board of Trade are in communication with the London and North-Western Railway Company regarding this and the other recommendations contained in the Report, and I need hardly say that the matter will receive careful and persistent attention.
§MR. SMEATONIs the hon. Gentleman aware that men of experience have declared it is not uncommon for engine-drivers, owing to strain of working at nights, to dose and even fall asleep on their engines?
§MR. KEARLEYThat is what Colonel Yorke reports.
§MR. TOMKINSON(Crewe)Has the attention of the hon. Gentleman been called to a large meeting of engine-drivers and firemen at Crewe the week before last at which the idea of an engine-driver going to sleep on an engine, and particularly one travelling fifty or sixty miles an hour, was condemned as absolutely impossible, and at the same time was it not the decision of the men that the failure of the brakes was most probably the cause of the accident?
§MR. KEARLEYI have seen a report of the meeting.
§MR. SMEATONWas it not discovered that the brakes were in perfect order?
§MR. KEARLEYI think the whole ground is covered by the Report.
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25/10/1923
Henry Ivatt, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Northern Railway of England 1896-1911 (b. 1851).
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