Grotty Box Brownie Shots 1963 -65

[RonnieS]

Ok, I was four and I’m now 5’10 and a bit

So I guess I was taller, but the snow was deep!

I had nothing but sympathy for Dachshunds during the big freeze

 

[RonnieS]

I digress! Back to railway matters and sharp curves. This is the end of my Old Mills Layout

About 7ft radius.

 

[RonnieS]

And this is 'tother end. No improvement in the photography in 60+ years!

 

[Osgood]

... This is Priestfield Junction ....another shot that can't be improved from grotty.

I could well imagine the photographer having a late night in the nearby pub and arriving back at the station only to miss the last train home - this is how he would have seen the view as he was rudely woken on the bench by the first morning train and grabbed a quick snap.

 

[RonnieS]

I could well imagine the photographer having a late night in the nearby pub and arriving back at the station only to miss the last train home - this is how he would have seen the view as he was rudely woken on the bench by the first morning train and grabbed a quick snap.

I hadn't had my first pint at 14 ( when the pic was taken) but at 15 I had!

 

[RonnieS]

https://flic.kr/p/2j4TKQt

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In January 1963, both Stafford Road and Oxley came under the control of London Midland Region, who choose to close the dilapidated Stafford Road with immediate effect. All locomotives and servicing hence moved to Oxley , which now gained code 2B. This introduced a variety of exLMS types to the former GW lines.

 

[RonnieS]

So! Back to RonnieS's grotty shots.
This is my younger brother at Oxley MPD.

 

[timbowales]

So! Back to RonnieS's grotty shots.View attachment 223676
This is my younger brother at Oxley MPD.

There's nothing grotty about that shot (apart from the kid brother )
Fascinating difference of appearance between the loco and tender there. Wonder when the tender last got cleaned?

 

[RonnieS]

Back to Bilston. Still plenty of exGW types rubbing shoulders with the LM interlopers.

I had a go editing this but it's still a bit soot and whitewash.

 

[RonnieS]

Although I haven't pix of the panniers, I recall one had chalked on "2B or not 2B" and another "Fireball XL5"
around this time on"33 Bank". These were on the "bank" trains (or pick up goods)