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| Travelling to Newcastle 15/05/2012 at 11:12 #32345 | |
northroad
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Just been looking at the next meet page and it reminded me of the opening credits of film 'Get Carter' the Michael Caine 1971 version. Travelling on the East Coast Main Line was certainly different in those days. Glimpses are on the link below. No overhead, mark 1's, having a real feast in the restraunt car, Deltic heading south to the Cross, illuminated station names on the ends of the platform and a vast area of gantry's towards the end of the clip...happy days. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kMhcf8eyiA Log in to reply |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 15/05/2012 at 16:45 #32355 | |
Peter Bennet
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At 1:58 after several takes, I'm sure it's Biggleswade. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 15/05/2012 at 16:52 #32356 | |
TomOF
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At 00:40 Carter is seen heading the wrong way (i.e towards London) and not Newcastle like in the film at Barlby heading towards Selby swing bridge
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| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 15/05/2012 at 20:43 #32360 | |
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benstafford
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Compartments, opening windows on comfortable Mark 2s. Those were the days. Of course 4 hours to Newcastle and less frequent service not so good. And of course they hadn't heard of delay repay which I was glad of after the 45 minute delay up from York yesterday
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| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 15/05/2012 at 20:44 #32361 | |
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northroad
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" said:At 00:40 Carter is seen heading the wrong way (i.e towards London) and not Newcastle like in the film at Barlby heading towards Selby swing bridgeI think you are right. He is passing The British Oil and Cake Mills which was at Selby I seem to remember. Any ideas on where the signal gantrys are though. The sun is setting towards the right of the picture so the train must be travelling in a west or south west direction which might again indicate it was travelling towards London and not Newcastle. Geoff Log in to reply The following user said thank you: pilotman |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 16/05/2012 at 03:52 #32362 | |
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pilotman
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What an excellent piece of film music. Strikes me those gantry sigs must be a lot harder to read at night than colour lights with route indicators. Thanks northroad. Ray Log in to reply |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 16/05/2012 at 08:20 #32363 | |
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kbarber
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Concur with Biggleswade, up slow home (previously B'wade North up slow home) visible over High Street bridge (and about to pass the house where I grew up, on the right hand side in about another 3 sec). At 2:03 I think the power station is Little Barford, just south of St Neots. By 1971, I believe York and everything north thereof was colour light so the gantries/brackets must be on the GN section. A shrewd guess says Doncaster (the girder bridge & power station shots immediately preceding point in that direction, but of course continuity is far from guaranteed); it might also have been Peterborough - I think that was still mainly semaphore in '71, although the resignalling was gathering pace by then.
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| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 16/05/2012 at 08:29 #32364 | |
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northroad
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" said:it might also have been Peterborough - I think that was still mainly semaphore in '71, although the resignalling was gathering pace by then.Funny you should say that because I also thought of Peterborough heading south towards New England but definately not towards Newcastle. Geoff Log in to reply |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 17/05/2012 at 00:14 #32378 | |
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UKTrainMan
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I could of-course be wrong, I'm not saying I'm 100% sure here, but 00:52/00:53 mark could be Hadley Wood North Tunnel. The embankment(?) on the left looks relatively familiar. Great tune, by the way. Loved seeing the guy with the three different pianos/keyboards around him like that. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Last edited: 17/05/2012 at 00:15 by UKTrainMan Log in to reply |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 17/05/2012 at 04:25 #32381 | |
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pilotman
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Sadly Roy Budd died of a brain tumour aged 46 in 1993. Wrote more than 20 TV and film scores, including Steptoe & Son
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| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 19/05/2012 at 02:00 #32407 | |
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northroad
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Had a look at the drivers eye video that I have for Kings Cross to York and confirm Biggleswade and Hadley Wood but came to no firm conclusion on where the gantries were. Mind it was a good excuse to dig out the video which has just laid around for sometime now. A class 47 on a regular service out of the Cross sadly something else that has disappeared. Geoff Last edited: 19/05/2012 at 02:01 by northroad Log in to reply The following user said thank you: UKTrainMan |
| Re: Travelling to Newcastle 19/05/2012 at 04:49 #32410 | |
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pilotman
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Never mind the Class 47's Geoff, what about the A4's? :lol:
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