Trainspotting Notebook 11.July.68 at Hest Bank, Lancashire: 3 weeks before end of B.R. steam operations.
This is my trainspotting logbook for a day by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line between Lancaster and Carnforth, at the junction to the Morecambe branch) in July 1968. The date is 24 days before the end of all steam engines operated by British Railways, with all steam by this time concentrated in North-West England. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.
HP scan of original notebook (see also adjacent Hest Bank notebook for 20th April 1968)
ABBREVIATIONS etc:
'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.
'F' is a freight train (unspecified type)
'light' is light engine (engine only).
'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)
'u' is towards the South (London etc.)
On the right are times of day.
Ticked engines are "cops" (seen for first time), 'X' if seen before.
note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.
Trainspotting Notebook 11.July.68 at Hest Bank, Lancashire: 3 weeks before end of B.R. steam operations.
This is my trainspotting logbook for a day by the lineside at Hest Bank (West Coast Main Line between Lancaster and Carnforth, at the junction to the Morecambe branch) in July 1968. The date is 24 days before the end of all steam engines operated by British Railways, with all steam by this time concentrated in North-West England. Hest Bank was and still is a wonderful place to watch trains; a handy car park with the line on one side and a Morecambe Bay beach on the other.
HP scan of original notebook (see also adjacent Hest Bank notebook for 20th April 1968)
ABBREVIATIONS etc:
'XP' and 'pass' are express and regular passenger.
'F' is a freight train (unspecified type)
'light' is light engine (engine only).
'd' is towards the North (Scotland etc.)
'u' is towards the South (London etc.)
On the right are times of day.
Ticked engines are "cops" (seen for first time), 'X' if seen before.
note: D in front of a number indicates a diesel engine, as per system at that time. Other numbers are steam engines.