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3rd May 2020:
The weather doesn't suit May at all, rain, rain and more rain, so it was a quick search in the garden for today's photo.
I'd said yesterday that so far we didn't seem to have any Buttercups, but Graham found some. So I looked out for one and it had some lovely raindrops on it. It was also in an easy place to get a photo, which helped.
Today is also : World Laughter Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/world-laughter-day-first-sunday-i...
Just wish I could find something to laugh about. :(
And for the Silly News it's : National Two Different Coloured Shoes Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-two-different-col...
and : National Chocolate Custard Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-chocolate-custard...
Never heard of chocolate custard, but it sounds rather interesting. Will do some investigating. :)
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3rd May 2022 :
Rufus : "Oh my goodness, what an exhausting morning. Well the whole day really, but it was worse before lunch.
"Dad went and did the shopping with Auntie Évelyne this morning and Mum just didn't stop. I eventually managed to get a nap on the sofa, when I got on mum gave me loads of cuddles and kisses and I was such a happy dog.
"Mum says she'll still be busy tomorrow, but hopes that by the evening, she'll be able to settle down again, or she hopes so."
Today is : World Asthma Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/world-asthma-day-first-tuesday-in...
And for Some Other News it's : National Chocolate Custard Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/national-chocolate-custard-day-ma...
Can't think of a worse combination. 😝
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3rd May 2021 :
Finally managed to get out for a short stroll just before lunch, but only as far as the car park. But that was better than nothing and it seems like ages since I went out for a walk. Although I have enjoyed my time sitting in our garden.
Was looking around for things to take when I noticed this Bumble Bee walking down the side road. It wasn't going very fast and at one point stopped, so I got down (or as far as I could) for a macro photo.
Today is : World Press Freedom Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/world-press-freedom-day-may-3/
And as for our Silly News it's : National Two Different Coloured Shoes Day - nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-two-different-col...
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3rd May 2017:
The weather didn't know which way it was going to turn today, so I stuck to a photo from home.
I hunted around the garden and found that our wild strawberries have at least 3 berries on the biggest plant and it looks like there's another one on the smaller plant too.
I took a photo this morning but wasn't that happy with it, so tried again this afternoon when I had some better light on the berries. I'm still not that happy with it, but you can't win them all.
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After a couple of attempts in Photoshop I was unable to get an acceptable colour image so I thought I would try black and white and this is the result. East Midlands Trains 156403 has just passed through the 149 yard Whatstandwell tunnel as it heads down the Matlock branch with a service from Newark Castle to Matlock, 3rd May 2018.
East Midlands Railways 222101 stands in platform 8 at Sheffield working 1C26, 08:37 Sheffield - St Pancras, 3rd May 2023.
3rd May 2018:
A gorgeous day today, lovely sunshine, although a slightly nippy wind, but nothing serious. I decided to spend the day with Izzy and Rufus in the garden doing my latest jigsaw. A lovely relaxing way to spend a day it was too.
Although the puzzle was dreadful to do. The pieces were very thin and didn't stay together well at all. Worse than the other one I moaned about!
I did it on the side of an old box that Graham found and cut down for me. It has meant that I could do it outside or in, which has been great. But it was a horrible colour, so I gave the photo a frame of sorts to hide it. You can still see it as sadly there was one piece missing.
The picture is of "The Talyllyn Railway, Towyn, Merioneth. It was built primarily to carry slate during 1865. In 1950 the Talyllyn Preservation Society began the world's first successful scheme of railway preservation. Now from Easter to October steam-hauled trains carry an ever increasing number of visitors."
More information below:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talyllyn_Railway
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East Midlands Trains 156403 approaches Whatstandwell station on the Matlock branch with a service from Newark Castle to Matlock, 3rd May 2018.
Nottingham City Transport Leyland National Mark 1 728 (GAL 728L) working Central Area free bus Route 88 outside Victoria Centre, 3rd May 1978. GAL 728L is a Leyland National B40D delivered new to Nottingham City Transport in July 1973 for the Central Area free bus routes 77 and 88. It was delivered in the historic overall green livery although the green used was slightly darker than the Nottingham “standard green. Before entering service it had the roof repainted in a rather garish yellow and the white band added. After a few years it lost its yellow roof with it being repainted green as seen here. It was withdrawn in 1980 and converted at Trent Bridge Works into a mobile ticket office/promotional vehicle. It remained in use in this role until the end of 1986 when after a period in store it was sold to the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive (WMPTE) for further use as a promotional vehicle. It was withdrawn by WMPTE in 2002 and acquired by the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity who continue to use it as a promotional/sales vehicle at vehicle rallies.
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D9516 awaits departure from Wansford with the 15:10 service to Yarwell Junction, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
One of a class of fifty six Type 1 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic (subsequently class 14) locomotives it was built at Swindon Works in 1964 for shunting and short trip freight duties. The locomotive is powered by a six cylinder Paxman Ventura 6YJXL engine producing 650bhp, connected to a Voith L217U hydraulic transmission and Hunslet gearbox. The axles were connected by coupling rods and driven by a jackshaft located under the cab, between the second and third axles. Initially allocated to Landore MPD in South Wales it was one of thirty three that transferred in January 1967 to Hull (Dairycoates) for North Eastern Region duties and was withdrawn from there in April 1968. D9516 was sold to the Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd. (subsequently part of the British Steel Corporation) for use on its extensive rail system connecting the local ironstone quarries round Corby (Northamptonshire) with the steelworks and arrived at Corby in November 1968. It was numbered 56 in the Corby fleet. With the subsequent contraction of the British steel industry and closure of the quarries and then Corby Steelworks itself in 1980 D9516 was once again surplus to requirements and was acquired for preservation in the early 1981 moving initially to Loughborough and the Great Central Railway.
D9516 emerges from the 617 yard long Wansford tunnel with the 15:10 departure from Wansford, 3rd May 2009.
3rd May 2019:
No sleep .. again and felt rough all day. Managed to get as far as the garden and took a photo of the first thing I saw.
Just noticed that most of my photos this month have been green. I'll change colour soon!
I'll try and keep up, but am feeling rough. :(
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Nottingham City Transport Leyland National Mark 1 721 (FAL 721L) working Central Area free bus Route 77 outside Victoria Centre, 3rd May 1978. FAL 721L is a Leyland National B40D delivered new to Nottingham City Transport in July 1973 for the Central Area free bus routes 77 and 88. It was delivered in the historic overall green livery although the green used was slightly darker than the Nottingham “standard green, on arrival Nottingham City Transport added a white band below the windows. As can be seen it was later repainted into the then current standard cream/green livery. FAU 721L was the first Leyland National purchased by Nottingham City Transport and it would be sold within a year of this photograph to Red Rover, Aylesbury.
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Post Office Sorting Van (POS) 80337 at Wansford, 3rd May 2009.
Vehicle History
80337 was built in 1969 at York to lot 30779. It has been fitted in preservation with equipment for the transfer of mail bags whilst on the move. Whilst the design of the vehicle caters for this equipment by the time 80337 was built its use had been discontinued and I doubt it was ever fitted in BR service. It is fitted with B5 bogies and is dual braked and has dual heating.
Taxing at East Midlands Airport on the 3rd May 2017 is Flybe operated Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 G-JECE which was delivered new in February 2004.
D9516 approaches Wansford with the 13:50 service from Peterborough, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
One of a class of fifty six Type 1 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic (subsequently class 14) locomotives it was built at Swindon Works in 1964 for shunting and short trip freight duties. The locomotive is powered by a six cylinder Paxman Ventura 6YJXL engine producing 650bhp, connected to a Voith L217U hydraulic transmission and Hunslet gearbox. The axles were connected by coupling rods and driven by a jackshaft located under the cab, between the second and third axles. Initially allocated to Landore MPD in South Wales it was one of thirty three that transferred in January 1967 to Hull (Dairycoates) for North Eastern Region duties and was withdrawn from there in April 1968. I first saw this engine shortly after withdrawal when all thirty three Hull class 14 engines were dumped on the shed (many round the turntable in the roundhouse) waiting sale or disposal. D9516 was sold to the Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd. (subsequently part of the British Steel Corporation) for use on its extensive rail system connecting the local ironstone quarries round Corby (Northamptonshire) with the steelworks and arrived at Corby in November 1968. It was numbered 56 in the Corby fleet. With the subsequent contraction of the British steel industry and closure of the quarries and then Corby Steelworks itself in 1980 D9516 was once again surplus to requirements and was acquired for preservation in the early 1981 moving initially to Loughborough and the Great Central Railway. It is currently (October 2013) based on the Wensleydale Railway.
73050 City of Peterborough passes Ailsworth with the 12:40 service from Peterborough, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
The British Railways Standard class 5 4-6-0 was a development of the London Midland and Scottish Railway “Black 5”. One hundred and seventy two Standard class 5’s were built from 1951 until 1957 with 73050 being built at Derby works, being released to traffic on the 14th April 1954. It did not enter traffic immediately as it was chosen to represent the class at the "International Railway Congress, Willesden, London" between 26th and 29th May 1954. Following this it was finally released to traffic allocated to Bath Green Park MPD to take up duties on the Somerset & Dorset line from Bath to Bournemouth. For these duties the three Standard class 5’s allocated to Bath Green Park (73050 – 73052) were built with the larger BR1G tender. 73050 remained on the Somerset & Dorset until 1964 when it was moved to Shrewsbury, before spending some time in store. In 1966 it transferred to Agecroft, in Manchester, before finally transferring to Patricroft from where it was withdrawn in July 1968, having run approximately 825,000 miles in fourteen years. Quickly sold for preservation 73050 moved from Manchester to Peterborough in steam on the night of 11th September 1968 (one full month after the end of steam on British Rail). Following repairs it was steamed for the first time in preservation in 1972 and was named "City of Peterborough" by the Mayor of Peterborough on 28th August 1972. By 1987 the locomotive required another overhaul, which was started in the early 1990s and 73050 re-entered traffic in July 2005.
Taxing at East Midlands Airport on the 3rd May 2017 is Ryanair operated Boeing 737-8AS EI-FOP which was delivered new to Ryanair in February 2016.
60024 has just crossed over the River Trent at Sawley with 6M57, Lindsey – Kingsbury, 3rd May 2014.
Locomotive History
60024 was built at the Brush Falcon works, Loughborough in 1990 and was officially accepted by British Rail in December 1990, allocated to Thornaby. It was first stored on the 10th July 2005 and has since then been in and out of store on a regular basis until taken into Toton in January 2013 for a General overhaul. It emerged in July 2013 and following a couple of test runs and a repaint into DB Schenker red was reinstated to traffic on the 26th July 2013.
The early morning sun has risen just enough to illuminate 57313 as it powers along the Erewash Valley at Stanton Gate working 1Z87, Leicester - Carlisle, 3rd May 2014.
Locomotive History
57313 was originally a Class 47 built at Brush, Loughborough and entered traffic in August 1965 as D1890 allocated to Tinsley MPD. It was from the batch of class 47’s built without train heating for dedicated freight use. It was transferred to Knottingley in November 1967 and would spend the next twelve years at that depot on West Yorkshire coal duties before being transferred Healey Mills in August 1979 and back to Tinsley in May 1980. During its spell at Knottingley it had become 47371 in 1974. In January 1984 it transferred to Immingham but returned to Tinsley two years later in March 1986. In November 1995 it left the Eastern Region for Crewe and with privatisation 47371 became a Freightliner engine in August 1997. It continued to pound the country on freightliner duties until January 2001 when it was stored. This was followed by a trip to Loughborough in 2003 where it was transformed into 57313 and on release it became part of the Virgin Trains fleet. In December 2008 Arriva Trains Wales began operation of a daily service between Holyhead and Cardiff utilizing the company's Mark II coaching stock and Virgin Trains class 57/3 locomotives and four locomotives were repainted in Arriva Trains Wales blue livery (57313 –316). In March 2012 DB Schenker class 67’s took over the duties from the class 57/3s and in January 2013 57313-316 were purchased by the West Coast Railway Company.
Yarn Coronation Crown King Charles III (18/52)
A Yarn display created to celebrate The Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III at 'The Old Halt', Dunchurch, Warwickshire.
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'Project 52 2014' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157639407666594
'Project 52 2015' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157650090374041
'Project 52 2016' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157660757070783
'Project 52 2017' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157677419784130
'Project 52 2018' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157689104924052
'Project 52 2019' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157702107071042
'Project 52 2020' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157712523161043
'Project 52 2021' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72157717690744777
'Project 52 2022' photo set www.flickr.com/photos/29663856@N03/albums/72177720295823113
A superbly overhauled Mark I Tourist Second Open (TSO) M4686 in “Carmine and Cream” stands in the yard at Wansford, 3rd May 2009. With the nationalisation of the railways in 1948, the newly formed British Railways inherited four distinct designs of passenger coaching stock, which continued to be built after nationalisation. However, the BR soon embarked upon the design of a standard passenger coach for future requirements. By taking the best elements of each of the four pre-nationalisation railways and also adding in an improved requirement for crash worthiness, the Mark I design was born. This featured a steel underframe designed to withstand end forces about three times greater than previous stock, onto which was constructed the specific body required. Following Pullman Company designs, all coaches were to have buckeye automatic couplings and Pullman gangways (for ease of maintenance). The bodies were constructed from steel using standard components, such as windows, doors, fixtures and fittings. The first coaches appeared in 1952 and they continued to be built until 1963. Many different internal layouts were built for specific services, each having a specific code allocated for the layout. M4686 was built at York in 1957 as part of lot 30375 and feature 64 second class seats in an open plan layout (eight bays of four each side of a central aisle). These coaches had the highest seating capacity of all the Mark I’s built and were primarily built for excursion traffic. E4686 was withdrawn in 1983 still in as built condition (i.e. vacuum braked, steam heat, B1 bogies).
Standing on the tarmac at East Midlands Airport on the 3rd May 2017 is Tui Airlines UK operated Boeing 737-8K5 G-FDZY which was delivered new in November 2011
Melton Station Signal Box is seen here on the 3rd May 2009 and is a London Midland and Scottish Railway type IIc box. The box opened on the 9th August 1942 replacing the original Melton Station box situated at the other end of the station and Melton Sidings box situated about 100yds further towards Leicester at this end of the station. The box is fitted with a 45 lever REC tappet frame. On the 25th June 1978 the adjacent box towards Peterborough, Brentingby Junction, was abolished and control of the area transferred to Melton Station using 6 switches mounted in a small panel on the blockshelf. During the commissioning of these works I was working nights in the new equipment room at Melton. Despite it being mid summer it was chilly in the night and the equipment room had no heating so in the standard practice of the time we got a fire going between the box and equipment room. Whilst foraging for fuel in the goods yard we came across a number of chopped down telegraph poles. These made excellent fuel and during the night we had a decent bonfire going as we repeatedly burnt in half the telegraph poles until they had been consumed. When dawn broke a by-product of keeping warm became apparent, the paint work on this end of the box was all blisted from the heat and looked like we had had a blow torch on it. In retrospect I suppose we were lucky we did not burn the box down.
A rather garish livered class 14 14901 (in reality D9524) stands on the pits outside of the shed at Rowsley, Peak Rail, 3rd May 2014.
Locomotive History
One of a class of fifty six Type 1 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic (subsequently class 14) locomotives it was built at Swindon Works in 1964 for shunting and short trip freight duties. The locomotive is powered by a six cylinder Paxman Ventura 6YJXL engine producing 650bhp, connected to a Voith L217U hydraulic transmission and Hunslet gearbox. The axles were connected by coupling rods and driven by a jackshaft located under the cab, between the second and third axles. D9524 entered traffic in December 1964 and was initially allocated to Old Oak Common MPD. In November 1965 it transferred to Bristol Bath Road followed by transfer to Landore in August 1967 from where it was withdrawn in May 1969. D9524 was purchased by British Petroleum (BP) in July 1970and moved to Grangemouth in the October 1970. In 1972/73 it was rebuilt at the Andrew Barclay workshops, Kilmarnock with its Paxman engine replaced with a Dorman 8QT engine and re-geared to a maximum speed of 15mph instead of 40mph. On completion, it returned to Grangemouth. In January 1980 it suffered a major engine failure and withdrawn. Entering preservation in 1981 it had the Dorman engine replaced by a Rolls Royce unit shortly afterwards however it would take until 2010 before it became a reliable operational locomotive since when it has had spells at the Midland Railway Centre, Peak Rail and a two year spell at the Gwilli Railway before returning to Peak Rail in March 2013.
Covered Carriage Truck (NPV) M94796 at Wansford, 3rd May 2009. It was built at Earlestown in 1961 (lot 30614) and these four wheeled vans were originally designed for the carriage of motor cars. They have end doors to enable cars to drive through them as well as double side doors, however there use in this role was infrequent and they were generally used for parcels traffic. It is vacuum braked and steam heating through piped with a maximum speed of 70mph.
Class 04 diesel shunter D2324 stands in the yard at Rowsley, Peak Rail, 3rd May 2014.
Locomotive History
D2324 was built in 1961, nominally by Drewry, however the mechanical construction was sub-contracted to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Darlington. Mechanically they were identical to the class 03, with the same Gardner 8-cyl, 4-stroke 8L3 engine developing 204 bhp at 1200 rpm, connected to a Wilson-Drewry CA5 R7, 5-speed epicyclic gearbox with RF11 spiral bevel reverse and final drive unit mounted on a jackshaft. The drive to the wheels was by coupling rods from the jackshaft which can be seen under the cab. D2324 entered traffic in April 1961 allocated to Normanton MPD. Following the closure of Normanton it transferred to nearby Knottingley in August 1967 followed by transfer to in June 1968 from where it was withdrawn a month later in July 1968. Following withdrawal it was sold for further use and spent many years at the Aylesbury Coal Concentration Depot before entering preservation.
Post Office Stowage Van (POT) 80417 at Wansford, 3rd May 2009.
Vehicle History
80417 was built at York in 1968 (lot 30781) and used for the stowage of mail bags, in conjunction with the Post Office Sorting Van on the overnight postal trains. It is mounted on B5 bogies, dual braked (vacuum and air) and dual heated (steam and electric).
B954024 is one of a batch of eight hundred and forty five diagram 1/506, 20 ton vacuum brake fitted Goods Brake Vans, built at Faverdale, Darlington in 1958 to lot number 3129 and is seen here at Wansford, Nene Valley Railway 3th May 2009. Diagram 1/506 was the predominant design of British Railways Goods Brake Van with two thousand eight hundred and fifty five being constructed between 1950 and 1958. The design was very similar to the final design of London and North Eastern Railway Goods Brake Van.
D9516 is “running round” the 15:10 departure from Wansford at Yarwell Junction, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
One of a class of fifty six Type 1 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic (subsequently class 14) locomotives it was built at Swindon Works in 1964 for shunting and short trip freight duties. The locomotive is powered by a six cylinder Paxman Ventura 6YJXL engine producing 650bhp, connected to a Voith L217U hydraulic transmission and Hunslet gearbox. The axles were connected by coupling rods and driven by a jackshaft located under the cab, between the second and third axles. Initially allocated to Landore MPD in South Wales it was one of thirty three that transferred in January 1967 to Hull (Dairycoates) for North Eastern Region duties and was withdrawn from there in April 1968. D9516 was sold to the Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd. (subsequently part of the British Steel Corporation) for use on its extensive rail system connecting the local ironstone quarries round Corby (Northamptonshire) with the steelworks and arrived at Corby in November 1968. It was numbered 56 in the Corby fleet. With the subsequent contraction of the British steel industry and closure of the quarries and then Corby Steelworks itself in 1980 D9516 was once again surplus to requirements and was acquired for preservation in the early 1981 moving initially to Loughborough and the Great Central Railway.
B781768 is a 12 ton Ventilated Goods Van, (Palvan) to diagram 1/211 is seen here at Wansford, 3rd May 2009.
Wagon History
This is a representative of BR's first efforts to respond to changing methods of handling goods. This van is one of 2,388 built to diagram 1/211 at Faverdale Works, Darlington and Wolverton between 1952 and 1961. With a steel floor, plywood sides/ends and offset side doors the body is mounted on a standard 17ft 6” underframe with 10ft wheelbase fitted with vacuum brakes and Instanter couplings. This van was designed to carry palletised loads and to be loaded by fork lift truck from both sides. Unfortunately, this often led to vans running with loads at one end only, resulting in rough riding and subsequently, derailment. They were initially restricted in speed and then withdrawn in the mid 1960’s. Many went into departmental use, as stores vehicles which accounts for there relatively high rate of survival following there early withdrawal from traffic. B781768 was built at Wolverton in 1960 under lot 3310.
VE Day 80th Celebration.
To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day the concrete saddle stones outside The Old Halt, Dunchurch, Warwickshire have been decorated by 'The Friends of Dunchurch Society'
Dutch State Railways (NS) class 600 0-6-0 diesel electric shunter 692 stabled in the yard at Rowsley, Peak Rail, 3rd May 2014.
Locomotive History
Sixty-five class 600 locomotives were built, numbered 601-665 by English Electric between 1950 and 1957. These class 600 locomotives are very similar to the LMS/British Rail class 11 0-6-0 diesel shunter numbered 12033 – 12138, built between 1945–1952 and withdrawn 1968-1972. The class 11 of course was the basis of the highly successful class 08 0-6-0 diesel shunter. 692 was built by English Electric in 1956 at the Vulcan Foundry works and was originally numbered 649 and was renumbered 692 when fitted with radio control. Withdrawn from NS service around 2002 a number of the class have found their way back to the United Kingdom.
31190 rests in the yard at Wansford, 3rd May 2009.
Locomotive History
Built at Brush, Loughborough 31190 entered traffic in May 1960 as D5613 and has been in main line service for fifty years, latterly as part of the Rail Vehicle Engineering Operational (RVLO) fleet based at the Railway Technical Centre at Derby. For the first twenty years of its life it was an Eastern Region, London area engine being allocated to Finsbury Park MPD when it opened in 1962 and would be found on a mixture of suburban passenger duties and empty stock duties into and out of Kings Cross. With the reduction in these duties in the late seventies with the introduction of HST’s and suburban electrification it had by 1982 migrated to Immingham for freight duties and by 1986 had lost its train heating capability with the isolation of its steam heating boiler. It received its last classified works repair at Doncaster works in May 1987 and survived withdrawal by EWS, being sold by them at the end of 1999 for further use.
57316 brings up the rear of 1Z87, Leicester - Carlisle as it powers along the Erewash Valley and passes under the M1 at Stanton Gate, 3rd May 2014. To the left is the last remains of the branch to what used to be Stanton Iron Works which had an extensive rail system in its own right and had connections not only to the Midland Railway here at Stanton Gate but also to the Great Northern Railway Nottingham – Derby Friargate line. Alas virtually all has now gone following the closure of the Iron Works. I remember Stanton Iron Works well as my grand parents lived within site of it and my Granddad worked there for forty years and here he is at work in 1947 www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6574015281/
Locomotive History
57316 was originally a Class 47 built in March 1966 at Crewe works as D1992 and allocated to York for North East duties. It remained in the North East with spells at Gateshead and Thornaby until January 1975 when it was transferred to Crewe where it remained until May 1986 by which time it had lost its ability to heat passenger stock and had become a freight engine. 47290 had a year at Bescot before transfer to Tinsley in May 1987. Transferred back to Crewe in August 1996 it continued to pound the country on freight duties, latterly for Freightliner until a trip to Loughborough in 2004 transformed 47290 into 57316 and it became part of the Virgin Trains fleet. In December 2008 Arriva Trains Wales began operation of a daily service between Holyhead and Cardiff utilizing the company's Mark II coaching stock and Virgin Trains class 57/3 locomotives and four locomotives were repainted in Arriva Trains Wales blue livery (57313 –316). In March 2012 DB Schenker class 67’s took over the duties from the class 57/3s and in January 2013 57313-316 were purchased by the West Coast Railway Company.