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Another go at 4S44 at Acton Bridge before the clocks change.
This time north of the footbridge and the remains of the last of the trees await someones log burners. 90047+90048 hurry north. My notes say that it was May 2000 the last time I photographed a pair of Freightliner Grey locomotives. Wednesday 20 March 2019.
Before the dreaded wires, the 6B33 Tanks from Theale to Robeston romp along the GWML behind 60019 'Port of Grimsby and Immingham'
On the approach to Chapel Lane bridge at Acton Bridge, 66429 is working well with 6X43 09.28hrs Dagenham Dock Recp to Garston Car Terminal 'Auto'. Unusually the vehicles are being carried in STVA 'IPA' car carriers (which you normally see on the Jaguar/Land Rover flow) rather the usual STVA double deckers. 30th July 2020.
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British Rail Class 52, 1016 'Western Gladiator', at Acton yard, West London, with a cross London freight on the morning of 30 April 1974. Again, semi-rescued from grainy Boots film taken on a half frame camera.
Posted elsewhere, someone commented, "Assuming the headcode is correct 7E19 is the 19.40 St Blazey to Temple Mills. I would imagine the ferry vans are loaded with bagged clay for the continent via the Harwich train ferry, or perhaps they will detach here to go via Dover. The train was due at Acton 05.48 - 09.15 for traffic purposes, and loco change."
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One from my own archive! Class 47 47284 is seen looking pretty unhealthy approaching Acton Wells Junction signal box with 6M82 1041 Stratford LIFT - Wembley Yard trip on 1st March 1996. The train had been diverted via Carlton Road Jn, Dudding Hill, Acton Yard (Run Round) and Acton Canal Wharf due to a derailment at Camden Road. The line between Camden Road and Acton Central was in the process of being electrified at this time and was closed between Gospel Oak and Willesden High Level hence the additional diversion. The driver failed the loco on arrival at Wembley Yard! The trail of smoke left oil marks on the washing of the adjacent terraced houses and the signal box windows!! Photo: Ivan Stewart
LB69 JPO (BCE47017) RATP Group London United Alexander Dennis Enviro/BYD Electric E400 City is seen on route 94 to Acton Green on Tuesday 1 February 2022.
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37516 rests in Acton Lane reception sidings awaiting the empty stock later on from Victoria
this loco worked 0Z15 from London Victoria this morning
90028 "Sir William McAlpine"+90018 "The Pride of Bellshill" pass Chapel Lane with 4M25 06.06 Mossend - Daventry Intermodal on Monday 11 March 2019.
Loadhaul livery, No 56112 'Stainless Pioneer' on 6H34 14.52hrs Widnes Tanhouse Lane - Earles Sidings e/cement approaches Acton Bridge Station (WCML). 2nd May 2000. (DE.262)
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GB Railfreight Class 60, 60 002 "Tempest" hauls a loaded biomass working through Acton Bridge station on its way to Drax Power Station as 6E09.
60002 retains the colours of its former owner, Colas, and is likely to do so for some time as operational demands mean the engines cannot be spared in great numbers to go into the paint shop.
I paid an 'on-spec' visit to C.E.G.B. Acton Lane Power Station, Willesden, on 24th May 1971 and was immediately without hesitation given permission to visit the railway sidings and loco shed, without a guide! Both locos, in immaculate condition, were to be found outside the shed, although not in steam. This is the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Little Barford' (W/No.2069 of 1939) against the backdrop of the cooling towers. The works closed in October 1983 but happily the 'Pug' was rescued for preservation and can now be found on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway.
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D213 “Andania” hammers through Acton Bridge hauling the Cumbrian Whistler, a railtour from Crewe-Carlisle and return.
Operating at least 60 mins late, 88002 'Prometheus' passes Chapel Lane bridge, Acton Bridge on 4M27 05.46hrs Mossend Down Yard to Daventry IRR intermodal. 24th December 2020.
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Acton's history reflects the history of Massachusetts, New England, and the United States. It was first settled by Native Americans who used the Assabet, Sudbury and Concord rivers for transportation and the fields for farming seasonal crops. There is evidence of Native American settlements in Acton which go back 7,000 years. When the colonists arrived in this area, the Native American population dropped dramatically due to European diseases for which they had no immunity.
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War, on April 19, 1775, a company of minutemen from Acton responded to the call to arms initiated by Paul Revere (who rode with other riders, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott, with Prescott the only one of the three who was able reach Acton itself) and fought at the North Bridge in Concord as part of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. The Acton minutemen were led by Captain Isaac Davis. When a company was needed to lead the advance on the bridge which was defended by the British regulars, Captain Davis was heard to reply, "I haven't a man who is afraid to go." It has been said that the Acton men led because they alone were equipped with bayonets.[30]
The colonists advanced on the bridge; in the exchange of musket fire that followed, Captain Isaac Davis and Private Abner Hosmer of Acton were killed. Davis was the first officer to die in the American Revolutionary War. In local terms, the events of the day were characterized as "the battle of Lexington, fought in Concord, by men of Acton."
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47810 'Porterbrook' passes Acton Turville with a diverted 0710 Leeds to Bristol Temple Meads service on Friday, 28 December, 2001. Typically for the period, the train is short-formed with six coaches rather than the booked seven.
A quick drive down the road to Acton SP usually brought a couple of photo opportunities. 60100 'Boar of Badenoch' faces West on a long rake of Box wagons
Minutes after the 2x68s had passed the 6C89 Mountsorrel -Carlisle New Yard powered through with 70812 up front for a crew change at Bank Quay and then a run over the S+C for a 37 minute early arrival in the Border City.
The driver certainly getting into the Christmas spirit with a 'Knowsley Express' and 'Merry Christmas' signs in the cab windows which was a nice touch. With the sun unable to make its mind up, approaching Acton Bridge, DB cargo 66124 on 6E26 10.40hrs Knowsley Freight Terminal to Wilton Efw Terminal binliner. 24th December 2020.
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