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A Class 40 comes off the Chester line at Crewe North Junction, with a lengthy up freight, consisting of open and mineral wagons.
British Rail Class 745 25kV 12 car Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 745003 working the 1P16 09:30 (10:01 1E) Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street- Norwich service train northbound at Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Essex (UK).
The Class 745 EMU's were a direct replacement in early 2020 for the ageing 30 year old plus Class 90 electric locomotives and their slam door British Rail Mk3b coaches which previously worked the Norwich- London Liverpool Street express services..
745103 was built by Stadler Rail at their facility in Bussnang Switzerland as one of the Stadler 'FLIRT' (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train) modular family of trainsets.
Note the Dellner type coupling system in the big ugly hole at the front of the trains. The Dellner coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
Greater Anglia had an option to have a cover fitted in these coupling holes by Stadler but declined for cost and ease of maintenance reasons.
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My Chelmsford Railway Station Album flic.kr/s/aHsjoigMMG
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Preserved and magnificently restored class 144 Pacer DMU in Metro Link livery , 144011 , outside the depot at Haworth on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway .
British Rail Class 483 630V DC 3rd Rail 2 car Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 483008 with a Shanklin bound South Western Railway 'Island Line' service train near Lake Station on the Isle of Wight (UK).
Metro Cammell built London Transport 1938 Tube Stock 483008 entered service on the London Underground on February 26th 1940 and has been operating on the Isle of Wight 'Island Line' after refurbishment since 1990.
The 80/82 year old Class 483 EMU's are oldest type of train unit in normal revenue earning service in the United Kingdom although they are scheduled for retirement towards the end of 2020.
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
With DB Schenker withdrawing their class 08 Shunters recently, it was a nice surprise to see one working at Tyne Yard. Shunters were probably the least photographed loco pre-digital.
On the 3rd November 2014 08752 shunts Ballast wagons in Tyne Yard
The Swanage Railways restored to Mainline Standard Class 117 DMU consisting of powers cars 51346, 51388 and Trailer Car 59486 stored at Corfe Castle.
This unit is to be Mainline Certified for use on the extension to the mainline connection at Wareham.
No takers for a trip to the seaside at Morecambe today. The station is splendid, and has not been surrounded by clutter.
A Class 105 Cravens driving trailer leads a hybrid set into Althorne, a remote unstaffed station between Woodham Ferrers and Burnham-on-Crouch, after a summer shower in the mid-1970s.
GBRf class 69 locomotive 69005 'Eastleigh' (ex 56007) is seen passing through Farnborough (Main) station, Hampshire whilst working 6Y83, 18:22 (dep. 17:43) Southampton Western Docks (GBRf) - Tonbridge West Yard GBRf gypsum service on 29/07/2022.
SWR Class 450 EMU's 450117, 450114 & 450069 are also seen awaiting departure on 2L61, 19:11 London Waterloo - Basingstoke service.
A two car class 116 unit (51145 51132) is on it's way empty to the depot, the driver trying to hurry things along by getting on to the signalbox via the signal telephone, something we don't see these days. Cardiff 7 September 1992.
The secondman on class 24 no. 5127 collects the token from the signalman as it leaves Inverness with 17:00 to Wick/Thurso.
Photo by my late father, DW Futty.
One of the initial batch of seven units with slightly shorter carriages, 1004 is seen rounding the curve into West St. Leonards station, while I was testing out my newly acquired 135mm lens for the first time. This unit had recently been reformed as a 6S unit again, having been split in 1964 to provide carriages for two of the class 206 three carriage 'tadpole' units for the Tonbridge-Reading line.
Class 56 locos under construction in Crewe works, 2nd July 1983. There is a number just visible on the cabside that suggests it may be 56126 or 56128.
Congratulations to the Rock Island High School Class of 2020. We spent about 4 hours placing all 360 signs on the east lawn before the seniors showed up for their amended commencement event.
British Rail Class 170 'Doodlebug' 3 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 170208 working the 1P57 17:30 (19:05 18L at CHM) Abellio Greater Anglia Norwich- London Liverpool Street service train southbound at Generals Lane overbridge on the Great Eastern Main Line near Boreham in Essex (UK).
Who knows why a 3 car diesel multiple unit was operating this service. This should be a Class 90 locomotive hauled 8 carriage train.
Might be linked to this train's 18 minute delay while the whole GEML was subject to heat related cancellations and speed restrictions during this day.
Note 'The Brecks' vinyl wrap livery and the train is approaching a double yellow (preliminary caution) signal aspect.
The double yellow warns the driver that the following signal may be at single yellow (caution) and the signal after that may be at red (stop, danger).
These two class 40s were stored at Crewe. The shot was grabbed whilst window hanging, as you do. I sent this original slide into Traction mag and it was printed in Issue 65 the problem is I have never had my slide back so this is a scan from the mag, well I must not complain, at least I got a tenner.
British Rail Class 170 Turbostar diesel-hydraulic multiple unit No. 170509, operated by East Midlands Railway, at Derby station on 16th January 2025.
Castle Class HST set 43156+43098 with regional service 2P09 Penzance to Plymouth arriving to St. Erth station
British Rail Class 69 Co-Co diesel locomotive 69003 as operated by GBRf (GB Railfreight) working a rake of empty JNA box wagons from Mountfield (East Sussex) to Southampton Western Docks at Eastleigh Station in the County of Hampshire (UK).
I think this is a daily GBRf service for the collection of gypsum from the Port of Southampton back to Mountfield.
69003 was originally built by Electroputere S.A. of Craiova, Romania and entered service for British Rail as Class 56, 56018 on August 23rd 1977.
56018 was rebuilt including a new low emission engine and other major improvements by Progress Rail for GBRf then reclassified as Class 69, 69003 in 2021.
Note the 'speed whiskers' which are a tribute to some pre yellow panel British Railways diesel multiple units from the 1950's/1960's.
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A reason for going out today was a working on RTT from York Parcels Sidings to Gascoigne Wood Down Loop. It was a DRS Class 66 66426 which made a number of runs through Selby onto Howden then back through Selby and onto Peckfield Crossover then back to Howden. Here 66426 with some kind of track recording or inspection equipment on the front heads over Sandhill Lane Level Crossing on its way to Gascoigne Wood Loop where the crew took a break.