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AC electric locomotive 87002 'Royal Sovereign' was most unusually employed for shunting the empty stock of the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' to and from the South Junction shunt neck at Carlisle on Saturday 9th March 2013, and this may possibly be the last occasion that a former West Coast Main Line class 87 stalwart will be employed on such a duty in the United Kingdom. The BR class 87's were built from 1973-75 by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL). 36 of these locomotives were built to work passenger services over the West Coast Main Line and they were the flagships of British Rail's electric locomotive fleet until the late 1980's, when the Class 90's started to come on stream. The privatisation of British Rail saw all but one of the fleet transferred to Virgin Trains where they continued their duties until the advent of the new 'Pendolino' trains, when they were transferred to other operators or withdrawn. 87002 is the only member of the class still in use in Britain. A large proportion of the fleet have now been exported to Bulgaria and it looks very much as though this last working example may soon follow that way.
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47033 eases off the Tonbridge line at Redhill with an up train from Dollands Moor on Sunday July 9 1995. in the background are 47766 and 47776
Two unidentified Southeastern Class 375 units approach Rochester working the 1P24 09:18 Dover Priory to Victoria service.
Photograph taken from Fort Amhurst, Chatham.
Platform 1, Central Station, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The 47 class are a class of diesel-electric locomotives built by A Goninan & Co for the Public Transport Commission in 1972/73.
Twenty were ordered from A Goninan & Co with the first delivered in July 1972. After undergoing acceptance trails the first entered service in September 1972 with the last delivered in May 1973. Originally intended for use hauling coal services in the Hunter Valley, they were allocated to Bathurst to operate services in the state's west from Lithgow to Euabalong West, Bourke and Cootamundra and all branches in between. Their excellent ride qualities saw them find favour with crews, although they did suffer from overheating with one destroyed by fire in April 1974 and another in a collision in March 1977.
In January 1981 it was decided to transfer the class to Broadmeadow to take up the duties they had originally been built for being used to haul coal services from Belmont, Dudley, Lambton and Pelton. They also saw use on services to Werris Creek, Tamworth and Moree. They continued to return to Bathurst Workshops for overhaul. A downturn in traffic as a result of a drought saw them placed in store at Parkes in 1982/83 before all were reactivated in 1984 resuming duties out of Broadmeadow.
Despite their favouritism with crews, their high maintenance costs saw them selected for withdrawal in 1989 with only six in service or under repair by November 1989 with the last being taken out of service in December 1990.
In 1990 the Lachlan Valley Railway purchased 47s 01 and 08 followed in February 1994 by 02, 03, 07 and 16. A later purchase was 4717. These were used to operate wheat services in the Cowra region in 1993/94.
In June 1999 they commenced operating trip working services between Port Botany and the Cooks River container terminal in Sydney for Lachlan Valley Rail Freight followed in July 1999 by a service between Cooks River and Carrington for R&H Transport Services.
Five Lachlan Valley Railway units remain in service, primarily operating infrastructure trains for Southern Shorthaul Railroad.
50022 "Anson" waits at the up platform at Leamington Spa with Paddington service on the 27th November 1982.
British Rail Class 159 'South Western Turbo' Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 159012 as operated by South West Trains at Salisbury Station in Wiltshire (UK) on May 28th 2016.
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Bluebell Railway
Giants of Steam 2024
Gresley LNER A4 Pacific 60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' and 'Sir Archibald Sinclair' 34059 'Battle of Britain' Class Bulleid Pacific
57 year old British Rail Class 57 Co-Co diesel locomotive 57305 heads the Rail Operations Group 09:19 (12:14 74L) Clacton CSD- Gascoigne Wood Sidings (Selby, North Yorkshire) one off ECS movement at Stratford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in East London (UK).
In tow are 33 year old redundant former Greater Anglia Class 321 4 car EMU's 321431 and 445 heading off for storage and most likely scrapping.
Note the 'dellner coupling' contraption covered up in the yellow pane recess on the cab of the locomotive. This coupling was used during 57305's duties as a Direct Rail Services Thunderbird recovery locomotive in order to couple to and/or rescue other dellner equipped broken down trains.
57305 first entered service as Brush type 4 D1758 on May 23rd 1964.
57305 was numbered 47164 in the 1970s, based at Stratford and was a regular on the GEML.
In 1977 it was one of two Stratford Class 47 loco's that received a Union Flag on the side to commemorate the Queen's silver jubilee. I can vividly remember seeing 47164 along with 47163 at Chelmsford station on London- Norwich Inter City services around this time just as I became interested in railways.
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British Rail Class 390 'Pendolino' 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 390XXX heads south working the 9A31 06:58 (09:56 8L) 'Virgin Trains' Lancaster- London Euston service train at speed on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) near the village of Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire (UK).
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
B.R. (Derby) Class 370 "APT-P" 25k v ac overhead prototype power car No.49006 in very faded APT livery at the Electric Railway Museum, Coventry, 9/11. Although the 155 mph APT programme was abandoned, the power unit formed the basis of the Class 91 locomotives.
D9539 working a Bury Bolton Street - Rawtenstall service,photographed at Burrs Country Park on 08/06/2014
October 4th, 1986
Mirfield
Close up of Class 45 45110 (TO) as it heads west with a Newcastle to Liverpool express.
Originally D73 the engine survived another two years before withdrawal from Tinsley (named Medusa)
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Class 2 – ISO Settings
Low Light & High ISO – Look at the digital noise on this photo.
Nikon D7000
18-200 VRII Lens
52mm
F/4.8
1/13’S
ISO 6400
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British Rail Class 220 'Voyager' 4 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 2200XX working the 1V42 06:10 (10:29 12L) Cross Country Trains Derby- Plymouth service train westbound at Totnes Station on the South Devon Main Line in Devon (UK) on June 25th 2018.
Note the lack of any obvious numbers to quickly identify this Class 220 unit for enthusiasts and railwaymen alike. Very irritating.
Also note the 'Dellner Coupling' at the front of the train which is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler that connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
The energy absorption technology in a Dellner Coupling is designed to allow an accidental collision up to 9 mph with no structural damage and up to 22 mph with some carriage deformation, however up to this speed the train should remain upright and on the track.
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British Rail Class 90 25kV electric locomotive 90009 at Norwich Station at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line in Norwich (UK).
90009 has previously been named 'Royal Show', 'The Economist' and most recently 'Diamond Jubilee' along with a full size Union Flag on the side but these have all been removed.
90009 was built at British Rail Crewe Works and entered service on September 7th 1988.
Note Norwich Cathedral in the background.
British Rail Type 5 Class 56 Co-Co diesel locomotive 56094 as operated by Colas Rail on a Barnetby and return driver route learning movement with Class 70, 70806 in tow near Attenborough Station in the County of Nottinghamshire (UK).
56094 was built at Doncaster Works by British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) and entered service on August 9th 1981.
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British Rail Class 390 'Pendolino' 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 390XXX heads north working the 9G10 09:03 (09:42 RT) 'Virgin Trains' London Euston- Birmingham New Street service train at speed on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) near the village of Bugbrooke in Northamptonshire (UK).
Photograph courtesy, copyright and taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Brush Type 4 (Class "47/4") 2,580hp Co-Co No.47 579 'James Nightall GC' (ex-No.47 183, ex-No.D1778; later No.47 757, then No.47 793 'Saint Augustine', then 'Christopher Wren') in BR Rail Blue livery and yellow front end and silver roof at Liverpool Street, 03/85. Scanned slide taken with an Exacta.