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class 322 on a north berwick-glasgow central service.
at mid calder junction on the edinburgh carstairs line
soon to be cascaded to the leeds area as new class 380 units enter service.
British Rail Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 156407 working the terminating Greater Anglia 1K60 08:10 (09:35 5L) Greater Anglia Cambridge- Norwich service train at Norwich Station in Norfolk (UK).
One Friday evening in 1995, an unidentified class 56 heads north through Carlisle station on an empty coal train
Freightliner Class 90 electric locomotive 90016 ex Felixstowe intermodal entering Chelmsford railway station (UK) at speed.
Nice railway photography by David and posted in my photostream with kind permission.
July 5th, 1966 - Mirfield
This was a most unusual occurrance in 1966 - Finsbury Park Class 47 D1520 (later 47421) passing Mirfield with a coal train heading west. Note the brake tender behind the loco. At this time the majority of freights were either 8F, Black 5, 9F, Class 37 or Class 40
D1520 / 47421, later The Brontes of Haworth was, for me, was one of the most frequently seen 47s, often on Liverpool Newcastle expresses during the 1980s
Links: Mirfield / Class 47 / Collections
Adtranz (Derby) Class 168/0 "Clubman" 4-car dmu No.168 004 of Chiltern Mainline at South Ruislip on a Birmingham (Snow Hill) - Marylebone service, 12/05/14.
British Rail Class 142 'Pacer' DMU 142071 with the 10:22 Northern Rail Leeds- York service at the delightful Cattal Station in North Yorkshire (UK).
Note the quaint semaphore signals. This is a 'lower quadrant' semaphore signal and the red arm is the 'home' signal and the yellow arm is the 'distant' signal. The 'home' signal in the 'on' or 'stop/danger' position. A 'distant' signal will generally tell the driver the position the following 'home' signal will show but when they appear on the same post as above it means there is not enough distance between the two home signals to position a distant. So the yellow arm here which would either show off/proceed (up) or on/caution (down) is showing that the following 'home' signal is also in the 'on' or 'stop or danger' position too. In this case it is protecting the single line beyond the station.
I hope I've got this right as the details regarding railway signalling in the UK are highly complex for novices like me. ;-)
The Class 142 Pacer units with their atrocious noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) and general ambience levels do nothing to enhance the image of the railways in this area in my opinion.
Photography from regular photostream contributor David on his travels and posted here with kind permission.
The thirty Class 67 locomotives were built in Spain from 1999 to 2000 for EWS-operated mail services. The locomotives were immediately nicknamed “skips” for obvious reasons. However, in mid-2003, EWS lost the mail contract and the Class 67s largely became redundant, despite being only five years old. Since then they have been used on a variety of duties including freight, the Royal Train, sleeper trains and normal passenger duties.
67013 is seen here at Bristol in 2007 looking a bit redundant. The sign “For Sale, 1 Owner” in the windscreen might have been more effective if she had been parked in a lay-by on a busy A-Road. However, in 2008 she was repainted silver, named "Dyfrbont Pontcysyllte" (Pontcysyllte Aquaduct) and put to work on the Wrexham & Shropshire Railway.
In the background on the left is the derelict Parcelforce building in Cattle Market Road and on the right in the distance are the spires of Temple Meads Station. A small group of Class 37s can also be seen in the background, waiting for their last journey, to the scrapyard.
Colas Rail Class 66/8 No.66850 descends Whiteball,with the 11:00 Pengram Sidings to Moorswater working,on the 20th of December 2018.
British Rail Class 90 25kV Bo-Bo electric locomotive 90009 shoving the 1P40 15:30 (16:12 2E) Abellio Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street- Norwich service train northbound on July 9th 2018 at Marks Tey Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
On the Great Eastern Main Line the Class 90 push pull locomotives are always at the London end of the train.
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 the 'moody sky'..
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Type JT42CWR Class 66 diesel electric locomotive 66954 with a northbound liner at Hatfield Peverel Station on The Great Eastern Main Line.
66954 is one of seven 66/9 subclass low emission locomotives owned by Freightliner.
Super shot by fellow enthusiast David and posted here with very kind permission.
Class 90 electric locomotive, 90013 ex-Norwich 1P26 with a rake of refurbished mk3a stock heads towards London Liverpool Street at Chelmsford Station.
The carriages originally date from sometime between 1975-1988 and the loco from 1988... so this complete trainset is well over 20 years old..
Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel Co-Co electric locomotive 37418 at Barrow Hill Railway Centre near Chesterfield in Derbyshire (UK).
37418 was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows and entered service as British Railways D6971 in March 1965.
37418 and withdrawn from mainline service by EWS (English Welsh and Scottish) on December 31st 2007.
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My Barrow Hill Railway Centre album flic.kr/s/aHsm55yX9i
British Rail Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 156422 working the 2S14 10:45 (11:33) Abellio Greater Anglia Norwich- Sheringham service train on August 29th 2014.
This photograph was taken during the 4 minute turnaround period at Cromer. Note the driver walking up the unit from the furthest cab to the nearest.
The train on departure will travel backwards so to speak towards Sheringham
A Cravens class 105 dmu, now used for route learning duties is seen at Trent using the high level goods lines while heading from Loughborough towards Toton yard. Taken during the academic year 1981/82.
Siemens Desiro Class 360 Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 360106 heads the 8 car 1Y35 9:52 (10:33 RT) Abellio Greater Anglia Ipswich- London Liverpool Street service train at a dreary Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).
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My Class 360 album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3Z5zf
Preserved class 109 Wickhams DMU , E56171 in British Railways Green at the Llangollen Railway in North Wales .
Class 66 66519 passes through Ingatestone with 4M89 1433 Felixstowe North F.L.T. to Ditton (Oconnor) Freightliner
Unlicensed models were very much a part of Realtoys early beginnings and although a lot of these legacy models continued to be produced decades later they began to become the exception rather than the norm! It was a bit of a surprise to discover this much newer casting a few years back which appears to be heavily based on a Mercedes-Benz C-Class with some minor alterations to avoid the licensors. Part of a five vehicle set bought back in February 2017. Mint and boxed.
Class 80 No. 8081 der NIR (North Ireland Railways) kurz vor Ballykelly an der Londonderry-Coleraine Line, aufgenommen Mai 2002
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Type JT42CWR Class 66 diesel electric locomotive 66541 heads the daily 10:28 Freightliner 4M88 Felixstowe South- Crewe Basford Hall intermodal southbound through Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line.
The caged signal device on the left is called a 'banner repeater' and these are positioned when the driver cannot see a forthcoming colour aspect signal. In this case it's for the down signal at the other end of this platform (the up line) during bi-directional workings. The banner aspect is 'on' (the following signal is on stop/danger). When a banner repeater is 'off' (the following signal is on green/proceed) the display bar will be at 45 degrees.
Super shot by fellow enthusiast David and posted here with very kind permission.
321420 and 321404 approaching Royston working 0914 Kings Cross to Cambridge substituting for class 365s on 3 July 2014.
Merseyrail British Rail three car 3rd rail EMU Class 507 no.507 016 ‘Merseyrail’ departs Hoylake station with the West Kirby to West Kirby circular for West Kirby.
English Electric Class "20/9" 1,000 hp Bo-Bo No.No.20 901 (ex-No.20 101 Nancy'; ex-No.D8101) of HNRC but on ling term hire to GBRf and in their blue & yellow livery at Derby (Etches Park) MPD Open Day, 13 September 2014.
British Rail Class 90 25kV electric locomotive 90024 at Euston Station in London (UK).
90024 has previously arrived at the station top and tailed with an unknown Class 90 with the 'Caledonian Sleeper' service from Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Fort William, Glasgow and Inverness.
90024 is owned by DB Schenker which operates the locomotive under contract to Scotrail's Caledonian Express.
90024 entered service on March 10th 1989.
My Class 90 album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3YY7s