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Bombardier (Derby) Class 377/2 "Electrostar" 25k v ac overhead/750v dc 3rd rail express 4-car emu No.377 214 of Southern leaving Watford Jct.on a service to Gatwick Airport and Brighton, 07/08.
Intercity class 86 no. 86253 'The Manchester Guardian' heads south away from Crewe on 27th August 1988
British Rail Class 156 'Super Sprinter' 2 car Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 156402 working the terminating Greater Anglia 2J69 08:50 (09:34 RT) Greater Anglia Lowestoft- Norwich service train at Norwich Station in Norfolk (UK).
Freightliner Class 66 No.66549 heads towards Blatchbridge,with the 17:05 Merehead Quarry to Hanwell Bridge Loop working,on the 10th of May 2022.
Class 47 47207 is pictured, with accident damage, in Crewe Works on October 12th 1975. It was originally D1857, and was eventually withdrawn in April 2001.
Class 57 no. 57303 hauling Class 365 emus 365501/505 from Ely Papworth sidings to Northampton through Northampton station on 29 June 2018.
An unidentified class 33 rests in the bay platform at Tonbridge having brought in a train of mail vans. A Network Day in 1988.
Preserved British Rail Class 03 0-6-0 diesel mechanical shunter D2184 at the Colne Valley Railway near Castle Hedingham in Essex (UK).
D2184 was built by British Railways at Swindon Works in 1962 before being sold to the National Coal Board (NCB) in 1968 for shunting duties at Southend coal depot until 1986.
The gentleman at the controls is my regular photostream contributor David who is having a quick shunt up and down the yard. ;-)
Brush Class 47/7 2,580 hp Co-Co No.47 727 'Rebecca' (ex-47 569; 47 047; D1629) (ex-Caerphilly Castle; Duke of Edinburgh's Award; the Gloucestershire Regiment) in Caledonian Sleeper livery on the tail of 13.59 Pengam Sidings - Eastleigh Works empty coaching stock train passing through Keynsham, 22 July 2018. The appearance of this loco on the tail of the working caught me by surprise hence the half in sun half in shade capture.
2 class 303 units depart from Balloch Central with a Balloch Pier to Glasgow service. The line between Balloch Pier and Balloch Central has now been lifted and a new station built at Balloch Central just short of the level crossing seen just to the rear of the train
July 18th, 1993
Toton Depot - entrance by main road
Two rows of Class 20s (the row out of view contained four engines).
This row has eight - left to right:-
20197, 20154, 20151, 20195, 20186, 20028, 20071, 20055
Ref 17-05
"The Midgets are Back"... I had been blissfully unaware of their absence, but their impending return gives me something to hope for.
Billboard outside a strip club in San Diego.
Chiltern Railways 3 car unit 165029 departing Harrow-on-the-Hill Station on route towards Aylesbury.
The Class 165 diesel multiple units were made in the UK between 1990 and 1992.
Dean Forest Railway Diesel Gala.A preserved Class 108 DMU,formed of vehicles 56492 and 50619,at Lydney Junction - 5.9.15.
Class 37 No. 37420 "The Scottish Hosteller" brings it up train to a stand at platform 4, Stafford 12/8/98
Pentax MZ50
Kodachrome 200
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The Vamyr Imperial Navy's Hammer-class Battleship is the single biggest ship class in the known galaxy. Its sheer size allows it to plow through almost any barrage of fire, any opposition, and still operate. This gargantuan ship class is built in surprisingly large numbers, for the Vamyr Imperial Navy essentially operates solely two classes of ships; the mighty Hammers, and the uncountable Anvils. This allows them to consolidate and focus their considerable resources into building large amounts of both ships. That being said, Hammer-class vessels are still a rare sight, rarely venturing outside Vamyr Imperial Space, unlike the Anvil class. These ships are renowned for their armor and their consequent ability to withstand immense amounts of firepower, as well as their impressive use of automation to reduce necessary crew size less they deplete the Vamyr population. Noted among various intelligence sources, however, is the somewhat lackluster offensive capabilities of these ships. Despite four powerful main kinetic cannons and a multitude of missile and torpedo launchers, the Hammer-class battleship has a curious lack of point-defense weaponry, a fact dully exploited by the ships of the Confederation of Republic Systems during the Battle of the Mid-Belt, where the Confederate ships massed their missile volleys and destroyed two Hammer-class ships, causing the remaing one to flee with heavy damage, along with the rest of the Vamyr battle fleet. Since then, the Vamyr Empire has halted its aggressive expansion, checked by the knowledge that their undefeatable navy is not quite so invulnerable.
Hammer-class battleships are usually kept in storage when not actively engaged in combat operations. In fact, intelligence sources indicate that only two complete crews are trained on the Hammer-class for the entire Vamyr fleet. These crews relieve each other periodically. When one crew has reached its designated service time limit, it puts its Hammer in storage, and the other crew leaves on a different battleship. That way, Only one Hammer is operational at any given time, and every Hammer is sortied periodically, while none undergo operations for any extended period, giving these ships an excellent service life, far beyond even what most battleships have. This means, however, that the combat readiness of these ships is less than ideal, as was demonstrated during the Belt War.
Various sources indicate that in order to activate more than two Hammer battleships, the Vamyr Imperial Navy Personel board decided to split the crews in half, pairing them up with other sailors with no experience on the type. This proved fatal to the Vamyr battle plans, as the inexperienced crews did not utilize the Hammers to their full potential. Subsequently, standard policy has changed, demanding that every sailor be regularly rotated to Hammer-class ships. While this reduces the amount of experience individuals have on the type, it greatly increases overall experience within the Vamyr Imperial Navy should the need ever arise to reactivate several Hammers.
Recent economic activity estimates show a suspicious amount of resources directed toward "naval projects." Should the Vamyr decide to expand their empire once again, the Allied Worlds expect the mammoth Hammer-class battleship to play a significant role in deciding the outcome...
Among the fondest memories from Marna's childhood are those from dance class. A few weeks ago, while driving to a birthday party for a friend of Paige, we noticed that our area now has its own little dance school. It turns out that they've been operating on a more informal basis until recently. Nonetheless, the sighting was something that we remembered to check back on.
One day, after Paige's pre-kindergarten class, she and Marna went over to the studio and enrolled Paige for lessons. Paige has always loved dancing around the house with mom and dad - especially since dad is 6' 7" and can hoist Paige to significant heights for thrilling moves. There's no hoisting here however, with the class tackling ballet first, and tap later.
No little dancer would be complete of course without her pink leotard and tutu.
It's too early to be sure if Paige's enjoyment of dance vis a vis the Daddy Express translates well into something more formal, but so far she is definitely showing interest. On the first day of class Paige remarked to the instructor that the tap shoes were too noisy. To which came the swift reply of "well now, that's why you're here isn't it?"
English Electric Type 3 Class 37 diesel locomotive 37405 as operated by Direct Rail Services stabled for thunderbird duties in the dock at Norwich Station at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line in Norfolk (UK).
37405 entered service as D6982 on May 13th 1965.
Photography courtesy of my regular photostream contributor David on his travels and is posted here with very kind permission.
This is a Lima Intercity livery class 73. It's seen pulling 3 mixed coaches, 2 Bachmann coaches, MK1 in NSE livery and a MK1 mini buffet car. It's also pulling a MK2 Hornby early MK2 in NSE.
The train is seen at the station on the ELMRC Newcastleton layout, a long way from home.
The BR blue era. A Class 45 heads a matching rake of blue and white coaches south near Mexborough. Today, this view from Queen Street, would only show the two tracks nearest the camera and a lot of bushes.
West Coast Railway Company
Class 47 - 47760
Passing Worting Junction with The Cathedrals Express
London Victoria to Weymouth
9/7/2015
The British Rail (BR) Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive. The Pioneer Class 08 No. D3000 was built in 1952 although it did not enter service until 1953. Production continued until 1962; 996 locomotives were produced, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes.
As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, almost any duty requiring shunting would involve a Class 08. The class became a familiar sight at many major stations and freight yards. Since their introduction, though, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably. Freight trains are now mostly fixed rakes of wagons, and passenger trains are mostly multiple units, neither requiring the attention of a shunting locomotive. Consequently, a large proportion of the class has been withdrawn from mainline use and stored, scrapped, exported or sold to industrial or heritage railways.
DB Schenker Rail (UK), before 2009 known as English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS), is a British rail freight company headquartered in Doncaster, England.
The company was founded in 1995 as North and South Railways, acquiring five of the six freight companies sold during the privatisation of British Rail, becoming the UK market leader in rail freight transportation.
In November 2007, EWS was sold to Deutsche Bahn, and in January 2009 rebranded as DB Schenker
Eastleigh station, Hampshire, UK
Further West we find another unidentified Class 47, this one is waiting departure from Newquay. It is August 1981 but the steam heating is on! I was never a 'basher', one Class 47 sounded very much like another as far as I was concerned back then, but a loco-hauled trip over the Newquay branch was always highly enjoyable.