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20161 leads 20047 approaching Attenborough station with an empty unfitted coal train made up exclusively of 21 ton coal hoppers, 15th June 1981. These empties are almost certainly heading for Gedling colliery. After nationalisation in 1948 British Railways continued to build London and North Eastern Railway design coal hopper wagons with both welded and riveted bodies. Over twenty three thousand were built between 1949 and 1958 to five diagrams 1/141, 1/143, 1/145, 1/146 and 1/149 with the vast majority (nearly seventeen thousand) to diagram 1/146. They finally disappeared in the late 1980’s.
Locomotive History
Following the failure of the class 17 Claytons British Rail returned to its initial Type 1 design and ordered another hundred class 20 locomotives from English Electric. 20161 is one of this later batch of class 20’s built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. It entered traffic in September 1966 and was allocated new to the Nottingham Division (in reality Toton) and was withdrawn from Toton twenty one years later in February 1988 having (as far as I can tell) been a Toton engine all its life. It was broken up by Vic Berry, Leicester in May 1990. 20047 was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry and entered traffic in December 1959 and withdrawn in the early 1990’s. However 20047 was subsequently sold to Direct Rail Services, overhauled in the late 1990’s and renumbered 20301. It is currently (September 2014) stored at Barrow Hill.
When they put truck trailers on flatcars, they were called piggy-back or trailer-on-flat-car (TOFC) in many places. But Penn Central called them Trailvans or TV trains, a title carried over into Conrail. Photo taken at Rochester, NY, on May 15, 1977.
Approaching Ditton West Jn, 90042 leads 90043 slowly towards Ditton West Junction. The 'Powerhaul' pair preparing for a stop, prior to being allowed to proceed over Ditton East Jn, to allow 1A70 19:47 Liverpool Lime Street to London Euston past.
My first shot of 4L60 here this year, having last caught 86637 and 86614 in August last year. Since then, several large trees (as well as the 86's!) have been removed opening the shot up once more. I've previously shot the Saturday's only 4K83 here back in February flickr.com/photos/cmc1987/50962231118/in/dateposted/ but rather like the light on this evening one.
90042 was the third Class 90 to receive the 'Powerhaul' scheme, painted during it's overhaul/rebuild in 2014 after sustaining fire damage.
90043 was the fourth and final of the class to receive the livery, but the first (and only) 90 to receive it with the additional G+W logos. This came in 2015 by which point it had lost it's 'Freightliner Coatbridge' nameplates and was looking rather battered. 90045 and 90049 are the other two to carry the livery and have done for over a decade now.
All FL 90 repaints since have been in the Freightliner/G+W orange livery following a rebrand.
Recipients of the Orange scheme so far are (in order)
90044
90014
90047
90015
The last operational FL Grey 90, 90048 has been at Wolverton Works since late March for corrosion repairs and a repaint. It is expected to become the fifth of the Class to go orange but until it is released this cannot be confirmed...
A footpath leads down from Harlesden High Street to Willesden Junction station, running between the North London Line and the City Lines. The latter, on the right hand side, provides a link from Wembley Yard to the North London Line.
A London Overground North London Line service from Richmond to Stratford heads towards it's next stop of Kensal Rise.
B75 leads PN's P20, XR554 and BL32 on 0081 through Kangaroo Flat on the 27/11/18.
Video available at: youtu.be/0pLXPk6hr6g
Photo captured via Minolta MD Zoom Rokkor-X 24-50mm F/4 lens and the bracketing method of photography. Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands: California Coastal National Monument. Coast Range. North Coast. Mendocino County, Northern California. Early August 2017.
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: +1 / -1 * Color Temperature: 5250 K
D6817 (37521) leads 5Z47 19.18 Skipton - Appleby North East Sidings empty stock across Dandry Mire Viaduct at Garsdale Head. 47593 Galloway Princess is on the rear.
After photographing the late-running 50s at Elford shortly after 3.30pm, I visited Morrisons in Burton-upon-Trent for something to eat (fish and chips in the cafe, and half price under the government's "Eat out to help out" scheme despite it being a Friday) and fill up the car with petrol, and then drove to Garsdale via the A50 and M6. I arrived in time to check in to my accommodation (at the nearby Moorcock Inn), and then get in position to photograph this working - in substantially better light than exactly a week previously, the clouds having broken up, exactly as forecast. An excellent end to the day and start to the session on the S&C!
MBTA 1117 (a GP40MC in sparkling fresh paint from its recent overhaul at the MBTA's Wareham shop) leads non revenue PTC test train (including three MBB cars still wrapped in CTRail imagery from their time leased for Hartford Line service) through Somerset Junction on the rebuilt Fall River Line.
This view looks north off the Country Club Road overpass at the new interlocking at MP FS 7.5 at the north end of a brand new mile long controlled siding. The south end of this siding is now called Clark and this end is named Somerset, which pays homage to the historic railroad location of Somerset Junction. It was so named because this was where, in 1866, the Dighton and Somerset Railroad joined the Fall River Railroad, both of which were controlled by the Old Colony System. The Dighton and Somerset ran from Braintree in a relatively straight line south via Easton, Taunton and Dighton to Somerset then crossed the Taunton River on a long causeway and bridge to this point. For a time it was the primary Boston to Fall River route connecting with the Fall River Line's steamship service to New York. Alas in 1932 the railroad bridge over the Taunton River was damaged and never repaired after a boat collided with it and with its demise came the end of the junction here. The dirt path to the left of the signals is about on the old right of way and one can still walk the long causeway out into the river to the abutment that once supported the south end of the long gone bridge
The existing route into the city of Fall River opened in 1846 and saw continuous passenger service under the auspices of the Fall River Railroad and then the Old Colony system until the latter was folded into the New Haven Railroad in 1893. The NH continued daily service to Boston until September 1958 when all passenger service ended to south of Middleboro including to the famed whaling port of New Bedford. In June of 1959 Middleboro lost service along with the other former Old Colony branches to Plymouth and Greenbush. Commuter service returned to Middleboro and Plymouth in 1997 and Geeenbush a decade later but the extension south had to wait.
Fortunately both lines were never fully abandoned, and remained active as freight only branch lines served by the New Haven and successors Penn Central, Conrail, and CSXT. In latter decades they saw no more than a lonely local freight two or three days a week and both the Fall River and New Bedford Secondary's track conditions deteriorate until speeds were limited to 10 mph on the two lines that were not even an afterthought in the vast CSXT system. In 2010 the Commonwealth of Massachusetts purchased the two routes totaling 38 miles from the Jacksonville based Class for $21 million as the first step in the long dreamt of plan for a passenger train revival. Concurrent with that deal CSXT turned around and sold its perpetual freight easement to Mass Coastal which since then has provided exclusive freight service on both lines, interchanging with CSXT at Cotley Junction in Taunton. For the past decade the MC dispatched and maintained the lines on behalf of the state while they remained 10 mph branches served a couple times a week.
Finally in 2020 the transformation of the lines began in earnest at a cost to exceed $1 billion and by mid 2023 track and station work was largely completed on the Fall River Secondary. The first week of August this year Keolis assumed dispatching responsibilities from Mass Coastal once the new CTC signal system was commissioned.
To learn more about the project these links will take you to the state's official sites:
www.mbta.com/projects/south-coast-rail
Fall River, Massachusetts
Friday August 16, 2024
M50680 leads a three car class 120 DMU set into Nottingham station, 19th May 1980. The western approach to Nottingham station has completely changed from this view with all of the railway infrastructure (goods depot, goods yard, shunting frame, 16ton mineral wagons) all gone being replaced by new Magistrates courts and Inland Revenue offices.
Unit History
M50680 was built at Swindon works in 1958 as part of an order for forty nine, three car sets for Western Region long distance “cross country” services. In the late 1960’s, twenty two sets were transferred from the Western Region to Derby Etches Park, to replace Cravens class 105 three car units which where transferred to Accrington where they were reduced to two car power twins with the trailer vehicles being withdrawn. I am old enough to remember our surprise on the arrival of these class 120 sets in the East Midlands (no internet in those days) and the improvement they brought to the East Midlands local services. Until the introduction of the class 150 “Sprinter” DMU’s in 1985 these class 120 units formed the backbone of the East Midlands local train fleet. By March 1986 the remaining class 120 vehicles had been transferred away from Derby and by October 1989 the last class 120 vehicles had been withdrawn.
Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200
57316 leads a heavily delayed 1Z40 08:21 Edinburgh to Inverness private charter using the Northern Belle stock through Dunblane on 13th March 2022. The train left Edinburgh with 57314 and 57316 in top and top formation only for 57314 to succumb to mechanical problems between Edinburgh Park and Newbridge Junction. 57316 then returned to Edinburgh with the stock, leaving 57314 in Newbridge Down Passenger Loop, running via Waverley and the sub before heading back north as planned. 37685 was later sent to Inverness for the return working to Gleneagles and the onward ecs to Joppa Straight. www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:U91072/2022-03-13/...
Consist: 92904, 10734, 17167, 325, 3247, 3275, 3267, 1566, 3273, 3174 & 99025
GBRF Ed no. 73109 leads the 3W74 06.05 Tonbridge East Kent RHTT service.
73213 brings up the rear.
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73201 leads the test train back from Dungenss to the main line connection at Appledore and is seen approaching King Street level crossing a few minutes from Appledore.
02.12.2015
TT07 leads 9203 and TT102 with a loaded coal train through east maitland
Thursday 8th of January 2015
Penn Central ex New Haven Railroad GE EP-5 motor 374 leads a night time eastbound passenger train as it arrives at a station platform in Bridgeport, Connecticut, early 1969. Not much physically has changed in this scene, even though the PC has taken over, but behind the scene many things were changing. It is nice to see the old Bridgeport station still in action at this time before the later fire destroyed it.
This photo came from my personal collection of railroad photos. The photographer is unnamed by choice, but all credit for the photo must be provided to him.
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BNSF 7271 leads todays version of the H-KCKBAR1-13 at Zarah on the BNSF Emporia Sub. 400mm shot because the 500mm shot had too much glare for my liking.
Been a while since I have been out. My dog has had a real bad week and feel like I have let him down because I didn't shoot the stupid dogs that attacked him. He's pretty beat up and he's on the mend, but it just hurts me to see him suffering because somebody else didn't have their pack of mongrels on a leash.
Today he gave me the look of those big brown eyes and whined for me to take him out of the house for a bit so I loaded him up in the truck and we went for a little drive. His spirits are definitely up after spending about 90 minutes with me in the pickup.
ODC-Come on in
I used a web sharpening setting i came across on this photo as a tester, its too much for me, but i guess the resolution on flickr is quite high so its not needed. I couldnt for the life of me make this look straight either!
Union Pacific 5046(SD70M) and 6860(AC44CW) Leading a Northbound Manifest on the UP Mason City Sub at the 115th Street crossing west of M Avenue in Iowa Falls, IA.
Photo Taken: 6-29-16 at 8:20 pm
Picture ID# 6909
20187 leads 20183 off the curve at Lenton South Junction with a loaded unfitted coal train from one of the Lean Valley collieries, 3rd September 1980. The train appears to have in it formation just about every possible type of early British Railways coal wagon, 16 ton, 21 ton and 24 ton mineral wagons and 21 ton and 24 ton coal hoppers.
Locomotive History
Following the failure of the class 17 Claytons British Rail returned to its initial Type 1 design and ordered another hundred class 20 locomotives from English Electric. 20187 is one of this later batch of class 20’s built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry. It entered traffic in January 1967 and was allocated new to the Nottingham Division (in reality Toton). By 1992 it had been withdrawn but it was sold to DRS, refurbished and re-entered traffic as 20308 in 1997. 20183 is also from the later batch of class 20’s and entered traffic in December 1966. It lasted in traffic until withdrawn in January 1990 and was broken up by Vic Berry Leicester in March 1990
Re-scanned and re-edited 21st January 2018
Canon AT1, Kodachrome 64
New Haven Railroad ALCO L-1 class 2-10-2 Santa Fe steam locomotive 3200, slowly leads a freight train through a washout area while a track crew adds new fill and roadbed along with aligning the tracks and performing repair work at Derby, Connecticut, late 1930's. The washout may have occurred after one of the two late 1930's hurricanes that struck Connecticut and caused serious damage in many areas of the state. The washout event should keep the Maintenance Of Way crews busy for sometime. This steam engine is the first L-1 class steam locomotive 3200 in a series of 50 such engines. Over the years these engines were rebuilt several times and numerous modifications and changes for improvement were included. The front end of this locomotive looks very different from its as built look because it now has an Elesco feed-water heater added to its smoke-box top and it also has two air compressors mounted on its pilot deck along with shields. In the background you can observe plumes of smoke and water vapor in the sky indicating that another steam locomotive or possibly two are present.
This photo came from my New Haven Railroad photo collection, and the photographers name is unknown. Any credit for this photo must be provided to the original photographer.
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4906 leads empty Lachlan Valley Railway cars out of Newcastle station after being on the rear of a long trip to Singleton/Camberwell Loop and return. 3237 lead the steam special throughout the day.
Queens Wharf Tower, Newcastle, NSW.
Sunday 16 November 2014.
43049 leads 1Z43 05:40 Doncaster to Paignton charter past Hollicombe on Thursday 3rd July 2025. 43047 on the rear.
On Sunday 22/12/2024, a very late 5PM9 (SCT intermodal) is seen approaching Dawkins road, Two Wells (SA) with csr022-sct006 in charge, with C502-C508-C503 being hauled to their new owner SSR.
CEY002 leads CEY007 & CEY006 while making a smokey exit out of Capertee Tunnel with Centennial / SSR's loaded coal; AR02. Wednesday, 26th October 2016
Jumbo 44238 leads branch-line 48 and 49 class units with an empty coal train approaching the Mudgee Road bridge en route to Wallerawang Colliery in January 1982. Within a few short years, the coal mine had closed and its rail link fell into disuse before ultimately being removed north of Lidsdale. Captured very late on an ovecast day with Ektachrome 400 asa slide film.
An earlier view of this train can be seen at: flic.kr/p/9JD4GS
UP 6830 leads the southbound MNYPU (North Yard (Denver), CO - Pueblo, CO) manifest through Colorado Springs.
This is a little more than a day after a pretty significant snow storm hit the Pikes Peak region which dropped anywhere from 7" to a foot of new snow. The snow started flying Saturday afternoon, trailed off overnight into Sunday and then picked back up through early Monday morning. This shot was taken on Tuesday and, a little unusual for Colorado snow, has stuck around thanks in large part to bitter cold temps coupled with light winds. I didn't think I'd have a chance for snow-covered trees since the time from the last flake until I got out was pretty significant.
Anyway, I was railfanning a bit crippled on this particular morning as I had been out in the storm both on Saturday and Sunday. The inside and back of my wheels got coated with packed on snow and ice and, with no way to warm them up to melt that stuff off, my wheels were horribly out of balance so whenever I got up to about 50mph, the car would start shaking pretty bad. As such, I wanted to avoid the Interstate to the max extent possible so I stayed as close to home plate as I could.
With no way to tell what was coming other than ATCS, which only showed that something was coming, I was railfanning blind. So imagine my disappointment when this leader rounded the bend. I know I trash faded H2 MACs and GEVOs, but a faded, UP GE with its nose number boards, low-slung ditch lights, and teeny tiny nose herald is waaaaaaaay worse! Making matters more intolerable, when I lived in Colorado Springs previously, the MNYPU would consistently run with a trapped UP 1989 (the Rio Grande Heritage unit) many times leading the way. The problem then was that the MNYPU was a nocturnal move running between Denver and Pueblo in the middle of the night so I never caught it. Nowadays, it seems to be running in the morning daylight...but there's no more UP 1989, instead, it's faded junk coal power leading the way! But, hey, beggars can't be choosers and there's not that many opportunities to catch trains with snow-covered trees hence why it made its way onto my SD card!
Aurizon loco 2847 leads intermodal service Y776 through Littabella on its way south to Acacia Ridge, Brisbane.
New Haven Railroad EP-3b class motor 0351 leads a westbound 9 car passenger train into a station platform at Stamford, Connecticut, 4-7-1946. This train consist is made up of heavyweight coaches, except for one Osgood-Bradley Pullman lightweight coach with full skirts remaining. All three tracks to the left of the platform serve the New Canaan Branch. Notice the distinctive installed triangular catenary at this location. The EP-3 motor has the sort of rare pin stripe paint scheme, but it is obscured along the sides due to road grime. Interesting too is the fact that the center carbody window has been filled in and that the brass chime air whistle has been replaced by an air horn. The swing bells on these motors received air clappers. These motors had their original air cooled main transformer replaced by a new main transformer that used pyranol and that ended the snow and rain problems affecting the original transformers. The new transformers also increased the continuous tractive effort. Roller bearing were also applied to all motor axles. The 0351, 351 after 1950, was the first motor of the class to be condemned in 1959.
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67013 leads an ex Grand Central rake of mk4 stock across the west end of Cardiff Central on Friday 18th November 2022 with 3W41 1006 Canton to Hereford.
I'm assuming this is some sort of familiarisation run for crews in the run-up to introduction of the increased loco/mk4 stock on the Marches line from December.
It appears that the stock will remain in its black livery for the time being.
Flight Leader Captain Ryan J. Bernacchi leads the main four US Navy Blue Angels Boeing F/A-18 Hornets in their close 'overlapping' formation pass during their captivating and dynamic display at the 2017 NAS Jacksonville Airshow
After WWII and under the directions of Admiral Nimitz the Team was formed and in 1946 flew the Grumman F6F Hellcat, followed just a few months later by yet another Grumman type - the F8F Bearcat
By the end of the 1940's they had transitioned to their first jets - again Grumman in the shape of the F9F-2 Panther.
Through the early 1950's they moved up to the F-9F-5 version of the latter before transitioning in 1955 to the swept wing F9F-8 Cougar
With Jet development moving swiftly, in 1957 they took on the rakish looking F11F-1 Tiger before 'muscle' arrived with a break from Grumman taking on the McDonnell-Douglas F-4J Phantom II in 1969
During the mid 70's Oil crisis and with fuel economy at the fore, in 1974 the Team took on the Douglas A-4F Skyhawk II before, just over a decade later, in 1986 they moved to the McDonnell-Douglas (now Boeing) F/A-18 Hornet on which the team have just passed their 21st Anniversary flying this formidable front-line service Fighter.
Currently in service not only with the US Navy and Marine Corps but also with the Swiss, Finland and the Royal Canadian Air Force, moves are afoot to re-equip with the newer F/A-18 Super Hornet but whatever they fly, their display is a testament to the professionalism and dedication of these Naval Flyers.
Aircraft No's 5 & 6 also took part in their display with No.7 as the spare.
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43125 leads HA22 and 43140 into Dunkeld and Birnam with 1H51 from Glasgow Queen Street to Inverness through the majesty of the highlands. [GLQ-INV] (11/07/20)
66074 leads 6 JNA box wagons on 6Z20 06.00 Newport ADJ to Wembley Yard wagons off repair passing Twyford 15.08:2022
C502 leads C508 and VL362 in an all-EMD assault on the Cullerin Ranges with 8992 loaded El Zorro/AWB Limited export grain from Parkes to Port Kembla Inner Harbour. Since the demise of El Zorro, the CFCL Australia owned C502 and C508 have seen little use, usually on spot hire to various operators to replace failed motive power.
45145 leads a Sheffield – London St Pancras via Nottingham express round the curve from Lenton North Junction and on to the Down Main at Mansfield Junction whilst a class 47 and its train of empty oil tanks waits on the Down Goods for its turn to head east into Nottingham, 28th February 1978. In the foreground is a traditional stencil type speed sign (45) long since replaced by the current “roundels” similar to those found on the roads. However this type of speed sign might make a comeback as its speed indication is less likely to be lost due to graffiti vandalism.
Locomotive History
45145 was originally numbered D128 and was built at Crewe works, entering traffic in November 1961. In 1973 the Midland Main Line services started to migrate from steam heating to electric heating of the coaching stock and D128 was one of fifty class 45 locomotives selected to have its Stone Vapour 4625 steam heating boiler replaced with electric train heating equipment (a Brush BL100-30 ETH auxiliary alternator) and emerged from Derby Works at the end of 1974 as 45145. It was to spend virtually its whole career on Midland Main Line duties being initially allocated to Derby, followed by Cricklewood and Toton where it would remain until its final transfer to Tinsley in November 1986. 45145 was withdrawn in February 1988 and was broken up by MC Metals, Glasgow in December 1991.
Toledo Hauler crossing a bridge near "Nortons", between Eddyville and Nashville, Oregon MP 737. The PNWR 3001 is working its train through some thickly forested country, up and over the Coast Range Mountains of western Oregon. It is about twenty-nine miles into a 7+ hour, 74.7 mile long trek bound for Albany, Oregon pulling a 14 car train loaded with wood products from the Georgia Pacific Mill at Toledo, Oregon. The consist also includes sister #3002, GP39-2 #2310 and the two slug helper engines #101 & #102.
T386 leads T385 and BL28 through Kangaroo Flat on 0083 on the 14/4/21, the BL having been reactivated back in November but yet to actually run a revenue service since.
Video available at: youtu.be/zZk9vuJfajo
20302 leads a sister locomotive and a Class 37 working 6M60 the Seaton on Tees to Sellafield nuclear flask train on 17th June 2013. I have unfortunately not recorded the details of this so I don't know the identities of the other two locos. Location was Broomhaugh on the Tyne Valley line. Nine years on the lineside here is now much more foliated.
Southern Pacific (SP) GP9 (GP9R) 3858 leads an SD9 eastbound near Milepost 99.5 at Walerga approaching Antelope on SP’s Martinez Subdivision on an unknown date in Feb. 1978.
Reportedly: SP 3858 was built in 1959 by EMD as a model GP9, builders number 25141, SP 5841, SP Class DF-612. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3704 EMD GP9 SP Class EF418-8.
This locomotive was upgraded in 1977 emerging as SP 3858 EMD GP9 (GP9R), SP Class EF418R-4.
The disposition of this locomotive is, retired in 1986, sold in 1988. Presumed Scrapped.
Conrail SD-45-2 #6666 leads eastbound TOFC out of the fog somewhere around Plymouth, Indiana.
Ah yes, the days of through freight operation on the former Pennsy Ft. Wayne Division.
It was so foggy, I'm not quite sure where I was. I do know it was the Ft. Wayne line. November 1981.
Canon F-1 on Kodachrome.