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Having noticed on Real Time Trains that a Rail Head Treatment Train was scheduled to run down the Caterham and Tattenham Corner lines on Sunday afternoon, I decided to take a wander to see the train depart Purley for Caterham.
In very gloomy conditions, just before ten to three, a pair of filthy GBRf class 66 locos (lead by 66 741) round the sharp curve after departing Purley as they head onto the Caterham branch.
Wouldn't have bothered normally getting a snap of a very grubby class 66, it was just because it was Sunday afternoon in lockdown and I had nothing better to do!
Taken on the 29th August, WVL239 is serving on its regular route 127. 239 has since been withdrawn on the 10th October, alongside the other remaining ZF Gemini 1s, being the end of an era.
Whilst WVL204, the last Voith Gemini 1, is at GAL Merton allocated to route 655, the chance of it straying onto the main routes is slim to none.
A view of Freightliner's 59 203 just after 7am, shortly after arrival in Purley Yard. Soon it will draw it's train forward through the Day Aggregates unloading facility.
If only the track, and surrounding areas, on the adjacent main line (and many other lines too) looked as well kept for and relatively weed-free as it does here!
EWS 37410 'Aluminium 100' in Transrail livery passes Purley on Thames with 7V27 Eastleigh yard-Hinksey yard engineers trip as First Great Western 'Adelante' 180103 overtakes on the main with a Paddington-Oxford service on 15/05/03
PENTAX 67, PENTAX 105mm, Fujichrome PROVIA 100F
The challenge for Saturday 25th March is triangles. I left it quite late this week, and was beginning to wonder if I was going to get anything, but today offered me an abundance of triangular objects on my outing to my regular Friday lunchtime watering hole, which happens to be in Purley. (Purley? Say no more!) There were of course plenty of triangular road signs, and I noticed some interesting upper windows on a big supermarket, but I settled for this window display in the Cancer Research UK shop in the Brighton Road. It’s always tricky taking photos through shop windows because of the reflections that can intrude into the subject, and indeed there are reflection in this image of shops on the opposite side of the road, and of some vehicles too. What there isn’t, as far as I can see, and rather mysteriously, is any reflection of the photographer? I can only conclude that I’m invisible?
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4 Beps 7002 & 7021 Seen at Seaford (thanks to Purley Phottr for the location ID) with the Southern Electric Group's
"The Jingle Belle" Rail Tour, 11th December 1982.
See link below for full tour info:
www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/821211se.htm
Restored from an original slide.
Original Photographer unknown.
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Source: Digital image.
Set: WIL04.
Date: c1910.
Photographer: William Hooper.
HOOPER COLLECTION COPYRIGHT P.A. Williams.
Repository: From the collection of Mr P. Williams.
Used here by his very kind permission.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
On 21 August 2008, 456002 stops at Purley on the 1040 Smitham (as it was then called) - London Bridge.
Following the SL5’s conversion to BYD BD11’s, Arriva London ADL Enviro200 ENX17 (LJ12BYC) has stayed at South Croydon and returned back to Red. It is pictured back on its old stomping ground in Purley Cross where it spent a lot of time on the 289, but this time it’s on Route 166.
It’s understood this bus is staying on to cover route 166’s PVR increase which started today as part of its new contract, until its BYD B12’s arrive.
On 22 July 2000, 508211 passes Purley Oaks on the 1107 London Bridge - Maidstone West via Tonbridge.
Big Lemon ADL Enviro YX10FEO seen at Purley Station this afternoon operating on Purley to East Grinstead all stations rail replacement.
Purley and #RT239 on the 197 out of Croydon(TC)Garage.The Tram service here ceased in April 1951. (Collection)
387 209+203 pass through Purley oaks on a DC testing service to Brighton. 387 203 was training behind
With 412 services diverted to the rear concourse of Purley Station due to flooding in Purley Town Centre, here we see DW97 (LJ54BFX) waiting to return to West Croydon.
The 412 has long since resumed its normal terminating point and DW97 was scrapped at Ripleys, Barnsley in 2019.
12th February 2014
On the evening of 30 September 1980, 4VEP 7876 is seen about to pass through Purley with a London Victoria to Littlehampton via Quarry Line and Horsham service. Nice illuminated station sign in Gill Sans font on the right.
66199 passes Purley on Thames on 07/June/2008 with 6o26 11.52 Hinksey to Eastleigh engineers with 37406+37410+37416 DIT from Didcot yard.The 3 class 37s were originally intended to move from Didcot yard to Eastleigh DIT on 6X12 before cancellation
GBRFs 66779 'Evening Star' heads north at Rushton working 6M59 (10.45) Purley yard - Bardon hill emptys on 8/1/19.
WVL204 makes an appearance on the 405 instead of its usual route the 127.
With only three weeks until its last day with Go-Ahead London, this might mark the last time WVL204 operates on the route.
It is heading northbound to Croydon from Redhill.
Taken from a photograph by L Hanson in my collection.
GWR Hall class, built Swindon entering service September 1929. Withdrawn December 1964.
Due to engineering work between Orpington and Tonbridge, Southeastern diverted their London Charing Cross to Hastings services via East Croydon and Redhill. 375711 leads an 8 car set through Purley with 1Z94 16:46 London Charing Cross to Hastings.
Arriva London ENX32, YX67VHK - Route 289 | West Croydon Bus Station with an Purley Bound Service
Friday 20th April 2018
@Londontransport3/ Mark Mcwalter 2018
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The vibrant colours of this tree in Purley's Rotary Field caught my eye this morning. One of the pleasures of being up nice and early, as this shot wouldn't be possible later in the morning as the angle of the sun just wouldn't give the same result.
4-Buf 3084 passing through Purley on a Brighton-Victoria via Redhill semi-fast service, late 1960s. This may be the 11:10 from Brighton, which was diagrammed for 4-Buf/4-Cor in 1968.
DLA379 (LJ03MTV) is seen at Purley Station while working an odd working on the normally single decker route 289, this bus is soon to be withdrawn to be replaced by Enviro 400's. (21/05/15)
A 'Steam Dreams' charter from Haywards Heath to Oxford (steam worked from Willesden) departed from Purley this morning.
As the scheduled departure time arrived, the electronic display indicated the next train was a charter service, and with no announement to the contrary, there was a lot of anticipation when a locomotive appeared in the distance. All was not as it appeared though, as the approaching train was in fact train 6G10, an engineers working from Hoo Junction to Nunhead, which had run via Maidstone West, Tonbridge and Redhill. The expectant passengers watched as 66 771 'Amanda' and it's train of yellow wagons rumbled past.
All was not lost though, as the charter service duly arrived a few minutes later.