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WD 75008 'Swiftsure' arriving into Parkend with the 1340 service from Lydney Junction. DFR's 50th Anniversary Gala. 23rd October 2021.
WD 152 "Rennes" departing from Lydney Junction (DFR) with the 1350 from Norchard to Parkend, Lydney Junction and return to Norchard. Sunday 20th September 2020.
War Department 2-8-0 no. 90733, was built at the Vulcan foundary, Newton-le-Willows and was sent to work in the Netherlands, before moving to the Swedish State Railways. It was acquired by the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway in the 1970's and eventually returned to running order. In this view of the loco approaching Ingrow, it has been renumbered as 90711, bearing a 56F (Bradford Low Moor) shed plate. The original 90711 was allocated to that depot from 1958 to 1966, being withdrawn in January 1967 and cut up at Wadsley Bridge, Sheffield.
L to R. T to B:
Amsterdam. Basel. London.
London. London
Florence. Munich. London. London. NYC. Amsterdam
Munich. Antwerp. Sicily. Long Island.
On a beautiful day in the Yorkshire Dales Hunslet WD Austerity 0-6-0ST No.35 Norman takes his train over Bow Bridge and back to Embsay Station. The railway is part of the Embsay And Bolton Abbey Steam Railway and I took this photograph on the 26th April 2016.
Kerr Stuart 'Joffre' class 0-6-0 tank (W/No.3014 built in 1918) heads a short demonstration train of War Department wagons up the grade on the Apedale Valley Railway on 7th September 2014.
© Copyright Gordon Edgar - Strictly no unauthorised use
WD 90076 has arrived at Goole Station from Wakefield with 1X50 THE LCGB Crab Commemorative Railtour on Saturday 8 October, 1966. The loco was replaced by Crab 42942, which had brought the train to Wakefield from Liverpool, for the return journey.
May 16th, 1965
41E Staveley Barrow Hill
WD 2-8-0 90572 is seen resting for the weekend at its home depot. The engine spent quite a bit of its life based on the Western Region at Banbury, Cardiff and Southall between 1952 and 1962. Its final depot was 41J Langwith Junction from where it was withdrawn during February 1966.
Photographed by James Tubb
© D a v e F o r b e s
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Engagement 1,200+
Ship Listed as UMD HERCULES from 2017 Black Sea Ops
Dredging off Greenock
VESSEL BUILDER
Constructed in Venezia Italy 1983
by Lucchese Achille
1,595grt
IMO 8123195
NAMING HISTORY
1983-2008 > BRAGADIN ( 25 Years )
2008-2017 > WD MERSEY ( 9 Years )
Water Dome Splash for Graduating Seniors, Frank Lloyd Wright designed Water Dome, Florida Southern College (April 29, 2011)
Ok, I know most people stop by here for bus pictures and that now have the side hobby of colourising old B&W pictures, but this one of Clem Smith's was worth a share I thought. As I've said on occasions before, when B&W is good, its good . . . aided here by the light.
The 2-10-0 locomotive is of couse 'Gordon'. A North British Locomotive Works built 'Riddles Austerity' built for the War Department during WW2.
So far as I'm aware, 'Gordon' was never a main-line engine, but served its its life at the famed and erstwhile Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire where it was the largest of the locomotives used in training service personel in railway operation.
Happily nowadays 'Gordon' is preserved and after an operating career on the Severn Valley Railway, is now housed in their 'Engine House' museum as a static at Highley station. This was almost certainly my favourite locomotive in the railway's collection.
After about four years of hard graft, and lots of blood, sweat & swearing, Gunpowder Van WD 105761 is almost there - there's ony a few things left to do.