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Still relatively complete 56077 buffers up to long term Brush resident 56009, one of the first 30 Romanian built examples.
In a shot from circa 1979, 45114 with white roof, white bodyside stripe and red buffer beams, appears from the shadows at New Street, gaining the attention from the platform enders, dressed in the garb for the era. Date, photographer & working unknown. PR Collection
It's an interesting view to watch a train come up to the buffers infront of you (ableit slowly) on a head-on shot.
LNWR's EMU unit 350253 slowly arrives on platform 7 at Crewe station with the terminating 1U31 service from Euston. With a 19 minute turnaround, the train then forms the 1U32 service back to Big Smoke.
Parked up on Boxing Day December 1985 at Millerhill is 26003, entered service as D5303 in 1958, was one of the last of the class to receive a classified overhaul in 1988. Withdrawn from Inverness in October 1993 and cut up by M.C. Metals Glasgow January 1995.
Scanned Konica Colour SR100 Film 37
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GWR 10T DAMO B (Motor Car Van) 42223 (built Swindon 1926, Diag G25, Lot 973) awaiting restoration on the South Devon Railway at Buckfastleigh - 05/08/1970.
One of ten numbered 42221-30, vac-fitted, with screw link couplings, DCIII brakes and SC buffers.
© 2017 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 35mm colour transparency; photographed by John Senior.
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Carnarvon Bay, Tasmania.
This is not far from Port Arthur, on the Tasman Peninsula.
(Have you ever noticed how the most "interesting" photos on Flickr Explore always have cryptic artsy titles all in lower case?)
See also rebuffered.
Beyond Dowlow Quarry the track extends a further ¼ mile to buffer stops on the one time through L&NWR line to Ashbourne. The lengthy headshunt for the quarry loading line is in regular use as it allows two trains to be on site for loading in succession although overnight snow has covered it here.
The one time passenger line lost its service on 1st November 1954 but remained open as a freight route before being cut back in 1963 to Hartington and then in 1967 to here at Dowlow.
Hydraulic buffers
Ransomes & Rapier Ltd.
Ipswich 1912 England
Wow, they are very old!
Paddington Station, Praed Street, Paddington, London W2
Painted on found metal sign.
approx 65x100 cm
The text on the sign says:
Norwegian:
"Fasadearbeid pågår
Benytt fortauet på andre siden
Maler Companiet"
English:
"Facade work
Please use pavement on the other side
The painting Company"
An odd choice of pictures to show us what British Rail rail was like- somebody at the BBC probably just shoved together the 2 old train photos they got.
A Peak in Rail Blue Hauling Mk1 coaches in blue/grey.
And an HST in InterCity Swallow livery - with buffers fitted.
I almost forgot about these two buffers, from about 4 months ago. The one to the left is supposed to be somewhat faded - note the duller colours towards the right. Not sure the idea works too well, it's just an experiment. The buffer on the right is closer in design (I hope) to many buffers seen here in the UK.
This station makes me dizzy...
Seen awaiting its next duty at the buffers of London Paddington is First Great Western Class 180, 180103.
The Class 180's were originally introduced on the Great Western Mainline by First Great Western during 2002 as a way of increasing capacity on trains out of London Paddington. The result was a fleet of 14 5-car Class 180 sets ordered from Alstom, which were built alongside Virgin Trains' Class 390 Pendolino's at Washwood Heath works in Birmingham.
The first sets were delivered in 2000 following testing, but didn't commence services until 2002, their initial routes being on the London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central.
I remember well the first diagrams of these sets, with one train a day being run as far as Exeter St David's in the evening, before travelling empty stock to Plymouth's Laira Depot for overnight servicing, then departing in the morning with the first train of the day to London from Plymouth, usually passing my hometown of Teignmouth just before 8am.
However, reliability issues meant that widespread distribution of the fleet was never fully realised, and in 2007 after receiving extra HST sets, the Class 180's were withdrawn from FGW service.
Since then the trains have found their way into the hands of Grand Central and First Hull Trains on the East Coast Mainline, whilst five sets were intended for use by National Express East Coast, but never deployed. The result was that three sets were transferred to Northern Rail to work Blackpool to Hazel Grove and Manchester Victoria trains until November 2011, when First Great Western purchased these three sets together with the two stored units for use on commuter services to the Cotswolds, a duty these units have been powering ever since.