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DRS Class 68 No.68033 passes Yealands,with the 16:49 Sellafield BNF to Crewe Flask working,on the 7th of July 2021.
Class37 no. 37083 heads past Copmanthorpe towards York in 1988 with class 20's and 37 in tow. Built by English Electric, 37083 entered traffic as D6783 on 5th December 1962 at Hull Dairycoates (50B). Withdrawn in July 2000, it was scrapped at Immingham depot.
Class 25 D5185 'Castell Dinas Brann' prepares to depart Loughborough Central during the Railways at Work Gala on the Great Central Railway.
Here I am at Wolverhapton and according to realtime trains, this convoy of 97's was due to pass on platform one (right side of this image), instead being routed through 2 (the one I was standing on), so this is the best I could manage at the time.
Anyways, the convoy consists of 97302, 97303 and 97304 and the date is the 09/07/21.
40079 at rest in the Boxing Day winter sun at Longsight on Wed 26th December 1984.
The whistler saw in the New Year but time was running out as it was withdrawn on 21st January 1985.
In fact, this may be my last photo of a 40 in service (excluding the 974xx ones).. :(
Having spent a day running to both Uckfield and East Grinstead, Southern's Electro-Diesel 73 202 'Graham Stenning' heads northbound between Riddlesdown and Sanderstead on it's way back to Stewarts Lane Depot. I'm guessing this was a route learning trip for train crew.
I'm guessing that this locomotive, plus other members of class 73s operated by GBRf that haven't been rebuilt, are the only type of traction left on the railway network that have two red roller blinds as a form of tail light indication. That said, preserved 'Hastings Diesel' unit 1001 also uses two red blinds, but as far as I'm aware everything else has red marker lights or flashing tail lamps.
Class 37 37109 approaches Irwell Vale with the 09:00 Rawtenstall to Bury during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, 2nd July 2022. (Eric Harrison)
Stabled on platforms 1 & 2 at Manchester Piccadilly are class 506 1500DC 3car emu's, driving trailer open second (DTS) M59608M with motor open brake second (MBS) M59405M on the left.
The class 506's had exclusively worked the Manchester Piccadilly-Hadfield via Glossop services since June 1954, their last day of operation was approaching fast on the 7th December 1984 only a fortnight way.
24th November 1984
Colletts Manor class 4-6-0 were handsome looking but not to be the most successful of his designs in actual work early on until drafting experiments were carried out in later BR days which then turned them into quiet capable locomotives.
My version, inspired by Andrew Harveys build, is of No 7820 Dinmore Manor in early BR full black livery which quiet suits these engines I feel. It has a fully detailed cab.
DRS Class 88 No.88007 passes Greenholme,with the 06:25 Daventry DRS Tesco to Mossend Container working,on the 15th of March 2023.
The Sovremenny class destroyer is the principal anti-surface warship of the Russian Navy. The Soviet designation for the class was Project 956 Sarych (Buzzard).
Its primary role is to attack enemy warships while also providing sea and air defense for warships and transports under escort. It complements the Udaloy-class destroyers in anti-submarine operations.
It was used in the sovjet navy, later until today in the russian navy and China bought some vessels too, which are still in use there.
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Preserved and mainline certified English Electric Type 1 Class 20 'Chopper' Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 20227 in a rather agreeable London Underground livery approaching Weybourne Station on the heritage North Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).
20227 was the last Type 1 Class 20 locomotive built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows in 1968 and withdrawn from BR service in October 1990.
The English Electric Type 1 Class 20 locomotives which were first introduced in 1957 are one of the most enduring first generation diesels built with at least 22 units certified for mainline use in June 2016.
The locomotive is painted in LU livery in acknowledgement of its extensive engineering train work over the years on the Metropolitan Line and the London Underground's 150th anniversary in 2013.
20227 was a special guest locomotive for the summer 2016 season at the NNR courtesy of the Class 20 Locomotive Society.
66791 (6G16) Cliffe Hill Stud Farm to Bescot Up Engineers Sidings loaded Network Rail IOA ballast boxes with the celebrity and striking all over green Heidelberg Materials livery. locomotive upfront is seen passing the foot crossing near Water Orton. First time of seeing this new livery for me, an added bonus for the day, having noticed it had worked on the Bescot to Toton engineers the day before.
Class 45/1 45133 stands at Nottingham with a train from St Pancras on 1st September 1980. Photo: Ivan Stewart Collection.
LSL Class 43 No.43049 Neville Hill passes Pugham Farm,with the 16:15 Kingswear to Bangor Devonian Pullman excursion,on the 13th of April 2022.
On 26 October 2006, 175104, still in First North Western colours, awaits departure from Cardiff Central on the 1550 to Manchester Piccadilly.
DRS Class 37/6 No.37604 passes the signal for Highbridge Loop with the 11:58 Bridgwater FD to Crewe Coal Sidings DRS Flask working,on the 1st of February 2017.
Class 33 No. 33115 departing Guildford and taking the line to Woking with an engineers train. In the background the goods yard which then saw regular traffic but is now all gone.
33115 was released into traffic as D6533 in December 1960. Withdrawn in May 1989 it was finally broken up by July 1996.
Despite seeing almost all of the trans-Pennines DMUs, sadly I only have one photograph of them in operation, and this is a rather poor quality one as it was before I got my first decent camera. Class 124 DMC number E51967 leads a four car set with a westbound service at Doncaster in the early 1980s.
Class 40 40015 runs off the 09:46 Crewe Plymouth relief and will go onto Bath Road depot , and later go north with 10:06 Penzance to Birmingham New Street relief talking over from Class 46 46010. 28/12/1978.
image Kevin Connolly - All rights reserved so please do no use this without my explicit permission
April 8th, 1968
Greetland Junction, near Halifax
Thanks to a friendly signalman this shot was taken from Greetland signalbox, near Halifax. Class 37 D6928 (later 37228 and 37696) pulls a single parcels van from Wakefield to Halifax.
The line branching in the foreground leads to a small oil terminal. The train itself will branch off the CV main line immediately after passing the signalbox and take the steep incline up to Dryclough Junction, Halifax. Greetland is actually two or three miles away. The signalbox I am in was originally Greetland No2. The line used to branch to the right immediately behind the parcels van.
Ref B3-69
Note: Uploaded again March 2020 with purple staining on lower half removed.