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Northern Class 195 No.195104 at Arnside,with the 13:30 Manchester Airport to Barrow In Furness service,on the 4th of July 2021.
A notable school for me: The first one in which I started and ended the school year in the same class. Burbank, 1954,
Top express loco 47413 is seen departing Edge Hill with a lowly engineers train, hardly befitting this locos pedigree. Surely there must of been a class 25 kicking around.
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc. Type JT42CWR Class 66 Co-Co diesel locomotive 66539 working the 4T13 07:50 (09:33 2L) Felixstowe North- Birmingham Lawley Street Freightliner intermodal service heading into Chelmsford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Essex (UK).
66539 was designed and built by General Motors Electro Motive Division in London, Ontario Canada and arrived in the United Kingdom on November 18th 2001.
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My Chelmsford Railway Station Album flic.kr/s/aHsjoigMMG
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
The 14.13 Longbridge – Lichfield City sets off on its cross-Birmingham journey on 25 July 1987 formed of a class 116 unit comprising vehicles 53076, 59631 and 53118 (closest). The centre vehicle, a class 127 trailer, was one of only a handful of suburban DMUs still to retain its blue livery at this time. (Thanks to Stuart MacKay for the additional information.)
A couple of class 20s hauling a Pathfinder Tours on the long way round from Waterloo to Portsmouth. 20314 in front with 20107 at the rear. Seen at Eltham in the rain.
Preserved English Electric Type 1 'Chopper' Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel locomotive 20205 with 20189 behind at Wymondham Abbey Halt on the Mid Norfolk Railway in Norfolk (UK).
20205 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as British Railways Type 1 D8305 in 1967 and withdrawn from service on December 18th 1989.
The English Electric Type 1 Class 20 locomotives were first introduced onto British Railways in 1957.
20205 and 20189 were both guest locomotives at the MNR courtesy of Michael Owen and the Class 20 Locomotive Society.
4-6-94 Kirkham & Gresham station
31465 on 17:52 Liverpool Lime St. - Blackpool North
In the back ground ex works 56022 pilots 56025 on the fast lines with the Barry docks - Burn Naze tanks
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Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Class 104, M53425 & M53476 at Sheffield on the 3rd of June 1987
DBS Class 67 diesel loco No 67018 at London Marylebone station on 5th November 2012 with a passenger service to Banbury
Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37714 just outside Loughborough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in Leicestershire (UK).
37714 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as D6724 in August 1961.
The locomotive was previously operated by Direct Rail Services and was listed for disposal in May 2013 after a service life of 52 years. 37714 is now preserved by the Heavy Tractor Group at the GCR.
Brand newish British Rail Class 755 3 car diesel electric Bi-Mode Multiple Unit (BMU) 755328 working the 2W20 15:20 (15:34 RT) 'Greater Anglia' Ipswich- Cambridge service train at Stowmarket Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Suffolk (UK).
Note the 25kV pick up pantograph is down and the train is running under diesel power despite running from Ipswich under OHLE. The train will head off the electrified Great Eastern Main Line just north of Stowmarket were the line to Cambridge is unelectrified.
The Class 755 BMU's were a direct replacement from 2019 for the ancient Class 156 'Sprinter' DMU trains that operated on rural Greater Anglia secondary lines.
755403 was built for Greater Anglia by Stadler Rail at their facility in Bussnang Switzerland as one of the Stadler 'FLIRT' (Fast Light Intercity and Regional Train) modular family of trainsets.
The Class 755 bi-mode units should not be confused with the almost identical looking Stadler Rail 'FLIRT' Class 745 Electric (only) Multiple Units which are also operated by Greater Anglia.
Note the Dellner type coupling system in the big ugly hole at the front of the train. The Dellner Coupling is a version of the Scharfenberg coupler which connects pneumatics and electronics at the same point of contact.
Greater Anglia had an option to have a cover fitted in these coupling holes by Stadler but declined for cost and ease of maintenance reasons.
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An unidentified BR (Derby) Class 127 4-car suburban dmu consisting of Class 127 & 186 in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends leaving St Pancras on a Bedford service on a very wet day in August, 1982. These dmu's should have been replaced by then new Class 316 emu's by that time but an industrial dispute over 1-man operation delayed their introduction. Scanned photograph taken with a Canon AE-1 Program.
Brand newish British Rail Class 345 'Aventra' 9 car EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) 345035 working a Paddington Crossrail- Gidea Park test run train northbound at Stratford Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in East London (UK).
The Class 345 EMU's will be used on the new TfL Rail 'Crossrail' Elizabeth Line when it eventually opens..
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Class 24 24127 is pictured WFU on Doncaster MPD on August 22nd 1976. It was eventually cut up in Doncaster Works during April 1977. The Class 24 behind is 24099.
Preserved English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37714 just outside Loughborough Central Station on the heritage Great Central Railway in Leicestershire (UK).
37714 was built at the English Electric Vulcan Foundry Newton le Willows as D6724 in August 1961.
The locomotive was previously operated by Direct Rail Services and was listed for disposal in May 2013 after a service life of 52 years. 37714 is now preserved by the Heavy Tractor Group at the GCR.
266 007 a Class 66 in the Crossrail outfit, powers a freight across the bridge in Tilleur in the direction of Bierset.
Tilleur (B), 25-4-2021.
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Avanti West Coast 390 020 at Blackpool North Station. A few minutes before starting the 9.47 a.m. service to London Euston Station, with me on board.
The Class 390 high speed tilting trains were built between 2001 and 2004, coming in to service during 2002. Fifty-seven units were originally made,mostly in the UK but the later ones were manufactured in Italy where the technology for the design came from. A few have already been scrapped.
Avanti West Coast is jointly owned by First Group and Trenitalia.
Southern Class 377/1 Electrostar 377155 approaching Chichester with a service for Portsmouth Harbour.
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Abellio ScotRail Class 156, 156499 departing Arisaig railway station on the West Highland Line working 1Y48 Mallaig - Crianlarich & Glasgow Queen Street, 2nd April 2017.
Video with various 156's on the WHL from this day - youtu.be/vzVlj__E80c
The bay platforms at the western end of Preston station ware used to stable AC electric locos in the 1980s. A class 83 poses in 1981
BREL (Crewe) Class 43/0 (MTU-engined) HST 2,250 Bo-Bo No.43 088 (ex-"Rio Campaigner", ex-"Commonwealth Games Scotland 1986") of GWR in a shortened and refurbished Class 255 or 'Castle' Class HST, at Totnes, Devon on the 08.50 Penzance - Exeter St. David's service, 6 September 2021.
Two class 86 electrics at the side of Crewe Diesel Depot, 27th March 1986. I hope to work out the numbers at a later date!
British Rail Class 57 Co-Co diesel locomotive 57007 looking radiant in the Direct Rail Services thunderbird dock at Norwich station at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line in Norfolk (UK).
57007 was built at The Brush Traction Falcon Works in Loughborough and entered service as Brush Type 4 D1813 on February 22nd 1965.
My Class 47/57 album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3B7KV
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.