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32348 is seen in the siding at Berwick mid-way between Lewes and Eastbourne on 17th August 1961. It is facing west on this east-west route; not sure if this is 'up' or 'down'.
Class K was a L B Billinton design for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway built in 1913.
L B was the son of R J who had succeeded William Stroudley as Locomotive Superintendent/Engineer of the LBSCR.
His initials stood for Lawson Butzkopfski (no, me neither - maybe it was his mother's maiden name).
An unusual pair at Corfe Castle with South Western Railway's 159014 working 1L66, the 1545 departure for London Waterloo via Weymouth and Salisbury, and a Swanage Railway Class 108 working a Norden to Swanage service.
GWR Class 166/2 No.166202 passes Cogload Junction,with the 10:54 Bristol Temple Meads to Taunton service,on the 1st of November 2018.
ABB (York) Class 166/2 'Network Express Turbo' 3-car dmu No.166 220 'Roger Watkins THE GWR MASTER TRAIN PLANNER' (with a 2-car Class 165) of GWR in Brunswick Green livery at Keynsham on the 06.44 Weymouth - Bristol Temple Meads, 20 April, 2019.
East German DR Class 62 4-6-4WT No.62 015, one of 15 built by Henschel in 1928-32 for the DRG to replace the Prussian Class T18 (DRG Class 78) 4-6-4T but never did so as only 15 were built. They were expensive to build and had a low priority compared to other needs whilst the Class 78's were highly reliable and well-liked machines. After WWII, 7 were with DB (West Germany) and 8 with DR (East Germany). The last DB engine was withdrawn in 1956 but survived as an instructional model until 1968. The last DR engine was withdrawn in 1972 although survived as a stationary boiler until 1973. At the Dresden Steam Festival, 8 October 2021.
The Norfolk and Western class J was a class of fourteen 4-8-4 "Northern" streamlined steam locomotives built by the Norfolk and Western Railway at its Roanoke Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, from 1941 to 1950. They were operated in revenue service until the late 1950s. Wikipedia
27-5-99 Burton upon Trent
58006 makes its way along the slow line on 7L60 Brownhills - Thameshaven empty Charringtons tanks
Class 50 no. 50003 "Temeraire" is seen here outside the test house at Doncaster Works in 1984. The loco had been outshopped some time previously so presumably had returned to the works for further attention.
British Rail class 507 emu 507006, Kirkdale EMU depot, Liverpool. Saturday 10 July 2021
This unit was withdrawn following an accident at Kirkby on 13 March 2021 when at around 18:53, the 18:35 Liverpool Central to Kirkby service hit the buffers at the end of the Merseyrail platform at Kirkby station.
The train approached the station at 42 mph before the driver made an emergency brake application. This emergency brake application slowed the train before it hit the buffers, which caused the train to derail and collide with the platform extension at the station under a road bridge. The platform extension links the Merseyrail platform and the Northern Rail platform. Twelve people on the train sustained minor injuries. This unit which was due to be withdrawn along with others from the same class has now been scrapped at Newport.
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B.
Le départ du prologue de The Transat Bakerly sera donné ce soir. La ligne est située entre le môle des Noires et Dinard. Un très beau spectacle en perspective, visible des remparts et du môle avec une flotte de 21 voiliers. Class 40, Imoca, Multi 50, Ultime et les Pen Duick - dont le II, skippé par Loïck Peyron qui accompagnera aussi la course au départ de Plymouth : en tout, ce sont 21 unités qui sont attendus ce soir, au pied des remparts, pour le warm-up de la Transat anglaise. Les bateaux mettront le cap sur la côte Sud de l'Angleterre, d'où sera sonné le départ de la course vers New York.
Deux sas de sortie
Guillaume Rotte est directeur adjoint de The Transat Bakerly. À Saint-Malo, il organise les départs et veille à la sécurité du dispositif. « Deux sas sont prévus ce soir, le premier à 18 h pour les Multicoques et les quatre Penduick. Le deuxième pour le reste de la flotte sera ouvert à 19 h. L'ensemble des ateaux inscrits sur les 25 de la course les Pen Duick seront sur zone devant la ligne vers 19 h 45 ».
Départ par type
Les départs seront ensuite alternés toutes les cinq minutes. Les premiers à se lancer seront les quatre Pen Duick, dès 20 h, suivis par les Ultimes, les Multi 50, les Imoca et les Class 40. Le vent annoncé est de 10 noeuds de secteur Nord-Ouest. Sur l'eau, les informations seront disponibles sur le Canal VHF 77. « La sécurité est assurée par seize bateaux sur la zone de restriction à la navigation. Même si ce n'est pas un réel départ de course puisque les skippers sont accompagnés par des invités et peuvent utiliser leur moteur, certains bateaux manoeuvrent difficilement ». Les 140 milles de traversée seront vite avalés par les Ultimes : on les attend dès 3 h du matin.
The Transat has a new title sponsor in the French pastry company, bakerly.
The Transat, the oldest professional solo sailing race, which sets sail from Plymouth to New York on May 2nd, has a new title sponsor in bakerly, a new brand of French inspired bakery goods.
The race now officially becomes “The Transat bakerly” – in a partnership that perfectly fits the French company’s spirit of adventure.
Founded in 2015, bakerly, is a new consumer brand but it shares with The Transat – which enjoys a 56-year history steeped in adventure and sailing folklore – a common path: both The Transat and bakerly are crossing the Atlantic.
‘bakerly’ is a US subsidiary of the French industrial food group Norac. With bakerly, American consumers can now experience crêpes, brioches, and croissants made without additives or preservatives.
For the Norac group, the sponsorship of the race is something of a homecoming. Crêpes Whaou! is one of the most iconic brands owned by the group and sailing fans will remember the many victories of French skipper Franck-Yves Escoffier and his trimaran. Escoffier even took part in the 2004 edition of this solo transatlantic epic.
With a warm-up from St Malo to the race start at Plymouth and then finishing New York 3,000 miles later, The Transat bakerly follows the strategic path of the bakerly brand – created in France, established in Britain and today setting foot in America.
During each of The Transat bakerly’s stopovers – at St-Malo, Plymouth and New York – the public will have the chance to discover, or rediscover, the different products the Norac group has to offer.
The Transat bakerly is a key race in the world of offshore racing and sport in general, since 1960, the race has contributed a great deal to sailing and its history has a universal appeal. We are very proud to associate our brand with an event of this magnitude.
“For us this sponsorship marks a return to racing and a sport that has much potential, as we discovered with Crêpes Whaou! Now with The Transat bakerly, we marry passion and reason because this is how the best stories start.”
Hervé Favre, The Transat bakerly Events Director said: “Since the first edition, The Transat has been associated with fine partners. Today we are proud to join together with bakerly and look towards a promising future with Norac, a French food group out to conquer the US market.
“This partnership is great news, and it will help give greater scope to the event,” Favre added.
Since the first edition, The Transat has been associated with fine partners. Today we are proud to join together with bakerly and look towards a promising future with Norac, a French food group out to conquer the US market. This partnership is great news, and it will help give greater scope to the event.
The 2016 edition of The Transat bakerly will see 25 solo skippers in four classes – Ultimes, IMOCA 60s, Multi50s and Class40s – take on one of the great challenges in professional sailing. They face a 3,000-mile course complete with storm force headwinds, rough seas and freezing fog.
When Sir Francis Chichester won the first edition of the race in 1960, it took him 40 days to reach New York. This year the fastest boats could be there in as little as seven days.
The Norac Group:
- 4200 employees
- CEO Bruno Caron
- HQ in Rennes, France
- Owner of 12 brands, including 5 outside of France
- Companies in France: Ateliê do Sabor, Cie des Pains, Daunat, Dessaint Food Services, La Boulangère and Sud’n’Sol
- Companies outside France: Germany – Ibis; Brazil – Norac do Brazil; Spain – Espanorac; UK – Norac Foods UK; USA – Norac USA
- 21 production sites; two outside of France
- Brands: Armor Délices, Ateliê do Sabor, bakerly, Crêpes Whaou!, Daunat, Dessaint Food Services, Ensoleil’ade, Ibis, La Boulangère, Le Ster Le Pâtisser, Sud’n’Sol.
The Transat bakerly:
- The oldest professional solo sailing race, first staged in 1960 and held every four years
- Race winners have included many of the world’s greatest solo sailors, among them Sir Francis Chichester, Eric Tabarly, Ellen MacArthur and Loick Peyron
- The 2016 edition of The Transat bakerly features 25 entries from four nations
- Solo skippers will race in four classes of yachts
- The racetrack is 3,000 nautical miles of the North Atlantic Ocean
- The race starts from Plymouth in the UK and finishes in New York (for the first time since the inaugural race in 1960)
- Involves some of the toughest racing in solo sailing with storms, big seas and freezing fog to contend with
- Features for the first time a non-timed warm-up from St-Malo in Brittany to Plymouth
- At the finish the yachts will berth in the brand new Oneº15 Brooklyn Marina overlooking Manhatten
BREL/GEC Class 91 6,090 hp Bo-Bo No 91 115 'Holyrood' (later 'Blaydon Races') in interim NXEC livery at Doncaster on a Kings Cross service, 9/08.
An unidentified Class 33 stands in an engineering possession on the down line at Rochester.
The up line track has been removed and the Class 33 is standing on the down line. This photograph was taken from a London bound train passing through the down freight loop during single line working between Gillingham and Strood.
The model class 150/2 is a repainted standard Bachmann offering.
The model has been backdated to as delivered condition by cutting the gangway door window and adding the perspex dirt cover.
A light weathering in due course will complete the model.
A Brush Type 2 shunting some wagons in the sidings south of Ferryhill station (Durham). Mainsforth Colliery buildings can be seen on the right.
Date unknown, but likely early 1970s. This negative was included with these of an observation saloon - www.flickr.com/photos/199408007@N05/53941119335/ - and the men in this image could be those on board that saloon.
Class 777 003. Stadler for Merseyrail. At Dollands Moor. Due To Leave at 02 44 Wednesday 15th Jan. For Kirkdale Depot.