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BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0 73156 awaits its next duty at Loughborough, Great Central Railway Leicestershire.
Merseyrail British Rail three car 3rd rail EMU Class 508 no.508 136 arrives Aigburth station with the Hunts Cross to Hunts Cross circular for Southport.
Class 81's were one of the first AC electrics operated in the UK and 25 were built for the southern end of the WCML. Once these pioneers proved themselves the best bits from these and the other 4 classes 82-85 were used to develop the Class 86 the standard electric loco.
From then on the 81's were relegated to secondary duties such as this the 1820 Glasgow/Edinburgh-Manchester/Liverpool which 81020 is seen having uncoupled and waiting for the peg to move off so that the first diesel can drop onto the Manchester Portion
NRM Class 502 EMU departs Ormskirk on Sunday 20th September 1987 during a tour of the Northern lines section of the Merseyrail system.
Class 20 'Chopper' Bo-Bo diesel locomotive No. 20142 'Sir John Betjeman' in commemorative London Transport livery at Kidderminster station during Severn Valley Railway’s Spring Diesel Festival on 15 May 2025. The loco was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton le Willows as British Railways Type 1 No. D8142 in 1966.
With a class 121 single-car unit leading, class 101 set number L204, with DMS 51220 nearest the camera, sets off from a grey Didcot bound for Reading.
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47348 rounds the curve between Skelton Junction and Deansgate Junction with a loaded ICI working from Tunstead to Northwich. This view has not been achievable here for many years as the grassy area is now completely overgrown with some rather tall trees. 1986.
30-3-2003 Northenden
60093 & 60055 top & tail diverted 6F05 Tunstead - Northwich loaded limestone train
Class 73 E6048 waits to leave Rugby Portland cement sidings at Halling on a train of empty 16t mineral wagons .November 1973.
The K50 is intended to replace the Tsar-class, as that design was found to be heavily flawed. However, the good features were borrowed from the Tsar-class, like its bridge that gave an excellent view on the battlespace.
The ship is based on the Pearl battlecruiser's hull, but modified to meet the needs of battleship. This class is supposed to fill out the gap between the said battlecruiser and The Divine superbattleship.
It utilizes many new features that makes it lighter and cheaper. Firtsly, it has only three turret versus the usual four of other nations' battleships while still having the same number of cannons. With one less turret a lot of weight was saved due to less machinery and a shorter citadel, this way more weight could be used for armor. At standard load it has a displacement of 38,230 t.
Armor
The ships' armor protection was designed to break up 16-inch (406 mm) shells from a distance of 15,000–20,000 meters and the primary armor plates made of Krupp cemented armor (which reduces spalling) are backed up by splinter bulkheads intended to contain any shell fragments.
The ship's waterline armor belt is 305 mm (12 in) thick and tapered to a thickness of 100 mm (3.9 in) at its bottom edge; above it is a strake of 229 mm (9.0 in) armor. The main deck armor is 104 mm (4 in). The turrets are protected with an armor thickness of 305 mm on the face, 230–190 mm (9.1–7.5 in) on the sides, and 152 mm on the roof. The barbettes of the second turret is protected by armor 305 mm thick, while the casemates of the 150 mm guns are protected by 37 mm armor plates. The sides of the conning tower are 369 mm (14.5 in) thick.
Propulsion
K50 is equipped with four steam turbines, each of which drove one propeller shaft. The turbines were designed to produce a total of 91,000 shaft horsepower provided by oil-fueled boilers. The ship could carry 5,000 long tons of fuel oil, giving her a range of 10,200 km at a speed of 16 knots. The ship exceeded her designed speed of 26.5 knots during her sea trials, reaching 26.7 knots .
Armament
K50 class' eight 50-caliber 41-centimeter guns are mounted in three turrets, one twin and two triple superfiring turrets fore and aft. Numbered one through three from front to rear, the hydraulically powered turrets give the guns an elevation range of −2 to +35 degrees, giving them a maximum range of 30,200 m. The rate of fire for the guns is around two rounds per minute.
The ship's secondary armament of 18 150 mm guns is mounted in four twin turrets and the rmaining in casemates. These guns have a maximum range of 20,500 metres and fired at a rate of six to ten rounds per minute. The gun between the turrets might be replaced with a torpedo launcher from the Plunderer class to give the ship more versatility.
Anti-aircraft defense is provided by eight 84 mm high elevation guns, eight 40 mm guns in two quad turrets and eight 25mm guns, six in twin turrets and two as single mounts.
28-2-98 Wichnor Jct
On a snowy February morning 156402 works a passenger service to Birmingham New Street
time 10:42
Class 14 D9531 and Class 24 D5054 arrive at Summerseat with the 09:30 Heywood to Rawtenstall during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, 1st July 2022. (Eric Harrison)
The secondman on class 24 no. 5127 collects the token from the signalman as it leaves Inverness with 17:00 to Wick/Thurso.
Photo by my late father, DW Futty.
A wet and gloomy Doncaster in the midst of a summer thunder storm and 47288 heads south with tanks 27th June 1989
DRS Class 68 No.68033 passes Yealands,with the 16:49 Sellafield BNF to Crewe Flask working,on the 7th of July 2021.
Class 25 D5185 'Castell Dinas Brann' prepares to depart Loughborough Central during the Railways at Work Gala on the Great Central Railway.
The first train of the day left Kyle of Lochalsh at 06:50. 37294 warms up ready to depart on 23 July 1992.
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.