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Class 309/4, Clacton unit No604, descends Bethnal Green Bank towards Liverpool Street Station. March1980.
Class 37 37414 is seen leaving Stafford with the 15:03 Stafford to Holyhead service/ Sunday 01/03/1998.
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Class 123 driving car 52099 sits on the rear at Sheffield ready to work 1110 to Cleethorpes. 14/12/1980
Venerable Freightliner AC electrics no. 86613 and 86614 pass Nuneaton on 21st August 2014 working 4M54 Tilbury R.T.C-> Crewe Basford Hall freightliner.
The Class 86 locomotives built upon the Class 81-5 however they included some improved features such as quieter fans. The locos were initially notorious for causing track damage due to a large amount of unsprung mass however, after modifications which led to the fitting of large flexicoil springs, the problems diminished. The initial class 86/0 subclass was limited to 85 mph due to the track-wear issue, those which were fitted with flexicoil springs were renumbered into the 86/2 series and were 100mph capable. 3 test bed class 87s were numbered 86101-103 and were 110mph locos, 86101 remains in the country as part of the ACLG collection and should be moving to Warrington soon for ice breaking duties. Many locomotives have been exported to operator Floyd in Hungary and are used on freight trains over there. 86701 and 86702 were also preserved by the ACLG however, it is looking like they will be exported in the new year. The 86/7 subclass was 110mph capable however they were withdrawn in early 2013 due to lack of GSMR fitment. After nearly 50 years of service, 13 locos remain in service with Freightliner and 1 with ETL. The 86/6 subclass is limited to 75mph and are used on Freightliner trains on a daily basis as working pairs. 86501 is the only 86/5, it was converted from an 86/6 in 2000 as an experiment with regearing being carried out. It can handle the same load as two 86/6s and frequently turns up on Class 90 turns.
Class 506 no. M59604M seen at Manchester Piccadilly on the last day of services under 1500V DC wires on Sat 7th December 1984. The units were withdrawn the following day and sent to Vic Berrys for disposal, apart from this 3 car set which was earmarked for preservation. Unfortunately the condition of the set deteriorated during storage and today, only the cab of Motor Open Brake Second M59404M remains intact at Barrow Hill.
Preserved British Rail Class 205 'Thumper' 2 car Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) 205205 in Network SouthEast livery at Ongar Station on the heritage Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) in the County of Essex (UK).
205205 entered service as British Railways 2H 60110/60810 in September 1957 and withdrawn from traffic by Connex South Eastern on July 23rd 2004.
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My Epping Ongar Railway album flic.kr/s/aHskCyJy6u
April 9th 1988
Mirfield Station
Gateshead Class 47 47452 (formerly D1569) speeds a Liverpool to Newcastle express towards Dewsbury around 2.45pm on a Saturday afternoon
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Class 720 'Aventra' 5 car 25kV EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) 720521 working the 1F24 12:47 (13:27 1E) Greater Anglia London Liverpool Street- Braintree service train northbound at around 100 miles per hour at Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in the County of Essex (UK).
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My Hatfield Peverel Railway Station album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3AKYz
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
Preserved British Rail Class 205 'Thumper' 2 car Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) 205205 in Network SouthEast livery at Ongar Station on the heritage Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) in the County of Essex (UK).
205205 entered service as British Railways 2H 60110/60810 in September 1957 and withdrawn from traffic by Connex South Eastern on July 23rd 2004.
www.preservedthumpers.com/pres-1111-205205.html
www.flickr.com/photos/stuart166axe/tags/205205/
My Epping Ongar Railway album flic.kr/s/aHskCyJy6u
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
DB class 60 , 60019 Port of Grimsby and Immingham , seen passing through South Bank , near Middlesbrough , in the North East of England .
Class 86's stand side by side at Birmingham International Station. 86 209 and 86 242 "James Kennedy G.C.". Photographed whilst visiting the Motor Show there in November 1989.
6K04 Mossend - Cumbernauld, DRS Loco. 66432 with 4 flat wagons, loaded with new railsleepers, passing through Polmont Station.
New as D8063, Class 20 20063 was one of the class that went to CFD Industrie, France, but is pictured here on Frodingham MPD on August 22nd 1976.
A long line of Class 14 Teddybears sit inside what I've been told could possibly be Hull Dairycoates MPD between 1966 to 1968 as they were stored at the location pending future sales to the private sector.
Sorry but there is very little information on this photo so any help with a possible date or location greatly received.
This Pic is part of a collection from the 1960's & 1970's. They are all prints of various sizes with some colour and some black & white with almost half having written details on the rear.
The photographs were purchased as a set some time ago and after spending some time cleaning the images up I now feel it is time to show them and not let the collection just hide away.
Photographer Unknown.
Class 47 47401 Great Eastern comes out of the gloom of the New Street tunnels on Sunday 20/01/1986 working a Poole to Liverpool service the loco was exchanged here for Class 86 86224.
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Unid Class 46 at Newark Northgate July 27th 1965. This Pic is part of a collection from the 1960's. They are all prints of various sizes have been lent to me so that I can scan them, and clean them up a little. The current owner has no desire to exhibit them but has given permission for me to do so.
Class Y station shunter/switcher rolls out from the engine shed at Kandy railway station, Sri Lanka.
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Class 33207'Earl Mountbatten of Burma' waits departure from Hoo Junction with a 10:30 special engineers train to Ashford via Dover .20th March 1992.
BR (Derby) Class 127 4-car Suburban dmu Nos.M51637 (Class 127), M59597 (186), M59621 (186), M51605 (Class 127) in Rail Blue with all-yellow front ends leaving St Pancras on a St. Albans service, 09/75. Scanned slide taken with a Kowa SET.
09006 is seen on the blocks at Brighton having brought a rake of coaches for a Cross Country service into the station from the Carriage Sidings.
Brighton.
03-10-1993
Preserved Brush Type 2 Class 31 diesel locomotive 31255 at the Colne Valley Railway near Castle Hedingham in Essex (UK).
31255 was built at the Brush Traction Works Loughborough as D5683 and entered service on January 19th 1961.
31255 was withdrawn from service in January 1999.
At the time of this photograph 31255 had been sold to Harry Needle Railroad Company for complete overhaul at Barrow Hill in readiness for spot hire on the main line. The locomotive was due to be transported by road to Barrow Hill 5 days later.
Photograph taken by my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.