Class 121 55027, Old Oak Common HSTD, 10/04/1988

Class 180 Grand Central

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GWR Class 158 No.158959 passes Heywood,with the 07:28 Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour service,on the 9th of January 2023.

14-11-93 Kings Sutton

47833 makes its way North light engine between the flooded fields

Agfa CT100

Class 317 503 parked at broxbourne

At Huddersfield

Bellevue East H.S. 2022

Class 68005

On 24 June 2012, 365520 approaches Meldreth on the 1715 (Sun) Kings Cross - Kings Lynn.

Unidentified (Derby) Suburban (Class 116) 3-car dmu in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends approaches Wood Green on a Kings Cross - Welwyn Garden City service, 05/76. Scanned slide taken with a Kowa SET camera.

Taken at Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong

45106 ' Vulcan ' Leicester 1987.

GBRF Class 66 No.66707 heads towards Upton Scudamore,with the 10:14 Westbury to Eastleigh East Yard light engine working,on the 19th of April 2022.

Cottesmore 1940.

One of the old B&W photos now re-colourised automatically.

Maisies first dance class, ballet, tap

E50599 makes a smoky departure from Sharpthorne Tunnel.

A Freightliner Class 66, 66590 pauses at Stechford Station (Birmingham) before proceeding south, for a crew change.

British Rail Class 321 'Dusty Bin' 4 car 25kV Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 321364 working the 1Y05 06:52 (07:33 RT) Abellio Greater Anglia Ipswich- London Liverpool Street service train on August 12th 2017 southbound at Hatfield Peverel Station on the Great Eastern Main Line in Essex (UK).

Note the Dellner type coupling system 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.

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My Hatfield Peverel Railway Station album flic.kr/s/aHsjD3AKYz

47825 with its twin headlights departs from Oxford on Sunday 30th March 1997 with the Wolverhampton - Poole Virgin service.

Class 25 No. 5232 runs light through Manchester Victoria.

30th June 1973

Class 305 EMU set number 305420 DT interior view

47292 at Arpley SP.

Heathrow Express Class 332 lifted on the jacks at the Open Day at Heathrow Express Old Oak Common Depot.

My auntie Sybil at school in London she is standing 3rd row 5th from the right .

I'll add some more details of the school as soon as I find out .

Not really sure why the boy is holding a board with the I , perhaps that is the year 1 class .

I love some of the expressions of the kids and the girl standing next to my auntie looks like she just said something to make her laugh .

45103 light engine at Nottingham. rd December 1982.

DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd's class 66 (JT42CWR) number 66162 in English, Welsh and Scottish Railway maroon livery with zigzag gold band, large number and EWS logo works 6Z20 on the down Chatham Fast line hauling limestone (CaCO3) from the Hanson plc owned Whatley Quarry in the Mendip Hills to Hothfield sidings Kent, for use at Tarmac Ltd (Ashford) Hothfield Works on 29 September 2014. There the material is crushed for use as a construction aggregate to form a solid base making up the foundations of roads. From front to back the 18 wagons being hauled were identified as 33 70 6955 093-3, JGA 17248, JGA RMA 19242, HOA 320027, JGA 17235, HOA 320014, HOA 320020, JGA 17230, HOA 320043, HOA 320030, 33 70 6955 101-4, HOA 320041, HOA 320024, HOA 320011, JGA 17210, HOA 320067, 33 70 6955 090-9 and HOA 320028. 66162 (works number 968702-162) was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division, London, Ontario, Canada in 1999 and unloaded from the Heavy Lift Ship MV "Fairmast" at Newport Docks on 20 October 1999.

According to Realtime Trains the route and timings were;

Whatley Quarry.......................1037........................1047...........................10L

Clink Road Junction...............1059 1/2.................1105.............................5L

Fairwood Junction..................1104 1/2...................1110 3/4.......................6L

Westbury [WSB] UR................1111/1113...................1114/1201...................48L

Heywood Road Junction......1116..........................1205.........................49L

Lavington..................................1125.........................1214 1/2....................49L

Woodborough.........................1140.........................1224 1/2....................44L

Pewsey [PEW] 2.......................1144 1/2...................1229..........................44L

Savernake.................................1151 1/2....................1233 1/2...................42L

Bedwyn [BDW] 2.....................1156.........................1238 1/2...................42L

Hungerford [HGD] 1................1201.........................1243 1/4...................42L

Kintbury [KIT] 2........................1204 1/2.................1246............................41L

Newbury [NBY] UT.................1210.........................1252.........................42L

Newbury Racecourse 2........1211..........................1252 3/4....................41L

Thatcham [THA] 2...................1215 1/2...................1255 1/2...................40L

Midgham [MDG] 2...................1219 1/2...................1258 1/2....................39L

Aldermaston [AMT] 1..............1222 1/2.................1300..........................37L

Theale [THE] 1..........................1227 1/2..................1303 1/2....................35L

Southcote Junction................1233........................1307...........................34L

Reading [RDG] 7......................1238........................1311.............................33L

Kennet Bridge Junction........1240 1/2.................1312 3/4....................32L

Twyford [TWY] 4......................1246 1/2..................1319............................32L

Ruscombe.................................1248........................1320 1/4....................32L

Maidenhead West...................1254 1/2..................1325 1/4...................30L

Maidenhead [MAI] 4...............1254 1/2..................1325 3/4....................31L

Maidenhead East....................1255........................1326............................31L

Taplow [TAP] 4........................1256 1/2.................1327 1/2.....................31L

Burnham [BNM] 2....................1258........................1329............................31L

Slough West.............................1300........................1330 3/4....................31L

Slough [SLO] 5.........................1300 1/2.................1331 1/2......................31L

Dolphin Junction.....................1302 1/2.................1332 1/4...................29L

Langley [LNY] 4.......................1304........................1333 3/4...................29L

Iver [IVR]....................................1306 1/2.................1335 3/4...................29L

Heathrow Airport Junction...1312.........................1341 1/2....................29L

Hayes & Harlington 4.............1312 1/2...................1342 1/4...................29L

Southall West Junction..........1315.........................1343 1/4....................28L

Southall [STL] 4........................1317.........................1346 3/4..................29L

Southall East Junction...........1318.........................1346 3/4..................28L

Hanwell Bridge Loop.............1320/1332..............NoRep/1348............16L

Ealing Broadway [EAL]...........1339........................1351 1/2.....................12L

Acton West...............................1341.........................1356 3/4...................15L

Acton Main Line [AML] DG...1345/1356..............1357 1/4/1402 3/4.....6L

Acton Wells Junction.............1400........................1405............................5L

Mitre Bridge Junction............1409........................1410...............................1L

North Pole Junction...............1410.........................1411................................1L

Kensington Olympia 3...........1415.........................1414...............................1E

Latchmere Junction...............1426........................1422.............................4E

Factory Junction.....................1433........................1425.............................8E

Voltaire Road Junction .........1434........................1426.............................8E

Denmark Hill [DMK] 2.............1439........................1432.............................7E

Crofton Road Junction..........1441.........................1433.............................8E

Nunhead [NHD] 2...................1443........................1436.............................7E

Bellingham [BGM]...................1448 1/2..................1443.............................5E

Shortlands Junction[XOR]....1452 1/2..................1453.............................RT

Bromley South [BMS] 2.........1456/1501..............1458/1459..................2E

Bickley Junction[XLY]............1504 1/2.................1504............................RT

St Mary Cray Junction............1505 1/2.................1506............................RT

Swanley [SAY] 2......................1512 1/2...................1511 1/2.........................1E

Otford Junction[XOT].............1524 1/2..................1524.............................RT

Maidstone East [MDE] 2........1548 1/2..................1548.............................RT

Beechbrook Farm Loop........1622 1/2/1715 1/2..1625/1655...............20E

Hothfield Siding [XHF]...........1724........................1705...........................19E

66517 4V54 1014 Southampton MCT to Avonmouth

Class 73141 passes Collington working the Tonbridge via Eastbourne and Hastings RHTT

Class 90 and a snowplough at Crewe 1988

28th December 2019. 08436 / D3551 in BRML Eastleigh Works livery.

In the days when Class 92s had some freight work on the Northern parts of the WCML 92011 is seen hauling 6X12, the 17:34 Carlisle Yard to Eastleigh service. The location iirc is Clifton to the South of Penrith and the date 6th June 2006.

Scan from a 400 ASA Fuji colour negative.

fast line livery class 56301 heads 6L92 Chassden sidings to Kings Lynn tc through Whittlesea

An unidentified class 47 passing through Parkstone station on its way down to Poole on an inter-regional service. Taken circa 1977 on a Russian 'Zorki-4' rangefinder camera.

It would be more than ten years before the 3rd rail was laid between Branksome and Weymouth.

Scanned from original transparency using DSLR.

Scotrail Class 68007 Passing Through Princes Street Gardens Edinburgh

Class 40 at Crewe, 24-06-79.

Tango class 37 37607 sits Kettering on 5z10 Derby rtc to Derby RTC via Kettering

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