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DB Class 66 No.66104 exits Whiteball Tunnel,with the 08:30 Tavistock Junction to Tavistock Junction via Taunton RHHT working,on the 25th of November 2018.
47626 stands at Darlington on 09/03/85.
This is where my interest in trains all started, the south end of Darlington Stations Platform 1 in 1974 or so. I spent many happy hours sat on those old 4 wheeled parcel trollies waiting for the next train to call, or zip by on the station avoiding lines.
Those were the days, classes 31, 37, 40, 45, 46, 47 & of course the 'Deltics' were regular performers.
I think it was about 4p for a platform ticket back then.
Great memories
Named after their primary shipyards installation, the Sovernmy-class destroyer is the Straser Imperium's response to the Casian Dart-class. While designs for a universal destroyer were already in the works within the Imperial Navy, the start of the Feral War halted new productions. Once the Great Scouring was over and the Casian Federal Navy unveiled the Dart-class, a new design was quickly adopted and put into production. Supposedly designed by Alferd Sovernmy himself, the Sovernmy class destroyer is considered slightly overweight for a destroyer, approaching the size of a frigate, but it makes good use of this extra weight, which comes mostly from armoured hull portions. In fact, the Sovernmy is the most heavily armoured destroyer class on the Continent. It sacrifices speed and maneuverability for this, but it also has a respectable amount of weapons, featuring seven light repeaters, four aerial torpedo launchers and one missile launcher. These weapons are sparsely distributed along the hull, further increasing survivability.
The Sovernmy class is in many ways an opposite to the Dart class, favoring armour over weapons whereas the Dart crams as much firepower as possible onto its hull. In theory, these two destroyer types should be relatively evenly-matched, with the Sovernmy's higher numbers giving it the advantage. In practice, however, the slow speed of the Sovernmy denies it the ability to avoid the Dart's massive firepower, and allows the Dart class to stay out of range of the Imperials' slightly less capable guns while staying in range of their own guns. Consequently, Sovernmy class destroyers are always deployed in large numbers, usually with a larger vessel in support. While this gives the Imperial Navy a strong fist, it lacks strategic mobility and tactical flexibility.
The Sovernmy class was too late to see action during the Feral War, but saw its first action soon after in the Annexation Conflict, proving itself very capable when deployed in large numbers. It reinforced its reputation further during the Rasyan Civil War, which was the first conflict in which it was pitted against the Dart class. The results were inconclusive, with neither class destroying the other in any significant numbers. However, it was during the Continental War that the Sovernmy was truly put to the test. The backbone of the Imperial Navy, more numerous than any other warship on the Continent, was thrust against the might of the Allied Nations.
It is doubtful whether the Allied navies could have individually beaten the colossal weight of the Imperial Navy, but together, they managed to secure victory after victory, the Sovernmy was just not capable enough on its own to stand agianst its foes, and large fleets are easier to track and ambush.
Overall, while lacking in terms of pure performance, the Sovernmy is still a foe to be reckoned with, and its ease of production and low cost have made it a favorite of navies throughout the Continent, many of whom do not hesitate to buy warships from a nation they were once at war with.
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40145 at Llandudno with the East Lancs Enterprise tour. 1Z37 Holyhead - Preston via Llandudno. 345 was the first class 40 to visit Llandudno since British Rail withdrew the class. 10.06.17
Alexander/Barclay Class 143 "Pacer" local passenger 2-car dmu No.143 603 of First Great Western in "Visit Bristol" promotional livery at Stapleton Road on a Bristol Temple Meads - Avonmouth service, 05/08.
Solitary class 86, 86501 trundles up the the WCML at Winwick with a Dee Marsh - Mossend train of empty steel carrying wagons on 29th June 1989. These trains were usually powered by pairs of electrics between Mossend & Warrington & vice/versa, but on this occasion only one loco was provided
54 year old English Electric Type 3 Class 37 Co-Co diesel locomotive 37407 in British Rail 'large logo' livery as operated by Direct Rail Services top and tailed with 37716 working the Greater Anglia Norwich- Great Yarmouth 'drags' short set at Norwich Station at the end of the Great Eastern Main Line in Norfolk (UK).
An extremely rare example of a 50+ year old first generation diesel locomotive hauled service train.
37407 was built at The English Electric Vulcan Foundry in Newton le Willows and entered service as British Railways Type 3 D6605 on October 10th 1965.
The British Rail 'large logo' livery first appeared on a [Class 56] locomotive in 1978.
Brush Type 4 Class 47 diesel locomotive 47818 as operated by Direct Rail Services (DRS) looking in fine condition working the top and tailed Greater Anglia Norwich- Great Yarmouth short set drags at Norwich Station in Norfolk (UK) on March 7th 2014.
47818 entered service as D1917 on December 3rd 1965.
Photograph taken by fellow enthusiast and my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with kind permission.
The Class of 2014 climbed the risers on the Plain on Thursday, April 10, 2014 for their class photo. Always a fun event to capture. The Class photo will be available from PanFoto in the very near future.
Class 156 "Sprinter" unit 156418, pauses at Tamworth High Level with a service towards Derby in the autumn of 1990
An unidentified English Electric Type 3 (Class 37/0) 1,750hp Co-Co with split headcodes and gangways in Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end emerging out of the mist at Clapton ( I think - my old notes are not clear on the location!) on a Cambridge - Liverpool St express, 10/76. Scanned from photograph taken on a Kowa SET camera.
General Motors (EMD) 3,200hp Class 66/0 Co-Co No.66 749 (ex-No.20078968-006) of GBRf travelling through Cardiff Central on the 10.13 6V32 Tilbury RCT - Trostre empty cargowagons, 11 July 2019.
O gauge Class 55 Deltic built and painted by myself from a DJH kit.
Love it or hate it this was the livery applied when 9016 was restored to running order.
Both bogies are powered by ABC Motor Gearboxes and M&M Models belt drive units. The purple paint is from Phoenix Precision, transfers by Fox and Severn Mill etched plates. Some additional detail provided by etches from PH Designs.
Once run in on conventional DC power it"s going to have DCC, sound and full lighting to the 4 clusters containing 3 lights each and the route designation panels.
Pvt Anderson helps Cpl. Holmes with securing his suit during a timed event during a CBRN Defense class Sept 4th.
British Rail Class 357 'Electrostar' 25kV 4 car Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 357316 at speed working the 1B54 13:49 (14:32 RT) London Fenchurch Street- Shoeburyness C2C service train along the sea wall at Leigh on Sea on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) in the County of Essex (UK).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_357
Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.
British Rail Class 180 'Adelante' Diesel Multiple Unit (DMU) 180109 as operated by First Hull Trains at King's Cross Station in London (UK).
180109 was built by Alstom and entered service in December 2001. The Adelante's have had a troubled history with plenty of reliability and train operator issues.
Note the splendid Victorian architecture which dates from 1852.