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Once a common sight - a line of locos parked up alongside the station at Didcot Parkway.Here we have 66148,66069,67019 and 66028,photographed on the 25th June 2012.
DB Schenker Class 60 Co-Co 60035 stabled in No. 2 siding at Didcot Parkway. The loco had arrived on 6M52 11.52 Southampton - Castle Bromwich empty car carriers which was held in the yard for three and a half hours. The Tug eventually worked 6M52 forward at 17.00.
18th November 2015
Colas Tug 60087 has had a monopoly lately on 6V62 Tilbury - Llanwern steel service.
Running 30 minutes late today!
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60009 "Union of South Africa" slowly accelerates the Worcester Christmas Market railtour through Didcot North Junction. The train was running as 1Z24 07:29 Paddington - Worcester
Note - I have removed the ugly power lines from the shot
Rather than having a separate generator van to power the train, this tour used steam heating as can be seen from the leaks along the train
All gone!
Load Haul Class 60 no. 60064 has almost completed discharging its load of coal from Avonmouth Docks.
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Taken with a Sony 505v, I am still amazed by the quality that came out of this little cam with a big heart, the sensor of this cam is two thirds of an inch (across the diagonal) and the prints blow up comfortably to 40cm X 40cm, in this particular shot I actually had to blur it as it was slightly too sharp. The images up-rez splendidly in Photoshop, unlike the pics from my much later point & shoot cameras, thus suggesting there was a lot more to this old Sony classic than the spec sheet said so.
The 'Old Guard' stable at Didcot by the station whilst the 'new kid on the block' stables in the yard
Merry Christmas and Happy New year.
Snow in Swindon Wiltshire. Swindon Car park. as 70 is on the up line Platform 4.engineering Work Track renewals between Didcot Parkway and Swindon extending to Chippenham on the weekend of 23/24 January. Lockdown 3 COVID 19.
Class 58 58028 had 45 loaded HAA hoppers in tow making up a sizeable MGR for this delivery to Didcot Power Station.
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Drummond T9 Class 4-4-0 30120 stands in the shed at Didcot Railway Centre during a Time Line Events photo charter
Back in the days when cross country services still served Didcot, 47 653 approaches the station with 1O09, the 08:08 Manchester - Poole
The standing stone is dedicated to the memory of teachers who taught at St Frideswide's and Didcot Girls' School, courtesy of former head teacher, Miss Lardner.
Freshly repainted into BR Blue, Didcot's long-serving Class 08 is seen in the shed.
Published in 'Rail Express' (October 2017)
Didcot A Power Station was a coal and gas-fired power station, which ceased operation on 22 March 2013. Designed by architect Frederick Gibberd, a vote was held in Didcot and surrounding villages on whether the power station should be built. There was strong opposition from Sutton Courtenay but the yes vote was carried, due to the number of jobs that would be created in the area. Building was started on the 2,000 MWe power station for the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB during 1964, and was completed in 1968 at a cost of £104m, with up to 2400 workers being employed at peak times. It is located on a 300 acres (1.2 km2) site formerly part of the Ministry of Defence Central Ordnance Depot. The main chimney is 650 ft (200 m) tall with the six cooling towers 325 ft (99 m) each. The station used four 500 MWe generating units. In 2003 Didcot A burnt 3.7Mt of coal.
DB Schenker Class 66 Co-Co 66150, Class 60 Co-Co 60035 and Class 66 Co-Co 66098 at Didcot. The Tug had worked in on 6M52 11.32 Southampton - Castle Bromwich.
18th November 2015
47286 & 280 power away from Didcot with the 6M03 Swindon - Longbridge car body panel train on 8th July 1998
Once an everyday scene at Didcot Power Station, as a class 47 loco possibly 47189 sets off around the power station loop with a loaded MGR train.
The photo was taken by my brother Steve Redwood, there are no notes with it, but it was taken from a passing HST on the main line, probably some time between 1978 and 1982. SJR 1978-82?
67028 arrives with 90035 and 67012 on the rear
This is a new Over head Eletrification test train
Doing runs in the swindon to calibrate the instruments inthe MKIII coach
There were paths in for three today only the first and last actually ran
Rescanned at higher resolution with better colour and image quality
Another of those shots that was utterly hopeless as a print, and relegated to an obscure album at the bottom of the box, but with a bit of care has been made into a passable scan from the negative
The only scheduled passenger service over Didcot West curve for many years was this summer SO dated working from Oxford - Paignton and its evening return, which meant the sun was always in the wrong place
Someone is enjoying some rare trackage from the first door vestibule window as 50 035 Ark Royal slowly brings 1B20, the 06:53 Oxford - Paignton over Didcot West Curve towards Foxhall Junction on August Bank Holiday Saturday
An everyday occurence in 1972. Green liveried D1747 rolls to a halt at Didcot station with a Paddington - Swansea train on 22nd July 1972.
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Recorded approaching Didcot North Junction, 58018 'High Marnham Power Station' had 45 hoppers in tow forming MGR 7V85, the 14:26 Toton New Bank to Didcot Power Station.
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GWR's 1L54 11.56 Cardiff Central - London Paddington calls at Didcot Parkway. Power Car 43030 on the rear (43176 leading).
6th June 2018
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