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Hatfield's RMC1520 withdrawn all the way to Swanley garage. Relocated to Radlett Aerodrome after LT bought it off LCBS, then back to AEC Southall before its final one-way journey to Barnsley.
The Escort van is 1873F, GHV873N, new December 1974, sold May 1979. Lettered for the Ticket Machine Works.
February 1979.
Neil F.
To the north of Leicester, a myriad of former British Rail locomotives from the 1960's, 70's and 80's await their future, some for restoration and a return to the mainline, others being salvaged for spares to keep their fellow classmates active for years to come.
In this scene at the yard north of Leicester station, a selection of Class 56's are lined up across the trackwork, whilst in the middle, BR Blue liveried Class 56, 56004, stands at the head of an unusual consist, featuring former FERTIS Class 58, 58016, which has been preserved and is currently undergoing restoration to working order, Anglia Railways Class 86, 86235, which ran the last Class 86 working on the Anglia route from London Liverpool Street to Norwich, and a rather unusual carriage, and something of a rarity.
What it is are one of the few remaining Generator Coaches from the ill-fated Nightstar project of the late 1990's. Nightstar was the possible introduction of Sleeping Car trains from UK cities to European cities via the Channel Tunnel, being powered by a mixture of Class 92's and 37's owned by European Passenger Services, or EPS. However, due to the fact that Class 37's weren't able to provide power to the trains, these being hastily converted freight locomotives, carriages containing two 350 kVA Cummins diesel engines, marshaled between the two Class 37/6 locomotives. Five were converted from redundant British Rail Mark 3 sleeper coaches, and were painted in Railfreight Distribution two-tone Grey.
The failure of the Nightstar project resulted in these carriages becoming redundant, and for many years they've been shuffled from yard to yard, whilst others have been scrapped. In January 2016 this particular carriage was sent to UKRL Leicester for trial conversation to a stock heating/testing van to replace Class 86's previously used at places such as Ilford depot.
A 1970's single axled chassisless tipping trailer.
I did look for a makers plate on this one but without success- it may be a York as it has their axle, but could just as easily be by George Neville.
These boys were having heaps of dangerous fun doing what I believe is called 'ins and outs' - boarding out on a big wave that has been turned around after hitting rocks. A new wave is on its way in at the same time and they collide and explode. The boarders then get thrown up in the air and dramatically dumped. A little bit scarey!
Cleaning the fire and dumping the ashes on engine 484
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama, New Mexico
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Clothes and a very high heel boot dumped by a wall and bin on a street in Islington, London on 1st July '19
This is me having a brain dump so I don't cry:
So last week I was mopey. Quite mopey. I knew I was mopey. I knew I wasn't being myself. I knew I was being ridiculous. But, I decided to wallow and wallow good.
I went to West Virginia this weekend and had a fabulous time with my family. It was exactly what I needed, when I needed it. To be with my family. To be reminded of all the good stuff. To be driven crazy with all the usual family stuff. Which, in its own way, is a large part of the good stuff.
As I drove back to Virginia today I didn't feel the usual feelings of dread that I get anytime I have to return to Virginia. And for that I was glad.
I got home. I've taken care of business. And I sat down to go through the stacks of crap on my dining room table. That's when I found it. The bills. The check for my first court payment. That's due today. But it's a holiday. And I didn't find it 'til after they'd closed if it was a regular day. And there is words of fines. And suspended licenses and possible jail time if you miss a payment.
Now, rational Andrea knows that she'll go there in the morning and hand them this check and that they'll not take her license or throw her in jail. But the other Andrea is on the verge of tears and beating myself up for allowing myself to wallow and be mopey for no good reason. To allow myself to just sit and cry for days on end when life still has to go on and things still need to be taken care of.
I'm more responsible than this. I don't know who I was last week and I don't want to ever be that person again. Seeing that I let such important matters fall through the cracks makes me very angry at myself. Very much angry....
And now I'm done with the brain dump and hopefully I will not cry. Thank you.
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Explored #326
Photo Taken : 05.08.1995.
Fire damaged 47 312 is seen stabled in Tonbridge West Yard coupled to Tinsley Depots pet loco 47 145 named 'Merddin Emrys' and in a hybrid BR Blue/RfD livery.
47 312 had caught fire while working a freight from Wembley Yard in London to Dollands Moor Yard near Folkestone the previous night. Damage was bad enough the loco was removed from the train and shunted into Tonbridge West Yard to await inspection. The locomotive was repaired and returned to service but was something of a pyromaniac machine and caught fire again four years later when owned by EWS. This time the fire damaged sustained at Dollands Moor on 11.02.1999 proved terminal and it was effectively withdrawn on 26.02.1999 but shown on official records as stored unserviceable. It's home depot since March 1998 had been Bescot but it was towed from Dollands Moor to Crewe DMD, after a period at the diesel depot it moved to the scrap lines at Crewe Horse Landing Sidings. It's death warrant was signed in August 2000 when it was asigned for component recovery at Wigan CRDC. The move to Wigan was made the following year being towed north on the 12.07.2001. Once at Wigan the loco was comprehensively stripped to a bare shell devoid of bogies, engine and roof within a month. After a year as a rotting carcass in the yard it went back inside the stripping shops on 05.09.2002 mounted on a bogie bolster wagon for the last rites only to be pushed back outside again a few weeks later still in the same derelict condition. The final move inside for breaking up came on 26.02.2003 when it was dismantled over the following month. The final ignominy was one remaining cab being dumped inside a skip outside the component recovery depot like a headless corpse. RIP 47 312 > 11.12.1964 to 05.04.2003.