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Fleet No: 859
Reg Plate: SN64 OEO
Vehicle: Alexander Dennis Enviro 200
Route: 301 Mossley via Bloxwich
Location: Hatherton Street, Walsall
Garage: Walsall
D200's extended Indian Summer 1985-1988
Apart from working the Carlisle-Leeds 1E23/1M72 service on a regular basis, D200 alias 40122 hauled numerous railtours during its extended reprieve.
In this telephoto shot, D200 is seen here on Crewe shed, after arriving back at Crewe with 1Z26. The loco is looking resplendent and clean as usual, unlike most of the Class 40 fleet back in the 1980s.
Almost a year after the demise of the Class 40s, in December 1985, the loco had worked 1Z26 'The Christmas Cracker IV' railtour, returning as far as Crewe. After an overnight, I captured the loco resting on Crewe Diesel Shed on the Sunday morning :)
D200's extended Indian Summer 1985-1988
Apart from working the Carlisle-Leeds 1E23/1M72 service on a regular basis, D200 alias 40122 hauled numerous rail tours during its extended reprieve.
More info on the tour here on Six Bells Junction: www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/80s/851214tt.htm
During the 1980s, I spent a lot of my time riding around the British Rail network, mainly chasing Class 40s and then Class 50s, but also seeing and riding behind a number of other classes.
I also made a few tape recordings at that time - many from the front window, some from the platform - using my trusty 'ghetto-blaster' or 'boom box' - and now these recordings can finally be heard 😍)
NOW on SoundCloud! Enjoy the sound of the English Electric Type 4 - for 20+ mins you can immerse yourself in reliving the experience of hanging out of a Mark 1 carriage window behind a classic diesel 😎
The recordings I made on the day were recorded onto a Maxell II metal tape and have lasted quite well over the last 40 years - some distortion when the loco is on full power, but atmospheric all the same!
Visit the track here: soundcloud.com/discover/sets/track-stations:2154735114
The British Rail Class 40s were built by English Electric between 1958 and 1962. They were numbered D200-D399. Despite their initial success, by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-level duties by more powerful locomotives. As they were slowly relegated from express passenger uses, the type found work on secondary passenger and freight services where they worked for many years. The final locomotives ended regular service in 1985. The locomotives were commonly known as "Whistlers" because of the distinctive noise made by their turbochargers.
British Railways originally ordered ten Class 40s, then known as "English Electric Type 4s", as evaluation prototypes. They were built at the Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. The first locomotive, D200, was delivered to Stratford on 14 March 1958. Following fitter and crew training, D200 made its passenger début on an express train from London Liverpool Street to Norwich on 18 April 1958. Five of the prototypes, Nos. D200, D202-D205, were trialled on similar services on the former Great Eastern routes, whilst the remaining five, Nos. D201, D206-D209, worked on Great Northern services on the East Coast Main Line.
Information courtesy of Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and 300mm telephoto lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration.
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
Ok... I need to buy more background papers. It's impossible now to cover them all. Honestly - it was very hard to cover the Scania alone...
Fleet Number: 54212
Reg: YX63 NGV
Model: Volvo B11RT Plaxton Elite i
Company: Stagecoach West Scotland
Route: M10
Direction: Glasgow
Location: Glasgow
Livery: Megabus
Depot: Cumbernauld
The Mounts Bay Coaches fleet has seen a number of changes in the last 12 months the 'biggest' being the arrival in early 2024 of this tri-axle Van Hool T916. New to Barnards of Kirton Lindsay as YJ11 GJV it arrived from Rayners of Co Durham and has now been appropriately re-registrered.
Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy docked at the Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, BC for Fleet Weekend 2023. HMCS Ottawa and HMCS Nanaimo along with three Orca class boats.
Former Fleet Coaches Ford R1114 / Duple Dominant II C53F YBM931S is seen in Guildford in April 1987. Crawt (Antennae) of Guildford had purchased the coach in 1986 and it would later pass to Stonestreet (Steve's Coaches) of the same town, still in Fleet Coaches livery.
The coach was new to Whites of Camberley and passed to Fleet Coaches along with 6 other coaches in 1984.
I did this shirt design a while back for the Mosquito Fleet. They just got them printed, I think you can order them on MA.
Fleet No: 2108
Reg Plate: BX12 DFA
Vehicle: Wright Eclipse Urban / Volvo B7RLE
Route: 120E Langley
Location: Colmore Row, Birmingham
Garage: Pensnett
Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy docked at the Lonsdale Quay for the Navy's Fleet Weekend. The ships docked were HMCS Winnipeg, HMCS Vancouver, HMCS Brandon, and HMCS Edmonton as well as three Orca class patrol boats.
After 25 years at its present location, Aldershot Bus Station will close for good at the end of this week. To mark this occasion, the opportunity was taken today (03/05/2023) to recreate a scene that would have occurred around 10 years ago. When Stagecoach took over Fleet Buzz in 2011 they kept the identity for 3 years and repainted a number of their own buses into the distinctive yellow and black livery. One such bus was AE51VFV, now lovingly restored by James Bell. It is seen here in the bus station as it would have been seen on the Route 72 to Reading. Some town shots conclude this afternoon jolly.
Here's a picture of the fleet I built prior to PAX East 2014. It features one Frame Squad -- Copied from Gusindor on the Hangar -- three Attack Frigates, one Interdiction Frigate, and one Carrier.
Alpha Bandit Stats:
Frame Squad: 2Rd/1B/1G/1Y/2W
Attack Frigate: 2Ra+d8/1Y/1G/2W
Interdiction Frigate: 2Rp/2B/1G/2W
Carrier: 2Rs/2K/1B/2W
Fleet Week is a United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard tradition in which active military ships recently deployed in overseas operations dock in a variety of major cities for one week. Once the ships dock, the crews can enter the city and visit its tourist attractions. At certain hours, the public can take a guided tour of the ships. Often, Fleet Week is accompanied by military demonstrations and air shows such as those provided by the Blue Angels.
Fleet Week 2014 is a much smaller operation than the 2012 setup. You can check out my 2012 shots here.
Total Travel's former London Leyland Olympian receives attention from a man with a various size spanners. Perhaps he's going back to the van for various sizes of hammers?
Must be hard running a bus fleet to cope with demands of schools contracts - I bet the county council don't pay much.
The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen
The fenland parish of Fleet sits in the south Lincolnshire fens just off the busy A17 trunk road and about 8 miles east of the market town of Spalding. At nearly 12 miles long but only 2 miles at it's widest, the settlement filtered northwards as land was reclaimed from this former tidal inlet. Once surpassing Spalding in population and wealth, Fleet was the focus of Templar activities in medieval times with a yearly fair and vigorous market for centuries.
The Grade I listed Anglican church, dating from the late 12th century, is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene. The 120 feet church tower with spire is like many medieval fenland churches and is detached from the nave by 15 feet. The exterior is mainly Decorated in style, with Early English arcades and a Perpendicular west window. According to Cox (1916), the church was restored in 1860, when the chancel was rebuilt, although the canopied sedilia was retained.
Photography and Editing: Dirk Dreyer. Hi-Res pictures and prints available at galleries.dreyerpictures.com
Most MoD contractors' coaches operate anonymously but back in 2008 several were operating with legal lettering, O discs and fleetnames for Fleet Support Limited. One such coach was BX53 NFY, seen on 22nd July, 2008. This Dennis Javelin Plaxton Profile would pass to "civilian" operator Marshalls of Leighton Buzzard in 2014.