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Class 25 24601 (formerly D5061) became something of a celebrity when it was transferred to the Railway Technical Centre (RTC) at Derby in 1975 to operate test trains. Re-numbered RDB 968007 (later 97201) and named ‘Experiment’, it received the RTC’s distinctive red and blue paint scheme at a time when there were very few exceptions to the corporate blue livery. It spent time at various locations after withdrawal, before eventual preservation on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway as D5061 in original green livery. This digital representation is based on the locomotive in its preserved state with re-instated side skirts which are regrettably inappropriate for this RTC re-creation (updated 04-Jun-21).
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A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley passes the box with The Salopian tour on 16/5/1981.The station was closed in the 1960s and the box was obviously out of use when this was taken but I cannot find any info on the actual closure or demolition dates online.Houses were built nearby so when passenger traffic was re-instated on the line a new station was opened a bit closer to Blackburn
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A rather grey summer Saturday August day finds Laira allocated 46002 approaching Burton on Trent with a cross country express for the North East, 7th August 1976. The train formation is made up of Mark IIabc coaching stock (apart from its buffet car), however it appears to have had a strengthening vehicle added in the form of a Mark I TSO behind the locomotive.
Locomotive History
46002 was built at Derby Works as D139 and entered service in November 1961, allocated to Derby MPD. It would spend the first half of its career predominantly on the old Midland Railway lines being allocated to Nottingham, Toton and Holbeck. In 1971 a major fleet re-organisation occurred and 46002 was part of a batch of Class 46 locomotives transferred to Bristol Bath Road as replacements for the then rapidly disappearing Western Region diesel-hydraulic fleet, this was followed by a transfer to Laira in October 1974. 46002 was stored and then withdrawn for a couple of months at the end of 1980, before being reinstated to traffic and transferred to Gateshead in February 1981. However this proved to be a mixed blessing as it was withdrawn nine months later in September 1981, its place in the operational fleet being taken by 46001 re-instated from store at Swindon. Following withdrawal it would linger for three years until finally broken up at Swindon Works in September 1984.
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A colourful shot of a passerby on Sun Street passage.
This narrow passage links Broadgate and Exchange Square at the rear of Liverpool St Station and it's been made into an interesting space by the addition of a colourful wall running it's length.
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From the Liverpool St area Enhancement Strategy, "Sun Street Passage is the busiest pedestrian route in the area but is partly underground, poorly sign-posted, poorly connected to
surrounding streets and parts of it are of low quality, particularly in terms of materials, frontages and lighting. The development underway at 5 Broadgate provides an opportunity to unify and define the area’s character, re-instate a hierarchy of streets and improve the public realm. However, the area surrounding the development needs very careful consideration, as the building removes an important north-south route and could aggravate the existing problem."
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From Babylon to Berlin & Beyond
Grand Entrance to Babylon through the Ishtar Gate,which was partially Reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
* Click on the photo to enlarge it and enter the stately Gate ...
The Ishtar Gate,named after a Mesopotamian Goddess,was one of the eight gateways that provided entry to the inner city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (reign 605-562 B.C.). It was decorated with bas-relief depictions of 575 dragons and bulls in 13 alternating rows on glazed blue bricks.The brick was sculpted in low relief before being baked and was then coated with glazes in which pigments were blended with melted silica.
During this period Babylon became the city of splendour as described by Herodotus.
From the top of the gate an observer could see the whole city spread out below them.
The Gate,built in 575 BCE,was excavated between 1899 and 1917 by a German archaeological team led by Robert Koldewey.After World War I,part of the gateway,the smaller one,was reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and it is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular reconstructions in the history of archaeology. The inner gate was so large that the Pergamon Museum didn’t have room to reconstruct it and its remains are currently in storage.A number of pieces from the Processional Way were sold to other museums around the world.
* Every spring,a procession that included the King,members of his court and priests travelled to the “Akitu” Temple to celebrate the New Year’s Festival.
** New Year’s celebrations seem to have begun in Ancient Babylon.It was known as the feast of Akitu celebrated in April.Like many ancient New Year’s festivals,it glorified fertility on both an agricultural and cosmic scale.The idea that January 1st initiates a period of new beginning was instated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 and is based on the Julian calendar set by the emperor Julius Caesar in 46 BCE.
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The world was made available for man's inquisitive eye and for his will to master his surroundings ...
This sunken parterre is part of the formal gardens at Hanbury Hall. Archaeological investigation during the winter months of 1992-1993 uncovered remains of the formal garden. The main outline of the garden has now been re-instated, with the Sunken Parterre being the first part to be restored. The garden is being planted with historical accuracy using early 18th century publications.
The garden was originally surrounded by tall brick walls but due to the cost of reconstructing them they have been substituted a yew hedge. It was also thought that new brick would out of place next to the softly faded brickwork of the house.
Coal is back! On a very gloomy morning (full sun one hour later!), 66054 heads for Ratcliffe power station with a re-instated flow of coal from Humber International Terminal.
The wires are down further south, so down trains were making slow progress.
Two freights were held in adjacent blocks, this was the first to pass us as the driver accelerates the heavy load on the bi-directional slow line which will shortly become the down slow as the up slow line has recently been re-instated.
The loco needs a bath following its use on RHTT in the autumn of 2019.
6C35 06.48 Mountsorrel to Elstow.
45070 drifts through Burton light engine on a rather grey 7th August 1976.
Locomotive History
45070 was built at Crewe Works as D122, entering traffic in October 1961, allocated to Derby MPD. It was always a Midland Main Line engine being allocated to Derby, Midland Lines, Nottingham Division and Toton during its career (with Midland Lines and Nottingham Division being effectively Toton). It would be fitted with dual train brakes during a classified repair at Derby Works in April 1975 and would survive in traffic until April 1986 when it was withdrawn with a defective main generator and sent to Derby Works. However at a time when this would normally prove to be the end it survived this visit to Derby Works and re-appeared fitted with a replacement of the main generator and was re-instated. This was only a temporary reprieve and in January 1987 (although still a Toton engine) it was condemned at Thornaby. Surprisingly, it was selected to appear in June 1987 at Darlington as a technical exhibit before eventually being dispatched to MC Metals, Glasgow where it was broken up during May 1989.
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91111 passes Hampole with a Kings Cross to Leeds service on August the 11th 2021. The first time i had an opportunity to photograph a 91 since a small number of the class were re-instated.
We tend to forget how things have changed in Preservation. Here is Littleton No.5 in 1974 departing Loughborough before the second track was removed only to be subsequently re-instated
Weeks pass after the surgery... Danny and Rockstar recover from the procedure very well.
Rockstar, now having a temporary replacement torso, has received word from the newly instated police commissioner.
He and Ben are being rewarded for their exemplary service and outstanding bravery in saving Brickwood City from Mr. Pink and his former criminal empire...
This second image in the fictional 'Cleveland Transit-style' Darlington Livery depicts a former Transit Northern Counties-bodied Daimler Fleetline. No examples of this low-height Fleetlines survived long enough in the main fleet to receive Transit's post-deregulation livery. This scenerio presumes that a number of de-licenced Fleetlines were retained as a strategic reserve, and subsequently repainted and re-instated on acquisition of the Darlington business to ward off predatory moves by an outside operator (25-May-10).
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The “operating floor” of Dumfries Signal Box showing the two panels, the right hand panel controlling the station area and a new yet to be commissioned left hand panel to control the newly re-instated double track between Annan and Gretna Junction. Interestingly there are a few miles of railway between the two panels controlled by the 20 lever mechanical signal box at Annan. Note also that the new panel works Track Circuit Block to Carlisle PSB and Annan whilst the old panel works Absolute Block to Annan and Holywood with the block instruments mounted on the top of the panel, 22nd July 2008.
Ration store in Solidad, Cuba.
The vast majority of Cuban families rely, for their food intake, on the distribution system, instated on March 12, 1962. The system establishes the rations each person is allowed to buy through the system, and the frequency of supplies.
The ration is not the only means of acquiring goods available to a Cuban citizen, as these and other products are freely available on the free market but the prices in the ration book are about 20 times lower than the free market
I just rescued and re-instated a large file of shots from Namibia so I'm celebrating with this example of what happens when drinking giraffes lift their head quickly. Water that thought it was in the animal's mouth and throat is suddenly heading back to the water-hole.
Re-instated into service to help with the train shortage, due to 'Azuma' withdrawals, the iconic British Rail Electric Class 91 Bo-Bo 91 110 "Battle of Britain" (Lest we Forget) heads through Outwood with the down 1D09 10:03 London Kings Cross-Leeds LNER service.
This image is dedicated to my late Father who was a navigator in Bomber Command.
After lengthy IT prolems my system is now up and running again, although I can't seem to re-instate the watermark in Lightroom. For the last 4 days my 5 grandsons have been here, and this is one of my favorite pictures from their stay. :)
Under repair 20006 has been separated from its bogies inside Toton MPD, 15th August 1976.
Locomotive History
20006 is one of the original batch of class 20 locomotives from 1957and was originally D8006 and was allocated to Devons Road MPD in Bow, London to work cross-London transfer freights. It remained in the London area until the end of the 1960’s when it transferred to Toton and I first saw this engine on Toton shed on the 19th July 1969. In 1982/83 20006 was one of a number of Toton vacuum braked class 20’s, put in secure storage inside the large goods shed at Wigston South awaiting an improved financial climate (following the 1982 steel strike) to allow classified repair and dual brake fitment. Examples stored at Wigston included 20006/13/40/63/67/81. At this time 20006 was also transferred to Eastfield but I do not think it actually ever went north of the border. Eventually traffic levels and finance improved and 20006 was overhauled, fitted with air brake equipment and re-instated and by the end of 1984 was back working off Toton. Final withdrawal came in October 1990 and it was broken up by MC Metals, Glasgow in June 1991. 20008 was also one of the original batch of class 20 locomotives from 1957 and was originally D8008. It survived in traffic until February 1989 and was broken up during November 1993 also by MC Metals, Glasgow
The 6L44 Oxwellmains - Thurrock cement between Harrowden Junction and Wellingborough GBRF yard.
Taken from a bridge that was demolished in March 2018 as part of the electrification works. The fourth line is being re-instated as part of this project.
0500 6L44 Tunstead Sidings to West Thurrock Sidings, Good Friday 2017.
Kettering North Junction has been moved and the fourth line re-instated here as part of the re-doubling of the Corby line.
A new signal gantry has been built and to allow good sighting from the north many lineside trees have been felled. Consequently the line is now clearly visible from Northfield Avenue for the first time since the days of steam.
The Gasholders development at Kings Cross.
These grade 2 listed structures were constructed in 1821 as part of Pancras Gas Works, and were later nicknamed the Siamese Triplets as they were adjoined at the centre by a common steel structure. Pancras Gas Works was the largest gas storage and supplier of Town Gas in London, and it’s gas was produced from the adjacent coal depot Coal Drops yard which acquired its stock from the coal fields of Yorkshire. These Gasholders were painstakingly dismantled and refurbished whilst development of the land commenced, then re-instated to surround these luxury apartments, a stunning architectural achievement in my opinion that considers the need to incorporate local history within new development of run down areas of London!
Two out of use works pilots 08682 and 08602 plus two new Class 710 electric multiple units in the yard at Bombardiers Litchurch Lane Works, 27th March 2019.
Locomotive History
08682 was built at Horwich as D3849 and entered traffic in August 1959 initially allocated to Trafford Park MPD. However its stay was short as six weeks later it was dispatched south, transferred to Camden, North London. In January 1966 it transferred to nearby Willesden when Camden closed and remained at Willesden for the next sixteen years until transferred to Toton in July 1982. In July 1984 it was nine months overdue classified repair (its last repair being in September 1975 at Derby Works) and was placed in store. It remained in store for five months until re-instated in December 1984 following classified repair and fitment of dual train brakes and transferred to Doncaster. In March 1994 it became the Doncaster Works pilot and remained on this duty until the works closed and in early 2008 and it moved to Litchurch Lane.
08602 was originally D3769 and was built at Derby Works, entering traffic in May 1959. Initially allocated to Derby it transferred to Longsight in September 1959 where it would remain until July 1965 when it transferred to Stockport Edgeley for a short spell returning to Longsight in January 1966. Its next move was in October 1985 when it transferred to Carlisle Kingmoor however five months later it was withdrawn. In 1988 it was sold to RFS Industries who gave it an overhaul and number 004 and it has since the early 1990’s been one of the pilot engines at Litchurch Lane Carriage Works.
A newly instated train as part of UP's PSR, an MWCLIX (West Colton, CA- Livonia, LA) heads east on the KCS Beaumont Sub past downtown. Despite it being a very long train, it was mostly empties, proving to be enough for a single unit. 4/20/2019
Changed traction pairing for 6J37 today saw re-instated to traffic Colas 56051 teamed with 56094. Running to time they were photographed about to pass under May Street footbridge in Golborne.
* Light stand utilised @ 4m to find a gap in the wires.
Loughborough Central Station the current end of the line of the heritage Old Great Central Railway (GCR). In Loughborough, Leicestershire.
The origins of the old GCR may be traced back to the earliest days of railways in and around Manchester. What was to become identifiable as the Great Central Railway was the amalgamation on first of January, 1847 of the Sheffield, Ashton under Lyme & Manchester, the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction, the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railways, and the Grimsby Dock Company. The area of operation of the MSLR is clear in its title and its reason for existence and principal traffic was the movement of coal and other goods across the harsh Pennine moorland and through the Woodhead Tunnel.
Little change in the system took place until the appointment, in 1854, of Edward Watkin as General Manager.
A bill was put before Parliament in 1891 for the line from Annesley through Nottingham, where the great Nottingham Victoria station was built with the Great Northern Railway, Leicester, Rugby and to an end on junction with the Metropolitan at Quainton Road. A short spur, going under Lords Cricket ground, was built from Metropolitan tracks at Canfield Place to the new terminus at Marylebone. It has since become known as the London Extension. It is on this line on which the present day Great Central Railway is based.
Construction of the line started in 1894 and was opened to coal traffic on 25th July 1898 (to bed in the line) and to passenger and goods traffic started on 9th March, 1899.
The nationalisation of the railways in 1948 led to the Great Central metals becoming part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. In 1958 the ex-Great Central was re-allocated to the Midland Region of British Railways and so were sown the seeds of its decline as a main line to London. Country stations such as those at Belgrave & Birstall, Rothley and Quorn & Woodhouse were closed in 1963. In 1966 the line closed as a though route to London and the line was severed just south of Rugby while the proud station at Nottingham Victoria was demolished. Until 1969, when the line was finally closed, a DMU service ran from Rugby to Nottingham Arkwright Street.
A group of enthusiasts was determined to keep the line alive for the running of main line engines. The Main Line Preservation Group (MLPG) was formed to begin the mammoth task of preservation and restoration. Fund raising was always a problem so in 1971 the Main Line Steam Trust was formed and registered as a charity in order to raise funds through covenants. This too proved not to be sufficient to raise funds for the purchase of a short section of the line so the Great Central Railway (1976) Ltd was formed to raise funds through the sale of shares.
Since then volunteers and staff have re-instated a double track section from Loughborough Central to Rothley and opened a single track to Leicester North, just south of the old Belgrave & Birstall station (and built a new station there) and have restored stations, signals and signalboxes, carriages, wagons and steam and diesel locomotives.
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Ration store in Solidad, Cuba.
The vast majority of Cuban families rely, for their food intake, on the distribution system, instated on March 12, 1962. The system establishes the rations each person is allowed to buy through the system, and the frequency of supplies.
The ration is not the only means of acquiring goods available to a Cuban citizen, as these and other products are freely available on the free market but the prices in the ration book are about 20 times lower than the free market
30th October 2021
60076 & 69003 pass Winwick with 6E17 13:02 Liverpool Biomass Terminal - Drax running 51 minutes late at this point. After getting later and later with no sign of it setting off, it eventually showed as cancelled only to be re-instated some minutes later. [Taken with pole]
Busy as a real stand alone of her kind by
acting as Open Skies' flagship
and re-instating the 767 in the french registry as well.
46010 standing in the sun at Ruddington, Great Central Railway (North) on the 22nd August 2020.
Locomotive History
46010 was originally D147 and was built at Derby works, entering traffic in December 1961, allocated to Derby MPD for Midland Main Line and North East – South West cross country duties. A short spell at Cricklewood was followed by a transfer to the Nottingham Division (Toton) in 1964,where it was to remain there until 1971, when a major fleet re-organisation occurred and 46010 was part of a batch of class 46 locomotives transferred to Bristol Bath Road as replacements for the then rapidly disappearing diesel-hydraulic fleet on the Western Region. 46010 was transferred to Laira in October 1974 where it was to remain until October 1980 when it was stored unserviceable at Swindon works. A year later an increased demand for Type 4 locomotives found British Rail looking to the storage lines at Swindon for an answer and 46010 was one of eleven class 46 locomotives re-instated in December 1981. The expectations demanded of these locomotives must have been something of a challenge as they had been in open storage for at least twelve months. However that challenge was met by 46010 as it would give over two years further service, allocated to Gateshead. By May 1984 46010 was approaching five years since its last classified works repair (Derby works, September 1979) which included the year in open storage and was becoming increasingly unreliable and spent most of the summer of 1984 under repair intermingled with brief bouts of work. By the end of August 1984 it was stopped awaiting repairs at Gateshead and these were not sanctioned and 46010 was officially withdrawn on the 4th November 1984. 46010 was then moved to Doncaster Works along with several other class 46’s for breaking up, however in 1985 it was selected to test new depot protection scotches (being such a heavy locomotive) at Doncaster MPD and moved across to the depot where it was basically forgotten. It was eventually offered for sale by tender in February 1993 and bought for preservation and following restoration moved under its own power for the first time since 1984 in July 2000.
The last time I photographed DB Cargo 90037 in its Glider themed livery (former CEO Hans-Georg Werner for his 42 year career in rail freight) was November last year.
Mossend - Daventry intermodal 4M25 has not run for many months but appears to have been re-instated recently. DB 90037 is seen here (with its featherlight load) teamed with ex Grand Central 90020 in the cutting at Red Bank this morning.
Six A1's were sent for storage at Tyne Dock when Gateshead closed to steam. A couple were subsequently re-instated at York but only lasted another 5-7 months.
Approaching Dawlish station from the west on a wet and murky morning is Laira allocated 46016 with an eastbound express, 1st April 1978.
Locomotive History
46016 was originally D153 and was built at Derby works, entering traffic in January 1962, allocated to Derby MPD. However within a couple of weeks in early February it transferred to Scotland for a four month spell on crew training duties initially at Haymarket and then St Rollox (Glasgow) before returning to Derby in the middle of June 1962. Whilst on these crew training duties it reached Inverness on the 28th March 1962 working the 'Royal Highlander'. D153 was transferred to the Nottingham Division (Toton) in 1964 where it was to remain until December 1967 when it transferred to Holbeck, followed by a move to Gateshead in July 1970. In October 1972 a major fleet re-organisation occurred and 153 (46016) was part of a batch of class 46 locomotives transferred to Western Region as replacements for the then rapidly disappearing diesel-hydraulic fleet. Over the next eight years 46016 would be allocated to Laira, Bristol and Cardiff before being stored at Swindon works in October 1980 during the great class 46 cull of that period. Storage proved to short lived and 46016 was quickly re-instated and transferred to Gateshead swapping places with one of a batch of Gateshead class 46 locomotives subsequently stored and sent to Swindon works. 46016 remained in traffic until December 1983 when it was withdrawn with wiring faults. Following withdrawal it was dumped at Tinsley until towed to Swindon works in March 1984 where it was broken up six months later in September 1984.
Re-scanned and re-edited 8th June 2016
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The railroad looks natural in a summer downpour. FEC train 103, newly instated to replace 109 and run in daylight, passes the Hialeah racetrack on its final miles into Hialeah Yard. The train's schedule is reminiscent of the old 125. Tanks for Motiva Enterprises are on the bottom, and presumably the Fort Lauderdale manifest is tagging along, likely to be sent north on 965.
Loughborough Central Station the current end of the line of the heritage Old Great Central Railway (GCR). In Loughborough, Leicestershire.
The origins of the old GCR may be traced back to the earliest days of railways in and around Manchester. What was to become identifiable as the Great Central Railway was the amalgamation in 1847 of the Sheffield, Ashton under Lyme & Manchester, the Sheffield & Lincolnshire Junction, the Great Grimsby & Sheffield Junction Railways, and the Grimsby Dock Company. The principal reason for existence was the movement of coal and other goods across the harsh Pennine moorland.
Little change in the system took place until the appointment, in 1854, of Edward Watkin as General Manager.
A bill was put before Parliament in 1891 for the line from Annesley through Nottingham, where the great Nottingham Victoria station was built with the Great Northern Railway, Leicester, Rugby and to an end on junction with the Metropolitan at Quainton Road.
Construction of the line started in 1894 and was opened to coal traffic on 25th July 1898 (to bed in the line) and to passenger and goods traffic started on 9th March, 1899.
The nationalisation of the railways in 1948 led to the Great Central metals becoming part of the Eastern Region of British Railways. In 1958 the ex-Great Central was re-allocated to the Midland Region of British Railways and so were sown the seeds of its decline as a main line to London. Country stations such as those at Belgrave & Birstall, Rothley and Quorn & Woodhouse were closed in 1963. In 1966 the line closed as a though route to London and the line was severed just south of Rugby while the proud station at Nottingham Victoria was demolished. Until 1969, when the line was finally closed, a DMU service ran from Rugby to Nottingham Arkwright Street.
A group of enthusiasts was determined to keep the line alive for the running of main line engines. The Main Line Preservation Group was formed to begin the mammoth task of preservation and restoration. Fund raising was always a problem so in 1971 the Main Line Steam Trust was formed and registered as a charity to raise funds through covenants. This too proved not to be sufficient to raise funds for the purchase of a short section of the line so the Great Central Railway (1976) Ltd was formed to raise funds through the sale of shares.
Since then, the volunteers and staff have re-instated a double track section from Loughborough Central to Rothley and opened a single track to Leicester North, just south of the old Belgrave & Birstall station (and built a new station there) and have restored stations, signals and signal boxes, carriages, wagons and steam and diesel locomotives.
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Freightliner 66524 passes Harrowden Jct. Wellingborough on a southbound cement train from Earles Sidings as a work team relay the slow line.It won't be long before this scene is repeated with the forth line being re-instated prior to electrification.
Heading to Ormskirk 12/9/1985 past the last section of double track soon to be removed.
I have lived in the area since 1974 and there have been regular calls to re-open this station and re-instate the Burscough curves to give access to the Southport line but nothing ever happens !
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Annan railway station serves the town of Annan in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line 17 miles (28.2 km) northwest of Carlisle and is managed by Abellio ScotRail, which provides nearly all passenger train services with Northern running two to Newcastle.
Until the early 1980s, the goods yard at Annan station was still in regular use. The station was also used to dispatch fresh fish to London until the mid to late 1980s.
Shortly after leaving Annan station on a westbound service to Dumfries, the line crosses a viaduct over the River Annan and adjoining flood plains. Also just to the west of Annan is a disused junction and dismantled line heading south to the Cochran's Boiler plant at Newbie.
Opened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway, then run by the Glasgow and South Western Railway, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
In 1975, the section of line eastwards to Gretna Junction was singled by British Rail as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification and re-signalling scheme, with control shared between the power box at Carlisle and the signal box at the station. However the second track was re-instated in 2008 by Network Rail to help deal with increased traffic levels (mainly train loads of imported coal from the deep water terminal at Hunterston to power stations in the East Midlands & West Yorkshire).
When sectorisation was introduced in the 1980s, the station was served by ScotRail until the privatisation of British Rail.
At one point in its history, Annan was served by two railway stations (1870 - 1931). Annan Shawhill station was on the long-disused Solway Junction Railway which ran from Kirtlebridge on the current West Coast Main Line through the east side of Annan, across the Solway Firth and on to Maryport in Cumbria.
This statue was erected in memory of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born on 22 May 1859 close to where the statue stands in Picardy Place, Edinburgh - it commemorates the author and his famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
It was unveiled on June 24, 1991, removed in 2018 whilst tram works were undertaken on the street, then refurbished and re-instated in 2023
The statue was sculpted by Gerald Ogilvie Laing
A frame taken at London, Euston station in November 1986, where BR 83009 had delivered the stock to form the SO 22:00 InterCity Sleeper service to Glasgow Central.
Fifteen of these locomotives were built by English Electric at Vulcan Foundry between 1960 and 1962 as part of the West Coast Main Line electrification project. The locos suffered with rectifier problems and were placed in storage in 1967. However, following the extension of the electrification to Glasgow, these locomtoives were rebuilt with silicon rectifiers and re-instated in 1971. In 1983, when the remaining operational locos were retired, three were retained for use on empty stock workings between London Euston and Willesden, being withdrawn in 1989.
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Happy memories of many years in Andalucia, Spain.
Here's a photo of the arid landscape of La Janda during the hot summer months and a lone adult male Montagu's Harrier hunting.
Our hope is that soon the ancient lagoon of La Janda will be flooded and transformed back to it's previous rich wildlife area where resident and migratory species can visit, live and breed in this very special and diverse place.
NaPali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii
I deleted this image by mistake and now re-instated.
However, all the original numerous awards and comments are gone
A fine sight and sound for a Bank Holiday as the class 37 tows a brace of electric units for storage.
5V94 11.14 Bedford Cauldwell Depot to Long Marston.
Plenty of evidence of the ongoing works to reinstate the down Corby line, many trees have been felled too - probably for the electrification project which has been cancelled from Kettering to Sheffield.
The loco was introduced as D6883 in November 1963 to Landore where it was allocated until April 1982 when it moved to Scotland.
In 1987 it returned to South Wales, and was converted to a 37/7. In 2001 it had a long and hot holiday in Spain, before returning a few years later. The loco was withdrawn in July 2013, but was re-instated a month later to Europhoenix Locomotives UK to whom it belonged at the time this photo was taken on what has become a regular job.
Salute to the first woman President of our beloved country.
God has instated President Cory to be an example to all, that anybody can be a President.
Fowler 4P 42385 leaving Swansea Bay Station in July 1962 just 2 months before it was scrapped. Lots of detail in this slide, note the groundsman mowing the bowling green, the cars and the steam from a loco waiting in Victoria station. The photo was taken 2 years after the disastrous decision to close the Mumbles tramway which ran between the road and the BR track. What a tourist attraction that would be today.
The famous Swansea landmark metal footbridge sadly was dismantled in 2004 but there is a group trying to get it re-instated as the steps are still intact. This Line closed in 1964 and this stretch was virtually on the beach and covered in wind-blown sand.
This shows the Midland Mainline before British Rail's short-sighted decision to lift the two slow lines, seen here on the right, leaving just a double track railway between Kettering and Wellingborough.
One track was subsequently put back a few years later, and now with electrification of the line to Corby, the fourth track has been re-instated.
Dear Flickr friends: Flickr has mistakenly deleteted, then re-instated my account, minus the countless positive comments I have left for your wonderful images! I want to apologize to the many users whose photostreams may have been altered by the deletion of the many positive comments I have left for your beautiful images.
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Strobist info:
A black velvet-textured cloth was placed behind the subject. Two Nikon SB900 speedlights were placed laterally camera left (at 30-degrees) and camera right (at 80-degrees), both fired through 32" white umbrellas. The CL strobe was level with subject and 2' away. The CR strobe was 2' above and 3' away.
The SB900's were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's
Lens: F - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED.
20194 and 20063 head south from Toton with an unfitted loaded coal train, 28th April 1978. The photograph is taken from Nottingham Road bridge in the centre of Long Eaton. In the background is the bridge connecting the High Level Goods to the Down Yard, the Down Hump Tower and associated Toton hunp shunting signals. The bridge is still standing but has been devoid of any railway now for thirty five years, the Down Hump Tower and Toton signals long gone and on the waste land on the left is now occupied by a large Asda store.
Locomotive History
20194 was originally D8194 and was built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry works in 1967. It was initially allocated to Toton and was to spend, as far as I can tell, its whole career allocated to here until withdrawn in January 1992. In 1982 20194 was stored when a large number of Toton’s vacuum braked class 20 fleet were stored due to the reduction in coal traffic from pit closures and the continued introduction of air braked MGR coal wagons. 20194 was re-instated in 1983 following a visit to Crewe works for a General classified repair and fitment of air brake and slow speed control equipment to enable it to operate MGR coal duties. Following withdrawal in 1991 it was sold to DRS in 1997 who refurbished and renumbered it 20313. It was stored by DRS in December 2008 and broken up by CF Booth, Rotherham in June 2013.
Praktica LTL, Ektachrome 200