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Westbound coal train approaching Hadfield, taken from the brake van of 8Z76 between Hadfield and Torside - 22nd June, 1981.
My diary says my locos were 76025 and 76027, brake van B953909, driver Freddy Walker. These locos were 76022 and 76023. Didn't always keep such details, glad I did on this day!
This train was 'regenerating' electricity that was probably powering our train up 'the bank', as we used to refer to Woodhead!
Thankfully the dark clouds passed by so thankfully no rain during this walk!
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Reading on a cold, dark afternoon, 9 December 2000, hosted 47829 (left) with 1O38, 09:10 Edinburgh-Bournemouth, passing 47851 with 1M50, 14:18 Brighton-Manchester, whose driver was chatting with one of the station’s shunters prior to getting the ‘right away’. 47829, which later received ‘Police’ livery, was scrapped in 2013 while 47851 survives (2025) as part of the WCRC fleet. The only scheduled loco-hauled passenger trains to be seen here now are GWR’s Class 57-hauled ‘Night Riviera’ sleeper services. The station itself has been extensively rebuilt and is barely recognisable from this image today.
Midland Metro CAF Urbos 3 Tram 25 had just departed from Bull Street, Birmingham with a service to St Georges, Wolverhampton.
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F0 which pulled up many big tries in the neighborhood. I could see shingles and tree debris but unfortunately the camera did not pick it up. Yes it did sound like a mighty train.
A busy period for Direct Rail Services at the beginning of November 2022 - with RHTT operations adding to their routine work - brought more of their 100-mph bi-mode locos onto the more sedate Cumbrian coastline working nuclear flask trains.
Due to its status as a passing place on the single line between Sellafield and Whitehaven, St Bees frequently sees up and down trains pass each other, as here on 2 November when no fewer than four class 88s would stand in the station while tokens were exchanged. Here 88010 “Aurora” stands ahead of 88001 “Revolution” and four FNAS making up 6M23, the 1317 Hunterston Sellafield. The lights of 88002 “Prometheus” herald the approach of 6C46, the 1902 Sellafield – Carlisle Kingmoor, consisting of four more FNAs and second locomotive 88009 “Diana”.
Nice to see that 88010 has its name back! though, why it didn't get its proper plates is something of a mystery.
It's not cool and it's not a livery
From my recent trip to the Norfolk Broads. Great few days boating in the British Summer. This spot was our second nights mooring, other than having to share it with a few others, it was perfect.
Picture taken on Kodak Tmax P3200 b&w negative, metered at ISO 800, developed in Kodak Xtol 1+1 14min at 20ºC,
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Passing Spotswood UGL, where the Pacific National locos recieve work is NR47,NR99,AN8 working 4PM4 steel train on 13-5-2018
60063 working the 6B13 Robeston Sidings – Westerleigh Murco oil tanks train passes Bishton level crossing, near Magor, South Wales. I was keen to get this shot before the electrification poles ruin the POV forever.
The Bishton gate box, which controls the level crossing, is a GWR box of GW12a design and dates back to 1941. It has 3 lever frames to control the crossing. There is an underpass underneath the main line which cars can fit under. Hence, only vans, minibuses and horseboxes cross the line when the gates need to be opened. It must be an incredibly boring job for the operator as little traffic crosses the line.
Bishton gate box (formerly West signal box) is scheduled to close in 2019 when the area will be controlled from the South Wales Regional Operations Centre at Cardiff. This will see the abolition of the last set of wheel-operated gates on the former Western Region.
This is a combination of two images. The background of ancient petraglyphs was taken in Capitol Reef. The Indian is a magnificent bronze sculpture photographed in Ruidoso New Mexico.
You know there never were any 'Native Americans', certainly there were indigenous tribes, the Sioux, the Pawnee, the Comanche etc, but they were never native Americans, they were living in the land that later became America. They were then disenfranchised, slaughtered and absorbed into myth and legend.
Part of my 'Opposable Thumb Series'.
GBRF 66777 with box wagons forming the 11:56 Westbury to Cliffe Hill Stud Farm at Washwood Heath passing one of the frequent Turbostar units
BR Type 4 Class 46 46023 was recorded passing Dudley Freightliner Terminal with an unidentified freight, but details of the working are provided in the comments, below.
D160 (46023) was a product of Derby Works and entered service in March 1962. It was withdrawn in October 1984.
Opened in November 1967 on the site of the former Castle goods depot this was the first such terminal to be opended in the West Midlands (or Greater Birmingham). It proved to be a considerable success and such was the growth of container traffic, a second terminal was opened at Lawley Street, Birmingham in November 1969. The industrial decline of the 1980s saw the Dudley Terminal close in September 1986.
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class 5 44806 with a santa special pass 2-8-0 3802 with stock for a following train outside llangollen
The 06:30 DMU service from Preston to Barrow passes Plumpton Junction near Ulverston. The short freight spur that served the Glaxo Works is visible on the left beyond the Class 108 unit.
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An AEC Regal, Eastern Belle and a Dennis Lancet in Aldershot & District livery pass each other in Avon Dassett as a Standard Vanguard squeezes between during a David Williams/TLE photo shoot.
Had this scene and thought of the great man Henry Cartier Bresson - clearly not in the same league, however, I’m pleased with the result.
Almassora (Castellón), 12/09/2016
La 253-043 encabeza un tren de cajas rail sider, pasando por la estación Almassora en dirección norte y apurando los últimos rayos del sol del día.
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The locomotive 253-043 ahead of a rail sider container train is passing through Almassora station late evening on its way to the north.
Taken from a passing dmu,1066 Western Prefect and 1057 Western Chieftan are joined by class 08 3830 on 2/3/1974.
43274 seen passing through Melton Mowbray with the 1M17 1020 London St Pancras International - London St Pancras International via Manton junction & Leicester 14/5/21.
37419 passing Crewe on the UDL.
Would've been here often in the 1990s on regional railways services to Holyhead and such, and it was also here it was refurbished into a 37/4 !
Date:
06/11/25
Location:
Crewe
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The signalman at Park South watches the passing of the 09:22 Millom to Preston DMU, formed of Class 108 DMBS 53960 & DTCL 54241.
This splendid Furness Railway Type 3 Signal Box dates from 1883. It has a tall base of stone and a cabin with a steeply pitched tiled hipped roof and individually grouped tall window frames.
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