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31.1.98 58017 with empty MGR wagons meet the 'Mighty Moguls' GWR 7325 and LMS2968 heading for Walsall.
Copyright Neville Wellings
The 7th of January 1977 was a grotty day, damp and as dull as dishwater. And, to be honest, this is an equally grotty photograph, although perhaps a fair representation of the day. Its only merit is the subject matter; Class 44 'Peak' No. 44002 'Helvellyn' trundles through Ryecroft Junction with the daily Toiton - Bescot service. The consist offers great variety of wagons, most carrying coal by the look of it. A four-track formation existed at Ryecroft at the time, with the two outer, right hand, tracks serving the Sutton Park Line. The 'Peak' is working along the South Staffordshire Line from Lichfield, while on the left (behind the loco) is the branch to Birchills Power Station, once a Midland Railway through route via Wednesfield to Wolverhampton. The Cannock Chase Line diverges behind the third and fourth wagons. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
68017 and 68018 with a Flask train for Crewe nice and early today there has been a clear out here so thought get some wide shots in before that mast in the forground goes up
GB Railfreight Class 66 diesel locomotive 66745 "Modern Railways - The First 50 Years"
6M42 09.20 Avonmouth Hanson Siding GBRF to Penyffordd Cement
Ryecroft, Walsall, West Midlands
37 011 with a freight train from the Lichfield line on Wednesday 20th July 1977.
Photo by Phillip Malin.
Freightliner Class 66 locomotive 66607 approaches Mill Lane, Walsall at the head of a train of cement tankers from Hope Earles Sidings to Walsall freight terminal.
Class 44 'Peak' No. 44004 'Great Gable' grinds up the incline from Walsall station 5th January 1977 and is about to pass beneath North Street bridge (thanks for the correction, Dave) heading for nearby Ryecroft Junction with a Bescot - Toton working. From memory this was a daily week day turn, arriving in Bescot around 10am. Unusually, I was able to see the return working as I think I was 'on the sick' at the time!! At this time Ryecroft was a much more complicated junction, with lines to Birchills Power Station, Cannock Chase, Lichfield and Sutton Park. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
GB Railfreight Class 60 diesel locomotive 60096 and Class 66 locomotive 66782
0G66 11.27 Tuebrook Sidings to Hams Hall
Ryecroft Junction, Walsall, West Midlands
50014 Warspite is heading towards Walsall station with an empty stock working from Birmingham New Street. This was the train that would form the 14.38 Birmingham to London Paddington but because the working that brought the stock to New Street arrived sometime before the train was needed it was sent on a jaunt out through Sutton Park and Walsall to 'lose' it for an hour.
50014 left the Vulcan Foundry as D414 on 24/04/1968, it was withdrawn 13/12/1987
Copyright Geoff Dowling 05/09/1981; all rights reserved
37101 and 37278 take the Sutton Park line with the first of three Pathfinder Railtours Ironbridge Rambler shuttle trains between Walsall and Ironbridge on 6th May 1990.
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The 10.45 Bloxwich - Bescot typically comprises a quintet of VTG Cargowagons curving off the Cannock Chase line.
Nu-Venture N425 MBW, on route 404 about to turn off into Ryecroft Lane near Bayleys Hill. Wednesday 28th March 2012. DSCN15020.
Dennis Dart-Plaxton Pointer.
9th August 1996. A tatty looking 47296 approaching Walsall on 4S55 9:00 Southampton MCT to Coatbridge FLT.
A location that doesn't see a great number of steam specials so my presence here was opportune to say the least. The Lickey Incliner railtour, which had originated at Finsbury Park with haulage provided by 2968 and 7325 from Bristol to Kidderminster, has just come off the Sutton Park line while 44767 approaches from the Walsall direction with the Pines Express returning from Crewe to Guildford.
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66150 DB RED @ RYECROFT BRIDGE , Castle Donnington with the 6X13 03.57 DOLLANDS MOOR - TOTON NORTH YARD New flow of Cartex, Friday 04th February 2022
One of these is a survivor - the other is not....
The then two tone green Rat (although you can't tell under the layer of grime) heads a freight from Bescot Yard and is about to dive into Park Street Tunnel, under the Rotunda booking hall, as it heads for Ryecroft Junction. The Derby built Rat survived until the end of the class in March 1987, renumbered as 25 901, and following a visit to MC Metals at Glasgow Works for asbestos removal entered preservation on the East Lancashire Railway. It has since moved around the country and is currently based on the Swanage Railway. The circular station building however was demolished in 1978 to make way for a shopping centre.
Unknown photographer.
Class 20 diesel electrics 20143 and 20130 approach Ryecroft Junction with the second of three Ironbridge Rambler shuttles from Walsall to Ironbridge on 6th May 1990.
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Parked up a little way from the intended stop at the time, if she is indeed about to be a 216 to Ryecroft Hall.
Manchester, Piccadilly Bus Station (Parker Street), 16/11/1994.
This view has recently been re-opened with the removal of trees above the Bradway Tunnel mouth. 66102 comes off the newly extended Dore West curve working the Dowlow Briggs to Toton and onto the Midland Main Line, just south of Dore station, off to the right. The lengthened curve meant the train could be stabled here awaiting two southbound express passenger trains to pass without obstructing the Hope Valley line, which previously would have occurred.
To the rear beyond the Abbeydale Sports rugby pitches are the large houses on Dore Road, the large one being Ryecroft Farm.
The second load of aggregates for HS2 arriving to be unloaded in the RMC siding, though hardly a full load. Problems at Ryecroft Junction meant this service was a cool 3 hours late.... On the left you can see where the line has been cut in the yard, presumably for the unloading pit - the new Tarmac works is taking shape just out of shot. With an HS2 depot on the other side of the track, this view will change a lot in the next few years (and the bridge I'm standing on will disappear).
Norwood Grove is a picturesque piece of land (around 14 hectars), located in Upper Norwood, London.
Covington Way, Gibson's Hill and Ryecroft Road run around the edge of the Park, Streatham Common lies to the north west
Norwood Grove was part of the Great Streatham Common, which was recorded in the Domesday Book as Lime Common, and stretched from Norbury to Tulse Hill.
In 1635 part of the common was enclosed by the Duke of Portland to form an estate around the shooting box which was presented to him by King Charles II.
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68016 crosses Ryecroft Jn, on the approach to Walsall, working 6M63 1200 Bridgwater F.D to Crewe Coal Sidings (DRS)
31296 comes off the Lichfield line at Ryecroft Junction with what I believe to be a Leeds to Southampton freightliner working.2/4 /1980.
This closed as a through route on 19/3/1984. After this date,these workings would go via Sutton Park,which line could be seen in the background.
A pair of 20s, 212 and 211 give it all they have heading towards Ryecroft Junction on the Down Slow, Wednesday 20th July 1977.
Photo by my friend Phillip Malin.