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Despite a promising start by the time 66736 had meandered a mile or so up the coast to Freemans Crossing box, the weather had definitely taken a dull turn. I've never taken a shot of the box from the oft used the A189 over-bridge, having looked at it a few times and rejected it for more interesting beach-side fare in better weather conditions.
Freemans box is the most modern still in operation on the B&T. Built in the British Rail era around 1956 it was installed to to control the lines to the power station, coal staithes and Cambois depot, that diverged to the right of the train (behind the box in this shot).
The driver and signaller prepare to exchange the token as 6S45 comes off the single track section between Freemans and North Blyth.
28th December 2019.
Great Blue Herons, Wakodahatchee Wetlands in Courting behavior
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Driver and Signalman exchange the Tondu to Maesteg token. Always interesting to see the token exchange, will be a shame to see when it ends.
175101 working the delayed 1W94 1215 Maesteg to Holyhead.
Beyer Garratt 6029 simmers away at Thirlmere waiting for the staff to be delivered to the driver before the train is permitted to travel the single line section between Thirlmere and Picton.
Staff and Ticket safeworking is all but extinct in New South Wales, having been used extensively across the world for over 140 years
A view captured at Dingwall in July 1987, where Class 37/0 37114 'Dunrobin Castle' had stopped for the issue of the RETB [Radio Electronic Token Block] authority for the driver to continue the journey with a loaded ballast train from Inverness to Strathcarron.
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So I usually don’t post my tokens - but why not?
It’s not that I’m trying to hide who made them - I generally try to make it pretty obvious - but incase someone’s broke or you couldn’t figure out - surprise it’s me!
I built a few different ones this years cause I’m an overachiever, and was going to spread them out between BW and BFVA -
The Classic FrogPod - but in ATLAS colour scheme to match my SHIP.
Smash Bros - (wrong) Simon character - for SBC stage guys - apparently most people didn’t think it was funny... but I did.
Chonkey Mech - ... what more can I say? it’s so cute and awesome - for cute and awesome builds and builders
Stuffed Hobbes- goes with the my replica Stuffed Hobbes - originally was going to be my only Token this year... but you know - I like making Tokens :D
Sorry for the delay - I actually got really distracted building for BFVA (cause I didn’t start till after BW) and didn’t finish up all my BW recaps.
37415 approaches the Highland Railway cabin at Clachnaharry on 28/6/86.This is still in use to control access to the Muirtown basin in Inverness
Olympus OM1N K64 film
Copyright David Price
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On 16 June 2025 another route leaning trip was organised in preparation for Belmond's 'Britannic Explorer' luxury rail tours that start next month, this working was 0Z37, the 08.15 Coleham to Haverfordwest via the Heart of Wales Line, the locomotive was again, Swietelsky's 37405. I am generaly not a great fan of images of light engine movements, so opted for this shot, the driver and signaller at Pantyffynnon exchange tokens on what was to become a very pleasantly warm day.
The driver of 60015 exchanges tokens with the signaller at Great Rocks Jcn.
The 60 has worked from Dowlow to Buxton and then reversed to traverse the former Midland line through to Great Rocks. With the reversal, token exchange and a driver change at Peak Forest, it is possible to photograph this working several times in the Buxton area before it disappears into Doveholes tunnel and heads off towards Ashburys on the outskirts of Manchester.
6th April 2018.
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taken pretty much from the back of the car from a public car park. Shows how beautiful an area it is if you can randomly stop any where and still get scenery like this
GWR 4-6-0 7802 Bradley Manor runs into Highley station on the Severn Valley Railway on Sunday 6-10-02.
The working is the 14.15 Kidderminster to Bridgnorth service.
Can anyone identify the people in the photograph.
This may not be everyone's cup of tea I could have enhanced the sharpness but wanted to portray the feeling of movement.
My Black and White collection has recently come back to me after being absent for over 20 years. 'A long story'! I will probably bore you with many more of these in the future.
A scan from a Mamiya 645 Medium Format camera. Ilford HP5 Plus B/W Film
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The token is surrendered as KSR ZDM-3 diesel-hydraulic 709 arrives at Kumarhatti Dagshai station with the Mail Express 52456, the 10:40 Shimla to Kalka Junction. The train will wait here for a Shimla bound service to cross before the token for the next section of its journey south is obtained.
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The driver of 66068 takes the token from the signaller at at Great Rocks for the single line section to Buxton on 12th May 2022 with 6Z61 1309 Peak Forest to Briggs
The bobby takes the token from the 2nd man on 40106 as the driver slows his train to dead slow for the final approach to Bewdley station with the 0945 Bridgnorth to Kidderminster. 37263 was hitching a ride.
The event was the Severn Valley Railways Winter Diesel Gala which did feature a small Kettle number 7714 also.
The driver of 66115 collects the token at Pantyffynnon signal box for its journey on the line to the left to Gwaen Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine on the 6B15 from Swansea Burrows. The train will return to Swansea Burrows loaded with anthracite and another train will transport the coal to Onllwyn for washing and blending. The processed coal is currently dispatched from Onllwyn to Scunthorpe steel works on Mondays by Freightliner and to Immingham on Thursdays by DBS for smokeless fuel consumption.
Pantyffynnon was the junction for the Brynamman branch along the Amman Valley, which was closed to passengers in 1958, well before the Beaching Act. Considerable coal traffic used the line (to the left) until the demise of coal mining in the valley. However, in 2009 after many years without trains, the line was reopened to Gwaun Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine, operated by Celtic Energy.
"By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer."
Helen Hunt Jackson
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My father was never one for material possessions, so after his death there were not many personal belongings to sort out. In a small box in his bedside cabinet I found a couple of miners pit tallies (or tokens as they are sometimes called) from his early days when he worked as a miner.
I found someone who could mount them onto key fobs and the image shown here is one of the two. When I carry the keys, it's a small way of having a little bit of him with me.
A variety of New York City transit tokens, along with an Italian telephone token. Every time the subway fare was raised, it was a guessing game whether the MTA would issue a new token or not. Sometimes they did, sometimes not.
Tokens are exchanged as Collett designed 14XX 0-4-2T no.1450 brings the auto train into Blue Anchor station.
2018 WSR Spring Steam Gala
The driver of 66772 hands over the single line token from Buxton to the signalman at Great Rocks Junction.
Caught out of position for the 170 minute early running 12.55 Briggs Steetley - Ashburys (6H52) aggregates off Dowlow I settled for this shot of the Driver handing the token to the Bobby at Great Rocks Junction box - recorded for posterity an everyday occurence for now, but who knows how long it will last.
The loco is DBS Shed 66109 and the token being deposited covers the single line section from Buxton.
27th August 2014