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Almost at sunset, the 1Z30 1425 Workington to Chesterfield
"Cumbrian Coaster 2' majestically arrives at Huddersfield.
Well that's 'Orion' under the belt....
37510 'Orion' / 37800 'Cassiopeia' / 57312 / 11099 / 11092 / 11093 / 11101/ 10249 / 10406 / 12180 / 12125 / 12154 / 12176.
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40155 is working a TPO coach through Workington Moss Bay. My notes say it was going south for turning prior to the evening departure. Anyone add any more info please.
Beyer Peacock and No6 Workington 30th March 2001 at the now closed and bulldozed Workington Steel works. Harvey Scowcroft collection
4472 Flying Scotsman waits to take over a CCE on 17/8/1991.
A pair of 31s and a shunter complete the loco line-up
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Colas 70813 crosses the lunan water viaduct whilst working 6S48 Port of Workington to Aberdeen Waterloo empty bogie tanks
OK folks, I need a bit more variety, so like many others I'm looking through my 'back catalogue' and picking a shot each day that didn't 'make the cut' at the time. If nothing else it is an enjoyable bit of nostalgia.
The 2C49 11.40 Barrow to Carlisle slows for the station call, only one passenger to be seen on both platforms.
34092 City of Wells heads north with the Cumbrian Coast Pullman on 26/8/1985.The tracks to the right lead to the Docks,the modern-looking box is long-gone
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W G Bagnell 2623 'Harwarden' works over the internal rail network crossing the trestle bridge over the River Derwent that links the steel works and the docks in the town. The concrete trestle bridge was damaged during the floods of 2009, that also washed Northside river bridge away in the town and was later demolished. 14th Sept 2002
There's freight aplenty back then, with a southbound coal, brand new MGR wagons and a huge number of covhops.
DRS at Kingmoor sent ex works 20305 and 37259 to Corus steelworks Workington for an open day for friends and family on 14 September 2002 however I was on a 30742 steam charter the day before and the pair were recorded having just arrived on the Friday afternoon. The plant closed in August 2006 and is now just a scar on the landscape.
70810 works an early running 10:15 Port of Workington Colas to Aberdeen Waterloo oil tanks towards Carlisle. A tight one this as we jumped out of the car we could hear the 70 powering away from Dalston behind us, so not much time to get the best composition.
Following a crew change 37046 & 37240 depart Tyne Yard with 6M71 Lackenby to Workington loaded slabs. Even at the height of summer the light angle never managed to fully illuminate the front of this particular timed working...... but the pure thrash made it irresistible viewing. 24th July 1989
Class 40, 286, works its way through Workington. After my recent visits, I cannot work out where this was taken!
The last Cumbrian coal to be moved by train was centred on a trial at the Port of Workington, where local opencast coal was blended with imported product. Evidently it was not a success and only two or three trains actually ran. One thing the experiment did achieve though, was to extend the era of Cumbrian coal trains into the 100 te bogie hopper age. Here 66544 passes Siddick on its approach to Workington with 4Z40, the the 1025 from York Holgate on 12 September 2002.
Freightliner would again bring coal trains to the Cumbrian coast in 2014/15 but that coal was not mined in the county, it was simply passing through.
06/10/1984 Samaria had taken over from a poorly Andania at Preston and will itself now be replaced by 40143 for the run up to Maryport.
A DMU heads away from the station with a southbound service on 22/5/1991.It's changed a bit since then !
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And so the time came and the final, final, really final scheduled locomotive powered service train of the three and a half year tenure of the Class 37 rolled into Workington on its way to Barrow, 37424 having the honour of propelling it southwards.
Class 7P 46115 "Scots Guardsman" approaching a Wet Workington,West Cumbria on 1z87 1406 Carlisle - London Euston via the Cumbrian Coast on 28/01/2017
On a glorious Saturday 12th July 2003 in West Cumbria, EWS 56081 leaves Workington Yard with the 'Hoyer' containers from Tees Port for unloading at Workington Docks, the 6C17 from Carlisle Yard.
A scanned medium format transparency
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... two strips of gaffer tape will hold that window pane in place. And hardly anybody from the travelling public will notice it, honest.
PMT (First Pennine) 849 (F608 WBV), a former Leyland demonstrator. Dukinfield, yard adjacent to garage, 29/10/2000.
37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' pauses at Workington with the 15.31 Barrow-in-Furness - Carlisle on Mon 26th November 2018.
The evening Workington-Huddersfield parcels run on May 31st 1991, with Brush Type 2 31 425 at the helm, drifts through the picturesque valley between Mirehouse and St Bees.
Reays of Wigton Dennis Trident 2 / East Lancs Loyne B5CWR is pictured turning off Vulcans Lane in Workington while operating the 58.
It was new to Nottingham City Transport as their V427DRA and came to the Reays fleet after use with Littles of Ilkeston as their LHZ6353.
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Half cab 41708 works over the internal rail network crossing the trestle bridge over the River Derwent that links the steel works and the docks in the town. The concrete trestle bridge was damaged during the floods of 2009, that also washed Northside river bridge away in the town And was later demolished. 13th Sept 2002
06/10/1984 Having taken over from 40028 Samaria, 40143 gets ready to go to Maryport, which was as far as loco hauled trains could go in the 1980's.
47336 and 31200 wait at the stabling point with a Royal Mail coach on one of the centre roads in the station on 25/5/1991
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Bank Holiday Monday's 17.37 CAR - BIF eases past Merchants' Quay on approach to Workington station behind No.37423.
British Railways Class 5MT 45231 "The Sherwood Forester"
approaching Workington Railway Station on 1z47 1530 Carlisle - Carnforth South Junction on 20/05/2023 (Note: Mircophones attached to Steam Locomotive have been erased )
Workington Bus Station in Cumbria was built for Cumberland Motor Services and opened in March 1926. It is claimed to have been the first purpose built covered bus station in Britain, making it the UK's oldest dedicated covered bus station still in use.
22may2023
Originally opened in 1866 as the Lyceum Theatre, designed by George J. Smith. By around 1870 it was re-named Theatre Royal. Parts of this structure survive, although much was altered in a 1912 rebuild. It was used as a cinema from the early part of the 20th century. Around 1930 it was equipped with a Western Electric(WE) sound system. From around 1945 it was leased to an amateur theatre group - there is a covenant in place preventing them from exhibiting films.
Inside, the original horseshoe balcony and an upper balcony were removed in 1912 and replaced with the present single flat fronted balcony.
Stage dimensions: Depth: 6.8m Width: 9.3m
Proscenium width: 6.3m
Height to grid: 7m
There is an attractive proscenium arch which was also installed in 1912. The theatre is owned and operated by the Workington Playgoers. [ Info: Cinema Treasures Website]