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Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:17 #36573 | |
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37146 passes through Newport on 060996. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:33 #36575 | |
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47814 passes Clay Cross North Junction on the Up fast on 120997 working 1V65 1643 York - Bristol TM. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:37 #36576 | |
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27063+27045+27037 at Inverness TMD in September 1985. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:51 #36577 | |
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31187 entering Whitemoor Yard, March on 070787 working 8L15 Mountsorrel Sdgs - Bury St. Edmunds ballast train. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:52 #36578 | |
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31191 passes March Whitemoor Junction on 030487. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 16/10/2012 at 18:54 #36579 | |
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45104 heads past Oakley, north of Bedford North Junction on the Up fast line with a loco hauled express for London St. Pancras on 310388. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:16 #36586 | |
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[attachment:1]37334 Healey Mills 220696 wkg 8T52 2130 Healey Mills - Hare Park.jpg[/a 37334 at Healey Mills on 220696 working 8T52 2130 SO Healey Mills - Hare Park possession train. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Last edited: 17/10/2012 at 09:17 by 58050 Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:19 #36587 | |
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37334 at Healey Mills on 220696 working 8T52 2130 SO Healey Mills - Hare Park possession train. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:28 #36588 | |
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47973 'Midland Counties Railway 150 1839 - 1989' atnds on Bedford holding sdgs with 47224(trainload petroleum livery) & 47367(red strip railfreight) & Cl.31/4 during the summer of 1989. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:30 #36589 | |
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47456 at Eastleigh on 301087. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply The following user said thank you: guidomcc |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:35 #36590 | |
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47492 'The Enterprising Scot' passes Aynho Junction on 040588 working 1O03 to Poole. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:37 #36591 | |
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50037 'Illustrious' passes Aynho Junction with a Birmingham New Street - London Paddington service on 040588. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:51 #36592 | |
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50023 'Howe' at Old Oak Common on 270388. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 09:55 #36593 | |
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Withdrawn 50013 formerly 'Agincourt' looks a sorry sight at Old Oak Common on 270388. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 13:44 #36598 | |
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Okay, got a few sorted & made fit to put up here (I hope - apologies in advance if they don't conform to rules or don't show properly). Some are rather old and there are quality issues, particularly with the pre-1981 examples which were taken with a secondhand camera and not stored very carefully. I hope they're of sufficient interest to compensate for that. This is Stratford from platform 12 (I think) as was, with one of the old cl 306 units (converted from 1500V DC stock) arriving at platform 8 (down electric line). The three lines on the extreme right are where the NLL platforms now are and the wall on the left is the relay room of the 1949 signalbox (site now occupied by a bridge pier for the Westfield access). In fact if you go to Stratford today it's almost impossible to imagine it ever looked like this! Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 13:47 #36599 | |
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Westbound Central line train arrives at Leytonstone in 1977. It is passing over the trailing points of a scissors crossover that allowed trains from the Wanstead or Snaresbrook direction to arrive in either platform and which was invariably taken at full speed with the brake just being applied for the stop! Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 13:49 #36600 | |
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Interior view of Leytonstone High Road signalbox in 1977; not the Midland Railway block instruments have given way to BR "penguin" examples, with an Eastern Region block switch. The space taken up by the Derby frame can be clearly seen; it was a very cramped little box. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 13:52 #36601 | |
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A Cl 46 passes Kentish Town on the down fast in early 1978, while a stopper calls on the up. Islip Street bridge has already been rebuilt for electrification. The lines on the right were still the goods lines at this time; as part of the resignalling they became the fast lines and the fast lines became slow lines. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:01 #36603 | |
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A Cl 46 takes an ECS ("Cricklewood cars"through the down local platform at West Hampstead, early 1978. It is just possible to see the up fast starter showing clear above the buildings on the overbridge. Finchley Road (the next box south, about 650 yards from that signal) was not permitted to accept up the fast until his junction was clear, so there can have been no hanging around to get that signal clear so quickly. Under high magnification it's possible to see that Finchely Road distant, under the starter, is also clear so Finchley has also "got the road" from Carlton Road Junction (south of Belsize Tunnel) and pulled off. The slickness and co-ordination needed seems incredible today; in those days it was the norm, happening many times a day without anyone ever thinking it was out of the ordinary! Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:02 #36604 | |
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Another Cl 46 (the staple motive power on the Midland) takes a down express through West Hampstead on the fast line, early 1978. The goods lines are visible on the far side of the layout. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:04 #36605 | |
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Super shot of the Cl.46 at Kentish Town. I remember it well being born & raised in Bedford used to travel almost every Saturday from Bedford to St. Pancras on the 0839 from Bedford loco hauled. It was only £1 cheap day return to St. Pancras then (1975 - 1976). I remember when I was on the footplate at St. Pancras being told the story about Islip Street signalbox being destroyed by a steam loco travelling tender first. I also remember the fast lines becoming the slow lines & visa versa.
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Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:04 #36606 | |
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General view of West Hampstead signalbox from the low numbered end of the frame. This was early 1978, just a couple of months before closure. The large number of white levers used to work the connections to the southern end of West End Sidings, which closed in the 1960s. Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:08 #36607 | |
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Don't you mean Cl.45s being the staple motive power on the midland mainline Keith? I can't recall them being that common on the midland mainline. Cricklewood depot had an allocation of Cl.45s & some Cl.47s, but no Cl.46s although I do remember them going through Bedford on occasions.
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Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:10 #36608 | |
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A rather blurred photo of West Hampstead in early 1978; I've included it because it is the only one I have that shows the box diagram. The goods lines are at the top with the box between the fast and local lines at the right hand end of the platforms. It's also worth including for the impression it gives of a line of rotary block instruments (there were 4 sets here, plus a "standard" Midland set for the goods lines to Finchley Road and a LNWR-style permissive instrument for the goods lines to Cricklewood). The effect of this serried rank of polished brass & mahogany was impressive, to say the least! Post has attachments. Log in to view them. Log in to reply |
Photo Gallery 17/10/2012 at 14:10 #36609 | |
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Have you got any photos of the Cl.127 diesel hydraulic DMUs that cover the suburban services between Bedford & St. Pancras. Always remember the 1210 ex Bedford to St. Pancras used to convey tail traffic.
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