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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 17:22 #66001
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This photo taken from Hundred Drove shows 37001(nearest to camera)+377xx stabled in the loco holding sdgs at March TMD.

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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 17:43 #66002
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What operating system are you running? You can flip photos with Microsoft Paint that comes free with Windows.
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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 18:42 #66004
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I'm running Windows 7, but this is something I've never tried before. Looks like I'll have to experiment with 'Paint' & see if I can get it to work. I dare it's fairly simple to do, but having never tried this before it seems a bit daunting. Watch this space. But thanks for letting me know.
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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 18:57 #66009
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Hopefully this solves it. Photo flipped.

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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 19:34 #66016
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In view of the new Wimbledon sim being released here are a set of photos I took during a depot visit to Wimbledon Park T&RSMD in September 1986. Enjoy.

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Photo Gallery 02/12/2014 at 19:35 #66017
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Another photo taken at Wimbledon Park T&RSMD in September, 1986.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 09:06 #66063
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The 2 tracks bearing off the the left next to the loco were what remained of the now closed M&GN Joint line to Spalding & beyond. The majority of the freight traffic went via that route, but when that line closed in the mid 1980s everything ran via Peterborough. Despite the trains that ran over the Wisbech branch were all classified as Cl.9 there were in fact fully fitted & ran at 35mph.

I think you'll find that was actually the GN & GE Joint... that was what kept Spalding going for many years. The M&GN ran east-west and closed as a through route in 1959, around the time my father went to Spalding No. 1 (and I started learning to walk on the frame there).

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 10:29 #66066
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I bow to your correction Keith, it seems such a long time ago these days. However no doubt you'll agree it was a better railway then than today. Can't say that any of the ex BR personnel I know prefer the railway today than in BR days. The only thing I'd say that is better today than in BR days are the salaries paid & most certainly to the drivers on the railway today compated to that of BR days incl. the extras you got in BR days such as DOO, mileage & eletric payments. More photos to follow shortly.
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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 12:53 #66075
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One thing I forgot to post was what the photos of Wimbledon Park CSD are of:-
1. This picture of units was at the depot entrance. Unit 5915 is a Cl.455 4 car unit & unit 7355 is a Cl.421/2 4-CIG. The unit next to the 4-CIG is another Cl.455 unit.
2 & 3. This picture was taken at the west side of the maintenance shed. The unit with the diagonal stripes on the front was apparently the Wimbledon Park CSD shunt loco. We were told it was in departmental use & only ran around the depot dragging & shunting vehicles & units as required. The next photo is a close up of this unit.
4. This shows 3 Cl.455 units in the main shed.
5. Unit 001 was a former 2-HAL unit & is now part of the Departmental EMU fleet now as a Cl.930 2 car De-Icing unit.
6. This is the east side of Wimbledon Park CSD with the main lines that run between Wimbledon & London Waterloo on the far right hand side.
7. A myriad of slam door stock on the tracks on the western side of the main depot building.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 16:44 #66079
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Cl.37/0 on the Down Slow about to cross over Tempsford crossing on the ECML with 4S39 1935 SX SLK Dagenham Docl - Millerhill SS during the summer 1987.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 17:09 #66081
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37308 in Trainload Coal livery turned up from Toton TMD when the event was over much to the disgust of the organisers as they had requested a Cl.37 to attend, but were told none were available for that weekend. The loco is moving onto the holding sdgs at Bedford to collect some of the exhibits. Note the Cl.309 'Clacton' unit in the carraige sdgs.


55015 'Tulyar' starts its engines in Bedford Yard prior to moving under its own power onto the river bridge over the Great Ouse river for a photo shoot woth D9000 'Royal Scots Grey'.


Steam loco 80080 under its own steam in Bedford holding sdgs.


Derby RTC's Cl.24 97201 in Bedford Yard prior to the event opening.


Derby RTC's Cl.31 97204 stabled in Bedford yard prior to the event opening.


Derby RTC's Cl.46 97403 'Ixion' also in Bedford Yard prior to the event opening.


D9000 'Royal Scots Grey' in Bedford Yard. This loco & 55015 went under there own power shortly after these pictures were taken for a photo shoot on the Ouse river bridge.
These photos were taken on the Friday evening before the event opened on the Saturday. IIRC Geoff told me he had gone to this event, so may bring back some mmemories for you Geoff.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 17:17 #66082
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This photo was taken in 1988 showing 58049 'Littleton colliery' passing Bedford South Junction whilst working 7O85 1323 SX MGR Toton New bank - Northfleet BCI.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 17:46 #66083
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56094, 31101, 31309+another Cl.56 at Bedford holding sdgs in June 1987.

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Photo Gallery 03/12/2014 at 17:55 #66084
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45107 stands at Leeds City station working a SuO York - Liverpool lime Street service in 1986. I got on this train at York & got off at Leeds whilst spending a weekend bashing. Come back all is forgiven.

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Photo Gallery 04/12/2014 at 11:41 #66111
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Continuing with the 'Peak' theme, here's a couple of photos of 45046 'Royal Fusilier' running round some NPCCS on the centre roads at Stockport station in October 1987.

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Photo Gallery 04/12/2014 at 11:56 #66112
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On my way home from staying with relatives in Stockport I managed to take a few photos of some of the signalboxes along the route from Stockport to Sheffield(Hope Valley line). This photo is of New Mills South Junction. All photos taken in october 1987.


This photo shows Chinley Junction.


This photo is of Earles Sdgs taken at speed.


Edale signalbox


47632 passing Sheffield PSB.

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Photo Gallery 04/12/2014 at 17:54 #66133
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When I was working at Bescot my office was behind where the steps & footbridge can be seen in the backfround on the left hand side of the picture. A myriad of locos stabled on the loco holding sdgs.












These photos show the old loco holding sdgs at Bescot taken during the summer of 1988. Today all these tracks have been lifted & the Virtual Quarry(VQ) now covers this area with only 2 tracks.

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Photo Gallery 05/12/2014 at 17:48 #66187
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58024 Saltley LIP 250587


58015+47427 Saltley LIP 250587


47569 Saltley LIP 250587


47547 Saltley LIP 250587


47649 Saltley LIP 250587


58006+58019 Saltley LIP 250587

Line up of Cl.58s at the back of the traincrew block at Saltley. 58049 'Littleton Colliery' is the loco at the stop blocks. All of this site is now demolished & removed.

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Photo Gallery 09/12/2014 at 11:48 #66386
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Cl.37/0 running over the level crossing at March east Junction in the summer of 1987 with 6D42 1632 SX SLK Parkeston Quay - Doncaster Belmont

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Photo Gallery 09/12/2014 at 16:00 #66390
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47337 'Herbert Austin' approaches March Whitemoor Junc. during the summer of 1988 with 6H83 1517 SX SLK Brandon - Whitemoor.

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Photo Gallery 09/12/2014 at 17:52 #66392
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45052 'Nimrod' passes derby station on 021287 with a ballast trip to Chaddesden Sdgs.

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Photo Gallery 09/12/2014 at 20:38 #66402
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47119 exits Whitemoor Yard past March Whitemoor Junction signal box with 8M06 0927 TFO COY King's Lynn - Derby St. marys in the summer of 1987. This train was seasonal & used to load at Wirksworth Quarry conveyed in old HTV vacuum braked hoppers as depicted in this picture. This train only ran during the sugar beet season.

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Photo Gallery 10/12/2014 at 17:31 #66420
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Cl.47/0 rounds the north side of the triangle of lines between March West Junction & March Whitemoor Junction with 6H67 1529 SX SLK Ketton - Whitemoor during the summer of 1987. The train generally conveyed loaded cement in 2 axle PCA wagons from Ketton cement works on the Peterborigh - Leicester line. The discharged PCAs would be tripped back to Peterborugh West Yard in the mornings on 6E99 1000 SX SLK Whitemoor - Peterborough West Yard.

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Photo Gallery 10/12/2014 at 17:36 #66421
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In this photo red stripe railfreight liveried Cl.47/0 47157 is about to pass under Norwood Road bridge on its approach to Whitemoor yard with 6H63 1117 SX SLK Welwyn Garden City - Whitemoor during the summer of 1988. Although the train in the WTT was shown to start from Welwyn Garden City, it predominantly at this time terminated & started from Biggleswade conveying 'Plasmor' bricks in 2 axle OCA wagons.

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Photo Gallery 10/12/2014 at 17:49 #66422
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Cl.45/1 running on the Up Slow line at Pavenham between bedford North Junction & Sharnbrook Junction with the afternoon 3C12 1452 SX Parcels Derby - London St. Pancras on 030588. This train was booked to convey 10 vans, the front 2 behind the loco were detached at Bedford & the remainder would go through to St. Pancras to form some of the night time parcel services back north.

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