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Carlisle Cumbria 24th April 1974

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:04:06 -0700

Class 50 diesel 50038 with the 10.36 to Glasgow just before the electrics took over all these workings with the inauguration of the Weaver Junction to Glasgow electrification project from 5th May 1974. This engine and the other 50s were then transferred to the Western Region.

1) Stainforth & Hatfield South Yorkshire 20th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:43:10 -0700

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A short sequence at Stainforth & Hatfield station. Freightliner Class 66 diesel 66604 slowly ventures light engine into the station from the Doncaster direction. There has been no through traffic on the Great Central (ex-MSLR) Main Line since February when the mine tip slid across this 4 track section. As part of the stabilisation plan much of the water saturated shale waste is being shipped away. The locomotive was running onto a long train of wagons containing what is probably this waste.

Stainforth Junction is in the background with the West Riding & Grimsby Joint route curving off right - the Skellow Lines - to joins the East Coast Main Line at Joan Croft Junction.

2) Stainforth & Hatfield South Yorkshire 20th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:43:10 -0700

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Freightliner Class 66 diesel 66604 has now run onto its long train of wagons containing waste excavated as part of the stabilisation plan for the badly slipped colliery tip at Hatfield pit - seen behind. There has been no through traffic on the Great Central (ex-MSLR) Main Line between Doncaster & Thorne since February when the spoil blocked the 4 track section.

Pity about the overgrown trackside but that seems to be normal these days.

3) Stainforth & Hatfield South Yorkshire 20th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:43:11 -0700

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Having hooked up, Freightliner Class 66 diesel 66604 is propelling its long train of wagons containing waste - excavated as part of the stabilisation plan for the badly slipped colliery tip at Hatfield pit - back into what is now a head shunt. It will then draw it forward and head westwards to where I'm not sure.

There has been no through traffic on the Great Central (ex-MSLR) Main Line between Doncaster & Thorne since February when the spoil blocked the 4 track section. This pile of what now looks like bulldozed material can be seen in the far distance. The truck in view is not part of the civil engineering works but is stationary in a queue on the M18 due to an "incident" further north.

Unfortunately there is no 4) in this sequence because I didn't have much time & couldn't hang around to watch it depart.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:52 -0700

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Gresley A4 pacific 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower looked so good I thought I'd try a black & white view. I like the Garter Blue of Mallard alongside but the horrible blue roof supports clash with the exhibits in my opinion.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:50 -0700

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Great Western Railway 100mph (maybe) star 4-4-0 3717 City of Truro is now out of ticket and posed on the turntable at the NRM.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:50 -0700

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Amongst the steam engines gathered around the turntable was Swindon-built British Railways Western Region Class 52 diesel-hydraulic D1023 Western Fusilier.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:51 -0700

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Southern Railway Q1 0-6-0 C1 in black livery catches the sun on its "sunshine" lettering.

Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 6th September 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:21:21 -0700

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In 2006 to commemorate 40 years since the closure of the the Great Central line as a through route the modern-day GCR brought Southern Merchant Navy 4-6-2 35005 Canadian Pacific to the railway and temporarily renumbered her 35030 Elder-Dempster Lines. This engine, long-gone to the scrapyard, pulled a special train on that last day in 1966.

Here "35030" is seen on Loughborough shed being prepared for a day's work. The hopper ashpan has just been dropped hence the pile of clinker and ash beneath the loco.

West Somerset Railway Minehead Somerset 23rd September 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:11 -0700

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The clean lines , some say spartan, of the backhead and cab of Great Western 2884 Class 2-8-0 3850 as it stood at the head of its train in Minehead station.

3850 is owned by the Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd and based on the West Somerset. The following information is from their website www.dinmoremanor.co.uk/index.html .

3850 was one of the last batch of the 2884 class of GWR 2-8-0 heavy freight locomotives, introduced in 1938, which were an later version of the 2800 class originally introduced in 1902 to the design of George Churchward. Built at Swindon on 16 June 1942 it was first allocated to St. Philip's Marsh, Bristol. From there it went to Westbury in March 1947 and onto Severn Tunnel Junction twelve months later. In 1958 3850 was put into store, but returned to service with a move to Aberdare in February 1959 from where it worked until 1963. The locomotive then went to Banbury before being transferred to Oswestry in October 1964 and then to Croes Newydd in January 1965 from where it was withdrawn by British Railways later in the year.

It had the good fortune to be dispatched to Woodham's in Barry and was purchased for preservation in 1984. After many years of dedication it steamed again in February 2006.

West Somerset Railway Minehead Somerset 23rd September 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:11 -0700

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Hybrid Great Western Railway 2-6-0 9351 has just arrived at Minehead station with a train from the south.

The design for this locomotive dates from the 1930’s but the Great Western never actually built any engines of this type, opting instead for the 2251 Class of 0-6-0. However in the 1990’s the West Somerset purchased "Large Prairie” number 5193 in unrestored condition and took the decision to create the "engine that never was”.

West Somerset Railway Minehead Somerset 23rd September 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:11 -0700

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If the backhead is considered spartan then the rear view from Great Western 2884 Class 2-8-0 3850 is even more uncluttered. This is great for sighting signals, etc on a warm summer's day such as this but mid-winter tender-first running sorts the men from the boys!

Thanks to the driver and fireman I was allowed a quick visit on the footplate before our own train left Minehead. After a short chat and a few photos I cleared off to let the fireman get on with preparing his fire.

3850 is owned by the Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd based on the West Somerset. Their website is www.dinmoremanor.co.uk/index.html .

Selby Station North Yorkshire June 1st 1968

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:35:07 -0700

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Steam working on the North Eastern Region of British Railways had only finished 8 months earlier (particularly galling since my interest in all things railway only started in February 1968!) so not surprisingly there was still a lot of steam-age infrastructure and artifacts scattered around. This fine North Eastern Railway water column stood at the southern end of Selby station as Deltics ran by on the then East Coast Main Line. I'm not sure when it was demolished.

The colour light signal on the Up Main is deceiving because many stretches of the ECML were still semaphore signalled in 1968 as evidenced by the LNER ground dolly and the post just visible on the left which is a large semaphore gantry.

Selby North Yorkshire June 1st 1968

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:53:30 -0700

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An unidentified green-liveried BRCW Class 104 diesel multiple unit in the Up bay at Selby's 1840 Leeds & Selby Railway (later North Eastern Railway) station. I posted a shot of the other end of this 4 car unit which was in Rail Blue a while back. The classic railway oil lamp standing on the platform was still in use despite the dmu having full electric lighting. It took many years for the old railway practices to change.

At this time Selby was still a major rail complex on the East Coast Main Line, the diversion of the 1980s a long way off, and behind the goods yard is still busy

We had arrived from Knottingley by dmu, maybe this one but I'm not sure as it's on the Up side, after failing to get a lift hitchhiking on the A1 at Ferrybridge. We waited here for a connecting train to York and the northeast en route to Sunderland.

Trent Valley Scunthorpe Lincolnshire Summer 1975

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:28:58 -0700

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The wide skies of the Trent Valley in Lincolnshire looking south from near Flixborough.

The River Trent is contained by high levees as it runs northwards into the Ouse to form the River Humber. The hills on the horizon are formed by the Jurassic ridge that runs across the whole of the Midlands and here is running due north. Scunthorpe and its steelworks are out of sight but were built on the ridge where ironstone was originally quarried.

Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire 29th April 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:54:09 -0700

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As seen from the footplate of Port of Par Bagnall 0-4-0ST Alfred on shed road 1 at Loughborough the bulk of Great Western Railway 4-6-0 6023 King Edward II looms above the cut-down tank engine.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:52 -0700

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In good company! Gresley A4 pacific 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower, on short-term loan from the USA, lines up with world speed record holder, ex-60022, Mallard in LNER Garter Blue as 4468 around the turntable at the NRM.

Late Sunday afternoon is a good time to visit the museum as it was virtually empty so no problems getting clear shots of the exhibits.

National Railway Museum York 19th May 2013

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:55:51 -0700

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The main reason for my visit to the National Railway Museum was to see Gresley A4 pacific 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower for the first time since its temporary repatriation to the UK from the USA. Not that I knowingly saw it before it was shipped over there in the early 1960s although if my circa 1959 Ian Allan Eastern Region ABC had survived maybe I would know.

I overheard another visitor comment that the engine must be from the 1950s because it was named after the US president of that time. The actual reason why the engine, originally named Golden Shuttle, was renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower by the LNER in 1946 was because of the then general's leadership as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe in WWII.

West Somerset Railway Minehead Somerset 23rd September 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:11 -0700

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Another escapee from Woodham's scrapyard in Barry, British Railways Standard 4 tank 2-6-4T 80136 stands out of steam at the north end of Minehead statopn.

Great Central Railway Loughborough Leicestershire, 21st July 2006

nobody@flickr.com (loose_grip_99) — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:21:26 -0700

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British Railways Standard 4 Tank 2-6-4T 80105 is running round its train to Leicester in the Down Loop at Loughborough station. The engine was on loan from the Bo'ness railway in Scotland