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Abergavenny: Arriva Trains Wales 175 111 at Abergavenny on 8 September.
John McIntyre [8/9/2007] Ref: 16600 |
Abergavenny: 175009 on an Arriva Trains Wales southbound service approaching Abergavenny on 19 November.
John McIntyre [19/11/2008] Ref: 21516 |
Abergavenny: 158822 departs north from Abergavenny on 19 November with a service to Holyhead. The length of the northbound platform is almost of Scarborough platform 1 proportions, with 2, 3 and 4 car sets that call here dwarfed!
John McIntyre [19/11/2008] Ref: 21595 |
Abergavenny: Arriva Trains 175101 southbound ex-Manchester Piccadilly arriving at Abergavenny on 27 May 2010, final destination Milford Haven.
Peter Todd [27/05/2010] Ref: 29122 |
Abergavenny: Freightliner 66957 with a northbound coal train from Portbury import terminal, about to pass through Abergavenny on 27 May 2010.
Peter Todd [27/05/2010] Ref: 29138 |
Aberystwyth: Class 25 with an oil train at Aberystwyth.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 12929 |
Aberystwyth: The shed yard at Aberystwyth c 1960-62. 7823 Hook Norton Manor carries the headboard of the Cambrian Coast Express, during a period when the locomotive's home shed was at Machynlleth. Standing alongside is no 3200, a long term Cambrian lines locomotive. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson]
K A Gray [//] Ref: 27297 |
Aberystwyth: A class 37 stands at Aberystwyth in the Spring of 1989 with a train for Birmingham New Street.
Ian Dinmore [//1989] Ref: 21282 |
Aberystwyth: The Royal train stands at Aberystwyth on 31 May 1996 having conveyed the Prince of Wales on a visit to the University of Wales.
Ian Dinmore [31/05/1996] Ref: 18816 |
Acton: A Western with a Bristol - Paddington train at Acton in September 1969.
John Furnevel [/09/1969] Ref: 5300 |
Acton: Foster Yeoman stone train at Acton - taken from a passing Heathrow Express on 20 July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5116 |
Ashton Gate: EWS 66201 passing the disused Ashton Gate station, Bristol, on the Portbury Line with a train of coal empties on 24 November 2008
Peter Todd [24/11/2008] Ref: 21577 |
Ashton Gate: Freightliner 66585 drifts through the former Ashton Gate station on the Portbury branch heading in the direction of Bristol Temple Meads with a trainload of imported coal on 22 January 2009. The Clifton Suspension Bridge can be seen spanning the Avon Gorge in the background.
Peter Todd [22/01/2009] Ref: 22212 |
Ashton Gate: A fully loaded coal train from Portbury import terminal heads east towards Bristol through the platforms of the former Ashton Gate station on 22 January 2009, hauled by Freightliner locomotive 66585.
Peter Todd [22/01/2009] Ref: 22241 |
Ashton Gate: Freightliner 66596 photographed at Ashton Gate on 6 March 2009 heading back along the former Portishead branch towards Bristol Temple Meads with a loaded coal train from Portbury import terminal.
Peter Todd [06/03/2009] Ref: 22749 |
Ashton Gate: Driver obtaining permission to proceed east beyond Ashton Gate towards Bristol with a coal train off the Portbury branch (all outbound trains being required to stop at this point). Freightliner locomotive 66596 is in charge.
Peter Todd [06/03/2009] Ref: 22759 |
Ashton Gate: EWS 66057 runs west through the overgrown platforms of the long closed Ashton Gate Station on the Portbury branch with coal empties in May 2009.
Peter Todd [28/05/2009] Ref: 24105 |
Ashton Gate: The future of Bristol looks on as Freightliner 66560 passes Ashton Gate on the Portbury branch with a loaded coal train heading out onto the main line on the morning of 9 February 2010. The probable destination in this case is Rugeley power station.
Peter Todd [09/02/2010] Ref: 27592 |
Ashton Gate: Freightliner 66560 passes Ashton Gate, Bristol, on 9 February with coal from Portbury import terminal destined for Rugeley power station.
Peter Todd [09/02/2010] Ref: 28503 |
Ashton Gate: A coal train from Portbury import terminal, destination Rugeley power station, passing Ashton Gate on the western approach to Bristol on 4 August 2010. The locomotive is Freightliner class 70 no 70003.
Peter Todd [04/08/2010] Ref: 30130 |
Ashton Gate: Freightliner 70003 heading east from Portbury Docks on a damp morning on 4 August 2010, passing the abandoned platforms of Ashton Gate station on the western approach to Bristol. The locomotive is hauling coal from Portbury import terminal bound for Rugeley power station and will be routed via the Severn Tunnel, Newport and Hereford.
Peter Todd [04/08/2010] Ref: 30094 |
Ashton Gate: Freightliner 70004 passing Ashton Gate with a loaded coal train from Portbury import terminal, where it would have commenced its journey shortly after 10am on the morning of 9 August. The train is heading for the main line at Parson Street Junction.
Peter Todd [09/08/2010] Ref: 30190 |
Ashton Swing Bridge Junction: The Cannons Marsh branch, after turning north at Ashton Swing Bridge Junction, crossed the dock lock via a swing bridge. The remaining abutments of the long vanished bridge are seen here in June 2010 with a 1970’s building now standing on the trackbed directly opposite.
Peter Todd [10/06/2010] Ref: 29316 |
Ashton Swing Bridge Junction: A branch off the Bristol - Portishead line at Ashton Junction ran towards the western end of Bristol docks. On reaching Ashton Swing Bridge Junction the line then split to serve Canons Marsh Goods Depot to the north, with the southern link running to the location of the current Bristol Industrial Museum HQ. The junction was adjacent to the road bridge shown in the background beyond the former level crossing and gate pillars.
Peter Todd [10/06/2010] Ref: 29306 |
Avonmouth St Andrews Road: Looking north from Avonmouth St Andrews Road station to the northern sidings of the (Bristol) Avonmouth Bulk Handling Terminal, a loading point handling coal imported via Portbury for power stations. The left hand track serves the single platform station and continues north to Severn Beach while the track next to it (and yard) serve the coal depot (behind camera), various depots and continues to Bristol Parkway. Behind the camera the left hand line continues to Bristol via Avonmouth and Clifton Down while the others terminate in the coal depot.
Ewan Crawford [15/11/2009] Ref: 26532 |
Aynho: Sometimes known as Aynho for Deddington this station opened in 1910 on the Oxford to Banbury line and closed in 1964 but is still in use as a private residence alongside the main line. A short distance along the road from here was Aynho Park Platform, on the Princes Risborough line, although no trace of that station remains.
Mark Bartlett [18/06/2009] Ref: 24550 |
Aynho: Aynho station, closed in 1964, still stands alongside the Oxford to Banbury line. This is the view north from the overbridge and, in the distance, the flyover at Aynho Junction can be seen where the down Princes Risborough direct line is carried over the bridge to join the line in the foreground.
Mark Bartlett [18/06/2009] Ref: 24551 |
Backney Bridge: The remains of Backney Bridge over the River Wye about 3 miles north of Ross-on-Wye. Photographed on 21 May 2010.
John Thorn [21/05/2010] Ref: 29104 |
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Bath: Class 50 no 50047 departs from Bath in July 1974.
John McIntyre [/07/1974] Ref: 22009 |
Bath: InterCity 125 at Bath in 1985. The now famous brand first appeared on a Paddington - Wolverhampton train The Inter-City in 1950. It went on to be poached by transport operators around the world.
John McIntyre [//1985] Ref: 13144 |
Bath: An InterCity 125 HST leaves Bath in 1985.
John McIntyre [//1985] Ref: 17339 |
Bath: An InterCity 125 departs from Bath in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13129 |
Bath : A class 67 arrives at Bath with The Northern Belle in August 2007.
Bruce McCartney [28/08/2007] Ref: 26066 |
Bicester: DMUs at Bicester on 6 July 1986, the nearest about to leave on a service to Banbury. The former GWR station was renamed Bicester North in May 1987 and is now part of the successful Chiltern route between London Marylebone and Birmingham Snow Hill. The other station in Bicester was built by the Buckinghamshire Railway in 1850 and is now known as Bicester Town. It currently operates a shuttle service to and from Oxford.
Peter Todd [06/07/1986] Ref: 22797 |
Bicester: Rebuilt Merchant Navy Pacific no 35028 Clan Line approaching Bicester Station from the south in July 1987
Peter Todd [12/07/1987] Ref: 27087 |
Birmingham Moor Street: A DMU stands at Birmingham Moor Street in 1981.
Ian Dinmore [//1981] Ref: 13042 |
Birmingham Moor Street: Prototype class 140 on a test run arriving at Birmingham Moor Street past waiting photographers in 1981.
Ian Dinmore [//1981] Ref: 17778 |
Birmingham Moor Street: Morning commuters arriving off DMUs from Stratford-Upon-Avon and Leamington Spa at Birmingham Moor Street station in 1981.
Ian Dinmore [//1981] Ref: 21253 |
Birmingham Moor Street: Looking along the out of use but renovated terminal platforms towards the open line at Birmingham Moor Street in June 2004.
Ewan Crawford [30/06/2004] Ref: 22390 |
Birmingham Moor Street: View over the concourse at Birmingham Moor Street on 12 January 2010 showing the period notices that give so much character to the station. These bay platforms are not currently used but that should change if Chiltern Railways plans for an enhanced and accelerated service to London Marylebone come to fruition. (See News Item posted on 15.01.2010)
Mark Bartlett [12/01/2010] Ref: 27204 |
Birmingham Snow Hill: First light and fresh snow at Birmingham Snow Hill on 11 January and 150124 (and the 3-car unit to which it was coupled) have unloaded their commuters in front of the BT Tower before going forward on the Kidderminster line.
Mark Bartlett [11/01/2010] Ref: 27253 |
Birmingham Snow Hill: Birmingham Snow Hill lives up to its name as London Midland Sprinter 150014 runs in from Stourbridge Junction to form the 0819 to Dorridge. 0n the right, behind the railings, lie the Metro tram tracks.
Mark Bartlett [11/01/2010] Ref: 27167 |
Blue Anchor: And finally... The last of a long line, BR Standard class 9F 2-10-0 no 92220 Evening Star, running east through Blue Anchor on the West Somerset Railway in March 1989.
Peter Todd [19/03/1989] Ref: 27172 |
Blue Anchor: 4160 arriving at Blue Anchor on the West Somerset Railway on 24 March.
Peter Todd [24/03/2008] Ref: 18450 |
Blue Anchor: 3850 arrives with a train at Blue Anchor on the West Somerset Railway on 24 March 2008.
Peter Todd [24/03/2008] Ref: 18457 |
Blue Anchor: Ex-LMS 6100 Royal Scot in the process of running in on the West Somerset Railway on 25 March 2009, photographed at Blue Anchor station.
Peter Todd [25/03/2009] Ref: 22991 |
Blue Anchor: Royal Scot on the level crossing at Blue Anchor station on 25 March 2009.
Peter Todd [25/03/2009] Ref: 22997 |
Bodmin General: Empty clayhoods for Wenford Bridge stand alongside Bodmin General station in 1982.
Ian Dinmore [//1982] Ref: 18115 |
Bodmin General: Ex-GWR 2-8-0 tank no 4247 at Bodmin General on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway in August 2008.
Bruce McCartney [28/08/2008] Ref: 26946 |
Bodmin General: The Bodmin and Wenford preserved railway station retains its original buildings, which closed to passengers in 1967 but still saw china clay traffic from Wenford Bridge until 1983.
Mark Bartlett [15/09/2008] Ref: 20944 |
Bodmin General: Bodmin and Wenford trains reverse at Bodmin General before continuing to Bodmin Parkway or Boscarne Junction. Many original station features survive here at the terminus.
Mark Bartlett [15/09/2008] Ref: 20941 |
Bodmin General: The Bodmin and Wenford Railway depot can be seen from the station platform at Bodmin General. On this day T9 4-4-0 30120 was on shed with BRCW 33110 and 08444. Just behind the signal box is another small shed that contained the former Fowey Docks Class 10 D3452 and Beattie Well Tank 30587.
Mark Bartlett [15/09/2008] Ref: 21111 |
Bodmin General: Little and large? 37142 and 'Judy' at Bodmin General on the Bodmin and Wenford Railway on 23 July 2010.
Peter Todd [23/07/2010] Ref: 29956 |
Boscarne Junction: View from the guards van at Boscarne Junction, Cornwall.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 11914 |
Brinkworth: Passing HST seen from a road bridge near the village of Brinkworth, west of Wootton Basset on the GWR main line on 23 July. Apart from the odd sheep, inquisitive cows and several RAF C130s, all was quiet. The new engines on the HSTs are remarkably silent compared to the originals.
Peter Todd [23/07/2009] Ref: 24704 |
Bristol: 66204 heading up the Portbury Branch from Bristol on 21 November 2008 with coal empties. These trains are very erratic, being dependent on power station demands and shipping.
Peter Todd [21/11/2008] Ref: 21615 |
Bristol Bath Road: Bristol from a balloon #2. View west showing, at the bottom of the picture, the site of the former Bath Road shed, soon to be transformed into an entertainment complex. The south end of Temple Meads station is to the right. 17 August 2007.
Peter Todd [17/08/2007] Ref: 20985 |
Bristol East Goods: A DMU runs through Bristol East goods on 3 December 2008 heading for Temple Meads.
Peter Todd [03/12/2008] Ref: 21721 |
Bristol East Goods: Freightliner 66596 heading towards Bristol Temple Meads with a freight on 3 December passing Bristol East Goods.
Peter Todd [03/12/2008] Ref: 21692 |
Bristol East Goods: Sir Nigel Gresley's eponymous A4 Pacific no 60007 passing Bristol East goods, a mile out of Temple Meads, with a special on 3 December 2008.
Peter Todd [03/12/2008] Ref: 21677 |
Bristol Marsh Junction: The last surviving North British Class 22, (D)6319, at Bristol Marsh Junction. It was one of the last to receive a works overhaul but had been withdrawn some time previously in November 1971. There was talk about preservation as this was by then (apart from two wrecks at Barry) the last NBL main line diesel loco in existence but by November 1972 it had been called into Swindon Works and broken up.
Mark Bartlett [/07/1972] Ref: 19448 |
Bristol St Philips Marsh: Bristol from a balloon #1. First Great Western depot at St Philips Marsh. 17 August 2007.
Peter Todd [17/08/2007] Ref: 20963 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Bristol Temple Meads, the through station.
Ewan Crawford [//] Ref: 7051 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Bristol Temple Meads the original western terminus of the GWR. Note signalbox back right.
Ewan Crawford [//] Ref: 7052 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Class 45 no 99 3rd Carabinier and Class 47 no D1660 City of Truro at Bristol Temple Meads in July 1971.
John McIntyre [/07/1971] Ref: 22531 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Warship class 42 no 808 'Centaur' arrives at Bristol Temple Meads with a parcels train from the West of England in July 1971.
John McIntyre [/07/1971] Ref: 23734 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Class 45 'Peak' class loco no.93 sits outside the Bath Road diesel shed opposite Bristol Temple Meads station in July 1971. A class 35 Hymek and an 08 are visible on the left with a few enthusiasts observing locomotive movements.
John McIntyre [/07/1971] Ref: 24076 |
Bristol Temple Meads: On a beautiful summers evening on 30 July 1971, D1058 Western Nobleman pauses at Bristol Temple Meads with a service for the south-west.
John McIntyre [30/07/1971] Ref: 27016 |
Bristol Temple Meads: 50018 Resolution enters Bristol Temple Meads with a train from the south-west on 24 April 1982.
Colin Alexander [24/04/1982] Ref: 19882 |
Bristol Temple Meads: 'This is the age of the train' ...thus spake Sir James in the famous TV commercials of the 1980s. One of the trains in question, a BR InterCity 125, stands at Bristol Temple Meads in 1985 with a service to London Paddington. Owzaboutthattherethenguysangals!!!
John McIntyre [//1985] Ref: 13109 |
Bristol Temple Meads: 33009 stands with a train at Bristol Temple Meads circa 1985.
Colin Alexander [//1985] Ref: 20087 |
Bristol Temple Meads: View from the south end of the platforms at Bristol TM over Bath Road shed in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13126 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Bristol Temple Meads station in May 1985 with a class 33 at the platform.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13195 |
Bristol Temple Meads: A class 50 arrives at Bristol Temple Meads with a train from the west country in May 1985. A Portsmouth - Cardiff train stands at the platform opposite.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 17303 |
Bristol Temple Meads: A Class 33 waits at the north end of Bristol Temple Meads station in May 1985 with a train for Cardiff.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 26217 |
Bristol Temple Meads: 158766 heading south through Bristol Temple Meads station on 11 November 2009.
Peter Todd [11/11/2009] Ref: 26391 |
Bristol Temple Meads: EWS liveried 67016 brings up the rear of the 1400 Cardiff Central - Taunton summer service as it runs into Bristol Temple Meads station on 5 August 2010. DBS 67018 Keith Heller was on the front of the train. [See image 30129]
Peter Todd [05/08/2010] Ref: 30178 |
Bristol Temple Meads: Black 5 no 44932 arrives at Bristol Temple Meads on 5 August 2010 with The Cathedrals Express from London Waterloo.
Peter Todd [05/08/2010] Ref: 30137 |
Bristol Temple Meads: A DMU stands in the headshunt at Bristol Temple Meads on 5 August.
Peter Todd [05/08/2010] Ref: 30118 |
Bristol Temple Meads: DBS locomotive 67018 Keith Heller on the FGW 1400 Cardiff Central - Taunton summer service at Bristol Temple Meads on 5 August 2010. Sister locomotive no 67016 was on the rear of the train. [See image 30178]
Peter Todd [05/08/2010] Ref: 30129 |
Brunel: The famous photograph of pioneering engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, taken by the young up and coming photographer Robert Howlett in 1857.
Robert Howlett [//1857] Ref: 17326 |
Bugle: A Peak takes a trainload of clayhoods away from Bugle, Cornwall in 1977.
Ian Dinmore [//1977] Ref: 17811 |
Carbis Bay: Great Western liveried class 108 DMU seen at Carbis Bay in June 1995 on a St Ives - St Erth service.
Ian Dinmore [10/06/1995] Ref: 19890 |
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Cardiff Central: A class 37 waits with its train at Cardiff Central which, prior to recent events at Haymarket, was the only UK mainline station with a platform 0.
John McIntyre [//] Ref: 13269 |
Cardiff Central: IC125 arriving at Cardiff Central.
John McIntyre [//] Ref: 13296 |
Cardiff Central: 37903 hauls a train of steel coil eastbound through Cardiff Central past a DMU on a Valleys service in the early 1990s.
John McIntyre [//] Ref: 27422 |
Cardiff Central: Peak (class 45) no 89 Honourable Artillery Company at Cardiff General (renamed Cardiff Central in May 1973) shortly after arrival seven minutes late on train 1V61, the 07.08 Derby - Cardiff (on which I had travelled from Birmingham) on Saturday 14th March 1970.
Bill Jamieson [14/03/1970] Ref: 28117 |
Cardiff Central: An old water tower still stands at the western end of Cardiff Central station with platform 0 in front of it. A corner of the Millennium Stadium is in the background on the right. 12 April 2008.
John McIntyre [12/04/2008] Ref: 19188 |
Cardiff Central: These teenage snakes - no stamina. Or perhaps it's a modern art display? Watering hoses actually, on Platform 0. Notice the (non-railway) water tower in the background. It was freshly painted with giant daffodils when I arrived in Wales in 1985 - all faded away now.
Ken Strachan [25/05/2009] Ref: 25811 |
Cardiff Central: DRS Malcolm Rail liveried 66412 stabled in the sidings at the west end of Cardiff Central station on 23 December 2009.
David Pesterfield [23/12/2009] Ref: 27231 |
Carn Brea: 50016 Barham passes the site of Carn Brea station (closed 1961), on the Great Western main line between Camborne and Redruth, with an up service circa 1986.
Colin Alexander [//1986] Ref: 19943 |
Castle Cary: A Class 50 takes a Paddington train through Castle Cary in heavy rain.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 12942 |
Castle Cary: Looking across the island platform at Castle Cary (which had then just been rebuilt) at a class 50 hauling a Paddington bound express from the West of England in May 1985.
John McIntyre [11/05/1985] Ref: 20359 |
Castle Cary: InterCity 125 arrives at Castle Cary with a Paddington train in May 1985.
John McIntyre [22/05/1985] Ref: 13435 |
Castle Cary: A class 47 approaching Castle Cary with a train from Weymouth in May 1985. The train is about to join the GW main line coming in from the Taunton direction.
John McIntyre [22/05/1985] Ref: 17313 |
Castle Cary: A class 47 stops at Castle Cary having just come off the Weymouth line heading north to Bristol in May 1985.
John McIntyre [22/05/1985] Ref: 20230 |
Challow: 67005 westbound at the site of the defunct Challow Station on 3 December 2006 with a special to Bath, [the rostered King class locomotive 6024 King Edward I had failed at Didcot].
Peter Todd [03/12/2006] Ref: 22137 |
Challow: 6024 King Edward 1 stopped for water in the loops near the site of Challow station on 28 August 2010. The locomotive was on its way from Paddington to Bristol on the GWR Mainline with an evening Bristolian special.
Peter Todd [28/08/2010] Ref: 30511 |
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Clifton Bridge: Freightliner 66523 coasts past the closed station of Clifton Bridge towards Bristol on 15 February with a loaded coal train on the Portishead branch (reopened for freight traffic in 2001).
Peter Todd [15/02/2008] Ref: 18048 |
Clifton Bridge: EWS 66175 heading light engine back towards Bristol along the Portbury branch on 19 June near the former Clifton Bridge station.
Peter Todd [19/06/2008] Ref: 19529 |
Clifton Bridge: A new Network Rail warning sign on the Portbury branch, seen at the site of the defunct Clifton Bridge Station on 16 January. [The distance is from Paddington.]
Peter Todd [16/01/2009] Ref: 22175 |
Clifton Bridge: 66075 running light engine westbound from Bristol to Portbury on 3 December 2009, passing the site of Clifton Bridge station, closed in September 1964.
Peter Todd [03/12/2009] Ref: 26630 |
Clifton Bridge: EWS 66016 running west light engine towards Portbury coal import terminal on 9 February 2010.
Andy Kirkham [09/02/2010] Ref: 27600 |
Clifton Bridge: Coal empties heading back to Portbury coal import terminal run west alongside the Avon on 9 February, photographed passing Rownham.
Andy Kirkham [09/02/2010] Ref: 27629 |
Clifton Bridge: EWS 66016 heads west light engine towards Portbury import terminal on 9 February 2010. The south tower of Brunel's Clifton suspension bridge stands on the horizon.
Peter Todd [09/02/2010] Ref: 27654 |
Clifton Bridge: The trackbed and tunnel under Brunel's suspension bridge on Bristol's Portbury branch. You will note the vegetation getting a grip. I spoke to a passing PW ganger who informed me that, as the line runs through a SSSI zone, they are not allowed to use weedkiller. So long as the growing grass/weeds do not affect the passage of freight trains it will not be touched.
Peter Todd [30/07/2010] Ref: 30033 |
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Cosford: Signal box at Cosford on the line between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury, photographed in 2003.
Don Smith [//2003] Ref: 20096 |
Cosford: Coal empties passing east through Cosford in 2006.
Ewan Crawford [15/09/2006] Ref: 28193 |
Dauntsey: 50002 Superb eastbound at Dauntsey on the GWR main line on 23 December 1983. The locomotive is currently being restored by the Devon Diesel Society.
Peter Todd [23/12/1983] Ref: 25016 |
Didcot: Ex-GWR locomotive 5051 undergoing a valve and piston examination at the Great Western Society depot at Didcot in a snowy February day in 1985.
Peter Todd [17/02/1985] Ref: 22480 |
Didcot: A Hymek stands at Didcot in February 1985.
Peter Todd [17/02/1985] Ref: 22527 |
Didcot: Ex-GWR 2-6-2T NO 5542 (or most of it) on the turntable at Didcot in February 1985.
Peter Todd [17/02/1985] Ref: 22555 |
Didcot: Ex-GWR Dukedog no 317 Earl of Berkeley stands in the aftermath of a snowfall at the Great Western Society depot, Didcot, on 17 February 1985.
Peter Todd [17/02/1985] Ref: 24925 |
Didcot: 3822 under repair at Didcot on 9 March 1986.
Peter Todd [09/03/1986] Ref: 22742 |
Didcot: GBRf 66713 on the eastern side of Didcot on 11 March.
Peter Todd [11/03/2008] Ref: 18411 |
Didcot: EWS 60063 stands at Didcot on 13 May 2008.
Peter Todd [13/05/2008] Ref: 19044 |
Didcot: EWS 66074 between containers at Didcot on 12 August 2008.
Peter Todd [12/08/2008] Ref: 20222 |
Didcot: An HST runs through Didcot on 12 August 2008
Peter Todd [12/08/2008] Ref: 20234 |
Didcot: A pair of sequentially numbered class 165 DMUs standing at Didcot on 19 August 2009.
Peter Todd [18/08/2009] Ref: 25099 |
Didcot: 166201 eastbound for Paddington on 18 August, taken from a farmer's overbridge to the east of Didcot. A very good spot for a lot of train movements, especially if you like a zillion DMUs and HSTs!
Peter Todd [18/08/2009] Ref: 25109 |
Didcot: 66077 Benjamin Gimbert GC passing 66168 at Didcot on 18 August
Peter Todd [18/08/2009] Ref: 25118 |
Didcot: Freightliner 66572 overtakes EWS 66168 alongside Didcot Parkway station on 18 August 2009 as it turns north with a freight on the avoiding line heading towards Oxford.
Peter Todd [18/08/2009] Ref: 25177 |
Didcot: EWS liveried 66098 & 66131 at Didcot on 21 November 2009.
Peter Todd [21/11/2009] Ref: 26439 |
Didcot: 3822 and 3650 stand in the yard at the Great Western Society Depot, Didcot, on 21 November 2009.
Peter Todd [21/11/2009] Ref: 26473 |
Didcot: 165102 calls at Didcot on 8 April 2010 on a Paddington - Oxford working. New exhaust system?... maybe not..
Peter Todd [08/04/2010] Ref: 28458 |
Didcot: Scene at Didcot on 8 April 2010 as a Paddington bound First Great Western 165 DMU coming off the Oxford line passes 66024 on a freight.
Peter Todd [08/04/2010] Ref: 28435 |
Didcot Parkway: A Cross Country Voyager speeds through Didcot on 12 August.
Peter Todd [12/08/2008] Ref: 20241 |
Didcot Parkway: EWS 66041 + 66087 double head a continuous welded rail train through Didcot on 13 May before turning north towards Oxford.
Peter Todd [13/05/2009] Ref: 23659 |
Ealing Broadway: Class 47 hauled freight and passenger trains race west through Ealing Broadway.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4196 |
Ealing Broadway: Westbound container train gathers speed through Ealing Broadway in the 70s having just left the North London Line at Acton Wells Junction.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4197 |
Ealing Broadway: Eastbound freight at Ealing Broadway in 1968 passing the Greenford branch DMU.
John Furnevel [//1968] Ref: 3226 |
Ealing Broadway: 47241 with a freight which has come off the West London Line at Acton Wells Junction about to pass a Central Line tube train standing at Ealing Broadway station in December 1980.
John Furnevel [18/12/1980] Ref: 1111 |
Ealing Broadway: A class 47 brings a Paddington bound express through Ealing Broadway at speed in January 1990.
John McIntyre [25/01/1990] Ref: 18817 |
Ealing Broadway: With the light starting to fade, a class 47 brings a westbound express from Paddington through Ealing Broadway on the afternoon of 25 January 1990.
John McIntyre [25/01/1990] Ref: 18855 |
Ealing Broadway: A class 117 DMU service for Paddington heads east from Ealing Broadway on 25 January 1990 as a Central line underground train arrives in one of the bays.
John McIntyre [25/01/1990] Ref: 18943 |
Ealing Broadway: 47238 heads west on the down slow line through Ealing Broadway on 25 January 1990 hauling a single tank.
John McIntyre [25/01/1990] Ref: 19015 |
Ealing Broadway: The Greenford Railcar stands at Ealing Broadway on 26 January 1990.
John McIntyre [26/01/1990] Ref: 18883 |
Ealing Broadway: Eastbound HST service heading for Paddington runs through Ealing Broadway in January 1990.
John McIntyre [26/01/1990] Ref: 18890 |
Ealing Broadway: District, Central and main line trains at Ealing Broadway - July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5158 |
Ealing Broadway: Looking east at Ealing Broadway in the rain in July 2005. A main line service waits to leave for Paddington as a Central line train approaches in the background with a District line train beyond.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5197 |
Ealing Broadway: The pantograph of a Heathrow Express exerts a squeegee effect on the overhead wire as it speeds through Ealing Broadway in a rainstorm in July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5211 |
Fenny Compton: Fenny Compton SB, March 2007. The Banbury - Leamington line is in the foreground with the old SMJ behind, still open as far as MOD Kineton.
John McIntyre [/03/2007] Ref: 14221 |
Fenny Compton: Chiltern 165 with a Birmingham - Marylebone train approaching Fenny Compton in March 2007.
John McIntyre [/03/2007] Ref: 14222 |
Gunnislake: DMU at Gunnislake, Cornwall in 1991.
Ian Dinmore [//1991] Ref: 11987 |
Hall Green: DMU at Hall Green on the Stratford - Upon - Avon line from Snow Hill.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 13116 |
Hungerford: Bullied Battle of Britain Pacific no 34067 Tangmere on the approach to Hungerford station on 14 February 2009. The Pacific was heading a special from Paddington to Yeovil and return.
Peter Todd [14/02/2009] Ref: 22534 |
Hungerford: First Great Western HST 43020 eastbound at Hungerford on New Year's Eve 2009.
Peter Todd [31/12/2009] Ref: 27010 |
Hungerford: 166206 eastbound at Hungerford on 31 December 2009
Peter Todd [31/12/2009] Ref: 27036 |
Kemble: DMU at Kemble on the line between Gloucester and Swindon in 1975
Ian Dinmore [//1975] Ref: 13247 |
Kemble: 150243 southbound leaving Kemble en route to Swindon on 3 June 2010. The sidings on the right are all that remains of the former GWR branch to Cirencester, now used for PW activities.
Peter Todd [03/06/2010] Ref: 29214 |
Kemble: View north from Kemble station towards Gloucester on 3 June 2010. Note the former GWR water tank still standing just beyond the down platform.
Peter Todd [03/06/2010] Ref: 29225 |
Landore MPD: Scene at 87E Landore shed around 1960 with Castle class 4-6-0 no 5082 Swordfish centre picture and 7009 Athelney Castle on the left. Locomotive 5082, a visitor from Old Oak Common, started life as Powis Castle but was renamed in 1941. This large Swansea shed still had 18 Castles on its home allocation as late as 1960. [With thanks to Roger White]
Robin Barbour Collection [Courtesy Bruce McCartney] [//1960] Ref: 24400 |
Leamington Spa: 47019 heads north through Leamington Spa station in May 1986 with a fully loaded intermodal service from Southampton.
David Pesterfield [21/05/1986] Ref: 27724 |
Leamington Spa: 50020 Revenge runs into Leamington Spa station on 21 May 1986 with a train for Oxford and Reading.
David Pesterfield [21/05/1986] Ref: 28134 |
Leamington Spa: 66516 takes containers north on the through road at Leamington Spa in March 2007 as a Voyager makes a stop on its way south.
John McIntyre [/03/2007] Ref: 14204 |
Leamington Spa: 6024 King Edward I passes Leamington Spa at the head of 'The Royal Oak' steam charter from London Paddington to Worcester Shrub Hill. The couple on the platform bench look decidedly uninterested!
Michael Gibb [10/07/2010] Ref: 29788 |
Liskeard: A Western diesel-hydraulic brings the St. Ives - Kensington Olympia milk train through Liskeard.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 11868 |
Liskeard: DMU showing Skegness(!)on the destination blind stands in the Looe branch platform at Liskeard in the early 1990s, with the guard having a break between duties.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 11870 |
Maiden Newton: Rural junction in the rain. Maiden Newton, Dorset, in April 1975. A DMU departs on the Weymouth - Yeovil line as a train for the West Bay branch (at that time cut back to Bridport) prepares to leave. [See image 29077]
Ian Dinmore [/04/1975] Ref: 13066 |
Maidenhead: A westbound HST in full flight (or at least it felt like that) rushes through Platform 1 at Maidenhead on 18 June 2009.
John McIntyre [18/06/2009] Ref: 24196 |
Maidenhead: On the GWR main line west of Maidenhead a First Great Western HST heads towards Reading on 18 June 2009.
John McIntyre [18/06/2009] Ref: 24339 |
Minehead: The Minehead terminus of the West Somerset Railway is pictured here in its first year of operation (1976) as a preserved line. In view is Hymek D7017 (still present and working on the line) and a Park Royal DMU set that was used on the first passenger services.
Mark Dufton [06/09/1976] Ref: 26593 |
Minehead: Ex-GWR 4-6-0 no 4936 Kinlet Hall stands at Minehead station on the West Somerset Railway on 25 March.
Peter Todd [25/03/2009] Ref: 22994 |
Minehead: 6100 Royal Scot stabled at Minehead depot on the West Somerset Railway on 25 March 2009.
Peter Todd [25/03/2009] Ref: 23013 |
Newbury Race Course: A Paddington bound First Great Western HST runs east through Newbury Race Course station on 06 December 2008.
John McIntyre [06/12/2008] Ref: 21780 |
Newport: 45106 calls at platform 2 of Newport station on 6 November 1982. Note the mailbags being transferred.
Peter Todd [06/11/1982] Ref: 25159 |
Newton Abbot: A maroon Western class diesel hydraulic arrives at Newton Abbot with an eastbound parcels train in July 1969.
John McIntyre [/07/1969] Ref: 25363 |
Newton Abbot: The crew of NBL Type 2 diesel hydraulic (Class 22) D6334 sit in the cab of their loco between turns at Newton Abbot in July 1969. Note the tail lamp sitting on the right of the adjacent platform.
John McIntyre [/07/1969] Ref: 23748 |
Old Oak Common: Ex-GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 5036 Lyonshall Castle stands alongside what is thought to be the Old Oak Common coaling stage in the early 1960s. [Thanks to David Simpson, Bill Jamieson & Michael Barton]
K A Gray [//] Ref: 24874 |
Old Oak Common: Gathering around Old Oak Common turntable in October 1968.
John Furnevel [10/10/1968] Ref: 3236 |
Old Oak Common: D7034, in early blue with white window surrounds and small warning panel, heads a line up of three stored Class 35 Hymeks and a Warship at Old Oak Common Depot. Withdrawn in January 1972, D7034 had been cut up at Swindon by September the same year.
Mark Bartlett [//1972] Ref: 23251 |
Old Oak Common: Pioneer Hymek D7000 and two other Class 35 diesel hydraulics in storage at Old Oak Common in 1973 while one of their replacements, a Class 31 Brush Type 2, is seen alongside.
Mark Bartlett [//1973] Ref: 29253 |
Old Oak Common: 57605 Totnes Castle passes North Pole Eurostar depot in July 2005 with empty stock.
John Furnevel [21/07/2005] Ref: 4917 |
Old Oak Common: View over Old Oak carriage sheds in July 2005.
John Furnevel [21/07/2005] Ref: 5113 |
Old Oak Common: First Great Western HST leaving the yards at Old Oak Common in July 2005 en route to Paddington. North Pole Eurostar depot is in the background.
John Furnevel [21/07/2005] Ref: 5131 |
Old Oak Common: Engineers trains at Old Oak loco - July 2005.
John Furnevel [21/07/2005] Ref: 5147 |
Oxford: Bullied West Country Pacific no 34102 Lapford on shed at Oxford on 29 June 1959.
Robin Barbour Collection [Courtesy Bruce McCartney] [29/06/1959] Ref: 28140 |
Oxford: GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 7027 Thornbury Castle takes a train north out of Oxford in 1961. [With thanks to Bill Jamieson]
Frank Spaven Collection [Courtesy David Spaven] [//1961] Ref: 27096 |
Oxford: Oxford - May 1969. 1687 approaching with a Worcester - Paddington service while 1111 stands at the northbound platform with a Poole - York train.
John Furnevel [08/05/1969] Ref: 4502 |
Oxford: Hymek D7046 with a southbound freight takes the centre road through Oxford on 8 May 1969.
John Furnevel [08/05/1969] Ref: 4503 |
Oxford: DMU set L415 stands at Oxford in February 1983 about to leave for Didcot once somebody shuts that door.
Peter Todd [/02/1983] Ref: 25965 |
Oxford: A northbound container train hauled by a class 47 runs through the centre road at Oxford in 1991.
John McIntyre [//1991] Ref: 20324 |
Oxford: EWS 66013 heads north through the down centre road at Oxford on a tanker train on 13 May 2009.
Peter Todd [13/05/2009] Ref: 23677 |
Oxford: 67006 storms through the centre road at Oxford with a football special carrying Barrow FC supporters to the FA Trophy final at Wembley on 8th May 2010
Michael Gibb [08/05/2010] Ref: 28871 |
Paddington: Paddington looking towards the buffers.
Ewan Crawford [//] Ref: 2090 |
Paddington: South Wales train leaving Paddington - 1970s.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 2661 |
Paddington: Class 50 passing Royal Oak LT on the approach to Paddington.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 2663 |
Paddington: Up express approaching Paddington parcels platform.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 2664 |
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Paddington: HST passes Royal Oak on the approach to Paddington. The WR express parcels unit is held at signals in the background.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 3239 |
Paddington: Class 31 hauled parcels train passes another of the class at Paddington parcels depot.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 3240 |
Paddington: 31158 with empty stock passing Ranleagh Bridge fuelling point on the approach to Paddington.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4553 |
Paddington: Pardod by dose... a depressed looking Bristol Pullman stands at Paddington with a dented front-end.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4554 |
Paddington: Ranleagh Bridge, the refueling and fast - turnaround facility outside Paddington (the Western Region version of Kings Cross Loco) - seen in the early 1970s.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4555 |
Paddington: Paddington - Hymeks at the buffer stops.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4556 |
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Paddington: Up Bristol pullman passing a class 47 hauled train held at signals at Royal Oak on the approach to Paddington.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4563 |
Paddington: Shunters outside Paddington below work on the elevated section of the M4 in 1969.
John Furnevel [//1969] Ref: 3241 |
Paddington: A Saturday morning at Paddington in 1969.
John Furnevel [//1969] Ref: 4559 |
Paddington: Ohwhatalovelyroof No.93. Paddington, 1969.
John Furnevel [//1969] Ref: 4560 |
Paddington: D1933 at Paddington Station in March 1969 waiting for the clear to Ranleagh Bridge to refuel for the return journey.
John Furnevel [/03/1969] Ref: 3785 |
Paddington: 1909 at Paddington platform 1 in May 1969.
John Furnevel [/05/1969] Ref: 4552 |
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Paddington: Western class diesel with a Penzance train passing Royal Oak on the approach to Paddington in September 1969.
John Furnevel [/09/1969] Ref: 4565 |
Paddington: Paddington, looking from the footbridge towards the station concourse, July 2005.
John Furnevel [/07/2005] Ref: 4911 |
Paddington: An aggressive looking Heathrow Express stands at Paddington on 20 July 2005, with its minder bearing more than a passing resemblance to Vinnie (watch your head in the door sir) Jones.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 4931 |
Paddington: Waiting to depart from Paddington - July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 4934 |
Paddington: Paddington buffer stops, 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5115 |
Paddington: Brunel's crowning glory. The Great Western Railway's London terminus at Paddington, seen from the concourse in July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5180 |
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Paddington: Paddington from the overbridge, July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 5182 |
Paddington: Reflections. Paddington buffer stops. July 2005.
John Furnevel [20/07/2005] Ref: 10234 |
Paddington: Steam charter meets 43128 at Paddington.
Michael Gibb [18/11/2006] Ref: 12382 |
Paignton: First Great Western HST, with power car 43063 leading, arrives at the end of its journey in rain soaked Paignton on 6 June 2009. The water level between the tracks was slowly rising and expanding during the afternoon as the English Riviera resort was battered by wind and rain.
John McIntyre [06/06/2009] Ref: 24010 |
Paignton: 142068 having recently arrived at Paignton waits to return to Exemouth on a very wet Saturday afternoon.
John McIntyre [06/06/2009] Ref: 24096 |
Paignton: The 13.23 Exmouth - Paignton DMU (142029) arrives at Paignton on 24 July 2010 via Torbay Road level crossing.
Peter Todd [24/07/2010] Ref: 29970 |
Paignton: A Cross-Country 220 service departing Paignton for the north on 24 July 2010.
Peter Todd [24/07/2010] Ref: 29985 |
Par: BR Class 52 diesel-hydraulic D1058 Western Nobleman about to take a train away from Par, Cornwall, in the summer of 1976.
John Alexander [//1976] Ref: 21604 |
Parson Sreet: 143 619 calls at Parson Street, Bristol, on 26 November with a service to Weston-super-Mare.
Peter Todd [26/11/2008] Ref: 21606 |
Parson Street: Consolation photograph of a Voyager Cross Country service passing through Parson Street station, Bristol on 4 May 2008. (The expected star of the show, 71000 Duke of Gloucester, failed to arrive with a scheduled Bristol - Plymouth excursion following a mechanical problem.)
Peter Todd [04/05/2008] Ref: 18932 |
Parson Street: Freightliner 66507 takes loaded coal wagons from Portbury docks through Parson Street station, Bristol, towards Temple Meads on 26 November, probable final destination Fiddlers Ferry power station.
Peter Todd [26/11/2008] Ref: 21597 |
Parson Street: A CrossCountry Voyager southbound through Parson Street station, Bristol, on 5 December 2008.
Peter Todd [05/12/2008] Ref: 21688 |
Parson Street: EWS 66079 James Nightall GC takes a loaded coal train through Parson Street station in the Bristol suburbs on 30 January heading in the direction of Temple Meads.
Peter Todd [30/01/2009] Ref: 22306 |
Pensford Viaduct: Taken on 17 November 1999 looking south from an aircraft landing at Bristol Airport, this is Pensford Viaduct on the erstwhile Bristol - Radstock - Frome route.
John Thorn [17/11/1999] Ref: 26020 |
Pilning: 66592 brings a freight through Pilning station on the eastern side of the Severn Tunnel in August 2007.
Peter Todd [17/08/2007] Ref: 18063 |
Pilning: First station after leaving the Severn Tunnel on the Cardiff - Bristol route is Pilning, seen here with a PW squad giving way to a 158 on 17 August 2007.
Peter Todd [17/08/2007] Ref: 18219 |
Pilning: 158 950 eastbound at Pilning station on 21 April 2009 having almost completed the ascent from the eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel. In the left background stand the uprights of the second Severn Crossing.
Peter Todd [21/04/2009] Ref: 23422 |
Pilning: EWS 66156 westbound on a stone train through Pilning, at the eastern end of the Severn Tunnel on 21 April, running slowly through the loop towards the Tunnel.
Peter Todd [21/04/2009] Ref: 23463 |
Pilning: 150 261 pulls into Pilning station, South Gloucestershire, on 21 April 2009. From here it will head west through the Severn Tunnel en route to Cardiff.
Peter Todd [21/04/2009] Ref: 23642 |
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Plates, signs and notices: GWR 10T wagon plate no. 30823.
Alistair MacKenzie [01/02/1980] Ref: 13542 |
Plymouth: D1053 Western Patriarch with a train at Plymouth in the Summer of 1976.
John Alexander [//1976] Ref: 20927 |
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Reading: The prototype HST photographed running through Sonning Cutting in the 1970s.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 19988 |
Reading: D1918 stands at the east end of Reading station after arriving with a Birmingham - Poole train on 8 May 1969.
John Furnevel [08/05/1969] Ref: 4104 |
Reading: An eastbound InterCity 125 HST about to run through Reading station on the middle road in 1985 as it speeds towards Paddington.
John McIntyre [//1985] Ref: 17306 |
Reading: 50022 with a class 47 on an up train approaching Reading in 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13203 |
Reading: A class 47 takes a westbound service from Paddington through Reading in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13228 |
Reading: A class 33 on a Basingstoke service stands alongside a class 50 with a train for the West of England at the west end of Reading station in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 18868 |
Reading: An eastbound InterCity 125 approaches Reading station in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 26631 |
Reading: A Class 47 in Great Western Railway lined green livery about to run east through Reading station with empty Binliner refuse containers in May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 29693 |
Reading: Looking north across the platforms at the west end of Reading station on 26 January 1990. A 117 DMU is boarding in one of the bays as an InterCity 125 HST starts to move off on the final leg of its journey to Paddington.
John McIntyre [26/01/1990] Ref: 19005 |
Reading: A class 205 DEMU sits alongside a class 108 DMU in the bay platforms at the west end of Reading station on 26 January 1990.
John McIntyre [26/01/1990] Ref: 20233 |
Reading: 71000 heads west from Reading towards Bristol with The Great Britain railtour which will visit Cornwall, Wales and Scotland in the days ahead.
Michael Gibb [06/04/2007] Ref: 14403 |
Reading: 71000 Duke of Gloucester steams through Reading with the 1st leg of the 7 day Great Britain steam railtour.
Michael Gibb [06/04/2007] Ref: 14404 |
Reading: A Paddington - Penzance railtour, hauled by gleaming D1015 Western Champion, about to restart from a stop at Reading on 5 April 2008.
Michael Gibb [05/04/2008] Ref: 18551 |
Reading: D1015 Western Champion arrives at Reading with a Paddington to Penzance railtour on 5 April.
Michael Gibb [05/04/2008] Ref: 18550 |
Reading: First Great Western 166202 waits in eastbound bay platform 6 at Reading on 17 June 2009 forming the 2215 hrs stopping service to Paddington.
John McIntyre [17/06/2009] Ref: 24393 |
Reading: The 1827 CrossCountry service from Manchester to Bournemouth about to depart from Reading on 17 June 2009.
John McIntyre [17/06/2009] Ref: 24210 |
Reading: In front of one of many new buildings just to the east of Reading station is a South West Trains service which has terminated here following a journey from Waterloo via Ascot on 18 June 2009. The Class 444 units have an external resemblance to the Class 380 mock-up currently on display in Glasgow Central Station. Nearer the camera is a First Great Western HST on an eastbound service which will run non stop to London Paddington.
John McIntyre [18/06/2009] Ref: 24335 |
Reading: The driver of the CrossCountry service has changed ends as it sits in Platform 5 at Reading on 18 June with a service from Manchester to Bournemouth. Meanwhile a westbound HST pauses at the adjacent platform.
John McIntyre [18/06/2009] Ref: 24200 |
Reading Depot: A long way from home at Reading Depot. The former D2420, 06003, is now the sole surviving Barclay Class 06 0-4-0 DM shunter and is currently at Barrow Hill. It may have escaped the scrap man by being transferred from Scotland to Departmental duties at Reading Signal Works.
Here it is shown, newly renumbered as 97804, at Reading Depot just prior to transfer to the works to replace 97020. The Barclay stayed there until 1984 when it moved into preservation.
Mark Bartlett [18/07/1981] Ref: 22416 |
Reading Signal Works: Originally known simply as 20, Ruston & Hornsby 4wDM 97020 was built in 1957 for use in Reading Signal Works and remained there all its working life. It was tricky to see as the yard was not visible from passing trains. By the time this photo was taken, through the bars of an overbridge, the shunter was on borrowed time as its replacement, Barclay Class 06 No. 06003, had arrived in Reading from Scotland. 97020 never did leave this yard, being broken up there by a contractor in August 1982. The Signal Works closed later in the 1980s.
Mark Bartlett [18/07/1981] Ref: 22413 |
Saltash: Brunel's famous Saltash suspension bridge over the Tamar estuary, as seen from an approaching Penzance to Exeter train, which is just about to call at Saltash station and then swing sharply right onto the bridge approach. Under the left hand span the Ernsettle Royal Navy depot, rail served from the Gunnislake branch that runs along the far shore, can be seen.
Mark Bartlett [15/06/2010] Ref: 29511 |
Severn Beach: Severn Beach looking to Avonmouth. You could be forgiven for thinking this station is closed given all this dereliction. To be fair there is a track still down the other side of the platform. Today it's a terminus as the line on to Pilning closed in 1968. The lifted lines to the left served the Severnside works (lines out of use by 2000).
Ewan Crawford [15/11/2009] Ref: 26478 |
Shepherds: A type 2 brings a train into the remote station of Shepherds - named after a nearby farm - on the line between Newquay and Chacewater in September 1962, a few months before closure.
John Thorn [/09/1962] Ref: 26363 |
Shrivenham: BR Standard Pacific 71000 Duke of Gloucester westbound at Shrivenham on the outskirts of Swindon with the first North Briton special on 6th April 2007. The train was running an hour late due to water tanker problems experienced earlier at the site of Challow Station.
Peter Todd [06/04/2007] Ref: 22121 |
Shrivenham: Ex-GWR Castle class 4-6-0 no 5029 Nunney Castle, westbound with a special on 6 April, passing the site of Shrivenham Station on the outskirts of Swindon.
Peter Todd [06/04/2010] Ref: 28396 |
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Southall: Westbound express passes a stopping train in Southall station.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 2597 |
Southall: Paddington - South Wales express through Southall.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4623 |
Southall: Westbound oil train passing through Southall.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4625 |
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Spring Road: A DMU on a Birmingham - Stratford-Upon-Avon service calls at Spring Road in 1980.
Ian Dinmore [//1980] Ref: 21665 |
St Blazey: The former GWR shed at St Blazey in 2002.
Ewan Crawford [//2002] Ref: 17586 |
St Blazey: Looking across the turntable at St Blazey in 2002.
Ewan Crawford [//2002] Ref: 17645 |
St Dennis Junction: St Dennis Junction SB on the Newquay line.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 11858 |
St Phillips Marsh: Scene at the EWS depot at St Phillips Marsh, Bristol, on the morning of 10 July 2009 during the lighting up of A1 Pacific no 60163 Tornado.
Peter Todd [10/07/2009] Ref: 24500 |
St Phillips Marsh: Entrance to the EWS depot at St Phillips Marsh, Bristol, on 10 July, with 08516 standing just beyond the barrier.
Peter Todd [10/07/2009] Ref: 24513 |
Stratford - Upon - Avon: Stratford - Upon - Avon with a DMU for Birmingham ready to leave as a Leamington Spa service arrives at the adjacent platform.
Ian Dinmore [//] Ref: 13171 |
Swansea CS: Class 24/1 24142 in departmental guise as RDB968009 photographed on 20 March 1982 standing alongside Swansea carriage sidings.
Colin Alexander [20/03/1982] Ref: 18589 |
Swindon: Locomotives 31234 and 47079 (formerly D1664) G J Churchward stand at the Swindon stabling point in March 1983. The class 47 had carried the name George Jackson Churchward until approximately 4 years previously (see image 3236) but, for some reason (anyone know why?) by 1980 the full name of the former CME of the Great Western Railway had been reduced to initials by BR. No 47079 was subsequently rebuilt as 57029 and became part of the DRS fleet from December 2007.
Peter Todd [/03/1983] Ref: 22474 |
Swindon: Preserved BR standard class 4 4-6-0 no 75069 with The Red Dragon special on 2 March 1985. The train is seen heading south through Sparcells on the outskirts of Swindon on the Gloucester line.
Peter Todd [02/03/1985] Ref: 27119 |
Swindon: 47787 'Windsor Castle' waits at Swindon to head east with a railtour from Skegness to Oxford on 17th April 2010.
Michael Gibb [17/04/2010] Ref: 28556 |
Swindon Railfreight Terminal: This junction on the Great Western main line just to the east of Swindon serves the rail terminal that opened in 2000.
Mark Bartlett [27/07/2008] Ref: 20060 |
Swindon Works: North British Class 22 D6330, with nose doors open, stands at the head of a line of sister NBL locos at Swindon. A handful of the class had just made it into 1972 but all the survivors had been withdrawn by the time this picture was taken and D6330 was cut up three months later in June 1972. [See image 19448] for a picture of D6319, the last survivor just before it was also cut up.
Mark Bartlett [/03/1972] Ref: 20074 |
Swindon Works: North British Class 43 D851 Temeraire stands in a scrap line at Swindon. 1971 had seen a purge of the NBL Warships with all the surviving 30, from the original 33 built, being withdrawn. D851 was cut up in June 1972, three months after this picture was taken.
Mark Bartlett [/03/1972] Ref: 20083 |
Swindon Works: Two Hymek Class 35s and a North British Class 22 await the inevitable in Swindon Works yard in 1972. The NBL Class 22 is in early rail blue with a half yellow panel and engineless although the flat wagon next to it appears to be carrying a power unit under the tarpaulin. The green Hymek has already lost its engine and the roofless early blue specimen behind is in an equally sorry state. My records from the time indicate that the Class 22 was D6322 and the green Hymek D7049.
Mark Bartlett [/03/1972] Ref: 27393 |
Swindon Works: D1019 Western Challenger, one of the first four Westerns to be withdrawn, looking very woebegone in Swindon Works yard awaiting scrapping. Even in this condition the fine looks of the Class 52 are evident, which leads me to wonder (and its just a personal opinion) how, after 47 years of 'progress', we have produced the Class 70?
Mark Bartlett [16/03/1974] Ref: 26695 |
Swindon Works: Western D1019 and Hymek D7089 on the scrap line at Swindon Works on 16 March 1974. Both had been withdrawn the previous May but the Hymek (which is clearly in better condition here) was later removed from the works yard for departmental service as train heating unit ADB968005. This was only for a brief period but the loco didn't return to Swindon, being broken up at Thomson's in Stockton in late 1975 or early 1976. D1019 only lasted a few more months and was cut up at Swindon in October 1974. (With thanks to Peter Todd and Crinan Dunbar).
Mark Bartlett [16/03/1974] Ref: 28159 |
Swindon Works: End of the line for a pair of Western (2,700hp class 52 diesel - hydraulic) locomotives abandoned in the sidings at Swindon Works in 1979.
Ian Dinmore [//1979] Ref: 17749 |
Swindon Works: 20050 (later restored as D8000 for the NRM) at Swindon on 6 June 1981.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 18258 |
Swindon Works: Warship D818 Glory at her birthplace in Swindon Works on 6 June 1981. Despite her immaculate appearance (following a restoration exercise by works apprentices) she was subsequently scrapped.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 18272 |
Swindon Works: 25007 and 25006 patiently awaiting their fate on one of the scrap lines alongside Swindon Works on 6 June 1981.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 18554 |
Swindon Works: D1023 Western Fusiler stands at Swindon works on 6 June 1981.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 19851 |
Swindon Works: Security staff ensuring railway enthusiasts dont help themselves to souvenirs from the remains of locomotives such as 40071 on the condemned lines at a Swindon Works open day on 6 June 1981.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 20758 |
Swindon Works: The shell of 40125 stands in a siding at Swindon Works on 6 June 1981.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 21181 |
Swindon Works: 31017 photographed on 6 June 1981 on the scrapline at Swindon works.
Colin Alexander [06/06/1981] Ref: 21836 |
Swindon Works: The works yard at Swindon on 21 October 1982. From the left are 08696, 08839, 08791, 08677, 08450 and 08793, all ready to head for their respective homes following a works overhaul.
Peter Todd [21/10/1982] Ref: 26009 |
Tackley: The basic but very tidy facilities at Tackley can be seen in this view looking towards Oxford. The station serves a fairly small village and has done well to survive through to the present day.
Mark Bartlett [18/06/2009] Ref: 24771 |
Tackley: The period style lighting adds a nice touch to Tackley station as a Cross Country Voyager speeds south on the line from Banbury to Oxford. This view looks north towards Banbury.
Mark Bartlett [18/06/2009] Ref: 24772 |
Taplow: A Pressed Steel Class 117 suburban DMU leaves the Up slow line platform at Taplow heading for Paddington in 1981. When these 1st generation units were eventually replaced by Thames Turbo units some of them were cascaded to Haymarket and, in the 1990s, were among the last early DMUs in service.
Mark Bartlett [18/07/1981] Ref: 23912 |
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Twyford: Aerial view of Twyford looking south west. The branch runs to Henley-on-Thames.
Ewan Crawford [//] Ref: 7272 |
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Tyseley: A DMU bound for Birmingham Moor Street calls at Tyseley in August 1980.
Ian Dinmore [27/08/1980] Ref: 20246 |
Uffington: 70013 Oliver Cromwell heading west with a special to Newport via Bristol Parkway and the Severn Tunnel on 1 March. Taken on the GWR mainline close to the village of Uffington about ten miles east of Swindon. The engine had just taken water at Challow and was accelerating away with great gusto. Very pleasing to the ear.
Peter Todd [01/03/2009] Ref: 22693 |
Uffington: A First Great Western HST seen heading east at Uffington, Oxfordshire, bound for Paddington on 1 March 2009. Much quieter now they have their new engines.
Peter Todd [01/03/2009] Ref: 22706 |
West Drayton: Class 47 with a train of 100-tonne oil tanks westbound on the GW main line through West Drayton in the late 1960s.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 2654 |
West Drayton: Paddington bound express passing West Drayton.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4849 |
West Drayton: WR Express parcels service at West Drayton in the late 60s.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4850 |
West Drayton: Parcels train bound for Paddington at West Drayton.
John Furnevel [//] Ref: 4851 |
Westbury: The unique 47901, photographed on Westbury shed on 17 December 1982. The locomotive was running as an operational test rig for the class 58 engine at this time and had previously been used on a similar basis for testing class 56 traction equipment. The locomotive was finally withdrawn in 1990.
Peter Todd [17/12/1982] Ref: 25148 |
Westbury: A westbound express on the west of England main line in 1985 behind 50037 Illustrious about to pass under the Salisbury line.
John McIntyre [//1985] Ref: 13243 |
Westbury: Westbury yard to the east of the station, May 1985.
John McIntyre [/05/1985] Ref: 13178 |
Westbury: A locomotive with an interesting history, no 47901, seen at Fairwood Junction, Westbury, with a stone train on 26 March 1986. One of the 512 Brush Type 4 diesel electrics built for BR in the 1960s, it began life as D1628. Having been subsequently renumbered as 47046 it was refitted as a mobile test rig for class 56 traction equipment in 1976 and given the number 47601. A further conversion took place 3 years later in 1979, when it was refitted with class 58 test components and given the number 47901. It was finally withdrawn from service in February 1990.
Peter Todd [26/03/1986] Ref: 23153 |
Westbury: Hanson class 59 locomotive no 59104 Village of Great Elm arrives alongside Westbury station on 28 January at the head of an eastbound stone train originating from one of the nearby Mendip quarries.
Peter Todd [28/01/2009] Ref: 22320 |
Westbury: First Great Western DMU 150221 standing at platform 3 at Westbury on 28 January 2009 with a service to Bath and Bristol Temple Meads.
Peter Todd [28/01/2009] Ref: 22325 |
Westbury: A class 153 diesel railcar waits at Westbury on 28 January 2009 with a service calling at all stations to Worcester.
Peter Todd [28/01/2009] Ref: 22339 |
Westbury: 150239 departing Westbury for Bristol on 14 March 2009.
Peter Todd [14/03/2009] Ref: 22921 |
Whatley Quarry: EWS 60065 hiding at the rear of a car park on the Whatley Quarry (Hanson Aggregates) branch near Frome, Somerset, on 6 April 2008.
Peter Todd [06/04/2008] Ref: 18579 |
Wythall: A DMU heading south from Birmingham for Stratford-Upon-Avon in April 1981 makes a stop at Wythall, North Worcestershire.
Ian Dinmore [12/04/1981] Ref: 21682 |
Yardley Wood: Entrance to Yardley Wood station on Birminghams south side in 1980.
Ian Dinmore [//1980] Ref: 21033 |