Here is a selection from around the country.
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1. On the 06/06/93 a group of us visited Ashford open day. Two of the exhibits were 83301 and 73205. 33115 was given new international bogies with 3rd rail shoes and renumbered 83301. It was semi-permanently coupled with the 73 and usually worked with a redundant 4TC set allocated to the RTC.
2. The Solent & Wessex Wanderer railtour departing Yeovil Junction for Waterloo on the 01/03/92. The locos are 73001,20117 and 20121.
3.302219 and 310074 rest at Shoeburyness sometime in June 1991.
4. 150279 sits in the sun at Treherbert whilst the crew change ends. June 1995.
Yes there were issues but I can’t remember what they were,someone here will. There’s at least 15 in that photo.Just looking at so many brand new 60s stored at Falcon Works, would I be remembering correctly that there were many problems getting them commissioned at the time?
I remember the place was absolutely deserted apart from the four in our group and another couple of enthusiasts. Our usual method of getting around a shed entailed asking the first person we saw in an orange vest if we could look around. If they objected we would ask for directions to the supervisors office. If given we would head off around the depot at will looking for it. If caught again we said this was the way we were told to come. We only got booted out once and that was Laira.No one around at the weekend,but the depot stuffed full of dirty locos off a hard week on MGR coal trains.
As requested! In 1990 I spent a week bashing and drinking around northern Scotland basing myself at Aviemore. Many boxes were photographed. Here are some.Signal boxes (especially Scottish ones) are pretty cool to be fair…
As requested! In 1990 I spent a week bashing and drinking around northern Scotland basing myself at Aviemore. Many boxes were photographed. Here are some.
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1. Nairn East box.
2. Nairn West box.
3. Tablet exchange at Nairn with 47701 St Andrew. It’s claimed the Nairn signalman manned both boxes and cycled between the two. There was a very good railway museum in the station building.
4. The interior of Aviemore box. The poor signalman suffered many visits from myself that week.
Super stuff. The picture inside the Aviemore box is a cracker.As requested! In 1990 I spent a week bashing and drinking around northern Scotland basing myself at Aviemore. Many boxes were photographed. Here are some.
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1. Nairn East box.
2. Nairn West box.
3. Tablet exchange at Nairn with 47701 St Andrew. It’s claimed the Nairn signalman manned both boxes and cycled between the two. There was a very good railway museum in the station building.
4. The interior of Aviemore box. The poor signalman suffered many visits from myself that week.
He finally let me have a go on the frame on my last night before returning home.Super stuff. The picture inside the Aviemore box is a cracker.
Very happy memories for me there as I was onboard that Pathfinder railtour, and a really excellent tour it was too, from memory it was 47 hauled from Stockport (where I joined) with the 50s taking over at Bristol TM - really doesn’t seem like 34 years ago though!Death and Destruction in Glasgow and Vacs.
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1. In 1991 a group of us visited MC Metals in Glasgow to aquire major spares for our class 20. This was probably not the nicest way to see a 33 in Scotland but here’s 33022 awaiting its demise amongst bits of peak and goyle.
2 The remains of several 31s and 45 await final cutting in the yard.
3. On the 16/9/90 Pathfinders Taw & Tor Tourer railtour visited lines in Devon. Here we see 50032 passing through the remains of Teigngrace station on its way to Heathfield.
4. The same tour about to pass through Teigngrace with 50031 leading.