Cold days, good enough reason to retire to the railway Room
Re-creating summertime walks by the Grand Union canal in the 1970s
Busy time to the south of Harrow. A 25 slows for the Yard on the Trip Freight from Stanmore Village.
A 1938 Tube set emerges from the High Street Loop as it arrives at Watford Junction. This set contains experimental 'sunshine' car no. 10306.
As a 25 couples up to a failed electric in the Up Fast platform another Express comes round it on the Up Slow Line, and is signalled to cross back to the Up Fast Line.
if you were fortunate (or unfortunate) to be at Watford Junction on the morning of 27th January 1977, your commute into Euston might have produced this. After an overnight derailment of a Freightliner working in Tring Cutting had trapped all but three EMU sets on the north side of the blockage. To supplement the remaining EMUs on a shuttle service from Hemel Hempstead other sets were pressed into service. This stock had arrived on 1A00 2045 Barrow to Euston, much delayed having been diverted to Birmingham New Street, then diesel hauled via Warwick, High Wycombe, the Greenford Loop, and Willesden. After the sleeping cars had been shunted off the remaining stock (including the TPO, locked out of use) formed the 0725 Euston to Hemel Hempstead, and the return trip to Euston.
27.01.77. The improvised service sets off for Euston from Watford. The two Full Brakes at the front contained many standing passengers that morning. This set was retired to Willesden after just one trip, as other loco hauled sets had by now been put into service from the Downside Shed at Euston, some even having the Buffet Cars staffed and open !
South of Harrow. It was surprising just how many freights were diesel hauled 'under the wires'.
A pair of DMUs head south on the Up Slow Line. There was a daily DMU working into Euston in the 1970s. The 0100 Watford - Euston, and the 0149 Euston - Watford Staff train was a scheduled DMU service. Normally one of the Cravens 105 off the St. Albans Abbey workings. The 0013 Euston - Bletchley on Sunday mornings was also a booked DMU working, which could produce a wide variety of sets, whatever Bletchley had on hand usually. One morning I rode home on a recently refurbished Marylebone 115 which had just been outshopped in Blue/Grey Livery.
A Metropolitan A60 arrives at the Junction on a service from Baker Street via the Croxley link. A Euston bound 501 disappears round the High Street loop. Southbound Liverpool Pullman passes a northbound parcels working for Rugby via Northampton.
A Toton - Willesden freight crosses the Colne Viaduct hauled by a 45 plus Brake Tender.
The Widnes - North Wembley BOC Tankers cross the Colne Viaduct south of Watford.
South of Harrow. The North Wembley BOC Tankers pass a Rugby Class 6 Parcels working.
The Halewood - Dagenham coasts through Harrow on the Up Slow Line.
The Halewood - Dagenham crosses the Colne Viaduct.
A Northampton to Euston 310 crosses the Colne.
A Bletchley - Euston 310 calls at Platform 6 at Harrow & Wealdstone. An 84 on a class 1 working for Euston hurries through on the Up Fast Line as a 1972 Tube set arrives in Platform 1 on the 'New Lines'.
Full House of Tube stock at the Junction.
'Out in the sticks' near Linslade. Passing Express services, with a northbound freight creeping into shot.
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