Photos of AC electrics

[Rugd1022]

Second attempt at posting these, somebody stole the internet while I wasn't looking...!

 

On the blocks at Euston again, 1967...

 

''And remember young man, whatever you do, don't turn left at Nuneaton...''

 

On the blocks at Euston once more, 1972...

 

A hastily grabbed Kodak Instamatic shot of a '5' on the down side at Rugby, taken whilst perched on my Raleigh Olympic racer (with obligatory white grip tape on the handlebars) and bracing one foot on the railing of Myson House car park...

 

Another '5' trundles along the old Up Goods at Rugby with the Up afternoon vans, often made up to twenty two GUVs and BGs...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Blobrick]

Here's one for Bob C in particular - Euston July 1979.

 

87033 and 86205 wait to leave with northbound expresses.

 

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Hi Pete

 

Thanks for Posting, interestingly for me, that the very month I started, on the 7th if memory serves, who knows l could have been lurking somewhere in the back ground!

 

Bob C

[balders]

Loving these photos!. Unfortunately my old instamatic photos from Coventry and its environs are lost in the mists of time....what was humdrum daily occurrences we never looked or thought twice about are pretty special memories in hindsight. Good work people. Thanks to Rugd1022 for the great Rugby pictures. Again! Cheers Nidge.

 

Regards

 

Guy

[Dava]

Enjoying seeing these photos of the WCML electrics. I grew up in Macclesfield so saw them every day with trips to Manchester, Stoke and London. In the 70's they were so fast and modern. I remember seeing my first 87, 87007, when new at Stoke.

 

It is really interesting to see the atmospheric photos  at Rugby of trains going through the vast old station. Any shots of classes 82,3 & 5 on their ECS duties at Euston would be interesting, as they were often viewed but hard to capture. No photos from me as they were too fast for the Box Brownie (incredible), Instamatic and other cast-off cameras I had!

 

Dava

[auld_boot]

A couple of shots of 90132 at Carlisle.

 

 

Roof detail.

[96701]

A couple of snaps of 87101 connected to test coaches at Carlisle Kingmoor sometime in 1974 or 1975.

 

 

More to follow if I can get a grip of managing photo searching among all the scanned snaps that I have and resizing the ones that you might be interested in, for example this:

 

 

 

[beast66606]

17 February 2003.

Crewe

87009 departs from platform 6 on 1F11, 07:10, London Euston - Liverpool Lime Street

[beast66606]

17 February 2003

Crewe

87011 runs into platform 6 on 1P01, 07:30, London Euston - Preston

[flyingsignalman]

3 photos taken at Basford Hall Jcn on 25/1/1980.

 

(Beast, who was with me and was more efficient than I'll ever be may have the numbers! )

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Dave, re-post #32, is the caption correct?

[hmrspaul]

50 years worth of occasionally photing these at http://paulbartlett.zenfolio.com/brelectric

 

 

Paul

[beast66606]

Dave, re-post #32, is the caption correct?

 

Yep - it's propelling, theres a DVT up front.

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Ah, thanks Dave.

 

Thought it was approaching the station............

[beast66606]

Ah, thanks Dave.

 

Thought it was approaching the station............

 

82130 in platform 6 on 1F11, 07:10, London Euston - Liverpool Lime Street

[Iron Horse]

What excellent timing this thread is. I now live just South of Crewe and often pop down Casey Lane just to see a few trains as I did on Saturday afternoon (bit more vegetation around now than in those pics in post #34 though)

 

I had only been thinking the other day that I hadn't seen any 86's for a while and despite seeing a fair few 90's I wasn't photographing any of them........so Saturday afternoon I went down to rectify that and came away with these 2 quite pleasing shots......

 

90048 still in it's old freightliner livery approaching Basford Hall Junction on the down slow

 

 

and 86608 leading 86627 on the same line some 10 minutes later

 

[D854_Tiger]

I don't know if it's still the case with more modern stock but I was once told by a WCML electrics driver that, with a rake of mk1s, if you came through Tring at 100 mph and then shut off power, with a favourable wind (green lights all the way), it was possible to coast the last thirty miles at 100 mph, all the way into Euston, neither braking or applying power.

 

My first ever electric run to Euston, shortly after electrification, was behind E3004 and we pulled into the terminus alongside E3008.

[Rugd1022]

I don't know if it's still the case with more modern stock but I was once told by a WCML electrics driver that, with a rake of mk1s, if you came through Tring at 100 mph and then shut off power, with a favourable wind (green lights all the way), it was possible to coast the last thirty miles at 100 mph, all the way into Euston, neither braking or applying power.

 

My first ever electric run to Euston, shortly after electrification, was behind E3004 and we pulled into the terminus alongside E3008.

 

That coasting into London from Tring sounds about right, with a 66 hauled 60mph freight and a clear run I can often do the same thing, only having to brake for the expected two yellows just south of Harrow for stopping at Wembley Yard. Saves an awful lot of fuel and earache.

 

Talking of Tring, the cutting there is where I nearly met my maker back in 1983 as a very green and naïve secondman, I'd got down to use the SPT on the Down Slow and was almost taken out by an 87 hauled express on the Up Fast. Learnt a lesson that day I can tell you!

[flyingsignalman]

90 006 runs into Runcorn with a Euston to Liverpool Lime St passenger 22/9/2001.

 

[flyingsignalman]

81 006 taking ECS through the carriage washer at Downhill Sidings, Edge Hill, 21/8/1978.

(The Buffet car being the first vehicle would suggest that the train was from the Western Region.)

 

[jonny777]

81007 passes Hemel Hempstead in Aug 1988, but rather an itchy trigger shutter finger.

 

 

 

85005 near Lancaster in June 1988, but not sure about the train as the loco has the pantograph down.

 

 

 

86016 passing Tamworth on 2nd Aug 1979.

 

 

 

86255 at the buffers at Euston in 1984.

 

 

 

[96701]

Nothing to see here in a photo taken from a window on the first floor of Ladywell House north of Preston Station.

 

 

A couple of electrics at Preston, a little bit earlier than the one above.

 

 

I'm fairly certain I can find some more somewhere.............. I am also certain that the bottom one is at New Street. D'oh

Edited August 16, 2016 by 96701

[Rivercider]

A class 81/85 combo at Warrington

 

81021 and 85039 at Warrington Bank Quay with a northbound train of SUKO tanks, 23/3/82

 

cheers

[bingley hall]

Sadly largely ignored these over the years...

 

86101 at Euston in February 1989

 

[Blobrick]

This is rapidly becoming my all time favourite thread,  loving all the Banger Blue photos from the late 70s, early 80s, a big thank you to all the contributors . Please please please keep em coming!

 

Bob C

[luckymucklebackit]

One of the more unusual uses of the AC locomotive fleet was on 4 x MkIII +DVT formations on the Edinburgh to North Berwick Local service during a shortage of EMUs in 2005.  Here is 90027 approaching Prestonpans on 2nd May that year

 

 

Jim