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3 hours ago, ruggedpeak said:

but I doubt there would be 2 Peaks parked up there in the mid-80's?

(referring to York) - didn't the 45/1s have a stint on the Transpennine loco-hauled services mid-80s after the HSTs took over most of the St Pancras trains?

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On 08/05/2019 at 08:08, Owd Bob said:

Operation Smash Hit.  17-7-'84. A mate worked for BNFL at the time and got me the official in house video and newsletter of the crash, the original vid' has long since gone but i have this copy on DVD with a pic' and press cutting.:)

Numberless 45 029 at Tinsley 1982. Number was chalked on the sand box.

Original BNFL explosive pic' of 46 009. and press cutting.

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Hi Bob,

 

While working at Riley's in Bury some years back an EWS engineer called Inj Bhogal spoke about the crashed locomotive and that as an apprentice he had worked on it. The men at the depot were generally quite excited that they were working upon a 100 mph locomotive for a special project.

 

He seemed quite pained recalling that he returned home form work one day to be told by his mother that BR had staged a train crash and if he watched the news he would see it, and so with his tea on his lap in front of the telly he watched as the locomotive he had worked upon was smashed to bits.

 

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7 hours ago, woodenhead said:

A cheeky stab in the dark would say it was heading to Newcastle 

Given the Parcels bridge was at the London end of the station, I reckon you're right. I have fond memories of the Peaks on Cross-Country workings from Bristol in the early/mid 1970s; apart from travelling on them, I used to watch them passing Narroways Hill Jct, down the road from my flat.

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As a student in 1977 , i had a  Summer job in a factory located, with  lodgings  in Pye Bridge,  I have never known such boredom as  Pye Bridge village,  the only evening entertainment was to congregate with one or two like-minded enthusiasts at the site of  Pye Bridge/Riddings Junction  watching ex-BR diesel shunter D2138 at work in the colliery,  class 20s on coal duties and to witness  the final workings of the Toton 44 locos on freight trains.

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Peaks, my favourite locos of the good old days, great to see the nostalgia on this thread, Blue Peaks, marvellous, thanks for the rekindled memories folks...

 

Well, with a nod to the past, here's 45 149 at the GWR Diesel Weekend on 13 Oct 2019 departing Toddington, just after the rain clouds had finally cleared:

 

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Great loco, I'm pleased to be a supporter of the CMDG and have the opportunity to see '149 looking so good and in action!

 

cheers,

 

Keith

 

 

 

 

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Sat July 3rd 1982 was a memorable day on the Southern WCML. St Pancras was closed for throat modernisation and all Sheffield, Nottingham and Derby services were diverted to Euston. Some were swapped for AC power at Nuneaton but we still got 11 different peaks that day.

Heres 45104 storming North past Ledburn Jn with the 1700 Euston - Sheffield on 030782. An unforgettable day!

 

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My first ever Peak trip....At the beginning of January 1987 snow covered much of the UK. At the time I was a mere teenage lad on BR. My boss arrange for us trainees to take a trip from Brighton to York to visit the National Railway Museum. Taking charge of us from Sussex we headed up to Victoria then on the tube to a Kings Cross. 

Upon arrival we found that snow had shut the ECML north of Doncaster, with the remaining services out of the Cross hugely delayed. HSTs were turning up covered in ice and snow, having been sent back south. 

My boss’ view was we should get on the next north bound train and see what happened. Our HST crawled through driving snow as far as Peterborough and was then stopped as the line was blocked going north.

Sitting in the far platform was a rake of blue and grey Mk2 pressure vented stock headed by a Class 45, advertised destination Norwich. As it was the only train that was apparently going to run and as it was about to leave, also so as not to waste the day, we all piled into to the toasty warm train. It made a spirited and very claggy departure, with us BR Southern boys marvelling at this foreign exotic traction. Window hanging was the order of the day for most of us, despite the snow and cold weather, helped by the fact that most of the windows had frozen in the down position.  We got as far as the March area when we came to a stand in the middle of nowhere, with a failed Sprinter in front of us. Our train was still toasty warm as we sat for well over an hour with the 45 ticking over. Eventually as Class 31 ran passed us light engine, wrong road, and disappeared off. Finally dropping on to the failed Sprinter in the distance. 

With the obstruction gone we got under way. All this must have taken around two hours,  so that when we set off the clagg was dark and of epic proportions, blanketing the train and surrounding area for some time. 

We must have had a clear run after this because most trains were cancelled. As I remember it we trashed along, with a few station stops, all the way to Norwich. At the time i only had a very basic camera and took so few photos, none of them came out very well anyway. 

 

We had a great day. Eventually taking five hours getting back to Liverpool Street behind a class 47, one of the only trains to make it through that day. Then a three hour extremely slow trip, in a scratched up train formed of 8 car EPB, out of Victoria to Hove as Preston Park to Brighton was shut. Walked home and got in at 06:00.....shattered but it was flipping marvellous. 

 

What I am most gutted about is I can’t remember the exact day or date, except that it was in early January 1987, and the lost notes means I don’t even know which class 45 it was. Especially gutted as it was the first I had ever travelled behind. Can anyone remember the odd workings around this time???? I realise that it is a massive ask with so little info....

 

cheers all 

Grizz

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On 16/06/2019 at 10:35, ruggedpeak said:

Been scanning my old slides and found this. As I rarely made notes I have no idea when or where except it will be early-mid 1980's. Zooming in it looks like 45126 at the front and 45125 behind?

 

 

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On 16/06/2019 at 11:13, JeffP said:

Might it be Derby?

 

On 16/06/2019 at 11:50, woodenhead said:

Is it York after the shed passed to the NRM

 

It's not Derby.  I think its York depot as the signals are of the pattern used in the post war signalling schemes at York and Newcastle (amongst others).

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On 16/06/2019 at 12:29, 96701 said:

20150606162521_08.jpg.f6f0a2533df2c3ee24f2af26491a59e5.jpgI cannot quite make out the number, but must have been in the seventies at Bristol Temple Meads. Also cannot remember which way the train was heading!

 

It's the east end of Temple Meads. 

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Living on Tyneside in the 1960s I tended to ignore the day-today 'local' stuff and just photograph the 'visitors' (as I'm sure others also did, sadly)'

The Bristol-Newcastle trains often produced a 'foreign' Peak and I have a few to show here, including some green examples, all from the 60s

 

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Trying out my 'new' (actually second-hand) Kodak Retinette camera I grabbed this view at Low Fell of green D43 with a southbound Bristol train in 28th January 1967. I'm not sure if i was deliberately including the old station building or if I pressed the shutter too soon!

 

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Photographed from the bridge on 16th June 1968 is another green example, D134 on a similar working 

 

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Here's D171 in blue at the same spot on 15th February 1969 - I think this was a Gateshead example

 

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Crew change at Newcastle in July 1969 with D187 on an anglo-scottish train 

 

I'll sort out some 1970s pics in due course

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On 12/01/2020 at 12:55, Grizz said:

 

What I am most gutted about is I can’t remember the exact day or date, except that it was in early January 1987, and the lost notes means I don’t even know which class 45 it was. Especially gutted as it was the first I had ever travelled behind. Can anyone remember the odd workings around this time???? I realise that it is a massive ask with so little info....

 

cheers all 

Grizz

Do you recall what day of the week you travelled on? The worst of the weather affecting the ECML started on the 12th Jan until about the 15th. Trains on the SR continued to be affected badly until the 18th, when conditions eased a bit.

I got this from Derbysulzers, but no mention of any cl.45s

https://web.archive.org/web/20160414112747/http://derbysulzers.com/snowb.html  (scroll down for 1987)

[Accessed via Wayback Machine as site seems to be down]

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More 'Peaks' on Tyneside - 1970s

 

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D177 at KIng Edward Bridge Junction, Gateshead, on 23rd June 1971 with the 15.20 Newcastle-KX

 

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46033 stands at Newcastle with a terminating train (from Bristol?) on 5th August 1974 as 55016 arrives heading south

 

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129 heads empty stock to Heaton on 9th August 1974 as 55005 heads north with the 'Flying Scotsman'

 

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93 on the slow lines at Low Fell on 11th August 1974

 

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45013 with a southbound football(?) excursion on 29th March 1975 passing the remnants of a derailment at Low Fell

 

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On 15/01/2020 at 12:00, Trev52A said:

Living on Tyneside in the 1960s I tended to ignore the day-today 'local' stuff and just photograph the 'visitors' (as I'm sure others also did, sadly)'

The Bristol-Newcastle trains often produced a 'foreign' Peak and I have a few to show here, including some green examples, all from the 60s

 

462959033_(763b)D43LowFell28jan67(TrevorErmel).jpg.ec9fe95f062cf598c3ca438f01ee87d4.jpg

Trying out my 'new' (actually second-hand) Kodak Retinette camera I grabbed this view at Low Fell of green D43 with a southbound Bristol train in 28th January 1967. I'm not sure if i was deliberately including the old station building or if I pressed the shutter too soon!

 

837279527_(2299b)D134LowFell16-6-68(TErmel).jpg.6bbab53ddf10df3e7fd1381aa40482f4.jpg

Photographed from the bridge on 16th June 1968 is another green example, D134 on a similar working 

 

1134375178_(753aS)D171LowFell15feb69(TrevorErmel).jpg.87b84268d7219a82fd7b55d1e1a99a22.jpg

Here's D171 in blue at the same spot on 15th February 1969 - I think this was a Gateshead example

 

908643566_(2343-19aS)D187Newcastlestation07-69(TErmel).jpg.d47a25194788741926b88662c7f58d82.jpg

Crew change at Newcastle in July 1969 with D187 on an anglo-scottish train 

 

I'll sort out some 1970s pics in due course

Trevor

 Cracking photo's

 

Jim

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18 minutes ago, Trev52A said:

More 'Peaks' on Tyneside - 1970s

 

631532890_(T1158aS)D17715.20N-KXatKEBrJn23-6-71(TE).jpg.cf3e75b77ae00923dc881fc6c9d6bb90.jpg

D177 at KIng Edward Bridge Junction, Gateshead, on 23rd June 1971 with the 15.20 Newcastle-KX

 

2071435859_(1201b)4603355016Newcastle05-08-74(TErmel).jpg.5b4bd41ce7499cda1a3832778ce56336.jpg

46033 stands at Newcastle with a terminating train (from Bristol?) on 5th August 1974 as 55016 arrives heading south

 

497667034_(998d)129(ecs)55005onFSNewcastle9-8-74(TrevorErmel).jpg.8fcff802de07fc2d95ae94a0b789a215.jpg

129 heads empty stock to Heaton on 9th August 1974 as 55005 heads north with the 'Flying Scotsman'

 

7511495_(1208b)93LowFell11aug74(TErmel).jpg.73fa27f89c11cd33355e3f168e4eb7bb.jpg

93 on the slow lines at Low Fell on 11th August 1974

 

500965896_(1015b)45013FootexpassingRENFEderailedwagonLowFell29-3-75(TrevorErmel).jpg.9467cf9aed51c6f27c2914287d982564.jpg

45013 with a southbound football(?) excursion on 29th March 1975 passing the remnants of a derailment at Low Fell

 

Trevor

 Brilliant photo's .....especially the Newcastle one's

 

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Some more from Gateshead from the 1970s in colour this time...

 

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46002 leaves the King Edward bridge with a southbound train on 3rd April 1976, above the route of the Redheugh incline (closed about 1896 I think!)

 

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Looking right from the same spot, here's 45030 heading light engine from Newcastle Central towards Gateshead depot on 28th March 1976

 

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A grab shot through the fence as 45036 approaches the King Edward Bridge on 6th March 1976

 

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45039 near Bensham with a northbound train on Christmas Eve 1975

 

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Newcastle area..

 

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170 heads north from Newcastle on 27th January 1973

 

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45061 start out from Newcastle over the High Level Bridge on 6th June 1976

 

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46036 at Manors with (probably) empty stock for Newcastle Central on 18th May 1975

 

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