Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 As the early morning winter fog is burnt-off by the rising sun, a Cl.150/1 DMU joins the Birmingham - Derby line at North Stafford Jn, with a service from Crewe. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 A line-up of Sulzer power in the Klondyke Sidings at Derby Loco Works. Along with the more usual Cl.25 and Cl.46, the Cl.27 is down from Scotland for repair due to pressures at Glasgow Works. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 You can just make out a van behind the centre of the train: That was still there until a couple of years ago, along with a brake van. You can still see it on google maps. - Might even have got a mention on the 'abandoned wagons' thread! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 60090 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8455456752/ 222014 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8455458512/ 391152 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8454363109/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 There was always someting interesting to see at the back of Litchurch Lane Carriage Works. Might be new stock, conversions, accident-damaged vehicles or withdrawn stock. Here we see the end of a dream (or a nightmare?) - the scrapping of the APT-P. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 As John mentioned earlier, London Road Bridge in Derby was something of a magnet for trainspotters. I wonder how many tens of thousands have stood, perhaps on tip-toe, to look over the dark gritstone abutments? They'd have seen a view similar to this. And this being Derby, there just had to be some "Peaks" on view. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) A line-up of Sulzer power in the Klondyke Sidings at Derby Loco Works. Along with the more usual Cl.25 and Cl.46, the Cl.27 is down from Scotland for repair due to pressures at Glasgow Works. At least one even escaped as far S as Leicester once repaired, here on a running-in turn from Derby. (It was persisting it down, hence the dingy photo) Edited January 26, 2014 by eastwestdivide 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted January 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2014 As John mentioned earlier, London Road Bridge in Derby was something of a magnet for trainspotters. I wonder how many tens of thousands have stood, perhaps on tip-toe, to look over the dark gritstone abutments? Maybe that's why the bridge has been demolished, all those 'spotters' had worn it out. http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Derby-s-Victorian-London-Road-bridge-demolished/story-20364975-detail/story.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 There was always someting interesting to see at the back of Litchurch Lane Carriage Works. Might be new stock, conversions, accident-damaged vehicles or withdrawn stock. The back of Litchurch Lane circa 1974 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11285335064/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted January 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) the last time i stood on that bridge was when they were building the 158's for some foreign country. when i started working in derby back in 2007 (with fastline) i was looking on google maps to find the bridge only to discover it was no longer there, the road leading up to it is called "longbridge lane", derby wasn't somewhere i visted very often as a kid but looking at the pictures of the old works i dont remember any of it! looking at the area now its hard to imagine there was even a works there (other than the remaining part of the roundhouse) and i bet a lot of students in the uni are unaware of the history of the place! my "derby memory" is of 08's sat in the sidings next to the power 'box and seeing exotic creatures such as the 151 unit on the matlock service and 30odd years later i can still be seen sat in a cab in derby!! Edited January 26, 2014 by big jim 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 ... my "derby memory" is of 08's sat in the sidings next to the power 'box ... My Derby memory is of an 08 hauling line of elderly wagons north past the station, with the brakes dragging on one of the wagons. After it had trundled past, smoke started rising from a sleeper. Eventually somebody came and peered at it, did nothing and went away again. After a bit the smoke thinned and stopped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Turning now to the "Queen of the Midlands", Nottingham. Here we spot a Cl.45/1 arriving at Platform 4 with a train of air conditioned Mk2s. Note the unusual position of the catering vehicle second from the front of the train. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Moving down to Nottingham station we find another Cl.45/1, this time in platform 5. Looks like the train has just arrived judging by the passengers on the platform heading away to the exit. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 One of the key junctions in the region is at Stenson, where routes converge from Derby, Nottingham/Toton, Birmingham and Stoke. Here a pair of Immingham Cl.31s take the freight line to Sheet Stores Junction with empty oil tankers for South Humberside. The tracks in the foreground lead to Willington power station. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 20153 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7601634966/ 45041 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8680289584/ 45060 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5698566282/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Remember the Swindon Cl.120 Cross-Country DMUs that held sway in the East Midlands for almost 20 years? Comfy, well sprung seats, with the heating on full blast - soon made one dozy on the way home after a full day out trainspotting. Here we see one at Derby waiting to depart from platform 2 with a mid afternoon service. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 This signalbox is now preserved at Snibston Discovery Museum. But here we see the ex-MR signalbox that once controlled the busy A50 level crossing in the centre of Coalville is its original location. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 One of the key junctions in the region is at Stenson, where routes converge from Derby, Nottingham/Toton, Birmingham and Stoke. Here a pair of Immingham Cl.31s take the freight line to Sheet Stores Junction with empty oil tankers for South Humberside. The tracks in the foreground lead to Willington power station. The tracks in the foreground have gone now Peter, as has Willington PS although the cooling towers are still standing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 I preferred to take views of the everyday scene, but occasionally one of these would come along so they were worth a snap. At least this engine has a Derbyshire connection; Sir Nigel's family descendants coming from the village of Gresley. Here we see the A4 on the Five Arches Bridge, just north of Derby station. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Taken some 30 years ago, any idea where I am in the East Midlands? The tracks have since been lifted to form a "trailway". 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 They even have road-like signs on rivers. Here a Midland Line HST crosses the River Trent at Red Hill. To the left is Derbyshire, to the right Nottinghamshire and I'm standing in Leicestershire. The one coach is Executive livery rather spoils the picture. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw1 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 31190 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8491528694/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poor Old Bruce Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Taken some 30 years ago, any idea where I am in the East Midlands? The tracks have since been lifted to form a "trailway". Presumably somewhere top-side of Nottingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Not quite Richard. The line on the left was once a through passenger line that closed in the 1930s but subsequently saw a lot of Wartime traffic. We are somewhere in Leicestershire..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechnut Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 #70 maybe on the Midland & LNWR Joint between Moira and Measham? Would'nt go much past Measham with the spoil heap in the background. Bren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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