Chris T's photo archives

[Chris Turnbull]

Some more black and white shots from 1967 today.

 

 

Waterloo on 30th May with West Country 34036 Westward Ho! waiting to leave the platform for Nine Elms after having been released by one of the station pilots. 

 

 

Here's Battle of Britain 34087 145 Squadron also waiting to return to Nine Elms.  This was taken later in the day as the weather has dried up.

 

 

Northwards to Carlisle Kingmoor on 23rd August.  Note the rudimentary signage.

 

 

Black 5 44809 speeds past with a freight on 23rd August.

 

 

On the same day 8Fs 48408 and 48421 wait their turn on the turntable.  Note the new diesel depot under construction in the background.

 

 

Again on the 23rd, here is 9F 92012 on the turntable with 8F 48505 waiting its turn.  As I have already said. the turntable was in nearly continuous use at the time.

 

Chris Turnbull    

[Chris Turnbull]

Steam in Scotland today.

 

 

On 7th May 2006 the Railway Study Association visited the Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway.  This is Caledonian Railway No. 419 arriving at Birkhill.

 

 

419 has now run round its train and is ready to depart.

 

 

At the other end of the line is Bo'ness where we see 419 alongside 47245.

 

 

On a wet and dismal 6th September 2017 45407 crosses Glenfinnan viaduct.

 

 

On the same day, here is 45407 entering Mallaig at the end of her journey.

 

 

There are no turning facilities at Mallaig nowadays so 45407 had to work back tender-first.  On a day like this the tarpaulin was an essential piece of equipment.

 

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[Chris Turnbull]

Ipswich: one of my favourite railway towns - although it is not a patch on what it used to be.  I thought it might be fun to try and and photograph some of the locations that I visited in 1969 and do a series of "Now" shots as far as possible.  So it was that on Friday 10th June my better half and I set off for Ipswich, she to go round the shops, me to photograph the railway. 

 

 

A class 755 from Lowestoft comes off the East Suffolk Line at East Suffolk Junction.  Although this location did not feature in my 1969 shots I thought it worthwhile whilst I was there to take in as many locations as possible.

 

 

This shot is taken in Belstead Avenue just above the south portal of Ipswich Tunnel and the line can just be seen in the lower part of the picture.  Note the Orwell Bridge in the distance.  The growth of lineside vegetation was a major problem as was the height of bridge parapets and the spear fencing that proliferates everywhere.  I had to take this shot above precariously balanced on a low concrete wall to be able to see anything at all.

 

 

And here's what it looked like in August 1969.  I've posted this before but repeat it here for easy comparison. 

 

 

Since I am of an age when I qualify for a bus pass it made sense to travel around Ipswich on the many buses that criss-cross the town.  On my way to Belstead Avenue I got off in Station Street and this is what I found next to the bus stop.  Opened on November 27th 1927 at first only members of ASLEF were allowed to join the club but it wasn't long before the public were invited to join.

 

 

Westerfield with 755326 departing towards Felixstowe.  These days the access to the Felixstowe line is via a single lead junction with Down trains crossing from the Down East Suffolk to the Up East Suffolk just before Westerfield station to access the branch.  This is the Up platform; the Down platform is used only by Lowestoft trains.

 

 

And here is the same view in August 1969 with a short Freightliner off to Felixstowe.  At this time it would have run into the Town station where the locomotive would have run around the train for the last leg to Felixstowe Beach and the docks.

 

Chris Turnbull    

 

  

Edited June 12, 2022 by Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

Continuing with the "Then and Now" theme.

 

 

Here's a view from London Road bridge with 08891 bimbling around playing with a few Freightliner flats.  The view was limited due to the vegetation and high bridge parapets.

 

 

And this is a similar view in August 1969 when bridge parapets were of a reasonable height.

 

 

This is view from London Road bridge looking northwards with East Suffolk Junction in the foreground.  This view is not possible today with out use of a chainsaw and/or stepladder, neither of which are easy to transport on Ipswich buses.  The shot of the class 755 in yesterday's post was taken from the bridge in the background.

 

 

This is the site of the erstwhile lower goods yard taken from Princes Road bridge. 

 

 

And here is the same shot in 1969.  What a shame it all had to go.

 

Chris Turnbull

[31A]

Thanks for posting these, Chris. I remember looking over the bridge parapet to spot the shunters in the Lower Yard, on spotting trips to Ipswich late '60s/early '70s.

 

In the first and second of today's pictures, do you know what the big building on the left was?  It seems to have had a rail served loading dock.

[Chris Turnbull]

55 minutes ago, 31A said:

In the first and second of today's pictures, do you know what the big building on the left was?  It seems to have had a rail served loading dock.

 

An interesting question to which I do not know the answer.  Sorry.

 

Chris Turnbull

[keefer]

Nothing much on old maps but on Google maps there's a pin on the building marking 'Co-op Juniors'. The red signs on the gate state 'Co-op Juniors Warehouse Studios'.

So, an old Co-op warehouse/depot?

Google Maps Streetview link to Paul's Rd.

Edited June 13, 2022 by keefer

[Chris Turnbull]

That's enough of East Anglian stuff for a while I think.  A trip to London today showing a variety of different stations with no connection whatsoever.  Some of them even have a train.

 

 

Wimbledon on 12th July 2008.

 

 

Willesden High Level on the same day.

 

 

St Pancras on 15th December 2007.

 

 

Richmond on 17th April 2004.

 

 

Well, I did promise you a train!  Marylebone on 13th February 2016.

 

 

And finally a proper photograph.  377149 enters London Bridge on 12th July 2008.

 

Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

Back to the 1960s and black and white days.

 

 

Bury St Edmunds in 1963 and a Derby Lightweight DMU heads west towards Cambridge.  At the time I was 11 years old with loads of enthusiasm but no money.

 

 

D5521 heads west from Bury St Edmunds across what was then the Beeton's Way foot crossing.  Today it is an underpass and one of the busiest roads in the town.

 

 

London Waterloo on 30th May 1967 and 34037 Clovelly  enters the station.  There was no TPWS in those days and no defensive driving; trains entered stations at a fair lick and the driver was expected to stop before the buffer stops.

 

 

A morning shot on the same day and 41298 stands in the rain at Waterloo.

 

 

Carlisle Kingmoor om 23rd August 1967 with 92153 and 44679.

 

 

A week later on the 29th I was at West Hartlepool where I caught 90076 on shed.  My Locoshed Directory says "Go straight ahead across the station yard, and turn left into Church Street.  Bear right with this road and continue into Mainsforth Terrace.  The shed entrance is on the left-hand side."  If I remember correctly the "entrance" was a hole in the wall.

 

Chris Turnbull   

[russ p]

Quite rare to see a disc non toffee apple brush type 2 in green with no yellow panels 

[pH]

On 25/05/2022 at 08:04, Chris Turnbull said:

 

 

As well as 9Fs the shed was home to many Britannias.   This is 70029 Shooting Star also on the 24th.

 

 

And this is was one of three green steam locomotives I saw,  70013 Oliver Cromwell.  "So what were the other two?" I hear you ask.  That's for me to know and you to guess at this time.  Please fell free to have a go!

 

Chris Turnbull  

 

On 02/06/2022 at 01:19, Chris Turnbull said:

 

 

A few posts ago I challenged anyone to guess what other green steam locos there were at Kingmoor in August 1967.  No one took up this challenge so, to put you out of your misery, here's one of them.  45593 Kolhapur.  The other was sister loco Alberta but she was tucked away in a spot where she was difficult to photograph IIRC.

 

Chris Turnbull

Chris, there would have been many more than three green steam locos at Kingmoor in August 1967. For example, 70029 in the picture above the one of 70013 in the first post quoted would have been in green. However, given the usual state of cleanliness of Kingmoor’s Brits, you would be forgiven for missing that fact. Now , if you had asked “What were the other two clean green steam locomotives?” …

[Chris Turnbull]

Yes, I asked the wrong question.  And you are quite right about the state of cleanliness - my recollection is of unending grime.

 

Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

66s at Ely over the last 19 years.

 

 

66709 on 19th Juky 2003.

 

 

66072 and 170398 on 2nd August 2006

 

 

66116 on 12th July 2008

 

 

66708 and an unidentified class 66 on 30th August 2008.

 

 

66561, 66414 and an unidentifed class 66 on 2nd August 2014.

 

 

66566 on 22nd March 2022.

 

Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

I have been wondering why I have no photographs of trips around East Anglia prior to 2003.  It took me quite a while to work out why but when I did, the answer was obvious.  The range of the Anglia Day Ranger ticket did not originally extend to Ely.  It went as far as Thetford from Norwich and, I think, Bury St Edmunds from Ipswich.  It wasn't until the Norwich to Cambridge service was inaugurated in October 2002 that Anglia extended the range of its Ranger ticket and it became of use to me.  Since then I have used it as often as possible.  Here's a trip I made on 7th March 2009 except where noted otherwise.

 

 

Ely first thing in the morning with 158857 ready for the off.  This wasn't my train as I went...

 

 

...to Ipswich where I took my customary shot of the loco yard.

 

 

Of course there is more than one station in Ipswich.  This is 153314 at Derby Road with a Felixstowe service on 25th July 2009.

 

 

Back to the March trip and Lowestoft with 156417 in the platform.

 

 

And so on the Norwich with 90003 and 90004.

 

 

Here we see 82107 and 82121 on the other end of what are probably the same trains as the last photo.

 

Chris Turnbull    

[Chris Turnbull]

Some more black and white photos from Carlisle Kingmoor in 1967.

 

 

43121 on August 23rd.

 

 

47293 and 47612 also on the 23rd.

 

 

48421 again on the 23rd.

 

 

70005 John Milton on the 27th.  I could well have seen this loco as a boy in East Anglia before I started trainspotting properly.

 

 

45000 on 27th

 

 

And finally, the coaling tower.

 

Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

A trip along the Chiltern main line from Moor Street to Marylebone this evening.

 

 

Here we are at Birmingham Moor Street on 13th February 2013 with 168214 in the platform.

 

 

Bicester on 5th November 2004 with 165031 leaving the station.

 

 

The same location on the same day with 168004 arriving.

 

 

Of course no visit to Bicester would be complete without visiting the Military Railway.  This is our train also on 5th November.

 

 

At that time the Miltary Railway was also used for storing redundant stock.

 

 

Marylebone is the end of our journey.  Here we are on 13th November 2016.

 

Chris Turnbull

Edited June 28, 2022 by Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

My wife and I were tootling around the lanes of Staffordshire some years ago when we went over a bridge that had smoke and steam coming over it from below.  Now I can tell the exhaust from a steam locomtive when I see it so this needed swift investigation.  I would like to say that I did a handbrake turn but that would be a slight exaggeration although I did turn round pretty smartly.  It turned out that we had just driven over Kingsly & Froghall station on the Churnett Valley Railway, a line that I had never heard of but one that certainly deserved further investigation.  Sadly this was late in the day and we had just seen the last train so some time later we returned for a day's visit.

 

 

 

Here we are at Kingsley & Froghall station on 1st May 2010 with 5199 on our train.

 

 

We had hoped that by 1st May we might have some warm weather but no, it was bloody freezing.  Here is a bitterly cold Cheddleton station.

 

 

5199 at Cheddleton.

 

 

A nice side view of the same loco.

 

 

Back at Kinsley and Froghall this is the next service train.  I regret I am not an expert on DMU types so perhaps someone can tell me what this is.

 

I had wanted to post more photos but RMWeb seems to be in restrictive mode and is preventing me showing any more.  Perhaps next time.

 

Chris Turnbull   

 

 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2022 by Chris Turnbull

[SHMD]

It's got all the hallmarks of a class 104 to me.

 

 

Kev.

(Thanks for the photos - we really do appreciate them.)

 

[keefer]

Pic shows a full kitchen car, dia.702 RK - not that commonplace but doubt they would need the full meal-making capacity 🙂 (designed to provide a max. of 150 covers on mainline trains)

Edited June 28, 2022 by keefer

[steve4rosegrove]

13 hours ago, SHMD said:

It's got all the hallmarks of a class 104 to me.

 

 

Kev.

(Thanks for the photos - we really do appreciate them.)

 

Errr it that the same thing as a Derby Lightweight?
Steve

[nigb55009]

A Derby Lightweight is not the same as a class 104. As the name suggests Derby Lightweights were built at Derby. They were introduced in 1954. The class 104s were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co, and introduced in 1957. The two types do look similar, but the Derby units have a bar across the windscreen, about a third of the way up.

[Chris Turnbull]

Another heritage line / preserved railway, this time the East Lancs which visited on 23rd October 2016.

 

 

This is a view looking south (I think) from Bury station.

 

 

And this is looking north.

 

 

I was perticularly impressed with how this is an urban station and not a pretty "country local".

 

 

I was also very pleased to see this L&Y 0-6-0 providing steam heating.  This is in LMS livery but was 52322 in BR days.  As a young trainspotter I always wanted to see a steam loco beginning with a "5" but never did.  There weren't many in East Anglia!

 

 

The other end of the line is at Rawtenstall where we see 50015 entering the station.

This is 50015 at Bury which hauled my train to Rawtenstall.

 

 

And this is the station building at Rawtenstall.

Here we are at Rawtenstall where we see the station building.

 

Chris Turnbull  

 

Edited June 29, 2022 by Chris Turnbull
Correction of location (see post below)

[SHMD]

Your North and Souths are correct but the 50 is still at Bury.

 

That "pretty" brick building, on platform 2, was a new build about 20 years or so ago.

It stands in the place off a much older "stone" structure that used to be the head offices of the original East Lancashire Rly.

 

 

Kev.

Edit to change L&Y to East Lancashire.

Edited June 29, 2022 by SHMD

[Chris Turnbull]

1 hour ago, SHMD said:

Your North and Souths are correct but the 50 is still at Bury.

 

Thank you for that.  Yes, I can see that lovely signal gantry in the background which makes more sense now.  That must have been the train I travelled on.

 

Chris Turnbull

[Chris Turnbull]

My better half and I decided to visit Stowmarket today (1st July), she to mooch round the many charity shops that she so loves and I to visit the station which is a great place to photograph from.  The footbridge is a good vantage point without the ridiculously high parapets that so bedevil many locations these days, a level crossing that gives you warning of when the trains that Real Time Trains says are due are actually arriving and toilets that are clean and not locked out of use.  Highly recommended.

 

 

This is 745004 on a down Norwich.  I had only just got on to the footbridge when this came through.  It was non-stop and was going at a fair lick; I only just got my camera up in time.

 

 

755418 on a Peterborough to Ipswich working.

 

  

66758 on 4M29, Felixstowe to Birch Coppice.

 

 

745002 ready to depart for Liverpool Street.

 

 

755414 on an Ipswich to Peterborough working.

 

 

745107 on a down Norwich.

 

Chris Turnbull