The Border Reiver

90473 was withdrawn in December 1962.... so it's 90478 :)

Here is a photo of class 20 20206 with a line of another class 20 and class 37s behind taken by my late friend probably after December 1974 when the snowplough brackets were fitted. Can anyone idenfify the location? Its last two sheds were Tinsley 9-10-71 to 12-12-76 and Eastfield 12-12-76 to 12-4-91

C6616 and C6617 taken at my favourite spotting spot in the 1950s and 1960s :)

Happy birthday Jim... thanks for all the photos...

Class 155 155324 approaches Westbury station on a train to Cardiff General on 26 August 1991. Some locos can be seen in the now closed diesel depot

Here is a class 08 heading east on a local trip working after it had just passed under London Road bridge at Carlisle in the mid 1960s. The building in the background is the former North Eastern Railway goods shed, constructed in 1881 which in 2015 was give a grade 2 listed status. The small NER goods yard between the 08 has a variety of wagons in it. However, the goods yard has now been replaced by a drive through McDonald's...!!! :(

The 'Carlisle Gang' flanked by two 9Fs bunking Tyne Dock shed on 20 November 1965. It was a very cold day!!!

On Monday 15 June 1964 I was in London, possibly on a work related visit. I ventured to Kings Cross station where I saw amongst other locos an immaculate Deltic Type 5 (later class 55) D9012 (55012) 'Crepello' standing at the platform on 1A46. There seemed to be a great deal of activity on the platform with many well dressed people in attendance as I took this photo. It was only many years later that I found out that this was the first day of the summer timetable and that 1A46 was 'The Talisman' on its initial run with brand new XP64 stock behind it. D9012 was built by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry works (works number 2917/D569), released on 4 September 1961 and was initially allocated to Finsbury Park shed. It was also named on 4th September 1961 at Doncaster Works without ceremony (in honour of racehorse owned by Sir Victor Sassoon, won The Derby and 2,000 Guineas). It was renumbered 55012 in February 1974. It was withdrawn on 18th May 1981 from Finsbury Park shed and cut up at Doncaster works during September 1981

The Flying Scotsman is on Talking Pictures on Thursday

11 August 1968.....

On 2nd April 1966 a few of us Carlisle lads, despite severe blizzard conditions ovenight, decided to go to to Carleton (2.5 miles south of the station) on a local bus to photo 4472 Flying Scotsman on the 'Stephenson Locomotive Society / Manchester Locomotive Society Lakes & Fells Rail Tour'. The train was coming up the Settle line then down the WCML to Penrith, then on to Keswick hauled by 2 Ivatt 2-6-0 locos. After we got off the bus. we struggled along a footpath through two foot snow drifts to the railway line and waited. Unknown to us the train was delayed waiting for a snowplough to reach Hellifield resulting in departure from Hellifield 54mins late. Meanwhile we were all freezing while standing in snow at the entrance to the cutting at the end of the embankment. Eventually, 79 mins late, we saw a plume of smoke approaching. My friends had decided to go to the cutting a couple of hundred yards south from where I was standing by the embankment. As the train approached I fired off a couple of shots, the latter one resulted in the photo below. However, immediately as I clicked the shutter, a class 40 on a long down freight hurtled past. Needless to say my friends never got any decent photos due to the freight blocking the shot. To say they were annoyed is an understatement and they expressed their annoyance very verbally indeed! I used my new yellow/green filter on my Ilford Sportsman camera that day and it certainly brought the sky out brilliantly.

Merry Christmas Dave... thanks for posting all the photos

Stanier 5F 2-6-0 with taper boiler... Lobster

All of the display correctly in black and white in Firefox on PC with Windows 10

WCRC 37685, 37668 & 47804 have run between Carlisle and Corby Gates (where they crossed over and reversed) this afternoon route proving and clearing the rails ahead of the Petterill Bridge reopening tomorrow morning.

Class 87 87029 'Earl Marischal' stands at the north end of Platform 4 at Carlisle station on 29 December 1979. It was built by British Rail Engineering Limited Crewe Works on 4 June 1974. Its name was previously used on LNER A2 Class 60502

The lift is underway...

I walked from Petteril Terrace to Durranhill shed along the footpath from there many times in the the 1950s

Looking through my catalogue I found this photo of 82036 in green livery taken at Bristol Barrow Road shed on 11 August 1965. It had been withdrawn three weeks earlier on 21 July 1965

Here is 46509 at Gobowen by H.C. Casserley on the 20th September 1958 on the occasion of the Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midland Area) Tanat Valley and Llanfyllin rail-tour in green livery

Railway engineers have carried out an initial scope of damage to tracks, a railway bridge and line side equipment like signalling. Making those repairs combined with the challenge of recovering the train’s wagons is estimated to take weeks rather than days. Extensive damage to the bridge which is the original one built for the Carlisle to Newcastle line in 1837 https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/update-on-disruption-for-passengers-after-carlisle-freight-derailment

...and FireFox

Class 37 D6857 (later 37157 then 37695) hauls an east bound freight under the bridge at Newport High Street station in June 1964. Built by the English Electric Vulcan Foundry 25 July 1963. It was initially allocated to Cardiff Canton shed and was still allocated there when this photo was taken. It was transferred to Polmadie 20 August 1966 and remained in Scotland until it was withdrawn from Motherwell shed on 1 March 2004. It was cut up by Ron Hull Jr., Rotherham in April 2008.

Slightly later than 1962 but here are 4 class 31 D5635 D554? D5591 D5595 and a class 08 at Stratford shed in 1963

Thanks Cwmtwrch for the info...