geoff

Wonderful pics from my old haunts, many a Summer afternoon was spent leaning on the fence shown in the pic with the two cars, opposite Glendon Nth box, after biking from Corby.

I'd BR pretty certain though that this pic is Glendon Sidings rather than Storefield. The picture was taken from The main A6003, just North of Storefield Cottages, the road in the foreground is Station Rd from Storefield to Rushton, the road sign being the giveway sign where it joins the main road. Glendon East box would be just off the shot to the right.

9T27 was the Glendon trip for ore from Glendon to Lloyd's Sidings from where BSC Minerals class 14s would trip them to the ore crushers. I seem to think the empties worked back from Corby Sidings. 9T26 also would have worked this way from the stump of the Kettering - Huntingdon line to Twywell but that was a type 2 turn, possibly type 4s were barred from the branch.

Storefield closed in the late sixties and would have been of shot to the left of this picture, the remains of the level crossing there have only recently been removed by work on the new A43 link.

Thanks for the detailed information Rangers. I tend to refer to the area as Barford Hill as that was the name of the substation where EMEB supplied BSC with power for the electric draglines and which stood in the field below the sidings with access from th A6003. I worked for EMEB. You are correct that the picture was taken from the Station Road junction with the A6003 and Storefield cottages away to the left.

Geoff

45033 6F55 4/3/75 13:22 Glendon North Junction about to cross to the up slow.

31163 & 31255 pass a freight waiting on the down slow to cross to the down main at Glendon North Junction, 16:34, 8/4/1975.

45049 (9T27) heads for Corby past the exchange sidings at Barford Hill, Storefield, just north of Kettering, 09:45 30/4/75. There is nothing left there now save the single line to Corby although it has been reported this week that Network Rail are to enter into consultation regarding the re-doubling of the line to Corby from Kettering to increase capacity for both freight and passenger traffic.

An unidentified Peak drags its train away from the station stop at Wellingborough, 14 August, 1975.

25035 rocks and rolls over the junction at Glendon North,13:25 4 March 1975.

No rocking and rolling now just plain track. 43047 heads 1B33, 10:32 Nottingham to St Pancras International past the site of Glendon North Junction.

APT-E approaching Glendon North Junction on the down main. 13:33, 14 April 1975.

The prototype HST approaching Glendon ,North Junction, 17:42, 24 September 1975.

45142, up main at Glendon North Junction, 10:54, 1 September 1975.

Pretty in pink at Derby, 10 April 2007.

66171 approaching the public footpath crossing at Braybrooke south of Market Harborough,26 June 2005.

66715 on the down Midland Main Line at Isham south of Kettering, 22 August 2013.

one from toton a few weeks back

 

 

a couple of 59s after maintainance heading back south in train

Here is 66002 with its two friends passing Ashton on the WCML on January 2 this year.

Geoff

no, only got the one picture of the 37

 

just heading back from carlisle after a run up there with the logs, the previous driver had a problem in chirk with the fueller so i had to take it onto basford hall instead, bet its been a while since a 56 has been on that fuel point!!

 

 

finally left crewe at 03:45ish, 160 mins late but had a non stop run up to carlisle which was good

Do you get Green Shield stamps when you fill up at a 'service station'?

Geoff

Western Sahara? Western Union? Western Hemisphere? And of course Western Cheddar, a bit strong that one...

Has no one suggested Western Front or has that already caused too many battle lines to be drawn?

Geoff

Gilbert, don't be fobbed off with the sucking of wind through the teeth and doleful shaking of the head when the washing machine 'technician' arrives. Our machine is well over 16 years old and still going strong, just like the navvy's broom. New motor, new control board, whatever, all courtesy of  the British Gas maintenance plan. I think the case is the original!!!!!

Geoff