Britishrail1987

thank you 

On 01/02/2018 at 22:14, Ian Smeeton said:

The New Order cometh.

 

My early spotting (and photting) days were dominated by 303s & 311s.

 

Not long after the Argyle line opened, we had a trip to see the new deal.

 

 

314 206 at Anderston, with a Partick train.

 

 

314 201 at Argyle St with a Motherwell train.

 

Incidentally, on a trip to Motherwell depot with a friend, we were standing looking through what passed for a front window in a 314. The driver asked what we were doing, and where we were going, and when we told him, Motherwell Shed, he said, "stay on board, and I will save you the walk".

 

Good as gold, the train was stopped outside Motherwell shed, he opened the door, and we dismounted with heartfelt thanks. It was a miserable cold wet, West of Scotland day.

 

There was a 47 buried up to the buffers at the end of the depot headshunt. It had run away the previous day. I was told that they coupled everything moveable to it to try and drag it out, but it took a crane in the end.

 

 

303 at Anderston.

 

It must have been a problem diagramming everything so that 303/311s were not due to  be coupled to another set which happened to be a 314. And vice versa.

 

We were always made welcome at Hyndland, although they were a bit more wary at Shields. A refusal never offended, although it may have disappointed.

 

I tried always to make sure that one of my English friends  was with  me, as a plea to go round the shed with a far travelled mate rarely met with a refusal.

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

Edit Sp

What year were these photos taken in?