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I've added just over 20 more images to my Australian Trains set on Flickr HERE A Pacific National Melbourne to Perth intermodal services nears Long Plains in South Australia. The leading NR class is one of several specially painted for use on Sydney to Perth Indian Pacific passenger services. In West Kalgoorlie Yard, Western Australia, two Australian Railroad Group Q class locos have just run around their Koolyanobbing to Esperance loaded iron ore train. In September 2003, rebuilt Alco branchliner DA6 sits at the head of a grain train being loaded at Cummins on the 3'6" gauge Eyre Peninsula network in South Australia. A Patrick Portlink services from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide carrying lead ingots for export, passes the grain silos at Redhill in the Mid North of South Australia. The two trailing units are former Kowloon Canton Railway EMD G12s, originally built in Australia, which were repatriated and are now leased out to rail operators. A Sydney Cityrail services formed of Tangara double deck units arrives at Sydney Central

4 May 1974 Same day as above! Have only very vague memories of this trip which I think was a Merrymaker excursion? Paddington to Birmingham & return Class 50: 50004 Class 52: 1028,1034,1054 Class 47: 1588,1642,1834,47064,47077,47122,47146,47164,47232,47239,47246,47349,47473,47502, Class 08: 08349,08483,08640,08787,08791,08794,08798,08880,08803,08858,08919,08941 Class 31: 31117,31118,31258,31260,31412,31413 Class 33: 33005 Class 35: 7022 Birmingham to Carnforth & return Class 45: 21,49,45017 Class 40: 298,299,342,40004,40005,40012,40030,40076,40082,40101,40105,40122,40124,40137,40139,40177,40186,40191 Class 50: 50006,50012,50016,50021,50022,50035,50041,50043,50045,50046,50047 Class 47: 1539,47041,47042,47195,47238,47412,47441,47453,47454,47459,47487 Class 08: 08055,08142,08303,08321,08327,08590,08624,08635,08672,08701,08739,08832,08901,08908 Class 24: 5030,5039,24034,24035,24036,24040,24042,24049,24054,24061,24085,24086,24135,24141 Class 25: 25050,25086,25105,25194,25198,25232,25265,25267,25273,25301,25323 Class 81: E3011,E3020 Class 82: 82008 Class 82: 83009 Class 84: 84002 Class 85: E3066,E3084,85030,85037,85039 Class 86: 86002,86003,86004,86007,86018,86019,86023,86028,86033,86036,86037,86202,86211,86218,86222,86232, 86240,86251 Class 87: 87002,87005

Hardly conclusive, but it would appear to vary......? 60A Mid afternoon 13 August 1973 Class 50: 424 Class 24: 5116,5120,5121,5129,5130 Class 26: 5331,5332,5334,5336,5338,5342,5346 Class 20: 8098,8108 60A Early morning 14 August 1973 Class 24: 5120,5127,5129 Class 26: 5311,5331,5334,5336,5338,5341,5344 Class 25: 7578

30 April 1974 A day trip around London some London sheds and terminals. TOPS numbering is in the ascendancy, the first 50's are appearing on the Western Region and the 35s are clinging to life. 25069 arrived at Acton on empty milk tanks mid-morning, but was on shed at Willesden a couple of hours later. A third of all 86s and 87s were seen in one day. Paddington to Acton Class 50: 50009 Class 52: 1013,1016,1027,1030,1055,1061,1063,1066,1067 Class 47: 1747,1755,1932,1940,47027,47045,47076,47077,47101,47145,47158,47159,47227,47351,47369,47469,47487,47502,47507,47510,47513,47530 Class 08: 08484,08785,08948,08795 Class 25: 25069 Class 31: 31118,31413,31414,31415 Class 33: 33022 Class 35: 7028 Class 73: 73001,73115 Acton - Willesden - Euston Class 08: 3052,3178,3895,08600 Class 25: 25242,25308 Class 31: 31018,31312 Class 33: 33031,33056 Class 37: 37023 Class 81: E3008 Class 83: 83014 Class 85: E3067 Class 86: 86003,86004,86007,86019,86022,86024,86031,86040,86041,86048,86205,86206,86211,86234,86236,86237,86239,86246 Class 87: 87001,87010,87011,87022 Willesden shed Class 08: 3017,3847 Class 25: 25069,25181,25186,25189,25324 Class 81: E3005,81014 Class 84: 84002 Class 86: E3153,86016,86029,86229,86238,86241,86242 Class 87: 87002,87020,87021 Euston Class 25: 7534,25242 Class 82: 82005 Class 82: 83005 Class 85: E3091 Class 86: 86020,86027,86032,86046,86206,86217,86219,86222,86228,86243 Class 87: 87004,87006,87021,87024,87025 Moorgate & Kings Cross Class 46: 46055 Class 47: 47294,47406,47418,47518 Class 31: 31042,31115,31185,31186,31187,31189,31194,31223,31402,31405 Class 55: 55005,55006,55013 St Pancras Class 45: 74,84,93 Class 46: 46014 Class 08: 3518 Stratford station Class 47: 47164 Class 08: 3523 Class 31: 31006,31010 Class 37: 37050,37113,37268 Stratford shed Class 40: 40048 Class 47: 47007,47008,47011,47014,47114,47118,47130,47156,47163,47168,47171,47174,47182,47313,47410 Class 03: 03055,03164 Class 08: 3693,08180,08207,08409,08519 Class 31: 5516,31002,31003,31004,31006,31007,31008,31011,31012,31013,31015,31017,31019,31107, 31148,31179,31197,31162,31237,31295,31207,31255,31211,31324, Class 37: 37023,37038,37039,37043,37044,37052,37263,37264 Dep: DB968001 A few shots taken on the day

A couple of more updates to my Australian content on Flickr. I have added a new set covering operations on the narrow gauge (3'6")line serving the OneSteel steelworks at Whyalla in South Australia HERE Also I have updated the captions and added more images to the set covering the construction of the Alice Springs to Darwin railway HERE Operated by Genesee & Wyoming Australia on behalf of OneSteel Whyalla, an empty ore train heads for the mine at Iron Duke in December 2008. In 2008 new wagons were delivered to cope with increased tonnages of iron ore. An empty train nears the junction for the closed mine at Iron Baron. With a rebuilt Alco branchliner in the lead, an empty train leaves the steelworks at Whyalla. With temperatures on the 35C to 40C range, welding lengths of rail on the Alice Springs to Darwin railway construction project using the Thermit weld process.

Not exactly modern scene as most of the views cannot be recreated these days, but I have added some South Australian images to my Flickr pages HERE depicting Australian National operations mainly from the mid 1980s. On the now closed narrow gauge Gladstone to Wilmington line a pair of Sulzer powered NT class locomotives have just placed a rake of bogie wagons for loading with grain at the Booleroo Central silos in September 1987. GM46 entered service in 1967 and was photographed at the Mile Diesel Depot in mid-1989. It is still in service today with Genesee & Wyoming Australia and hasn't had a repaint for at least 22 years!!

16 April 1974 Paddington - Oxford - Didcot - Reading - Paddington Class 40: 40190 Class 50: 50001 Class 52: 1010,1012,1014,1025,1030,1041,1056,1057,1061,1063,1071 Class 47: 1642,1646,1655,1657,1746,1855,1932, 47004,47016,47024,47030,47034,47035,47054,47059,47066,47069,47076,47081,47089,47090,47106, 47108,47109,47121,47123,47134,47137,47151,47159,47200,47229,47247,47251,47266,47440,47441, 47444,47456,47462,47464,47466,47472,47483,47486,47494,47496,47500,47506,47508,47512,47513, 47515 Class 08: 08035,08664,08780,08786,08791,08803,08835,08946,08949 Class 31: 5837,31118,31121,31257,31260,31261,31279,31291,31309,31412,31414,31416 Class 33: 33006,33012 Class 37: 37208,37247 Class 35: 7026,7029 Departmental: 20

8 April 1967 Waterloo 4TC: 405,411,413 3-H: 1101,1105,1117 3-D: 1305 6-S/L: 1013 2-BIL: 2041,2058,2068,2096,2100,2137,2144 2-HAL: 2618,2658,2673 4-LAV: 2926,2932,2934,2939,2942,2952 4-REP: 3001 4-BUF: 3081 4-GRI: 3086 4-COR: 3108,3119,3134,3140,3155,3156,3163 4-SUB: 4106,4107,4121,4130,4280,4362,4374,4376,4377,4622,4625,4628,4631,4634,4655,4660,4663, 4672,4678,4681,4709,4713,4719, 4-EPB: 5002,5005,5131,5140,5144,5151,5153,5162,5172,5191,5200,5215,5227,5230,5233,5239,5244, 5258,5260,5261,5320,5325,5337,5339,5366 2-EPB: 5659,5675,5717 2-HAP: 6003,6032,6091 4-CEP: 7137,7151 Steam: 34036,34044,35012,41298,80133,82029 Class 08: D3499,D3666 Class 42: D802,D820,D828 Class 33: D6554,D6562,D6587 Class 73: E6021,E6025,E6047 Units in blue 405,411,413,3001,3108,3140,4121,4362,4628,5215,5258,5260 Includes some observations between Honor Oak Park and London Bridge and between London Bridge and Waterloo (SE). Diesel shunters were probably at New Cross Gate.

6 April 1967 London Bridge 6-S/L: 1001,1011,1012 6-B: 1034 3-D: 1317 2-BIL: 2007,2033,2058,2086,2091,2106 2-HAL: 2612,2623,2645 4-LAV: 2921,2925,2930,2933,2938,2949,2955 4-BUF: 3084 4-COR: 3102,3111,3144 4-DD: 4001,4002 4-SUB: 4118,4128,4277,4278,4284,4285,4299,4371,4608,4626,4630,4660,4661,4671,4679,4682,4696,4725,4728,4729,4736,4747,4752 4-EPB: 5004,5009,5011,5013,5018,5021,5026,5032,5036,5050,5072,5103,5106,5114,5132,5135,5136,5141,5147,5154,5161,5162,5164,5176,5180,5191,5198,5210,5221,5245,5301,5310,5313,5323,5329,5340,5343,5349,5365 2-EPB: 5702,5715,5728,5733,5734,5737,5747,5752,5758,5760,5761,5767,5768,5775,5776,5777,5781,5790 2-HAP: 6017,6018,6028,6135,6138,6166 4-BEP: 7002,7008,7012 4-BIG: 7034,7038,7042,7044 4-CEP: 7103,7113,7126,7146,7147,7163,7183 4-CIG: 7301,7306,7310,7325,7326,7330,7334 Class 03: D2002 Class 08: D3666 Class 33: D6513,D6558,D6574,D6584 Was 11 years old at the time. Probably went up with my father, who worked in The City, during the morning peak and hung around for a few hours. Note the double decker 4-DD still around at this time. The shunters were probably seen at New Cross Gate on the way up from Honor Oak Park.

30 March 1970 Thornaby shed Class 47: 1769,1789,1790,1795,1799,1883 Class 03: 2044,2046,2047,2057,2065,2067,2077,2149,2155 Class 04: 2330 Class 08: 3145,3742,3913 Class 25: 5159,5160,5161,5162,5163,5164,7520,7593 Class 37: 6741,6755,6767,6769,6774,6776,6777,6778,6779,6780,6823,6827,6828,6832,6872,6874,6893,6894,6898,6899,6911 Class 17: 8603,8604 West Hartlepool stabling point Class 03: 2076 Class 37: 6731,6772,6786,6821,6822,6824,6829,6871,6899

29 March 1970 Newcastle Station pilots Class 03: 2059,2106 Gateshead shed Class 45: 53 Class 46: 166,170,171,179,185 Class 40: 237,283,347,355 Class 47: 1100,1104,1106,1506,1516,1543,1574,1593,1735,1788,1798,1992,1993 Class 03: 2055,2066,2071,2074,2094,2170 Class 08: 3075,3079,3316,3322,3875,3926 Class 24: 5103,5104,5105,5108,5109,5110 Class 25: 7583,7586,7593,7596 Class 37: 6758,6759,6761,6765,6766,6791,6913 Class 17: 8588,8590,8593,8597,8598,8599 Class 55: 9007,9009 Heaton Carriage sheds Class 08: 3316,3926 Departmental: 83,DB968000

20 March 1967 Honor Oak Park/ Forest Hill 3-D: 1303,1304 2-BIL: 2037,2076,2096,2130 2-HAL: 2653,2693 4-LAV: 2937,2938,2940,2945,2953,2955 4-BUF: 3074 4-COR: 3102 6-COR: 3045 4-SUB: 4107,4109,4115,4283,4284,4294,4357,4362,4374,4377,4378,4387,4621,4622,4623,4625,4633, 4637,4639,4645,4651,4653,4661,4673,4678,4712,4717,4721,4727,4729,4734 4-EPB: 5004,5025,5036,5051,5123,5151,5174,5311,5323,5374 2-EPB: 5741,5744,5792,5794 4-BIG: 7031,7046 4-CEP: 7163,7172 4-CIG: 7302,7313,7317,7323 Class 33: D6566,D6576 Class 73: E6049 Probably a morning peak visit plenty of variety including a 6-COR. Only blue units were 4284,4362,4378,4387,5051 and the class 73.

Running a bit late, but thought it was worth posting given current interest in third rail modelling and even if it does seem a bit tame compared to the previous excellent post. Ramsgate 11 March 1967 4-EPB: 5017 2-HAP: 5606 2-EPB: 5663 2-HAP: 6002,6005,6029,6033,6042,6053,6057,6066,6072,6073,6076,6080,6092,6093,6096,6098, 6105,6114,6117,6121,6147 4-BEP: 7015 4-CEP: 7102,7105,7107,7118,7119,7135,7145,7156,7157,7159,7160,7161,7164,7168,7176,7180, 7182,7195,7201,7205 Class 73: E6029,E6046 Other than the two electro-diesels, to the best of my knowledge everything else was still in green.

The Darjeeling Railway has four loops and pretty sure that one of the metre gauge lines on either the Central Railway or South Central had a loop. EDIT: Found it! Possibly another on the North East Frontier Railway in Assam. In Australia there is the Bethungra Spiral between Melbourne and Sydney and Border Loop between Sydney and Brisbane

20 February 1971 Honor Oak Park - Waterloo - Reading Class 09: 3667,4105,4108,4109,4114 Class 33/1: 6521 Class 73: E6007,E6024,E6030 Reading Class 42: 808 Class 43: 854,860 Class 52: 1001,1015,1041 Class 47: 1587,1597,1648,1691,1931 Class 08: 3953 Reading shed (81D) Class 47: 1720,1739,1740 Class 08: 3531,3948,3959,3962 Class 22: 6336 Class 33/1: 6520 Class 35: 7011,7040,7066,7086

8 February 1971 Waterloo to Hither Green Class 08: 3820 Class 09: 4108 Class 33: 6561 Class 73: E6008,E6017 Hither Green shed Class 08: 3042,3097 Class 09: 3671 Class 33: 6553,6554,6556,6570,6571,6572,6573,6574,6575,6577,6578,6579,6583 Class 33/2: 6592,6596,6597 Class 12: 15220,15229 Class 71: E5014 Class 73: E6001,E6002,E6005,E6009,E6010,E6019,E6039 Interestingly 8 Feb 71 was a Monday, so given the number of locos on shed I may have recorded the wrong date?

Forest Hill - 14 January 1967 Paling into comparison to the steam memories above, here is another EMU interlude from the notebook of an 11-year old spotter 2-BIL: 2085,2142 2-HAL: 2684 4-LAV: 2926,2930,2934,2939,2941,2945,2949 4-SUB: 4279,4606,4632,4656,4683,4715,4753 4-EPB: 5016,5020,5036,5117,5121,5142,5145,5234,5238,5303,5334,5361, Class 08: 4114 None of them blue. The 08 would have probably been light engine on its way between Bricklayers Arms or New Cross Gate and Selhurst

This is what you're looking for http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php/topic/25534-woodhead-passenger-train-help-with-identifying-coaches/page__p__258435__hl__%2Bgreen+%2Bwoodhead__fromsearch__1#entry258435

This has been discussed fairly recently - not sure of it was in this thread or a similar one. Pretty sure the upshot was that there was more than one green coach around.

Clapham Junction - 5 January 1973 Class 45: 116 Class 47: 1845 Class 09: 4103,4114 Class 33: 6530,6534,6543,6559,6577,6587 Class 73: E6043,E6045,E6049 Class 74: E6103,E6104

2 January 1973 Paddington – Newport - Cardiff (& return) Paddington to Newport 1669 Newport to Cardiff 1073 Cardiff to Paddington 1015 Class 45: 27,72,82,93,115 Class 46: 138,144,145,147,184 Class 52: 1014,1015,1016,1021,1022,1032,1036,1046,1047,1055,1068,1069,1071,1073 Class 53: 1200 Class 47: 1554,1583,1585,1596,1601,1610,1613,1614,1618,1623,1627,1641,1645,1646,1647,1650,1651, 1653,1659,1660,1665,1669,1674,1681,1684,1688,1702,1716,1718,1722,1735,1740,1741,1853, 1914,1921,1922,1925,1926,1927,1928,1937,1938,1942,1945,1949 Class 03: 2142 Class 08: 3183,3189,3256,3261,3358,3420,3465,3515,3595,3598,3603,3607,3747,3753,3965,3967,3971, 4003,4014,4019,4162,4170,4176,4182 Class 25: 5179,5180,5182,7508,7509,7510,7512,7513,7516,7517,7518,7520,7569,7588 Class 31: 5530,5535,5536,5668,5685,5686,5689,5808,5816 Class 37: 6601,6605,6841,6877,6880,6881,6888,6903,6908,6918,6923,6924,6939,6944,6948,6955,6969, 6971,6972,6973,6975,6978,6979,6984,6986,6989,6993,6994,6995,6996,6997,6999 Class 35: 7000,7023,7026,7076,7094 Dep: PWM 653 Class 42: 805,806,810,814,829 (all dumped- Swindon Works) Interesting to see Peak 72 on Canton shed, having travelled behind it from Nottingham to St Pancras just 4 days earlier. Also saw the South Wales Pullman at Newport and Cardiff.

29 December 1972 A day trip to Nottingham and back with side trips to Toton, Derby & Burton St Pancras to Nottingham behind 156, Derby to Burton behind 26, and Nottingham to St Pancras behind 72. Class 44: 1,4,10 Class 45: 15,26,33,34,36,37,39,40,41,45,47,54,55,61,68,72,76,77,80,86,88,90,94,98,99,100,103,104,105,109,111,113,119,121,123, 124,126,132 Class 46: 144,156 Class 47: 1576,1631,1733,1825,1985,1999 Class 03: 2386,2397,2399 Class 08: 3021,3269,3304,3400,3514,3569,3571,3577,3580,3699,3777,3785,3790,3792,3839,3856,3864,4139 Class 25: 5176,5187,5216,5217,5231,5234,5244,5246,5272,5283,5284,7559,7568,7570,7572,7593,7607,7608,7615,7616,7640 Class 31: 5545 Class 37: 6717,6774 Class 20: 8002,8014,8040,8045,8062,8063,8064,8067,8069,8077,8114,8134,8138,8140,8143,8146,8147,8155,8161,8172,8176,8177, 8179,8189,8301 Departmental: DS15705

More Southern multiple unit action - 12 November 1966 Honor Oak Park - London Bridge - Charing Cross and return 6L 1014 2-BIL 2054 4-LAV 2946/2956 4-SUB 4623/4669/4673/4679/4684/4673/4705/4710/4731 4-EPB 5007/5016/5021/5034/5045/5053/5153/5159/5183/5206/5259/5262,5303/5324/5327/5335/5350 2-EPB 5702/5795 4-CEP 7142 D2002,D3461,D6580,E6026 None of the units were carrying BR Blue at the time

- Marianne Faithfull

It's early days yet but, I've heard the government are preparing for quarantine restrictions in certain parts of the country due to a possible outbreak of foot in mouth disease.