bingley hall

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

2 60A depot visits in May 73....Amongst the fine array of type 2's are 7 "babys" if we include "skinhead 5113", also 5000 visiting. Was 7 babys on shed fairly average back then???

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.

I have a vague recollection of a picture of a loop on one of the Indian Railways. Sorry can't be more specific, I'd love to know that my memory is not failing..............

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!

The MG networks of northern India (including the north-east via the Assam Rail Link) and southern India (16,690 and 7940 route kms, respectively) remained separate until 1960, when the completion of the Khandwa - Hingoli section connected the two. This link went through Akot, Akola, and Basim, across the Tapti and Purna rivers and had 2 tunnels and 50 major bridges, and a spectacular spiral.

 

http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-gauge.html

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

The green Southern coach in the previous post, just behind the loco, was this the only green coach on Woodhead?.......

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

The green Southern coach in the previous post, just behind the loco, was this the only green coach on Woodhead?

 

The Bournemouth Electrification went live in 1967, perhaps the coach was a cast off, ex Poole -Manchester rake?

 

First travelled on the Woodhead line in September 1967 behind E27006 in Electric Blue, my friend had made the run a couple of weeks earlier, rode in a Green coach

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

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.