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When Derby works paint shop was busy locomotives were occasionally sent out for a test run following classified repair prior to final painting. One day in 1975 we find 25115 sauntering along the goods avoiding line along side Derby station, light engine, sporting a very interesting mottled colour scheme. 25115 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8069652528/

150264 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/53387587506/ 153327 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/53378813686/ 156480 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/53346778060/ 156475 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/53333476098/

Greasley K3 Class 2-6-0 61947 waits in the loop with a parcels train on the 4mm model railway based on Ruddington on the Great Central Railway which can be found at the Great Central Railway (North), Ruddington, 22nd August 2020. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50255679767/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 22/12/23 319361 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31038383570/

A somewhat un-prototypical Great Western Railway 45xx Class 2-6-2T 4545 ambles along the Down Goods loop with a train of brake vans on the 4mm model railway based on Ruddington on the Great Central Railway which can be found at the Great Central Railway (North), Ruddington, 22nd August 2020. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/50288823683/

I have been reviewing my Class 319 photos and have realised I have missed some of the disposals. Arrived Sims Metals, Newport May 2022 319374 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/49366277091/ Arrived Sims Metals, Newport July 2022 319363 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12064431754/ 319376 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11580874254/ Arrived Sims Metals, Newport June 2023 319012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10849618504/ 319429 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40489384132/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 19/12/23 153330 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8229822153/ 153330 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/28809968716/ 153332 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8416376144/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 18/12/23 508120 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32117971606/ Plus three I missed at the time Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 10/07/23 508015 (508115) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6612224921/ Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 29/08/23 508127 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20291226659/ Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 2/10/23 508130 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/19965684264/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 13/12/23 319367 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30907172401/

Arrived EMR Kingsbury 30/11/23 31106 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6310990725/

Do not know who owns, this in action at the Nottingham Society of Model and Experimental Engineers Society extensive facilities at the Great Central Railway (North), Ruddington. GCR design also built by the LNER. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/48825163673/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 27/11/23 508139 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20514253861/ 508141 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31921790422/ 508141 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31346080573/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport 7/9/23 153316 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/41640165891/ 153324 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6580259361/ Broken up at CF Booth Rotherham during August 2023 321439 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16907696926/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport, 5/10/23 508111 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31952232211/ 508128 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/52646608753/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport, 8/9/23 507026 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6083955994/ 508126 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20588285155/ 508126 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20052216683/

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport, 17/8/23 508138 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31847343050/ 508138 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32278768375/

Arrived Chris Allsop Metal Recycling, July 2023 37605 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/20207073339/

A signalling sketch of the London and North Eastern side of Leeds City station from the 1937 resignalling. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/51477740057/

Shildon SB – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/52836682315/

Sorry about that, should be ok now

Arrived Sims Metals, Newport, 10/7/23 507012 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32184813576/

Track recording coach DM395223 standing in the carriage sidings at Cricklewood on the 29th April 1978. Vehicle History DM395223 was built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway as a full kitchen car to diagram 1697. It was one of a batch of eight kitchen cars built to lot 65 at Derby in 1924 and was originally numbered 3286 and renumbered 30005 in 1932.. In total seventy three diagram 1697 vehicles were built between 1924 and 1928. It was converted to its departmental role in 1956 and withdrawn in the early 1980’s. It is currently preserved at Peak Rail, Rowsley. DM395233 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/44332084154/

When I was a lad 50+ years ago Footex’s were common and in the early 1970’s I used a couple of Notts County Footex’s to visit Plymouth and Swansea, with visits to the local MPD’s (Laira and Landore respectively) in lieu of the match. They are these days a rare occurrence however today, 26th February 2023 is Cup Final Day at Wembley and Newcastle United have a Footex, 1Z45, 08:43 Newcastle Wembley Central and here it is, top and tailed by 67005 and 67024 passing through Long Eaton. Almost forty five years ago I had a morning at Loughborough on League Cup Final day in 1978. Nottingham Forest played Manchester United and Forest had something like fourteen Footex’s that day to/from Wembley. 67005 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/52712454864/

East Midlands Trains 156403 has just passed through the 149 yard Whatstandwell tunnel as it heads down the Matlock branch with a service from Newark Castle to Matlock, 3rd May 2018. 156403 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/42617876542/

One of the two prototype High Speed Train power cars 43001 heads an Advanced Passenger Train test run back towards Derby at Duffield, 1st June 1979. 43001 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7086881001/