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Some Bletchley - Oxford "ARC" freight traffic views and info here ,http://leightonlogs.org/ARCremem1.htm Believe Bicester-Risboro is closed for engineering work this week, assume Bicester chord work?? NR www.leightonlogs.org

Canton xos on the Midland! Presumably borrowed 47236 takes MGR's through the now long closed but atmospheric (and busy at the time) Rotherham Masborough on September 30th 1983 NR www.leightonlogs.org

Aylesbury has never really been a class 47 hotspot as far as i know, but with impressive headboard heres 47805 deputising for a 66 on the blue bins from Ripple Lane to Calvert on July 8th 2003 NR www.leightonlogs.org

Interesting thread, 33019 leaves Salisbury with the 1010 Portsmouth H- Bristol TM on 191085, with 5 Mk i's it was a lot better than today's wedged out 158 unit!! NR http://www.leightonlogs.org/AreaCOct85.htm

33008 at Fareham with the 1205 Cardiff-Portsmouth on 181085. Fareham was a hive of activity every hour for a few minutes as on bailing the Northbound Bristol would arrive 33021 on this day, a thumper would also be on the Eastleigh shuttle and the whole thing repeated every hour or so... NR www.leightonlogs.org

33109 at Kenny O with the Alresford Clipper tour on 030793. The "Crompton" had worked form Bedford via BY and did Southfields on departure after naming Captain Bill Smith. They shut the loco down for the naming, a bit anxious she wouldnt restart, no problems tho! NR http://www.leightonlogs.org

many thanks for all your replies for a topic that had a good run An initial list of oil depots as reported by RM web members below, i hope with time to include closure dates and sample workings and basic layout..may take some time! Again many thanks for your replies and apologies if i missed some! NR www.leightonlogs.org Oil Depots no more…… Aberystwyth Albion (nr Sandwell n Dudley) Ardrossan Harbour Avonmouth (refinery) Aylesbury Ayr Harbour Banbury Beckingham (nr Newark) (British Pipeline Agency-BPA) Bedale Bedworth (still in use) Bexhill, Galley Hill Sdgs Blantyre (Bitumen) Bowling Bradwell/Longport Bridgewater British Cellophane Bromford Bridge Bromsgrove Bunchrew (nr Inverness) Burn Naze Cambridge(Barnwell) Cambridge (Brooklands Avenue) Cambridge (Coldham Lane) Canterbury West Cardiff Alexandra Dock Cardiff (Ferry Rd, Cogan) Carlisle Petteril Bridge Chatteris Coleshill Colnbrook - still in use Colwyn Bay Yard Colwick Connel Ferry Coryton (refinery) Croxley Mill Culloden (bitumen) Dalston (nr Carlisle) Derby Dover Bulwark sdg Dundee Harbour Dunstable Earley Earlswood East Cranmore (bitumen) Ecclesfield West (Sheffield) Elswick, Tyneside (bitumen) Ellesmere Port (refinery) Exeter City Basin Fawley (refinery) Flax Bourton (nr Weston S.Mare) Fort William still in use Frome (bitumen) Furzebrook (loading terminal) Gainsborough Lea Rd (loading terminal) Glan Conwy (Llandudno Jn) Glazebrook Goostrey Grain (refinery) Grangemouth (refinery) still in use Granton (Edinburgh) Grays (refinery) Greetland (Halifax) Harrogate Hartlebury Haverfordwest Hawkesbury Lane (Coventry) Hawkshead (Paisley) Haydock (Wigan) Hayle Wharf Heathfield Herbrandston (refinary) Hethersett (Norwich-Ely line) Hexham High Brooms Horsham Hunslett East Islip Jarrow Kelmarsh Kilmarnock, Riccarton term - still in use Killingholme Admiralty wharf (refinery) Lairg - still in use Langley Langley Green Leith Docks Leuchars Littlemore Liversedge (Mirfield) Llandarcy Longbridge Long Eaton Machynlleth Mallaig Malton Melksham Micheldever Misterton Mollington (Birkinhead) Nechells gasworks Newbury New Hythe North Camp Northampton North Walsham Nuneaton Old Kilpatrick Ore Padworth (Aldermarston) Pan Ocean (Birkenhead) Parkeston Quay Partington Penmere Peterborough Perth Plymouth Cattlewater Portfield (Chichester, North end of PLUTO pipeline) Preston docks (bitumen) still in use Prestwick still in use Priest Heath Pumpherston (Midcalder) Purfleet (refinery) Purton (Wilts) Reading Central Robeston (refinery) still in use Rowley Regis Royston Safron Walden Salfords (Gatwick) Saltend (BP chems only in later years) Sandy Heath (BPA d-day to France) Sea Mills (Avonmouth branch) Selsdon (nr Sandersted) Shirehampton Sinfin (Rolls Royce) still in use St Helens, Cowley Hill Scarborough Shrewsbury Abbey Shrewsbury Coton Hill Skipton (Bitumen) Slough Industrial Estate Sdgns Soho Pool Southall Staines West Stanlow (refinery) Stansted Mountfitchet Swanpool (Falmouth) Swindon Teesport (refinery) Thame Thameshaven (refinery) Theale Tile Hill -Torrington Avenue Tipton -Lurgi Gas works Tiverton Jn Uttoxeter Ulverston Warsop (Shirebrook) Warwick - Old Cape Yd Watton (E.Yorks) Watton-at-Stone Wellinborough Welton (Lincoln-Market Rasen) Westerleigh still in use Whittington (Gobowen) Witton Wolverhampton Stow Heath York Foss Island Loco depots/refuelling points A small rake of 45t tanks were a familiar site at many depots/stabling points in the 70’s, Kings Cross loco sidings being a familiar one. Laira was still rail served until late 2013, Gourock, Oban, Weymouth Q and Mallaig had facilities for the ferrys to fuel Power Stations Oil trains used on occasions for big loads to start boilers, eg Didcot, Rugeley Industrial plants Many steel works and large units also had regular oil traffic in addition to a variety of traffic these plants dealt with any more???

2 recent views in contrasting weather of 67014 on the 1045 Marylebone-Birmingham Moor St Kicking up the leaves in this Saunderton station view, 051213 In December gloom and chill 67014 heads North in this view from the hills East Of Saunderton, 101213 nr www.leightonlogs.org

Apologies for the poor Kodak instamatic quality and the depot is very much in the background. If nothing else you have a prototypical "booked" accor locals of the likes of 20210n214 dropping in on the "Tinsley freight" late afternoon in June 77 cheers NR www.leightonlogs.org

Image courtesy of the "mad axeman" heres 56049 unusually working the return cement empties for Northfleet as far as Luton where a 33 should take over back on 020785. This Dunstable scene is now a guided busway such is "progress" NR

47188 makes a claggy departure! for the West from New st back on 020783 NR

47103 with 7A22 Peak - Forest Bletchley stone in the Northampton dusky gloom 090985. More modern power and roliing stock on this train today! Cheers NR www.leightonlogs.org

47472 opening up at Muir of Ord with a freight from Invergordon back to Millburn yard, 020883 NR www.leightonlogs.org

A "South Wales steamer" in 37187 steaming gently at Cranmore with the "Mendip Artificer" tour from St Pancras. 37189 was tailing, 45121 did most of the tour plus a short burst from 08849 to part of the Highworth branch on 210184. the "steamers" were classic overnight passenger machines in South Wales in the late 70's. NR www.leightonlogs.org

Possibly unique photo of a "chopper" on a service train at Aylesbury.!!! 20053 was used on 2 return Ayles-Risboro shuttles during the 200687 open day, Aylesbury had some excellent "rail days" in the 80's NR www.leightonlogs.org

super stuff Darren, the 44 at pancras view is most likely the Peaks Express DAA tour on 011077, as 44's very rare beasts this far South by then. This tour also got 44008/44009 later in the day thanks again for sharing NR

not the best quality but an archive 22nd Jan 1977 view of 37178 and pals stabled at a foggy Swansea East Dock NR www.leightonlogs.org

If you model the famous Aylesbury gala days they you have even more variety even a single 20 on load 3 on an Aylesbury-P.Risboro and back service train! A few bits here http://leightonlogs.org/AylesburyFiles.htm cheers NR

Died in the mid 80's but the 1710 Perth-Arbroath and return Arbroath-Dundee was often load 1 BSK, sometimes load 2. Called at the long lost Errol from memory. Power rather tasty 24/25/26/27's NR www.leightonlogs.org

A day early ,but classic Midland fayre, the logged 120? dmu the most interesting, peak 135 on the Dunstable cements, plus a few football specials 9/12/72 Luton 4139, 132 1E41,38 1C08,135 branch, 85 1P08,43 1C10,47 1C18,5235/5244 8Z73,17 1M04,134 1S68,65 1M11,1827 6C35,1539 1T43,50734/59287/50670,26 1D06, 83 1C23,57 8D15,1960 1T49,40 1C19,68 1M13, 129 1E78, 1961 1T42, 1827 1C26,38 1P10,50634/59293/50743, 73 6M53, 74 1T47,1977 1Z68,63 1M14, 17 1F11, 87 6E49,66 1M51 cheers NR www.leightonlogs.org

A hobby for all ages. A totally candid phot of charecters i don't know. 25286 had been released from the front of the train here at Dumfries hence the guy with a hammer who had put the headboard on 25200 prior to a top and tail trip down the Maxwelltown branch. Some photographers demand no people in their shots praps this thread prooves otherwise! NR www.leightonlogs.org

14/8/73 Hitchin 5602,1881,5652,1533,5608,9003,9017,175,5615,1501,193,5568,3713,5678,1617,9020,1766,1513,9012,1101,5602,183,1514,1536,9016,9013,1534,1764,9001,1754,1109,5678,1525,5638,5649,183,5639, 5677,1508,1107,9019,1533,345,5606,6820,1501,3722,5642,1874,5654,5639,5605,9013,9001,1504, 1762,1519,5646,273,9021,9008,5606 34D-Hitchin 5626,5638,5677,5624,5642 Luton 6568,11,93,41,1768,1793,132,38,45001,54 Hitchin shed was packed!!! happy days NR www.leightonlogs.org

Looks like an afternoon at Leighton Buzzard where we eventually got bored with the non stop processions of electrics, so the bus to Luton for an early evening session to complete the day 2/8/73 Leighton Buzzard E3152 1A42,E3183 1H36,E3067 4M74,E3136 1S75,E3092 1A45,86209 1G33,E3133 1A49, E3086/E3095 4D52,E3097 8M17,83007 1A46,E3048 6F38,86002 1G34,E3053 8B31,E3066 6O87, 86206 1F33,87001 U Pass,E3135 1A50,E3148 D Pass,E3126 1G35,83008 8L26,E3177 1M20, E3056 3P39,E3160 1A83,E3005 4A58,E3174 1G36,E3134 1D66,86012 1A51,E3119 1G37, E3195 1S83,81015 D. Liners,E3092 1G38 Luton 50850/59021/50923/50903, 46 1M86,99 1M49,52 5C90,121 1M88(+ track recording coach), 50071/50111/50075,41 6E38,7666 9C29,82 1D46,109 1C79,70 1E16,113 4C25,1616 4S53, 187 1C80,6560 CJ,90 1D46,128 1C84,47 6E48,37 1E19,1529 4M59 happy days! NR www.leightonlogs.org

one of my own here, apologies but an instamatic print, happy memories none the less, its 5125 at home in July 72 NR http://leightonlogs....007725125iv.jpg

The LCGB bulletin for August 1971 lists this gem... 8116 dragged 5119/5127 Polmadie - Derby Works, 5285 worked the drag forward from Carlisle..back on 110671. Apologies if already covered but did Derby rather than St Rollox or Inverurie (in earlier times) not do the works overhauls on the HBS?? Were these DY jobs some of the later and final overhauls for 60A's finest? cheers NR www.leightonlogs.org