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We
start with a class 25 hauling a Crewe - Cardiff train, in the
summer of 1978. It is seen passing the remains of Hadnall
station, just to the north of Shrewsbury |
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Here's
another member of the class, passing Madeley Junction with a
parcels train for Wolverhampton as the sun sets on another fine
summer's evening. The site is now surrounded by the factory
units of a Telford industrial estate. |
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Green
Arrow accelerates away from York with a steam special, 1978 |
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A
fine evening of bright, strong sunshine at Bayston Hill, just
south of Shrewsbury - and three southbound loco-hauled trains -
a couple of 47s and another 25-hauled Crewe - Cardiff.
Summer 1978 |
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September
1978 - enthusiasts weekend on the Severn Valley sees 70000
Britannia on a Foley Park shuttle. |
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Some
of the "other" shots taken on a day out snapping
steam. 5690 Leander was the star attraction; while waiting for
the special we saw a 25 on a return working to the Peak
quarries, and 40 082 on a westbound cement (?) train. Later we
had a look at the western portal of Standedge tunnel, where a
class 104 emerges with a Manchester-bound working.
24 Feb 1979 |
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A
wet day in the Peak District - and a rather strange
double-header - the Midland Compound and Green Arrow.
The pair are seen firstly
near Bamford (I think), then getting away from Sheffield on the
bank through Attercliffe Road station.
26 May 1979 |
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To
finish as we started - yet another class 25 trundles along the
Furness line near Grange over Sands with a train of oil tanks, 2
August 1979 |
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