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The
first three pictures were taken at Bidston, on the Wirral lines,
after a day spent checking out industrial steam in the area.
We were conscious that
these unique electric units, built to an LMS design from the
1930s, could not last much longer.
The vehicles in the first
and third pictures, M28389M and M29150M were BR-built in the
1950s, but M29282M is a genuine LMS-built example, and by then
one of the oldest passenger carrying vehicles on the BR network.
24 August 1979 |
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35028
"Clan Line" is seen between Harrogate and Bilton - on
the remaining side of the Bilton triangle - with a York circular
special, 2 September 1979 |
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Three
pictures taken on the Severn Valley Railway on enthusiasts day,
8 September 1979. Top - Cornwall in Shropshire! The LNWR veteran
spent a little while at Bridgnorth - I believe the possibility
of steaming was looked into, until someone managed to push a
screwdriver through the boiler barrel....
Middle - 6443 at (modest)
speed, near Foley Park
Bottom - long departed for
pastures new, AD 193 "Shropshire" on a demo freight
near Bewdley
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A
solitary class 25 chugs ("ponk, ponk, ponkity
ponk") towards St Andrews Junction, Birmingham, 6 October
1979 |
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46229
is seen in action near Huby, between Leeds and Harrogate - with
the "Limited Edition" - the first run in preservation,
10 May 1980 |
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Bath
Green Park station - or Sainsbury's, as it was about to become.
28 October 1979 |
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A
couple of bygones at Kyle of Lochalsh - the Kyle -
Kyleakin ferry, and 26 046, which would later (in the pouring
rain) head back for Inverness with the train seen in the station
with the observation car at the front.
The ferry is Cal-Mac's
"Lochalsh" which was brought into service in 1971
along with sister "Kyleakin", and was replaced by
larger vessels in 1991, which in turn were replaced by an
excessively expensive toll bridge....
11 July 1980
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A
pair of ancient Sentinels - 6155 and 6185, both built in 1925,
at Coalbrookdale Museum. Both locomotives are rebuilds of
conventional steam locomotives - a Manning Wardle from 1873 and
a Coalbrookdale loco from c1865. 2 Feb 1980 |
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"Tom"
North British 27414 of 54 at Horsehay, the same day. |
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