Incredibly cool photos of trains

[RichB]

Maxym said:

RichB said:

Thanks, didn't realise the 7s were tender engines and 8s tanks.
I think when I used to see the Golden Arrow at Waterloo it was a Merchant Navy at the front.

The Golden Arrow went from Victoria. Must have been another train. :-)

No, definitely the Golden Arrow, saw it often, it had a dedicated platform, must have been Victoria.
We used to buzz around all the London Termini. Dad worked for London Underground so we got very cheap tube travel meaning we could spend a day on the tube going from station to station to see what was going on. If we got bore we'd try to get into one of the sheds; Nine Elms, Stratford, Old Oak Common etc.

[Maxym]

RichB said:

No, definitely the Golden Arrow, saw it often, it had a dedicated platform, must have been Victoria.
We used to buzz around all the London Termini. Dad worked for London Underground so we got very cheap tube travel meaning we could spend a day on the tube going from station to station to see what was going on. If we got bore we'd try to get into one of the sheds; Nine Elms, Stratford, Old Oak Common etc.

I used to do that on a 5/-Twin Rover: Willesden, Old Oak, Southall, Feltham, Nine Elms (which I always managed to get into, despite its 'difficult' reputation). Happy days...

[Stedman]

meb90 said:

Stedman said:

I work on the ECDP; this is great to see!

Yes, me as well. Been working towards this move for a while so it is great to see it happen.

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

[Maxym]

Stedman said:

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

I’ve met a Stedman, works for DB Cargo….?

[Stedman]

Maxym said:

I’ve met a Stedman, works for DB Cargo….?

Interesting, certainly not me though!

[meb90]

Stedman said:

I believe we have worked a Test Train together on the NCL

That's where the name rings a bell! Yes, I think we did

[Yertis]

Maxym said:

I'm rather a BR Standard fan. The SR had quite a few. 73/75/76/80/82 and 84XXX. Good engines and good to work on.

And, finally, 77014 which was the very last active BR steam locomotive on the Southern.

[Maxym]

Yertis said:

And, finally, 77014 which was the very last active BR steam locomotive on the Southern.

Yes, true, though that was a foreigner parachuted in late on. The 77s were native to the Southern. Ironic that 77014 was the last active.

[CooperD]

A bit distant pic of the Royal Scot hauling an excursion train to Chesterfield passing through Bury St Edmunds this morning.

[cherryowen]

Napier Deltic gearing

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cherryowen said:

Napier Deltic gearing

That's wonderful!

(Machinery geek).

[Isimmo]

I’ve been going through my old photos.
I ‘think’ this is Kirkcaldy, circa 1986. Fitters strike, Haymarket, saw everything loco hauled.



VSOE Beaulieu Road, ‘83/84 ish.

[Isimmo]

Bristol, circa 1986


Shrewsbury, circa 1983

[Isimmo]

Couple more.

Weymouth Quay 1983

St Pancras 1983


Norwood 1988.


Liverpool St 1983


Littleport 1983


47438 Guildford 1992


All three types of cl33, Salisbury. Circa 1985

[robinh73]

A lucky spot yesterday, Clun Castle on a railtour at Llandudno Junction. Wonderful to see and whilst I was brought up with the proper era of diesels in the 70s and 80s, there is something magical and incredibly special about steam. Sorry the photo isn't the best but the sun was playing havoc with the lighting.

[RichB]

robinh73 said:

A lucky spot yesterday, Clun Castle on a railtour at Llandudno Junction. Wonderful to see and whilst I was brought up with the proper era of diesels in the 70s and 80s, there is something magical and incredibly special about steam. Sorry the photo isn't the best but the sun was playing havoc with the lighting.

I remember the end of steam and growing up in Ealing I saw Castles and Kings thundering west on named expresses like the Bristolian and the Cornish Riviera Express. They were soon replaced by the Westerns and Warships but somehow Brunswick green fully lined livery with the polished brass and copper made the steam engines seem so much more special, the diesels were purposeful but they were there to do a job, not take pride of place!

[Rumblestripe]

Hunslet 2-4-0, Linda
Porthmadog, Ffestiniog Railway, two guys enjoying their "work" (it chucked it down about ten minutes later, their jovial expressions may not have lasted)

[Davie]

Isimmo said:

I’ve been going through my old photos.
I ‘think’ this is Kirkcaldy, circa 1986. Fitters strike, Haymarket, saw everything loco hauled.

No idea how my idle browsing got me here... however, I can add something semi-constructive!

That's Inverkeithing.

[Isimmo]

Davie said:

Isimmo said:

I’ve been going through my old photos.
I ‘think’ this is Kirkcaldy, circa 1986. Fitters strike, Haymarket, saw everything loco hauled.

No idea how my idle browsing got me here... however, I can add something semi-constructive!

That's Inverkeithing.

Thank you. Like most, I didn’t catalogue photos well (at all) back in the day.

[Yertis]

Isimmo said:

I hate these things. The SR went from the most interesting steam locomotives to the least interesting diesels.