37209 Doncaster Carr Loco 1997.

37209 at Doncaster Carr Loco on 27 January 1997

7819 Hinton Manor Visiting the Nene Valley Railway

 

Great Western Railway locomotive 7819, Hinton Manor, Visiting the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough 1994.

 

7819 Hinton Manor is a Great Western Railway locomotive part of the Manor Class. It is one of 9 locomotives preserved from the class which originally had 30.

Built by Great Western Railway in 1939 it was withdrawn from service in November 1965 before being moved to Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales.

 

It is currently owned by the Severn Valley Railway, and while returning to service in 1977, it is now on display at the Swindon Designer Outlet.

Stratford Loco Depot April 1996

Stratford Loco Depot April 1996



NRZ Loco Near Bulawayo.

NRZ Loco near Bulawayo Zimbabwe July 1991.

Peterborough Nene Sidings 4 May 1996

Peterborough Nene Sidings on the 4th May 1996. The driver in the cab doorway is Don Watson, the guard (or trainman G) is Mark Warren and the man in the hard hat is the shunter who's first name was Keith and he came from Wainfleet. I can't remember his surname?

Waterloo International Station Prior to Opening.

Waterloo International Station Prior to Opening.

31252 Peterborough 1995

31252 on the Head shunt at Peterborough Mayors Walk Loco Depot 5 April 1995.

31165 Ballasting between Stoke Tunnel and Highdyke

31165 Ballasting between Stoke Tunnel and Highdyke on the East Coast Main Line in February 1995.

Ready For Snow! Peterborough 1995

 

Ready For Snow! Peterborough Head Shunt in 1995.

Saint Gille, Vendee, France.

SNCF Unit at Saint Gille Station in the Vendee, France. September 1992.

York Station in the Mid-Eighties

 

Pictures taken at York Station at sometime during the mid nineteen eighties.

37051 Peterborough West Yard June 1996

37051 in brand new EWS livery at Peterborough West Yard on June 24 1996.

47474 King's Cross 1 June 1996

 

47474 King's Cross 1 June 1996

Barnetby Station 15 May 1996

 

The Scene at Barnetby Station on 15 May 1996. A class 56 Load Haul loco ships a coal train from Immingham to a destination somewhere in the midlands.

08758 and 31283 Stratford Loco April 1996

08758 and 31283 at Stratford Locomotive Depot, East London, UK, in April 1996. Spot the cockney Sparrow logo on the side of the 08.

Trains at Victoria Falls Zimbabwe

 

Victorial Falls Station Zimbabwe

 

 

Zambian Loco @ Victoria Falls Zimbabwe July 1991

 

NRZ Loco at Victoria Fall Zimbabwe July 1996

 

NRZ Loco Running Round at Victoria Fall Zimbabwe July 1996 ready to work a passenger train down to Bulawayo.

58040 King's Cross Freight Terminal 1995

58040 at King's Cross Freight Terminal early morning in February 1995. I wonder what happened to the lovely shunting staff at the KXFT?

Mainline Freight Brake Van.

 

Mainline Freight Brake Van @ Peterborough West Yard 26 March 1996. There could not have been many brake vans done up like this! Where in the Man In The Van?

58019 16 May 1996 Worksop and Kilnhurst

 

58019 in Mainline Freight Livery on 16 May 1996 at Worksop Depot

 

58019 on the same day and job at Kilnhurst

Portrush Northern Ireland September 1991

 

Portrush Northern Ireland September 1991

60019 Leicester Depot

60019 @ Leicester Depot 20 May 1996.in shiny new EWS Livery.

Deltic On Doncaster Carr Loco

A Deltic on Doncaster Carr Loco 27 January 27 1997. Can't make out it's number. Any ideas?

Ready For The Knackers Yard!

 

Ready for the knackers yard! This class 31 loco was on the stops in Peterborough Spital Yard on 12 April 1996. Fitter from the adjacent Mayors Walk Locomotive Depot were raiding it for spare parts until it was finally towed away to that great scrapyard in the sky!

Sousse Station Tunisia

 

Electric unit waiting to leave Sousse Station, Tunisia for Monastir, in September 1999. The driver told me that one of the biggest problems drivers faced was dealing with the heat haze as they crossed the desert.

58034 Peterborough Depot 15 August 1996

 58034 in Mainline Freight Livery on the Carriage Road at Peterborough Mayors Walk Depot on 15 August 1996.

56100 @ Peterborough Loco Depot 1996

 

56100 Load Haul Loco on the 'Run-Round' Road at Peterborough Mayors Walk Locomotive Depot on the 15 August 1996. You can just see the old Baker Perkins Factory Building in the background, now the site of  HM Prison Peterborough.

08634 Stratford Loco April 1996

08634 gets some attention at Stratford Locomotive Depot in East London in April 1996. Stratford Depot was on the site of what is now the London Olympic Stadium. We didn't see that one coming did we?

37077 May 1996

37077 16 May 1996

Union Of South Africa @ Peterborough

 Union Of South Africa @ Peterborough October 1994



 

Union Of South Africa @ Peterborough with Steam Railway Magazine Special to the Nene Valley Railway in October 1994

 

Union Of South Africa @ Peterborough with Steam Railway Magazine Special to the Nene Valley Railway in October 1994

SNCFT, Monastir, Train Station, Tunisia.

Monastir, Tunisia Train Station September 1999

47711 Peterbotough West Yard

477111 arrives at Peterbotough West Yard at some time during the late nineteen nineties.

58038 Near Stoke Tunnel

58038 ballasting near Stoke Tunnel around 1996.