Isle of Mann Horse Tram June 1999

Isle of Mann Horse Tram June 1999

A testimony to Victorian engineering and endurance, the Douglas Horse Trams have been in existence on the Isle of Man since 1876.

The trams were first introduced to take advantage of the booming tourist trade in Victorian times and to this day still carry tourists, and locals, along the promenades in the summer.

The three-foot gauge tramway is owned and operated by Douglas Borough Council and still runs with 21 original carriages including a special double deck tram.

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44767 on the Nene Valley Railway May 1996

LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 44767 on the Nene Valley Railway 11 May 1996.

LMS number 4767, BR number 44767 is a preserved steam locomotive. In preservation it carries the name George Stephenson though it never bore this in service. Built in 1947, 4767 was renumbered 44767 by British Railways after nationalisation in 1948. The loco was withdrawn from service in December 1967.

44767 was privately bought and put in storage until 1974 when it was taken to Thornaby for restoration by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group. It was then named after famous railway engineer George Stephenson.

The loco was based on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway before being taken out of service at the end of 2002 for a full overhaul. 44767 re-steamed at Morpeth, Northumberland, where she was overhauled, in December 2009. I believe that the loco is now at the North Norfolk Railway undergoing an overhaul.

58043 Ballasting April 1996.

58043 ballasting near Stoke (ECML) on 21 April 1996

58013 Peterborough Holding Sidings April 1996.

58013 in Mainline Freight Livery at Peterborough Holding Sidings on April 5 1996.

Eurostar at Peterborough West Yard March 1996

Eurostar at Peterborough West Yard 26 March 1996

British Railways 70000 Britannia @ Orton Mere on NVR August 1996

 

More pictures of BR standard class 7, 70000 Britannia, photographed here on a visit to the Nene Valley Railway, Peterborough, on 19 August 1996. 70000 was piloted from Peterborough Station to Orton Mere Station on the NVR by 37171. For more pictures see Train Snaps Blog for 10 November 2013.

37047 Peterborough Holding Sidings June 1997

37047, in Mainline Freight Livery, on the Head Shunt at Peterborough Holding Sidings on June 2 1997. It was renumbered from D6747 on December 31 1973. The loco was withdrawn from service on October 31 2007 and disposed of on May 31 2008 being scrapped at EMR Kingsbury.

 

37047 on the Fuel Point at Peterborough on June 2 1997

56069 Peterborough July 1997

56069 at Peterborough Holding Sidings on July 2 1997

Happy Christmas Dudes!!!

 

Happy Christmas Dudes!!!

08529 at Peterborough on August 18th 1996.

08529 at Peterborough on August 18^th 1996. It was built at Darlington Works (British Railways) and was completed on March 3^rd 1959. It was withdrawn from service on June 30^th 2005 and scrapped on August 31^st 2008.

31196 at Stratford 1996. It Took Another Five Years To Finally Scrap It!

Brush Locomotive 31196 was built at the Falcon works in Loughborough in 1960.  The Loco’s original number was D5620 and it was allocated to March Depot in Cambridgeshire. It later transferred to Stratford and then to Immingham where it worked for the next twenty odd years.

In 1991 it transferred back to Stratford where it was withdrawn from service in February 1993. 31196 was stored at Stratford until 2001 when it was scrapped on site. It’s pictured here falling to pieces and being cannibalized at Stratford Depot in April 1996. It had to wait like this for another five years before finally being scrapped.