The Peaks were one of my favourite locomotives. Countless trips to relatives in Nottingham on the MML plus journeys far and wide on the NE-SW route and later on Trans-Pennine services. They even reached my home town of Brighton.
This gallery will gain most of photos from the regional galleries but will just contain the Peaks in number order for easier browsing. Lots more to add.
This is basically a file store for www.1S76.com where full details of the items can be seen. However if you fancy a nose around please do.
It also includes various BR leaflets and timetables and brochures.
This gallery is just a hosting site for images that have been kindly contributed or permision given to display on my website www.1S76.com. The rise and fall of cross country train services to and from Brighton.
Please see the website for full details.
These photos, taken by my work collegue Pete 'Muppet' Beyer, are mainly taken around the Croydon, Tattenham Corner, North Downs line and Dorking areas but do include some more exotic locations such as the Settle and Carlisle line.
All the photographs date from the Mid 1980's a colourful time on British Rail.
All photos are now scanned and captioned.
This is a collection of photos taken by my late Uncle, Tony Lower. Based in Nottingham He worked as a hardware salesman with his patch being mainly the East and West Midlands before settling down as Hardware buyer for the Wilkinsons "Wilko" stores group. The photos are a record of many long lost scenes mainly around the Midlands. During school holidays I used to travel to many of the places with him, my near duplicate photos are not listed. Many of the places visited have either closed or have changed beyond recognition. I hope you enjoy them. There are over 300 photos, more to upload and all captions are now completed....even if they are wrong! Corrections and more info always welcome.
These slides are a record of my good friend Derek's misspent years trainspotting, some taken whilst working for BR. Locations include Scotland, York and Burgess Hill. All the slides were uncaptioned but with the help of a lot of people most of the locations have been worked out.
Derek still works in the Railway Industry and his company website can be found here http://longsightuk.com/ . Most of the photos on his company website have been taken by me on commission.
Derek is also a partner in a highly inventive off grid power company http://befreepower.com/ details can be found on the company website.
Back in days when as a BR employee the four free passes a year really were a ticket to ride. A blue ticket from Falmer to Kyle of Lochalsh or Thurso meant some very roundabout routes were used! We also got a priv rate with BR's holiday arm, Golden Rail and in 1983 and 1984 this resulted in a weeks stay at Stirling and Inverkip respectively. Here are a selection of slides from those trips in the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Some of the captions will be wrong if you spot any errors please let me know.
There are also images from my collection of purchased slides etc, where known the original photographer is credited.
5Z88 an ECS move from St Leonards West Marina to Chart Leacon formed of 4 Hastings power cars and one trailer car. Just as the empty train was entering Appledore Station at 21.05 it became derailed on the facing crossover to the west of the Station. The leading power-car. which turned over onto its side. was severely damaged and all the remaining four vehicles suffered varying degrees of lesser damage. I regret to report that the driver of the train� was killed and that the guard who was travelling with him in the cab received minor injuries for which he was conveyed to hospital by ambulance but was discharged shortly afterwards."
Full details from the Railway archive:-
http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=254
This gallery will hold newly uploaded images for about a month or so before they are filed off to the correct regional gallery.
Latest additions include many images by John Vaughan, even more class 47's to fill the gaps and lots of SR images plus some Westerns and some great images from the mid 1970's
Several new Medium Format B&W negatives have been uploaded including steam, several EMU and DEMU's and WR subjects.
A new line of images is that of buses around Brighton both in the Tillings/BET era and later as part of the National Bus Company. A large number of images of the Cross-country services to and from the south coast have also been added.
The most recent uploads now appear first!
After the DfT withdrew the direct Brighton to Birmingham services in December 2008 it left several stretches of line in the London area bereft of passengers services. As no closure notice was issued the DfT through Arriva trains was forced to put on a bus service between Ealing Broadway and Wandsworth Road running once a week each way on a Tuesday. This is a small set of photos from my trip on the bus on the 13th January 2009.
Closure notices have now been issued for the December timetable start date.
THIS SERVICE NO LONGER OPERATES.
This gallery contains copies of all my class 47 images ( from the regional galleries etc ). There are a reducing number of gaps in the photos. I hope to eventually have images of every single one of the class, this includes all the renumbering.
The class was the largest mainline class of locomotive on British Rail with 508 examples constructed. Images are mainly 35mm slides but there are some negatives and Medium Format negatives too.
For full details on the class check out the excellent www.class47.co.uk website........I do!
As the 23.18 (15th January) mail and parcels train from Brighton to London Bridge was standing at Platform I at East Croydon while station duties were carried out, it was run into violently at the rear by the 00.22 Three Bridges to New Cross Gate Civil Engineers Departmental freight train which had passed at Danger the protecting 4 aspect colour-light signal CW3. The rear three vans of the mail and parcels train were derailed and severely damaged as were the locomotive and the first 5 vehicles of the engineer's train. The platform canopy and coping stones were damaged in the area of the collision. The driver of the engineer's train was trapped in the wreckage of the locomotive cab until 08.45 when, despite strenuous efforts on the part of the Fire Brigade, part of one leg had to be amputated in order to release him. The guard of the engineer's train, a member of the platform staff, and 6 Post Office employees attending the mail train suffered slight injuries.
Some recently acquired colour images have now been added showing some views mainly taken from East Croydon Goods Yard by Alan Edwards who worked in Train planning.
Full details of the accident can be found here:- http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=600
I started work for BR in 1978 with my first day on the railway as a CO1 relief clerk working in the Old Steine Travel Centre in Brighton. When possible I had my camera with me, these views from around the Brighton area date from the late 1970's through the 1980's. Locations include several in Brighton, Preston Park, Shoreham, Newhaven, Lewes, Three Bridges and Gatwick and many more. Also included are images I own taken by other photographers and where known these are credited.
This gallery contains my Eastern Region photos. Locations include Doncaster, York, Leeds, Peterborough, Sheffield Finsbury Park the London terminals and much more. Little did I know at the time but York would become my second home as my wife is a Yorkie.
Most photos are taken by me but a number have been purchased through eBay, where known the original photographer is credited.
Now over 60 years old the Class 73/1 is, along with the Class 33, the ubiquitous Southern Region locomotive. With almost universal route availability they could be found all over the region on anything from Express passenger working to shunting.
This gallery contains photos of every single locomotive, including the older 73/0's and more will be added over time.
The BRCW class 33's were amongst the most successful of British Rails Diesel classes. Built for the Southern Region they were seriously underexploited until the 1980's when they spread their wings and worked services to far flung destinations such as Penzance, Manchester, Cardiff, Birmingham as well as on home region such as Bournemouth, Portsmouth, Brighton, Salisbury and of course Exeter. I have images of almost every locomotive and they are all displayed here. Most are 35mm slides or negs but there are also some Medium Format negatives.
A recommended website for more information on the Class 33's is http://www.class33crompton.co.uk/
This gallery contains my Western Region photos. Living in Brighton a day trip to Reading was an easy day out with the Student Railcard and later with priv tickets. Other locations include Dawlish, a whole day spent on the seawall, Bristol TM another good day out on the direct train from Brighton.
Most photos are taken by me but a number have been purchased through eBay, where known the original photographer is credited.