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Viewing Album: Jon's British Ry. Photos
By:
Jon Searles
Dates:
8/25/1993 - 8/27/2012
Album Info:
This album will showcase not British Rail the public entity (at least most of the time), but rather some of my thousands of British rail (with a small r) photos taken over many years.
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Title:
Networkers at Waterloo Station
Description:
I took this the very first time I watched trains (trainspotted??) in Britain!! It was a very exciting day, as I had never seen so many trains running at once, and doing it so well!! :-) This was during the first year of privatisation, but you couldn't see the negative effects of it at all yet. Most of it was still public-sector, and very clean and well-maintaintained. Waterloo was so spotless that day that it was a little bit hard to believe, and this mind you was without the dreadful experience of privatisation to compare it to. Instead, I was comparing it to Amtrak, which is a way is an even starker contrast when you think about it. These trains are EMUs, although I don't have my books handy to found out exactly which classes. Most of the BR Southern Region EMUs were, of course, a bit hard to tell from one another. If someone with books handy could fill me in I would be very grateful. :-)
Photo Date:
8/25/1993
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 9:15:01 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 3497(Electric M.U.)
Views:
268
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0
Title:
BR Class 90 Pan Shot
Description:
I wasn't expecting to take this. I was walking in a field on my first visit to England in 1993, being fully aware that I was next to a mainline (in this case the Great Eastern, if I'm not mistaken), and more worried about being electrocuted, as the trees hadn't been cut back very well. Nevertheless, I had my Kodak Star 735 in my hands, and then I heard an indescribable roar doppling towards me. The trees were blocking my view, but I raised the camera, caught this BR freight coming down the line at what must have been at least 80 m.p.h., and possibly faster, and swung around as it came by, getting this pan shot. It was all over in about 2 seconds, and I got the shot more or less by pure luck combined with reaction time, but I still think that it's one of my best train shots of all time. The blur of extreme speed (at least to my American mind of the time), combined with the memory of the noise, keep this shot in my head today whenever I'm attempting another one like it, which I should note I've never again succeeded in taking, even with a good SLR.
Photo Date:
8/27/1993
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:35:39 PM
Location:
Colchester, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
161
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0
Title:
The Flying Scotsman (named GNER train) Arriving
Description:
I took this one at Peterborough in 1998, having never seen an Intercity 225 high speed train before, and being quite impressed when I did. Intercity 225s, like 125s, have a locomotive or cab control car (the British call them driving van trailers, or DVTs) at each end, and conventional passenger cars in the middle. "225" indicates a 225 Km/h operating speed (see below). The only reason they're considered trainsets is that the coaches and the locomotives were designed to complement each other, even if they would occassionally be used seperately. The locomotive on an Intercity 225 is always on the north end, and the DVT on the south end. Since 225s are only used on the East Coast Mainline from London King's Cross to Edinburgh, this isn't as odd as it sounds. The locomotive is almost always a Class 91, as here, although it is sometimes possible to see an older Class 90 substituting, and during the development of the 225 in the late 1980s, BR also experimented with a one-of-a-kind electric locomotive called the Class 89, named "Avocet." With privatisation of the East Coast Mainline in 1996, Great North Eastern Railway acquired the Avocet, along with the Intercity 225 fleet. Last I heard, it was being used as a stationary power supply at Doncaster Works, although it may have been reassigned by now. I HAVE seen it in service on an Intercity 225, though, in 1999. In any case, the Class 91s develop 6000 horsepower, and top out at about 156 m.p.h. (250Km/h), but they were designed to operate at 140 m.p.h. (225Km/h), this follows the British principle of 10% overspeed capability. In any case, they haven't officially run at more than 125 m.p.h. since the testing period, due to inadequate signalling on the East Coast Mainline. In any case, getting back to my story, this run was still very, very fast, and we got to our destination in York five minutes early.
Photo Date:
11/4/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:54:24 PM
Location:
Peterborough, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
160
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0
Title:
ex-BR 45596 "Bahamas"
Description:
#45596 was originally London, Midland, & Scottish #5596, although it always had its current name "Bahamas," at least as far as I know. It's a Jubilee Class three-cylinder 4-6-0, which means it would have been used on mid-range express trains, local passenger trains, and fast freights. The Jubilee class was intended, in essence to fill the gap in LMS's fleet between the Black Five class and the Royal Scot and Princess Royal express passenger classes, but it was always in an odd position as the Black Five could do most of the same things it could do, and do them better. In any case, with Nationalisation in 1948, LMS #5596 became British Railways #45596, but retained its name, and eventually ended up in the Keighley & Worth Valley's hands after British Rail phased out steam in the 1960s. This was the most complete shot I could get, as #45596 was crammed into the shop pretty tightly, although luckily one side of the shop has no wall!!!
Photo Date:
11/8/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:54:43 PM
Location:
Haworth, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 45596(Class 45)
Views:
333
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0
Title:
BR 45596 "Bahamas" Nameplate
Description:
There's the nameplate, mounted over the center driver. There's one on the other side, too.
Photo Date:
11/8/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:54:57 PM
Location:
Haworth, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 45596(Class 45)
Views:
346
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0
Title:
ex-BR 45596 "Bahamas" Builder Plate
Description:
#45596 wasn't actually built in the LMS's own shops in Derby or Crewe, but was actually built by the North British Locomotive Works, an outside contractor, which was not uncommon on the LMS. Most British railways built their own stuff, but the LMS would often buy from outside vendors or have them build to their designs.
Photo Date:
11/8/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:55:16 PM
Location:
Haworth, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
133
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0
Title:
ex-BR 45596 "Bahamas" Drivers
Description:
This is my favorite of the bunch, by far, and may be one of my best photographs of all time. I love the way the light outlines the boiler, and most of my photography teachers in college agreed. The contrast is also near-perfect, even if the ground detail is somewhat limited. On many of my prints of this shot, I've burned the ground in, of course.
Photo Date:
11/8/1998
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:55:57 AM
Location:
Haworth, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 45596(Class 45)
Views:
281
Comments:
0
Title:
St. Pancras Station
Description:
This was my first ever good look at London St. Pancras, and I was really blown away. I took a series of photos, and it was hard choosing the best ones to put online. St. Pancras station, and the Midland Hotel which is incorporated into the front of the building, was arguably the most beautiful, spectacular commercial failure in the history of London when it was constructed in 1867. Overwhelmingly the most grandiose and beautiful of London's stations, it was redundant when (over)built, and a product of the rivalry between the various private companies vying for the London market during the mid-19th Century. The Midland Railway, the original owners, spent 2,000,000 pounds on its construction, enough so that the company never recoupped the loss, especially since someone made the blunder of building the hotel without modern plumbing!!! Although the station was built as a combination passenger and freight station, with the underground freight handling facilities specialising in overnight beer shipments, little of the station has ever been put into full use. This may have a happy ending, though, as since I took these photos the building has been undergoing a massive renovation to serve as a successor to Waterloo International once the Channel Tunnel Rail Link is built, with the old beer cellars being reused for dedicated international platforms and a car park.
Photo Date:
2/6/1999
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 9:06:00 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
156
Comments:
0
Title:
St. Pancras Station, Picture 2
Description:
Here's the second of my choices from my St. Pancras pictures.
Photo Date:
2/6/1999
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 9:06:17 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
145
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0
Title:
ex-BR 44767 (ex-LMS 4767) "George Stephenson"
Description:
I took this shot at Holt station on the North Norfolk Railway, along with a roll of other black and whites that I took that day. This was my second visit to the North Norfolk Railway, which was done precisely to shoot photos, and in particular black and whites.
Photo Date:
2/27/1999
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 3:59:29 AM
Location:
Holt, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 44767(4-6-0)
Views:
339
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-LMS 5000
Description:
I took this at the National Railway Museum of Britain in York, and the locomotive is the very first of the famous LMS "Black Five" 5P5F Class 4-6-0s. Although some others had lower numbers, like 4767 downloaded right before this, the first Black Five does nevertheless carry the number 5000. Here it's displayed coupled to a period version of the Royal Train, as it would be configured to pull it.
Photo Date:
4/1/1999
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 3:59:54 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
LMS 5000(4-6-0)
Views:
428
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0
Title:
ex-BR 43087
Description:
I took this when I was stranded in York on my way back to Norwich from the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, having missed both of my trains. Obviously, this was the next morning, when I decided to give the National Railway Museum a second visit, and photograph some of the traffic through York Central. This service, while still lettered for BR Intercity on the lead locomotive, was a Virgin Cross Country service. GNER had repainted all their IC125s by then, and notice the Virgin livery on the Mk.III coach the Class 43 diesel is pulling.
Photo Date:
4/1/1999
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:55:40 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 43087(Class 43 HST)
Views:
293
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-LNER 4468 "Mallard" At The National Railway Museum
Description:
I've included these photos so the real railfans can drool. I've been priviledged to have been around "Mallard" on a daily basis during my work at the British National Railway Museum in York, but I have to admit I've never worked ON it, per se. For the uninitiated, "Mallard" holds the world speed record for a steam locomotive, at 125 or 126 m.p.h., depending on who you talk to, achieved in 1938. The closest rivals are DRG #05 002 (124.5 m.p.h. in 1937) and PRR #7002 (allegedly 127 m.p.h., but unconfirmed, in 1906). "Mallard" was an A4 Class 4-6-2 steam passenger locomotive designed by the London & North Eastern Railway's Chief Mechanical Engineer Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley, who also designed many other famous classes of steam locomotive for the LNER, which included the earlier A1, A10, and A3 Class 4-6-2s ("Flying Scotsman was built as an A1, and rebuilt twice, first to an A10, and then to an A3, becoming all three classes at one point or another), and the V2 Class 2-6-2 (of which #4771 "Green Arrow" was one). Like all of LNER's high-end passenger power, "Mallard" was built at Doncaster.
Photo Date:
4/1/1999
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:55:53 PM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
LNER 4468(4-6-2)
Views:
480
Comments:
0
Title:
AR 86220 At Liverpool Street Station
Description:
This is a BR Class 86 electric locomotive, in service with Anglia Railways in 1999, having just run an Intercity service from Norwich Thorpe Street to London Liverpool Street. The Norwich-London run is over the Great Eastern Mainline, but originally British Rail intended for these to be used on the newly-electrified West Coast Mainline in the 1960s, where they stayed until the Great Eastern electrification project was completed in 1988, replacing Class 47 diesels. These locomotives are now being operated by One, a train operating company formed through the merger of Anglia and First Great Eastern in 2004. During 1998-1999, though, I rode these Intercity services very regularly, and it is memorable to me today since it was only my third experience riding 100 m.p.h. trains! Getting back to the photo, this shot also helps to illustrate the magnificent neo-gothic ceiling in London Liverpool Street Station.
Photo Date:
6/9/1999
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:56:51 PM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
255
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0
Title:
EWS 67022 (date could be wrong)
Description:
This was an Anglia Intercity arrival, I think, into Norwich Thorpe Street in the Fall of 2000, and one of my first close photos of English, Welsh, & Scottish Class 67 diesels. If the chassis of it looks vaguely F59PHI to you, that would be close. It is a GMLG locomotive, but its capabilities are far beyond anything GM builds for the U.S. market. 125 m.p.h. is an easy job for these locomotives, although being mostly assigned to mail, fast freight, and excursion trains they in reality rarely exceed 100.
Photo Date:
9/16/2000
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:54:48 AM
Location:
Norwich, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
EWS 67022(Class 67)
Views:
310
Comments:
0
Title:
GNER 91121 "Archbishop Thomas Cranmer"
Description:
This was more or less certainly not taken in 2000, as I have no record of any trips to York in 2000, so the copyright date is wrong. It's probably like that because I had this photo in with my 2000-2001 darkroom stuff. I do I recall taking it while I was on a research trip to York, after going there had become routine but before I actually started living there (2002-2004).
Photo Date:
2/19/2001
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:00:37 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
GNER 91121(UNKNOWN)
Views:
163
Comments:
0
Title:
AR 86237 Departing In Snow
Description:
I took this shot on a slightly snowy day in 2001 during my second to last full day living in Norwich, England. I figured I wouldn't get back anytime soon, so I shot a bunch of photos so that I would have them. In reality, I returned many times to visit friends, but I didn't know I would do so at the time. This is one of my best shots that day, a pan of one of Anglia's Intercities departing Thorpe Street for London Liverpool Street. These Class 86 electrics were originally designed in the mid-1960s for use on the newly-electrified West Coast Mainline, but when the Great Eastern Mainline was electrified in the 1980s they were mostly cascaded to the Great Eastern. When I first went to school in Norwich in 1998, nearly all had been transferred to this service, with few left on the West Coast, and now all are on the Great Eastern, if I'm not mistaken. I rode these trains many times, of course, and I would ride out of Norwich in two days. As a point of side interest, the blurred locomotive in the upper right is a English, Welsh, & Scottish Class 67 diesel, a 125 m.p.h. locomotive used mainly on mail trains. It turns out that I was wise to catch this, as I don't think I got another shot of it before it was scrapped at Cardiff in October of 2004.
Photo Date:
3/1/2001
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 10:38:51 AM
Location:
Norwich, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
255
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-BR 60800 "Green Arrow"
Description:
I used to help maintain "Green Arrow" at the (British) National Railway Museum in York, and this was the first run when I was one of the people who helped prepare it, so it was a moment of pride. It was preparing for a run to Scarborough, so I rode the train out and back and took a lot of photos, including this one. I wasn't qualified to actually work the run, as the regulations in Britain are pretty strict on that. Note that it's painted in BR Brunswick Green, and carrying its BR number, 60800. It has since, from what I've heard, been repainted back to its proper LNER colours (please somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this!).
Photo Date:
5/29/2003
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 7:55:13 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 60800(2-6-2)
Views:
259
Comments:
0
Title:
ex-GWR 5972 "Olton Hall" With The "Wizard Express"
Description:
Here's ex-GWR #5972 "Olton Hall" a.k.a. "Hogwarts Castle" pulling "The Wizard Express" into York after a run to Scarborough, taking advantage of the Harry Potter craze for all it's worth. In actual fact, not only is the story pure fantasy, but so is the paint scheme and name on "Olton Hall!" It's a Great Western Hall Class, not a Castle Class (Castles were 4-cylinder, while Halls were 2), and Great Western painted their locomotives Brunswick Green, not red!! Oh well, one would have to assume that everyone enjoyed themselves on this particular day.
Photo Date:
7/23/2003
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:49:35 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
GWR1 5972(4-6-0)
Views:
958
Comments:
0
Title:
LNER 4468
Description:
It's fair enough that the London & North Eastern Railway's East Coast Mainline was the Mallard's main route, but here it is on the modern, electrified Network Rail ECML in 2003!!! Admittedly, it wasn't under steam, as it had a boiler fault at the time, and was being deadheaded by ex-LNER #4771 "Green Arrow" to the Doncaster 150 Celebration.
Photo Date:
7/25/2003
Upload Date:
5/3/2007 3:56:16 PM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
LNER 4468(4-6-2)
Views:
511
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0
Title:
ex-LNER 4472 "Flying Scotsman" and ex-BR 60009 (ex-LNER 4488) "Union of South Africa" At The Doncaster 150 Celebration
Description:
This is a rescan of an earlier shot that I posted on my own website, as well as Flickr, if I'm not mistaken. I took the original while I was at the Doncaster 150 Celebration, celebrating 150 years of Doncaster Locomotive Works.
Photo Date:
7/26/2003
Upload Date:
6/1/2007 8:02:29 AM
Location:
Doncaster, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
LNER 4472(4-6-2)
BR1 60009(4-6-2)
Views:
859
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0
Title:
LNER 4472 "Flying Scotsman" Cab
Description:
This was my one and only time in the cab of ex-LNER 4472 "Flying Scotsman," when they were letting people up into it at the Doncaster 150 Celebrations. I did have to wait on line for a good long while, though, and the photo I had somebody take of me in it didn't come out, unfortunately.
Photo Date:
7/26/2003
Upload Date:
6/1/2007 8:03:35 AM
Location:
Doncaster, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
LNER 4472(4-6-2)
Views:
582
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0
Title:
GNER 89001 "Avocet" at the Doncaster 150 Celebration
Description:
This may raise the eyebrows of some British trainspotters, who are constantly hunting this one-of-a-kind (and quite old, being built by British Railways Engineering in 1987) experimental electric, yet never finding it. The well-informed know that it's usually at Doncaster, working as a stationary power unit rather than a locomotive, although I once spotted it working a service in King's Cross back in 1999. Here it wasn't doing anything, being instead a display during the Doncaster 150 celebrations. The other locomotives around it are interesting, too, even if they're far less rare.
Photo Date:
7/26/2003
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:32:41 AM
Location:
Doncaster, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
GNER 89001(UNKNOWN)
Views:
183
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0
Title:
Intercity 125 Pan Shot
Description:
I took this on my way to the Doncaster 150 celebrations, if I'm not mistaken, and until I found it in my collection I had forgotten completely that I had it. I figured it would interest a number of people, so I posted it first to Flickr, and now it's appearing here.
Photo Date:
7/26/2003
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 9:19:30 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 43039(Class 43 HST)
Views:
230
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0
Title:
ex-BR 60800 (ex-LNER 4771, ex-LNER 800) "Green Arrow" On Scarborough Bridge
Description:
Here's a shot that I actually planned in advance, knowing that "Green Arrow" was working the Scarborough Express on the day in question. The yellow tint to everything is from the sun.
Photo Date:
9/4/2003
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:33:07 AM
Location:
York, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
BR1 60800(2-6-2)
Views:
249
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0
Title:
ex-LMS 5690 "Leander"
Description:
I had caught up to the then-newly-restored LMS Jubilee Class "Leander" at the Return of the Legends train show at Crewe works earlier in 2003, but I only shot Kodachromes then. These shots, while quite brillant in color quality, were actually shot with Jessops Diamond 200, if I'm not mistaken. I got the film for free whenever I developed film with Jessops, so by late 2003 I was shooting quite a bit of it. All of these shots were on the East Lancashire Railway, where Leander eventually ended up in excursion service.
Photo Date:
10/12/2003
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:17:29 AM
Location:
Bury, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
LMS 5690(4-6-0)
Views:
292
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0
Title:
ex-LMS 5690 "Leander," Picture 2
Description:
This is my second shot of Leander at Bury. Here you get to see more of the smokebox and front, albeit obscured by the lead passenger coach.
Photo Date:
10/12/2003
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:17:43 AM
Location:
Bury, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Steam
Locomotives:
LMS 5690(4-6-0)
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255
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0
Title:
ex-LMS 5690 "Leander" Cab
Description:
Here's a nice interior shot of the cab. This was one of my favorites from the East Lancs, as I really liked how the fire came out.
Photo Date:
10/12/2003
Upload Date:
5/14/2007 11:17:58 AM
Location:
Bury, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
InCab
Locomotives:
LMS 5690(4-6-0)
Views:
251
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0
Title:
DLR 78 Viewed From Cab Of Another Train
Description:
This is one of my few photos online taken from a train cab while the train was in motion, and my only shot ever taken from a moving train while I was in the driver's seat. The way I got away with this, as I don't have a license, was that I wasn't actually driving. Although all DLR trains can be driven manually, they rarely are, instead being run driverless using a version of Automatic Train Operation. Crews are then limited to a few ticket inspectors and station staff who catch fare dodgers and protect the public's safety. The driver's controls are locked up under a heavy cover while not in use, and the driver's seat is open to anyone...like me, which gives people like me a chance to get photos like this one.
Photo Date:
2/19/2004
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:32:13 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
DLR 78(Electric M.U.)
Views:
179
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0
Title:
Intercity 125 and Adelante Trainsets In Paddington Station
Description:
When I travelled to Cardiff for New Year's 2006-2007, I took few photographs during the night, this is after I arrived in London Paddington, after having arrived in Brussels, changed to the Eurostar, arrived at London Waterloo, and taken the Underground to Paddington. At this point, I finally had enough light, in other words, to shoot handheld. I've always loved the way the trains at Paddington, which are nearly always high performance in looks as well as reality, look so great when lined up and read to go! :-)
Photo Date:
12/30/2006
Upload Date:
5/15/2007 4:00:16 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
130
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0
Title:
Intercity 225 High Speed Trains In London King's Cross Station
Description:
Jumping way, way ahead in my story, this was after I arrived at King's Cross and got my camera out again. The Intercity 225 in the foreground would take me to Leeds.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
Upload Date:
5/16/2007 7:33:49 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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Locomotives:
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104
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0
Title:
Arriving At Doncaster Station
Description:
I again apologize for the sloppy composition of this photo. I often get my timing wrong at 100 m.p.h. This may be the fastest flat crossing in the world, and no, they haven't stopped using these things, whatever ignorant people on the internet say.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
Upload Date:
5/16/2007 7:34:48 AM
Location:
Doncaster, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
Views:
111
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0
Title:
Northern Rail 150271 Arriving At Bradford Interchange Station
Description:
Here Northern Rail 150271, a Class 150 "Sprinter" DMU, is arriving into Bradford Interchange Station. These units are getting old now, being made in the 1980s, but they are still very, very common on branchlines and even on some mainlines throughout Britain.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
Upload Date:
5/16/2007 7:35:44 AM
Location:
Bradford, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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Locomotives:
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148
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0
Title:
GBRf 66714 and 66711
Description:
Here's a wild shot taken out of the side of my Intercity 225 going 125 m.p.h., or something close to that, on the way to Peterborough.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
Upload Date:
5/16/2007 7:36:47 AM
Location:
Peterborough, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
Categories:
Locomotives:
GBRF 66714(JT42CWR)
GBRF 66711(JT42CWR)
Views:
201
Comments:
1
Title:
GBRf 66714 and 66711, Picture 2
Description:
Here's my second Class 66 shot, even more desperate than the first, but actually better in some ways.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:37:12 AM
Location:
Peterborough, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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GBRF 66714(JT42CWR)
GBRF 66711(JT42CWR)
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Title:
Metro Trains 155344 In Bradford Interchange Station
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This wasn't my train, but it was one of the first ones I noticed upon arrival in Bradford.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:38:17 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Advertising Livery On A Northern Rail Class 155 DMU In Bradford Interchange Station
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Northern Trains is also part of the Metro Trains system serving West Yorkshire, and this is an advertisement included in their new livery on some of their trains.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:39:14 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Passing Newark Flat Crossing
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I again apologize for the sloppy composition of this photo. I often get my timing wrong at 100 m.p.h. This may be the fastest flat crossing in the world, and no, they haven't stopped using these things, whatever ignorant people on the internet say.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:39:52 AM
Location:
Newark, UK
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Jon Searles
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New Northern Rail Livery On A Class 158 DMU In Bradford Interchange Station
Description:
This is the new Northern Trains livery, sort of a purplish blue, on the train that took me over the final leg of my journey to Bradford Interchange.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:41:08 AM
Location:
Bradford, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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Departure From London King's Cross Station
Description:
Here's an additional bonus shot of my departure from King's Cross, which I forgot in include earlier. I hope you like it. Notice that in addition to the Intercity 225s, there's also an older Intercity 125 peeking out. GNER use them to serve cities north of Edinburgh that don't have electrification.
Photo Date:
2/14/2007
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5/16/2007 7:42:04 AM
Location:
London, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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115
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Class 333 EMU Approaching Bradford Forster Square Station
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Bradford, a city of a quarter of a million people, is large enough to have two major rail stations, Bradford Interchange, which hosts diesel trains, and Bradford Forster Square, which can also host electrics. This is the throat for Bradford Forster Square, as you can see from the cantenary. The train is a Class 333 EMU, once used only on Heathrow Express services in London but now common in other parts of Britain as well, most notably on the Metro Trains services operated by First Northern in West Yorkshire, as here. These trains, while only EMUs designed for local services, and originally the Heathrow Express, can operate as fast as 100 m.p.h., and do so even on the Heathrow Express, making them the fastest trains in Greater London. This, however, is not London. :-)
Photo Date:
2/15/2007
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5/17/2007 7:40:52 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Title:
Class 333 EMU Approaching Bradford Forster Square Station, Picture 2
Description:
Here's another shot of the Class 333 a second or two later.
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2/15/2007
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5/17/2007 7:41:07 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Class 333 EMU Approaching Bradford Forster Square Station, Picture 3
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This is another arrival by a different Class 333. Although it's on the outgoing track, notice, that it's being switched over from the arrival track to take an out of the way platform on its far right.
Photo Date:
2/15/2007
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5/17/2007 7:41:21 AM
Location:
Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Class 333 EMU Departing Bradford Forster Square Station
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Here's a departure from Bradford Forster Square, heading straight out on the outbound track, which in Britain is of course on the left.
Photo Date:
2/15/2007
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5/17/2007 7:41:33 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Class 333 EMU Departing Bradford Forster Square Station, Picture 2
Description:
Here's the same departure a few seconds later.
Photo Date:
2/15/2007
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5/17/2007 7:41:46 AM
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Bradford, UK
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Jon Searles
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Title:
Class 185 DMU Arriving Into Leeds New Station
Description:
Here's another shot of a Class 185, only this time pulling into Leeds New Station. It wasn't going anywhere close to its full 125 m.p.h. speed, of course, but was blurred because I was shooting at f4 and 1/30, I think.
Photo Date:
2/16/2007
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5/17/2007 7:40:37 AM
Location:
Leeds, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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108
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First Trans-Pennine Express 185140 In Leeds New Station
Description:
Among the newest trains in Britain are these Class 185 DMUs, which are intended for express and longer-distance regional services outside of electrified territory. Obviously, they often wander in and out from under the wires, and here's an example of that at Leeds, where 185140 is waiting to depart with a service to Middlesborough. In order to allow them to make full use of the British rail network and not hold up traffic, Class 185s are authorized to run at 125 m.p.h. where track conditions permit, as on this service. I originally never expected this shot to come out properly, as I shot it at f4 and 1/45, which I was sure would blur, but in reality it came out quite crisp, to my amazement.
Photo Date:
2/16/2007
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5/17/2007 7:42:14 AM
Location:
Leeds, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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Locomotives:
TPE 185140(DMU)
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First Trans-Pennine Express 185140 In Leeds New Station, Picture 2
Description:
Not convinced that I had gotten the earlier shot of 185140, I moved in as close as I could while still getting the whole front end, and used my flash. This was what I got, decent, but surprisingly not as good as the first shot. It's that ugly bleaching from the flash, as usual.
Photo Date:
2/16/2007
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5/17/2007 7:42:30 AM
Location:
Leeds, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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TPE 185140(DMU)
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Title:
GNER 91106 "East Lothian" In Leeds New Station
Description:
Services from London King's Cross to Leeds, while not as long a haul as services to Newcastle and Edinburgh, are nevertheless run by GNER with Intercity 225 high-speed trainsets. 225s, while matched sets, are not actually EMUs, but loco-hauled, and all of the locomotives but one (89001 "Avocet") are Class 91 electrics, although sometimes a Class 90 will substitute on the Leeds services since they're far from as fast as the Newcastle and Edinburgh services. Most of the Class 91s have names, this one being 91106 "East Lothian."
Photo Date:
2/16/2007
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5/17/2007 7:42:43 AM
Location:
Leeds, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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GNER 91106(Bo-Bo Type Electric)
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246
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Title:
GNER 91106 "East Lothian" In Leeds New Station, Picture 2
Description:
Here's another shot of "East Lothian," allowing you to see the number and name.
Photo Date:
2/16/2007
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5/17/2007 7:42:56 AM
Location:
Leeds, UK
Author:
Jon Searles
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GNER 91106(Bo-Bo Type Electric)
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191
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