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ex-LMS 5000 |
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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) |
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725 Comments: 0 |
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ex-LMS 5690 "Leander" |
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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) |
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519 Comments: 0 |
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| 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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515 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
ex-LMS 5690 "Leander" Cab |
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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) |
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488 Comments: 0 |
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ex-GWR 5972 "Olton Hall" With The "Wizard Express" |
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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 |
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| Locomotives: |
GWR1 5972(4-6-0) |
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1274 Comments: 0 |
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| 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 |
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| Locomotives: |
BR1 44767(4-6-0) |
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612 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Woodford and Sons (Barry Scrapyard), Edited Version |
| Description: |
Barry scrapyard was really my reason for visiting Barry. Its the outer end of the Barry Island branch, of course, but with a direct two-track (I dont know if its considered mainline) connection to Cardiff. In the 1960s, when British Rail were scrapping the last of their steam, Barry Scrapyard, or Woodham Brothers, Ltd., was given most of the work. Although BR initially didnt want any of the steam preserved (for a variety of reasons, but mostly an ideological hatred of railway history), in the end the majority of it was, and Dai Woodham (1919-1994), the owner of the scrapyard, became well-known as a key figure in the history of British steam preservation. In the end, 213 steam locomotives were rescued from the yard, and 100 restored to operation. This operation took over 20 years, with many locomotives remaining in the yard into the 1980s, and as you can see here, at least two remain there today. These two appear to be BR #92245, a 9F Class 2-10-0 built at Swindon in 1959, and BR (ex-LMS) #44901, a Black 5 4-6-0 built at Crewe in 1945. Neither is likely to be scrapped, but restoration has been put off literally for decades. Woodham Brothers does little with metal recycling today anyway, having decided to rent out a large portion of their land for office units. Their website states that: "Today our main activity is providing affortable business units to Businesses in the Barry area on keyside at Woodham Barry, Barry Docks. We have 25 units up to almost 5000 sq feet, which were built in the 1970s under the leadership of the late Dai Woodham MDE, BEM." |
| Photo Date: |
8/23/2012 Upload Date: 9/26/2013 7:06:54 AM |
| Location: |
Barry, UK |
| Author: |
Jon Searles |
| Categories: |
RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track |
| Locomotives: |
BR 92245(2-10-0) BR 44901(4-6-0) |
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905 Comments: 1 |
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