WHAT HAPPENED TO STEAM’
‘WHAT HAPPENED TO STEAM’ 11.2009‑9.2013 ‘A PHOENIX STIRS’ In an article in the November 2009 edition of The Railway Magazine I was confronted with the horrendous possibility that up to 2,500 disposal locations in my 1980’s series of WHTS booklets were erroneous. Initial investigation proved clearly that some were my errors but on further investigation […]
AUSTRALIA 1966 – 50 YEARS ON
By the early autumn of 1965 whilst still employed as a Class 3 signalman at Earlswood Lakes Box it was becoming obvious that the writing was on the wall for the end of steam on the North Warwick Line coupled with the rumours that BR (Doctor Beeching) wanted to close this route, something it eventually […]
WHAT HAPPENED TO STEAM’
‘WHAT HAPPENED TO STEAM’ 11.2009‑9.2013 ‘A PHOENIX STIRS’ In an article in the November 2009 edition of The Railway Magazine I was confronted with the horrendous possibility that up to 2,500 disposal locations in my 1980’s series of WHTS booklets were erroneous. Initial investigation proved clearly that some were my errors but on further investigation […]
FROM THE TRAINSPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS ON THIS DAY ON 22nd JUNE 1968
CARNFORTH LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0 No. 44713 (10D Lostock Hall) on a parcels train to Barrow and Workington. 10A CARNFORTH LMS: Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 44709, 44874, 44894, 44897, 44963, 45017, 45025, 45095, 45134, 45209, 45342, 45390, 45435, 45445. Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 48393 (10F Rose Grove). BR: Britannia Class 4‑6‑2 No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell. […]
FROM THE TRAINSPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS ON 20TH MAY 1962
FROM THE SPOTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS ON THIS DAY ON 20TH MAY 1962 LONDON RAILWAY ENTHUSIASTS CLUB – BIRMINGHAM (RAIL/COACH/RAIL) BIRMINGHAM (SNOW HILL) GWR: Modified Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 6997 Bryn‑Ivor Hall (82B St. Philip’s Marsh) – 1.00am express to Paddington via Oxford and Reading. 81A OLD OAK COMMON GWR: 1500 Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. […]
FROM THE TRAINSPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS ON THIS DAY ON 29th APRIL 1962
RAILWAY ENTHUSIASTS CLUB – BIRMINGHAM – COACH 72E BARNSTAPLE GWR: 4300 Class 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 6372 (seen later at 83B), 6390. 7326, 7333 – all from 83B Taunton. SR: M7 Class 0‑4‑4T’s Nos. 30251, 30254, 30670. N Class 2‑6‑0’s Nos. 31833, 31836, 31841, 31846 (seen later at 72F Wadebridge), 31853 – all from 72A Exmouth Junction. […]
FROM THE SPOTTING NOTES OF PETER HANDS – SOUTH WALES FIFTY TWO YEARS AGO ON THIS DATE 22.3.1964
SOUTH WALES SUNDAY 22nd MARCH 1964 BROMFORD LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY – Coach trip RHYMNEY MPD – sub shed of 88D MERTHYR GWR: 5600 Class 0‑6‑2T’s Nos. 5602 (88D), 5605 (88D), 5634 (88D), 5662 (88D), 5670 (88D), 5681 (88D), 5696 (88D). 6612 (88D), 6685 (88D), 6686 (88D), 6691 (88D). Locomotive in store GWR: 5600 Class 0‑6‑2T No. […]
SCRAPYARDS AROUND GLASGOW Part Two – By Roger Johnson
ARDMORE STEEL CO., MOSS ROAD, CARDROSS, DUNBARTONSHIRE. During WW2 a set of sidings was constructed by the government on either side of the Helensburgh to Dumbarton line, well out in sticks, about half way between Craigendoran and Cardross Stations. For what purpose is not recorded. After the war they passed into railway ownership and were […]
EARLY MEMORIES OF JOHN CASHMORE, GREAT BRIDGE by Keith King
‘During 1939 we moved house to 31 Canal Side, Golds Hill. At about the same time scrap metal started to arrive at Cashmore’s. The surprising thing is that I never managed to actually see anything being delivered during the daytime. It was only at weekends that I was able to ascertain what had actually arrived […]
TALES FROM CHASING STEAM – The Flying Scotsman 1963
FLYING SCOTSMAN IS VERY MUCH IN THE NEWS IN 2016 FOLLOWING ITS RECENT OVERHAUL AFTER TEN YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS – LET’S TAKE A LARGE STEP BACK IN TIME TO FIFTY‑THREE YEARS AGO Saturday 20th April 1963 was wet and miserable but hordes of West Midlands steam enthusiasts braved the adverse conditions to grasp the […]
From the Spotting Notes of Peter Hands – SOUTH WEST/SOUTH COAST 21.01.1962
54 YEARS AGO TODAY – SOUTH WEST/SOUTH COAST RAILWAY ENTHUSIASTS CLUB BIRMINGHAM 21st JANUARY 1962 82G TEMPLECOMBE GWR: 2251 Class 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 2223, 2277. 3210, 3215, 3216. 57XX Class 0‑6‑0PT’s Nos. 3720. 4691. SR: U Class 2‑6‑0 No. 31792 (72C Yeovil). LMS: Class 2P 4‑4‑0’s Nos. 40563, 40564, 40634. Class 3F 0‑6‑0 No. 43216. Class […]
SCRAPYARDS AROUND GLASGOW Part One – By Roger Johnson & foreword by Peter Hands
SCRAPYARDS AROUND GLASGOW In my original WHTS series in the 1980’s I was led to believe from the reports of steam locomotive disposals contained within the pages of a variety of railway publications that the scrap metal merchants Messrs J.N. Connell and P & W Mclellan had two scrapyards each in the Glasgow area – […]
Popular Articles
