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Tales From Chasing Steam – EARLSWOOD LAKES – CHAPTER TEN – NOVEMBER 1965
EARLSWOOD LAKES – CHAPTER TEN – NOVEMBER 1965 The months of November, running into December 1965 were, as I remember, particularly bleak weather‑wise. Damp and wet days interspersed with hard frosts and fog. The wintry chill also extended to railway operations over the North Warwick line and was in fact the continuation of a long‑running […]
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 – 5th July – observed on this date in 1964
Note: I did not possess a camera on this date but for added interest I have included five photographs taken at later dates of locomotives seen on 5.7.64 5C STAFFORD LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑4T No. 42381 (5D Stoke). Class 5 4‑6‑0’s Nos. 45110, 45147. Class 3F 0‑6‑0T’s Nos. 47359, 47590, 47649, 47665. Class 8F 2‑8‑0’s […]
WD Class 8F 2-8-0
WD Austerity Class 8F 2‑8‑0 No. 90272 releases steam from its cylinder cocks at 50D Goole. One of a Class of 733 locomotives, commonly known as ‘bed‑irons’ (I know not why) 90272 lay in store at 50D after withdrawal in June 1967 until late November before being despatched to Draper’s, Hull for cutting up. Photograph […]
From the Spotting Notes of Peter Hands – NORTH-EAST 28.11.65
NORTH‑EAST 28th NOVEMBER 1965 WALSALL LOCOMOTIVE SOCIETY 52F SOUTH BLYTH LMS: Class 4 2‑6‑0 No. 43132. LNER: K1 Class 2‑6‑0 ‘s Nos. 62002, 62022, 62024, 62027. Q6 Class 0‑8‑0’s Nos. 63381, 63413, 63429, 63459. J27 Class 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 65789, 65796, 65802, 65804, 65811, 65815, 65869, 65879, 65880, 65892. In. Store: LNER: Q6 Class 0‑8‑0’s Nos. […]
From the spotting notes of Peter Hands – 12th May – observed on this day in 1963
WARWICKSHIRE RAILWAY SOCIETY BIRMINGHAM (NEW STREET) – DERBY – DONCASTER – MEXBOROUGH – STAVELEY – – BIRMINGHAM (NEW STREET) Hauled throughout by SR Unrebuilt West Country Class 4‑6‑2 No. 34094 Mortehoe (70A Nine Elms) DERBY STATION LMS: Class 4F 0‑6‑0’s Nos. 44214 (17A Derby), 44420 (17A Derby). DERBY LOCOMOTIVE WORKS LMS: Class 0F 0‑4‑0T No. […]
GWR Hall Class 4-6-0
GWR Hall Class 4‑6‑0 No. 4960 Pyle Hall drifts into Worcester (Shrub Hill) with an express. 4960 was one of only three Halls that the author of WHTS did not see during his spotting days, the others being 4911, destroyed during the Second World War (before he was born) and 4947. Pyle Hall was withdrawn […]
