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    1st May

    1976
    20077 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592787923/
    40073 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542097087/
    45133 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542095355/
    45135 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542100825/
    47446 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542098953/
    2009
    156414 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12967984954/
    201 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11475957936/
    2013
    60045 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8734579748/
    66585 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8733464353/
    156410 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8734580840/
     
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    On this Day in History – Edinburgh – 2nd May 1976

    Haymarket MPD
    08246, 08575, 08717/89, 20223/24, 24069, 24112/19/28/30, 25014/26/29/93, 25226/28/29, 26002/05, 27106, 27203/04/11, 40058/63, 40142/61/64/67, 47268/70/71, 47403, 47541/53, 55010

    Millerhill
    08247, 08572, 08714, 24107/15, 26001/03/04/06/46, 27037, 40103/23/54/60/62/69

    A number of the above were photographed during there career and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    08572 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5661686719/
    24115 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6268065003/
    25014 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5663155793/
    25029 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5938746669/
    25093 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7554102624/
    26004 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5645727196/
    26006 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6825608812/
    27204 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7614074794/
    40142 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5663153863/
    40160 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5890155824/
    40167 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6314542534/
    47553 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827947329/
    55010 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5668746878/
     
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    On This Day in History – Eastleigh and Swindon Works – 7th May 1967

    Eastleigh Works
    Class 04 (D2293), class 33 (D6511/16/29/31/33/38/53/96), class 71 (E5020), class 73 (E6005)

    Swindon Works
    Unclassified (D600), class 03 (D2128), class 08 (D3097, D3357, D3432/60, D3598, D3753, D4159/63), class 22 (D6302/22/54), class 35 (D7010/38/63), class 42 (D818), class 43 (D837/54/59/64), class 47 (D1592), class 52 (D1000/43/59/60/69/71)

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    D6511 (33101) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5847444779/
    D6531 (33113) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5847447043/
    D6533 (33115) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11770475624/
    D1071 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6225278897/
    E6005 (73005) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6098653879/
     
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    8th May

    1976
    08219 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399551008/
    08889 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6955351110/
    20033 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7155290973/
    31128 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802857372/
    31166 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7101418107/
    31206 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592793371/
    31298 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7340495856/
    37265 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7340498054/
    45038 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399553042/
    45040 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750878920/
    45126 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399549296/
    45147 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399554904/
    46009 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802858734/
    47047 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659455677/
    47227 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750883806/
    47278 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6955350282/
    47412 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6948966839/
    47416 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827951479/
    47461 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827944607/
    47498 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750881734/
    47543 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659451339/
    47549 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827949573/
    47553 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827947329/
    47xxx – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659445689/
    55004 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592795635/
    55008 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659448515/
    55017 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6948965551/
    E51820 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7155292317/
    Newark SB – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592790397/
    Worksop East SB – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7101417481/
    2010
    20048 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8378659937/
    2012
    66128 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234616328/
    158909 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234620520/
     
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    On This Day in History – 16A, 16C and 16F – 9th May 1971

    On this day forty three years ago it was a lovely spring day and I was out on my push bike for a tour of some “local” establishments. This is what I saw on my fifty mile plus cycle ride:

    Toton (16A)
    Class 08 (3039/44/56/58, 3249, 3345, 3400), class 20 (8009/13/15/35/36/72/81/99, 8111/15/34/35/55/60/70/73/80/85/86), class 25 (5230, 7521/58/60, 7617), class 45 (11/46/55/57/63/65/77/83/89, 115/26), class 47 (1713,1801/05/15),
    Derby (16C)
    Class 03 (2386/88), class 08 (3180/86, 3789), class 25 (5250), class 45 (36, 110/18), class 46 (140), class 47 (1989).
    Burton Wagon Works
    Class 08 (3050)
    Burton (16F)
    Class 08 (3025/59/82, 3790), class 20 (8003/12/62/67/77/88/98, 8137/41/42/45/51/57/61/63/65/74/81/82/89/94/98), class 25 (7509/59, 7604), class 47 (1825)

    Of note is that despite seeing forty six locomotives at Toton I failed to get all the way round the shed, which explains the lack of any class 44’s. Also you can see the decline of Burton on Trent as a railway centre, in 1971 the collieries, yards and sidings in the Burton - Coalville area could support at least six Burton allocated class 08 pilots and also eleven pairs of class 20’s plus a class 47 (out-stationed from Toton) for South Leicestershire coalfield colliery trip workings

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    3025 (08018) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6145809853/
    3039 (08027) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530679688/
    3044 (08032) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8403784959/
    3082 (08067) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5558033232/
    3180 (08114) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5584544576/
    8003 (20003) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5601647108/
    8062 (20062) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6575552967/
    8067 (20067) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5775649398/
    8072 (20072) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5919159343/
    8077 (20077) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592787923/
    8098 (20098) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5563575492/
    8141 (20141) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5601651074/
    8157 (20157) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5792191033/
    8170 (20170) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5771267896/
    8189 (20189) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10487399484/
    8194 (20194) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8379736816/
    11 (45122) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5932038233/
    36 (45031) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6605398213/
    46 (45037) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5932034917/
    55 (45144) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6339224833/
    63 (45044) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6817511974/
    65 (45111) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530093559/
    83 (45142) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7968610588/
    126 (45134) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6249164420/
    1825 (47344) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5746667741/
     
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    On This Day in History – Derby Works 11th May 1975

    08005/43, 08103/05/25/82, 08201/59/75, 08356, 08411/54, 08569, 08605, 08737/68/81/90/92, 08843/57/86/91, 08903/06/16/19/32/34, 09024, 24036, 24133, 25008/61/84/85, 25139, 25252/75/91, (Class 45) – 101/18/25, 45028/38/53/65/66/69/74, 45109/15/24/38/50, 46005/34/40, steam – 41708, 43727, 47445, 47592

    A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    08105 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8115168479/
    08454 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6071842223/
    08605 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5611867827/
    08843 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5595841443/
    08886 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6651907047/
    25275 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5702599456/
    101 (45061) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5698774098/
    125 (45071) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8355966749/
    45038 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5614899090/
    45053 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5827116091/
    45069 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8351736207/
    45074 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6334014334/
    45109 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7384470438/
    45115 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7162954440/
    45150 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5767614372/
    46005 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5707860317/
    46040 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7674504768/
    47327 -http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11201673033/
     
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    12th May

    1979
    31204 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7168305971/
    45035 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530091689/
    45108 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8375749284/
    45111 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530093559/
    45130 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14003362015/
    45133 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14023373553/
    M51492 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6837872956/
    2008
    66066 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5962735259/
    66187 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6084965417/
    66551 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5629927667/
    67013 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6199483781/
    67014 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6199997498/
    67026 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5627327861/
    168005 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10469658615/
    168109 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11748375384/
    2012
    47406 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254558940/
    66047 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234623912/
    66620 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254552530/
    222012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308767104/
    210209 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234626834/
    380303 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254554410/
    DR73307 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308770582/
    6173 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254556834/
    E9389 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308773130/
     
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    15th May

    1976
    25107 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8210643016/
    25222 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130092519/
    45002 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130119122/
    45013 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038269779/
    45049 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130117812/
    46009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038268677/
    47136 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130118672/
    47446 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038275530/
    85008 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8210644548/
    86237 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8209555299/
    87013 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8209556803/
    1980
    20006 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5929293418/
    20084 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7013690623/
    25143 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7013689667/
    25294 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6867578472/
    47480 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7239355670/
    56048 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8160302378/
    56058 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7239353992/
    2011
    08632 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732832728/
    58023 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732825946/
    60037 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732282669/
    60075 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5725556166/
    391620 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742354492/
    966259 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742352564/
     
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