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On This Day in History - May

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    On This Day in History – South Wales 11th May 1969

    A tour of the Cardiff and Newport area produced the following:
    Newport Ebbw Junction (86B):
    Class 08 (3810/12/14/15, 4177/82/84), class 14 (9517), class 35 (7065), class 37 (6601, 6938/69/73/74/75/80/84/99), class 47 (1585/89, 1647/54/58/67, 1709, 1913)
    Cardiff Canton (86A):
    Class 03 (2141), class 08 (3420, 3603, 3748, 4125/79), class 14 (9500/02/09/14/18/19/26/35), class 35 (7001/54/57/63/64/75/78/81/82/84/94), class 37 (6603, 6876/88, 6909/55/57), class 47 (1110, 1544, 1637, 1722/52/56, 1903/05/12/14/18/23/34), class 52 (1013)
    Radyr (88B):
    Class 08 (3595, 3604, 3753, 3807, 4128) class 37 (6600/02, 6875, 6970/91/93/95), PWM651
    Cardiff East Dock:
    Class 08 (3257/58/64, 3747/59, 3822)
    Severn Tunnel Junction (86E):
    Class 08 (3103/04/88, 3986, 4183), class 35 (7050/77/83/89/92/90), class 37 (6886), class 43 (856), class 45 (108/10), class 47 (1641/51/53, 1739, 1836, 1911/20/27/33), class 52 (1003/39)
    Gloucester (85C):
    Class 08 (3114/90, 3989/90/92/93/94), class 22 (6320/31), class 35 (7010), class 46 (138/55/60/65), class 47 (1107, 1624/66, 1753)

    Of note are the nine class 14 locomotives all of which had been recently withdrawn, with 9509/17/19 in October 1968, 9526 in November 1968, 9535 in December 1968 and 9500/02/14/18 in April 1969. All except 9509 and 9519 were sold for re-use with these two unfortunate ones being broken up by G Cohen, Kettering in early 1971. The two class 22 locomotives would soldier on for another two years being withdrawn in May 1971 and March 1971 respectivley as would the class 43 Warship 856 withdrawn in May 1971. Class 35 Hymek withdrawals did not start for another two and half years with 7006 and 7081 (which was present on Canton on this day) being the first to be withdrawn in September 1971

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

    3420 (08350) - 08350_0709_Swanwich_Jcn | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    3993 (08825) - 08825_1005_Market_Bosworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    7089 - D7089_1975_08_Laira | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6955 (37255) - 37255_1105_Quorn | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6993 - 37293_1977_02_Cardiff | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    138 (46001) - 46001_1977_02_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    155 (46018) - 46018_1979_09_Gloucester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1107 (47524) - 47524_1203_Cheddleton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1637 (47483) - 47483_1977_07_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1653 (47069) - 47069_1979_04_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1914 (47237) - 47237_0810_Burton_Salmon | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1920 (47243) - 47243_1979_01_Newark | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    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

    08454 - 08454_1976_04_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08605 - 08605_1003_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08843 - 08843_1979_12_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08886 - 08886_0808_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25275 - 25275_1977_05_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    101 (45061) - 45061_1976_04_Cheltenham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45038 - 45038_1977_04_Tamworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45053 - 45053_1979_03_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45074 - 45074_1976_10_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45115 - 45115_1976_02_St_Pancras | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45150 - 45150_1980_03_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    46005 - 46005_1977_08_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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    On This Day in History – Swindon Works 14th May 1984

    03121, 08030/45/59, 08130/53/81/92, 08204/40/65/81/88, 08301/03/28/68, 08523/42/70/74, 08615/17/19/22/28/35/38, 08710/92, 08801/04/15/18/93, 08900, 25097, 25117/20/86, 25289, 25301/08, 27002/19/36, 31111, 37146, 37213, 40083, 40112/49/54/76/93, 46002/04/13/16/20/21/29/38/49/50, 97653

    A number of the above I have photographed and they can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    08617 – 08617_1976_03_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08619 – 08619_1977_06_Wigston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08635 – 08635_1977_04_Crewe | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    08804 – 08804_1979_09_Gloucester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25120 – 25120_1976_01_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25186 – 25186_1976_04_Manchester_Victoria | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25308 – 25308_1976_04_Spings_Branch | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27019 – 27019_1976_08_Dundee | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    31111 – 31111_1977_08_Bingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    40083 – 40083_1976_03_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    46002 – 46002_1975_11_Birmingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    46021 – 46021_1976_04_Birmingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    46038 – 46038_1978_02_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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    On This Day in History –North Yorkshire - 17th May 1967

    Healey Mills (56B)
    Class 03 (D2148/73), class 08 (D3231, D3376/81, D3457, D3872/73/79), class 37 (D6784, D6829/33/34/60/63/65), class 40 (D244/48, D345/53/54/56/84/87/98/99), steam 48160
    Royston (55D)
    Class 04 (D2271/72), steam (43076, 48067/70/75/76/84/93, 48113/26/30/46/59/62/69, 48276/81, 48337/52, 48439/66, 48540, 48622/64, 48703)
    Wath (41C)
    Class 08 (D3060/61/64/82, D3726, D4031/33), class 25 (D7625/26/32/33/35/36/38), class 31 (D5633, D5810/12/14/15/18/23/25/26/29/38), class 37 (D6744/99, D6964/68), class 47 (D1788, D1890), class 76 (E26004/06/23/24/29)
    Barrow Hill (40E)
    Unclassified (D2402/03), class 08 (D3232), class 10 (D3440), class 20 (D8059/60, D8130), class 31 (D5536), class 37 (D6815/18)
    Shirebrook (41J)
    Class 10 (D4060/61/66/85), class 20 (D8017), class 31 (D5538/81/85, D5804/64), class 47 (D1703/04/98, D1872/88)

    A number of the above I have photographed and they can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

    D2271 – D2271_1975_12_Butterly | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D3082 (08067) - 08067_1976_10_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D8130 (20130) – 20130_1977_07_Chesterfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D7625 (25275) – 25275_1977_05_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D7633 (25283) – 25283_1979_09_Birmingham_International | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D5810 (31280) – 31280_1976_01_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D5814 (31414) – 31414_1104_Wirksworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D5826 (31293) – 31293_1975_08_Worcester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D6829 (37669) – 37669_1008_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D6834 (37134) – 37134_1979_06_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D248 (40048) – 40048_1976_08_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D345 (40145) – 40145_1977_07_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D356 (40156) – 40156_1978_04_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D384 (40184) – 40184_1976_01_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1798 (47317) – 47317_1976_10_Cardiff | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

    On This Day in History – Glasgow Works 17th May 1975

    06001, (Class 08) – 3045, 08325, 08753, 08852/55, (Class 17) – 8504/07/08/16/25/29/31/36/42/46/48/50/51/52/57/63/73/74/80, 8607/08/12/13, 20089, 20124/37, 24009/72/96/98, 24117/21, 26005/09/22/26/36, 27009/23/41, 27102/11, 27201, 47269, steam 60009.

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

    26026 - 26026_1977_04_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27023 - 27023_1976_08_Glasgow | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27041 - 27041_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    27201 - 27201_1976_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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    On this day in History - Sheffield Area – 20th May 1973

    A tour of depots and stabling points around Sheffield and Rotherham thirty nine years ago.

    Shirebrook MPD, (41J):
    Class 08 (3030, 3196, 3544, 3701/27, 3950, 4037), class 20 (8022/32/33, 8300/10/11), class 25 (5164/66, 7500), class 31 (5680, 5833), class 37 (6737, 6822/61/70), class 47 (1784/97/99, 1900/77/83).
    Worksop:
    Class 08 (3308/33/57, 3685, 3946, 4031), class 20 (8020/23/25/29/58/65, 8307/08), class 31 (5813), class 37 (6867, 6949), class 47 (1867/97)
    Tinsley MPD (41A):
    Class 08 (3032/37/63, 3278, 3310/30/36, 3405/71, 3659, 3981, 4029/48), class 13 (4500/01/02), class 20 (8021/56, 8131/32/33, 8301/04/12/15), class 25 (5163/65/69/84, 5214/29), class 31 (5567/81, 5862), class 37 (6720/27, 6800/63), class 40 (233), class 45 (58/65, 127, 45101), class 46 (143/59/60), class 47 (1505/15, 1617/24, 1721/73/88, 1850, 1985/86/94)
    Rotherham Road:
    Class 08 (3574)
    Wath MPD (41C):
    Class 08 (3061/64, 3329, 4032/33), class 25 (5172, 5228), class 31 (5573, 5829/38/40), class 37 (6834/62/64/69, 6959), class 76 (E26007/09/14/24/33/34/46/51, 76003/10/12/13/15/53)
    Barrow Hill MPD (41E):
    Class 03 (2045), class 08 (3209, 3337, 3401, 3664, 4036/38/39), class 20 (8057, 8129, 8303), class 25 (5162/73), class 31 (5598, 5845), class 37 (6833, 6926), class 47 (1794, 1984/95)

    The above is an indication on how industry and railway operation in the Sheffield/Rotherham area has changed. On this Sunday in 1973 the coal mining, steel making and general industry in the Sheffield/Rotherham area was providing employment for at least one hundred freight locomotives and forty three shunting engines. Today on a Sunday you would do well to find any of either except for those at the heritage centre at Barrow Hill.

    The presence of class 03, 2045 at Barrow Hill is a reminder that the “local” Railway Company had been providing the motive power for the then considerable Staveley Iron Works complex for over a hundred years. On the demise of steam around 1966 class 03’s took over these duties until the extensive internal rail system was abandoned in the mid 1970’s. There use to be a small sub shed of Barrow Hill within the Iron Works complex. On a previous visit two years earlier on the 1st May 1971 this sub shed held 2129 and 2189.

    Locomotives of note are class 08, 3037 which had been withdrawn six months previously and would soon become a snowplough ADB966510 and 45101 recently released from Derby works, carrying a new TOPS number and the first of fifty Peaks to be fitted with electric train heating equipment. Also of note is the partial renumbering with new TOPS numbers of the class 76 fleet.

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

    3401 (08331) - 08331_1005_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    4500 (13003) - 13003_1977_04_Tinsley | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    4502 (13002) - 13002_1976_09_Tinsley | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8020 (20020) - 20020_1978_08_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8022 (20022) - 20022_1977_07_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8025 (20025) - 20025_1976_09_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8057 (20057) - 20057_1977_05_Worksop | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    8301 (20201) - 20201_1978_08_Stirling | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5162 (25012) - 25012_1974_Wath1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5164 (25014) - 25014_1977_04_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5173 (25023) - 25023_1978_08_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    5838 (31305) - 31305_1979_05_Birmingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6834 (37134) - 37134_1979_06_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6949 (37249) - 37249_1976_02_Thornaby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    6959 (37259) - 37259_0710_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    65 (45111) -http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530093559/
    143 (46006) - 46006_1976_10_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    1994 (47292) - 47292_0807_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    E26007 (76007) - 76007_1976_12_Reddish | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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    On this day in History – Crewe Works - 21st May 1967

    Steam 60026, 92220, class 20 (D8001/02/46/63/64, D8138, D8314/16), class 28 (D5703/05/07), class 40 (D206/25/40/70, D304/12/15/22/94/99), class 47 (D1502/09/14/18/19/21/29/41/43/51/77/86, D1611/38/60/66/69/72/82/83/93/95, D1701/28/57/75, D1809/13/14/43/48/54/65/75/85, D1952/59/60/83), class 71 (E5017/21), class 74 (E6101/02/03/04/05/06/07/08), class 76 (E26014/33/54), class 77 (27002), class 81 (E3006/09/19/20), class 85 (E3063/74/76/93/96), class 86 (E3108/18/28/36/60)

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

    D8001 (20001) - 20001_1104_Wirksworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D8002 (20002) - 20002_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D240 (40040) - 40040_1977_08_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D270 (40070) - 40070_1977_07_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D304 (40104) - 40104_1976_03_Grantham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D394 (40194) - 40194_1976_01_Wakefield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1509 (47410) – 47410_1978_02_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1514 (47415) - 47415_1977_01_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1518 (47419) - 47419_1979_02_Doncaster | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1521 (47001) - 47001_1979_06_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1551 (47529) - 47529_1976_04_Manchester_Victoria | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1682 (47096) - 47096_1977_01_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1757 (47163) - 47163_1977_08_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1885 (47366) - 47366_1977_05_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1959 (47513) - 47513_1977_05_Colwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    D1960 (47514) - 47514_1977_07_Derby2 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    E6101 (74001) - 74001_1975_08_Eastleigh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    E6108 (74001) - 74008_1976_10_Waterloo | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    E3096 (81021) - 81021_1977_05_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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    On this day in History – Loughborough – 22nd May 1974

    A push bike ride to Loughborough and a day watching the traffic.

    08471, 20040/44/84, 20158, 25033, 25120, 25212/45/64, 25325, 31237, 44002/03/05/10, (class 45) 45/60/63/88/95/97, 100/04/09/10/30/36, 45003, 45105/07/14/21/25, 46015/28, 47135, 47200/48, 47336, 47454, (class 53) 1200

    Of note are 08471 which would have been part of a freight train consist making its way to/from Derby works, no road transport in those days and 1200 Falcon, the Brush prototype engine sitting in the yard at Loughborough, had British Rail forgotten that in the 1970’s and 1980’s there was no rail connection into the Brush works? It had returned to the Western Region on my next visit six days later.

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

    20044 - 20044_1976_01_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    20158 - 20158_1979_05_Bardon_Hill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25212 - 25212_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    25264 - 25264_1979_08_Bell_Lane | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    44002 - 44002_1977_10_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    44003 - 44003_1975_06_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    44005 - 44005_1977_04_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    44010 - 44010_1976_08_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45 (45036) - 45036_1979_05_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    97 (45058) - 45058_1979_04_Barnt_Green | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    100 (45060) - 45060_1977_01_Burton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    130 (45148) - 45148_1976_03_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45105 - 45105_1977_04_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    45114 - 45114_1976_02_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
    46015 - 46015_1976_04_Bristol | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
     
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