1101 at St Denys Jct under recently disused signals 31-5-82
1105 1102 pass at Salisbury 4-7-81
1105 in the sun at Salisbury 4-7-81
1121 departs Bristol for Portsmouth Harbour. 10-7-76
1130 Salisbury 4-7-81
1130 waits as 4TC unit 415 and 33101 depart Salisbury 4-7-81
1132 thumps lazily past Grateley 31-5-82
Tadole Unit 1206 2 x thin coaches and 1 x thick coach !! Reading 2-7-77
141114 waits at York on 30-11-91. This class of early second generation DMU are now all withdrawn. A few have been preserved and some were exported to Holland and Iran !
142083 at York. 30-11-91
143603 waits at Severn Beach as all 3 passengers wait to get on board. This was the last morning service run by a train. All the remaining 'trains' until the evening are worked by buses. 28-6-6
143603 departs Severn Beach on the 09:50 to Bristol Temple Meads with Seabank power station in the background.This is a 1,140 megawatts combined-cycle gas turbine power station!!! Note the last remaining spotlight which once illuminated a once busy siding complex.... 28-6-6
143618 on the left passes 143619 near Pilning. 27-7-6
143618 passes Ram Hill after suffering from a grafitti attack. 13-9-5
143619 & 143618 pull out of Patchway for Cardiff. 22-7-6
143620 passes 150261 at Bristol Parkway 21-4-6
143620 on a service to Filton passes 31454 on the front of the 1Z39 14:06 'Butlins Express' from Bristol to Minehead seen here passing the site of the carriage sidings at Parson Street in Bristol. 23-7-7
143620 brushes past the trees as it approaches the request stop at St Andrews Road on the Avonmouth branch from Bristol. Nobody stopped the train! 28-7-6
150127 as the 5Z74 12:00 Willesdon to St Phillips Marsh special. The unit is being transferred from Silverlink to FGW for a while. Cholsey 12-11-7
150234 at Pilning on a train for Weymouth in freezing fog. 20-12-6
150260 at Yeovil Pen Mill. 10-5-91
150267 accelerates away from Severn Tunnel Jct. 31-5-6
153329 reslendant in blue livery at Patchway for Bristol. 3-4-6
153334 approaches Wichnor Jct from the north. 13-10-6
156456 resting at Mallaig. 14-6-9
158710 resting at Kyle of Lochalsh before returning to Inverness. The buff painted upperworks of the ship immediatly behind the unit belongs to the Royal Navy Tornado class torpedo retriever A142 "RMAS Tormentor". 25-7-8
158746 rounds the curve at Ram Hill on its way to Gloucester just after passing a 66 powered coal train for Avonmouth 20-2-6
158766, one of the recently transferred Trans Penine liveried 158's approaching Filton Abbeywood. 23-10-6
Pilning. Is this the quietest station in the country. With only 2 trains a week, this isn't exactly the Clapham Jct of the South West! The only regular passenger is the gentleman seen exiting the unit who, I'm told, catches it every week, thus ensuring the survival of the station... for the moment. Further enquiries reveal that Denton and Reddish South have had for years just one train a week calling. That means one of Denton's platforms is never used... Then there is Newhaven Harbour where the booked train (one a day, I believe) doesn't actually call, but a notice invites potential passengers to take a taxi to Town Station. And finally, Teesside Airport. Only one train in each direction a week, both of them on a Saturday. 29-8-9
158769 hurries past Magor with 60026 on the 6B13 Robeston - Westerleigh tanks in the background. 23-1-7
158782 approaches Ashchurch 25-3-6
158784 in a green 'Trans Pennine' livery passing through Pilning. 21-2-7
158832 approaching Pandy 26-2-6
158845 Pandy 26-2-6
158867 passes 20307 & 20314 at Bristol Parkway with a service to Cheltenham Spa. 2-3-7
158963 at Pilning. 14-11-6
170112 passing the Voyager depot at Central Rivers just north of Wichnor Jct. 13-10-6
170515 passes the Bishton flyover near Llanwern steelworks 5-4-6
170519 at speed 1/2 mile north of Wichnor Jct.13-10-6
170639 in the low mist and drizzle at Lea Marston heading north. 13-10-6
175008 in the winter gloom at Duffryn as it departs Newport for Cardiff. 18-12-6
180101 Acton Turville 24-1-6
180101 on a London bound service at Bishton flyover 5-4-6
180101 passes Hinksey yard, Oxford. 12-11-7
180101 Westerleigh Jct 10-2-6
180102 at Ram Hill. 20-2-6
180103 just after leaving the Severn Tunnel climbing up to Pilning on a service from S Wales to London. 24-7-6
180104 at Patchway. 3-4-6
180105 passes Acton Turville on the 15:15 from Paddington to Cardiff. 26-3-7
180105 at Pilning. 1-6-6
180106 at Cattybrook 31-9-4
180106 approaching Pilning on a London bound service from South Wales. 18-10-6
180106 Winterbourne 9-2-6
180107 London bound from Didcot approaching Cholsey. 5-11-7
180107 at Pilning. 30-5-6
180108 Patchway 21-12-5
180109 Bristol Parkway 7-10-5
180109 Pilning 2-8-5
180110 at Acton Turville on 23-3-6
180110 accelerates out of Bristol Parkway for London 21-4-6
180111 Passing Ram Hill heading for London. 22-8-6
180112 Cruising downhill past Ram Hill. 23-5-6
180113 Ram Hill 13-9-5
180114 at Bishton flyover heading for London. 25-7-6
43311 on the 1V45 07:00 Manchester to Newquay at Ram Hill. 23-5-9
67029 - Voyager - 43088 - 66095 at Bristol Parkway. 29-6-6
DVT 82147 at Crewe. 28-3-90
Eurostar 3104 and 3229 Waterloo 9-8-5
032 enters Brading on the Isle of Wight. 29-7-76
034 stabled on Ryde St Johns depot. 5-12-80
041 Ryde St Johns 5-12-80
042 rolling into Ryde St Johns. 5-12-80
044 on the front leads 034 on a Ventnor - Ryde Pier Head service seen here at Ryde St Johns 27-12-77
045 of class 485 4-VEC at the back of a Shanklin bound train leaving Ryde St Johns. 29-7-76
3485 VEP unit on the rear of the 6V91 10:40 Shoeburyness to Caerwent passes 158962 at Pilning on 28-2-6
3485 on the way to the scrap yard at Pilning station 28-2-6
4TC unit 410 at Waterloo 9-3-80
4VEP 7719 slam door unit enters Waterloo 29-3-81
Class 423 4VEP 7777 departs Portsmouth Harbour. 3-11-76
4VEP 7815 at St Denys Jct 31-5-82
M59405M and 76050 on Reddish shed 14-6-80
Class 506 M59405M stabled ex works on Reddish 24-5-81
M65447M & M77163M depart Manchester Victoria for Bury on 14-6-80
EMU 303009 Glasgow 5-2-94
EMU 303061 Glasgow 5-2-94
444002 approaches Portsmouth Harbour station as seen from the top of the nearby 170m (558') high Spinaker Tower in Portsmouth. 6-7-8
Set 60 enters Broad St 28-3-82
Set 64 75161 70161 61147 and sets 44 and 69 at Broad St 9-3-80
One of the bogies off D1047 by the cutting area at Swindon works. The input into the Voith L630RV transmission can be seen to the left of the MD655 engine in the background. The loco was cut back in September 1976 but this was still here when the photo was taken. 5-10-80
Ever wondered what the fuel injection timing is for a Maybach MD650/655 engine from a class 52 'Western' was?? Well now you know.... it's 8 degrees before top dead centre. Swindon 5-10-80
Probably removed and put up for sale as this Maybach MD655 engine from one of the class 52's has been placed carefully on a trestle awaiting its removal. Swindon 5-10-80
The power cars from the prototype HST stabled at the Railway Technical Centre at Derby. The loco nearest the camera is class 41, 41002, but this was renumbered to W43001 when the train was reclassified as a multiple unit, becoming 252001. After use on the Western Region they were taken into departmental use for a while and it gained the number ADB975813 as seen in this picture. Finally withdrawn in December 1988 it was cut by CF Booths in Rotheram in December 1990. Sister loco 41001 (W43000 & RDB975812) seen behind, was more fortunate and is preserved at the National Railway Museum in York. Seen here on 25-4-81
HST power car 253001 is hauled dead throgh Bristol by 08816 on its way to Marsh Jct for attention. 27-11-76
First of the many, set 253001 waits to depart Bristol for London. 9-8-76
253002 (43005) rolling through Bristol in soon after introdution to traffic with D1028 in the background. 8-5-76
253011 (power cars 43022 & 43023) having just passed through Bruton station 12-7-79
253012 takees an up train through the down loop at Bristol Parkway. Note the old china clay waggons in the up side sidings. 29-1-77
253015 at speed through Severn Tunnel. 26-2-77
253016 & 253007 in a wintry sun at Bristol Temple Meads. 11-12-76
253017 (43034 + 43035) departs Swindon for London. 5-2-77
43004 in the old 'new' livery passes through Severn Tunnel Jct.!! 31-5-6
The NMT HST set (43062 front; 43014 rear) is passed by two FGW HSTs at Bristol Parkway. 28-11-8
43070 on the rear of the 12:02 5Z03 Bristol - Long Marston ECS as it passes through Bristol Parkway. 7-8-6
43072 climbs out of the Severn Tunnel 14-2-6
43078 passing Acton Turville after a heavy frost. 10-1-9
43084 rolls into a frosty Oxford with a service from the north. 11-1-92
43087, with 43070 on the back, roll through Ram Hill on their final journey on the 08:40 5Z83 Gloucester - Laira. 11-8-6
43087 heads the 12:02 5Z03 Bristol - Long Marston ECS through Bristol Parkway on what could be its last run. After arrival at Long Marston the carriages are to be stored with the 2 power cars making their way back to Laira to donate their engines to FGW power cars ! 7-8-6
43154 at Magor heading for London. Somethings wrong with the front panel !!! 23-1-77
43166 with 43104 on the rear with the 9S66 Plymouth to Newcastle at Filton Abbeywood. 2-6-8
43285 at Ram Hill on the 1V23 06:32 York to Plymouth. 16-2-9
43301 on the 1V23 06:32 York to Plymouth passing through Filton Abbeywood station complete with a sticker proclaiming that it's 'Red Nose Day'. 13-3-9
43301 on the front of the diverted 9S61 07:25 Plymouth to Edinburgh at Patchway. 13-9-8
43303 brings up the rear of the diverted 9S61 07:25 Plymouth to Edinburgh at Patchway. 13-9-8
43303 at the head of the 9S53 06:40 Plymouth to Aberdeen departs Bristol Parkway on time with 43285 on the rear. 27-10-8
43366 slowing for the Bristol stop at Lawrence Hill with the 1V39 06:32 from Dundee to Plymouth. 16-2-9
An HST and a Voyager pass at Bristol Parkway 21-4-6
Severn Tunnel Jct with 37207 47242 47086 47509 08481. 26-2-77
47432, 55020, 40149, 47552 and 55005 are seen stabled at Kings Cross. 12-6-75
47379 47263 47217 47365 47217 47052 08439 08061 08242 stabled on Immingham shed 19-4-80
