Holiday trains to and from Leicester to Clacton cross at Long Melford on 19 July 1958. Both services are in the hands of B12/3 4-6-0s, a Gresley rebuild, dating from 1932, of some of these locos, originally introduced by the Great Eastern in 1911.
#OnThisDay 120 years ago the short-lived Bandon Halt between Wallington and Waddon was opened by the LB&SCR. As can be seen in this image taken from Plough Lane it was very rural, it closed 7th June 1914 before the UK entered World War 1. buff.ly/Mak4WsP
ALT Looking down onto Bandon Halt, the name board legible on the up platform as a train approaches and a solitary passenger on the platform. In the photograph the platforms look fairly new and clean suggesting the photograph was taken soon after opening. The photographer was facing west, i.e. the train is travelling from Wallington to Waddon with the photographer standing on the Plough Lane bridge. There is a motor train with an LBSCR ballon coach in tow possibly powered by TerrierNº661
#OnThisDay 55 years ago London Transport marked the end of its steam-hauled engineers trains with this farewell trip from Moorgate to Neasden seen here at Barbican on the 'Widened Lines'... This was 3 years after BR had banned(!) steam traction. @ltmuseumbuff.ly/vCFpyaN
ALT An ex-GWR pannier tank 0-6-0 steam loco hauls a brake van and a selection of engineers wagons westbound through Barbican on the unelectirifed 'Widened Lines' with a large number of people on both platforms taking photograps.
The #Rail200 train is stabled at Kidderminster station @svrofficialsite this week and open to visitors. Many enthusiasts will be equally interested by what its buffered up to at the end of Platform 2. I can’t guarantee today’s crazy cloud formation if you come later in the week.
Sharon on Jeremy Vine just said what millions are thinking: “The Queen and her legacy need to be thrown under the bus. They are an absolute disgrace.”
She KNEW what Andrew was up to with Epstein, covered for him like any protective mother, then quietly signed off £12 MILLION to make Virginia Giuffre’s case vanish.
Blood money to silence a victim while the family played innocent.
Panel had nothing. Sat there stunned.
Sharon if you see this tweet, we are ALL with you 😂😂
This is the “glorious” institution monarchists defend? A family of enablers who pay to bury scandals. Rotten to the core. #AbolishTheMonarchy👇👇👇👇
There is something magical about West Country branch lines, most of which had closed before I could get anywhere near them. I could look at pictures like this all day. No 6438 at Marsh Mills on 25 August 1962 with the 4.30pm Tavistock to Plymouth Autotrain.
#OnThisDay 49 years ago the Glasgow Subway, complete with its original 1896 rolling stock, closed. It reopened 3 years later following major upgrade (see my 16 April #OTD). David Flett image at Copland Road (now Ibrox) looks almost like an AI fever dream! buff.ly/0rzFw94
ALT A bright red 1896 vintage Glasgow Subway train calls at Copland Road station (now Ibrox) on the outer rail service in April 1975. Its diminutive size compared to people on the very narrow island platform is clear. Above the tunnel mouths at the far end of the platform is a static display indicating which stations are reached from which platform, either side of a large clock.
#OnThisDay 43 years ago the R Stock farewell tour covered the entire District Line and part of the Metropolitan Line, the final regular service had been on 4th March. They were introduced from 1949, combining new build cars with some converted Q38 trailers. Image: Mark Norrington
ALT The farewell tour R Stock stands at Gloucester Road westbound District Line platform before the station was rafted over
You can catch the Elizabeth Line from Forest Gate today but back in March 1951, you could see workings like this, as a short milk train headed by 0-6-2T N7/3 class No 69635 approaches the station.
#OnThisDay 42 years ago the Jubilee Line's short-lived 1983 Stock was introduced. It was essentially a tube-sized D78 Stock but unlike that train was unreliable and the last one ran in 1998, replaced by the 1996 Stock. Fortune13 buff.ly/X2KV74y
ALT A new-looking 1983 stock stands at platform 1 Stanmore. The single-leaf doors are open showing the orange interior surrounds to the doors. Like the D78 and 73 stock at the time, the entire train is unpainted aluminium save for the lower half of the cab end painted red.
#OnThisDay 69 years ago Stratford Market station closed. The building survived, becoming the entrance to Stratford High Street DLR station on the same site. Not long before electification in 1984, a North Woolwich service passes the station site: Ian Baker buff.ly/537bngf
ALT Standing on what is now the eastbound Jubilee Line looking north while a Cravens BR blue DMU runs beneath the rear elevation of the Stratford Market station building headed towards North Woolwich, on what is now the southbound DLR. All traces of platforms and stairways have been removed and the tops of the stairs bricked up save for windows. Soot on the station building's brickwork above the passenger lines is still evident from passing steam trains. Stratford High Street DLR station now stands on the right of this photo.
I only discovered Loughton station last year when one of my tribe moved nearby. It’s absolutely stunning, well worth a trip out to see it and to enjoy the Central line trains racing through this relatively rural part of Essex.
#OnThisDay 86 years ago the LNER opened a new Loughton station in anticipation of Central Line trains (but did not arrive until 1948 due to WW2). Grade II listed and reminiscent of other LT stations of that era, it was designed by John Murray Easton. Images: Flickr (see alt text)
ALT Collage of four images of Loughton station.
Top left: LFaurePhotos https://flic.kr/p/rtTkNT
Top right: River Road Travels https://flic.kr/p/2mm9SvG
Bottom left: Daniel Wright
Bottom Right: Roger Marks https://flic.kr/p/K58zqk
The old and the new at Shrewsbury station yesterday, two @tfwrail 158 units leave Platform 7 for Birmingham International as a 197 unit arrives at Platform 3 with a service for Holyhead.
On 16 May 1964 the 10.17am York to Bournemouth West train, formed of SR coaches, was recorded near Lymington Junction headed by No 6923 Croxteth Hall. I can only assume a loco failure led to this, I have never seen a GWR loco so far west on this line, quite a remarkable sight.