ChrisTheMightyHoodVB
Peak bashing on the North Wales Coast - front window behind 45065 with a splendid view of the Great Orme 😎:)
Travelling the railway in the British Rail era, Between 1983 and 1991 I spent many happy hours with my friends riding the rails around the UK. Fortunately, I managed to record many of the railway locos and scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share ;), , I can't quite place the 'island' in the photo as there aren't any off the North Wales Coast 😎:) - so I assume a promontory - I'm guessing that it's Llandudno in the distance and I'm on a Bangor-Scarborough (see comments below) - location confirmation anyone? OK it's the famous Great Orme - thanks to leyland12001 :), , Locomotive History - D110 (45065), D110 was built at Crewe Works and entered traffic in July 1961, allocated to Derby MPD. Becoming 45065 in 1974, the loco would always be a Midland Main Line engine being allocated throughout its career predominately at Toton. 45065 survived until withdrawal in March 1985 and was broken up by Vic Berry's in Leicester in December 1988. (Loco history courtesy of John Woolley whose photo appears below), , Update! Just found my photo logs and it was a run behind 45065 from Bangor back to Chester, , Something new for 2023...Sound & Vision on SoundCloud - more memories from a mis-spent youth 😎 , During the 1980s, I spent a lot of my time riding around the British Rail network, mainly chasing Class 40s and then Class 50s, but also seeing and riding behind a number of other classes. I made a number of tape recordings at the time - many from the front window, some from the platform - using my trusty 'ghetto-blaster' or 'boom box' - you can now savour the Sulzer sound via my SoundCloud archive:, , Now you can join me at the front window as Class 45 Peak 45119 departs Manchester Victoria and attacks the climb to Miles Platting on 1E59 18.05 Liverpool to Newcastle service on 9th August 1986., soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/peak-power-45119-dep..., , And again, join me at the front window for two recordings of Class 45 Peak 45145 on 1E98 12.00 Liverpool - Newcastle. Firstly, we leave Liverpool Lime Street and hear the Sulzer scream against the cutting walls up the bank to Edge Hill, then for the second recording, we leave Manchester Victoria and start the climb up to Miles Platting - 9th August 1986., soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/peak-power-45145-at-..., , And finally, some Peaks from the platform, with a three track medley, each a recording of a Class 45 Peak - starting with 45132 which arrives and departs York on Pennine service 1E74 on Sat 27th Sep 1986. This is followed by 45128 departing Chester on 1J16 on Sun 10th August 1986. Finally we hear a noisy 45114 departing Warrington Bank Quay, which I have noted as being 'the very last working of 1J31' departing at 21.31 on Sat 27th Sep 1986., soundcloud.com/sound-vision-10193594/peaks-from-the-platf..., , Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned directly from a print with minimal digital restoration, , You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
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