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The Coker-Coaler This tour visited many freight lines in the North Derbyshire/Souh Yorkshire that are not there today, long since disused and lifted, Harworth, Rossington, Bentley and Grimethorpe collieries were visited along with the Monk Bretton branch to the glass works, 37422 was the main tour loco, with assisting loco 37514 Derby back to Sheffield., , 6th March 1993
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20168+20059 Class 20 locomotives 20168 (D8168) & Railfreight liveried 20059 (D8059) have just come off "The Worksop Whistler" at Sheffield, a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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Ollerton Class 20 locomotives 20057 (D8057) & 20154 (D8154) stand on the site of Ollerton Station (closed in 1955) on the freight only branch to High Marnham with the "The Worksop Whistler" this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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Four Choppers Class 20 locomotives 20154 (D8154) 20057 (D8057) 20168 (D8168) & Railfreight liveried 20059 (D8059) have just pulled into Sheffield with the "The Worksop Whistler" which was quadrupule headed from Worksop, a first for me! this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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Photo Stop Class 20 locomotives 20168 (D8168) & 20059 (D8059) stand on the A614 over bridge, with the crew looking over, by the site of Ollerton Station (closed in 1955) on the freight only branch to High Marnham with the "The Worksop Whistler" this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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Welbeck Colliery Class 20 locomotives 20057 (D8057) & 20154 (D8154) are seen right up at the end as far as you could go in Webeck Colliery, with the "The Worksop Whistler" this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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Sheffield Class 20 locomotives 20057 (D8057) & 20154 (D8154) are seen in the company with 144007 a WYPTE MetroTrain liveried class 144 DMU, with the "The Worksop Whistler" this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, to many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now., , 28th June 1992
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The Worksop Whistler Class 20 locomotives 20057 (D8057) 20154 (D8154) 20059 (D8059) & 20168 (D8168) Top & Tailed thhis tour, "The Worksop Whistler" this was a tour run by the Worksop Open Day Committee, from Derby & back to Derby via many Coal Mines in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire area that have gone now, namely,, Bolsover Colliery, Welbeck Colliery, Bilsthorpe Colliery, High Marnham Power Station, Bevercotes Colliery, £25 for a 195 mile trip with 20's around the coal fields., Worksop depot lost its allocation of 20's on the 13th March 1992, , , 28th June 1992
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45133 British Railways class 45/1 (known as Peaks) locomotive 45133 (D40) on display at Crewe Works Open Day., New to Derby as D40 on 29/7/61 withdrawn from Tinsley 05/87 now preserved, , 21st July 1990
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Blue Circle Taken on the short branch that connects Blue Circle's Hope cement works to the main line at Earls sidings, is the works shunter, which i think was fairly new then., , 27th June 1990
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97561 Coalville Open Day, this year, 1989 marked the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Midland Counties Railway between Nottingham and Derby. As part of the celebrations to commemorate this anniversary, a Class 47/4 locomotive 97561 (D1614, 47034, 47561) was painted in special livery and appropriately named "Midland Counties 150 1839-1989", shortly after this picture was taken she was renumbered again to 47973., New to Worcester as D1614 in 9/64 withdrawn 08/96 cut up 03/97 at Crewe Works by MRJ Philips, , 11th June 1989
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Thru the Buffer Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) on Network Rails tracks leaves Whitby with a sevice to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Service., D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , 16th October 2014
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Whitby Departure Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) on Network Rails tracks leaves Whitby with a sevice to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Service., D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , 16th October 2014
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D7628 Whitby Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) on Network Rails tracks waits at Whitby with a sevice to Pickering on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Service., D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , 16th October 2014
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47463 On last day of timetabled locomotive hauled service trains on the 'Hope Valley' route, class 47/4 locomotive 47463 (D1586) is seen approching Buxworth cutting with a Liverpool Lime Street-Sheffield working, the following day the new timetable came into operation with Class 156 ‘SuperSprinter’ units operating the new Liverpool-Norwich services., New to Cardiff 5/64 as D5679 withdrawn from Crewe 04/95 cut up 11/96 at Crewe Works by MRJ Phillips, , , 15th May 1988.
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Two Cabs The remains of two Derby built class 25 locomotives 25126 (D5276) and 25201 (D7551) lie amongst the rubble in the Leicester scrapyard of Vic Berry., 25126 was new to Nottingham as D5276 on 5/6/64 withdrawn from Crewe 11/82, On the 22/6/84 she was towed along with 25134, 25158 and 25208 to Swindon works for scrapping, but the works closed before 25126 was scrapped., 25201 was also new to Nottingham as D7551 on 19/6/65 withdrawn 28/1/87 from Crewe , , 20th December 1987
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10713 InterCity Sleeper (SLE) Mk3a 10714 a 1983 product of the Derby Carriage and Wagon Works, a total of 208 of these carriages were built, but by the end of the 80's the overnight sleeper sevices, apart from the Caledonian and the Night Riviera had all but disappeared, quite a number like this one on the Severn Valley Railway, have wound up on Heritage Railways providing accommodation for volunteers., , 21st February 2015
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Shirebrook Junction A Derby Heavyweight class 114 dmu crosses Shirebrook Junc on the freight only line, with one of the Worksop-Shirebrook-Worksop Open Day shuttles., This line that the train is on reopened to passengers as a through route again between Nottingham and Worksop in 1998 and is branded as the Robin Hood Line, the line off to the right lead eventually to High Marnham Power station, as well as serving the many many collieries on the way, which have now all gone., , 5th June 1987
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9714 Network Rail's DBSO 9714, converted from a 1974 Derby built BSO 9536, at Glasgow Works in 1986, is seen stabled in the goods loop at Stockport.
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Shirebrook A Derby Heavyweight class 114 dmu stands on the freight only line, where the remains of Shirebrook station is, with one of the Shirebrook-Worksop Open Day shuttles., This line reopened to passengers as a through route again between Nottingham and Worksop in 1998 and is branded as the Robin Hood Line., , 5th June 1987
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Shirebrook Junction A 2x2 car Derby Heavyweight class 114 dmu waits at the Shirebrook Junc signals on the freight only line, with one of the Worksop-Shirebrook-Worksop Open Day shuttles., This line that the train is on reopened to passengers as a through route again between Nottingham and Worksop in 1998 and is branded as the Robin Hood Line., The front unit is the sole South Yorkshire Transport PTE liveried unit 54004 & 53045, which was liveried up to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the SYPTE IN 1984. , , 5th June 1987
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Red Stripe Duo Railfreight Red Stripe liveried duo class 37/5 locomotives 37682 (37236, D6936) and 37685 ( 37234, D6934) climb out of Tunstead Works on the freight only line at Great Rocks, with a Northwich working., The crowds around the bridge are waiting the passage of the returning Derby bound "Buxton Spa Express" with Jubilee Class 5593 "Kolhapur" on the front., , 25th April 1987
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37796 Ex works heavyweight Cardiff Canton based class 37/7 locomotive 37796 (D6805, 37105) is stabled on Buxton shed with class 45/0 locomotive 45013 (D20), 45013 was new to Derby as D20 on 25/2/61 withdrawn from Tinsley 27/4/87 cut up 02/94 by MC Metals Glasgow., , 15th November 1986
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45109 Works pilot 08428 stands along side a long line of withdrawn class 45 locomotive's, headed by 45109 (D85), seen within the confines of Derby Works., New to Derby as D85 on 11/02/61 withdrawn from Toton 01/86 cut up 10/86 by Vic Berry Leicester, , 11th October 1986
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On Shed At the end of 1986 just 26 class 25 locomotives remained in service including these two, 25201 (D7551) withdrawn 28/01/87 and 25278 (D7628) which made it to the last day, the 27/03/87, and into preservation, incidentally she was the last of her class to receive a classified repair at Derby Locomotive Works, seen inside Crewe Diesel Depot., , 19th October 1986
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45050 Class 45 locomotive 45050 (D72), is seen looking in a long withdrawn state, within the confines of Derby Works., New to Crewe North as D72 on 19/11/60 withdrawn from Toton 10/09/84 cut up 01/87 by Vic Berry Leicester, , 11th October 1986
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ADB975813 A former prototype HST power car ADB975813 (W43001) along with a car from the Intercity APT, are seen looking in a long withdrawn state, within the confines of Derby Works., , 11th October 1986
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Withdrawn Whistler's Two class 40 locomotive's spilt headcode example 40132 (D332) along with 40163 (D363), are seen looking in a long withdrawn state, within the confines of Derby Works., Both had been withdrawn in 1982 and would be cut up 01/87 by Vic Berry Leicester, , 11th October 1986
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ex Royal Engineer Class 45/0 locomotive 45059 (D98) ex "Royal Engineer", the bolt holes show where the name plate was once proudly carried, seen on the fuel road at Buxton depot., New to Derby as D98 on 29/4/61 named "Royal Engineer" at Derby works on 20/12/66 withdrawn from Toton 03/86 cut up 07/88 by Vic Berry at Leicester, , 25th January 1986
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Freight Engines Doncaster 1984 built class 58 freight locomotive 58014 stands next to a Midland Railway 0-6-0, 4F freight engine at Mantle Lane sidings at Coalville., 4027 was built at Derby Works and entered traffic in November 1924. It became 44027 under the British Railways re-numbering scheme and was withdrawn in November 1964, it is now part of the National Collection belonging to the National Railway Museum., , 1st September 1985
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Croydon Tramlink Former Croydon Tramlink diesel rail crane works tram 058 "John Gardner" along with it's flat wagon 061, are seen stabled outside the Tramshed at the National Tramway Museum at Crich. , , 31st August 2017
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Wolverton Works Sidings Wolverton Works sidings with MK2 coaches present, alongside Brighton allocated Southern Region class 421/1 4Cig emu S76065 (7323)., The nearest coaches are 1972 Derby built Intercity liveried Willesden allocated MK2E Open Second M5846, alongside British Rail liveried Old Oak Common allocated MK2D Corridor First W13609., , 29th March 1986
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Derbyshire Stone EWS liveried General Motors built class 66 locomotive 66031 hauls its train of newly delivered MMA Ealnos box wagons, towards Peak Forest having just come off the single track section at Great Rocks Junc, having orginated from Dowlow Works at the end of the Hindlow branch.
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DM 5103 Metropolitan Line A60 Stock DM 5103 built by Cravens of Sheffield, is seen on the traverser within the confines of London Transports Acton Works, on the occasion of the Open Day., The A60 & A62 Stock lasted in passenger service till September 2012, when replaced by the new S Stock built by Bombardier at Derby., The A Stock originally comprised of 468 cars and were unique for London Underground as they were the only trains fitted with luggage racks with umbrella hooks., , 2nd June 1983
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25322 Having already been withdrawn twice already in January 84 and March 87, this class 25 locomotive 25322 'Tamworth Castle' (25912, D7672) outlived the official class 25 withdrawal date of March 23rd 1987 on British Rail by 4 years, it's last duty being "The Rat Requiem" railtour from Holyhead to Leeds on the 30th March 1991, and in doing so brought to an end the reign of the class on British Rail., In total 327 locomotives were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR workshops at Derby, Darlington and at Beyer Peacock in Gorton., , 27th January 2016
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Push/Pull DBSO Leaving Glasgow Queen Street is one of the original batch of ten Push/Pull Driving Brake Open Standards (DBSO) with the half cabs, these were converted from MK2 Brake Standard Open (BSO) coaches at BREL Derby works in 1979, for operating the Glasgow-Edinburgh InterCity push/pull service with dedicated 100mph class 47/7 locomotives., , 1st August 1984
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25322 Having already been withdrawn twice already in January 84 and March 87, this class 25 locomotive 25322 'Tamworth Castle' (25912, D7672) outlived the official class 25 withdrawal date of March 23rd 1987 on British Rail by 4 years, it's last duty being "The Rat Requiem" railtour from Holyhead to Leeds on the 30th March 1991, and in doing so brought to an end the reign of the class on British Rail., In total 327 locomotives were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR workshops at Derby, Darlington and at Beyer Peacock in Gorton., , 27th January 2016
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TSO 12063 BREL Derby works 1978 built Open Standard TSO MK3A 12063, formerly working on the GEML for National Express East Anglia., Seen in the bay platform at Dereham Station on the Mid Norfolk Railway., , 22nd September 2018
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25257 BR Derby Works 1966 built class 25/3 locomotive 25257 (D7607), a locomotive that was withdrawn three times and reinstated twice, captured here after being withdrawn twice already, 25257 would be reinstated for the last time in the following July seeing out another sixteen months service. , Today we were travelling behind 40028 (D228) on the 'Railway Enthusiasts Society' the "South Yorkshireman" and the entire train was bused to/from Attenborough station for a depot visit here at Toton., , 1st April 1984
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Test Coach Iris The Railway Technical Center (Derby) liveried, Test Coach Iris RDB975010 (ex-Derby Lightweight unit M79900) on display at BREL Crewe Works, whilst in the background is a MK1 Sleeper Car., , 22nd September 1979
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96604 Network Rail brake force runner 96604 formerly a ex MK1 NVA Motorail van, is coupled tp Class 08 shunting locomotive 08417(D3532), which was introduced to traffic from Derby works in July 1958., Seen outside the Loram Rail facility in Derby as we pass on the HST summer Saturday 1S02 11.40 Skegness-Derby train., , 2nd September 2017
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56303 Devon & Cornwall Railways liveried class 56 locomotive 56303 (56125) a 1983 product of BREL Crewe Works, withdrawn by EWS in February 1999 and after languishing awaiting disposal for 7 years was returned to service in 2006 by freight operator Jarvis Fastline as 56303., Withdrawn again in 2009 by Jarvis Fastline due to a downturn in traffic, 56303 is seen stabled adjacent to Derby station and seems to (2017) keep on going., Photographed from the HST summer Saturday 1S02 11.40 Skegness-Derby train., , 2nd September 2017
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56303 Devon & Cornwall Railways liveried class 56 locomotive 56303 (56125) a 1983 product of BREL Crewe Works, withdrawn by EWS in February 1999 and after languishing awaiting disposal for 7 years was returned to service in 2006 by freight operator Jarvis Fastline as 56303., Withdrawn again in 2009 by Jarvis Fastline due to a downturn in traffic, 56303 is seen stabled ajcent to Derby station and seems to (2017) keep on going., , 2nd September 2017
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08417 Outside the Loram Rail facility in Derby is Class 08 shunting locomotive 08417(D3532), which was introduced to traffic from Derby works in July 1958. seen here coupled to 96604, a Network Rail brake force runner, formerly a ex MK1 NVA Motorail van., Photographed from the HST summer Saturday 1S02 11.40 Skegness-Derby train., , 2nd September 2017
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Wolverton Works Sidings Wolverton Works sidings with two Derby 1972 built MK2 coaches present, also in view behind is Brighton allocated Southern Region class 421/1 4Cig emu 7323., British Rail liveried Old Oak Common allocated MK2D Corridor First W13609, is alongside Intercity liveried Willesden allocated MK2E Open Second M5846., , 29th March 1986
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TSO 12047 BREL Derby works 1977 built Open Standard TSO MK3A 12047, formerly working on the WCML for Virgin Trains West Coast., Seen in the bay platform at Dereham Station on the Mid Norfolk Railway., , 22nd September 2018
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Mid Norfolk Railway Two former builds of BREL Derby works built 10 years apart, are 1968 built Open Standard TSO MK2A E5265 with 1978 built Open Standard TSO MK3A 12063., Seen in the sidings on the Mid Norfolk Railway next to Dereham Station., , 22nd September 2018
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D7628 , , Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) with 37264 in the distance, are seen in the evening sun stabled on the long head shunt at Grosmont depot, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway., , D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , 23rd October 2018,
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D7628 Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) is seen in the evening sun stabled, on the long head shunt at Grosmont depot on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway., D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , 23rd October 2018
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D7628 Class 25 locomotive D7628 'Sybilla' (25278) is seen in the evening sun stabled, on the long head shunt at Grosmont depot on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway., D7628 was new to Tinsley on the 12th August 1965 she was last Class 25 to receive a classified overhaul at Derby Works In the 1980's, withdrawn from Crewe 17th March 1987, she made it the end of class 25 operation on British Rail., , , , 23rd October 2018,
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Aberdare Looking north along the disused freight only line towards Tower Colliery at Hirwaun 2 miles further on, the building on the right is the old Aberdare station which was opened in 1851 by the Great Western Railway, on the Neath to Pontypool Line and was last used on 13th June 1964, when this line closed to passengers,, The new Aberdare station where i'm standing was opened to passengers on the 3rd October 1988, with the last coal trains passing through to Hope cement works in Derbyshire in May 2017., Taken whilst traveling on the excellent value for money £13 'Explore Cardiff & Valleys' Rail Ranger, this is one of the places i had never been to before and will probably never go back too., , 28th March 2019
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Aberdare , , Looking north the disused freight only line leads to Tower Colliery at Hirwaun 2 miles further on, the building on the right is the old Aberdare station which was opened in 1851 by the Great Western Railway, on the Neath to Pontypool Line and was last used on 13th June 1964, when this line closed to passengers,, The new Aberdare station where i'm standing was opened to passengers on the 3rd October 1988, with the last coal trains passing through to Hope cement works in Derbyshire in May 2017., Cardiff Canton allocated Transport for Wales BREL Derby 1985 built Class 142 142083 stands by the single platform, prior to working the 12.52 Aberdare-Barry Island service on which i will travel to Pontypridd., Taken whilst traveling on the excellent value for money £13 'Explore Cardiff & Valleys' Rail Ranger, this is one of the places i had never been to before and will probably never go back too., , 28th March 2019,
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D832 Former British Railways Western Region Type 4 ‘Warship’ class diesel-hydraulic locomotive number D832 ONSLAUGHT stands in the shed at Bury Baron Street on the East Lancashire Railway. , D832 was built at British Railways Swindon works in 1961 being withdrawn from Laira Depot on 16th December 1972, and was moving on the 10th January 1973 to the Railway Technical Centre at Derby for departmental use., D832 arrived on the East Lancashire Railway by rail in February 1981, Taken whilst participating on an excellent driver experience day on the East Lancashire Railway. , , 23rd March 2019
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Dinting Railway Centre Hudswell Clarke (Leeds) 1938 built 0-6-0 side tank 1704 "Nunlow", which spent it's whole working life untill 1968 at Earle’s cement works at Hope in Derbyshire, a place that it has since returned to in 2005, 2008 and 2014 for public open days., Not long after entering preservation 1704 is seen at the Dinting Railway Centre nr Glossop., Situated on the site of Dinting engine shed (39A) built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1898, becoming the Dinting Railway Centre in 1969 closing it's doors to the public in 1990, today (April 2020) the site is overgrown and derelict., , 5th April 1969
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Pioneering Diesels These 2 pioneers of diesel traction were two of a kind being designed and built by the LMS at Derby Works in 1947, they were delivered to British Railways Camden depot 10000 12/47 and 10001 7/1948, with both being withdrawn from Willesden 10000 12/63 and 10001 3/66., 10000 & 10001 are captured here heading north on the WCML between Lancaster and Carnforth at Hest Bank., , July 1958
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Pioneering Diesels These 2 pioneers of diesel traction were two of a kind being designed and built by the LMS at Derby Works in 1947, they were delivered to British Railways Camden depot 10000 12/47 and 10001 7/1948, with both being withdrawn from Willesden 10000 12/63 and 10001 3/66., 10000 & 10001 are seen here leaving London Euston as they head north on the WCML. , , 1951
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Chesterfield At end of our day class 20 locomtives 20057 (D8057), & 20154 (D8154) stand at Chesterfield (18.26), as they head onto Derby with the Worksop Open Day Committee 'The Worksop Whistler'., The tour visited Bolsolver Coalite, Welbeck Colliery, Bilsthorpe Colliery, High Marnham and Bevercotes Colliery, along with a whole host of connecting lines and junctions which are history now, victims of the declining coal traffic and pit closures these destinations are now lost to railways., , 28th June 1992
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Chapel Milton Viaducts The Midland Railways 1867 and 1890 built Chapel Milton Viaducts are now Grade II listed bifurcated railway viaducts, straddling the Black Brook valley in Chapel Milton and also passes over the early 1796 industrial Peak Forest Tramway on which i'm walking on., Originally built to carry express trains from Manchester Central to London St Pancras including the iconic Midland Pullman, the viaducts now carries the freight only lines transporting limestone from the quarries and works from in and around the Buxton area., , 17th July 2021
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Ramsbottom Meeting Alexander/BREL Derby 1986 built Class 144 DMU 144009 is seen in Ramsbottom station waiting for us to pass, as it works the 11.05 Rawtenstall-Heywood (11.58) service, taken from BRC&W Class 104 M50517 working the 10.40 Heywood-Rawtenstall (11.35) service, during the excellent East Lancashire Railway 'DMU Weekend', , 13th November 2022
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'The Nook' D&G Bus Optare Solo SR YJ13 HND (104) waits time at 'The Nook' whilst working the 07.38 114 Derby Railway Station-Ashbourne QEGS (08.37) service., At the time due to a shortage of small buses because of the railway bridge replacement works taking place in Whaley Bridge over a 8 week period, a number of D&G Buses were on loan to High Peak Buses because big buses couldn't turn round in Whaley Bridge and these buses could turn up anywhere., , 23rd February 2023
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Cheddleton Class 25 locomotive 25322 sits in a siding at Cheddleton next to the station on the Churnet Valley Railway, looking like it's not been used in a long time and unlikely to be used anytime soon., Having already been withdrawn twice already in January 1984 and again in March 1987, this class 25 locomotive 25322 'Tamworth Castle' (25912, D7672) outlived the official class 25 withdrawal date of March 23rd 1987 on British Rail by 4 years, it's last duty being "The Rat Requiem" railtour from Holyhead to Leeds on the 30th March 1991, and in doing so brought to an end the reign of the class on British Rail., In total 327 locomotives were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR workshops at Derby, Darlington and at Beyer Peacock in Gorton., , 19th February 2023
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Cheddleton Seen through the door window of our MK1 carriage Class 25 locomotive 25322 sits in a siding at Cheddleton next to the station on the Churnet Valley Railway, looking like it's not been used in a long time and unlikely to be used anytime soon., Having already been withdrawn twice already in January 1984 and again in March 1987, this class 25 locomotive 25322 'Tamworth Castle' (25912, D7672) outlived the official class 25 withdrawal date of March 23rd 1987 on British Rail by 4 years, it's last duty being "The Rat Requiem" railtour from Holyhead to Leeds on the 30th March 1991, and in doing so brought to an end the reign of the class on British Rail., In total 327 locomotives were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR workshops at Derby, Darlington and at Beyer Peacock in Gorton., , 19th February 2023
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Cheddleton Seen through the door window of our MK1 carriage Class 25 locomotive 25322 sits in a siding at Cheddleton next to the station on the Churnet Valley Railway, looking like it's not been used in a long time and unlikely to be used anytime soon., Having already been withdrawn twice already in January 1984 and again in March 1987, this class 25 locomotive 25322 'Tamworth Castle' (25912, D7672) outlived the official class 25 withdrawal date of March 23rd 1987 on British Rail by 4 years, it's last duty being "The Rat Requiem" railtour from Holyhead to Leeds on the 30th March 1991, and in doing so brought to an end the reign of the class on British Rail., In total 327 locomotives were built between 1961 and 1967, at BR workshops at Derby, Darlington and at Beyer Peacock in Gorton., , 19th February 2023
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On Loan D&G Bus Optare Solo SR YJ13HNF (106) waits time at Cross o' th' Hands, whilst working the 09.53 114 Derby Railway Station-Ashbourne (10.45) service., At the time due to a shortage of small buses because of the railway bridge replacement works taking place in Whaley Bridge over a 8 week period, a number of D&G Buses were on loan to High Peak Buses because big buses couldn't turn round in Whaley Bridge and these D&G buses could turn up anywhere., , 9th February 2023
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Andrew Barcley 873 Andrew Barclay Works No 512 1966 built 873 0-6-0 Diesel Hydraulic shunter is seen at Rowsley South diesel depot at Peak Rail during the occasion of the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity Derbyshire Dales Bus & Train Festival at Peak Rails Rowsley South Station., , 18th June 2023
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Rowsley South Depot Former Network Rails class 97/3 locomotive 97301 (37100, D6800) and Andrew Barclay Works No 512 1966 built 873 0-6-0 Diesel Hydraulic shunter, are seen on Rowsley South diesel depot at Peak Rail during the occasion of the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity Derbyshire Dales Bus & Train Festival at Peak Rails Rowsley South Station., , 18th June 2023
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Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne Ltd CEGB liveried 0-4-0 ST 7063 'Eustace Forth' is seen at Rowsley South, shortly before working a service to Matlock Riverside, during the occasion of the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity Derbyshire Dales Bus & Train Festival at Peak Rails Rowsley South Station. , 7063 was bulit by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne Ltd in 1942 at their Forth Bank Works in Newcastle-upon-Tyne for working at Dunston Power Station in Gateshead., , 18th June 2023
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On Diversion Little 29 seat High Peak buses Dennis Enviro YX67UXO (545), works the 11.53 114 Derby-Ashbourne (12.47) service, stands by a bus shelter that has no bus service., Taken on the B5023 Wirksworth Road between Duffield and Cowers Lane whilst on diversion., , 24th January 2024
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Autumn Tints High Peak Buses Optare Solo YJ15AYA (285) works the first 442 of the day the 07.05 Buxton-Ashbourne (08.20), seen on the Tissington Estate capturing the changing seasons that we see as we work through the year., , 17th October 2024
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Autumn Tints High Peak Buses Optare Solo YJ15AYA (285) works the first 442 of the day the 07.05 Buxton-Ashbourne (08.20), seen at Warslow capturing the changing seasons that we see as we work through the year., , 17th October 2024
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MK2a 9418 MK2a Brake Second Open 1967 Derby Works awaiting restoration in the yard at Buckley Wells in Bury.
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47971 Crewe Works The former D1616, 47480 'Robin Hood' & 47971., Used by the RTC at Derby it was renumbered to 47971., Withdrawn from Crewe 03/98, cut up 11/01 by HNRC at EMR KIngsbury, , , 21st May 2000
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