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British Mainline Steam 1979

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6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



47500 "Great Western" in Old Oak Common Factory

February 28, 1979



An HST Power car, 47500 & "KGV" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



47500 "Great Western" in Old Oak Common Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" in Old Oak Factory

February 28, 1979



6000 "King George V" at Old Oak Common prior to working a special 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" at Old Oak Common prior to working a special 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



253005 passes Old Oak Common with the 11.15 Padd-Swansea. I am standing on the site of North Pole Eurostar depot, now disused

March 1, 1979



253006 on the 11.20 Padd-Bristol passing Old Oak Common

March 1, 1979



253006 on the 11.20 Padd-Bristol passing Old Oak Common

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" approaches on the Relief Lines with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" passes Old Oak Common with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" passes Old Oak Common with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" passes Old Oak Common with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" passes Old Oak Common with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



6000 "King George V" passes Old Oak Common with the 11.20 Padd-Didcot

March 1, 1979



60009 "Union of South Africa" backs out of Aberdeen after arriving from Edinburgh

September 1, 1979



60009 "Union of South Africa" at Aberdeen ready to return to Edinburgh

September 1, 1979



60009 "Union of South Africa" at Aberdeen ready to return to Edinburgh

September 1, 1979

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I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth