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British Railways 1975

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Approaching Selby northbound in the cab of a class 31 on test from Doncaster Works

05 June 1975



Selby, the 08.50 York - King'd Cross in the platform

05 June 1975



North of York

05 June 1975



Approaching Durham

05 June 1975



Durham Cathedral

05 June 1975



Passing Darlington southbound at 88mph.

05 June 1975



55009 "Aycidon" outside the Crimpsall in Doncaster Works

05 June 1975



76049 outside the Crimpsall

05 June 1975



37103 & 31003 outside the paint shop at Doncaster Works

05 June 1975



Kirkham Abbey

April 1975



Kirkham Abbey

April 1975



DMU leaving Battersby for Whitby

14 July 1975



5-car class 101 leaving Battersby for Whitby

14 July 1975



5-car class 101 near Lealholm with a train from Whitby

14 July 1975



47525 with the 21.50 York - Aberystwyth

18 July 1975



47525 at York with 21.50 to Aberystwyth

18 July 1975



Arriving at Machynlleth at 05.30

19 July 1975



24075 & 24076 at Machynlleth with the 21.50 from York

19 July 1975



Friog Avelanch shelter

19 July 1975



Barmouth and Fairbourne

19 July 1975



Barmouth

19 July 1975



Barmouth

19 July 1975



Barmouth

19 July 1975



Harlech

19 July 1975



Penryndeudreath

19 July 1975



Minfford

19 July 1975



Criccieth

19 July 1975



Pwllheli East Signalbox

19 July 1975



Pwllheli

19 July 1975



Pwllheli

19 July 1975



Pwllheli

19 July 1975



Somewhere between Pwllheli & Porthmadog

19 July 1975



Porthmadog

19 July 1975



Minfford

19 July 1975



Near Penryndeudreath

19 July 1975



The toll bridge at Penryndeudreath

19 July 1975



Harlech

19 July 1975



Barmouth Bridge

19 July 1975



Barmouth Bridge

19 July 1975



Friog cliffs

19 July 1975



Friog

19 July 1975



Tywyn

19 July 1975



Penhelig

19 July 1975



VofR train at Aberystwyth

19 July 1975



Looking back departing from Aberystwyth

19 July 1975



Looking back near Talerddig

19 July 1975



Near Talerddig

19 July 1975



On the climb to Talerddig

19 July 1975



Crossing at Talerddig

19 July 1975



Caersws

19 July 1975



Leaving Weshpool - how this has changed now!

19 July 1975



Sutton Bridge Jn

19 July 1975



Near Glen Douglas on board the West Highland Sleeper from King's Cross

21 July 1975



Crianlarich

21 July 1975



Looking down the valley from Tyndrum Upper

21 July 1975



Approaching the Horseshoe Curve on the drop down from County March to Bridge of Orchy

21 July 1975



Crossing the viaduct at the head of the Horseshoe curve

21 July 1975



On the Horsechoe Viaduct

21 July 1975



The view back up from the Horseshoe Viaduct

21 July 1975



Crossing Rannoch Moor

21 July 1975



Crossing Rannoch Moor

21 July 1975



Rannoch station

21 July 1975



Rannoch station

21 July 1975



Camp coach at Rannoch station

21 July 1975



On up towards Corrour

21 July 1975



Corrour

21 July 1975



Corrour

21 July 1975



Corrour

21 July 1975



Corrour Summit

21 July 1975



The view from high above Loch Treig

21 July 1975



Loch Treig

21 July 1975



Loch Treig

21 July 1975



Loch Treig, the line was diverted here when the loch was dammed for a hydro-electric project

21 July 1975



Tulloch

21 July 1975



The Monassie Gorge

21 July 1975



Arrival at the new station at Fort William

21 July 1975



Fort William

21 July 1975



Glenfinnan Viaduct

21 July 1975



Glenfinnan Viaduct

21 July 1975



The Bonnie Prince Charlie Memorial from Glenfinnan Viaduct

21 July 1975



Glenfinnan station

21 July 1975



Arrival at Mallaig

21 July 1975



Mallaig, note the restaurent car whch had travelled all the way from Edinburgh. (The through coaches from London were left at Fort William)

21 July 1975



Mallaig

21 July 1975



24128 at Kyle of Lochalsh with the evening train to Inverness

21 July 1975



Near Plockton

21 July 1975



Running along Loch Carron

21 July 1975



Loch Carron

21 July 1975



The climb to Luib Summit

21 July 1975



Crossing the evening train from Inverness at Achnasheen

21 July 1975



26032 arrives at Achnasheen

21 July 1975



Garve

21 July 1975



View from the cab of a class 76 descending Wentworth Bank

14 October 1975



Approaching the bottom of the 1:40 at Wentworth Jn

14 October 1975



Glasshouse Crossing

14 October 1975



Wombwell Yard with a loaded steel train setting off

14 October 1975



The banker on the rear of the westbound steel train

14 October 1975



Elsecar Jn, the northwest end of Wath Yard. All this has now gone!

14 October 1975



Wath shed

14 October 1975



Approaching Wath Colliery on the Up Fast Midland line from Normanton to Sheffield. All this has now gone as well!

15 October 1975



The closed Midland station at Wath-on-Dearne

15 October 1975



Tinsley Hump

15 October 1975



Leaving Tinsley Yard, taken from the cab of 45002

15 October 1975



The west end of Tinsley Yard

15 October 1975



The closed station at Rotherham Central. This has now been reopened and Masborough closed

15 October 1975



Aldwarke Jn: To the right is the GC line to Mexborough and Wath and on the left the Midland line to Normanton, now only open as far as Wath Road Jn with the S&K.

15 October 1975



Meeting a class 31 on the Up Slow near Wath Road Jn

15 October 1975



Crossing the River Aire at Ferrybridge on the Swinton & Knottingly line

15 October 1975



Burton Salmon Jn: The line on the left goes to Castleford and Wakefield Kirkgate. It also used to connect via Normanton with the Leeds - Sheffield Midland line

15 October 1975



Milford Jn

15 October 1975



A northbound COBRA train of containerised coal passes Milford Jn

15 October 1975



45002 in Skelton Yard at York. I had just travelled in the cab from Tinsley

15 October 1975



Elsecar Jn, waiting for a coal train to enter Wath Yard

20 October 1975



Wombwell Yard

20 October 1975



Attaching the banker at Wombell, there are 20 or so BEVs loaded with steel behind the locos

20 October 1975



Looking back on the way up the bank

20 October 1975



West Silkstone Jn

20 October 1975



The banker drops off at West Silkstone Jn

20 October 1975



Approaching Penistone

20 October 1975



Dunford Bridge East

20 October 1975



Dunford Bridge West and the east portal of Woodhead Tunnel

20 October 1975



Entering the New Woodhead Tunnel

20 October 1975



Inside the Woodhead tunnel (!)

20 October 1975



Near Dinting

20 October 1975

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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