‘Scene’ on the rails in Todmorden on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose supplied the images for this blog for which I thank him.

 

Todmorden is a market town in the Upper Calder valley in West Yorkshire.

 

The railway came to the town in 1841 when the ‘Manchester and Leeds Railway’ (M&LR) started services.

 

Evolving through various mergers to become part of the ‘London Midland & Scottish Railway’ in 1923 and ‘British Railways’ in 1948.

 

We come up to date with the modern station being part of the railway network being managed by ‘Northern Rail’.

 

158754 & 153324 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working the 09-17 Leeds to North Western-Leeds.

 

The flowers are very attractive.

 

 

 

 

150115 &150103 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL York built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 2N94 the 08-53 Kirkby to Blackburn.

 

 

 

 

195005 & 195013 ‘Northern Rail’. CAF (Spain) built  Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Working 1D74 the 09-42 Leeds to Chester.

 

 

 

 

158845 & 153331 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built  and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Working 2l07 the 0854 Wigan North Western-Leeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60096 ‘RAILFREIGHT’.

Brush built diesel electric locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

‘Scene’ on the Rails in the Southwest on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter M. Rose’s images have appeared before on my blog. 

 

His images from a visit to the Lathalmond Bus Museum in Scotland appeared on 02/04/2018. 

 

This time he has pointed his camera in the direction of the trains of the Southwest and of course, I have his permission to publish these images.

 

Class 35 Hymek ‘British Railways’  No. D7017. Beyer Peacock built Diesel Hydraulic Locomotive

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Williton on the ‘West Somerset Railway’.

 

 

No. 7822 ‘Foxcote Manor’& No. 53808 ’S&D’ 2-8-0 ‘British Railways’

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Williton on the ‘West Somerset Railway’.

 

 

Class 800 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 800029. Hitachi IEP Electro-Diesel Multiple Unit

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen leaving Dawlish on a Paignton-Exeter test run.

 

 

Class 158 ‘First Great Western’ No. 158958. BREL Derby built Express Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Westbury on a Cardiff Central-Portsmouth Harbour service.

 

 

Class 150 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 150239. BREL York built DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Starcross with the River Exe in the background on a Exeter-Paignton service.

 

 

 

Class 150 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 150216. BREL York built DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Par on a Penzance-Plymouth service.

 

Note the original ‘Great Western Railway’s semaphore signal.

 

 

 

Class 43 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 43194. BREL Crewe built HST

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Newton Abott on a London Paddington-Penzance service.

 

Note the mix of liveries with the coaches being in the ‘First Great Western’ Dynamic Lines livery.

 

 

 

Class 159 ‘South Western Railway’ No. 159101. BREL Derby built Express Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Exeter St. Davids on a Waterloo-Exeter service.

 

 

 

Class 158 ‘South Western Railway’ No. 158887. BREL Derby built Express Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen at Exeter St. Davids on a Waterloo-Exeter service.

 

 

 

Class 143 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 143619. Hunslet/Barclay / Walter Alexander built DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Starcross on an Exeter-Paignton service.

 

 

 

Class 150 ‘First Great Western’ No. 150219. BREL York built DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Exeter St. Davids on an Exeter-Paignton service.

 

 

 

Class 158 ‘Great Western Railway’ No. 158950. BREL Derby built Express Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Seen at Salisbury on a Bristol Temple Meads-Barnham service.

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at Leeds Railway Station on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Northern Rail’, part of the ‘ARRIVA’ group are the most prominent operator in and out of Leeds with services radiating to all points of the compass.

 

‘TransPennine Express’, part of ‘First’ group operate across the North of England and into Scotland serving both Glasgow and Edinburgh.

 

The link South and to London is currently in the hands of ‘Virgin East Coast’.

 

Since this blog was first written, ‘Virgin East Coast’ has been stripped of the East Coast franchise which is now being run in a form of Nationalization by ‘London North Eastern Railway’.

 

Class 142 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 142060. BREL Pacer DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I am sure that everyone by now knows the story of the trains derived from the Leyland National bus that despite their poor reputation are still in widespread use.

 

 

 

Class 144 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 144002. BREL / Walter Alexander Pacer DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Walter Alexander’ are part of the ‘Alexander Dennis Ltd’. group of today.

 

 

 

Class 150/1 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 150118. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 150/2 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 150275. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Basically the Class 150 but with corridor connections.

 

Seen in a ‘Northern Rail’ livery that was new to me.

 

 

 

Class 322 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 322482. BREL York EMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Originally built for the London Liverpool Street to Stanstead Airport Service.

 

 

 

 Class 333 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 333 010 ‘in ‘West Yorkshire Metro’ livery. Siemans Mobility and CAF EMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Built for use out of Leeds and Bradford to Ilkley and Skipton.

 

These units wear a hybrid livery combning elements of ‘Northern Rail’ and ‘West Yorkshire Metro’.

 

 

 

Class 91 ‘Virgin East Coast’No. 91114, ‘Durham Cathedral’. BREL Crewe

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

This loco also carries the additional branding under the forward cab window.

 

THE VERY REVEREND

 

MICHAEL SADGROVE

 

DEAN OF DURHAM 2003-2015

 

 

 

 British Mark 4 railway coach No. 12208 ‘Virgin East Coast’. Metro Cammell / GEC-Alsthom

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The livery used by ‘Virgin East Coast’ owes a lot to the similar livery worn by trains of the ‘Furka Oberalp’ railway in Switzerland.

 

 

Class 185 ‘TransPennine Express’ No. 185126. Siemens Desiro DMU

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ at Stockport Railway Station on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Stockport station lies on the main line to London, South of Manchester.

 

It lies at the Southern end of a long viaduct which carries the line across the River Mersey.

 

Stockport No. 2 Signal Box

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Signal boxes are an important part of the railway infrastructure and this example at the North end of the station is a magnificent example of the type.

 

 

 

Class 390 ‘Virgin Rail’ No. 390 002. Alstom Pendolino EMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen coming off the viaduct before stopping at the station on its way to  London.

 

An interesting image which also shows the complexity of the overhead catenary.

 

 

 

Class 150/1 ‘Northern Rail’ No.150114. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A two car unit headed for Manchester.

 

 

 

Class 150/1 ‘Northern Rail’ No.150119. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A three car unit headed for Manchester.

 

 

 

Class 150/2 ‘Northern Rail’ No.150271. BREL York Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Basically the 150/1 with corridor connections.

 

Heading up the long branch to Buxton.

 

 

 

Class 156 ‘Northern Rail’ No.156483. Metro-Cammell Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 220 ‘cross country’ No 220009. Bombardier Voyager DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Class 323 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 323236. Hunslet Transportation EMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen on its way to Crewe.

 

 

 

Class 185 ‘First TransPennine Express’ No 185135. Siemens Desiro DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen on its way to Cleethorpes.

 

 

 

Class 158 ‘East Midlands Trains’ No. 158799. BREL Derby Express Sprinter DMU

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ in the Southwest. ‘Trains at Dawlish’ on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I don’t think that there are many ‘Camping Coaches’ still at large in the UK. This typically pre and early post-war form of holiday has largely been replaced by the Costa’s and the Canaries amongst others.

 

‘Dawlish Warren’ is home to eight such, seven former British Railways Mk.1’s and one from the LMS.

 

Their proximity to the main line is shown in this image.

 

These are still available for hire with the new owner stating that they are to be refurbished for the 2018 season.

 

Camping Coaches at Dawlish Warren

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 43 No. 43027 ‘Great Western Railway’ HST ’90 Glorious Years’

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Branded ’90 Glorious Years’ to celebrate the 90th. birthday of HM Queen Elizabeth 2nd.

Class 43 No. 43087 ‘Great Western Railway’ HST

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen running along the sea wall approaching Dawlish with the Langstone Rock in the background.

 

 

 

Class 43 No. 43158 ‘Great Western Railway’ HST

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Seen leaving Dawlish Station.

 

 

 

 Class 220 No. 220014 ‘crosscountry’ Voyager

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Taken from the foot of Langstone Rock with the town of Dawlish in the distance.

 

 

 

Class 220 No. 220029 ‘crosscountry’ Voyager

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Leaving Dawlish station heading North.

 

 

 

Class 150/2 No. 150232 ‘Great Western Railway’DMU /1

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Seen leaving Dawlish and wearing the new ‘Great Western Railway’ green livery. 

 

The yellow ends do nothing to disguise what to me seems a dreadfully dull livery. 

 

When you think of what graced these tracks in the original ‘Great Western Railway’ days, IKB would not be pleased !!!

 

 

 

Class 150/2 No. 150232 ‘Great Western Railway’ DMU /2

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 Class 150/1 No. 150925 ‘Great Western Railway’ DMU

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Showing the close proximity of the railway line to the beach and the sea.

 

 

 

Class 150/2 No. 150216 ‘Great Western Railway’ DMU

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Pictured leaving Dawlish station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in Manchester Picadilly Railway Station on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A bright sunny day in Manchester no less.

 

I remember this station in steam days when it was smokey and gloomy and the sun did not shine in like it did on this visit.

 

I would like to say that I missed it, but I did’nt.

 

Class 323 227 ‘Northern Rail’ Electric Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class142 053 ‘Northern Rail’ Diesel Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class142 053 ‘Northern Rail’ Diesel Multiple Unit /1

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 220 020 Voyager ‘Arriva Cross Country Trains’ Diesel Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 390 154 Pendolino ‘Virgin West Coast’ Electric Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 150 149 ‘Northern Rail’ Diesel Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 390 141 Pendolino ‘Virgin West Coast’ Electric Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Class 150 139 Northern Rail’ Diesel Multiple Unit

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’