‘Scene’ Mainly at Clapham Junction by Peter Rose on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A break taken in London by Peter saw a selection of buses, of which, more anon.

 

Whilst an outing by rail produced this crop. 

 

Mainly at Clapham Junction.

 

His images reproduced here, are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

90005 ‘Freightliner’. 

BREL Crewe built Bo-Bo Electric Locomotive

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

 

The 50 locos built were produced between 1987-1990.

 

Working 4L89 the 04-10 from Crewe Basford Hall-Felixstowe North FLT.

 

Pictured passing Highbury & Islington station.

 

A break taken in London by Peter saw a selection of buses, of which, more anon.

 

Whilst an outing by rail produced this crop. 

 

Mainly at Clapham Junction.

 

His images reproduced here, are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

 

 

 

458514 & 458520 ‘South Western Railway’.

Alstom built Electric Multiple Units

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

 

Collectively, they are called ‘Juniper’s.

 

Working 2U39 the 1358 Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside 

 

To a ‘Midlander’ like me, the sight of trains with 8 or 12 coaches in their make up, when I am used to two or sometimes 4 coaches, seems wildly generous.

 

 

 

 

159021 & 159008 ‘South Western Railway’.

BREL Derby built Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

The Class 159’s were a three coach development from the more familiar Class 158.

 

Working 1L36 from Yeovil Junction.

 

 

 

 

455734 & 455858 ‘South Western Railway’.

BREL York built Electric Multiple Units

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

 

Working 2F32 the 12-04 from Woking to Waterloo.

 

Peter points out an interesting detail,

 

“The 455/7 was built as 3-car but extended to 4-car by adding a redundant trailer from a 508. 

 

The different carriage profile can be seen on the third vehicle”.

 

 

 

 

159105, 159010 & 158886 ‘South Western Railway’.

BREL Derby built Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

Note the mixing of Class 158 and 159s in the same train. 

 

Working 1L40 the 09-25 from Exeter St. Davids to Waterloo.

 

 

 

 

455863 & 445735 ‘South Western Railway’.

BREL York built Electric Multiple Units

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

 

Working 2D32 the 11-42 Guildford to Waterloo.

 

‘Scene’ at Stafford by Peter Rose on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Peter recently called in at Stafford railway station and has forwarded these images of what he saw there.

 

They are reproduced here with his consent and my thanks.

 

90004 ‘Freightliner’. 

BREL Crewe built Bo-Bo electric locomotive, Zero Injuries Our Goal Everyday.

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

 

Working 11-00 Crewe Basford Hall circular so presumably on test.

 

 

 

 

66432 ‘Direct Rail Services’. 

Electro Motive Diesel built Co-Co Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Working the 12-22 Crewe Basford Hall to Bescot Up Engineers.

 

 

 

 

56081 & 92028  ‘GBRailfreight’. 

British Rail Doncaster built Co-Co Diesel Electric Locomotive hauling ‘GBRailfreight’ Brush Traction built Co-Co Electric Locomotive

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

 

Working 0F45 12-00 Crewe HS to Leicester LIP.

 

Apparently 92028 had been at Crewe for repairs and required diesel traction to get it to Leicester.

 

 

 

 

88003 Genesis ‘Direct Rail Services’. 

Vossloh now Stadler Rail built Dual Mode Electro Diesel Locomotive

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

 

Working the 05-46 Mossend Down Yard to Daventry International RFT.

 

 

 

 

66726 ‘Sheffield Wednesday’,GBRailfreight’.

General Motors / Caterpillar built Co-Co Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Working 6Z92 the 08-29 Hindlow to Small Heath Lafarge.

 

‘Scene’ at Norwich

Earlier this year, I had a day out on the North Norfolk Railway (NNR) which runs from Sheringham via Weybourne to Holt. The day was a father’s day outing paid for by my son Andrew and his wife Joy.

 

We got there by way of ‘East Midland Trains’ from Nottingham to Norwich and then by ‘abellio-greateranglia’ to Sheringham.

 

158812

This unit carried us to Norwich. The journey was painfully slow, arriving something in the region of 50 minutes late.

 

The Class 158 is a product of Derby works being built between 1989 and 1992.Totaling 182 units built, they are my favourites amongst the various modern diesel units being fast (normally), warm and comfortable.

 

Norwich is at the end of a fast connection into London terminating at Liverpool Street.

 

The services are run with class 90 electric loco’s and Mark 3 coaches in push-pull mode with the loco at the London end.

 

The Class 90’s were built at Crewe between 1987 and 1990. there were 50 of this Bo-Bo design built to replace many of the earlier electric loco classes such as the 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85‘s which dated back to the 1960’s.

 

90013

 

Although not currently named, it has in the past carried ‘ The Law Society’ and ‘The Evening Star: Pride of Ipswich 1885 to 2010-125 years of serving Suffolk’.

 

 

90008 'The East Anglian'.

 

90012 'Royal Anglian Regiment'.

The coaches used are standard Mark 3’s which are a comfortable ride.

 

The ‘country end’ of these trains is provided with a Driving Van Trailer (DVT). The batch of which 82152 is a member of were built by Derby works in 1988. Used initially by  ‘Virgin Rail’ on the West Coast Main Line before being cascaded East with the introduction of the Pendolino fleet on that route.

170 273

 

Seen on the buffer stops at Norwich. Another Derby product. One of a batch of 4 sets (170 270 to 273) built by Bombardier in 2002 specifically for the then ‘Anglia Railways’ Norwich -Peterborough services.

 

 

156 416

 

Seen at Sheringham after carrying us there from Norwich. Another product of the late 1980’s this time built by Metro Cammell and designated as a ‘Super Sprinter’. One of 114 two car sets produced.

 

Operating Norwich-Great Yarmouth shuttles due to a lack of suitable DMU’s were a pair of  ‘Direct Rail Services’ (DRS) Class 47 loco’s operating in top and tail mode with a couple of ‘DRS’ liveried coaches. These were the first ‘DRS’ livered coaches I had seen.

 

The history of the Class 47’s is to long to recount in any detail here. Suffice to say, they were a product of the 1950/60’s and became one of the most successful of the U.K. diesel classes produced.

 

Produced by Brush and powered by engines that were built by Sulzer of Swiss origin.

 

47 501 ‘Craftsman’

 

 

47 805 ‘John Scott 12.5.45-22.5.12’

 

A 2 car unit was made up by coupling two Class 153’s together. In this case 153335 (named Michael Palin) and 153314.

 

Andrew spotted this. Norwich possesses neither subway or footbridge access......!