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

I commented to Peter Rose that 2 classes of EMUs seen in the recent blog dealing with trains at Haymarket (posted 09/08/2021) were unfamiliar to me being exclusively Scottish.

 

Had he got anything I might recognise?

 

He duly obliged with these which are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

170407 Turbostar ‘Scotrail’ ‘British Transport Police 61016’ livery. Bombardier Transportation built Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

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

 

Pictured at Haymarket.

 

Working 1B08 Inverness-Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

170413 and 170393 Turbostar ‘Scotrail’. Bombardier Transportation built Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

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

 

Pictured at Inverkeithing.

 

Working 2K07 Edinburgh-Glenrothes with Thornton.

 

 

 

 

158707 and 158733 ‘Scotrail’. BREL Derby built Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

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

 

Pictured at Haymarket.

 

Working 2K04 Glenrothes with Thornton to Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

158707, 158726 and 158731 ‘Scotrail’. BREL Derby built Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

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

 

Pictured at Inverkeithing.

 

Working 2G04 Glenrothes with Thornton to Edinburgh.

 

 

 

 

107 739 ‘British Rail’. British Rail Derby built  Diesel Electric Multiple Unit

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

 

I further commented how unsightly the mass of overhead wiring looked at Haymarket and wondered what it might have looked like prior to the wires going up.

 

He responded with this image which he took in 1990.

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at Clay Cross Junction in Derbyshire on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The railway junction at Clay Cross lies six miles South of Chesterfield on what is known as the ‘Midland Main Line’.

 

At this point the line travelling South diverges with the Erewash Valley line turning East to serve Nottingham and the Amber/Derwent Valley line turning West to serve Derby.

 

Having left both Nottingham and Derby, the lines re-connect at Trent Junction and continue on Southwards to serve Leicester and on to London.

 

There was a station at the junction from as early as the 1840’s although any sign of it has long gone.

 

Many thanks are extended to friend Peter Rose for details of the train workings.

 

66565 ‘Freightliner’, EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

It is working 1050 Doncaster Up Decoy to Toton North Yard.

 

The site of the former station buildings lies beyond the locomotive where the railings are today.

 

 

 

 

Clay Cross Engine Shed

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

 

The former engine shed still stands at the South of where the station buildings stood. 

 

It is still used for commercial purposes. 

 

At one time it housed a former’ Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway’ tramcar which currently resides at ‘Crich Tramway Village’. 

 

It can be seen by Googling  ‘List of tramcars at the National Tramway Museum’.

 

Then looking on the stock list for ‘Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway No. 14’.

 

 

 

 

158796 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built DMU

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

 

Pictured working South to Nottingham as 1Y09 the hourly service from Leeds via Sheffield.

 

 

 

43484 ‘EMR’.  Paired with 43467 'Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service’ /  ‘British Transport Police Nottingham’.  1C52  1400 Sheffield - St. Pancras. BREL Crewe built HST 

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

 

For those not familiar with the initials ‘EMR’. It stands for ‘East Midlands Railway’.

 

Pictured working North coming off the Derby line taking empty coaching stock to Sheffield.

 

It returned later in the day working via Derby to London.

 

‘EMR’ have started to put the identification numbers low down on the side of the units bodywork.

 

 

 

 

170419 ‘EMR’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU

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

 

Just North of the junction and pictured working a driver training trip from Eastcroft (‘EMR’s depot in Nottingham) to Chesterfield and pictured here on the return journey as 5Z02.

 

The livery is the full ‘new EMR’ livery.

 

 

 

 

66587 ‘Freightliner’ ‘AS ONE, WE CAN’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive

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

 

Working 1218 Leeds FLT to Southampton MCT .

 

 

 

 

222021 ‘EMR INTERCITY’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU

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

 

Pictured in ‘East Midlands Trains' livery earlier livery.

 

'East Midlands Trains' being the forerunner of 'East Midlands Railway'.

 

Working 1C42 from Sheffield to London St. Pancras.

 

‘Scene’ Within the Environment on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Anyone who studies the transport press will be aware that magazine editors like to publish images of trains, buses and aircraft ‘Within the Environment’ (WtE).

 

That means that apart from the subject which is generally reduced in size, the viewer also gets to see the background which will include all manner of items such as fields, hills, trees, people, animals, other similar subjects, street furniture, railway infrastructure etc, etc. The list goes on. 

 

My approach has always been to crop tight to the subject, after all that’s what people are looking at, or is it ? 

 

At least that’s what I have always thought.

 

However after much discussion wth friend Peter Rose and others I am prepared to try to give the ‘WtE’ approach a try.

 

This blog then, using images ‘borrowed’ from Peter and used with his permission is a trial of the ‘Within the Environment’ philosophy. 

 

It will be interesting to see in the statistics I get from ‘Flickr’ how it is received by your goodselves.

 

If you like it, keep clicking on the image which will translate itself into views that the images have achieved.

 

46229 ‘Duchess of Hamilton’ ‘British Railways’ LMS Crewe built Express Passenger Loco /1

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

 

Could this be the ultimate train ‘WtE’ image?? (More later).

 

Pictured coming North approaching Dent station On the Settle-Carlisle line.

 

 

 

 

 Class 387 ‘Gatwick Express’ No. 387226. Adtranz (Derby) built EMU

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

 

Pictured approaching Clapham Junction.

 

 

 

Class 153 ‘Northern Rail’ No. 153317. Leyland built Class 155 Super Sprinter DMU

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

 

Subsequently re-worked by Hunslet Barclay into single car Class 153’s.

 

Pictured Leaving New Holland, passing Barrow Road signal box on the Barton-on-Humber branch.

 

 

 

Class 166 ‘First Great Western’ No. 166208. BREL York built ‘Turbo Sprinter’

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

 

Pictured coming off the Birmingham to Worcester Shrub Hill and beyond line to run into Worcester Foregate Street station.

 

 

 

Class 156 ‘Northern Rail’ No.156438. Metro-Cammell built Super Sprinter DMU

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

 

Pictured arriving at Lealholm on the Middlesborough-Whitby line.

 

 

 

 

Class 158 ‘Scotrail’ No 158707. BREL Derby built Express Sprinter DMU

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

 

Seen leaving Achnasheen and heading East towards Inverness.

 

 

 

 

46229 ‘Duchess of Hamilton’ ‘British Railways’ LMS Crewe built Express Passenger Loco /2

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

 

Yes folks, it finally made it !

 

Pictured coming North approaching Dent station On the Settle-Carlisle line.

 

 

‘Scene’ in Llandudno 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

AS A THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT READ AND SUPPORT MY BLOG, IT IS MY INTENTION THAT ON EVERY DAY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEARS DAY (ALL BEING WELL) I WILL BE PUBLISHING A BLOG DAILY.

 

For ‘Scene’ in Llandudno 1 go to blog dated 26/11/2018.

 

YX17 NNM ‘Llew Jones’, Llanwrst. Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /1

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

 

An Alexander Dennis Ltd, Falkirk demonstrator working for ‘Llew Jones’on the X19 service from Llandudno to Betws Y Coed.

 

 

 

YX17 NNM ‘Llew Jones’, Llanwrst. Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC /2

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

 

An Alexander Dennis Ltd, Falkirk demonstrator working for ‘Llew Jones’on the X19 service from Llandudno to Betws Y Coed.

 

 

 

 

NSU 136 ‘Llew Jones’, Llanwrst. Optare Solo M850

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

 

New as YJ54 ZXV to ‘Shuttle Buses’, Kilwinning, Scotland.

 

 

 

YJ15 AFZ ‘Llew Jones’, Llanwrst. Optare Solo M780SE

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

New to ‘Coastal Coaches’, Warton, Lancs.

 

 

 

CX14 BYC ‘ARRIVA Buses Wales’ No. 3166 ‘cymru coastliner’. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar

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

 

 

 

CX14 BXZ ‘ARRIVA Buses Wales’ No. 4539 ‘Sapphire 12’. Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

 

 

CX57 CYT ‘ARRIVA Buses Wales’ No. 663. Optare Solo

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

 

 

 

Class 158 ‘ARRIVA Trains Wales’ No. 158827. BREL Derby built DMU

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

 

Not quite in Llandudno but on its way there, leaving Deganwy station.

 

‘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 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’