Album UK Railways from tarboat

Winston Churchill

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 29 May 2026 06:10:22 +0000

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Canadian style pacific locomotive 'Winston Churchill' was completed for the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway by the Yorkshire Engine Company (2294) in 1931. It is seen here awaiting departure from Hythe with a train to Dungeness. During the journey a slight rain shower caused the locomotive to slip repeatedly and the driver did well to keep the train moving.

Volk's Electric

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:30:45 +0000

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The Volk's Electric Railway at Brighton is the oldest working electric railway in the world. It has been in service since 1883. It runs for one and a quarter miles along the top of the beach from the Aquarium Station near Brighton Pier to the Marina.

On the crossing

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 25 May 2026 06:21:07 +0000

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Hunslet Engine Co 3163 of 1953, running as former J94 Austerity 68032, crosses the road in pouring rain as it runs round its train at Bodiam.

Parkend Pannier

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:26:43 +0000

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Arrival at Parkend with the ballast hoppers. A great charter with 9681 on the Dean Forest Railway.

North Midland Railway

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:51:41 +0000

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Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust has restored the old station building at Wingfield on the route of the North Midland Railway which opened a line from Derby to Leeds in 1840. As part of the interpretation of the station and surroundings the Trust raised £8,000 through a crowd funding appeal to save the stone crest with the coat of arms of the railway that once adorned the main entrance to the original Derby Railway Station, and relocate it to Wingfield Station where it can now be seen at the back of the car park.

Cab sheet

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:40:13 +0000

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The footplate crew are trying to keep the rain off them as ex Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 0-6-0 52322 takes its ballast train through the station at Embsay.

Pages Park

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 05:46:03 +0000

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A flavour of the light railways used in World War 1 at the Pages Park shed on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway. On the left is War Department Light Railways 303 - Hunslet 1215 of 1916. On the right is Baldwin built British War Department locomotive 778. Built in 1917 this locomotive is one of four survivors in the UK of the total of 495 delivered by Baldwin.

Skelly Bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:24:20 +0000

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Bulleid pacific 34067 'Tangmere' heads the Great Britain XVIII tour up the Midland Railway Disley cutoff line on its way to Carlisle. The train is approaching the Hatherlow Lane footbridge in Hazel Grove. It was over sixty years ago that I used to spot trains from this bridge and it was a real bit of nostalgia to see steam again at this spot, even if it wasn't the ex LMS and LNER locomotives that we used to see. As kids we knew this location as 'Skelly Bridge'. There weren't any trees and it was double track back in the day.

Keighley

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:52:38 +0000

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4F 43924 waits to enter the station at Keighley with a mixed train.

Coal drops

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 06:57:57 +0000

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This weekend saw the Macclesfield Model Railway Exhibition and amidst the large array of excellent layout was Kerrinhead. Set in the 1920s this former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway branch terminus was presented by Scalefour Society members Gavin and Helen Clarke. These are the coal drops, a feature I haven't often seen modelled.

Ballast hoppers

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 06:16:15 +0000

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Lovely autumn light as Pannier 9681 brings the ballast hoppers uphill at Norchard on the Dean Forest Railway.

Vollert

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:58:19 +0000

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'High Peak' is a Co-Co diesel hydraulic shunter built by Vollert (O2/013 2013) and operated by Tarmac plc at Tunstead Quarry. It is one of only two Vollert built locos imported into the UK. Behind is one of the three 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic locomotives at Tunstead.

Bewdley WD

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:33:24 +0000

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WD 90733 pulls away from Bewdley with a ballast train on the Severn Valley Railway.

Low sun

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:18:02 +0000

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The sun is low and the shadows a creeping onto the rails as 'Ironclad' 52044 heads its train south from Haworth on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway.

Darley Dale

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:41:23 +0000

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LNWR Coal Tank 1054 rolls a short freight into Darley Dale on the Peak Rail line towards Matlock.

Tattoo

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:55:36 +0000

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Kerr Stuart 2395/1917 Tattoo in action at the Apedale winter gala.

Hard work

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:17:04 +0000

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Barton Wright Class 25 'Ironclad' 52044 is working hard as it heads away from Damems Junction towards Oakworth on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway.

Buxton Spa

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:18:08 +0000

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The going away shot at Middlewood of Black 5, 45407 heading the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton.

Keef 4

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 06:42:51 +0000

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Alan Keef No.4 in the shed at the Lindow Moss peat farm in May 1985. At the time the site was being operated by Country Kitchen Foods Ltd with the peat being used for growing mushrooms. I never saw this locomotive out on the line. It arrived new in 1979. In the background is Lister 52528.

A Black 5 at Middlewood

nobody@ipernity.com (tarboat) — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 16:25:09 +0000

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Black 5, 45407 heads the Buxton Spa Express towards Buxton. It was even running a couple of minutes early.