"mixed doubles" 20077 and 20135 await duty on Bescot holding sidings |
"split" 40126 on Bescot holding sidings |
20073 & 20172 ease through the Down slow in Walsall station with a train of empty steel carriers for the northeast. The old goods shed is now a car park, and trains regularly use that platform 1 over there |
20073 leads a classmate through Bescot station |
20135 trundles along the "Goods" with a set of 16 ton minerals - probably a trip of empties from Wednesbury tip. |
20159 prepares to work the fuel trip back from Derby to Toton. Note the brakevan on the rear, mandatory as the guard couldn't ride with the driver in those days. |
20167 & 20174 prepare to draw their train of HUOs through the rapid loader at Daw Mill colliery running as 9T76 from, and returning to Hams Hall power station. |
20182 leads a sister and a brakevan through Walsall, probably T18 for MidCannock and a day of "slacklugging" |
37216 is stabled on Bescot holding sidings |
37298 stands in Coton Hill yard Shrewsbury with a train of coal hoppers (HEAs). Note the odd signal in the background with arms facing both ways. |
37408 runs into Spean Bridge with a Fort William-Glasgow Queen St service |
37425 leads an ailing 37408 upgrade out of Crianlarich towards it's home near Glasgow. |