 | 1st Apr 2005 | A trip to Cardiff, May 1980
A few photos of Cardiff Canton Depot and Cardiff Central Station, taken on 8th May 1980. Alas the 110 camera wasn't really up to the task and the photos are pretty poor quality.
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 | 27th May 2006 | Consett Steelworks Swansong
These photos of the railway and the steelworks at Consett were taken in (we think), 1980, in the final months of the steelworks before closure. More to upload when they are scanned in. If you'd like to clarify or add anything to the commentary, please drop us a line. Some discolouration of the negatives. Thanks to Malcolm Braim for the informative descriptions.
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 | 2nd Apr 2005 | Denham Station, Summer 1981
At last I got my hands on a 35mm SLR! A few photos of Denham Station (Joint Great Central and Great Western Railway) in the Summer of 1981.
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 | 2nd Apr 2005 | Doncaster Depot, August 1980
Some photos from another RPPR Railtour on 10th August 1980 to Doncaster Depot. Poor photo quality (I had to rely on a disposible camera!) Brand spanking new class 56s plus a few old boys put out to grass.
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 | 2nd Apr 2005 | Guide Bridge and Reddish, June 1980
A trip to see the last of the class 76s at Guide Bridge and Reddish on 7th June 1980.
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 | 1st Apr 2005 | London stations, May 1980
Some photos of a day out in London in May 1980, including shots of Wood Green, Kings Cross, Euston, Finsbury Park and Waterloo.
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 | 5th May 2006 | Marylebone - Aynho Junction Memories
Under construction...
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 | 18th Aug 2006 | Merrymaker Memories
We went all over the place for a fiver, sometimes without even knowing where we were going (the famed mystery tours!) Our regular pickups were Gerrards Cross and Slough, Class 47 traction ruled. Great days.
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 | 2nd Apr 2005 | Metropolitan Railway, Summer 1981
Seeing is believing! Class 20s on the Met at Rickmansworth and Moor Park pulling an excursion train in the summer of 1981.
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 | 16th Mar 2005 | Rickmansworth Church Street and Croxley Mill Branch, January 1981
A few photos of the former LMSR disused Rickmansworth Church Street and Croxley Mill branch, near Watford, on a bleak January day in 1981. These photos were taken around the Tolpits Lane Bridge section of th railway.
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 | 19th Mar 2005 | Shirebook Depot, January 1981
A few shots of Shirebrook Depot, 31st January 1981.
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 | 24th Mar 2005 | Sonning Cutting, February 1986
A few photos on a wintery day in February 1986 of Sonning Cutting, near Reading.
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 | 1st Apr 2005 | Spotter Special, March 1980
A few grainy shots from the extravaganza that was the "Spotter Special", a railtour organised by the RPPR on 29th March 1980.
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 | 16th Mar 2005 | Staines West Branch, July 1981
A few photos of the track lifting and demolition of one of the bridges prior to the remains of the line being buried beneath the M25 motorway. One of the photos shows the remains of the war-time spur that linked the west branch with the main line. There's also a photo of the surviving part of Uxbridge High Street Station prior to its demolition. The Ordnance Survey extract from the 1940s shows the Staines West line prior or the building of the Queen Mary reservoir and the coming of the M25.
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 | 24th Mar 2005 | Stockport, circa 1985
A few photos from a trip to Stockport.
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 | 1st Apr 2005 | Stratford Depot, May 1980
A few shots of Stratford Depot on their open day on 9th February 1980 (crappy 110 camera was all I had!)
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 | 19th Mar 2005 | Toton Depot, January 1981
Some photos of Toton Depot on an open day on 31st January 1981.
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 | 8th Mar 2006 | Uxbridge Vine Street and High Street: Past and Present
Some photos of the two disused former GWR railway stations in Uxbridge, Middlesex, plus a couple of the remains of Cowley Station, the only intermediate station between Uxbridge Vine Street and the main line at West Drayton. We've estimated that the black and white photos of Vine Street and Cowley were taken in the summer of 1965, and the colour photos of High Street circa 1977. The present day photos were taken in March 2006.
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 | 1st Jun 2006 | Western twilight
A small collection of photos of the Class 52 Western diesel hydraulics, circa 1976. More coming soon....
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 | 19th Mar 2005 | Westhouses Depot, January 1981
A couple of photos of Westhouses Depot, 31st January 1981.
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 | 18th Mar 2006 | Weymouth Station and the Quay Tramway
Some photos taken of Weymouth Station (and one of Wool Station) complete with semaphore signals and the famous quay tramway. The photos of the disused line show part of the Easton Branch from Weymouth (Melcombe Regis). We've estimated these photos were taken in the period 1976-78. Some discolouration due to the aging of the negatives.
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