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JohnW1

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All Our Yesterdays – 55 Years Ago – January 1964

Diesel and electric locomotive building was in full swing with British Railways workshops at Darlington and Derby building class 25’s and Swindon and Crewe building class 52 Westerns. Locomotive contractors were also in production with English Electric building at Vulcan Foundry and also at the Robert Stephensons and Hawthorn works, Darlington class 37’s, Clayton at Derby were building class 17’s, Beyer Peacock building class 35 Hymeks and Brush were building class 47’s at Loughborough.

New locomotives:
Class 17 – D8567/68/69/70/71/72/73/74
Class 25 – D5243/44/45/46/47, D7582/83
Class 35 – D7098/99
Class 37 – D6887/88/89/90/91, D6912/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/20/21/22/24
Class 47 – D1550/51/52/53/54, D1698, D1700/01/07/08/09/10/11/12/13
Class 52 – D1027 Western Lancer, D1033 Western Trooper
Class 85 – E3094

With main line diesel production in the month of over fifty locomotives it is a little surprising the steam withdrawals in the month showed a marked decline from the preceding few months with only one hundred and fifty seven condemned spread over forty nine classes. However, this included another BR Standard class locomotive 84007 only ten years old and the first inroad into the Stanier 8F 2-8-0’s with six withdrawn. Also, one main line diesel was withdrawn BRCW prototype D0260 Lion. At least three of the January withdrawals escaped being broken up Great Western Hall 4-6-0 4936 and Southern Railway S15 4-6-0’s 30825 and 30847.

4936 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8260552960/
4936 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5644933593/
30825 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6020455805/
30825 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6573683509/
30847 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6573681921/
D5243 (25093) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7554102624/
D5246 (25096) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6606743425/
D7098 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32851769652/
D6888 (37188) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30483809535/
D6890 (37314) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8527477414/
D6912 (37212) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8554167512/
D6917 (97304) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7147462393/
D6918 (37218) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8497440206/
D6919 (37219) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30413745232/
D1551 (47529) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5548650612/
D1553 (47437) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14943339235/
D1700 (47112) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12713766093/
D1707 (47487) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14399831841/
D1708 (47119) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8282597397/
D1709 (47120) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/46739947911/
D1710 (47121) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29554997874/
D1712 (47123) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7430217100/
 

JohnW1

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23rd January

1977
M51602 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9096631521/
1982
31191 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31036338131/
45063 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29776487902/
45147 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29599274244/
45148 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29600105363/
47401 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30782698250/
47508 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30817533586/
47537 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30781746473/
47558 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29806929951/
47568 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30218624303/
2013
97304 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8440559012/
170115 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8440560070/
222005 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8439466497/
2016
60001 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/24281523350/
66174 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/24511492142/
222018 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/23950213773/
Toton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/23993039873/
2017
378257 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32860985061/
3252 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32604525430/
3267 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32944944296/
3557 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32604523750/
2018
66091 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/25430347767/
66198 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40389623442/
66250 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40349796662/
153321 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40406912562/
153334 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40294674431/
158780 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/39566310214/
170503 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/38523988330/
222001 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/38626699970/
323201 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/38565235420/
323208 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40340045931/
323213 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/38503339170/
323218 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/39414623975/
323242 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/40308210662/
 

JohnW1

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All Our Yesterdays – 40 Years Ago – January 1979

New Locomotives
43109/10, 56054

Locomotives Withdrawn
08117/51/55/56/58, 27201, 84001

Locomotives Named
47170 County of Norfolk, 47172 County of Hertfordshire, 47180 County of Suffolk, 47184 County of Cambridgeshire, 47701 Saint Andrew, 86220 Goliath

A number of the above I photographed during there careers and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome.

27201 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5592675675/
43109 (43309) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8498852095/
43110 (43310) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6841734108/
47170 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/21295970388/
47180 (47584) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/36771962321/
84001 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12582377395/
86220 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16472914884/
 

JohnW1

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All Our Yesterdays – 35 Years Ago – January 1984

New Locomotives
56129, 58009

Locomotives Withdrawn
08262, 08350/51/59, 25049, 25117/31/52, 25221/89, 40034, 40124/33

Locomotives Modified
From Class 31/1 to Class 31/4 (ETH fitment)
31236 – 31433

Locomotives Named
43095 Heaton, 43157 Yorkshire Evening Post

New Diesel Multiple Units
141003/04

A number of the above I photographed during their careers and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome.

08350 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5691951863/
25049 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5542388360/
31236 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29297512316/
40034 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6118917213/
40133 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/30761817758/
43095 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8372696110/
 

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On 2.2.85 there was the first big increase in opo for nearly 2 years. These included routes 4, 33, 69, 76, 86, 141, 161, 190 (now mainly covered by route 60), 208 and 260.
 

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