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All Our Yesterdays – 40 Years Ago – May 1977

New Locomotives
43053/54, 56009/16/17/19/20/22/31

Locomotives Withdrawn
20024, 44010

Locomotives Stored:
08122/40/80*, 08556*

* Subsequently reinstated

Locomotives Modified
Dual Brake Fitted:
25077, 25262, 25322, 37042

Air brake fitted and vacuum brake removed
08428

Shortage of Midland Line type 4 power resulted in 31111 being used on the 13:12 Nottingham – St Pancras and 16:23 St Pancras – Derby on the 4th May 1977

On the 11th May 1977 44005 worked a Crewe – Ferme Park empty stock train returning light engine to the London Midland Region.

On the 24th May 1977 British Rail ran nine football extras (Footex) from Liverpool Lime Street to Dover/Folkestone for Liverpool supporters making there way to Rome for the European Cup Final. Motive power was electric locomotive to Mitre Bridge and class 33 to Dover/Folkestone

South Wales Shunter Duties May 1977
Newport Ebbw Junction 7 x class 08
Newport Docks 4 x class 08
Aberbeeg/Ebbw Vale 1 x class 08
Abercwmboi 1x class 08
Radyr 6 x class 08
Barry 2 x class 08
Cardiff Docks 9 class 08
Cardiff General 1 x class 08
Margam 7 x class 08
Briton Ferry 1 x class 08
Swansea East Dock 6 x class 08
Llanelli 5 x class 03, 3 x class 08
Burry Port 1 x class 03 or 08
Carmarthen 1 x class 08
Fishguard Harbour 1 x class 08
Pantyffynnon 1 x class 08

Total 56 duties

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

08428 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6010900274/
08556 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7306728250/
25262 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7306726836/
25322 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6875796058/
31111 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5893193606/
37042 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6475512969/
43053 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/25925634175/
43054 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12829874085/
44010 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5528109001/
56020 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7111757031/
56022 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5819886565/
56031 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6265193479/
 
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All Our Yesterdays – 35 Years Ago – May 1982

New Locomotives
43191/92/93, 56107

Locomotives Withdrawn
08178, 08313/87, 25274, 40136, 46036

Locomotives Named
37207 William Cookworthy, 47535 University of Leicester, 47550 University of Dundee, 86211 City of Milton Keynes

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

43193 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/26544533846/
56107 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5642117171/
86211 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8046142678/
 
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Traction Changes – May 2017.

Stored: 60020*, 66020*/43/54*, 66110*/35*/40*/42*/61*/84, 66595/96/97, 66956/57
*Subsequently reinstated
Reinstated: 08742, 50008, 60019/92, 92028

A number of the above can be seen in this collection

08742 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/28378250494/
50008 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/9477606770/
60019 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8764135178/
60020 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/26221947623/
60092 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14026220462/
66054 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14026244091/
66110 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8609253736/
66135 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31385197310/
66140 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5989528543/
66142 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/31610721952/
66161 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8715736721/
66595 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6115353576/
66596 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/13899851040/
66956 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14893044737/
 
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All Our Yesterdays – 60 Years Ago –June 1957

Sixty years ago Standard class steam locomotives were still in production with fourteen locomotives delivered in the month. Diesel shunter production was progressing at a steady rate with seventeen locomotives delivered in the month. There was also an increasing flow of new diesel multiple units. The highlight however was the first of the Pilot Scheme main line diesel programme to be delivered in the form of English Electric Type 1 D8000.

New Locomotives
Standard Class 5 4-6-0 – 73154
Standard Class 4 4-6-0 – 75063/64
Standard Class 4 2-6-0 – 76089/90/91/92, 76101/02/03
Standard Class 2 2-6-2T – 84029
Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 – 92133/34/35
Class 05 – 11166/67/68 (D2563/64/65)
Class 08 – 13352/53/54/55/56/57 (D3352/53/54/55/56/57), D3358/59, D3457/58/59/60/61/62
Class 20 - D8000
New Diesel Multiple Units
Swindon Inter City – W79091/92/93/94, W79440/41
Gloucester RCW (Class 100) – Sc50341/42, Sc56096/97
Metro Cammell (Class 101) – E50212/13/14/22/23/24/25, E56064/65/66/74/75/76/77
Metro Cammell (Class 102) – E50250/51/60/61
BRCW (Class 104) – M50430/31/32/33/82/83/84/85, M59138/39/40/41
Cravens (Class 105) – E50387, E56142
BR Derby (Class 116) – W50062/63/64/65/68/69/72/73, W50104/05/06/07/10/11/14/15, W59012/13/14/15/18/19/22/23
BR Eastleigh 6L (Class 202) – 1013

In the month forty nine steam locomotives were withdrawn, twenty three being over fifty years old with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 23 Class 0-6-0ST 51474 being the oldest, having been built by Kitsons, entering traffic in September 1880 and condemned just short of seventy seven years later. The majority of these withdrawals were the older main line secondary and branch line passenger engines and old freight engines who were at the bottom of the cascade of power from the continued delivery of the Standards and Diesel Multiple Units. Eighteen locomotives condemned were built post the 1923 grouping, namely twelve Great Western Railway tank engines (6 14xx/58xx 0-4-2T, a 51xx 2-6-2T and two a 45xx 2-6-2T), two London Midland and Scottish Railway Class 4P 4-4-0’s, and four London and North Eastern Railway N2 0-6-2T. Only the six 14xx/58xx tanks however could be considered as a post grouping design.

D3462 (08377) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/22170587702/
Sc56097 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/23276158383/
Sc56097 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11184572965/
E50214 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/13553865845/
 
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All Our Yesterdays – 55 Years Ago –June 1962

Diesel and Electric locomotive building was in full swing with British Railways workshops at Darlington building class 08’s and class 10’s, Horwich building class 08’s, Derby building class 46 “Peaks”, Crewe building class 45 “Peaks” and Swindon building class 52’s Westerns. Locomotive contractors were also in production with English Electric building at Vulcan Foundry class 37’s and class 40’s and class 83 electric locomotives. Also English Electric were building at the Robert Stephensons and Hawthorn Works, Darlington class 37’s., Beyer Peacock at Manchester were building class 35 Hymek’s, Brush were building class 30’s (31’s) at Loughborough, North British Locomotive Co. at Glasgow were building class 22’s and class 43’s, the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Co. were building class 27 and Ruston were building class 07’s.

New locomotives:
Class 07 – D2985/86/87/88/89
Class 08 – D4133/34/35/36/37/71/72/73/74/75/86
Class 10 – D4094
Class 22 – D6346/47/48/49/50/51
Class 27 – D5390/91/92/93/94/95/96
Class 30 – D5844/45/46/47
Class 35 – D7035/36/37/38/39
Class 37 – D6740/41/42/43/44
Class 40 – D393/94/95
Class 43 – D865 Zealous
Class 45 – D51/52/53
Class 46 – D169/70
Class 52 – D1005 Western Venturer
Class 83 – E3100

Locomotives Named: D9000 Royal Scots Grey

In the month steam locomotive withdrawals remained steady at one hundred and eighty two in May 1962. This month would see the decimation of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Stanier 3 cylinder 2-6-4 tanks with twenty eight out of a class of thirty seven condemned. Also heavily hit were the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Fowler “Patriot” 4-6-0 class with ten locomotives condemned and three relatively modern London North Eastern Railway, B1 4-6-0 class also were condemned. However the most notable steam withdrawals were the first of the Great Western Railway King class 4-6-0’s (6003/04/08/10/13/23/24) were withdrawn.

Gresley Pacifics commenced working the 3-hour Aberdeen – Glasgow Buchanan Street services with A4 60011 and A3’s 60087/90/94 all being noted.

6023 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/29217284355/
6024 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7187306040/
D2985 (07001) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8222505905/
D2989 (07005) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8280471370/
D4134 (08904) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12786636005/
D4137 (08907) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32282172430/
D4173 (08943) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8320257895/
D5391 (27201) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5592675675/
D5392 (27202) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16282378433/
D5844 (31422) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8666719519/
D6742 (37042) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6475512969/
D6743 (37043) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6475512219/
D6744 (37044) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/19320791518/
D394 (40194) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742168370/
D51 (45102) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5593255978/
D52 (45123) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14638871274/
D53 (45041) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7312830372/
D169 (46032) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15792279195/
D1005 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6126409574/
 
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All Our Yesterdays – 50 Years Ago – June 1967

Probably for the first time in the 20th century no new locomotives entered traffic this month. With first generation diesel locomotive building virtually complete, with only a couple of Class 47’s from the Brush Falcon Works at Loughborough, the last ten or so Class 20’s from the English Electric Vulcan Foundry and the on order, fifty Class 50 locomotives still to be delivered lean times were approaching for the UK locomotive manufacturing industry.

The next ten years or so will be dominated by a mix of locomotive modifications and the withdrawal of the more un-successful or “non standard” types. The main programme of modification this month was Doncaster Works undertaking replacement of the unreliable Mirrlees JVS12T 1250bhp engine in the Brush Type 2 fleet with a 1470bhp English Electric 12SVT engine with the following being completed this month;

D5524/61, D5812/14/17/23/28/43

Steam withdrawals in the month decreased from one hundred and fifty nine to one hundred and thirty seven. With only fifteen months to go steady inroads were now being made into all the remaining steam classes. With the bulk of the remaining steam fleet being made up of Stanier Black Fives, Stanier 8F’s and BR Standards it was to be expected that withdrawals of these types would now form a significant element of the monthly withdrawals. In June twenty two Black Fives, thirteen 8F’s and thirteen BR Standards were condemned, however the major condemnations in the month was forty one Austerity 2-8-0’s. The slaughter of the small or non-standard diesel shunter fleet was still relatively quiet with fourteen locomotives condemned.

D5524 (31106) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6310990725/
D5814 (31414) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5605768438/
D5817 (31285) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/32637734146/
D5817 (31285) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5910868675/
 
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