Updated Flickr site...........early/mid 1990s photos added

[StripeyNick]

Hello folks!

Spent quite some tome last night scanning a few of my prints from my early days of taking pictures. 1992 onwards...

The results of which can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nickwilcock/sets/72157631790905673/

Feel free to comment and/or add me on Flickr.

I particularly like this relatively rare shot of a 58 at Southport...



37419 & 58009 at Southport. 25/4/92 by Nick Wilcock, on Flickr

 

[Bill EWS]

A nice set of older photos. It was nice seeing the row of 47's at Didcot as I remember them at that time. I remember the two incidents with the coal trains in the Bristol area.

I will be having a browse through your sets, which also look interesting. It's always nice to see older photographs. Todays train are OK but are all starting to look the same. There was a fantastic mixture of machines back then.

If anyone else has sets of older photos perhaps we could have a list of these links. There are just too may Flickr stuff now to find them by chance.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31261872@N07/

 

[YorkshireBear]

Can i ask what caused the crashes with the 67 and 60 in your flickr stream?

 

[NSEFAN]

The 67 crash at Lawrence Hill detailed on wikipedia:

On 1 November 2000, the station was the scene of a crash, when an empty Royal Mail train ran into the back of a loaded coal train. The mail train locomotive rode up over the other train, ending up against the road overbridge while balanced on top of the 3rd coal wagon from the back. The driver of the mail train suffered head injuries in the crash. Officials found that the mail train had passed through two red lights. This accident is referred to in an RIAB accident report,[2] the following text describes part of the accident at Lawrence Hill station: "The misunderstanding and incorrect use of the BPPCUIC cock on an EWS class 67 locomotive led to a serious accident at Lawrence Hill near Bristol (1 November 2000). This resulted in serious injury to a driver and significant damage to equipment."

 

[YorkshireBear]

The 67 crash at Lawrence Hill detailed on wikipedia:

Ta, think i have heard of that one before actually. Just the 60 now :P

 

[StripeyNick]

Ta, think i have heard of that one before actually. Just the 60 now :P

If I remember rightly, the 60 was derailed on trap points after passing through a red signal.

 

[Bill EWS]

Indeed the 60 passed the stop signal and derailed at the trap points. The other train was a runaway due to failing to do a full brake test and ran into the coal train.

Two of our drivers were involved in these incidents. In the case of the 60 he missed the signal and/or approached too fast to stop. In the second our driver was working the coal train that was ran into and was completey innocent of any wrong doing.

 

[StripeyNick]

Indeed the 60 passed the stop signal and derailed at the trap points. The other train was a runaway due to failing to do a full brake test and ran into the coal train.

Two of our drivers were involved in these incidents. In the case of the 60 he missed the signal and/or approached too fast to stop. In the second our driver was working the coal train that was ran into and was completey innocent of any wrong doing.

They were really very lucky (if that's the right thing to say) with the Lawrence Hill crash. Could have very easily been so much worse..........the 67 could have hit the bridge or fallen off the wagon etc.

 

[Bill EWS]

Indeed, what if the coal train hadn't been there and the runnaway had got beyond either side of Dr. Days Junction! Every incident has it's "What if" scenario. Derailment at the approach to Bristol or at East junction.