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Spotted Yesterday – 69006 at Beeston
69006Beeston, 7 March 2024 Spotted my first Class 69 yesterday whilst waiting for a train at Beeston, Nottinghamshire… 69006 Pathfinder Railtours Peter Watts 50 years service 1973-2023 (the former 56128) passed through the station with train 6X49, the 06.13 departmental (IFA points & crossing carriers) from Toton North Yard to Beeston Sidings.
Signal Box Safari – Truro
43087 leads ‘The Royal Duchy’ past Truro signal box4 August 2014 In the early hours of this morning Truro signal box (formerly Truro East) signalled its last train. The semaphore signals will be removed and control of the section will be handed to a panel in Exeter power box. The Great Western Railway (GWR) type…
One This Day… In 2014, A Rarity At Peak Rail
British Railways Mk.1 Sleeper First (SLF) E2080Peak Rail, 11 January 2014 While British Railways Mk.1 passenger carriages are incredibly commonplace on heritage railways, Mk.1 sleeping carriages are definitely a rarity with (as far as I’m aware) only six still in existence. Most were built with asbestos insulation, which was expensive to remove professionally and so…
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