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Taken with my Brownie 127 over fifty years ago.

62720 Cambridgeshire is passing the old Western General Hospital and approaching Argyle Street with an express for either Bridlington, Scarborough or York.

I had only just started taking photographs and didn’t think to take any notes, but it will be c1956/7

Someone on one of the posts said they were a trainee at West Parade.

This is a view of the cabin on 29th September 1979.

I have never found out why it was called West Parade, when it was situated at Argyle Street.

Latest comment by topcat 3 days ago

Colombo, It was Dodger who posts in "Where am I"

Among the job interviews I went for when about to leave school, was one at Nottingham. I travelled there via Sheffield Victoria on the 9:24 Hull – Liverpool (Exchange), and a Newcastle – Bournemouth train.

Coming back, in order to get some more interesting pictures, I travelled from Nottingham Midland, via Trent Junction and Sheffield Midland, passing Toton on the way. I didn’t see a single Beyer-Garratt, the main object of going via that route…

When I worked at Harwell, after visiting home, I would sometimes return via Birmingham. This involved changing stations from New Street to Snow Hill.

This is a shot I once took at Snow Hill, of a GWR pannier tank, 4648, on a transfer freight turn. 7th June 1960.

I never printed it, because I thought their were some ‘holes’ in the negative. It was only when I scanned the negative, and enlarged it, that I discovered the ‘holes’ were pigeons…

Latest comment by Colombo 5 days ago

If they had waited until Sunday, it would have been 40 years since the end of steam.

I saw an A1…

One advantage of the diesel railcars was the ability to sit behind the driver, and see where you were going.

This is the view coming out of Sheffield Midland, on a the 15:48 to Hull on Friday, 21st March 1980.

I’ve just noticed that it was taken on my 10th Wedding Anniversary. I’m pretty certain I would have remembered it – in fact, I would still be remembering if I’d forgotten!

Royal Scot Class 46151 ‘The Royal Horse Guardsman’ waiting to leave St Pancras with a Scottish Express, which will travel via the Settle and Carlisle route. 18th April 1960.

The gasworks which gave its name to the tunnel at Kings Cross can be seen.

Today, Eurostar trains leave from this station, although their destination is in the opposite direction.

Just wondering what this picture means. It’s an A2/3 with the words ‘POISON CHROMATE’ stencilled on the tender. Was it some way of keeping the boiler tubes clean?

Latest comment by Colombo 11 days ago

Chromosome23: I have just spoken with Eric Fry, the current leading authority on LNER locomotives…

Towards the end of steam, even the A4’s suffered the indignity of being used on freight trains.

Here is 60019, Bittern, taking a down freight around the back of Doncaster Station.

24th June 1963.