Local area phots, mid 50’s to July 2009

Many thanks your recent favourable comments and contributions, pls keep them coming.

Leighton Buzzard, Grovebury Road Crossing, circa 1955 A D.Pearson image, courtesy of 60A

Real local nostalgia here, the viewpoint can still be seen today except a roundabout exists where the signal box is but the white buildings in the distance still survive to help you place the scene. The "super D???" is on chalk from Totterhoe/Sewell quarries to Rugby and the road is off for the steep climb up to Wing Road and the WCML. Chalk traffic ceased by the early 60’s with a pipeline from Kensworth quarry to Rugby replacing rail chalk movement

Wolverton, 211091 thanks to Mark Beal

An unusual view of 31434 assiting with footbridge replacement work at Wolverton. 31434 retained rail blue until withdrawl.

Stoke Hammond, June 96 thanks to Robin Morel

Deep in the cutting stands 47276 after working 1Z99 rescue from WN to assist a failed "Inter City" on the DF at nearby Bletchley

Princes Risborough, 270609 thanks to "PB"

Loco hauled off Risboro, a rare view of 67014 making a special stop with the 1224 Marylebone-Wrexham. Additional stops were also made at Haddenham and Bicester. This was due to the failure of a Chiltern service. Unfortunately "Tottering Thomas" kept shutting down with a tpws fault which saw the train caped at Banbury for a unit forward.

Penzance, 270609 thanks to Red Cow

Standing in for unavailable 2 x 37, 40145 reverses the Chingfinder tour out of Penzance for Long Rock

Bradwell, 290609 thanks to Andrew Chambers

92031 has 37401 off tour duty d.i.t on 6X77 Wembley-MossEnd.

Tring South, 020709, thanks to Trevor Rolfe

Matching shades of purple, 56312 and 56311 look superb heading North back to Washwood Heath as 0Z56 from Ashford

Old Linslade "dip" 020709, thanks to "Red Cow"

86501 on her favourite diagram, 4M87 Felixstowe-Trafford Pk

The hauled turn at at speed with 90029 on the 1543 Euston-Brum

Loughborough Central, 040709

25035 back at Loughborough after a noisy run from Leicester

Local Gen snippets…thanks to various sources

The 2 yellow network rail cans worked South thru LB on 2906 en route to IL.

321412 in unbranded LM livery arrived locally on 0307

350264 arrived locally on 0207, just 3 more "slims" to be delivered now

Class 378 LOROL’s 313 replacements may start very limited service on 060709

Saturday steam, 1107 shud see 70013 Oliver Cromwell work a Watford-BY-Bedford leg of tour, 0610 off Watford JN.

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