Nuneaton Station, 13th August 1964

Parcel traffic on platform 1 being made ready for loading on to one or more services to the north of England.
The definition of parcels in steam days was, as can be seen, very broad being most things that could be loaded and transported safely

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'A sad occasion as Royal Scot Class No. 46155 The Lancer is captured leaving Holyhead in charge of what the photographer recorded as the final steam hauled up ‘Irish Mail’. '

Class C12 67398 comes off the Louth to Mablethorpe branch at Mablethorpe Junction in 1956, heading towards Louth.

Photo by Bill Woodhouse

Water, water everywhere: the great storm of 1958

Railway lines under water as torrential rain flood Blackheath station in London causing trains to be diverted.

Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 44830 arrives at Rugby Central with the evening Woodford Halse to Rugby Central service, early 1960s
Photo by A Newman

'Quick, Get That Number!'

Western Region 'Castle' class 4-6-0 No. 7027 'Thornbury Castle' charging through Ealing Broadway Station, gets 'copped' by a young train spotter.

Photo taken by Barry Lewis in 1959

Accident at Rugby Central Station, Wednesday 28th March 1962

British Railways built L1 2-6-4T No 67767 has been rammed by Austerity 2-8-0 No 90697 when leaving the refuge siding.

The accident was caused by a faulty track circuit which misled the signalman into giving the right

The heyday of British steam.
The platform is alive with activity! Love it!

'Keep 'Er Quiet! The Guv'ners About'

Eastern Region A1 class pacific No. 60156 Great Central under the watchful gaze of the Kings Cross station master, sits ready to leave with an East Coast express.
Photo taken by Barry Lewis sometime in 1959
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A quaint journey into the past travelling on the Talyllyn Railway. Built in 1865, it’s the oldest surviving narrow gauge railway in the world. Filmed in 1955.

Nunnington Station in Yorkshire, a small railway station tucked away in the English countryside which opened in 1871. Full of character home to Harold and Helen Dawkins who bought it after British Railways closed it in 1954. Filmed in 1960.

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Mainline diverted train with A1 60123 'H A Ivatt' passing under an impressive signal gantry at Lincoln in the late 50s early 60s.
Photo by Ray Heppenstall

Ex-LMS 5MT 4-6-0 No 44811 passes through Water Orton station with a Class A express service for Nuneaton circa 1960
Photo by James S Doubleday

A Gloucester RCW single car in the 55000 - 19 series (Class 122) is approaching Baptist End station with a train from Old Hill to Dudley on 31st August 1962.

Photo by P Shoesmith

Toton, Old Bank Sidings, 1910.

With the need to marshal coal traffic, Toton railway yards were built in 1856 when Toton was just a tiny village and it became one of the busiest marshalling yards in Britain.

Photo by SSPL

On Thursday 26th March 1964, English Electric Type 4 No. D219 'Caronia' of Carlisle Upperby, is proving difficult to separate from the first coach of a train which it had brought from Euston at the north end of the Down platform at Nuneaton (Trent Valley) station.

Photo by C A

Ribble Bridge, Preston. August 24, 1962

A view from the footplate of Fowler 4-6-2T 42378 about to pass a north bound Metrovick and a DMU headed for Blackpool (central)

Courtesy of Tony Gillett

A train for Cambridge with a van attached at the rear leaving Bedford (St.Johns), December 1966

Photo by Roger Joanes

MR 0-6-0 2F No 2825 is seen at the head of a long down train of coal wagons as it enters Kings Norton station, Birmingham, on 9th April 1922

Photo by W L Good