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45562 Alberta and Others, Holbeck in the 60's

Discuție în 'Steam Traction' creată de neildimmer, 17 Noi 2013.

  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Morning All

    Something for a gloomy Sunday morning

    I have added a small collection of photos featuring Holbeck shed in 1962 & 1967

    included are photos of one of Holbecks 1960’s stars
    45562 Alberta
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-pSrxv68
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-xK4sxZH

    Also featured

    45660 Rooke
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-cDX2Q7m

    70046 ANZAC
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-cNgmPxC

    Full collection including Fairburn Tanks, Stanier Black 5’s, Ivatt ‘Flying Pig’, & Standard 9F
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-R47C5x4

    Neil
     
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    I'm suddenly thinking of a very appropriate Eric Clapton song!
     
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    70046 was 'Anzac' . 70048 was 'The T.A. 1908-1948'.

    Bob.
     
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    My mistake, slip of the fingers with the number:oops:
     
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    Evening All

    Continuing on from the Holbeck photos David Gower has given me 4 photos of Alberta including this one

    45562 approaching Blea Moor, I believe it was the last day of this steam working, end August 1967, judging by the number of people hanging out of the windows it was something special
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-Hk9pTcW

    also included are 45562 at Appleby
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-NtwW6Lj
    Skipton
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-5SD8B6X
    and Stainforth
    http://railway-photography.smugmug.com/SteamDiesel-locos-in-Works/Steam-on-Shed/Leeds-Holbeck-Shed-1962-1967/i-KnRtrWC

    enjoy!!!

    Neil
     
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    Victor Nat Pres stalwart Friend

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    Hell Neil, they brought back some memories. Photo #2 in the first set was my normal "escape" route, whilst being hotly pursued by some big fella wanting to connect his boot with my backside.:)
    Happy days
     
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    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Hi Vic

    Thanks for your comments
    I was 11 year old in 1967 and never made it to Holbeck
    All I remember is going to Paddock & Longwood just west of Huddersfield and seeing endless streams of filthy Stanier 5F's & 8F's, WD 2-8-0's where the number was invisible due to the grime & big 9F's on fuel tankers heading or coming from Lancashire over Standedge, and of course the future, the Trans-Pennine class 124 dmu's
    Oh how I wish I had had a camera at the time

    regards

    Neil
     
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    the 9F's on the tankers were out of Ellesmere Port and they were coming to my workplace at Liversedge via Healy Mills. Punctuallity was what was required and sad to say it was appalling, 9/10 hours late was normal, sometimes next day, then all hands to the pump to get em offloaded because there was another train load stacked up at Healy Mills, if the oil went cold it solidified (pumps couldn't handle it) and then it could need a week with steam running through the tank coils to get it back to liquid form. British Rail were a contributory factor (a big one) into us at Liversedge being made redundant in 1984, we relied on being 100% rail fed, BR failed us. I was bitter then and time hasn't mellowed me. We had a wonderful job, a happy terminal, good industrial relations and it all went boobs up because BR couldn't fulfil the contract.
     
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