On This Day in History - March

On this Day in History – Toton – 15th March 1970.

A bunk round Toton MPD.
Class08 (3029/39/44/58, 3249, 3345/62/63, 3777, 3996/97), class 20 (8002/06/10/12/40/41/43/47/74, 8121/22/38/41/46/50/52/54/73/84/87/93), class 25 (5229/38/45, 7506/23, 7652), class 44 (1/3/4/7/8/9/10), class 45 (13/18/35/44/45/48/65/73/94, 105/06/17/22), class 46 (145/53/61/63/85), class47 (1624, 1718/31/36, 1847/58), class 50 (444)

Locomotives of note are the recent transfers from Scotland 8121/22 seen for the first time and class 50, 444, although this was not the first class 50 I had seen at Toton having seen 411 in 1968 or early 1969.

A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

8002 (20002) – 20002_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8006 (20006) – 20006_1980_05_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8041 (20041) – 20041_1975_08_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8047 (20047) – 20047_1977_07_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8122 (20122) – 20122_1978_08_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8141 (20141) – 20141_1976_04_Banbury | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8150 (20150) – 20150_1979_06_Westhouses | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8184 (20184) – 20184_1977_04_Dunfermline1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
7506 (25156) – 25156_1976_02_Wigan | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
7652 (25302) - 25302_1976_12_Manchester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
3 (44003) – 44003_1975_06_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
4 (44004) – 44004_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
7 (44007) – 44007_1979_07_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8 (44008) – 44008_0406_Darley_Dale | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
9 (44009) – 44009_1978_01 Cheadle_Hulme_ | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
10 (44010) – 44010_1977_10_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
18 (45121) – 45121_1980_09_Lenton_Sth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
35 (45117) – 45117_1976_09_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
44 (45035) – 45035_1979_05_Market_Harborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45 (45036) – 45036_1979_05_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
48 (45038) – 45038_1977_04_Tamworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
65 (45111) – 45111_1979_05_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
73 (45110) – 45110_1977_02_Wellingborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
94 (45114) – 45114_1976_02_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
105 (45064) – 45064_1978_11_Loughborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
117 (45130) – 45130_1975_08_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
122 (45070) – 45070_1977_08_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

15th March

1980
25106 – 25106_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
25212 – 25212_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
25299 – 25299_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31164 – 31164_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31200 – 31200_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31321 – 31321_1980_03_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45034 – 45034_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45056 – 45056_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45075 – 45075_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45108 – 45108_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45150 – 45150_1980_03_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47103 – 47103_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
83009 – 83009_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
M50067 – 50067_1980_03_Leicester | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2008
153311 – 153311_0803_Lincoln | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2009
66303 – 66303_0903_Chaddesden | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66305 – 66305_0903_Chaddesden | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
200448 – 200448_0903_Toton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

On this Day in History – Leeds/Bradford – 16th March 1974.

A day trip to Leeds and Bradford chasing Bradford’s shunting engines.

Nottingham – Derby
Class 03 (03397), class 08 (3025, 3246, 3363/90, 3400/02, 3998, 08454, 08760), class 20 (8097, 8138/62/78/93/96, 20062/63/64, 20146), class 24 (5034, 24104), class 25 (25099, 25169, 25207), class 44 (4), class 45(22/36/60/66/91, 102/25/27, 45008, 45106), class 46 (46025/52), class 47 (47202)
Derby – Leeds (127)
Class 04 (2326), class 08 (3310/81, 08244/59, 08369/86, 08497, 08749), class 25 (7554), class 31 (31119/23/47, 31253, 31310), class 37 (6833, 6926, 37246), class 45 (15/24/36/45/54/56, 45102), class 46 (46044), class 47 (47006/66, 47461, 47514), class 55 (55020)
Leeds Holbeck (55A)
Class 08 (3653, 08172, 08225, 08309, 08503/40), class 25 (25081/97), class 31 (31184, 31232, 31323, 31409/10), class 40 (313), class 45 (17/42/45/49/76), class 46 (46056), class 47 (47079, 47426),
Leeds Neville Hill (55H)
Class 08 (08748, 08875), class 47 (47361), class 55 (55017)
Bradford Exchange
Class 03 (03089)
Bradford Hammerton Street (55F)
Class 03 (03096), class 08 (08432, 08501)
Bradford Forster Square
Class 08 (08224), class 31 (31166)
Halifax NCL
Class 03 (03162)
Leeds – Sheffield (15), Sheffield – Nottingham (47514)
Class 08 (3456, 08386, 08507), class 20 (20173), class 45 (82, 118), class 46 (155), class 47 (47041).

A number of the above were photographed later in life and can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

03089 – 03089_1977_03_Bradford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
03397 – 03397_1976_11_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
3025 (08019) – 08019_1976_09_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
08454 – 08454_1976_04_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20062 – 20062_1978_02_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8097 (20097) – 20097_1976_11_Lenton_South_Jcn | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
8196 (20196) – 20196_1977_07_Chesterfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31409 – 31409_1977_09_Leeds | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
4 (44004) - 44004_1980_09_Lenton_Sth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
17 (45024) – 45024_1976_12_Chesterfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
22 (45132) – 45132_1976_10_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
24 (45027) – 45027_1976_10_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
36 (45031) - 45031_1978_02_Tamworth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
42 (45034) – 45034_1980_03_Nuneaton | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45 (45036) – 45036_1979_05_Nottingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
49 (45039) – 45039_1979_06_Duffield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
60 (45022) – 45022_1976_03_Leeds | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
76 (45053) – 45053_1979_03_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
91 (45056) - 45056_1977_02_Wellingborough | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
119 (45007) – 45007_1975_08_Plymouth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45102 – 45102_1976_08_Bedford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
46044 – 46044_1978_02_York | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47006 – 47006_1977_05_Colwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47041 – 47041_1980_09_Lenton_Sth | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47426 – 47426_1976_03_Grantham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47514 – 47514_1977_07_Derby1 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
55017 – 55017_1976_05_Retford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

16th March

2011
66173 – 66173_1103_Didcot | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
165103 – 165103_1103_Didcot | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
444012 – 444012_1103_Basingstoke | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

On this Day in History – Severn Tunnel Junction – 21st March 1977

08118/22, 08481, 08654, 08932/40, 25198, 31110, 31210/41, 37158, 37231/40, 45006, 46013, 47012/54/95, 47112/98, 47264, 47486, 47540

A number of the above I have photographed and they can be found in this collection. As always feedback and comments welcome

31210 – 31210_1977_04_Birmingham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47540 – 47540_1980_04_Liverpool | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

21st March

1976
1015 – 1015_1976_03_Paddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
09009 – 09009_1976_03_Waterloo | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31186 – 31186_1976_03_Kings_Cross | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31416 - 31416_1976_03_Paddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2008
66559 – 66559_0803_Beeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
156401 – 156401_0803_Beeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Toton Up Sidings - Toton Up Sidings_0803 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2009
46115 - 46115_0903_Beeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2010
31271 – 31271_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
33046 – 33046_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
44004 – 44004_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45108 - 45108_1003_Swanwick | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

23rd March

1979
31165 – 31165_1979_03_Northolt | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2011
31108 – 31108_1103_Wansford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
44422 – 44422_1103_Wansford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
S55550 – S55550_1103_Wansford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

24th March

1979
25089 – 25089_1979_03_Cheltenham | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
25279 – 25279_1979_03_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
31401 – 31401_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
45005 – 45005_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47500 – 47500_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47503 – 47503_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
W51452 – 51452_1979_03_Lansdown | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
M3027 – 3027_1979_03_Derby | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

25th March

2007
62005 – 62005_0703_Pickering | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2011
66137 – 66137_1103_Ilkeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66145 – 66145_1103_Ilkeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66601 – 66601_1103_Ilkeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
158901 – 158901_1103_Ilkeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
158906 – 158906_1103_Ilkeston | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

26th March

1977
03009 – 03009_1977_03_Stratford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
37043 – 37043_1977_03_Liverpool_St | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
ADB966103 – ADB966103_1977_03_Stratford | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

27th March

1976
08326 – 08326_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20002 – 20002_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20080 – 20080_1976_03_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20095 – 20095_1976_03_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20112 – 20112_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20118 – 20118_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20126 – 20126_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
24006 – 24006_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
24118 – 24118_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
25011 – 25011_1976_03_Ayr | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27006 – 27006_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27015 – 27015_1976_03_Glasgow | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27021 – 27021_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27041 – 27041_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27104 – 27104_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
37237 – 37237_1976_03_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
40019 – 40019_1976_03_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
40160 – 40160_1976_03_Eastfield | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
RS1052 – RS1052_1976_Motherwell | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2009
167 – 167_0903_Dublin | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2011
08114 – 08114_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
73110 – 73110_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
SC4207 – 4207_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
W68500 – 68500_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
B778771 – B778771_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
DB993874 – DB993874_1103_Ruddington | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

 

28th March

1976
08572 – 08572_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
20107 – 20107_1976_03_Millerhill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
24115 – 24115_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
25031 – 25031_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
26006 – 26006_1976_03_Millerhill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
26007 – 26007_1976_03_Millerhill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27004 – 27004_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
27201 – 27201_1976_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
40060 – 40060_1976_03_Haymarket | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
47353 – 47353_1976_03_Millerhill | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
55004 – 55004_1976_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
1978
55007 – 55007_1978_03_Edinburgh | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
2011
66041 – 66041_1103_Barrow_on_Trent | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66083 – 66083_1103_Barrow_on_Trent | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66128 – 66128_1103_Barrow_on_Trent | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
66151 – 66151_1103_Barrow_on_Trent | Flickr - Photo Sharing!