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On this Day in History - May

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    1st May

    1976
    20077 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592787923/
    40073 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542097087/
    45133 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542095355/
    45135 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542100825/
    47446 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542098953/
    2009
    156414 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12967984954/
    201 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11475957936/
    205 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15849599575/
    2013
    60045 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8734579748/
    66585 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8733464353/
    156410 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8734580840/
    2014
    Chinnor SB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14246908882/
    55023 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14249097235/
     
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    On This Day in History – Ayr MPD (67C) – 1st May 1971

    Class 08 (3199, 3208/78, 3414/15, 3903/10/21), class 20 (8103/07/09, 8316/18/19), class 24 (5002/04/08), class 27 (5371/72/73/78/84/88/89)

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

    3910 (08742) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6930656855/
    8103 (20103) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8617636519/
    8107 (20107) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6357181569/
    8107 (20107) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14078723376/
    5388 (27105) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5563257319/
     
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    8th May

    1976
    08219 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399551008/
    08889 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6955351110/
    20033 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7155290973/
    31128 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802857372/
    31166 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7101418107/
    31206 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592793371/
    31298 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7340495856/
    37265 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7340498054/
    45038 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399553042/
    45040 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750878920/
    45126 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399549296/
    45147 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7399554904/
    46009 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802858734/
    47047 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659455677/
    47227 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750883806/
    47278 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6955350282/
    47412 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6948966839/
    47416 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827951479/
    47461 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827944607/
    47498 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7750881734/
    47543 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659451339/
    47549 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827949573/
    47553 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6827947329/
    47xxx – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659445689/
    55004 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592795635/
    55008 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6659448515/
    55017 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6948965551/
    E51820 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7155292317/
    Newark SB – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592790397/
    Worksop East SB – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7101417481/
    2010
    20048 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8378659937/
    2012
    66128 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234616328/
    158909 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234620520/
     
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    On This Day in History – Derby Works – Sunday 8th May 1977

    08074, 08103, 08294, 08617, 08807, 08907/10/15/31/57, 20062/71/77/79/92, 20174, 25030/41/45/61, 25105/14/65/74/75/86/87, 25204/62/70, 25322, 40038/83, 40128/56, 43000/01/03, 45011/17/18/37/39/40/56/77, 45113/18/21/26/33/34/42/50, 46001/09/32/37/38/47/51

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

    08617 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6010356539/
    20062 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6575552967/
    20077 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592787923/
    20079 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6398313269/
    25041 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6202431773/
    25045 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6268064065/
    25174 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5602511228/
    25175 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7660381540/
    25186 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6374710743/
    25262 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7306726836/
    25270 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5601928791/
    25322 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6875796058/
    40083 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7065456401/
    40128 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6575547731/
    40156 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5543500432/
    41001 (43000) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14554241016/
    43001 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7086882385/
    45011 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6249165746/
    45017 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5595827811/
    45037 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5932034917/
    45039 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6007135021/
    45040 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6007676212/
    45056 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5708430562/
    45077 – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14646470279/
    45113 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8236338349/
    45121 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6452502201/
    45126 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8187623636/
    45133 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6542095355/
    45134 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6249164420/
    45142 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7968610588/
    45150 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5767614372/
    46001 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6091689822/
    46009 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6802858734/
    46032 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7885346466/
    46037 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8374674075/
    46038 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6398309585/
    46047 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8303167078/
    46051 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8025578242/
     
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    On This Day in History – 16A, 16C and 16F – 9th May 1971

    On this day forty four years ago it was a lovely spring day and I was out on my push bike for a tour of some “local” establishments. This is what I saw on my fifty mile plus cycle ride:

    Toton (16A)
    Class 08 (3039/44/56/58, 3249, 3345, 3400), class 20 (8009/13/15/35/36/72/81/99, 8111/15/34/35/55/60/70/73/80/85/86), class 25 (5230, 7521/58/60, 7617), class 45 (11/46/55/57/63/65/77/83/89, 115/26), class 47 (1713,1801/05/15),
    Derby (16C)
    Class 03 (2386/88), class 08 (3180/86, 3789), class 25 (5250), class 45 (36, 110/18), class 46 (140), class 47 (1989).
    Burton Wagon Works
    Class 08 (3050)
    Burton (16F)
    Class 08 (3025/59/82, 3790), class 20 (8003/12/62/67/77/88/98, 8137/41/42/45/51/57/61/63/65/74/81/82/89/94/98), class 25 (7509/59, 7604), class 47 (1825)

    Of note is that despite seeing forty six locomotives at Toton I did not seem to see any class 44 Peaks which suggests I failed to get all the way round the shed. Also you can see that in 1971 Burton on Trent was still the railway centre for the South Leicestershire coalfield which at that time could support at six Burton allocated class 08 pilots and also out-stationed from Toton eleven pairs of class 20’s and a class 47.

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

    3025 (08018) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6145809853/
    3039 (08027) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530679688/
    3044 (08032) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8403784959/
    3058 (08045) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14694611004/
    3082 (08067) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5558033232/
    3180 (08114) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5584544576/
    3249 (08181) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11285320516/
    3789 (08622) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14452854781/
    8003 (20003) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5601647108/
    8062 (20062) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6575552967/
    8067 (20067) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5775649398/
    8072 (20072) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5919159343/
    8077 (20077) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6592787923/
    8098 (20098) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5563575492/
    8137 (20137) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14948348140/
    8141 (20141) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5601651074/
    8142 (20142) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14463328548/
    8157 (20157) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5792191033/
    8161 (20161) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/15199036636/
    8170 (20170) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5771267896/
    8189 (20189) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10487399484/
    8194 (20194) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8379736816/
    7560 (25210) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8219171167/
    11 (45122) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5932038233/
    36 (45031) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6605398213/
    46 (45037) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5932034917/
    55 (45144) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6339224833/
    63 (45044) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6817511974/
    65 (45111) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530093559/
    83 (45142) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7968610588/
    126 (45134) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6249164420/
    140 (46003) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/12450694933/
    1713 (47488) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14216569458/
    1825 (47344) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5746667741/
     
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    12th May

    1979
    31204 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7168305971/
    45035 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530091689/
    45108 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8375749284/
    45111 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5530093559/
    45130 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14003362015/
    45133 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14023373553/
    45143 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14454440858/
    M51492 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6837872956/
    2008
    66066 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5962735259/
    66187 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6084965417/
    66534 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/16269441285/
    66551 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5629927667/
    67013 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6199483781/
    67014 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6199997498/
    67026 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5627327861/
    168005 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/10469658615/
    168109 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/11748375384/
    2012
    47406 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254558940/
    66047 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234623912/
    66620 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254552530/
    222012 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308767104/
    210209 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7234626834/
    380303 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254554410/
    DR73307 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308770582/
    6173 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7254556834/
    E9389 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7308773130/
     
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    15th May

    1976
    25107 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8210643016/
    25222 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130092519/
    45002 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130119122/
    45013 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038269779/
    45049 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130117812/
    46009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038268677/
    47136 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8130118672/
    47446 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8038275530/
    85008 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8210644548/
    86237 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8209555299/
    87013 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8209556803/
    1980
    20006 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5929293418/
    20084 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7013690623/
    25143 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7013689667/
    25294 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6867578472/
    47480 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7239355670/
    56048 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8160302378/
    56058 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/7239353992/
    2011
    08632 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732832728/
    58023 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732825946/
    60037 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5732282669/
    60075 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5725556166/
    391620 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742354492/
    966259 – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5742352564/
    2014
    66170 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14262846110/
    158796 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14445283503/
    158855 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14448108092/
    158872 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14238645667/
    158908 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14238645377/
    Gilberdyke SB - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/14425106385/
     
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    On This Day in History – County Durham and North Yorkshire - 16th May 1967

    Thornaby (51L)
    Unclassified (D3140/42/46/48), Class 04 (D2307), class 08 (D3229), class 20 (D8310/11/12/13/15), class 25 (D5151/63/64/68), class 37 (D6757/63/65/68/70/73/78/86, D6831), class 40 (D241), class 47 (1965)
    York (50A)
    Class 03 (D2051/63/75, D2112/13/51/58/59), class 04 (D2204/44/45/48/62/65/70/73, D2339/40), class 08 (D3237/39, D3314), class 24 (D5096/98), class 25 (D5154/55/78), class 37 (D6755), class 40 (D254/57/58/72/83/84), class 45 (D12/29), class 47 (D1511/70/78, D1894, D1983), steam (43084, 60019, 61012/19/30, 61123/29, 61258, 62001/46/65, 77012)
    Diarycoates (50B)
    Class 03 (D2064, D2157/71), class 08 (D3070/75, D3313/18/23), class 11 (12116/17/20/21), class 14 (D9504/07/11/15/25/27/29/33/34/39/42/46/48/50/51/52/54), class 31 (D5570), class 37 (D6734/36/37/39/81/90, D6836), class 40 (D285), steam (90378, 90478, 90627/95)
    Goole (50D)
    Unclassified (D2609/13/14, D2701/02, D2950/51/57), steam (61002, 61255/89, 61306, 90030/81/89/91/94, 90132/72, 90262/65, 90352, 90450/58, 90670/88, 90704)

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

    61306 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6349867258/
    D2063 (03063) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6989173985/
    D2112 (03112) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/5652539853/
    D2158 (03158) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/8286900684/
    D3070 (08056) - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6509309705/
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    D3323 (08253) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pics-by-john/6706420439/
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