Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: LMS

After taking water Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48305 slips as it pulls away from the tank north of Loughborough station. It was coming off shed to work the empty stock to Quorn for the first train of the day. I was weeding the site to make it look more presentable in preparation for passenger trains to return to this station. HFF to everyone. Have a happy and safe weekend.

Inside Barrow Hill Roundhouse with the sun streaming through the hanging smoke from a variety of LMS engines but not from LT&S 3-cylinder 2-6-4T 2500.

Princess Coronation Pacific 46233 Duchess of Sutherland & Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 43106 stand in the yard at Barrow Hill prior to the Timeline Events photo charter. The view from the tender of 45305.

Ex-LMS rebuilt Royal Scot 4-6-0 46115 Scots Guardsman with 1T53, the 15.12 Carlisle to Lancaster Fellsman steam special, has only a few more yards to go before the summit at Ais Gill, 1169 ft (350 m) ASL.

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48624 in the rain at Loughborough GCR.

We are running round our stock on LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48624 prior to taking the 16.15 train to Leicester North.

LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48624 waiting to depart on the 14.15 train to Leicester North.

LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0 5690 approaches the foot crossing at Birstall on the Great Central Railway, Leicester.

Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48624 cosmetically weathered on shed at Loughborough

A Sunday afternoon visit to the loco shed a week before the end of steam. Not that I knew that at the time. Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48745 by the coaling conveyor belt was withdrawn when the shed closed.

Bolton steam shed, Stanier 8F 48652, 8th June 1968. The engine is fitted with a small buffer beam snow plough. Two Drewry diesel shunters including D2234 alongside. The signals on the far left are on the Manchester to Bolton line.

Carnforth station & Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48151 prepares to depart with a steam special for the Cumbrian Coast on 21st April 2001, The classic b/w 1940s film Brief Encounter was based on a chance meeting in the refreshment room on Carnforth station & filming took place there. After many years of neglect this has reopened as a tea room not surprisingly called Brief Encounter.

GCR. My first firing turn on LMS Black 5 4-6-0 45305 with Craig driving. We were on the 13.15 dining train so I had time to drop down for a photo while the soup was being served as we stood on Swithland viaduct. A beautiful sunny day but that steam heat was still needed. It was 45305's 2nd day in full service so felt honoured to be trusted with it! What a great engine. Swithland reservoir is one of the highlights of the Loughborough to Leicester trip on the Great Central Railway with views across to Bradgate Park & the varied birdlife. I'm always impressed by the number of herons around the banks of the lake.

Burnley Rose Grove, Lancashire outside the steam shed. Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48348 is on a coal train heading west, 1st August 1968. Note the gaggle of enthusiasts on the cutting side in the background enjoying the view before the final end of steam on BR 3 days later when Rose Grove shed (one of the last 3 steam depots - out of sight to the right) closed. Rosebay willowherb is forever associated with August 1968 in my mind and its alternative name of fireweed is very appropriate.

Burnley Rose Grove shed. Various Stanier 8F and Black 5 steam engines including 48237 & 45110 near the pits in front of the shed building, 1st August 1968. A gaggle of spotters observe a white-shirted, and hence not a railwayman, cleaner working on 45110 - now preserved at the SVR - while other engines move about the yard near the shed entrance. The road bridge in the distance spans the Rose Grove station platforms. Only three more days to go before the end of working BR steam but all the atmosphere of a large shed was still there. The motorway now runs through this scene. See where this picture was taken. [?]

The End of Steam on British Railways. A few days before the end at Copy Pit signal box , between Burnley and Todmorden. LMS Stanier 8F 2-8-0 48519 had just banked a diesel hauled freight westwards from Todmorden. There is only one Brownie b/w photo of its progress because my 35mm film had run out. This shot is taken at the summit of the climb after the freight had dropped away down to Burnley off to the right. The mountainous nature of this part of the Pennines is obvious in the background. I had taken a day off from working in the labour pool at Lysaughts steelworks in Scunthorpe, borrowed my dad's car & drove for hours from South Yorkshire over the Pennines - no M62 in those days - & caught this banker before visiting Rose grove and Lostock Hall sheds. A reboot of an early posting to celebrate Happy Fence Friday while we can't upload any new images! Have a great weekend and stay safe.

Manchester Victoria station Platform 17, Stanier LMS Black 5 45202 on a parcels train 4th May 1968. Today the overall roof has gone, this platform is underneath the Manchester Evening News arena and steam a memory! And what is that archaic wheeled contraption on the left? 45202 has a very clean smokebox door compared with the rest of the engine. Maybe some enthusiast got busy with an oily rag because by this late in the steam day cleaners were very thin on the ground. See where this picture was taken. [?]

Fire & mash cans on the footplate of LMS Black 5 4-6-0 45305 . I think this shot sums up the footplate experience. The contrast of darkness & light. Elemental: Earth, fire & water. And tea...