Tractacus' photos with the keyword: Southampton

Beyer-Peacock Hymek Type 3 diesel hydraulic D7036 pauses at Southampton with a service from Portsmouth Harbour to Bristol/Cardiff. The loco had just less than 12 months to live, being withdrawn in June 1972, and cut up at Swindon in October of the same year. Mon5Jul71. Scanned

Framed by the signal gantry at the country end of Southampton, BRCW Type 3 No 6521arrives with an Up train of vans. The loco was later renumbered to 33108, and can still be seen today, at Barrow Hill. Tue22Jun71. Scanned

With 3200hp on tap, the 4REPs (Restaurant Electro Pneumatic brake) were the most powerful 3rd rail EMUs in the world. Just 100hp less than a Class 55 Deltic... Their daily task was propellage/haulage of one or two unpowered 4TC units on Waterloo - Bournemouth/Weymouth trains, between Waterloo and Bournemouth, which they did superbly well, year in year out. None survive in preservation, but 2 driving motors from unit 2003 (3003) are in use as hauled ultrasonic test vehicles; 999602 999605. Here we see 3006 at Southampton with a semi-fast service from Weymouth - Waterloo. Tue16May72. Scanned

A Bournemouth - Waterloo semi-fast service departs Southampton with the unique 8-VAB unit 8001 plus 4-CIG 7382. Tue22Jun71. Scanned

Class 08 No 3271 trundles through Southampton, aiming for Eastleigh. This loco finished its days as 08201 and was scrapped at Doncaster in 1984. Tue22Jun71. Scanned

Built in 1958 as straight electric E5006 - third rail and overhead - and rebuilt in 1968 as an electro diesel. Here is E6103 at Southampton with a Waterloo - Weymouth Quay Boat Train, which it will haul as far as Bournemouth, from where a BRCW Type 3 - Class 33 - will take over. E6103 was later renumbered to 74003, and withdrawn December 1977. Mon5Jul71. Scanned

Ruston & Hornsby Class 07 number 2987 trundles through Southampton Eastern Docks with a freight consisting of insulated containers atop Conflats (remember them?) Withdrawn October 1976 as 07003, it passed to British Industrial Sand at Oakamoor, and scrapped in 1985. Sun13Jun71. Scanned

Dockside view of the QE2. Southampton Eastern Docks. June 1972. Scanned

The 'Queen Elizabeth 2', flagship of the Cunard Line for almost 40 years. Seen here at Southampton Eastern Docks. The vessel in the foreground, the 'Fairsky', had a varied career, starting life in 1941 in San Francisco as a cargo ship, but was built as an escort carrier and loaned to the Royal Navy as HMS Attacker. Converted into a passenger liner after the war, she is probably best known for the migrant passenger service between the UK and Australia, from 1958 to the early 1970s, after which she became an Australian based cruise ship. Her demise came in 1979 during refurbishment into a floating hotel/casino in Manila, when she was gutted by a fire. The wreck was eventually towed to Hong Kong for scrap. June 1972. Scanned

Early morning at Southampton Western Docks on Wed19Apr72, with the Union Castle liner 'Pendennis Castle' in the foreground. In the background can be seen the P&O liner 'Iberia' arriving on her final voyage. Two months later she set sail for a date with the scrapman in Taiwan. Scanned

A product of Harland and Wolff in Belfast, built 1943 for the Union Castle Line. Retired after 38 years of service. Here she gets a helping hand out of Southampton Eastern Docks on Sun13Jun71 on what could be her last voyage, to the ship scrapyard in Taiwan. There seems to be a distinct lack of windows on her bridge Scanned

One of the vessels owned by Union Castle Line. Built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend in 1965 and scrapped in 1984. Seen here in Southampton Western Docks. Sun13Jun71. Scanned

The SS 'Himalaya'. The first post war vessel to be ordered by P&O. Built by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness, her maiden voyage was made in October 1949 to Sydney. Here we see her arriving at Southampton in April 1972. Retired in 1974 she ended up in the ships graveyard in Taiwan. Scanned

The SS 'Orcades'. Built 1947 by Vickers Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness for the Orient Steam Navigation Co., initially for the UK - Australia/New Zealand route. Orient Line became P&O in 1966. Here she is seen in No 6 dry dock at Southampton on Sat16Jun71. She didn't have long to live; laid up at Southampton in October 1972 she sailed on her last voyage in January 1973 to a ship breaker in Taiwan. Scanned

4-CIG 7382 heads up a Waterloo - Bournemouth semi fast at Southampton. The Waterloo - Bournmouth trains were normally the preserve of 4-REPs 4-TCs and 4-VEPs. Whilst appearances of these 4-CIGs were not unheard of, it was certainly unusual. Tue22Jun71. Scanned

BRCW Crompton Type 3 No 6516 calls at Southampton with the 1015 York - Poole. This loco later became 33104 under the TOPS renumbering scheme. Tue22Jun71. Scanned

The driver of Hymek 7093, on a Portsmouth - Bristol train, sits on the steps of the loco at Southampton, watching the world go by, whilst he is overtaken by a Waterloo - Weymouth service with 4-TC 414 in the lead, propelled by one of the excellent 4-REPs. Sat19Jun71. Scanned

Hymek No 7001 approaches Southampton with the 1635 Cardiff - Portsmouth. Sat12Jun71. Scanned