Polyrus' photos with the keyword: British Railways

...with the last passenger service to Hayling Island 03-11-1963 A scan from an acquired Agfacolor slide still in its original card mount.

A scan from the original Agfa slide showing the A1X 'Terrier' loco 32636 leaving Havant with the last "Hayling Billy" branch line passenger train to Hayling Island 3rd November 1963. The line was soon ripped up after this event and the bridge across Langstone Harbour was blown up, although the foundations survive to this day. So does the Terrier loco which was withdrawn shortly after this day and was at the time the oldest locomotive working on British Railways (having been built in 1872). It is now preserved on the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex where it arrived early in 1964. HFF and enjoy the day, although the UK weather is not expected to be as good as in this November shot.

A sign at Birmingham Snow Hill railway station in 1968. One would assume the same restrictions also applied to passengers.

Otherwise known as Llanfairpwll railway station on Angelsey, which has the longest main-line station name in Britain. A scan from an Agfa slide. Explored! HFF to the peeps!

...just before Ash in Hampshire 15th June 1963 A scan of a 35mm slide, by the late Trevor B. Owen from which copyright was recently released. 31625 is a Maunsell U class loco built at Ashford Works in 1929. It was withdrawn from service by British Railways at the beginning of 1964 and sold as scrap to Woodham's Brothers in south Wales, arriving at their scrapyard in June of that year.

A scan from the original print. E828 (BR 30828), was one of the S15 class of 25 heavy freight locomotives and was built in July 1927 at Eastleigh Locomotive Works. Although designed for freight haulage, E828 and its classmates also hauled frequent stop local passenger trains when needed. This loco was withdrawn from service by British Railways in January 1964 and after a few months in storage at Salisbury it was sold for scrap to the Woodham’s Brother in Barry, south Wales and arrived there in June 1964. As with most locos (200+) sent to the same scrapyard it was eventually rescued for preservation and left there in March 1981 for restoration at Eastleigh Works. However, due to having to re-machine or replace most components restoration was not completed until 1993 and was then based on the Swanage Railway in Dorset. For the next nine years E828 was kept busy and was regularly seen on the national network hauling railtours until its boiler ticket expired in 2002. During that time it was probably my most photographed locomotive.

... with a commemorative rail-tour on 5th March 1966, to mark the end of the much loved Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, which closed forever two days later. 34006 covered more distance than any other member of the class, with 1,099,338 recorded miles. Also it was unique in that it was one of three in the class which had extended smoke deflectors, but the only one to retain them to the end. This a scan from the original Kodachrome slide taken by a Mr J.E. Bell, which is now in my possession. HFF on this sunny day! Explored!

...in May 1964 34005 was built in 1945 and rebuilt without the air smoothed casing in 1957. Seaton Junction station was closed in March 1966, a few months prior to this loco being withdrawn. This is a scan from the original Agfa CT18 35mm slide, which has lasted quite well.