Polyrus' photos with the keyword: railway

I was precariously balanced on the back of a wooden bench, so that I could take an uninterrupted shot over the 2m high fence ...of the marvellous Battledown Flyover (built 1897), when out of nowhere a steam hauled train encroached on the scene. Such is life. HFF!

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!

Taken in Woodham's scrapyard on Barry island over 15 yrs after it arrived. Fortunately 7903 was rescued 18 months later and fully restored. 92134, the 9F loco on the left actually departed the scrapyard several months before Foremarke Hall, but has yet to be fully restored. I last saw 92134 when it was stored on the North Yorks Moors Railway in 1981 but it was only there for a few months before moving to Essex where it remained until March of this year when it was taken by road to the East Lancashire Railway to complete its restoration. A scan from a Kodachrome 64 slide

A general view seen in 1966. Not all of these locomotives escaped the cutter's torch, but most did! At least 213 were rescued for preservation, or to supply parts for others. 45699 'Galatea' was one of the latter but even that has long since been restored and been running on the main network again. An old scan from a long lost 35mm slide. Best viewed large. Explored!

Following on from my previous two images: 31625 is a Maunsell U class loco built at Ashford Works in 1929 and it was withdrawn from service by British Railways at the beginning of 1964. It arrived at Woodham's scrapyard at Barry in June of that year. After languishing in the sea air for almost sixteen years it was rescued for preservation and arrived on the Mid Hants Railway in 1980. Seen here outside the workshops at Ropley on the MHR in 1997, about a year after it first steamed in the 'preservation era'. A scan from a 35mm SupaSnaps slide. SupaSnaps were a low cost photo processing outlet on most UK high streets.

....with D-Day 50th Anniversary rail tour to Southampton Docks 5th June 1994. A scan from a 35mm SupaSnaps slide. 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 This loco was withdrawn from service by British Railways in January 1964 and after a few months in storage at Salisbury it was sold for scrap to the Woodham’s Brother in Barry, south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. Since 2007 this loco has been undergoing its second major overhaul in the preservation era. My previous uploaded image shows this loco in the scrapyard. Please view LARGE to appreciate the craftsmanship.

...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.