| RAIL PIX
I was your typical train spotting school kid when growing up in the 50’s.I regrettably took only a couple of pix of the steam era, and then it was gone so quick. This folder contains a mix of my pix [all types] in their working lives as well as in the days of preservation. Thankfully there are many great preserved steam railways around the country to see & enjoy.I know I will be criticized on the following two comments, but this is just my thinking. I personally enjoy only British steam locos as I feel they have so much character. To take this one step further, my interest lies in only steam in BR days, and the dirtier the better… Like the buses, they are not all old, but some will be in B&W. You will also see a couple put in from Canada. |
1233, a CN swither shunting vans into business' - Brampton 19 Feb 1981 |
![1861 class 421 [the old 4-CIG] of Southern entering Chichester in 2005](http://thumbs.fotopic.net/515030000334.jpg)
1861 class 421 [the old 4-CIG] of Southern entering Chichester in 2005 |
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a remnant of the US Army in WW2, & easy to see why the class were called USA class. 30064 hides in the shed on the Blubell in August 1988 |
![3051 5-BEL unit [Brighton Belle] at Victoria in the un-inspiring BR corporate blue Inter-City colours in 1969](http://thumbs.fotopic.net/510030000334.jpg)
3051 5-BEL unit [Brighton Belle] at Victoria in the un-inspiring BR corporate blue Inter-City colours in 1969 |
3154 4-COR unit entering Horsham in 1965 |
31862 U1 class 2-6-0 at Horsham MPD in 1962 |
319443 class 319 of ThamesLink at Redhill in 2000 |
Eurostar units 3202 & 3107 awaiting their next duty at Waterloo International - 12 March 2006 |
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It will always be 34023 to me. We schoolboy trainspotters called these unrebuilt light pacifics 'Spam Cans'.Bluebell's 'Blackmore Vale' in her original guise as 21C123 - 09 April 2004 |
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