Photos of trains + signal boxes taken on the North Wales main line in the 1970's, featuring loco-hauled summer Saturday traffic. Also the Blaenau Ffestiniog branch.
Superb!I remember staying in caravans in Towyn as a child.I used to watch in wonder & awe at the mighty 40s.45s & 47s that went thundering past on the distinctive section of jointed track as it was back then.My favourites were usually the freightliners hauled by 40s or 47s.Happy memories!
Those original platforms at Shotton are still there. Ive lived near the station since 1963 and remember the 4 tracks. A stopper would be at the platform and an express would go racing thru on the fast line usually steam hauled. The station was closed for years and the slow tracks taken up. Eventually it reopened with shorter platforms as it is now.
These really are remarkable quality. North Wales seemed to have been absolutely stuffed with Class 40s. The stations all looked a bit run down though, didn't they.
The Class 40's were mainly seen on summer Saturday workings, normally they worked largely on freight. They never had electric train heating equipment which is why they were ideal for the summer Saturday extra trains. If you saw them on passenger trains in winter, this would be with steam-heated coaching stock as the Class 40's had steam heating boilers.
0.18 Mark 1 coaches didn't have air conditioning agreed but no heating? I can imagine the heating was most likely turned off on warm Summer days but surely the coaches were equipped with it?
The Mark 1 coaches were a mixture of steam-heated, electric-heated, or dual. Not all diesel locomotives had steam heating boilers, and quite often the summer Saturday trains were formed of older Mark 1 trains (probably steam-heated) paired with a loco with no steam heating boiler, sometimes taken off freight duties. In summer that didn't matter as heating wasn't required. I used to enjoy riding in steam-heated trains in the depths of winter, with the steam creating a lovely atmosphere. Why steam heating? Well the earlier Mark 1 coaches often worked with steam locomotives. Thanks for your comment, giving me the opportunity of explaining that to younger viewers.
Superb!I remember staying in caravans in Towyn as a child.I used to watch in wonder & awe at the mighty 40s.45s & 47s that went thundering past on the distinctive section of jointed track as it was back then.My favourites were usually the freightliners hauled by 40s or 47s.Happy memories!
Got to say an excellent selection of photos, very well put into a sideshow good stuff.
Thanks.
Quite a few memories here. I was a student in Bangor at the time of the Britannia Bridge Fire, (In a pub with witnesses 😀)
Excellent, thankyou!
Oh how I remember those days. I caught those 10 car DMUs many times from Manchester and Patricroft station in the 70s. Happy days 😀
Those original platforms at Shotton are still there. Ive lived near the station since 1963 and remember the 4 tracks. A stopper would be at the platform and an express would go racing thru on the fast line usually steam hauled. The station was closed for years and the slow tracks taken up. Eventually it reopened with shorter platforms as it is now.
Thanks for that. I like the way TH-cam brings out these snippets from the past.
These really are remarkable quality. North Wales seemed to have been absolutely stuffed with Class 40s. The stations all looked a bit run down though, didn't they.
The Class 40's were mainly seen on summer Saturday workings, normally they worked largely on freight. They never had electric train heating equipment which is why they were ideal for the summer Saturday extra trains. If you saw them on passenger trains in winter, this would be with steam-heated coaching stock as the Class 40's had steam heating boilers.
0.18 Mark 1 coaches didn't have air conditioning agreed but no heating? I can imagine the heating was most likely turned off on warm Summer days but surely the coaches were equipped with it?
The Mark 1 coaches were a mixture of steam-heated, electric-heated, or dual. Not all diesel locomotives had steam heating boilers, and quite often the summer Saturday trains were formed of older Mark 1 trains (probably steam-heated) paired with a loco with no steam heating boiler, sometimes taken off freight duties. In summer that didn't matter as heating wasn't required.
I used to enjoy riding in steam-heated trains in the depths of winter, with the steam creating a lovely atmosphere. Why steam heating? Well the earlier Mark 1 coaches often worked with steam locomotives.
Thanks for your comment, giving me the opportunity of explaining that to younger viewers.