local history books, Under TOPS, the loco became 47416 and was withdrawn from Gateshead in March 1986 after an astonishingly short life of only of only 23 years. :). And finally, sensing that luck was against me in catching a Scottish A4 outdoors, I grabbed a cab side view of 60031 Golden Plover deep in the gloom. Gloucester, coded 85B, included sub-sheds at Brimscombe, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Lydney and Tetbury. This sequence of pictures was taken when I was 15 yrs old with a camera borrowed from a school friend. A general view of Redhill from a nearby embankment shows two Riddles "standard" designs, 80031 and 73113 Lyonnesse. for our site. One of each pair was supposed to show a white light, the other, red. A Clayton, D8512, comes onto its home shed from the running lines alongside. Most of the Up yard was removed and, eventually, a modern traction depot was placed there (in the misty part of this picture). Please send us an enquiry if you are interested in buying this image Assistir Dortmund X RB Leipzig - Ao Vivo Grtis HD sem travar, sem anncios. The embellishment of a copper-capped chimney still lent an air of elegance but the crudely painted number, on the bunker was dismal. This, then, proved to be my very last picture. One of Copley Hill's Peppercorn A1s, No 60120 Kittiwake storms the summit of the climb out of Leeds Central on the final gradient of 1:50 with the 12.55pm to King's Cross. With a classification of 5F, it was actually by some margin the most powerful 0-6-0 built in the UK. Delivery Info Help Contact Us UK () :). I have a faint memory of the Leeds United manager, Don Revie, being on the train on his way back from Cardiff. As can be seen, the ground for this side of the shed had to excavated and was quite gloomy. A second batch followed: - with the larger tender. Taken in 1963 during my last steam-era visit to Doncaster using my brother's Brownie 127 camera, at St. James bridge. The train appears to be taking the line towards Derby and the relevant arm in the splitting signal over the loco was the distant, which is "on" - the home arm above it would have been "off" but is out of shot. Note how the front number plate has been stolen, and so has the shed plate. 80050, 80127-8. There's no shed plate but 56D has been painted on for Mirfield, where it had been for some years. Find routes near Stourton, Leeds. Stock Photo ID: 2150473149. A modern day City Square from above (Image: Eric Musgrave)2 of 26. Passing in the opposite direction bound for Waterloo is Ivatt 2-6-2T, No 41298, which had only been allocated to Nine Elms a few weeks earlier. for Stourton and Yorkshire too! Trams on Boar Lane in Leeds. 65A Eastfield A shunter is walking up, pole in hand, to uncouple the loco and release it. Unfortunately, by 1964 the WR was beginning to lose its steam and the lustre of old was on the wane. Also, that it was specified "4-wheel vehicles with a wheelbase of less than 15 ft must not be conveyed by this train. Loco works Black 5 No 45219 pulls away under the skew bridge with more of the yards visible on the Up side. Terms & Conditions of Use 90061, 90082, 90217, 90344, 90479 (WD 2-8-0). Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. All four ended up at Woking. A sight rarely seen south of the border as a Black five fitted with a tablet catcher, No 45124 from Hurlford (67B), comes on shed. Stourton Railway Station. As school kids I would come here often with my brother, stand the other side of the tracks, and watch as a vertical plume of steam heralded a departure from Leeds Central. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. The coaling stage looms high in the background. The headcode "3N12" was for a Midland working which I can identify partly as 3=parcels and N=destination the North Eastern Region. Ex-LMS 2-6-4T No 42409 carrying Station Pilot lights, shunts vans at Leeds City Wellington St parcels depot in April/May1963. Here, however, is No 70054 Dornoch Firth parked in the overcast grunge of the day at Crewe South. In fact historically Oldswinford was the main centre for the Stourbridge area, St Mary's Church was key to this and genealogy research in the area . The shed used to be two and half miles from where I lived and as a teenager, used to visit on my push bike, despite two quite steep hills - traffic was still quite light in those days! 5th January 1964. The first 11 went to Redhill. Find high-quality stock photos that you won't find anywhere else. One of the lamps on the 8F has been removed to signify a light engine when it gets uncoupled. When we got to Tyne Dock shed, 26 locos were to be seen, dominated by ex-NER freight types, J27 0-6-0 and Q6 0-8-0. At last, a fairly clean ex-GWR "Prairie" tank, No 6112, one of Didcot's own. Behind the tender, with three more further back, is a container on its flat wagon, precursor of today's giant-sized containers. These were among the last pictures I took for university, wine, women and song beckoned. The ex-NBR Holmes 2F was being withdrawn and the two here had their chimneys covered over in case of a reprieve: there were only eleven left. J50 68988 stands in front of the offices at Copley Hill (56C) in April/May 1963. The area had goods and marshalling yards, and was served by a freight depot, 55B Stourton. The yards at Hunslet can be seen just right of centre. I was still working there in 1983. The west end at Newton Heath had the coaling tower, ash plant and turntable, which 48070 is passing. This vertical format also conceals the shocking lack of sharpness towards the outer ends; the side edges were better. 6983Otterington Hall The final years of steam in Yorkshire didn't reach the depths that was later to be seen in Lancashire. Powered by AI photo restoration technology, it instantly removes scratches from damaged old photos online, as well as tears, spots, dust, and sepia. 75B Redhill In the distance one of the J50 station pilots is approaching while to the right, lost in porridge, is one of the J6 0-6-0s, No 64203, 64226 or 64277. The bag that day was: Looking out from in front of the shed buildings across the yard various locos from the list above can be seen, but especially ex-GWR Pannier tanks that were still being used - the shed had only received two diesel shunters, an ex-LMS one (there used to be a pair) and a soon-to-be Class 08. The report can be found at www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=1084. History of Stourton, Leeds (1 C) S. St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton, Leeds (1 F) T. Thwaite Mills (20 F) Media in category "Stourton, Leeds" The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. Some may have also been hand coloured in the traditional style, bringing an old scene back to life with even more realism. The same loco seen in profile, surrounded by rubbish and no sign of the crew. Generations of families have worked at the site, seeing the transition from Leeds Copperworks into Yorkshire Copperworks, as well as multiple mergers and takeovers since. 6921Borwick Hall those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and We travelled by coach overnight in both directions, and during the day, visited almost a dozen sheds in and between the twp cities. Clun Castle and crew, preparing to set back into the shed at Gloucester. You will then see a range of products available for this image alongside the larger print, where you have several options: Prints: From the invention of the Yorkshire fitting and the supply of materials for shipbuilding repairs in World War I, the Copperworks has played a pivotal role in British industry and history. Create a Photo Gift with this photo, add a memory, send an ePostcard and view more information. In other words, a great place to watch trains fly by and a bonus after missing out on Nine Elms. The area falls within the City and Hunslet ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council. J27 No 65835 stands in the wintry sun outside what used to be the roundhouse shed, but was in the early stages of demolition. Photo: author. It was a school trip and we visited: Gresty Lane Four new additions - On Saturday 18th September 1965, an Aberdeen A4, No 60004 William Whitelaw was sent to Neville Hill to work an RCTS special the following day, "The Blyth-Tyne express". Posing in the middle is spanking clean, ex-works A3 No 60048 Doncaster. This was a Carlisle Kingmoor (12A) loco. Another view of D5685 as it backed onto carriages, with the main running lines to the south in the background. Photo: Author. Yours truly is wearing the gabardine coat and class-mate Robin, the bobble hat. South Blyth Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. However, BR withdrew the remaining 110 or so en bloc in 1962 and this view, from winter 1962/63 shows No 64933 alongside a stable mate in the yard, probably awaiting removal. I think it was the school master's idea to go somewhere unusual, and he wasn't kidding for the first stop was the scrap line at Darlington Works, then: West Hartlepool At the time I hadn't seen any of these and it's unfortunate that apart from the Claytons, none of the other Scottish types presented themselves in a photogenic way. And only ten shots were possible, quite unlike a 35mm camera, let alone the digital cameras of today. Only one open wagon can be seen and it's a steel bodied one. We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1972. Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos. for if you look along the railings on the right, there's a gap We used used have free run of the place. Browse our selection of vintage, retro and nostalgic black and white photographs of Stourton. Photo: Author. At this high point the loco was beginning to coast and a westerly wind was blowing its exhaust across the front of the loco. I promise not to include the worst horrors! Stourton's 4F No 44570 is seen passing the shed on the main line between Leeds City and St.Pancras on its way back to base. Looking the other way, 80143 is managing coal wagons at the coaling stage. Another "Black Five", No 45219 of 55D Royston, is seen running tender first on the Up loop with a Class 8 express freight with minimal braking, covered vans at the head. Terms & Conditions of Use Steam lasted in the West Riding for another couple of years and I could have seen it during holidays but the Nine Elms encounter with filth and rust had finished it for me. All four were cut up soon after. Don't forget we also have An archive of over 60,000 images of Leeds: visit the Leodis website to browse the full collection. In the far distance on the right, a large works was owned by Clayton & Sons who assembled pipes and boilers and that still stands today. Here's the loco crossing the running lines towards the engine shed. A modern, almost spaceship-like profile but, alas, all were withdrawn within a dozen years and more Class 20s built in their place. September 1964. Photo: Author. A closer view of another one, No 70044 Earl Haig. Fortunately, A4 600025 Falcon also came by, light engine. Explore and buy nostalgic photos of Stourton. Valentine's Day offer - Save 25% off all images, use code: VALAMY25. It was cheap, I was only 12-13 years old and on pretty meagre pocket money. Photo: Steve Banks, Almost a reverse view of the previous picture with 9F No 92046. The Black 5 runs on n a northerly direction. An old man in ragged clothing pushes a pram containing all his wordly possessions, his small dog takes a ride as well . Note the cattle pens on this side of the station, once a common sight everywhere. 5936 Oakley Hall Steam was ending but we were young and couldn't really see it; train-spotting was carrying on despite the increasingly sad sights. A few minutes later the train would crash by Peppercorn A1s, Britannias from Immingham returning the Grimsby train, and A4s on the "White Rose", long before either of us had a camera.
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