Local area phots 171211 update - Featuring 1988 to 2011…
Many thanks your recent contributions in a week of variable weather as the phots hopefully show!
Bedford, 280588 thanks to Mark Beal
A very rare outing for a “Clacton
unit” sees 309618 used on St Pancras - Bedford shuttles as part of the local
open day/river festival events
Bletchley, 100104
57305
is thunderbird for the day at Bletchley
Leighton Station, 101211
Nice
light, lengthy train shame about the power! A very clean 66165 takes the water
empties South from Daventry
Leighton Station, 111211
In
appalling light and steady rain big Sulzer 47760 takes a Hitchin-Carnforth ecs
turn North through “top shack”
Beacon Hill, Little Kimble, 121211
“bubble” in the Buckingham
landscape, the green W55034 working her last up turn of the morning, the 0950
Aylesbury-Risboro
Chelmscote, 121211 thanks to Andrew Chambers
The Xmas mail
drags return briefly, 67003 on 1S07 Willesden-Shieldmuir mail
Old Linslade, 151211 thanks to “PB”
86628
and 610 coast round the Old Linslade curves with this bridge 139 view of 4L75
Tring, 161211 thanks to “GR”
And
then came the snow, a wintry scene down in Tring cutting as 377208 keeps ahead
of some pendo
A
reasonable cover at Tring summit, 90041 takes the Northampton trainer North
through Tring cutting
The week that was, local gen
Sunday 11 December
47760 5Z76 Hitchin-Carnforth
Monday 12 December
86637/632 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
86610 with 86604 dit 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
67003 1S07 Willesden-Shieldmuir mail
67008 1A97 Warrington-Willesden mail
70009 4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
321416 5Z13 Northampton - Ilford (bogie overhaul)
390021 on 1H75 2040 Euston-Manchester lost pan nr Stow Hill, passengers rescue by “vomit” on opposite running line , 57305 drag broken plas to Rugby ECS
Tuesday 13 December
86637/632 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
67008 1F00 Willesden-Warrington mail
31601 0Z25 Bescot-Bletchley-Bescot
70009 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
OHL damage on old line via Weedon, diversions via Northampton
Wednesday 14 December
67022 1S07 Willesden-Shieldmuir mail
31601 0Z25 Bescot-Bletchley-Bescot
180103/106 5Z80 Newton Heath-Old Oak Common
70009 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
37229/602 Dungeness flasks
Thursday 15 December
31601 0Z25 Bescot-Bletchley-Bescot
67027 1S07 Willesden-Shieldmuir mail
86628/610 4L75 Crewe-Felixstowe
86614 with 86612 dit 4M54 Tilbury-Crewe
180108 5Z80 Newton Heath-Old Oak Common
70009 4L77 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
Friday 16 December
37601 0Z30 Crewe-Norwich with 90006 (82121 collected from Wolverton)
On hire 66427 4M54
90041 Northampton trainer and 1K39 Euston-Crewe
37602/20309 Dungeness flasks
70009 4L69 Lawley St-Felixstowe/4M93 Felixstowe-Lawley St
Saturday 17 December
70009 4L69 Lawley St-Felixstowe
66165 6X48 Wolverton-Slade Green with 465197
Relevant topical Link
Cable theft nr Watford Jn caused evening peak problems on 141211
As you all know there is a big problem here and church roofs are especially vulnerable. Please sign the petition below, it only takes 5 minutes but it will be well worth it especially if this helps prevent metal thefts from church roofs, BT telephone lines, manhole covers , war memorials, railway overhead lines etc…
One of the reasons this occurs is that the thieves can take the metal to the less scrupulous metal traders and get cash. There is a e-petition you can sign to change the law so that all scrap metal transactions have to be by cheque or direct bank payment. This would leave an audit trail and be a significant component in the reduction in lead and other metal thefts. The petition needs 100,000 signatures to gain parliamentary time.
Please can you sign it and pass this on to everybody you know. The address is: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/406