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| 1 | The last train from Spalding to March stands at March after arrival on 27th November 1982, this was the final service train over the GE & GN Joint line | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (763) |
| 2 | Spalding Flower Parade day May 1982, 46047 passes Cowbit box on the long closed GN & GE Joint line with ECS from Whitemoor Yard for an Adex from Spalding | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (646) |
| 3 | Loco 66059 pushes its way through the undergrowth as it heads towards Coopers metal recycling works | The Highworth Branch | (641) |
| 4 | On 27th November 1982 a Cravens unit looms out of the fog at Twenty Feet River box at the North end of March yard, this was the last day of services on the March to Spalding line | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (634) |
| 5 | A rare working, 31462 stands at Plymouth on 11th November 1988 waiting to depart with the 1510 to Paddington, she had worked the 0740 from Paddington throughout earlier. It was a hellfire thrash! | Rail Blue memories part 2 | (488) |
| 6 | Great Yarmouth in on a Summer Sunday in 1987, no doubt the Talbot had been visited | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (434) |
| 7 | 37073 stands at the head of the 1620 to Glasgow at Inverness on Sunday 7th April 1984, with some pretty awful jumpers on display.This train was booked a pilot engine as far as Perth | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (401) |
| 8 | On a cold and frosty morning (remember them?) vacuum braked 37062 departs for Ipswich with a very small freight. 20th November 1982 | East Anglian Railways in the 80's | (369) |
| 9 | 20192 and 20194 bask in the evening sun at Westhouses depot on 3rsdOctober 1982 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (351) |
| 10 | 47487 departs Norwich resplendent in its then unique Intercity livery, another Stratford depot paint job. Winter 1986 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (349) |
| 11 | 37116 stands at Ely on 8th Jan 1983 with th 2 coach 0734 Cambridge - Kings Lynn, a very hellfire train! | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (343) |
| 12 | On 15th Sept 1982 31408 nears Wymondham Abbey on the freight only Dereham branch with the occasional freight from North Elmham. This line is now the Mid Norfolk Railway | East Anglian Railways in the 80's | (334) |
| 13 | 47569 pilots 47583 which was on test on the 1134 to Liverpool Street leaving Norwich duting Summer 1982 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (333) |
| 14 | 37119 leaves Norwich with the Harwich - North Walsham tanks in Winter 1984 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (318) |
| 15 | The last 1P33 1700 Liverpool street - Lowestoft waits to depart behind 37115 in May 1984 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (315) |
| 16 | 25300/276 ssen at Edinburgh Waverley on 3rd April 1985 having arrived with the 1610 service ex Carstairs | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (310) |
| 17 | 31432 thrashes away from Kirkby Stephen West on the Settle and Carlisle line. | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (302) |
| 18 | My Lords! 20218 and 20224 pause at Kirkcaldy on 29th August 1986 with the 1635 Edinburgh - Dundee | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (301) |
| 19 | Shirebrook depot, 3rd October 1982, with 56102 and 37245 stabled in the evening sunshine | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (300) |
| 20 | 37021 crosses Reedham swing bridge with the 2005 Lowestoft - Norwich | East Anglian Railways in the 80's | (295) |
| 21 | 47458 passes a christmas card like Lakenham just outside Norwich on the 0928 to Birmingham on a snowy morning during Winter 1984 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (293) |
| 22 | Scottish classics, 26038 pauses at Achnasheen on 20th April 1984 with the 0655 Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh | Rail Blue Memories Part 1 | (286) |
| 23 | Having got off the train at Crianlarich, a very quick sprint enabled me to obtain this slide of 37043 departing with the 0820 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban on 5th April 1985 | Rail Blue memories part 2 | (273) |
| 24 | The 0949 to Birmingham departs Norwich behind 31255 and 31270 on 2nd October 1982 | East Anglian Railways in the 80's | (248) |
| 25 | 26032 approaches Achnasheen on 10th December 1983 on the 1055 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh | Rail Blue memories part 2 | (237) |
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 | 1st Jan 1980 | East Anglian Railways in the 80's
Anglia in the 80's was a heaven for diesel haulage fans, and the photographer too, with many trip freights in and around Norwich, Ipswich, March and Cambridge. All this, of course had gone by the 1990's, so here for your enjoyment are some happy memories of when the railways were real...
4th December 2007
I've added a few more scans, there are still some more that I have not found yet that I want to add so keep watching this space!
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 | 1st Jan 1981
to 1st Feb 1981 | Rail Blue Memories Part 1
Happy memories from the real 'bashing' days...everything from 20's to 50's in all the old stamping grounds, I hope they bring back a few memories...
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 | 1st Jan 1982
to 1st Feb 1982 | Rail Blue memories part 2
A lot of Scottish slides here from desperate rover days in the 80's. I have also added (on 24th Jan 2007) a lot more scans from all over the country, remember the days? Freedom of the East Midlands? Heart of Englands, Anglia day rovers? I hope you enjoy them, and that they bring back a few memories of when the railway was real and not plastic....
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 | 4th Jan 1982 | Rail Blue Memories Part 3
Another selection from the achives, covering Scotland, linesiding on the Settle and Carlisle line and desperate bashing trips elsewhere. Rail Blue Part 4 should follow shortly with the last of 'the best of the rest'! I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed taking them at the time...
More scans added on 14th March 2007.
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 | 5th Jan 1982 | Rail Blue Memories Part 4
Linesiding on the S&C, some more from around Norwich and Anglia and a miscellaneous selection of hellfire slides from a mis-spent youth spent travelling and photting classic traction. And I wouldn't change a thing.
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 | 19th Jan 1982 | Railblue memories Part 5
A real mixed bag this, some East Anglian scans, plus some of various depot 'nedding' trips in the early 1980's, and a few covering virtually the whole of the BR network up to the early 1990's. Some good memories here, I hope you enjoy them.
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 | 20th Jan 1982 | Railtours and Seminars
Some happy memories from the AIA charter days and seminar phots etc, I was never a great fan of railtours but sometimes when the destination and traction were right they had to be done.......
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 | 27th Feb 1982
to 27th Feb 1984 | Rail Blue Memories Part 6
Hurrah I finally had some more archive slides scanned! Again its a very mixed bag from all over the country, lots of money spent of rover tickets and beer I fear! I hope you enjoy them, happy memories of when British Rail was worth travelling on, and the idea that a class 60 could be interesting hadn't been contemplated.
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 | 1st Jan 1983 | West Country Wanderings Part 1
This collection reflects one or two linesiding holidays in the early 80's with a mate of mine Mike Bryant, based in and around Exeter, and a not inconsiderable amount of 50 bashing trips too. Of course all but the scenery has changed out of all recognition, somehow sprinters and HST's just don't 'do it' for me. And they demolished the Red Cow at Exeter too.
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 | 2nd Jan 1983 | West Country Wanderings Part 2
With part 1 rather full now, I've created a new collection for the rest of my West Country scans. There's a lot of class 50's here, particularly in Devon, but some other loco's to add interest as well. The sun always seemed to shine on those hazy Summer days in the early 80's, jumpers for goalposts, warm beer in the Red Cow at Exeter, marvelous.
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I moved to Highworth in March 2007, I've always liked the place and it seemed a logical move to leave that crossroads of Asian, African and Eastern European culture that is Swindon for somewhere a little quieter. I hope you like my website, if you have any suggestions to improve it or general comments please let me know either by email or in person at the Cellar Bar, all criticisms must be included with a pint! Cheers.
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