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As above, more scans from 1990 in Woking, plenty of slam door action!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632715183857/detail/
Some 47s, 50s, 73s and 33s too.
Looks like SWT is doing another 'Rainbow Day', this is only available at Salisbury on Feb 23rd. £10 return to anywhere on the SWT Network.
http://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/business/business/10225337.SWT_train_travel_for___10_return/
The remaining shots from my Coasts & Peaks rover in February 1990 have now been scanned and uploaded.:D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632248682312/detail/?page=2
A remarkable day in terms if weather with Portsmouth seeing it's heaviest snow in nearly 20 years, me and my wife had to travel to Reading for a family court case and I ended up with some memorable shots!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632453521856/detail/?page=2
Can somebody tell me if this unit is wearing GMPTE colours or SPTE colours?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/8317737989/
Did any of these units transfer from Glasgow to Manchester and keep the same colours given the similarity of the liveries?
London to Sheffield via a stop for a couple of hours in Nottingham, shots of the Kings Cross & St Pancras areas, Nottingham station, city & trams plus a few from Sheffield to finish off.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632277019676/detail/
A selection from my most recent WMDR when the weather was a little better than today.:wink: Careful with the Pendolino close up shot as it's a bit gruesome (pheasant strike).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632276486763/detail/
A few shots from a rover I did many years ago, mostly from Liverpool Lime Street and Crewe.:)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157632248682312/detail/
SWT has just announced that for one day only Brian Blessed will be doing the station announcements at Waterloo next Tuesday the 18th of December, this is in aid of The Samaritans.
Should be interesting.:)
Had an interesting situation on board recently, I was working a 1Pxx running fast from Waterloo to Woking. Doing a ticket check a lady presented a Clapham to Woking ticket plus an oyster card which she said she had used throughout the morning and had been price capped for the day. She had found...
Back in the days when it was always a piece of cake to bunk your way around Bescot!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157631984261479/detail/?page=3
56103, 47714, 47315, 50023, 50031, 47484.....all on a sunny morning in 1990!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157631984261479/detail/?page=2
Some shots of 60005 on a crisp winters day in 1990 when it was at Old Oak Common for crew training.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/8192131923/in/photostream
A few shots from a wet night at Woking in January 1990, Class 455, 442, 423, 414 & 421 included.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40172673@N03/sets/72157631984261479/detail/
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