mickoo
Western Thunderer
Just a random selection of 35mm photos take back in my youth, when things like exposure and shutter speed were of little interest LOL as was dates and loco numbers.
Not sure of the best way to lay these out so for this initial run I'll go with region, which means photos might span several years.
Eastern region
Class 03, taken in the Ipswich lower yard down near where Cardinal Park is these days, back then it was waste land and weed ridden sidings. The church and warehouse still stand.
Class 31's by night, a pair of 31's tick over at the exit from Ipswich loco yard.
Train ferry at Harwich being unloaded by a class 31, fairly sure that's the MV Cambridge Ferry
Another pair of 31's at Ipswich, these have come off a Freightliner train from Felixstowe and are using the Felixstowe Platform 1 bay to either run round the train or cross over to the left ready for reversal back into the loco yard.
Moving forward in time, a brace of 37's attack the bottom of Clickett hill on their crawl up to Trimley station.
Another pair of 37's at the top of the hill, just to the left is the DMU shuttle heading off toward Felixstowe town, it's single section behind me and the path is clear, the driver has the token and with 1200t hanging off the end on a 1:40 hill it's an eruption of sound that only 37's can do as they drag the train up hill and on to Ipswich.
March depot, probably 79 or 80 with a quite rare class 25 for company.
Back to London and a pair of 37's are on the up fast through Stratford, they will have either crossed over from the up electric from Felixstowe at Forest Gate or joined from the Barking branch at the same junction, none the less they are now going to cross the down fast and other lines to take the North London line round to Willesden I suspect.
Baylham, about half way between Ipswich and Stowmarket. An unidentified 37 has got a real strop on and is storming south at full speed, with this many coaches on I'm going to guess this is one of the boat trains to Harwich or at least a cross country service as Norwich trains by now were all MkII aircon stock and 47 hauled.
Finally, class 40 heads through Ipswich with a Whitemoor to Parkeston freight train, given some of the stock it's a good bet a lot of this is bound for the train ferry seen above.
Finally, a very poor shot inside the Speedlink Vanguard on boxing day, nobody around so availed myself with at least one shot inside a train ferry, no tripod so hand held, can't run very fast with a tripod banging around your legs!
MV Speedlink Vanguard was the vessel that veered off course and rammed the European Gateway just off Felixstowe which then rolled onto her side with the terrible loss of six lives.
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/f...ropean_gateway_disaster_30_years_on_1_1747316
Not sure of the best way to lay these out so for this initial run I'll go with region, which means photos might span several years.
Eastern region
Class 03, taken in the Ipswich lower yard down near where Cardinal Park is these days, back then it was waste land and weed ridden sidings. The church and warehouse still stand.
Class 31's by night, a pair of 31's tick over at the exit from Ipswich loco yard.
Train ferry at Harwich being unloaded by a class 31, fairly sure that's the MV Cambridge Ferry
Another pair of 31's at Ipswich, these have come off a Freightliner train from Felixstowe and are using the Felixstowe Platform 1 bay to either run round the train or cross over to the left ready for reversal back into the loco yard.
Moving forward in time, a brace of 37's attack the bottom of Clickett hill on their crawl up to Trimley station.
Another pair of 37's at the top of the hill, just to the left is the DMU shuttle heading off toward Felixstowe town, it's single section behind me and the path is clear, the driver has the token and with 1200t hanging off the end on a 1:40 hill it's an eruption of sound that only 37's can do as they drag the train up hill and on to Ipswich.
March depot, probably 79 or 80 with a quite rare class 25 for company.
Back to London and a pair of 37's are on the up fast through Stratford, they will have either crossed over from the up electric from Felixstowe at Forest Gate or joined from the Barking branch at the same junction, none the less they are now going to cross the down fast and other lines to take the North London line round to Willesden I suspect.
Baylham, about half way between Ipswich and Stowmarket. An unidentified 37 has got a real strop on and is storming south at full speed, with this many coaches on I'm going to guess this is one of the boat trains to Harwich or at least a cross country service as Norwich trains by now were all MkII aircon stock and 47 hauled.
Finally, class 40 heads through Ipswich with a Whitemoor to Parkeston freight train, given some of the stock it's a good bet a lot of this is bound for the train ferry seen above.
Finally, a very poor shot inside the Speedlink Vanguard on boxing day, nobody around so availed myself with at least one shot inside a train ferry, no tripod so hand held, can't run very fast with a tripod banging around your legs!
MV Speedlink Vanguard was the vessel that veered off course and rammed the European Gateway just off Felixstowe which then rolled onto her side with the terrible loss of six lives.
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/f...ropean_gateway_disaster_30_years_on_1_1747316