Another "Britannia" at Newton Heath from Carlisle by the turntable, 70039 Sir Christopher Wren was initially allocated to Norwich in East Anglia but was now at Kingmoor. The coaling stage looms high in the background. Note the signal box on the platform ahead of the loco and the old lower quadrant signals on the gantry, half lost in the mist despite being starters at the end of the platform. See the Pilot lights being carried: one over each buffer at both ends . Holbeck's "Jubilees" were beginning to be withdrawn and this rather sad-looking example I later learned had been withdrawn two months earlier and was awaiting its fate. 16th February 1966. A closer view of another one, No 70044 Earl Haig. The loco came to the West Riding from Darlington in the early '60s and spent several years at Ardsley. Ex-LMS "Royal Scot" No 46133 The Green Howards stands in front of the running shed at Farnley, which was the principal ex-LNWR depot in Leeds, on a weekend in 1961. Refresh & enjoy your personal memories, or find some that family & friends will love as gifts. By 1961 Neville Hill had a pair of Ivatt 2-6-0s, Nos 43051/54 and the latter is seen either running into or out of the shed. 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. Peppercorm A1 No 60117 Bois Roussel sits in the shed at Copley Hill. Close by in the sidings outside the double roundhouse was ex-LMS 45568 Western Australia. Jun 28, 2014 - Explore alan hebron's board "Stockton on tees old photos" on Pinterest. After working a non-timetabled train it may have been returning Light Engine to its home shed of Mirfield on the far side of Wakefield. 4.9.65. All four were cut up soon after. 3rd April 1964. 7029 Clun Castle being turned after returning from its early morning working to Cardiff. A personal view at Doncaster taken in 1962 by my brother, Adam, with his Brownie 127 when he'd have been 12 and me 14, of A4 No 60021 Wild Swan arriving at the spotters' platform with the 3.26pm Leeds Central-King's Cross, "White Rose". Find routes near Stourton, Leeds. 65K Polmont We travelled by coach overnight in both directions, and during the day, visited almost a dozen sheds in and between the twp cities. Discussion has suggested that the loco was too large for the turntable at Stourton so was first sent to Holbeck for servicing. With the sun dodging in and out, just beyond were some lines of assorted locos in steam, including another one of Didcot's allocation, "Modified Hall", No 6969 Wraysbury Hall. D2311 (04) Crewe South The BR CCT, however, had a generous wheelbase of 23'6" (the dimensions were similar to the LNER/BR CCT) because the value of an extended length and WB was being recognised. Behind it can be seen a remnant of what used to be the outer wall of the shed when it had four roundhouses. A general view of the shed. 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. Fortunately, A4 600025 Falcon also came by, light engine. 66B Motherwell 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. Create a Photo Gift with this photo, add a memory, send an ePostcard and view more information. I don't know; but I did manage to get two pictures. One of Percy Main's J27s No 65842 is polluting the the atmosphere in fine style. Don't forget we also have A bonus arrived when a J94, No 68043, came by on the main running line hauling a pick-up or transfer goods. for our site. Hi David, thanks for getting in touch and putting us right. Copyright South Leeds Life CLC - All rights reserved. Here's the loco crossing the running lines towards the engine shed. 68704, 69025 (J72) On top of that it was a murky day (the Scots have a good word for it - "dreich") and the sun didn't shine until mid-afternoon. 65B St. Rollox An unusual feature is the large tender, better associated with 9Fs. Upload Image Faster batch processing > Before After Photo: Steve Banks, 9F No 92046 seen again with its BR1C 4,725 gallon tender. At the former Caledonian Railway shed, the sun greeted us, along with our first ex-LNER "Pacifics" in steam. In the following sequence, each chronological, oldest pictures first. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. Saturday 4th September 1965. Midway between Leeds Central and Wakefield on the GNML, Ardsley lay on the Yorkshire coalfield, between several junctions in the West Riding, and was chosen for the principal marshaling yards served by a sizeable engine shed. All rights reserved. Carrying a layer of dust and grime but the clean lines do show well. The A4 was serviced in the usual way, and placed inside the shed, but many people turned up to see it and the foreman agreed to have the loco moved outside again so that it could be photographed. for if you look along the railings on the right, there's a gap We used used have free run of the place. No pictures at Crewe South which was logjammed with unphotographable locos, better at Crewe North although I could only take a rear-facing view of No 46228 Duchess of Rutland. Brush Type 2 No D5685 was busy in the carriage sidings. 6913 Levens Hall The Glasgow & South Western Railway built this depot, subsequently part of the LMS, to house suburban passenger tanks and goods locos. page. This loco seemed to follow us around and we saw it several more times during the day. Powered by AI photo restoration technology, it instantly removes scratches from damaged old photos online, as well as tears, spots, dust, and sepia. I promise not to include the worst horrors! When finished It would run round its train and return tender first. This sequence of pictures was taken when I was 15 yrs old with a camera borrowed from a school friend. I always thought that the A1s looked good from this angle, really powerful, and the missing nameplates weren't too obvious - almost like the as-built condition before they were fitted. The turntables at Holbeck could certainly take a Britannia for I used to see them in the roundhouse and I would lean towards that option on grounds of convenience. The complex was built by the Midland Railway and was quite large with yards on both sides of the running lines between Leeds City-St. Pancras. Trams on Boar Lane in Leeds. 1961. it has not been shown on our website before as it has not been optimised and therefore may not meet the quality standards we require for use in our normal product range. Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. Launch OS Maps D8551 parked under the clock by the offices at Polmadie. It was from Cricklewood West. old photos of stourton leeds. Oldswinford and Wollaston in the 1950's and 1960's. Oldswinford and Wollaston both have their own individual sense of community and are clearly much more than just outlying areas of Stourbridge. All these photographs are available to buy as a wide range of products, including Framed Prints in a variety of sizes and styles, Canvas, jigsaws, mugs, tea towels, cushion covers and make great gifts for relatives at Christmas, for birthdays and almost any other occasion. After Tyne Dock, next stop was Percy Main (52E) which had had a diesel depot added near the steam shed. This loco carried on working until May 1965. Some of Holbeck's "Jubilees" were still at work but they too were losing their nameplates, and beginning to get dirty. All rights reserved. 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 . What it really excluded was common-or-garden vanfits which were being used in parcels trains but excluded from an express like this. A closer view of D5100 in ridiculously dirty condition, with an even muckier ex-LMS Black 5 beyond it, believed to be 45063. 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. photo of Stourton. Finally, another half-decent picture from 1961 or 1962 on a sunny day at Neville Hill. for our site. An aerial view of Pudsey in the late 1950s. A BR Type 2 No D5253 (later Class 25) passes on the Up goods loop with a short goods train of a dozen wagons. but if some spark good memories they are available to buy in a wide range of products, including framed prints, canvas prints and personalised photo gifts including tea towels, mugs, jigsaws, tableware, cushion covers, customised calendars. 31.10.64. The UKs leading archive and publisher of local photographs It had just come off its roster, taken over by 47383. It was sad but at least an effort had been made to give the loco a clean. Return by clicking the "x". Alan Pegler's Flying Scotsman passes with an Ian Allan special - "The Darlington Marquess Railtour". Technical details: First pictures taken with a secondhand bellows camera, then a Brownie 127, various borrowed roll-film cameras and, finally, a Zorki 6 35mm camera. Ex-Caledonian Railway Drummond "pug" No 56029 at Kipps (65E), abandoned in a siding near the loco depot but never saved for preservation. A man with a heart of gold! A final point to note is that the loco is carrying a steam-era shed plate on its nose in steam era fashion, 16C, for Derby. Stourton is a mainly industrial area of the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. As can be seen, the ground for this side of the shed had to excavated and was quite gloomy. It's a windy day as Doncaster A1, No 60125 Scottish Union breasts the summit of the climb past Copley Hill shed and begins the descent towards Leeds Central station. 7th August 1965. Many J94s had operated in the North East and nine of them were standing in the lines. Fully coalled, it awaits its return working. 3-4-64. The next batch of pictures was taken by me and my brother, mostly using my Zorki 35mm camera. It wasn't the only example I saw in those last years of neglect. It's free to browse our vintage and retro photographs 5th January 1964. Our first running shed of the day was at West Hartlepool and though quite modest, the variety was unlike any other shed visited that day with ex-NER, ex-LMS and WD 2-8-0s: 43100, 43123 (LMS 2-6-0) The loco was allocated to Stourton where the working may have originated. Toggle navigation. This one has the front doors still in place and a small middle cab window. 3.4.64. An extract from the 1966 1" map of south Leeds with Holbeck shed 55A in the top LH corner and Stourton 55B in the lower RH corner. junio 12, 2022. jonah bobo 2005 . To the right is the three-road repair shop, and beyond, the recently built DMU shed and fuel stores. This vertical format also conceals the shocking lack of sharpness towards the outer ends; the side edges were better. An archive of over 60,000 images of Leeds: visit the Leodis website to browse the full collection. Courtesy of Leeds Museums & Galleries. The first picture in the sequence from June shows a green liveried Sulzer Type 2 with the small middle window in the cab, D5227 (later Class 25/1 25077). In April 1964, the train spotting societies in two secondary schools in Leeds combined for a tour of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The main line from Oxford is passing by, a familiar scene today. The old works have been refurbished with buildings re-roofed and re-clad by Towngate plc. Send us an enquiry. 31.10.64. This was a relatively old part of Leeds that was to be redeveloped considerably and, in the background, demolition was already taking place. Hunslet Shopping Centre. Please read the comments as some facts in this article are disputed. April/May 1963. He's leaning out more than normal to spot the next signals which are just around the corner. Keith Long, former signalman in Leeds, has come forward to say that the headcode was actually 1V47 which was the Sundays only 4.31pm from Bradford Forster Square, Leeds City 4.54-5.02pm to Bristol Temple Meads. You will then see a large blue button which will enable you to choose any of our print options available for this image - framed, mounted or just a print on its own. when BR withdrew all wooden-bodied coaches. 31.10.64. I can't say that I enjoy pictures of run-down locos but 45626 Seychelles was another old friend and there's no disguising Stanier's elegant lines. The loco was one of four used at Scarborough and Malton being dispersed on closure of those depots to steam and briefly tried here. It was an 8H Birkenhead loco at the time. 6966 Witchingham Hall I was still working there in 1983. In other words, a great place to watch trains fly by and a bonus after missing out on Nine Elms. February 1985. Portrait of a Maunsell 2-6-0 Class N, No 31406, a design introduced in 1917 by the SECR. A visitor from Oxford, "modified Hall" No 6974 Bryngwyn Hall, stands in front of the running shed. My visit was on a murky day in March 1966 when there was still plenty of steam, but also locos awaiting disposal. Area information, map, footpaths, walks and more. Steam was ending but we were young and couldn't really see it; train-spotting was carrying on despite the increasingly sad sights. All I can say is "Stupid boy!" 7029 Clun Castle berthed at Gloucester shed alongside brush Type 4 D1721. Behind the tender is the support coach, an ex-LMS Period I type.The train may have worked out with the loco at the head and run round for the return. It looked as if somebody had bought it, but I have never heard any more. Free or royalty-free photos and images. Since This asset has some traction but few have discovered it yet. Brookwood station The loco went on to serve for another 16 months. A Riddles 4MT 2-6-0 with bits missing, No 76066. Years later I learned that Copley Hill was a fearsomely difficult shed to get round because the main entrance took you past the Foreman's office. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and The picture was taken standing on the embankment underneath Copley Hill's coaling stage. It was used for crew training and in July 1962, re-allocated to Holbeck. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. This was the itinerary, 65C Parkhead We've dug through our archive at the Yorkshire Evening Post to find these photos take you back to Leeds in 1972. 31.10.64. 6921Borwick Hall The air pumps were on the other side. One of each pair was supposed to show a white light, the other, red. 64F Bathgate Riddles 5MT No 73122, a 67A Corkerhill loco, stands in front of the 10-road shed. The clock is showing just before 1pm, which suggests a weekend visit. It was still a St.Rollox engine but for some reason was parked deep inside Eastfield's running shed. Most of the Down yard remains today, called, (I believe) Hunslet Down Goods or Balm Road Sidings. photos for this location. quoting the Frith negative number,(s) the town name and size of print you would like to buy. 6963 Throwley Hall The front end of No 46228 Duchess of Rutland. Several locos had been dumped there: three "Royal Scots" ex-66A Polmadie and Papyrus, a former star at Haymarket. 64C Dalry Road Photo: Author. 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. It coasted in down the gradient on the slow line and pulled up to collect passengers. Download all free or royalty-free photos and images. 7th August 1965. It then went back to Holbeck and lasted until November 1967. Especially sad to see were 0-6-0 tanks such as the J72 and J94 made obsolete by the diesel shunter, and the cab and bunker of former Copley Hill and Leeds Central station pilot, J50 68988. The allocation was shared under a code of 52F. 33027 (70B) was one of only around ten survivors at the time, divided between this shed and Guildford. since 1860. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. Please forgive me for such a melancholy picture but Riddles "Clan" Pacifics were unknown to us Yorkshiremen and two were lying waste here, 72001 Clan Cameron and 72002 Clan Campbell. Sign up to receive a daily email with the latest headlines from South Leeds Life. 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. 81A Old Oak Common Generations of families have worked at the . Alas, I must have been reported by the signalman because a few minutes later the shedmaster accosted me with head-shaking disbelief. The loco had been part of the final batch built in April 1951 and was barely a dozen years old when withdrawn in 1963. The A3 in the background would have been 60074 Harvester or 60084 Gainsborough, one of the shed's trio at the time, these two never having gained trough smoke deflectors. maps 81F Oxford The final years of steam in Yorkshire didn't reach the depths that was later to be seen in Lancashire. I presume that the code "O" was used to designate a station pilot. J50 68988 stands in front of the offices at Copley Hill (56C) in April/May 1963. historic maps, On a weekday in 1966 the end of steam was still a couple of years away and the place was busy with 59 locos on shed and ex-LMS Jinties still in business, but the muck around the place was depressing. Your figure of 9,000 working for the company across various sites in 1966 pretty much marries up with my figure of 5,000 at the site in Stourton. It would have shunted the sidings at Hunslet on the way. You can't tell but this was actually an Eastleigh loco. 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. 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. I can see that the headline might be confusing but I wasnt suggesting that the plant was called the Stourton Copperworks, merely that it located in Stourton. 7th August 1965. Coming back, division was at York. Lack of nameplates doesn't disguise the class's elegant lines. The next series of pictures was taken in Leeds near Hunslet and Stourton, a few miles south of Leeds City station on the Midland line to Derby and St.Pancras. and With a classification of 5F, it was actually by some margin the most powerful 0-6-0 built in the UK. Behind can be seen a SR tender from a "U" class 2-6-0 and, beyond it, the repair shop. D2163 (03). Note the green livery, before the yellow panels were added, and the empty headcode indicator box. Next to it was D7578 (later Class 25/3 25228), allocated to York. By this time pre-Grouping designs were getting rare and this was the only photograph I managed to take. Behind the tender, with three more further back, is a container on its flat wagon, precursor of today's giant-sized containers. I'll spare you my results, though, except for this one. old photos of stourton leedschapel royal, st james palace services old photos of stourton leeds. A modern day City Square from above (Image: Eric Musgrave)2 of 26. Photo: Author. 3rd April 1964. It sits nicely next to my 56C.:). The UKs leading archive and publisher of local photographs See more ideas about stockton on tees, old photos, stockton. 60025 Falcon passes by at the same location. In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. 6996Blackwell Hall The light was little better but we had time to see five loco-hauled trains, the first shooting by as we arrived. Delivery Info Help Contact Us UK () Download Stourton stock photos. Photo: Steve Banks. I believe that in its last years, this loco was allocated to South Blyth and Sunderland. Then I found myself at the shed entrance off the line to Waterloo with many trains passing. Other Products: Only the Southern Region named some of its 5MTs, re-using names from withdrawn "King Arthur" class 4-6-0s. The sun was getting low and while I took the usual front 3/4 snaps, here are the more interesting views! An aerial view of the newly built Park and Ride area in Stourton, East Leeds providing parking for people and a bus service to the centre of Leeds city. It was, incidentally a seat reservation train: as always, trains taking people home after a weekend away could be heavily loaded. Sulzer Type 2 (later Class 24) D5100 is standing in front, more of it in a moment. The separate home arm was for the north, to Bradford and Carlisle. September 1964. 16-3-66. Recently shopped Thompson B1 61030 Nyala stands outside Ardsley shed on a fine autumnal day in September 1964. Stourton Railway Station. A modern, almost spaceship-like profile but, alas, all were withdrawn within a dozen years and more Class 20s built in their place.