Derek's Railway Pictures.....
Last updated 22 Oct 2006
Lightmoor Shropshire
Lightmoor Box RIP
Sign protecting a footpath from Cherry Tree Hill
At least the fixed distant as survived so far
looking some what forlorn the now bare signal post (with lamps still attached)
66185 With a full cab running toward Madeley Junction 17-10-06
66099 back on coal traffic after its engineering duties at the weekend 17-10-06
Didn't expect to see a train today with the Wellington - Wolverhampton line closed but along came 66243 running down hill at a fair rate of knots.
two days running 60015 running off the power station at about 11am 12/10/2006
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66229 applying the brakes as it runs down hill towards Ironbridge 11-10-06
This caught me by surprise as I was already half way up the hill when I heard the now quite rare sound of 60015 Bow Fell and that's how close it was by the time I had legged it back down the path !
The 60 had a long wait at Lightmoor Box which gave me time to walk around on to the single track section .
Please Note That although some Pictures appear to be the wrong side of the fence they are all
public right of ways.
A few older Pics.
Unidentified 47 passing the Upper Furnace Pool in Coalbrookdale
56064 at Madeley Jn.23 July 1981
47 362 at Madeley Jn.23 July 1981
A few numbers from an old notebook
August 1973 16th 1827 -17th 1832 -20th 1884 ,1676 Vulcan 22nd 313
September 7th 1762,1832,1814,1845,1841,1814 (must have been down there all day !)
September 19th 1845, 1836, 394,1884,1836
1st October 78, 437, 1815, 1828,1838, 1875, 47126 (first recorded tops number)
8 April 1974 1884 (last "old" number) 47232
9th April 47232 40094
14th June 47228, 24092+24036
10th July 08700
September 1974 19th 47340, 47651, 47228,47196, 21st 08950
24th 50006, 30th 40096
15th October 24050, 47344, 24071+25261, 25211+25039 47366 (interesting day;-)
25th August 1977 56033
locomotives over the years.....
08's Engineers and Horsehay trip working (Generally Wellingtons 08)
20's Engineers and breakdown (never recall one on Coal)
24's 25's Short wheel base coal (1960's) Oil
37 Oil (after the 40's)
40 Oil (after the 25's)
45 Engineers
47's Mostly D05 Stoke Division machines but with the occasional Crewe ex works job on the Silverdale's (D1100 and 1733 spring to mind)
50's quite regular visitors for a while (often ex works)
56's 58's 60's all had the near monopoly on the line in their day...
66's now rule the roost !
67 occasional route learning - though have been on oil and coal