MY LIFE IN TRAINS
My Life After the Official ‘End of Steam’
Part Five
British Rail Main Line – 1988 to 1990 - One
Photos from several locations, mostly in Yorkshire. They were taken on two 35mm cameras – a Pentax Spotmatic SP500 SLR and a little Olympus viewfinder camera.
I scanned the negatives and slides using a Konica Minolta Dimage Scan Dual IV, and I have cropped and adjusted the images to get the best I can out of them using Adobe Lightroom.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
Doncaster Station
Class 47 No 47639 heads an express south through Doncaster at 14:10 on 29 August 1988.
Tinsley Traction Maintenance Depot
Class 45 No 45128 'Centaur' at Tinsley TMD on 29 August 1988.
Class 45 No 45103 'Griffon', Class 45 No 45141 and Class 47 No 47290 at Tinsley TMD on 29 August 1988.
Class 45 No 45103 'Griffon' at Tinsley TMD on 29 August 1988.
Class 08s including Nos 08878, 08749 and 08880 with a line up of other traction at Tinsley TMD on 29 August 1988.
Class 08 No 08509 'Wath ETD' poses at the north end of Tinsley TMD with an unidentified Class 37 on 29 August 1988.
Class 37s Nos 37378 and 37356 with other traction at the south end of Tinsley TMD on 29 August 1988.
Dore Station
An unidentified HST heads towards Sheffield at Dore and Totley station on 29 September 1988.
An HST led by InterCity Swallow liveried Class 43 No 43094 heads away from Sheffield at Dore and Totley station on 29 September 1988.
Neville Hill, Leeds
Pacer Class 141 No 141012 in original livery runs empty into Neville Hill, Leeds on 31 August 1988.
Class 08 No 08667 shunts at Neville Hill, Leeds on 31 August 1988.
Knottingley Traction Maintenance Depot
Knottingley TMD with its usual compliment of Class 56s, including 56071, on 25 September 1988.
A line up of Class 56s and Class 08s outside Knottingley TMD on 25 September 1988.
Healey Mills
Class 56s Nos 56067, 56083 and 56107 stabled at Healey Mills on 2 October 1988.
Class 47 No 47379 heads an engineer's train into Healey Mills Yard on 2 October 1988.
Class 31 No 31147 heads an engineer's train into Healey Mills Yard on 2 October 1988.
Class 31 No 31147 leaves Healey Mills Yard light engine on 2 October 1988.
Crewe Station
Class 90 No 90007 in Inter City livery at Crewe Station on 9 October 1988.
Derby Station
Class 37 No 37355 heads north through Derby on 28 October 1988.
Class 37 No 37507 in Metals Sector livery heads a freight through Derby on 28 October 1988.
Kirkstall, Leeds
Unidentified Classes 142 and 144 head north through Kirkstall in late 1988.
Class 144 No 144003 heads towards Leeds at Kirkstall in late 1988.
Class 144 No 144008 heads north at Kirkstall in late 1988.