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Monday 24 December 2012

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

Lynton and Barnstaple baggage and brake van 


My untiring companion's My wife and daughter


All aboard and ready to go


Woody Bay a true delight


A little gem in the North Devon countryside


Statfold the works



Woody Bay

Long lost but now found 












Don't forget pay them a visit at


Woody Bay Lynton and Barnstaple railway

Previously unpublished pictures from Woody Bay


Always lovely when you find that which you thought was lost


Do pay them a vist




Above the locomotive 'Stafold' on duty


Saturday 15 December 2012

Staniers Mogul LMS 2-6-0

On joining the LMS from Swindon one of Stanier's 
first tasks was to reset the imbalance in Locomotive 
stock. Shortage of the L&Y moguls (Crabs) meant
 a priority was a good powerful good locomotive. The 
answer was a mogul with a Swindon type boiler 



L&Y Crab

The L&Y mogul commonly known as Crabs were a 
significant addition to the MR, LNWR locomotive 
stock in 1923 at grouping. Certainly the midland 
small engine policy had an effect on the overall
stock available for both passenger and 
goods working on the new grouped 
railway



Sunday 2 December 2012

Typical Midland engines

Midland 0-4-4 tank engine 


The ubiquitous Midland 4F


Midland 2P 4-4-0


Great Eastern Railway and the LNER

The seagoing aspects of the railways 


Commemorating the Battle of Flamborough


The defeat and sinking of John Paul Jones ship Bon Homme Richard

Saturday 1 December 2012

Bradford Foster Sq station and goods warehouse

The original station fronted onto Foster Sq itself top centre of this picture.
Foster Sq having been named after the father of the education bill of 1872


The old station was demolished many years ag and a new station
sited at the School St end bottom rt hand corner of this picture. 
The original sation was a six platform arrangement the new one 
has some four platforms for the modern electric trains operating 
the Air valley route through Shipley east to Leeds and north to
Bingley, Keighley and Skipton.