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190 simmers in the sunshine at Woody Bay.

24th September 2022.

On 17 July 1965 Class HA (later Class 71) No E5002 approaches Newhaven Harbour from the east light engine. I hope you have enjoyed this dip into the new issue of Southern Way, No 72, which is now available post free to UK post codes via our website. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

The proximity of the High Level and Low Level platforms at East Grinstead could not be more starkly demonstrated than in this view of ‘H’ class 0‐4‐4T No 31530 departing with a service to Three Bridges on 15 March 1958. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

Class L 4‐4‐0 No 31774 pictured at Battle with the 3.28pm service from Tonbridge to Hastings on 14 September 1953. From East Sussex Stations, Southern Way No 72. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

The Southern stations feature in SW 72 covers those in East Sussex. In addition to the maps, photos of many of the stations are included. This is Barcombe on the Bluebell line which closed in May 1955. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

Bearing its Connex South Eastern livery, No 508209 is pictured forming a service from Sheerness‐on‐Sea to Sittingbourne at Queenborough on 6 August 1998 This was one of the units withdrawn in December 2006. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

In 2003 Silverlink leased three of the class to supplement its existing Class 313s on the service to Watford Junction. This unit had originally been No 508035. This service was transferred to London Overground in November 2007. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

In the spring of 1980, No 508016 has just arrived with a Down service at Hampton Court. Two of this unit’s coaches, Nos 64664 and 64707, are amongst the handful of survivors from the class, having been converted for use as barrier vehicles. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

The new Southern Way No 72 has a piece on the Class 508 EMUs on the SR. Because of their time on Merseyside, you tend to forget they were made for the SR. Built at York, they were based on the 2PEP/4PEP prototypes of 1971, one of which, No 4001 is on a test run at Raynes Park in that year.

When the WR took over the Seaton branch ex GWR locos and push pull sets replaced the M7s and the SR ones. The now preserved No 6412 was the loco in use on this summer day in 1963. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

From an article on the Seaton branch in SW No 72, for many years SR push pull sets and M7 tanks provided passenger services on the line. No 30021 pictured at the terminus shortly before the Southern Region ceded responsibility for the line to the Western Region in 1963.

Former LBSCR tank No 2081 recorded on 22 May 1948, still bearing its Southern number and lettering, is seen approaching East Grinstead (High Level) with a train from Tunbridge Wells. In January 1949, it was renumbered No 32029 by BR and survived until August 1951. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

From a very interesting piece in SW 72 on the LBSCR 4-4-2Ts. With its builder’s plate prominent on the front splasher, No 22 was the second of the ‘I3’ class to be completed, in March 1908. Quite a contrast to the cover image on this issue. That's Southern Way, the content is always so varied.

Normal services ran between the specials on the last day of the S&D including this three coach train bound for Bath Green Park, seen near Wincanton headed by 8F No 48760. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

The closure of the Somerset & Dorset in March 1966 is remembered in an article in Southern Way 72. crecy.co.uk/product/sout.... Specials were run that weekend. Nos 34006 Bude and 34057 Biggin Hill, taking this one north to Bath Green Park, are seen here at Evercreech Junction.

From Southern Steam Survivors in SW No 72, in 1966 steam was still active on the Isle of Wight. No W35 Freshwater, is seen here departing from Ryde Pier Head station on 6 July 1966. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

The latest issue of Southern Way, Volume 72, is now available. In January 1966 there were less than 100 SR steam locos still in service. At Oxford, on 13 September No 34066 Spitfire, heads the 8.30am from Manchester to Poole, the day it took the GCR mainline for the last time.

Trains at Small Heath today

Pleased to report that the latest edition of The Southern Way, No 72, has just come into stock. Orders, beginning with those for subscribers to the series, will start going out today. crecy.co.uk/product/sout...

"Everybody was suing each other, so I spent a lot of time on the overnight train from Glasgow to London for meetings with lawyers. I knew a guy who lived in a little flat off Baker Street. We'd sit, chat or play guitar there through the night." - Gerry Rafferty on 'Baker Street'

On 28 February 1959, No 5037 Montgomery Castle is on a short parcels train at Stockley, long before it became the junction for Heathrow. The spotless condition of the engine and its 85A Worcester shed plate suggests it might be on a running in turn after an overhaul at Swindon.

Former GWR 2-6-2T No 4524 is seen at Yelverton with a train for the Princetown branch in July 1955. The line which was just over 10 miles in length opened in 1883 and closed in March 1956. Princetown at 1,373 feet above sea level, was the highest station in England.

Southern Way Special Issue no. 20: Isle of Wight Railways in the 1950s

Today marks 70 years since the closure of the Newport-Sandown line. Find out how the #IsleofWight lost roughly two thirds of its railways in the decade before Beeching in my book “Southern Way Special No. 20: Isle of Wight Railways in the 1950s” crecy.co.uk/product/sout...
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I've finally been on 465908 which looks beautiful in the Network SouthEast livery & this livery brings back memories

Uttoxeter Signal Box and Semaphores. 18 August 2024. #railway #photography

Locomotives representing three of the Big Four are seen in this view of Woodford Halse shed, on the erstwhile Great Central, in this view dating from March 1963. Among those identified are Nos 6345, 44688, 60941, 60961 and Jubilee No 45567 South Australia.

GWR HST 43022 is seen passing cleared semaphore SE6 as it departs St Erth working 2C77 Cardiff Central to Penzance. 43172 was at the front.

Departing St Erth. 13 May 2022. #railway #photography

A view of the terminus at Hemyock where No 1451 has just arrived on 26 June 1959. Passenger services ended in September 1963 but goods trains continued to serve a diary at Hemyock until 1975. The ex Barry Railway coach was gaslit as the trains ran too slowly to recharge conventional coach batteries

A loco, later destined to become rather famous, is working on the Hemyock branch near Tiverton Junction on 31 August 1961. No 1466 was the first loco acquired by the Great Western Society, costing it £750 in 1964. She was returned to working order last year and can be seen at Didcot Railway Centre.

BR Class 6 Pacific No 72007 Clan Mackintosh on a Stourton to Carlisle goods at Kirkstall Junction in April 1965. The loco was withdrawn later that year, her nameplates are gone already. The Clans had mixed reviews, maybe new build No 72010 Hengist will allow a fresh assessment of their capabilities