Occasional queries collection

Locomotives from the Sligo Leitrim & Northern Counties, Belfast & County Down, Dundalk Newry & Greenore Railways, Northern Counties Committee and the Ulster Transport Authority from the mid thirties through to the 1960's.
No narrow gauge this time around as that subject will be a separate collection.

I've never been a prolific photographer but I do take the occasional steamy pic with my digital camera as shown in this small collection. I just wish it wouldn't rain every time I do so.

GWR, LMSR, LNER, SR and BR images as usual all from original negatives and slides and all, when they were uploaded, missing vital background data such as date or location. These are the ones which were resolved and the queries have been moved to the relevant collection which should be at the top of the list.

A plethora of steam and diesel images spanning about 80 years all of which, in common with the rest of my archive material, are from original negatives and slides.

Steam and diesel locomotive images from most parts of mainland U.K. covering the period 1930's to 1960's.

When this collection was uploaded it was 20 years since the Dutch railways NS150 took place based in Utrecht. This set covers the period June thru' September of that summer.

Pick 'n' mix collection that includes miniature, light and narrow gauge railways as well as the usual wide ranging standard gauge subjects.

Industrial steam, diesel and electric locomotives plus some archaic wagons. Systems included here are Beckton, Bowaters, Croydon gas works and generating stations plus an Express Dairy diesel shunter.

Steam, diesel and electric rail transport with specifically BR connotations.

Captions will be added as and when time permits

Images taken from 1949 up to the last months by which time it had become what was hoped would be a major heritage railway but that brilliant concept was scuppered by the local NIMBY population.

Locomotives from the LMSR, LNWR, LYR, NSR, CR, LTSR, FR and HR.

A broad selection of Eastern, North Eastern and Scottish vintage photos featuring steam locos, tolling stock and one NER railcar.

A miscellany of past sights such as signalboxes, running-in boards, stations and bits 'n' bobs of railway furniture from mainland U.K. railways.

Ilford, Southern, London Transport, the North West of England and much else for the lover of Britain's rich heritage of electricified railways.

OVSB's steam and electric locomotives including 36001 Leader.

The earlier images in this set were taken in 1950 whilst the others are probabl;y all from the sixties. The three classes of loco, A1X, E1 and O2, are all represented here together with some rolling stock images and a bit of infrastructure.

Steam and electric traction from the USA. Articulateds to camelbacks to switchers to steeple cabs.

Included here are both heritage railway images and steam on the main line. This set excludes the Bluebell railway which will be extensively covered in a future upload.

Mostly Welsh Marches and Cumbrian Mountain tours but there are a few others to maintain interest.

A recently acquired pile of poor negatives elicited about 10% that were of any use to me. Just over half of them were mysteries to me but viewers have kindly provided a wealth of data which has now been included in the captions. If you have answers to the remaining questions then please use the 'Comment' button at the bottom of each image page. Thank you.

New Zealand 1960's steam; Australian 1950's steam & diesel ; Oz steam and electric traction from 1981.

Steam locos from all regions of mainland Britain photographed from the 30's to the mid-60's.

A selection of pictures featuring the last months of steam on Southern metals taken mostly in south London but also down to Eastleigh.

51 shots of steam and electric traction plus some infrastructure images.

London Transport - LT - buses country, central and Greenline liveries taken between 1949 and 1953.

Included this time around are, as well as the above, a petrol driven beastie and a gas turbine (18100). London Underground tube, Irish, industrials and narrow gauge also make an appearance.

A selection of motive power taken in West Germany in the late 1960's by J. W. House

Another broadly based selection of archive material ranging from an industrial diesel locomotive to Reseau Breton anrrow gauge steam via BR in the 50's and 60's. There are also a signalbox interior, caged Duchess & Terrier, a dmu, emu's Irish and even a blue-liveried King!

A selection of 30 pix taken at least 33 years ago of vintage road transport. With caption contributions from Mike Boydon, Dave Burrin, Steve Huddy, Dick Morant, Iain Fraser and Michael Wadman.

No shed shots in this lot. There's something from all BR regions, buffers (believe it or not), narrow gauge and a bit of railwayana.

30 archive and a few heritage images from the U.K and Europe.

Another helping of shed and works shots. Only one narrow gauge and no industrials this time around but some crackers of unusual locos and liveries are included for your enjoyment.

A broad spectrum of steam locomotives on shed, in works and even just hanging around awaiting their fate(s). Examples from the 1930's to the 60's and ranging from Scotland to New Zealand via Europe.

Another eclectic mix with the likes of Grimsby & Immmingham trams (in colour) mixing it with the Longmoor Military Railway, a Bulleid nameplate and a derelict station.

An eclectic mixture of archive steam, electric, tram and industrial shots with a few unusual preservation ones thrown in for good measure.

Featuring locos from the design offices of Bulleid, Riddles, Ivatt and Gresley.

More archive LT - London Transport buses, trams and trolleybuses from my and my brother's archive (used with permission). Bus types include: Q, ST, RT, STL, LT, STD, RTL, RTW, S, K, STD, NS, GS, RF and CR. Locations include: Grays, Sutton, South Croydon, Vauxhall Bridge, Brighton, Clapham Transport Museum and Mitcham Common.

A good variety of archive images of steam locomotives at Victoria, Waterloo, Paddington, Euston, King's Cross, Broad St. and Liverpool St. There's even a typical bus shot at Victoria (an STD) from the period and a BR(W) gas turbine loco.

This selection contains a variety ranging from a GWR railcar in 1956 to Deltics, archive and preservation eras and even a Derby DMU in South London!!!

PLEASE NOTE: my previous diesels selection has been deleted and added to the end of this one.

24 images, mostly archive, of BR Standard steam engines from the period 1956 - 1968 and 1991. No Clans or 84xxx's this time around but included are shots of David Shepherd's locos en route to Longmoor in 1968.

Includes Bo-Bo electrics, a couple of EMU's, ex-GWR Pannier tanks, service rolling stock, a crash scene and even a good covering of snow!

Included are Balloons, Haig and Hovercraft illuminated cars and Coronation cars. There's even an attempt at art!

Steam trains @ Clapham Jct. including the Kenny Belle, LBSCR, LSWR, SR, BR and SECR locomitives plus three views of the 'A' 'Box collapse in May 1965.

Bulleid rebuilt Merchant Navy class locos 1957 - 2000

HST's @ Slough, Charlton (Soms.) and Yeovil.

All but one of the delightful LBSCR Marsh H2 Atlantic class of locomotives in most of the livery variants.

Archive SNCF steam and electric trains @ Étaples, Nice and in Holland.

Unless otherwise stated all the images in this collection were taken in close proximity to King's Cross.

These two locomotives were introduced with the intention of providing the future motive power on former LMSR metals but were found to be underpowered. They had a stint on the lines out of Waterloo in the early 50's about which I know little although I do remember seeing one.

They returned to the WCML where they survived for a surprisingly long time despite being non-standard and underpowered. They ended their days mostly on semi-fasts from Euston to Bletchley as depicted in one of the colour images in this collection.