Lancashire

Ancient and Modern

My very first photo, taken in October 1960, of 45563 'Home Guard' and some modern ones of Blackpool's trams in 2009.

45563 'Home Guard' at Longsight	49421 at Longsight shed	E3029 at Longsight shed	40056 at Trafford Park shed
52345 at Lees shed, Oldham	44350 at Sutton Oak shed	47008 at Lostock Hall shed	51497 at Agecroft shed
G-Mex and tram '2006'	End of the line at Starr Gate	End of the line at Starr Gate	Tramline on a wet day at Fleetwood
Tramline on a wet day at Bispham	Tram 648, Blackpool	Tram 700, Blackpool	Tram 713, Blackpool
Tram 715, Blackpool	Trams 700 and 717, Blackpool	Tram 719, Blackpool

Carnforth

A 'Brief Encounter' with one of the most famous stations in the world

The Station clock at Carnforth

Virgin train on WCML at Carnforth

Cumbria

Lakeside and Haverthwaithe Railway

A day trip to Lakeside and a steamer voyage on Lake Windermere. The train engine was an 0-6-0T built by Andrew Barclay in 1911, Works No 1245, for the Carron Iron Co in Falkirk.

42073 at Haverthwaithe Station	42073 at Haverthwaithe Station
AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station
AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station	AB 1245 at Haverthwaithe Station

Elsewhere in Cumbria

Some photos from the early 1950s by Donald Kelk. I'm afraid I know nothing about their background or location but they appear to be Cumbria.

LMS 264T	BR / LMS 45742 'Connaught'	BR / LMS / LNWR 58346	BR / LMS / LNWR 58346
BR / LMS 'Black Five'	BR / LMS 'Patriot'

Isle of Man

I've only been to the Isle of Man once, over 50 years ago, in 1964 to be exact, so poor photos but wonderful memories.

Douglas Corporation Transport

No 12 Guy WMN488 of 1957

No 50 Regent DMN650 of 1939

Horse tram No 1

Horse tram No 43

Groudle Glen Railway

'Polar Bear', Bagnall 1781 of 1905

'Sea Lion', Bagnall 1484 of 1896

Isle of Man Road Services buses in Douglas

'3', GMN714, 1946 Leyland PD1

'62', NMN361, 1951 Leyland PD2

' 89', NMN907, 1952 Leyland PSU1

Isle of Man Railway

No 11 'Maitland' at Ballasalla	Nos 1 , 5 and 11' at Douglas shed	No 8 'Fenella' at Douglas station	No 10 'G H Wood' at Port Erin
Ex-CDJCR railcars at Peel Station	No 5 'Mona' at Peel Station	Peel Shed, Isle of Man Railway

Manx Electric Railway, Snaefell Mountain Railway amd Laxey Great wheel

MER No 19 at Douglas	MER No 26 at Douglas	MER No 7 at Douglas	MER Box van No 4 at Douglas
SMR Nos 5 and 3 at Laxey	MER Station at Laxey	Manx Electric Railway tickets	The Great Wheel at Laxey

Yorkshire

Stags Fell Mine, Wensleydale - SD 8708 9225

I believe this level was the flag stone mine rather than the lead mine. The Stags Fell quarry worked from c1813 to c1925 but the lead mine was much older, from c1680 to 1849.

Stags Fell stone mine

Stags Fell stone mine

Keld Head Mining Co mould

The Kepwick Railway 1833 - 1893

A self-contained tramway from limekilns North of Borrowby to the quarries on Kepwick Moor. The gauge was about 4' 6" and horses worked the line, with the 1 in 5 incline being rope-worked. Well worth a visit for the views alone.

Limekilns at Western end	The tramroad near the kilns	Underbridge near Kepwick village	The tramroad near Kepwick village
Incline from the quarry	Incline top at the quarry

Rosedale Ironstone Mines and the NER branchline

A couple of all-too-brief visits in August 1975 and June 1982.

Kilns at end of the Northern branch	Kilns below 'Mains' works	'Mains' level entrance	'Mains' works area, Rosedale
Mine adit or drainage level	Towards end the Southern branch	The East mines, Rosedale

British Railways in Yorkshire

68892 at Copley Hill shed	62036 at Doncaster shed	90569 at Doncaster shed	65517 at Doncaster Works
69523 at Doncaster Works	48622 at Holbeck, Leeds	45675 'Hardy' at Holbeck, Leeds	61039 'Steinbok' at Sheffield
42709 at Sowerby Bridge shed	45304 at Wakefield shed
Class 37 on ECML at Thirsk	Class 47 on ECML at Thirsk	Class 55 on ECML at Thirsk

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

A visit to the line in September 1971

80002 and E79964 at Keighley	Loco line-up at Keighley	'Fred' at Keighley, KWVR	45025 and 30072 at Keighley
Industrial loco line-up at Keighley	80002 at Keighley, KWVR

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

A visit to the line in June 1982

D7029 at Goathland, NYMR	D7029 near Goathland, NYMR	Class 101 at Grosmont, NYMR	63395 and D5061 at Grosmont
View from the train

Durham and Northumberland

County Durham

Tram No 10 at Beamish Museum	Steamroller UM 3296 at Beamish	Twizell' RS 2790-81 at Beamish	Twizell' RS 2790-81 at Beamish
Brusselton Incline on the SDR	60075 'St Frusquin' at Darlington	60155 'Aberdonian' at Darlington	64749 and 61449 at Darlington
V2 approaching Darlington Station	65033 at Darlington Works	92065 at Tyne Dock	60904 at West Hartlepool shed
1960s Darlington bus tickets	1960s Newcastle bus tickets

Northumberland

60019 'Bittern' at Berwick shed

65893 at Blyth South shed

Scotland

64626 at Ayr shed	40670 at Dumfries shed	68750 at Dumfries shed	55240 at Hurlford shed
54465, 57326 at Motherwell shed	69178 at Motherwell shed
Class 26 at Edinburgh Waverley	Class 40 at Edinburgh Waverley	Class 47 at Edinburgh Waverley

Ireland

Donald Kelk

This collection of photos was given to me in the late 1950s by Donald Kelk, a railwayman, possibly even an engine driver!, from Darlington. There were no details of location or subject with them so the captions are my best interpretation. They all appear to date from the very early 1950s.

Ulster, Northern Ireland - UTA, GNRI, BCDR

UTA Crane tank No 31	UTA 53, Northern Ireland	UTA 55, Northern Ireland	UTA 72, Northern Ireland
UTA 84 'Falcon' and 85 'Merlin'	UTA 85 'Merlin'	UTA 86 'Peregrine'	UTA 172 'Slieve Donard'
UTA 195	'Belfast and County Down' crest.	UTA 204 ex-BCDR 4	UTA 208 ex-BCDR 8
UTA 209 ex-BCDR 9	UTA 214 ex-BCDR 14	UTA 217 ex-BCDR 17	UTA 221 ex-BCDR 21
UTA 222 ex-BCDR 22	UTA 222 ex-BCDR 22	UTA 225 ex-BCDR 25	UTA 229 ex-BCDR 29

Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway

DNGR 3 'Dundalk'

DNGR 4 'Newry'

DNGR 6 'Holyhead'

Belfast tram 386

Republic of Ireland - CIE, GSR, DSER

GSR 90	GSR 327	GSR 337	GSR 387
GSR 403	GSR 425	GSR 462 ex-DSER 16	GSR 462 ex-DSER 16
GSR 632	GSR 639, 667 at Edgworthtown.	GSR 65x	GSR 671
GSR probably Inchicore Works			CDRJC tickets

Acknowledgments, sources and further reading.

Stags Fell flagstone mine - A blog article on the Stags Fell flagstone mine and 'Mines and Miners of Wensleydale' by I M Spensley
Kepwick Railway - There's a very good article on the Kepwick Railway in 'Industrial Ralway Record' No 98.
'Rosedale Mines and Railways' R H Hayes and J G Rutter, 'Rosedale and its Ironstone Mines' Simon Chapman and 'The Mineral Tramways of Great Ayton' by R Pepper and R J Stewart