MY LIFE IN TRAINS
My Life After the Official ‘End of Steam’
Part Six
British Rail Main Line – 1988 to 1990 - Two
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 ©
York Station
Class 47 No 47454 pauses at York on a Newcastle to Liverpool Trans Pennine Express at 14:15 on 1 April 1989.
Doncaster Station
The Class 91 Test Train powered by 91006 arrives at Doncaster from the south around 16:00 on 1 April 1989.
The Class 91 Test Train powered by 91006 arrives at Doncaster from the south around 16:00on 1 April 1989.
Class 37 No 37708 heads north at Doncaster on 1 April 1989.
Derby Station
Class 20 Nos 20087 and 20058, Metrovick Co-Bo No D5705 and Class 44 No D8 at Derby some time in the Spring of 1989.
Metrovick Co-Bo No D5705 at Derby some time in the Spring of 1989.
Class 44 No D8 at Derby some time in the Spring of 1989.
Holbeck Triangle, Leeds
Class 47 No 47597 heads an express from Leeds to Carlisle through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.47 on 19 July 1989.
Two car Class 144 Pacer No 144011 forms the Leeds to Scunthorpe train passing through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.55 on 19 July 1989.
Class 142 No 142082 passing through the Holbeck Triangle towards Leeds Station at 11.06 on 19 July 1989.
Class 31 No 31249 heads through the Holbeck Triangle into Leeds from Skipton at 9.45 on 19 July 1989.
Three car Class 144 Pacer No 144023 heads through the Holbeck Triangle into Leeds from Skipton at 9.50 on 19 July 1989.
Class 150 Sprinter No 150234 heads through the Holbeck Triangle into Leeds from Sheffield at 9.52 on 19 July 1989.
Class 142 Pacer No 142089 heads a Bradford train out of Leeds through the Holbeck Triangle at 9.54 on 19 July 1989.
Class 91 No 91002 in its original Intercity livery nears then end of its journey from Kings Cross to Leeds on the Holbeck Triangle at 9.57 on 19 July 1989.
Class 156 Super Sprinters Nos 156454 and 156479 pass through the Holbeck Triangle on their approach Leeds on a Trans Pennine Express to Scarborough
at 9.59 on 19 July 1989.
A class 110 set formed of Nos 52080 and 51812 heads away from Leeds through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.00 on 19 July 1989.
An HST set led by Class 43 No 43123 heads away from Leeds through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.13 on 19 July 1989.
Class 31 No 31463 heads light engine away from Leeds through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.16 on 19 July 1989.
Class 141 Pacer No 141116 on a Harrogate to Leeds local passes through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.19 on 19 July 1989.
Class 155 Super Sprinter No 155347 in WYPTE livery passes through the Holbeck Triangle on a Trans Pennine Express to Scarborough
at 10.30 on 19 July 1989.
Class 47 No 47435 hauls a westbound Trans Pennine Express out of Leeds at 10.31 on 19 July 1989.
Class 141 Pacer No 141116 heads out of Leeds on a local service to Harrogate and York at 10.32 on 19 July 1989.
Class 47 No 47622 'The Institution of Mechanical Engineers' passes through the Holbeck Triangle towards Leeds on an Intercity Express
at 10.37 on 19 July 1989.
A class 101 set formed of Nos 51435 and 54351 heads away from Leeds to Sheffield through the Holbeck Triangle at 10.41 on 19 July 1989.
Class 47 No 47448 'Gateshead' passes through the Holbeck Triangle towards Leeds on a Liverpool to Newcastle Trans Pennine Express
at 10.46 on 19 July 1989.
Burley Park, Leeds
Three photos of Class 31 No 31160 after it came to grief at Burley Park while hauling a Harrogate to Leeds railcar set on 24 July 1989 - did it ever run again?
I understand that it did, and it was also later named Phoenix, in recognition of it's survival at Burley Park.
