MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Twelve
An Afternoon at Potters Bar – 13:12 to 16:50 on 12 March 1960
A couple of weeks later I was back at Potters Bar, in my new place on the down side embankment north of the station.
I assume this was a Saturday, after I had finished my milk round shift on an electric milk float around my local estate. It looks like I had forsaken the half mile walk, bus trip to New Barnet and train to Potters Bar, in favour of the 242 bus which stopped close to my house and took me to Potters Bar by way of Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross.
The photos are mainly of LNER Pacifics, with a WD hauled freight, V2, B1, K3 and 9F, one diesel hauled train, and an incidental view of a Craven DMU local. I promised you I’d include everything I took, so these are very much the good, the bad and the ugly. Don’t expect perfection – just a record of the afternoon, with some not bad photos among the others.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
13:12 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60903 heads a Class C freight north through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
13:25 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60025 'Falcon' speeds the 'Heart of Midlothian' north through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
13:32 Brush Type 2 No D5595 on a down Class B passenger train on the fast line north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
13:43 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60010 'Dominion of Canada' at speed on a down Leeds express north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
13:50 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60146 'Peregrine' heads south light engine north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
13:56 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60067 'Ladas' speeds a down stopping passenger train north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
14:00 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60059 'Tracery' on an up express from Leeds to Kings Cross north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
14:20 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60050 'Persimmon' powers a northbound express north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
14:22 WD 2-8-0 No 90158 runs towards Potters Bar on an up class H freight on 12 March 1960.
14:31 LNER A2 4-6-2 No 60533 'Happy Knight' heads a northbound express north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
14:39 Heading a Pullman express for Kings Cross north of Potters Bar, LNER A1 4-6-2 No 60123 'H A Ivatt' passes BR Craven diesel railcars on a northbound local on 12 March 1960.
15:00 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60078 'Night Hawk' heads light engine up the fast line towards Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
15:10 LNER K3 2-6-0 No 61978 hauls a down class C express freight through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
15:25 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60132 'Marmion' heads a down express north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
15:27 LNER B1 4-6-0 No 61331 heads south with what looks like a Class A parcels train north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
15:38 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60028 'Walter K Whigham' hauls a down class C express freight through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
16:04 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60118 'Archibald Sturrock' speeds north on an express north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
16:08 BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92042 powers a southbound Class C express freight north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
16:12 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60814 heads towards London north of Potters Bar with a fast freight on 12 March 1960.
16:30 Pioneer LNER A1 4-6-2 No 60113 'Great Northern' heads an express north through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
16:50 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60015 'Quicksilver' speeds the down 'Flying Scotsman' north through Potters Bar on 12 March 1960.
The "Heart of Midlothian" (onlyy express train named after a novel or footbsll team had a lo9ng way to go. At that time it continued on from Waverly to Perth but not vis the Bridge but then called at Falkirk (Grahamston) and Stirling