MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Thirteen
Another Afternoon at Potters Bar – 12:33 to 17:20 on 19 March 1960
Another weekend, another trip to the lineside north of Potters Bar station, and thirty one photos to show for it, including the bad ones again.
All bar one are of steam, plenty of Pacifics and V2s – eight steam classes, more if you count the sub-classes.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
12:33 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60875 hauls a down freight through Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
12:40 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60013 'Dominion of New Zealand' at speed on a down express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:05 BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92181 hauls a down class C express freight through Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:08 LNER A2 4-6-2 No 60533 'Happy Knight' runs south light engine towards Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:15 LNER B1 4-6-0 No 61185 heads an express from Cleethorpes south on the slow line north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:20 English Electric Type 1 No D8027 heads a northbound bulk grain hopper train through Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:21 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60021 'Wild Swan' speeds the 'Heart of Midlothian' north through Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:28 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60874 heads an up express on the slow line north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:40 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60048 'Doncaster' speeds north on an express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960. Is that an EE Type 1 on the slow line?
13:41 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60121 'Silurian' heads an up express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
13:56 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60017 'Silver Fox' on a down express overtakes an EE Type 1 powered freight north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
14:10 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60903 speeds towards Kings Cross north of Potters Bar with a Newcastle express on 19 March 1960.
14:21 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60039 'Sandwich' speeds towards Kings Cross north of Potters Bar with a Leeds express on 19 March 1960.
14:31 Heading the up Yorkshire Pullman north of Potters Bar on 12 March 1960 was BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60131 'Osprey'.
14:43 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60158 'Aberdonian' heads a northbound express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
14:50 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60066 'Merry Hampton' heads north light engine north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
You can see why some of this class were later fitted with smoke deflectors.
15:07 North of Potters Bar Gresley A4 No 60028 'Walter K Whigham' nears its destination at Kings Cross with an express from Newcastle
on 19 March 1960.
15:20 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60147 'North Eastern' hauls a Newcastle express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
15:24 LNER A2/3 4-6-2 No 60514 'Chamossaire' heads a southbound Class A parcels train north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
15:28 LNER A4 4-6-2 No 60015 'Quicksilver' heads an express freight north at Potters bar on 19 March 1960.
15:35 Filthy BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92178 heads north through Potters Bar on a fast freight on 19 March 1960.
16:00 LNER A1 4-6-2 No 60148 'Aboyeur' powers a down express from Kings Cross north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:05 A very clean WD 2-8-0 No 90063 heads an engineer's train south near Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:10 WD 2-8-0 No 90151 hauls an up class J freight towards Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:13 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60112 'St Simon' heads an up express towards Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:25 LNER V2 2-6-2 No 60862 hauls a southbound Class C express freight near Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:28 Controversial LNER Thompson rebuild A1/1 4-6-2 No 60113 'Great Northern' heads a down express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:40 With smokebox embellishments characteristic of Immingham Shed, LNER B1 4-6-0 No 61185 hauls a Cleethorpes express from Kings Cross
at Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:42 BR built A1 4-6-2 No 60140 'Balmoral' powers an up Edinburgh express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
16:45 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60055 'Woolwinder' speeds a down express north of Potters Bar on 19 March 1960.
17:20 LNER A3 4-6-2 No 60063 'Isinglass'' speeds a down express through Potters Bar station on 19 March 1960.
