MY LIFE IN TRAINS
Lineside and Station Sequences
Part Thirty Seven
Clay Cross on 31 May 1963
The same afternoon I hitched north with no set destination, in search of steam. I ended up just north of Clay Cross station where a cutting side gave me a good vantage point. This was of the Midland Railway Derby and Nottingham lines just north of where they merge into a four track main line, close to Avenue Sidings south of Hasland yard and shed.
I took nineteen photos in just under three hours from 16:00 until 18:55 – it must have been fairly busy because I didn’t photograph many of the diesels! By the end it was getting quite dark – it shows in the photos – and I still had to hitch hike back to Leicester, hopefully in time for my evening meal in hall.
I’d photographed eighteen steam locomotives from nine classes, plus a DMU and a couple of Brush Type 4s.
The steam classes were:
1 MR 4F 0-6-0
1 LMSR Crab 2-6-0
1 LMSR Jubilee 4-6-0
3 Black 5 4-6-0s
1 LMSR Fairburn 2-6-4T
4 LMSR 8F 2-8-0s
4 WD 2-8-0s
1 BR 2 2-6-0 (twice)
2 BR 9F 2-10-0s
If you followed My Story you will have seen most of them before.
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
16:02 LMSR 8F 2-8-0 No 48421 heads a class K mineral freight north on the Midland Main line near Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
16:11 Brush Type 4s Nos D1504 and D1512 head north on the Midland Main line near Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
16:21 BR Class 2 2-6-0 No 78013 hauls a parcels van north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
16:25 MR 4F 0-6-0 No 43967 heads a short freight north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
16:44 BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92132 drifts north from Clay Cross on a class C freight on 31 May 1963.
16:48 WD 2-8-0 No 90276 heads south near Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
16:52 LMSR Black Five 4-6-0 No 44918 on an up local passenger train heads towards Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
17:11 WD 2-8-0 No 90582 heads a down freight north of Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
17:12 BR Class 2 2-6-0 No 78013 with a parcels van heads south towards Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
17:15 LMSR Jubilee 4-6-0 No 45712 'Victory' heads an express north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
17:18 L&YR Crab 2-6-0 No 42763 heads from Clay Cross to Hasland shed on 31 May 1963.
17:44 WD 2-8-0 No 90682 clanks south towards Clay Cross with a long freight on 31 May 1963.
17:45 A two car DMU heads south towards Clay Cross, overtaking WD 2-8-0 No 90682 with a long freight, on 31 May 1963.
18:07 LMSR Black Five 4-6-0 No 45333 heads an express south into the twilight north of Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
18:08 LMSR Fairburn 2-6-4T No 42091 with a local passenger train heads north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
18:15 LMSR 8F 2-8-0 No 48607 heads south to pass its classmate No 48374 near Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
18:35 WD 2-8-0 No 90368 with a down freight north of Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
18:49 BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92155 powers a class C freight north from Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
18:55 With steam to spare, LMS 8F 2-8-0 No 48539 on an up freight passes LMS Black Five 4-6-0 No 44983 on a down freight
north of Clay Cross on 31 May 1963.
