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Newton Road Signal Box: Clay Box Class 37s
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Clay Box Class 37s. DRS loco 37409 leads a Pathfinder tour known as 'The Clay Box' through Bescot station at 1040 on Saturday 22nd March. 37609 brought up the rear of the train. The charter was running from Crewe via Shrewsbury to Daventry, and then back to Crewe via the Trent Valley lines. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Clay Box Class 37s.
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Newton Road Signal Box: Black on black
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Saturday, December 15, 2012. Thursday 13th December 2012 saw Black 5 44871. Hurry through a freezing cold and very dark Bescot Stadium. Working 5Z78 09.50 Heywood ELR to Kidderminster SVR loco move. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Newton Road Station No.3. As seen from the down platform. Up express as seen from the Tame Valley Canal.
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Newton Road Signal Box: The Statesman Railtour
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Friday, August 07, 2015. 1Z55 'The Windsor Statesman' charter is seen shortly after leaving Tame Bridge on Saturday 1st August 2015 and heading out on the up Grand Jn line towards Newton Road. The express was running from Crewe to Windsor top-and-tailed by WCRC loco's 57315 and 47802. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Gates and lamp .
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Newton Road Signal Box: 47802 & 47790 Northern Belle
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Saturday, October 01, 2011. 47802 and 47790 Northern Belle. The train as seen at Hamstead this morning. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Newton Road Station No.3. As seen from the down platform. And the "straight mile" to Newton Road c.1959. Up express as seen from the Tame Valley Canal. Signal box circa 1973. A pin-sharp lineside shot.
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Newton Road Signal Box
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, March 23, 2014. After the influx of new Colas Class 70's on 6M50 the previous week, a new week dawned with another new example approaching the area. This time it was 70802 which was straight out of the box, running as 0Z70 Seaforth Docks to Bescot DG on Monday 10th March 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Bescot Jockos...
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Newton Road Signal Box
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, March 23, 2014. Later on Monday 10th March 2014 another Colas 70 arrived at Bescot in the shape of 70803 on 6M50 Westbury to Bescot joining the already arrived 70802. Seen here passing the assembled crowd of photographers. That had descended on the area during the day. Bescot Station doesn't normally see that amount of people waiting for the Walsall service. D J N...
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Newton Road Signal Box: Bescot Belle
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, March 04, 2012. Although the train is hidden from view in this angle, here we have 47832 double-headed with 47790 working the Northern Belle exclusive train back to Birmingham International through Bescot early this evening. With the camera facing west the sun came through just when it wasn't needed. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Newton Road Station No.3.
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Newton Road Signal Box: Class 47s with Autoballasters
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Class 47s with Autoballasters. A short engineers train of five autoballasters passes a misty cold Charlemont Crossing bang on time this morning, with Colas-owned loco 47727 on the front and 47749 trailing. A refreshing change from the usual EWS/DBS Class 66s! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Gates and lamp .
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Newton Road Signal Box
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Newton Road Signal Box. Railway and other pictures from the past and present, somewhere near West Bromwich on the Grand Junction line. Sunday, March 23, 2014. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eddies Yard" truck, Ray Hall Lane. Throwing light on the local railscene. Although mainly concentrating on local railways, the blog will occasionally feature other items of interest concerning Charlemont, Bird End, Ray Hall, Bustleholme and Wigmore. Newton Road Station No.3. As seen from the down platform. Confus...
