| A few pictures dedicated to the North Walsham to Parkeston Tanks. Taken between 1985 and the present day.
This train was associated for many years with class 37s but has seen 47s and 58s as booked motive power together with a brief period of pairs of 37s. It is now well and truly booked for a 66 along with everything else it seems. I've dug out a few black and whites from the late 80s and early 90s along with soem recent digital snaps. Somewhere I have loads of slides and B&W photos of the period covering the early 90s to the digital era. When I find them I'll add them. |
37048 waits to depart North Walsham. The old set up at North Walsham involved reversing back into the station if the tanks loaded up on the loading track next to the station. If they loaded up on the far track they could do the token themselves and depart direct from the terminal. 800x512 |
For a brief period before bogied tanks were introduced 2 trains a day ran resulting in later departures. A sunset view at Caistor St.Edmund 700x1108 |
Passing Sloely between Worstead and Wroxham 800x395 |
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Just to the north of Tunstead. 800x502 |
Passing alongside the River Yare on the approach to Norwich 800x473 |
At Brantham. April 2007 800x535 |
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Heading off towards Wroxham 800x504 |
The dead straight line from North Walsham to Westwick is clear in this view 535x800 |
On the GEML at Forncett. The lane to the left is the trackbed of the former line from Wymondham 800x511 |
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Worstead still retains plenty of GE character 537x800 |
This is the ealriest (semi decent) picture I can find that I took of the tanks. Prior to 1986, the tanks reversed in Norwich Yard. 37088 12th March 1985 612x792 |
The token excahnge at Wroxham in 1991 800x558 |
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December 1988 and a brief rare appearance of unrefurbished 31124 and 31152 at Trowse Jn. 800x532 |
37247 crossing the old Trowse Swing Bridge in 1986 with the new one being constructed in the foreground 800x530 |
Blizzard conditions with 47096 in charge 800x614 |
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37216 at Whitlingham Jn in 1986 681x800 |
37140 was not exactly going to pass any emissions test! One cloud of black smoke is followed by another as the driver opens up the second the token is received! 602x800 |
