British Railways Standard Class 4 4 6 0 Steam Locomotive Number 75069 The aim of the group is to collect a colour shot of every steam loco that was owned by british railways from 1948 68 taken whilst in service. the idea is to see if every steam loco owned by br even had a colour photo taken. preserved shots are excluded so please restrict submissions to 1948 68. I have been taking railway photographs since 1950. a selection have been loaded on to flickr in no particular order. however i have tried to organise them in albums by pre national 'big' four'steam locomotives and those built to standard br designs, together with electric and diesel locomotives and multiple units. they are also cross referenced in other other albums by locomotive class, for.
British Railways Standard Steam Locomotive 80097 Class 4mt 2 6 4t Tank 57 british railways standard locomotives including ex wd classes photographed by a.j. moorse during the period 1953 1964 (excel format) 58 .112 photographs of british railways, western region steam locomotives photographed by a.j. moorse between 1953 1964 inclusive. The steam locomotives of british railways were used by british railways over the period 1948–1968. the vast majority of these were inherited from its four constituent companies, the " big four ". in addition, br built 2,537 steam locomotives in the period 1948–1960, 1,538 to pre nationalisation designs and 999 to its own standard designs. The br standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardise locomotives from the motley collection of older pre grouping locos. construction started in 1951. due to the controversial british railways' modernisation plan of 1955, where steam traction was abandoned in favour of diesel and electric traction, many of the locomotives' working lives were very short: between 7 and 17 years. High quality photographs uk railways 1950s 1960s 1970s steam diesel electric digital printed br lms gwr sr lner british railways welcome to rail online rail online is a comprehensive online library of high quality railway photographs, from the 1900s to the present day.
73156 A Br Standard Class 5 Steam Locomotive In Steam Near The br standard steam locomotives were an effort to standardise locomotives from the motley collection of older pre grouping locos. construction started in 1951. due to the controversial british railways' modernisation plan of 1955, where steam traction was abandoned in favour of diesel and electric traction, many of the locomotives' working lives were very short: between 7 and 17 years. High quality photographs uk railways 1950s 1960s 1970s steam diesel electric digital printed br lms gwr sr lner british railways welcome to rail online rail online is a comprehensive online library of high quality railway photographs, from the 1900s to the present day. Water cap. the british railways standard class 9f 2 10 0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for british railways by robert riddles. the class 9f was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed for british railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. One of the most notable subjects covered are locomotives, with images covering both steam and diesel locomotive manufacture from the late 1830s to the 1960s. further themes in the photographic collection include the development of swindon works, rolling stock, second world war, people, social history, railway infrastructure, docks and road.
British Railways Standard Class 9f Locomotive No 92212 In The Stock Water cap. the british railways standard class 9f 2 10 0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for british railways by robert riddles. the class 9f was the last in a series of standardised locomotive classes designed for british railways during the 1950s, and was intended for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. One of the most notable subjects covered are locomotives, with images covering both steam and diesel locomotive manufacture from the late 1830s to the 1960s. further themes in the photographic collection include the development of swindon works, rolling stock, second world war, people, social history, railway infrastructure, docks and road.
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