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Firstly, an apology that it has taken so long to get a new batch of
mystery photographs out. 2011 has been an extremely busy year behind the
scenes and good intentions have not always been translated into action. So
for those who have been eagerly awaiting the next instalment with atlases and
reference books at the ready, here are another 34 pictures for you that we need to be identified
please. Some are easy, some not so easy, and they
include one or two industrial locations as well. I have tried to include
some recognisable features which might be known to someone out there! As usual, you can email
your comments/suggestions to mysteryphoto@krm.org.uk
The response to the last batch was excellent as always and you can see previous pictures for which we now have answers by clicking
here. There may be
one or two gaps, for which we know we had emails identifying them, and if you
can recognise any of them, we would be pleased to hear from you. Also, if you
have a different opinion, please let us know.
Once again, many thanks to you all who have helped in identifying the pictures - it is really appreciated. We do try and acknowledge everyone who writes to us, but just occasionally, I suspect that one or two slip the net. If this has been the case with you, then I apologise, but please do not let it stop you from writing again and helping to identify the latest mystery photographs. I hope you enjoy pitting your wits against the many photographers who did not record their pictures for posterity. How much easier it would be if the photographs were all documented by the person who took them before they came to us - but not so much fun for you! At the latest count we have about 16,000 unidentified pictures, many of which will never be identified as they are just close-ups of engines, but there are enough to keep you going for years yet!
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.17478 - 0-6-0ST named 'Arthur Leighton' and marked
on the tanks 'National Coal Board Kent' |
0-4-0ST 'Nelson' at an unknown port | |
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| 17762 - Unfortunately the nameplates of neither engine are identifiable | 17860 - the train seems to be coasting down hill towards sidings of similar wagons, colliery-style buildings and evidence of pit waste in the distance on the left - but where? | |
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| 17951- not much to help identify the location apart from the colliery winding gear and an aerial ropeway which runs across the picture just above the wagons. The engine has NCB painted on the tank and an unreadable number. | 18214 - Brush diesel shunter number D2999 in a shed without its motion | |
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| 18328 - ex-GWR 0-6-0PT number 9600 without smokebox plates and seemingly on colliery duty | 18363 - 0-4-0ST named 'Elizabeth' shunting but where? | |
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| 18383 - the plate on the jib reads E No.1 | 18441 - Black 5 44874 double-heading a sister engine on 1Z79 | |
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| 18453 - climbing through the hills past a station with a disused and dismantled goods yard | 18503 - Crab number 42942 in a forlorn state without connecting rods at an unknown shed, perhaps awaiting scrapping | |
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18504 - a station believed to be of Midland origin |
18532 - diesel-hauled empties along which coast? | |
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| 18572 - a variety of motive power in the city landscape, but which station? | 18670 - 6995 'Benthall Hall' at an unknown shed | |
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| 18769 - 46238 'City of Carlisle' with 44467 (may be 44487) in the background | 18770 - 46234 'Duchess of Abercorn' | |
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| 97807 - Jubilee number 5634 'Trinidad' standing by an ex-LNWR signal box just outside a station train shed | 115491 - SR number 167 shunting at an unknown location | |
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116305 - SR number 41 'Peveril Point' on the turntable at
an unknown shed |
116839 - An unidentified engine at an unidentified location | |
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| 119064 - 64611 with a freight train on 23rd March 1967 | 121262 - 61572 on 5th October 1963 with the 'M&GNJRS Wandering 1500' rail tour. It started at London Broad Street and visited various stations on the M&GN, but this one is a mystery to us | |
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| 121585 - 42104 passing a large industrial building | 121944 - 34060 '25 Squadron' passing underneath what must be a well-known landmark overbridge | |
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| 122081 - 70020 'Mercury' on a LCGB special train carrying the reporting number 1Z09 | 122101 - Two 8Fs, one at the front, one at the back, but where? | |
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| 122224 - Q6 63395 with a train of hoppers in the north-east | 122249 - 65894 with a train of empty hoppers | |
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| 122330 - Ex-HR Jones Goods 103 believed to be in the Glasgow area in the mid-1960s | 122349 - D5117 with 'The Orcadian', believed to be on the Highland line north of Inverness | |
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| 122428 - 46495 crossing a viaduct | 119125 - 64611 in March 1967. | |
| And a few left over from previous mystery pages which have not yet been positively identified. |
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| 16013 - no clues at all on this picture | ||
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17790 - not many clues here. The engine is an 0-6-0
outside cylinder with a ladder attached to the handrail at the top and the running plate at the bottom, to enable access to the top of the boiler/water tanks |
16280 - a seasonal picture but no clues | |
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17622 - A fireless locomotive built by Arthur Coppel, with the initials FLB and MLB hand-painted on the boiler |
007 - This picture has defeated even our keenest
'Southern' correspondents. Please keep trying. Two possible
clues - the owner's grandfather who appears on the photo was a signalman
at Barnes Bridge and later a ticket collector at Fareham. Answers
please! There must be someone out there who can tell us where it
is. And somebody has! - This is thought to be outside the goods depot that stood on the north side of Exeter Queen Street station. |
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| 85093 - BR "Britannia" class 4-6-2 number 70000 "Britannia" on an express passenger train at an unknown location. | hip10 - an unidentified Midland 2-6-4 tank at an unknown location | |
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6482 - A crossing keeper's
cottage thought to be on the North Staffs Railway. Recent correspondence casts doubt as to whether this is in fact on the North Staffs at all. Any other suggestions? |
68125 - In the foreground is the trackside equipment of Raven's cab signalling system if that gives a signalling expert a clue. | |
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| 6325 - an unidentified station | 7614 - a bit esoteric maybe, but a North British Railway trespass notice. Maybe the landscape means something to someone | |
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| 124 - LMS diesel shunter 1831,
reputedly worked most of its life at Coventry. Is this where it is? |
139 - LNWR 4-6-0 number 25775. We have had Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury suggested and also somewhere between Rugby and Brinklow?? |
We are keen to have as full a catalogue of our photographs as possible, so if you do recognise anything about any of these photographs, please email us on mysteryphoto@krm.org.uk.
Thank you for your help.
Don't forget our next railway photograph fair on January 7th 2012