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... and back in Llanfair Caereinion

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 No 4 arriving back at Llanfair.

No 14 at Castle Caereinion.

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  The Sierra Leone loco numbered 14 on the W&LLR lists during its operating period in the early 1990s. On the way back to Llanfair

Only so far in 1987

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 In a typical bit of London based thinking the 1977 GN electrification scheme went out as far as Royston (about 70 miles from Kings Cross) but the powers that be obviously did not think it worth going the extra 10 miles to link the wire up with the GE scheme from Liverpool Street to Cambridge. That would have enabled the locals to visit the local centre, Cambridge,  on the new EMUs instead of having to suffer out dated DMUs which ran a shuttle service. After all everyone wanted to go to London but... These pictures were taken at Royston station in 1987.  

Hornsea Station, East Yorkshire.

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 When the branch line from Hull to Hornsea was closed in October 1964 the Station building was left to deteriorate. This is what it looked like by late summer 1985. However, it is a Grade 2 listed building so it could not easily be demolished and it was a rather grand building so it was converted to flats, some of which were available for let as self catering accommodation.  These images show the present state of the buildings and area. The area in front of the old station is now part of the Trans Pennine walk. The station house has been made into two flats with the ground floor being holiday accommodation.

Bressingham Garden Railway

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 A few pictures from 1987.

Ends and beginnings.

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  There are very few class 91 diagrams into York these days but what there are are made up of refurbished and reliveried sets. This is the Kings Cross to York which forms the 12.02 stopping service to Kings Cross.  These are the pacer replacements. A great improvement.