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Historical Railways Photographs - 1948/49 - from ' Senior Service ' Cigarette Card Series.

 

These Cards ,which have been have been donated by Mrs. L. Comely, a friend of our Chairman, were amongst her late Father's possessions.  We have been given kind permission ,by her, to reproduce these Historical documents on our Web Site as a subject likely to be interest to many Railway Modellers.

 

No 10.   “ Coal Traffic “.  Class 7 Freight locomotives are a familiar sight on the L.M.S. Railway  Numbering 275 these powerful 0-8-0 engines were specially designed for the haulage of  heavy coal and mineral trains.  The L.M.S. system embraces the most important coalfields, and as much as 74,000,000 tons of coal, coke and patent fuels are carried during the year. London alone consumes 21/2 million tone per annum, which is dealt with at the great Willesden & Cricklewood Depots.

 

No. 2.   “ Erecting an Engine “.  This photograph of part of the L.M.S. works at Crewe shows one of the ten new engines of the “ Princess Coronation ” type in course of erection.  Five of these engines including the one shown, are to be streamlined in the manner now made familiar by the “ Coronation “ Class.  Some idea of the size of these new engines may be gained from comparison with the figures of the men in the picture. 

 

No. 9.  " Paddington Goods Depot " . In recent years great progress has been made by the G.W.R, in the development of goods handling facilities, and the Paddington Goods Depot now ranks as one of the most up-to-date freight terminals in the country.  A feature of this depot is absence of fixed lifting  and other platform equipment, likely to impede trolleying.  Cranage work is performed by petrol-electric mobile cranes, which have the advantage of being equally useful for shed and yard work.

 

No. 4.  " London's Underground ".  The extensions of the Underground system will necessitate the  provision of 1,000 new cars.  This photograph shows one of the four experimental trains on the Piccadilly Line which have been built to provide data for the adoption of a standard design.  The principal factor is the increased passenger accommodation, rendered possible by placing all the electrical equipment beneath the cars.  A six car train of the new type carries as much as a seven car train of the old.   

 

No. 33.  " Two Engines in One ".  The most powerful engines in Britain are the Beyer-Garratt used by the L.M.S. and L.N.E.R.   They are really two engines worked by a single boiler, the one shown being L.M.S. 2-6-0--0-6-2.  They are employed on heavy mineral traffic hauling coal trains of 80 or 90, weighing 2,400 tons.  This picture was taken at the Toton Sidings of the L.M.S. the largest marshalling centre in the world, where over 8,000 coal wagons are handled in a day.

 

No. 48. " Eastern Counties Express ".  Many main line services of the L.N.E.R. of the Great Eastern Section are worked by    4-6-0 engines of the B12 Class introduced in 1911.  Several of these very efficient engines have in recent years been transferred to the Scottish area, and are in service on the Great North of Scotland Section.  As they go into the shops for renewals, they are now being rebuilt with larger boilers, which in service has resulted in a remarkably low fuel consumption .

 

No. 5. "  The ' Coronation ' Express ".  This photograph shows a rear view of one of the "Coronation" train. A distinctive feature is the streamlined ' Beaver Tail ' observation saloon, which has windows of a special substitute which is unbreakable and more transparent than glass. In addition to the observation coach there are eight other carriages, all of which are insulated against noise, and are equipped with air conditioning.  Each train has accommodation for 316 passengers. 

 

 

No. 25. " Point Duty ".  There can be very few traffic crossings in England where the policeman on point duty finds railway trains included in his regular traffic.  This photograph shows the level crossing at Grimsby Docks Station, which crosses the Grimsby-Cleethorpes road.   This is said to be the busiest level crossing in England, and nearly 40 trains pass every hour during the day.  Owing to the great dislocation of traffic the question of providing a bridge is now being discussed .

 

We trust that you have found this part series of the 48 Originals of interest and any if you found this of interest  and have any comments we would be pleased to here from you.
 

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