Classic traction, no not the Austin Maestro, rather 08447 and 08910 at Upperby Carriage Sheds
08910 is the depot pilot at Upperby Carriage Shed
Two of Carlisle's long-time resident shunters, 08910 & 08844 catch the late afternoon sun at the south end of the station
We had every livery on classes 142/143 visitin Carlisle. 142025 was in chocolate & cream "Skipper" colours
When the 143 Pacers (nodding-donkeys to you & me) were new, they were allocated to Heaton depot in Newcastle and were regulars over the Tyne Valley route. Was this an improvement over a class 101 DMU?
Some of the 143s were adorned in Tyne & Wear PTE colours.
144005 in WYPTE colours, attached to a class 156 waits for departure time with a train for Leeds. I'm not sure even the prospect of a trip over the S&C would have persuaded me to jump on board
Super sprinter 158751 pauses in platform 3 whilst en-route to Blackpool North
Veteran 20020 has managed to make it as far south as the station holding sidings
20101 whistles to itself on a rare foray for its class at the time into Citadel station.
Long-range 20301 at DRS Kingmoor
Former Hunslet-Barclay "killer 20" 20904 awaits resurrection at DRS Kingmoor
A general view of the gaggle of class 20s at DRS Kingmoor
25034 and 25190 pause with a northbound oil tanker train
25194 engages itself in shunting some ECS
Class 25s on short enigineer's trains were common. 25207 is seen in 1984
There was no class 47/4 available to take the Euston-Stranraer forward from Carlisle, so Kingmoor rustled up a pair of 25s.
25285 trundles a mixed goods working into the station
A small batch of class 25s was formed to operate chemicals trains in the north-west. Most of the traffic didn't materialise, so they became common-user. 25904 was restricted to 60mph.
26034 in the holding sidings against the wall of Citadel Station
26036
27014
27014 on ECS at Upperby Carriage Sidings
27054 and a snowplough-fitted sister splutter past Upperby engineers sidings on the goods avoiding lines. The 27s had just been displaced from Glasgow-Edinburgh push-pull duties by class 47/7s
A gaggle of heritage power at the south end of platform 1
Two class 25s deputise for Type-4 power on the Carlisle-Leeds
When Crown Street road bridge was replaced over a weekend, trains ran from a temporary station built on the site of the old Upperby marshalling yard
Class 310 units were most ususally found at the southern end of the WCML. 310084 has made it to Carlisle for reasons unknown
31200 and a partner with a smoking problem
31200 engaged in ballast work at the south end of Carlisle Citadel
31203 in faded "Dutch" colours
Snowplough-fitted 31229
31404, still with its Finsbury Park white stripe, backs down from Upperby into Citadel Station with the afternoon Leeds train
Taken in winter 1993, 31434 keeps its engine running during frosty weather
31465 waits to take the ECS off the morning Leeds-Carlisle via the S&C off to Upperby, whilst 86001 looks on
One for the modellers out there. 37025 Inverness TMD in large logo at Carlisle
37025 "Inverness TMD" in large-logo livery
A class 37 hauls tanks over the River Eden at Etterby
Just released from Crewe after being fitted with electric train heating, 37402 pays a visit to Carlisle.
No longer a Highland passenger loco, 37416 in EWS livery
37519 is the lead loco on a loaded Ayr-Fiddler's Ferry HAA working
37520 complete with Thornaby kingfisher
37521 must have been involved in a collision at some point, judging by the plated-over nose end doors but lack of indicator boxes
Former EPS 37607 in DRS colours
37607 at DRS Kingmoor depot before the grey fencing went up
37801 heads a northbound timber train through platform 4
37893 in EWS livery
A class 37 on the goods avoiding lines at St Nicholas
Today, this would be a massive working, a 37/0 on a class 1 duty. It was pretty big in the "summer" 1983 when I took this shot of the Euston - Stranraer service leaving Carlisle in a downpour
40013 rumbles south past a fine display of Rose Bay Willow Herb at St Nicholas
40013 coasts south on the main line past Upperby Sheds
40086 rumbles south through the station.
Boxing Day 1984 and 40194 was in the company of other classmates in the station
40001 (at the time based at KD) on the afternoon Newcastle & Edinburgh train. To think I was disappointed it wasn't a Deltic!
Virgin took on most of the buffer-fitted HST power cars. This is 43013
43123 is at the head of an Intercity Cross Country express to the West Country
43123 fitted with buffers at the head of a Virgin Cross Country working
Virgin took over the Cross-Country franchise. 43154 is the lead power car
HSTs became daily visitors on Intercity Cross-Country workings. 43160 is the trailing power car here
Sir Nigel arrives on the CME to crowds of appreciative fans
