1199-LR.jpg (42688 bytes)

Midland Railway Centre. A "Thomas" face for Hudswell Clarke D1199 of 1960 "CASTLEFIELD ENGINEER'S E1", formerly owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Railway. Photo and scan by Les Richardson (les@cirsel.freeserve.co.uk) http://www.cirsel.freeserve.co.uk/trains.htm

68012-LR.jpg (103001 bytes)

68012 at the Midland Railway Centre is not the ex-LNER J94 class loco it seems to be. This is near-identical loco Hunslet 3193, built 1944 and rebuilt by Hunslet in 1964, originally WD 75142 and more recently at Smithywood Coking Plant. The original BR 68012 was Hunslet 3174, built 1944 as part of the same batch, and was scrapped in February 1968 by Buttigiegs at Newport. Photo and scan by Les Richardson (les@cirsel.freeserve.co.uk) http://www.cirsel.freeserve.co.uk/trains.htm

80080-LR.jpg (66276 bytes)

Standard class 4MTT 80080 in charge of a train at Butterley, Midland Railway centre. Photo and scan by Les Richardson (les@cirsel.freeserve.co.uk) http://www.cirsel.freeserve.co.uk/trains.htm

MR-158A-LR.jpg (63931 bytes)

Midland Railway Centre, Butterley. In its early days restored locos were exhibited on the running line at Butterley Station. This is Midland Railway 158A. Photo and scan by Les Richardson (les@cirsel.freeserve.co.uk) http://cirsel.freeserve.co.uk/trains.htm

MRC-James_1.jpg (112930 bytes)

'James 5' leaving Swanwick Junction for Butterley station on a Thomas the tankengine week (http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/) at the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRC-James_2.jpg (105387 bytes)

'James 5' entering Swanwick Junction on a Thomas the tankengine week (http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/) at the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRC-lytham_1.jpg (86994 bytes)

Industrial 0-4-0 saddletank steamengine shunting at Swanwick Junction on a Thomas the Tankengine week (http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/) at the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). That is why the engines have faces, but it is a great way to get kids interested in steamengines. August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRC-lytham_2.jpg (97730 bytes)

Industrial 0-4-0 saddletank steamengine shunting at Swanwick Junction on a Thomas the Tankengine week (http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/) at the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). That is why the engines have faces, but it is a great way to get kids interested in steamengines. August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRC-signalbox.jpg (101963 bytes)

The former Kettering Signalbox which now controls the Swanwick Junction area, at the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRC-unidetified.jpg (125913 bytes)

The undercarriage of an unidentified 4-6-0 in the shed of the Midland Railway Centre (http://homepages.uel.ac.uk/1278/Rly-Pres/mrc.html). August 10 1994. Photo: Henk van Vuren (vanvuren@cybercomm.nl) Scan: Kodak Photo CD

MRCDMU.jpg (153232 bytes)

A wonderful period shot of two DMU that are undergoing restoration at the Midland Railway Centre, the one nearest the camera was used on the Bedford - London services before electrification, and the one furthest away - I believe - spent some of its life in departmental use. Photo taken by Andrew Ducker who holds copyright on Kodak DC260 on 24 June 2000. I can be contacted at ecml@yahoo.co.uk or you can visit my website at www.apducker.demon.co.uk.