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Wednesday 5 October 2016

Night Photo Milk Churns on Kidderminster SVR Train Station Platform Trolley 2016



Shining in the Night


night photo of shiny silver old fashioned milk churns standing on railway station platform barrow at the Severn Valley Railway, England 2016
Milk Churns on Platform Trolley
Photo:  Charles Moorhen



"Drinka Pinta Milka Day"!


Milk churns such as these - photographed at night in October 2016 on a platform of the Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster - were once a common sight at railway stations throughout Britain's rail network.



The churns were collected from farms or dairies and delivered to the local station.  

To identify the owner of the churn either a metal nameplate was attached to the container or the farm/dairy name was stamped into the metalwork.  In addition to this, a label was attached to the handle stating whether or not the milk churn was full or empty.

This system of transporting milk survived for decades until a modern system was introduced whereby milk was collected directly from farms by motorized tanker vehicles.  The milk was subsequently transferred to specially-built milk tank wagons operated by the railway.

Along with barrows loaded with wicker racing-pigeon baskets and others piled high with packages for transport on the trains, seeing platform barrows containing milk churns was a common sight back in the days of steam.

Travelling between Kent and Hampshire as a young lad with my spotting book ready on my lap as my train - usually hauled by a Southern Region steam locomotive - sped through country stations, saw milk churns standing in the shade of a platform canopy.

In the early 1920's around 282,000,000 gallons (339,000,000 litres) of milk was transported by the four national railway companies.

The system ceased completely in the 1970's.
 


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Thursday 29 September 2016

Night Photo Class 57307 DRS Diesel Loco 'Lady Penelope' Rugby 2016


Railway Loco Homage To 'Thunderbirds' Television Show Character
 
night photo of Direct Rail Services diesel locomotive class 57307 Lady Penelope in blue livery stabled at Rugby station, England 2016
Direct Rail Services Class 57 57307 'Lady Penelope
 Photo: Charles Moorhen





A night photo of Direct Rail Services Class 57307 diesel locomotive 'Lady Penelope', named after the popular UK Thunderbirds TV series, standing in a former bay platform looking bright and clean after a sudden downpour at Rugby railway station on the 25th August 2016.


'Lady Penelope' is one of 16 Class 57s that carried a 'Thunderbirds' name and the only locomotive that retains its name.

In January 2014, the locomotive nameplates donated by Virgin Trains, Tin Tin and Parker, fetched over £4,000 at a charity auction run in association with the Railway Magazine to raise funds for The Alzheimer's Society.




The locomotive was built on the 20 September 1965 by Brush Traction at Loughborough and is allocated to Carlisle Kingmoor Traction Maintenance Depot, operated by Direct Rail Services (DRS).  The current depot code is KM.

The original steam shed was called Carlisle (Kingmoor) and its shed code was 68A which was later changed to 12A.

This Class 57 locomotive originally carried the number D1901, later to be renumbered 47225.

Apart from its 'Lady Penelope' name, it has also carried the name, 'Cable Thieves: We're Watching You'.
 


Class 57307 'Lady Penelope' on YouYube:
 
Class 57307 departs Carlisle.


512 Class 47s were built, of which 30 have passed into preservation and can be found (at time of blog-page publication) at the following locations, though this may be subject to change for various reasons.

D1524  47004 - Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway.
D1693  47105 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
D1705  47117 'Sparrowhawk' - Great Central Railway.
D1842  47192 - Crewe Heritage Centre.
D1855  47205/47395 - Northampton & Lamport Railway.
D1994  47292 - Great Central Railway Nottingham.
D1787  47306 'The Sapper' - Bodmin & Wenford Railway.
D1886  47367 - Mid Norfolk Railway.
D1895  47376 'Freightliner 1995' - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
D1500  47401 'North Eastern' - Midland Railway Butterley.
D1501  47402 - East Lancashire Railway.
D1516  47417 - Midland Railway Butterley.
D1566  47449 - Llangollen Railway.
D1662  47484 'Isambard Kingdom Brunel' - (Private Location).
D1107  47524 - Dean Forest Railway.
D1778  47183/47579/47793 'James Nightall G.C. - Mid Hants Railway.
D1762  47167/47580/47732 'County of Essex - Carnforth.
D1933  47233/47596 'Aldeburgh Festival' - Mid Norfolk Railway.
D1606  47029/47635 'Jimmy Milne' - Epping Ongar Railway.
D1970  47269/47643 - Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway.
D1948  47505/47712 'Lady Diana Spencer' - Crewe Heritage Centre.
D1619  47038/47564/47761 - Midland Railway Butterley.
D1643  47765/47059/47631 - East Lancashire Railway.
D1946  47503/47771 - Eastleigh Works.
D1755  47541/47773 - (Location Not Known).
D1909  47232/47785/47820 - Wensleydale Railway.
D1656  47072/47609/47834/47798 'Prince William' - York Railway Museum.
D1654  47070/47620/47799/47835 'Prince Henry' - Eden Valley Railway.
D1966  47266/47629/47828 - Carnforth.
D1661  47077/47613/47840 'North Star' - West Somerset Railway.


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