Passing in the opposite direction bound for Waterloo is Ivatt 2-6-2T, No 41298, which had only been allocated to Nine Elms a few weeks earlier. Then I found myself at the shed entrance off the line to Waterloo with many trains passing. We were to see a lot of BR "Standards" during the day. A man with a heart of gold! Although resident at Stourton for some time and unlikely to get anywhere near the electrifed lines, it had nonetheless been given the diagonal yellow stripe on the cabside. The Brownie 127 with its fixed shutter speed of 1/40sec was not exactly suited to action shots, nor cloudy days, and I was 14 years old and, er, trespassing by the side of Holbeck High Level station, half a mile out of Leeds Central. A wider view from under the Balm Road skew bridge of 48276 and the Down yard. He's just added that the "1" was probably not being shown because of roller-blind failure, a common occurrence at the time. The beautiful lines of the A4 catch the sun. An extract from the 1966 1" map of south Leeds with Holbeck shed 55A in the top LH corner and Stourton 55B in the lower RH corner. for if you look along the railings on the right, there's a gap We used used have free run of the place. Recently shopped Thompson B1 61030 Nyala stands outside Ardsley shed on a fine autumnal day in September 1964. Photo: author. In 1962 a diesel shed was opened at Holbeck and "Peaks" which had been housed temporarily at Neville Hill were moved across. Ex-GWR "Pannier" tank No 9774 bereft of number plates and as mucky as all the other locos on shed that day. Old Photos of Stourton, Yorkshire - browse nostalgic, historic local photos online. Click or tap a photo or map to view a larger version. It's a horribly murky picture and it's hard to tell what the loco was doing with goods wagons ahead of it. Photo: Author. 70C Guildford Search from Stourton stock photos, pictures and royalty-free images from iStock. J50 68988 stands in front of the offices at Copley Hill (56C) in April/May 1963. The loco had been part of the final batch built in April 1951 and was barely a dozen years old when withdrawn in 1963. It's fairly mucky but still has its cast number and name plates. The bag that day was: Looking out from in front of the shed buildings across the yard various locos from the list above can be seen, but especially ex-GWR Pannier tanks that were still being used - the shed had only received two diesel shunters, an ex-LMS one (there used to be a pair) and a soon-to-be Class 08. 5th January 1964. I believe that in its last years, this loco was allocated to South Blyth and Sunderland. 65A Eastfield A panned shot with the Brownie 127's shutter speed of 1/40sec showing plenty of motion blur in the foreground. 33027 (70B) was one of only around ten survivors at the time, divided between this shed and Guildford. The loco went on to serve for another 16 months. Until recently Saint Mungo had been based at Copley Hill but with its closure, the stud of Peppercorns was dispersed, losing the nameplates in the process. It's a fond childhood memory, really. Not only did the camera have a fixed shutter speed, the aperture was also fixed. I wonder if this loco was a stand-by for the iron ore traffic? In the following sequence, each chronological, oldest pictures first. Simmering in front of the shed at Gloucester, alas minus its nameplates, is 6815 Frilford Grange from Aberbeeg (86F). It was, incidentally a seat reservation train: as always, trains taking people home after a weekend away could be heavily loaded. Tyne Dock old photos of stourton leeds. 66B Motherwell Another view of 61030 Nyala at Ardsley in September 1964. Restore old photo now! As it's worth a hundred times more today (less inflation over the years), I wish I'd had a little entrepreneurial spirit and bought out the entire stock, funded by the Bank of Mum and Dad, of course! An album is a way to save a selection of Frith photos, maps and memories that are of interest to you. Old hands may remember that ex-GNR J52 saddle tanks had performed these duties into the 1950s. 81D Reading 7th August 1965. Vol.2 about the Secondary Services should follow in a year or so's time. When we got to Tyne Dock shed, 26 locos were to be seen, dominated by ex-NER freight types, J27 0-6-0 and Q6 0-8-0. It was quite an exposed location and most of my visits coincided with poor weather, on this occasion, cloudy and misty. For most of its life, Percy Main's staple allocation was the J27 0-6-0 plus, I believe, J72 tank engines which had been replaced by a variety of 0-6-0 diesel shunters. The class was withdrawn from Copley Hill within a year and was extinct by the summer of 1962. D1515 was built on 29th March 1963 and could hardly have been more than a few days old. A modern warehousing and distribution facility of 300,000 sq ft has been created which is currently on the market. However, if you would particularly like to buy one of these A batch of pictures taken at ex-LYR shed Farnley in Leeds in October 1965. 7917North Aston Hall No pictures, alas, but the allocation was larger, albeit with only two types, ex-NER 0-8-0s and 0-6-0s: 63362, 63386, 63413, 63429, 63459 (Q6) 4.9.65. The A3 in the background would have been 60074 Harvester or 60084 Gainsborough, one of the shed's trio at the time, these two never having gained trough smoke deflectors. The concrete coaling tower is in the background. After attempts to preserve it did not succeed, many parts were used in the restoration of 45699 Galatea. We have no photos of Stourton, therefore we have published no local books of this location. People, me included, men, women and children rambled all over the tracks taking pictures, up to several hundred yards out for the departure, and strange as it may seem in these modern times, officialdom turned a blind eye and nobody got run over. Having been brought up among powerful and rugged 2-6-4 tanks in the north of England, the Churchward and Collett 2-6-2Ts looked quite dainty. Category:Stourton, Leeds - Wikimedia Commons A sight rarely seen south of the border as a Black five fitted with a tablet catcher, No 45124 from Hurlford (67B), comes on shed. has been given some extra support. Looks like a fitter is inspecting one of the cylinders. The front doors had already been removed and the middle cab window enlarged. 7th August 1965. Sulzer Type 2 (later Class 24) D5100 is standing in front, more of it in a moment. Stourton hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Valentine's Day offer - Save 25% off all images, use code: VALAMY25 Stock photos, 360 images, vectors and videos Enterprise Lightboxes Cart Account All images Search for images Filters All Creative Editorial Stourton Stock Photos and Images (1,148) See stourton stock video clips Quick filters: Terms & Conditions of Use You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. Secondly, the 15ft WB limit was quite generous. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Don't forget we also have 90434 (WD) Note the ex-LNWR G2 0-8-0 in the background. Photo: author. I wasn't much in the habit of photographic diesel-hauled trains at the time. The elegant front end and nameplate of A2 60535 Hornets Beauty, with a single chimney and smaller driving wheels, arguably slightly prettier than Peppercorn's A1. A nice touch, I always thought. This one has the front doors still in place and a small middle cab window. Crewe South The cover is visually disturbing The cover is not a good choice . Neville Hill used to have quite a few Gresley J39's that were used for freight and excursion traffic and in 1962, seven were still on its books. A view from the old brick & timber manual coaling plant that remained in place despite construction of a new "standard" concrete tower. Not until relatively recently did I learn that the Brownie 127 had a pedestrian shutter speed of 1/60 sec, which explains why in this panned shot, the houses in the distance are so blurred! Years later I discovered that the (excellent) Transacord EP on these workings had on its cover, the very same loco at the same place and so similar that it's hard to tell the two pictures apart! Website hand-made by Frith, since 1998. You will then see a large blue button which will enable you to choose any of our print options available for this image - framed, mounted or just a print on its own. City Square under construction in 1897 (Image: Leodis)1 of 26. 90061, 90082, 90217, 90344, 90479 (WD 2-8-0). With only ten on the roll and the more interesting types frustratingly inside the shed, I was nursing the film for better things later in the day. 46 never seen before photos of Hunslet through the years If you have any family memories of the Copperworks please send them to info@southleedslife.com. The whole train may have still been made up with ex-LMS carriages but by 1964 had been modernised with BR Mk.1 stock and it seems that a van was still being rostered at the head. The west end at Newton Heath had the coaling tower, ash plant and turntable, which 48070 is passing. Growing up in Leeds, Past and Present - MyLearning 20 locos were on shed, and one diesel: 4919 Donington Hall LS10 1RD View area details View maps in the shop. 65791, 65817, 65833, 65854, 65864, 65892 (J27) The light was little better but we had time to see five loco-hauled trains, the first shooting by as we arrived. In June 1964 several Riddles 77xxx were transferred to Leeds, this one, No 77000, to Stourton and is seen passing in its direction, southwards through Hunslet. This was a Carlisle Kingmoor (12A) loco. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. 29-10-66. Then it was back to a cr*ppy old bellows camera! :-), Neville Hill was 50B (under York's 50A) until January 1959 when it became part of the district under Holbeck (55A) and the code changed to 55H. Find high-quality stock photos that you won't find anywhere else. Clun Castle and crew, preparing to set back into the shed at Gloucester. Photo: Author. This loco seemed to follow us around and we saw it several more times during the day. However, we understand that this image could be potentially important for genealogical, local history or architectural research and so we are showing it on the website for on-line research only. This was, by the way, the outermost platform in what had originally been added to Leeds Wellington St. by the LNWR and NER and called "Leeds New" - it eventually all became Leeds City - and the train took the Leeds Northern line. An unusual feature is the large tender, better associated with 9Fs. Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. In April 1964, the train spotting societies in two secondary schools in Leeds combined for a tour of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Had I known at the time, I would have been quite a bit happier! Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Photo: Steve Banks. Quite a canny teacher that was, who organised the trip. 31.10.64. Other Products: Don't miss other visitors' Memories and maybe connect with those who have shared their memories - you may even know the names, or learn more about the locality. Saturday 4th September 1965. 7th August 1965. This was the North British Railway's largest shed and its allocation when we visited was still substantial with 67 locos to be seen, now a mixture of ex-LNER, ex-LMS and BR types, and as many diesels: 44799, 44930, 44970, 45018, 45058, 45195, 45236, 45286, 4530, 45359, D8071, D8074, D8093, D8096, D8098, D8102-3, D8110, D8112, D8115. Brush Type 2 No D5685 was busy in the carriage sidings. 19-10-66. Within days I was off to uni where I discovered wine, women and song, but not a railway society (there must surely have been one)? A2 60535 Hornets Beauty seen later in the day at Motherwell, moving off the coaling stage. The day started badly because the Shed Foreman at Nine Elms refused to admit us on the grounds that the permit was for noon and there we were at 8am - the rotter! However, a small batch of 17 was provided with the much larger BR1B tender (4,725 gallons and 7 tons) despite this 2-6-0 having a smaller tractive effort than an ex-LMS "Black Five". The embellishment of a copper-capped chimney still lent an air of elegance but the crudely painted number, on the bunker was dismal. An archive of over 60,000 images of Leeds: visit the Leodis website to browse the full collection.