Lack of nameplates doesn't disguise the class's elegant lines. The shadows lengthen as B1 No 61394 awaits its return working, parked by the depot's breakdown crane. Some may have also been hand coloured in the traditional style, bringing an old scene back to life with even more realism. Quite recently I have learned, as in the caption above, that Tyseley had been equipped to do wheel turning and the rear wheels on 70047 have clearly been treated and the loco is waiting for a lift back to its home shed. I can see that the headline might be confusing but I wasnt suggesting that the plant was called the Stourton Copperworks, merely that it located in Stourton. In other words, much of this scene is like it used to be, but with modern rolling stock. In 1860 Frith began supplying photos to retailers. Terms & Conditions of Use Copyright S.W.Banks 2020Privacy PolicyTerms & ConditionsDesign by PageUp. I suspect that I may have been standing on the Down main line to take this picture. 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. Thats a huge number, given all the other war work being undertaken by engineers in Leeds. A2 60535 Hornets Beauty seen later in the day at Motherwell, moving off the coaling stage. At the former Caledonian Railway shed, the sun greeted us, along with our first ex-LNER "Pacifics" in steam. And only ten shots were possible, quite unlike a 35mm camera, let alone the digital cameras of today. historic maps, The area falls within the City and Hunslet ward of Leeds Metropolitan Council. and 64C Dalry Road Restore old photo now! A Copley Hill shed plate, which I bought from the stores in mint condition when the shed was being run down, for the price of 10/-, ten shillings in old money, nowadays 50p. This sequence of pictures was taken when I was 15 yrs old with a camera borrowed from a school friend. An ex-SR "West Country" class Pacific graces the yard, No 34037 West Ward Ho, a visitor from Salisbury. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. South Blyth was mainly J27s plus the odd 2-6-0 and on shed that day were: 65810, 65819, 65852, 65855, 65862, 65870, 65876, 65891 (J27) Delivery Info Help Contact Us UK () We had been advised, or so said the rumour, that an A4 had been rostered so it was disappointing to see an old friend turn up in this condition. It's a windy day as Doncaster A1, No 60125 Scottish Union breasts the summit of the climb past Copley Hill shed and begins the descent towards Leeds Central station. I'll spare you my results, though, except for this one. We may have more photos available, so please do get in touch using our 5th January 1964. It included relatively modern horse boxes and vanfits such as the insulated fish van. I would be interested in your source for the 90,000 workers during the war. Old Photo Restoration Online with AI VanceAI Photo Restorer helps restore old photos 100% automatically. Stourton Copperworks site brought back to life, Review: This House at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hunslet Clubs vocational training impresses Councillors, Cheerleader Leahs headed for Florida USA, Hunslet Moor break in robs community of food, MPs Notebook: Voter ID, Ukraine & trains, Trees felled as work starts on Cockburn pitches. 7th August 1965. 73004 stands at the far end. 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. Quite a canny teacher that was, who organised the trip. 3rd April 1964. Tyne Dock 3rd April 1964. You can also have a go at the 'proggy rug'. The train appears to be taking the line towards Derby and the relevant arm in the splitting signal over the loco was the distant, which is "on" - the home arm above it would have been "off" but is out of shot. A closer view of another one, No 70044 Earl Haig. Stourton, Leeds. it has not been shown on our website before as it has not been optimised and therefore may not meet the quality standards we require for use in our normal product range. One of Percy Main's J27s No 65842 is polluting the the atmosphere in fine style. At this high point the loco was beginning to coast and a westerly wind was blowing its exhaust across the front of the loco. A Riddles 2-6-4T, No 80154 (70A), passes under the signal box with an Ordinary Passenger made up with gangwayed coaches, Bulleid and BR Mk.1. However, BR withdrew the remaining 110 or so en bloc in 1962 and this view, from winter 1962/63 shows No 64933 alongside a stable mate in the yard, probably awaiting removal. That's another thing we tend to forget, that before global warming winters used to be colder and snow more frequent and heavier. Out of curiosity, I wandered out along the shed yard towards many signals and the running lines and was rewarded when 92061 came storming up the gradient with a loaded train. In the background is the relatively unusual semi-circular shed, and the surrounding high ground. The cold weather is not helping and I wonder if the loco completed the journey or the stand-by loco at Doncaster (usually another A1) was taken? A 51-year-old man, who has not yet been. I wonder if this loco was a stand-by for the iron ore traffic? The class was withdrawn from Copley Hill within a year and was extinct by the summer of 1962. J27 No 65835 stands in the wintry sun outside what used to be the roundhouse shed, but was in the early stages of demolition. Departure, aided by the falling gradient, was shrouded by steam. Had I known at the time, I would have been quite a bit happier! 64F Bathgate It was from Cricklewood West. We were are the water's edge from which the scale was quite incredible. These single chimney Pacifics were now being used on miscellaneous duties including freight workings. Find Stourton Leeds Uk April 25 2022 stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. 81D Reading This sequence of pictures was taken in September 1966 on my last outing with a camera (except for a foul day a month later at Nine Elms when the weather was awful and the locos obscenely filthy). Close by in the sidings outside the double roundhouse was ex-LMS 45568 Western Australia. Here, however, is No 70054 Dornoch Firth parked in the overcast grunge of the day at Crewe South. 19th October 1966. It would have shunted the sidings at Hunslet on the way. those pioneering days we have evolved sophisticated and Upload Image Faster batch processing > Before After It was my first encounter with the class. Peppercorn A1 60120 Kittiwake backs out of its home shed, Copley Hill, for the run down to Leeds Central station where it will take the 12.55pm express to King's Cross. Photo: Author. Here's some of our coach-load passing our first sighting of a SR loco, a Bulleid Q1 0-6-0, so chunky that it can be mistaken for a larger loco. Available for both RF and RM licensing. However, if you would particularly like to buy one of these The formation is all BR Mk.1 except for the strengthener behind the tender - typically an older type - which is a Gresley CK on steel angle trussing. Dreamstime is the world`s largest stock photography community. 20 locos were on shed, and one diesel: 4919 Donington Hall The yards at Hunslet can be seen just right of centre. Alas, I must have been reported by the signalman because a few minutes later the shedmaster accosted me with head-shaking disbelief. It had been allocated to Royston (55D) but the shed plate is unclear and a letter "A" has been painted below as if to signify re-allocation to Holbeck (55A), where it is heading, about half a mile away. If you're hungry for a more detailed view, go to: and you'll find the 25" map for Hunslet in colossal detail. since 1860. Photo: Author. 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. The embellishment of a copper-capped chimney still lent an air of elegance but the crudely painted number, on the bunker was dismal. On a cold Sunday early in January 1964, my school train spotting society in Leeds organised a minibus trip around a cluster of freight sheds in the North East. History of Stourton, Leeds (1 C) S. St Andrew's war memorial, Stourton, Leeds (1 F) T. Thwaite Mills (20 F) Media in category "Stourton, Leeds" The following 13 files are in this category, out of 13 total. Especially sad to see were 0-6-0 tanks such as the J72 and J94 made obsolete by the diesel shunter, and the cab and bunker of former Copley Hill and Leeds Central station pilot, J50 68988. For railway fans, however, the beauty of this location was the former LSWR four-track main line between Waterloo and Exeter and ten miles of rising gradient which steepened gradually, 1:314 through the station, peaking nor far beyond at 1:298. The A4 was serviced in the usual way, and placed inside the shed, but many people turned up to see it and the foreman agreed to have the loco moved outside again so that it could be photographed. The next signal box, Holbeck's Engine Shed Junction was just round the corner. Reading was a boundary location on the Western Region which saw main line expresses and London Outer Suburban traffic from Paddington, as well as inter-regional trains from the Southern Region and the north (via Banbury) and freight trains from all directions. Photo: Steve Banks, Another view of No 45562 Alberta with one of the shed staff clearing out one of the inspection pits. 66A Polmadie 16th February 1966. It's fairly mucky but still has its cast number and name plates. North Blyth. It was one of Cardiff Canton's that went to Willesden and, for a while, they worked an overnight/early morning fitted freight to Leeds. Near Stourton one of the milk tanks derailed, but stayed in the formation for some distance, before causing more of the train to derail. 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. I think it was the school master's idea to go somewhere unusual, and he wasn't kidding for the first stop was the scrap line at Darlington Works, then: West Hartlepool 81E Didcot One reason for the picture was to record the dark shape behind the tender, inside the shed. This was a relatively old part of Leeds that was to be redeveloped considerably and, in the background, demolition was already taking place. 70A Nine Elms In other words, a great place to watch trains fly by and a bonus after missing out on Nine Elms. Details of prices, sizes and other specifications will also be shown on the next page. Percy Main Photo: Author. Discussion has suggested that the loco was too large for the turntable at Stourton so was first sent to Holbeck for servicing. 4F 44584 approaches Leeds City from the Derby/Holbeck direction on the south chord of the Whitehall triangle with a local, pick-up goods. The loco went on to serve for another 16 months. Visible in the background between the locos is the Leeds City-Derby line while the viaduct just visible on the left carried the line to Manchester and Liverpool, eventually closed to traffic. Seen that day were: 65790, 65796, 65805, 65821, 65831, 65842, 65869 (J27), D2044, D2050, D2055, D2092 (03) April/May 1963. Photo: Author. I was only sixteen but some things you remember for the rest of your life. Gloucester, coded 85B, included sub-sheds at Brimscombe, Cheltenham, Cirencester, Lydney and Tetbury. . Growing up in Leeds in the 1930s and 1940s These are memories from people who were children in 1930s/40s Hunslet and Stourton. Click or tap a photo or map to view a larger version. It's now completely unrecognisable from what it used to be (Image: David North)4 of 26. Old hands may remember that ex-GNR J52 saddle tanks had performed these duties into the 1950s. Explore and buy nostalgic photos of Stourton. The loco was one of four used at Scarborough and Malton being dispersed on closure of those depots to steam and briefly tried here. It was a subshed of 84H Wellington and I believe that a Pannier tank was normally based there but the place was pretty empty when we visited. It was cheap, I was only 12-13 years old and on pretty meagre pocket money. The turntables at Holbeck could certainly take a Britannia for I used to see them in the roundhouse and I would lean towards that option on grounds of convenience. Another blustery day but a year later, in June 1964 sees another Doncaster A1, No 60114 W.P.Allen as it lifts the 4.45pm to Doncaster out of Leeds Central. 7029 Clun Castle being turned after returning from its early morning working to Cardiff. Copyright Frith Content Inc 1998-2023. Five were still allocated there. Please forgive me for such a melancholy picture but Riddles "Clan" Pacifics were unknown to us Yorkshiremen and two were lying waste here, 72001 Clan Cameron and 72002 Clan Campbell. I have a faint memory of the Leeds United manager, Don Revie, being on the train on his way back from Cardiff. There's no shed plate but 56D has been painted on for Mirfield, where it had been for some years. The yards at Hunslet can be seen just right of centre. Part of the coaling stage can be seen in the background. Photo: author. Small wonder that Tornado wows the crowds today! 8F No 48276 is released from what appears to have been a breakdown crane train and backs away on the Down loop. 3rd April 1964. One of each pair was supposed to show a white light, the other, red. 6966 Witchingham Hall old photos of stourton leeds. It had the smaller tender. Fortunately, A4 600025 Falcon also came by, light engine. It's a fond childhood memory, really. Your city has undergone some huge changes in the last 50 years. 66B Motherwell Steam was ending but we were young and couldn't really see it; train-spotting was carrying on despite the increasingly sad sights. February 1985. We were to see five more A4s under cover, the ones sent north from King's Cross. My visit was on a murky day in March 1966 when there was still plenty of steam, but also locos awaiting disposal. The exhaust is rising high and the wind is blowing it across, but a leaking cylinder gland is creating a screen that is obstructing the driver's view. Coming back, division was at York. The air pumps were on the other side. 31.10.64. Sadly the first one we came across, No 6131, one of six still allocated to Reading, had already had its number plates and shed plate removed. This still exists today as the Yorkshire Imperial Band, or Yorkshire Imps, you may have seen them performing in Middleton Park in recent years. Behind it can be seen a remnant of what used to be the outer wall of the shed when it had four roundhouses. The main part consisted of 8 carriages from King's Cross behind the Pacific, and a smaller portion from Leeds, behind 3442 The Great Marquess. In truth it probably needed to have been pressed four times, such was the gloom, and the pale Gratispool negative came out very grainy. Next along the line out of Paddington was Didcot with 24 locos on shed, again nearly all steam and a similar variety, plus some of the smaller ex-GWR 4-6-0s. 31.10.64. Courtesy of Leeds Museums & Galleries. The UKs leading archive and publisher of local photographs 64B Haymarket Unfortunately, I was using a 35mm Zorki which is fine at f11, but poor when opened up in dismal weather, and the film was not processed very well either (at the time I was unable to do it myself) so the results are a bit primitive. Former NBR Reid large-boilered goods 0-6-0, LNER J37, No 64623 rests outside the running shed. 16.2.66. All these years I have avoided looking at them because it was a dismal grey day, and it was like a graveyard: resembling what we later came to know as Barry. Plenty of snow still lay on the ground, despite the presence of so many heat-generating locos. The next batch of pictures was taken by me and my brother, mostly using my Zorki 35mm camera. Find high-quality stock photos that you won't find anywhere else.