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circa 1965
A 4 car dmu (one Met-Camm and three BRC&W vehicles) heads towards Sheffield, past Ecclesfield West signal box on the former Midland Railway Barnsley line around 1965. The line to the right is the former Great Central railway through Ecclesfield East. The station building can be seen to the right of the signals, further right is the scrapyard of W E Smith where a number of steam locomotives were cut up. Paul Braybrook.
1968
A Cravens power-trailer set at Eccles in 1968. Probably Eccles in Norfolk, since the LMR power trailer sets moved to Bletchley in 1967. Steve Davies Collection.
21st July 1968
With alternate vehicles in blue/grey and green, a Trans-Pennine DMU is seen at Eccles on 21 July 1968. The DMC closest has yellow cab doors and the vehicle number unusually at the left end of the vehicle on this side. George Woods.
Unknown Date
Set: EP490
Derby Etches Park based Swindon Cross-Country set EP490 enters Eccles Road with what appears to be a Met-Camm/ Cravens hybrid set on the back. Date unknown. Outside Scotland, Class 120s in plain blue livery were unusual. Steve Davies Collection.
Unknown Date
Set: 71
Cravens set 71 in Beccles station, Lowestoft is on the destination blind. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
8th August 1975
A Class 124 Trans-Pennine DMU working 1M76 - a Hull-Liverpool service - at Eccles on 8 August 1975. Taken by Barrie Watkins. Stuart Mackay Collection.
11th April 1977
On Easter Monday, 11 April, 1977 the 6:10pm Liverpool Lime Street - Hull service, seen passing Eccles, has been strengthened by adding a two-car Met-Camm set to the five-car Trans-Pennine DMU. Michael Mensing.
11th April 1977
The 5.20pm Chester - Manchester Victoria service leaving Eccles on 11/4/77. M56165 leads, paired with a Class 101 DMBS, with another Class 103 attached. Michael Mensing.
Unknown Date
Set: 86
Two 3-car Class 104 sets at Eccles Road. The closest - set 86 - has Norwich on the destination blind. Date unknown. Steve Davies Collection.
circa 1980
Set: 40
DMBS E51293 is nearest to the camera (and seems to be carrying set number 40) leaving Beccles station, which is between Lowestoft and Ipswich in Suffolk, circa 1980. Graeme Phillips Collection.
2nd August 1980
A Class 104 on the rear of a long formation heading westbound at Barton Moss, near Eccles, with the 11:21 Rhyl - Manchester Victoria, 2/8/80. Graeme Phillips Collection.
1982
This Leeds to Sheffield Class 114 DMU has just passed Ecclesfield West and is running parallel to the former Great Central route via Ecclesfield East, whose tracks can be seen to the right. The ex-GC route latterly terminated just beyond the bridge in the background, at the Smithywood Coking Plant. The picture dates from the summer of 1982. Andrew Walker.
1985
A Leeds to Sheffield Met-Camm DMU passes Ecclesfield West signalbox and the entrance to the adjacent oil terminal, in early 1985. Andrew Walker.
1985
A Sheffield to Leeds Class 114 DMU approaches Ecclesfield West in 1985. The cross-over in the foreground gave access to the nearby oil terminal sidings. Andrew Walker.
7th September 1985
Set: 100
Set 100 passes Beccles South signal box on an Ipswich to Lowestoft trains, 7th September 1985, with single line working between Halesworth and Oulton Broad North. Jim Ellington.
23rd October 1985
Set: 104
Trailer-brake Met-Camm set 104 with the 11:05 Lowestoft - Ipswich approaches Grove Road Level Crossing Beccles on Wednesday 23th October 1985. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1985
Set: 100
Class 101 set 100 with the 10:50 Ipswich - Lowestoft approaches Beccles in the late morning of Wednesday 23rd October 1985. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1985
Set: 100
Class 101 set 100 on the 10:50 Ipswich - Lowestoft departs Beccles on Wednesday 23rd October 1985. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1985
Set: 104
Class 101 Set 104 on the 11:05 Lowestoft - Ipswich heads away from Grove Road Level Crossing at Beccles on Wednesday 23th October 1985. Colin Brooks.
23rd October 1985
Carrying an interesting variant of the BR logo, Class 101 set 104 crosses Grove Road Level Crossing at Beccles on Wednesday 23th October, 1985, with the 11:05 Lowestoft - Ipswich. Colin Brooks.
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