Preston Station
Train Spotting In The Sixties - A Photographic Record A RIBBLE PILOT SPECIAL
PRESTON STATION TRAIN SPOTTING IN THE SIXTIES - A PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD PHOTOS BY TONY GILLETT (Pictured below)
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Class 5 45591 awaits departure from platform 4 at 1447 on 28th May 1960 Below - on the same day, at 1515, the station pilot positions carriages on platform 3A
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75047 (& 45107) stand on platform 4 at 2030 on 8th September 1960 46221 ’QUEEN ELIZABETH’ with The Royal Scot 1345 on the 10th Sept 1960
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45652 ‘HAWKE’ at 1420 on platform 7, 4th December 1960 45546 ‘FLEETWOOD’ on platform 6, 2035 14th November 1960
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44930 passes the station pilot at 1440 on 4th December 1960 Station pilot 47413 minutes later at 1450
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46144 on platform 6 at 1510 on 4th December 1960 1517 on platform 6 as 44730 arrives
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Platform 4 at 1521 on 4th December 1960 saw light engine 45193 10th December 1960 45689 ‘AJAX’ at 1418 on platform 4
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Young train spotters watch 40106 at 1456 on 10th December 1960 42563 awaits to depart from platform 9, 2022 on 14th November 1960
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45556 ‘NOVA SCOTIA’ arrives on platform 5 at 1259 on 30th December 1960 Platform 7 at 1335, 45617 on a mixed goods
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Driver Jimmy Cox alongside 78036 on 13th January 1961 47293 takes a break on platform 4 at 1949
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47293 guides 51253 at 1210 on 26th January 1961 Awaiting a clear road on platform 5 is 45681 at 2030 on 13th January 1961
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44766 comes off the MPD at 1420 on 26th January 1961 47360 at 1430 on 14th January 1961
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A view of the Ballast Cleaner under the signal gantry at 1545 on 8th Feb 1961 9th February 1961 sees 44767 on platform 9 at 1119
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46234 ‘DUCHESS OF ABERCORN’ on 9th February 1961 at 1430 70014 on platform 6 at 1520
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46239 ‘CITY OF CHESTER’ heads the Royal Scot on platform 5, 25th Feb 1961 Crane RS 1009 36 at 1345 on 21st February 1961
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46235 ‘CITY OF BIRMINGHAM’ departs platform 5 on 27th February 1961 45632 heads a mixed goods on the same day
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45512 stands on platform 13 on 27th January 1961 45531 ‘SIR FREDERICK HARRISON’ heads mixed goods at 1520 on 2nd March 1961
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72007 at 1525 on 2nd March 1961 Sign of things to come! 45000 hauls E3048 at 1130 on 3rd March 1961
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D322 departing on 4th March 1961 45688 ‘POLYPHEMUS’ on a goods vans working
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46166 at 0945 on 21st March 1961 Platform 7 at 0800, 46228 ‘DUCHESS OF RUTLAND’ on 19th March 1961
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44697 on 21st March 1961 at 1135 Showing the self-weighing tender
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45635 approaches platform 4 on 3rd April 1961 45629 ‘STRAITS SETTLEMENTS’ on the same day
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45592 at 1830 on 20th April 1961 45512 on a mixed goods at 1450 on 20th April 1961
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45731 ‘PERSEVERANCE’ on platform 13 at 1200 on 15th July 1961 45650 & 7200x at 1454 on the same day
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At 2015 on 11th September 1961, 45671 ‘PRINCE RUPERT’ on platform 5 45524 ‘BLACKPOOL’ on 24th September 1961
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45156 ‘AYRSHIRE YEOMANRY’ On platform 5 at 2145 16th October 1961
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46235 ‘CITY OF BIRMINGHAM’ at 0935 on 20th October 1961 At 0950 GT3 arrives
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GT3 at 0955 on 20th October 1961
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45691 ‘ORION’ at 1005 on 9th January 1961
44767 on 24th November 1961
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45691 ‘ORION’ running round 45517 & 42475 East Lancs platforms 5th March 1962
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45561 ’SASKATCHEWAN’ at 0900 0n 6th March 1962
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46234 ‘DUCHESS OF ABERCORN’ on platform 4 at 1522 on 6th March 1962 D338 at 1528 on platform 6
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View at 1610 on 6th March 1962 46235 ‘CITY OF BIRMINGHAM’ & 46234 ‘DUCHESS OF ABERCORN’ at 1600
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45626 ‘SEYCHELLES’ on platform 7 on 7th March 1962 70017 disappears behind a cloud of steam on 14th March 1962
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46138 arrives on 14th March 1962 45517 departing on the same day
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Platform 1 at 1005 sees 42700 on 20th April 1962 75048 in the East Lancs platforms on 25th April 1962
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COMPILED BY CHRIS MILLS A RIBBLE PILOT SPECIAL FOR THE RIBBLE STEAM RAILWAY, PRESTON, LANCASHIRE