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by BRIAN HAWORTH |
Updated: 29 June 2011
Click on the above photo to view the corresponding Bradshaw 1938 Timetable when Kirkby Stephen East was actually in use for passenger traffic. |
MAP of the area may be viewed by clicking here |
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KIRKBY STEPHEN EAST, which closed to passenger traffic on 22 January 1962
but, as the photograph shows, thanks to the sterling work of THE STAINMORE RAILWAY COMPANY, new life has been breathed into the station and its environs
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Inside view of the Train Shed
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Line-up of diesels in the yard adjacent to the station
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Classes 31, 47, 37 & 20 are all represented in this line-up in a real mix of liveries
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A rather forlorn class 31 stands at the head of a line of diesel locomotives
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Class 108 stands under an original lattice footbridge
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Close-up of class 47, 47785 This loco was built in 1965 and allocated to Cardiff Canton as D1909. Subsequently several different numbers D1909,47232,47665,47820 & 47785 were carried. In July 1995, it was named THE STATESMAN, and finally, in 1997, this name was removed, and the loco was renamed FIONA CASTLE. The loco was withdrawn from service in December 2004.
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Close-up of 37674 This loco was built in August1963 as D6869, and allocated to Landore. It was renumberd 37169 in May 1974, and became 37674 in June 1987. This loco was named SAINT BLAISE CHURCH 1445 /1995 in December 1995. The loco was withdrawn from service in December 1995
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Close-up of class 37, 37146 This loco entered traffic in 1963 as D6846, and was allocated to Cardiff Canton. The loco spent some time working in France during 1999, but was then withdrawn from service shortly after it returned to England.
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0-4-0 Planet Diesel Shunter, No. 3598 pokes its nose out of the train shed.
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Work to rebuild the platform out of the train shed is underway
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The outside wall of the Train Shed
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Class 20, 20169, built at Vulcan Foundary and allocated to Toton new in 1966 numbered D8169, stored in 1995 and withdraw from traffic shortly afterwards.
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For further information about the
STAINMORE RAILWAY COMPANY
visit their very interesting and informative website
by clicking on the logo below
Logo of the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Company |
Classes 20 and 37 nose-to-nose. |
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KIRKBY STEPHEN EAST HERITAGE CENTRE
Opening Times 10 am - 4 pm Saturday and Sunday
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