Chris Sykes
@N_Amberfield
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Lifelong railway enthusiast and modeller. Layouts ‘Amberfield’ ‘Eastern Dock’ & ‘Portmaurwin’ all featured in Model Rail magazine. Currently w/o Whisby Road 00
Yorkshire and The Humber
Joined July 2012
Finally got a copy of Great British Model Railways featuring my layout ‘Eastern Dock’ with some stunning photos by Chris Nevard.
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Brand new and ready for its running in period: Hymek D7000 is outside the Beyer Peacock works at Gorton 28th May 1961. It entered service the same month after being allocated to Bristol MPD. 📸 Frank Hornby
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Lighting added as the final touch. Roof is also easily removable.
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Been working on this signal box for the past two weeks it’s a laser cut kit but I’ve added some details from ModelU and MSE notably the roof finials and gutter/drain pipe detail #00Gauge
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🤩 If you couldn't attend in person - watch our NEW VIDEO to see the launch of our station shop this morning! https://t.co/rOikc7MBwU
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Under a threatening sky, 31127 drags failed Cravens unit working the 15:07 Ipswich to Cambridge on the approach to Newmarket 5th April 1986 #ThirtyOnesOnThursday 📸 Ed Thornton
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55010 ‘The King’s Own Scottish Borderer’ has arrived at Kings Cross with 1A08 the 08:05 from York. Wonderfully atmospheric photo taken on the 6th August 1980. 📸 Peter Taylor
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20060 & 20031 pass through Rotherham Masbrough with loaded steel wagons 27th April 1984 #TwentiesOnTuesday 📸 Garry Cartwright
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Another concrete post GNR somersault signal built from MSE parts; a distant signal this time, note the vertical black stripe as opposed to a black chevron normally seen on LNER and LMS distant signals, this was a unique GNR feature. #00Gauge
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D53 ‘Royal Tank Regiment’ at Yate near Bristol, sometime in the mid 60’s #MidWeekPeak 📸 Colin Smith
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47003 with its Stratford depot painted silver roof at London Liverpool Street with 1N20 the 09:30 to Norwich, June 1980 📸 Andy Hoare
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Type 2 (later class 25) D7661 at Willesden in an early variation of BR blue/yellow ends, August 1969. The characteristic paint fading from radiator coolant leaks is evident on this example. 📸 Grahame Wareham
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26000 (later class 76) ‘Tommy’ at Sheffield Victoria on a special working, 19th September 1964 📸 Harry Chesterman
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Just finished this MSE kit; a concrete post ‘Great Northern Railway’ somersault home signal. A few of these lived on in Lincolnshire well into the 1980’s on the British Rail network. They can still be seen today on the Heritage North Norfolk Railway. #00Scale
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A fine collection of clean motive power at Tinsley in the summer of 1981 including 45045 ‘Coldstream Guardsman’ for #MidWeekPeak Also in the photo are 31190, 25124, 08024, 25245, 45104 and 45014 📸 Andy Hoare
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46023 at Heckington with 1E02 1100 Skegness - Sheffield on 29th May 1982
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Flying Scotsman is heading for Barrow Hill Roundhouse celebration of 200 years of railway
derbyshiretimes.co.uk
World-famous locomotive the Flying Scotsman will star in a celebration of 200 years of the railways at Barrow Hill Roundhouse.
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Brush type 4 no. D1858 passes the old steam depot at Carlisle Kingmoor with a southbound Freightliner 27th July 1967 📸 Richard Lewis
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