Friargate station

Friargate station

Here are a few pictures at or around Derby Friargate station

Service days

	LNER Class D3 No:4302 taking water after arriving with a Nottingham train on 27th June 1933 Unknown		An aerial view of Friargate station c1950 Unknown
	West end of the island platform Unknown		Friargate station in LNER days Unknown
	Unidentified class A5 with a local for Nottingham Victoria at Friargate station c1958 53a Models		61821 arrives at Friargate with a service from Nottingham James Doubleday
	K2 61738 in the loop road at Friargate in 1959 Unknown		The west side excursion platform G A Yeomans
	LNER Class L1 No 67767 at Friargate Unknown		Ex-LNER Class K2 No:61783 at Friargate Unknown
	J6 64246 and J39/3 64976 at Friargate in August 1958 Unknown
	61392 at platform Unknown		The station on 13th April 1950 Unknown
	Austerity 90471 passing through the station with a mixed freight in the 1960s Gerald Anthony collection		The last Mablethorpe train in 1964 Unknown
	The Goods shed - This is from where the Train Control Group first operated Newtonabbot.com		Black Five 45020 on an oil tanker train heads from Colwick to Merseyside through the station in 1964 Michael Page
	Looking east 1960s Unknown		Canopy partly removed 1960s TrainsandTravel
	Derby East signal box in 1968 D J Christiansen		View of Derby East signal box in 1970 Gerald Anthony collection
	Unidentified class A5 Unknown		43156 takes water at Derby Friargate on 18th April 1964 Ron Fisher
	Friargate Bridge on 18th April 1964 with a No22 trolleybus heading for Morden Green Ron Fisher		No:22 Morden Green trolleybus passing under the bridge in the 1960s on its way out of town Gerald Anthony collection

And further west

	The view west from Uttoxeter Old Road bridge showing Derby West box and the former Slack Lane loco shed in the right background, now closed and used as an industrial unit Gerald Anthony collection		Looking west over the goods yard from the goods shed Unknown
	A westbound freight passing Derby West box Unknown		View from the east as a Nottingham train returns to the platform having run round Alfie Bousie
	Friargate's loco shed was situated at Slack Lane and is pictured here in 1952. RealPhotos		Inside the loco shed at Slack Lane in 1954 Alan Rimmer
	Ivatt Class N1 No:69457, fitted with condensing apparatus, pictured outside Slack Lane shed c1954 Alan Rimmer		Unidentified Austerity 2-8-0 passing Slack Lane shed in the early 1960s Gerald Anthony collection
	View towards the shed showing the water tower Unknown		Slack Lane shed c1950 H C Casserley
	BR class 9F passing Slack Lane shed c1964 Geoff Morris		Unidentified 9F approaching Uttoxeter Road bridge in the early 1960s Gerald Anthony collection
	An aerial view of the area with the station at the left centre c1947 Unknown		K3 passing Slack Lane shed in the early 1960s Geoff Morris
	A WD 2-8-0 heads towards the bridge on the Derby ring road in 1964 on the way to Egginton Junction Michael Page		Inspection special heads west towards the bridge on the Derby ring road in 1962 Unknown

Specials

	A Midlands Area SLS Special at Friargate on 28th June 1952 with 58087 in charge. Unusually taken from the signal gantry on the bridge looking west Neville Knight		Another picture of 58087 at Friargate Unknown
	'The Mercian' RCTS special headed by Black 5 No:45109 at Friargate in 1957 RCTS		Another shot of 'The Mercian' special at Friargate in 1957 Unknown
	42772 with an LCGB railtour on 19th September 1964 Unknown		Another picture of the LCGB railtour on 19th September 1964 Arthur Wooler
	84008 departs Friargate with an SLS special in April 1956 John Debens collection

Testing

	Friargate station in 1968 with the train control BRATO 'wiggly wire' in evidence RCTS		A close up Author's collection
	Looking from Uttoxeter Old Road bridge towards the station with Class 25 D7501 on a short train in 1964 Note the 'wiggly wire' boards in the four foot Alfie Bousie		Battery railcar 'Gemini' at Friargate in 1967 Author's collection
	The trackside equipment for BRATO was positioned in the S&T location cabinets alongside the line - which at this stage was still open to traffic. There was a tone generator linked to the signal which altered depending upon the aspect. This is outside the Pelapone Engine factory building opposite Slack Lane shed Author's collection

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