Friargate station
Here are a few pictures at or around Derby Friargate station
Service days
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LNER Class D3 No:4302 taking
water after arriving with a Nottingham train on 27th June 1933 Unknown |
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An aerial view of Friargate
station c1950 Unknown |
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West end of the island platform Unknown |
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Friargate station in LNER days Unknown |
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Unidentified class A5 with a
local for Nottingham Victoria at Friargate station c1958 53a Models |
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61821 arrives at Friargate with
a service from Nottingham James Doubleday |
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K2 61738 in the loop road at
Friargate in 1959 Unknown |
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The west side excursion platform G A Yeomans |
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LNER Class L1 No 67767 at
Friargate Unknown |
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Ex-LNER Class K2 No:61783 at
Friargate Unknown |
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J6 64246 and J39/3 64976
at Friargate in August 1958
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61392 at platform
Unknown |
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The station on 13th April 1950
Unknown |
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Austerity 90471 passing through
the station with a mixed freight in the 1960s
Gerald Anthony collection |
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The last Mablethorpe train in 1964 Unknown |
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The Goods shed - This is from
where the Train Control Group first operated
Newtonabbot.com |
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Black Five 45020 on an oil
tanker train heads from Colwick to Merseyside through the station in 1964 Michael Page |
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Looking east 1960s Unknown |
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Canopy partly removed 1960s TrainsandTravel |
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Derby East signal box in 1968 D J Christiansen |
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View of Derby East signal box in
1970 Gerald Anthony collection |
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Unidentified class A5
Unknown |
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43156 takes water at Derby
Friargate on 18th April 1964 Ron Fisher |
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Friargate Bridge on 18th April
1964 with a No22 trolleybus heading for Morden Green Ron Fisher |
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No:22 Morden Green
trolleybus passing under the bridge in the 1960s on its way out of town Gerald Anthony collection |
And further west
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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 |
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Looking west over the goods yard
from the goods shed Unknown |
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A westbound freight passing Derby West box
Unknown |
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View from the east as a Nottingham train
returns to the platform having run round
Alfie Bousie |
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Friargate's loco shed was
situated at Slack Lane and is pictured here in 1952.
RealPhotos |
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Inside the loco shed at Slack
Lane in 1954 Alan Rimmer |
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Ivatt Class N1 No:69457, fitted
with condensing apparatus, pictured outside Slack Lane shed
c1954 Alan Rimmer |
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Unidentified Austerity 2-8-0
passing Slack Lane shed in the early 1960s Gerald Anthony collection |
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View towards the shed showing
the water tower Unknown |
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Slack Lane shed c1950 H C Casserley |
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BR class 9F passing Slack Lane
shed c1964 Geoff Morris |
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Unidentified 9F approaching
Uttoxeter Road bridge in the early 1960s Gerald Anthony collection |
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An aerial view of the area with the
station at the left centre c1947 Unknown |
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K3 passing Slack Lane shed in
the early 1960s Geoff Morris |
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A WD 2-8-0 heads towards the bridge on the Derby ring road in
1964 on the way to Egginton Junction Michael Page |
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Inspection special heads west towards the bridge on the Derby ring road in 1962
Unknown |
Specials
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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 |
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Another picture of 58087 at
Friargate Unknown |
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'The Mercian' RCTS special
headed by Black 5 No:45109 at Friargate on 2nd June1957 RCTS |
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Another shot of 'The Mercian' special at Friargate in 1957 Unknown |
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42772 with an LCGB
railtour on 19th September 1964 Unknown |
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Another picture of the LCGB
railtour on 19th September 1964 Arthur Wooler |
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84008 departs Friargate with an
SLS special in April 1956 John Debens collection |
Testing
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Friargate station in 1968 with the train control BRATO 'wiggly wire' in evidence RCTS |
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A close up Author's collection |
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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 |
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Battery railcar 'Gemini' at Friargate in 1967 Author's collection |
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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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A very interesting photo on 26-11-68 at Derby Friargate Station of a Research based DMU in the Platform. It must have arrived there from the Egginton Junction direction. John Tuffs |
