Instamatic! Me mums camera from the 1970s

Mainline South

23rd September 2005

When I were a wee nipper I never had my own camera and borrowed my mum's old Instamatic, a basic pont and poke which used 126 film. The shots aren't great but they are from a time when British Rail used to have passengers and not customers, and trains were mostly 'propah'. Anyway, happy memories for me... :)

A class 104 DMU waits time before departing to St Albans Abbey, sometime in Summer 1984 Buy Print	A class 120 has just crossed Barmouth Bridge and is heading for Barmouth Station - probably in 1983 Buy Print	The 120 again, entering a short tunnel after the bridge. Buy Print	150122, in nearly new condition at Shrewsbury, in 1985 or thereabouts. Cheers to my bruv for taking this pic for me travelling to Aberystwyth Uni. Buy Print
309616 is seen at Liverpool Street Station in 1985 Buy Print	Close up of Essex Express 'Jaffa Cake' livery adorning 309616, seen at Liverpool Street in 1985 Buy Print	370xx is seen at Liverpool Street in 1985 Buy Print	47457 'Ben Line' a glowing Stratford large logo engine, Liverpool Street in 1985. Buy Print
Stratford's locos used to have smart silver roofs, 47591 is probably making for the shunt siding before working its next train - 86s were running to Ipswich so I guess it would have been a Cambridge or Kings Lynn service, 1985. Buy Print	8624x and 309xxx in blue/grey livery, Liverpool St 1985 Buy Print	25xxx at Watford Junction, possibly in 1984. Them were the days... Buy Print	501159 at Hatch End, possibly in 1984. The 'Dartmoor' units used to bump along the tracks but they were more comfortable than the 313s which replaced them. The iron bars across the windows gave them t Buy Print