IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Mardley Heights, WELWYN, AL6 0SX
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Image Listing (15 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
4
Railway bridge at Woolmer Green.
The train passing underneath is a northbound express.
Image: © Robin Hall
Taken: 29 Dec 2005
0.15 miles
6
East Coast Main Line
Heading north near Woolmer Green.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 22 Feb 2014
0.20 miles
7
Up ECML coal train at Woolmer Green Box, near Knebworth
View northward, towards Hitchin and the North: ex-GN ECML. One of the countless coal trains up from New England Yards at Peterborough is being threaded through the Woolmer Green - Welwyn North two-track bottle-neck. The locomotive is headed by ex-WD 'Austerity' 2-8-0 No. 90288. This engine was built in 12/43 and loaned to the LNER at Tyne Dock, moving to the GWR at Ebbw Junction in 1/44 until sent to the Continent in 2/45: it was returned in 1947, being allocated to March LNE in 12/47; under BR it became No. 90288, working from New England and lasted until 12/62.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 Jun 1951
0.20 miles
8
Glasgow - King's Cross express at Woolmer Green
View northward, towards Hitchin and the North on the ECML where it reduces to two tracks for about two miles through the Welwyn Tunnels and Viaduct. The 08.35 from Glasgow Queen Street via Edinburgh is headed by Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60122 'Curlew' (built 12/48, withdrawn 12/62).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 Jun 1951
0.20 miles
9
Down empties on ECML at Woolmer Green
View southward, towards London: ex-GN King's Cross - Doncaster ECML. Just back on the four-track main line after coming through the two-track bottleneck from Welwyn, a typical train of mineral empties on the busy Ferme Park (Hornsey) - New England (Peterborough) shuttle is an ex-WD 2-8-0. No. 90613 was built as No. 7469 (later 77469) in 1/44 and loaned to the LNER at Colwick until shipped to France in 12/44: it returned to England in 6/46, was stored at Annesley then in 3/47 put to work on the LNER at New England, where it stayed (later as 90613) until 4/63, then was at Frodingham until withdrawn in 3/65.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 19 May 1956
0.21 miles
10
ECML Up stopping train at Woolmer Green, 1951
Northward view, towards Knebworth, Hitchin etc., at the north end of the two-track bottleneck to south of Welwyn Viaduct. The locomotive is LNER Thompson class L1 No. 67791, built 6/50 and withdrawn 11/62.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 2 Jun 1951
0.23 miles