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Woodhall Lane, WATFORD, WD19 6HE

A tea time picture of a class 87 hauled express from Euston to the north passing the suburban station of Carpenders Park. Now these trains are formed of fixed formation Pendolinos, the class 87s are long gone from passenger services on the West Coast main line.

A DB Schenker class 92 (92031) heads north on the slow lines past Carpenders Park station on a sunny autumn morning with a long train of vans. The service is the 11:43 (6B41) Wembley European Freight Ops Centre - Daventry International Railfreight Reception.

The 12:01 (2C22) departure from Watford Junction arrives on time at Carpenders Park. the train will call all stations to London Euston and is formed of a London Overground class 378 (378234). Known as the DC lines, the tracks were electrified using the London Underground 4th rail system and sections of the route between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone are shared with Bakerloo Line services. North of Harrow & Wealdstone the track has been converted to 3rd rail electrification although the 4th (central) rail remains in situ but out of use.

Originally opened in 1914 by the London & North Western Railway on its line from London Euston to Watford Junction, the station was moved slightly south by British Rail in 1952. View north towards Bushey and Watford Junction. The main lines are to the right.

This house is certainly different from its semi-detached neighbour. It is to be found in St George's Drive near Carpender's Park station.

A pair of London Midland's Class 321 units (321412+321415) pass Carpenders Park station with the 11:26 (2T18) Tring to Euston service. The signal gantry spanning the fast and slow lines almost certainly dates back to the time of the original electrification in the mid-1960's - the first electric trains ran in and out of Euston in 1965 though passenger services didn't start until 1966. The signal gantry may be a bit rusty but it looks like the catenary has recently been repainted - or has it been renewed? Note the white phone box in the foreground used by drivers to contact the signal box if held at the signal - the wooden fence is to stop the inadvertently stepping onto the electrified DC line in the foreground.