Archive items in 1960

Sand-Hill Location

Photos from Selby: The Past in Pictures: A Pictorial History: Part 2.

Steam Locomotives Around Selby in the 1960s

          Photos from Selby: The Past in Pictures: A Pictorial History: Part 2.

Riddles 9F Locomotives at Selby

The British Railways decided to dispose of steam locomotives in favor of switching to diesel power in the 1960s, so…

From Steam to Diesel Locomotives – Rail photos around Selby

  These photographs are taken from Selby: The Past in Pictures: A Pictorial History: Part 2. Available from Abbots Staithe Museum…

Station and Signal Box Closures

Notes from Gavin Wright 5/12/1 Although the East Coast Main line trains continued to run until 1983, the local passenger…

LNER Encyclopedia – Historical Website

This website “The London and North Eastern Railway Encyclopedia” has a wealth of information. We intend to identify a selection…

The Flying Scotsman

This item is taken from the National Railway Museum’s website, www.railwaymuseum.org.uk . More information can be found on http://www.flyingscotsman.org.uk/  and…

The Importance of Freight

Until 1962, rail companies were required by law to carry any load offered to them. At first coal and other…

Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Archive

Papers relating to nature reserves, including minutes, annual reports, management plans, work programmes, ecological surveys, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks and press…

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