A 1941 - Hawker Sea Hurricane (Z7015) with engine covers off.
An improved Sea Hurricane was the Ib, this had the catapult spools and an arrester hook to enable them to land back on merchant ships modified to have a small flight deck. Hurricane Z7015 was built by Canadian Car & Foundry at its Fort William, Ontario, plant during 1940 as a Mk I, after flight testing Z7015 was shipped to the UK. On June 27, 1941, it was converted to Sea Hurricane Ib standard.
A 1941 - Hawker Sea Hurricane (Z7015) with engine covers off.
An improved Sea Hurricane was the Ib, this had the catapult spools and an arrester hook to enable them to land back on merchant ships modified to have a small flight deck. Hurricane Z7015 was built by Canadian Car & Foundry at its Fort William, Ontario, plant during 1940 as a Mk I, after flight testing Z7015 was shipped to the UK. On June 27, 1941, it was converted to Sea Hurricane Ib standard.
TD314 pictured at Duxford, taxiing after a flight. TD314 was built at Castle Bromwich in late 1944 and fitted with a Merlin 70 as a High-Level Fighter. She was one of the last high back Spitfires built as the production line switched to low back aircraft in February of 1945.
The Auster J/1 Autocrat was a 1940s British single-engined three-seat high-wing touring monoplane.
The first production aircraft, registered G-AGTO, was delivered in December 1945. One of the more spectacular feats of the type was the first visit of a civilian aircraft to an aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious in the English Channel in October 1946.
AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records. After the firm was sold, the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles till 1969.
I have written authorisation from A.J.Stevens Ltd to use this image dated 30/7/2018.
AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England, company A. J. Stevens & Co. Ltd, from 1909 to 1931, by then holding 117 motorcycle world records. After the firm was sold, the name continued to be used by Matchless, Associated Motorcycles and Norton-Villiers on four-stroke motorcycles till 1969.
I have written authorisation from A.J.Stevens Ltd to use this image dated 30/7/2018.
No.2 was built by Baldwin of Philadelphia, USA in 1930, (No. 61269) for the Eastern Province Cement Co. Port Elizabeth, South Africa where it spent all its working life hauling limestone. This is a 4-6-2 tender locomotive weighing 47 tons.
Mangapps Junction Signal Box, a GER box built by McKenzie and Holland. This was originally sited at Haddiscoe Junction, the junction of the lines from Norwich to Lowestoft and Beccles to Yarmouth South Town. It became redundant when the latter line was closed in 1959
Camelot going back to engine shed at the end of its day. No. 73082 Camelot is a preserved British Railways Standard Class 5 4-6-0 based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, England, and owned by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. She was outshopped from Derby Works in 1955, and worked on the Southern Region of British Railways. In August 1959, she received the name Camelot from withdrawn Urie King Arthur Class engine no. 30742.
No. 73082 Camelot is a preserved British Railways Standard Class 5 4-6-0 based on the Bluebell Railway in Sussex, England, and owned by the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society. She was outshopped from Derby Works in 1955, and worked on the Southern Region of British Railways. In August 1959, she received the name Camelot from withdrawn Urie King Arthur Class engine no. 30742.
Steam Locomotive Empress No 3061. Seen on the Lavender Line in Sussex. She is displaying the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway plaque as it would appear she is on her way to Wales.
Empress (No 3061) Built 1954 by W. G. Bagnall Type 0-60. Seen at the Lavender Line. the engine is showing the plate of Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway as she seems to be heading there very soon.
