Yes its a fuzzy/grainy shot but at least its one for the record.
The yard behind is still well populated with goods wagons and the foundations of the recently demolished locomotive and wagon works are clearly visible.
Just approaching Abbotswood junction from the south. Left for Worcester and straight on for Birmingham. Hymeks invariably branched left for Western metals.
A grabbed shot before being chased out of the depot. being inside a triangle of lines always made 85A one of the more difficult depots to "bunk" around.
The more civilised view from the top of the bank by the Railway Social Club.
A key moment - This was the final locomotive I needed to class my Hymeks.
A Comer crew bus and a Ford Capri, or is it a Classic? Railway Walk is visible high on the left.
Update: Richard Bullock informs me it's a Ford Classic. Thanks Richard.
Sorry to disappoint you but Worcester didn't have a secret supply of Castle Class Locomotives as late as 1972. The tender is for the steam breakdown crane.
Jessops Mk 1 storm clouds form the background for this Kodak Instamatic photo
7001 has just passed north through the tunnel at Worcester and is headed to Stourbridge Junction with a lunchtime passenger train.
The typical view from Railway Walk - Before the present day security fencing and uncontrolled vegetation growth.
Waiting to go "Off Shed" to take the lunchtime Paddington train.
A most unusual viewpoint. Where the footpath passes beneath the Shrub Hill to Foregate Street line I climbed up the bank to take two photographs. This one with Shrub Hill Station on the far right hand side .......
....... and this one looking towards Foregate Street with the Hymek just about to pass the lost Rainbow Hill Junction Signal Box. The sharpness of the curve is not exaggerated at all in the photograph.
Coming off the (recently) singled Cotswold Line from Paddington, passing Norton Junction Signal Box ........
...... passing beneath the road bridge and regaining the correct running line via the crossover west of the bridge to continue into Worcester.
There wasn't always a perfect view of locomotives on the depot.
After crossing Rainbow Hill Junction the line continues over Westbury Street. If the scene looks familiar it's because it appeared on a 42p commemorative postage stamp - with a Castle Class Locomotive.
There goes another lunchtime Paddington train. That northbound fitted goods just cleared the scene. Metal Box is still there, and still rail connected, but the factory chimney didn't last much longer.
The same spot as 71. Looking back 7054 was hanging around Worcester for a while with its original green livery. 7054 was the last Hymek left running in green.
Obviously I had been impressed on a recent visit to see Deltics at Grantham. Hymeks could cope with speed banking, couldn't they?
Lunchtime Worcester - London Paddington departure. A pretty solid Hymek turn.
Was someone waiting eagerly for their new Austin 1100 to be delivered? Are there any of those Morris Marina vans left earning a living? Who decided beige was fashionable? Why so many questions?
Honest, there's a Hymek buried in there somewhere surrounded by a nice set of weathered wagons.
Revenue earning wagons still in evidence at "The Metal Box"
The Hymek has gone - and so has the signal box!
It really was cold and gloomy. The rising steam off the carriage heating gives the game away.
