Freight Train carrying cars at Harringay Park 1964

Comment by Gordon T on October 17, 2015 at 8:13

The sharply curved railway line behind the train suggests the scene is a little way west of South Tottenham station - the curved line leads to Seven Sisters station on the Liverpool St - Enfield/Cheshunt line (and, till the previous year, the service to Wood Green/Palace Gates). Looks like the photographer was up the embankment for the Liverpool St line - access across the rough ground in the foreground probably not as controlled then compared to today - though it could also have been taken from a passing train.

Comment by StephenBln on October 17, 2015 at 9:13

Yes, that's Stonebridge Road in the background. The land to the left of the railway was my Grandad's and where he ran his business from.

Comment by StephenBln on October 17, 2015 at 9:23

This is a Dagenham to Halewood train. At least one or two ran on weekdays. I have to say I can only remember these working in the other direction. This line was very interesting. Locomotives from all regions could seen working over it, especially on the cross-London freights. Southern Region Class 33s & Western Region Hymeks and many others. Also regular appearances of the P&O Boat trains from St Pancras to Tilbury, full of emigrants at the beginning of their ten pound trips to Australia. The coaches of these trains were adorned with P&O slip boards over their windows.

Comment by StephenBln on October 17, 2015 at 12:18

P&O Boat Train London Tilbury - St. Pancras, Mogul class no. 43120 ex-LMS, June 26, 1959 (British Railways) Although not taken in Harringay, this train would have later passed through on it's journey to St Pancras.

Comment by John Shulver on January 29, 2024 at 18:20

And the last time that many of those departing "Poms" would see snow............??

Comment by Glenn Wallis on February 2, 2024 at 2:35

Just to confirm that Ford still operate automotive trains between Dagenham Dock and Garston or Mossend, usually over the Barking - Gospel Oak route to Willesden and then along the West Coast Main Line.

Glenn Wallis

Secretary

Barking-Gospel Oak Rail User Group

@Riding the Goblin

barking-gospeloak.org.uk

Comment by Richard Woods on February 2, 2024 at 14:00

Just think - we once moved cars for sale by train... now we clog the roads with lorries carrying yet more cars to clog the roads.... etc, etc....

Comment by Ian Sandford on February 9, 2024 at 9:03

@ Richard Woods, you'll be pleased to know that DB cargo moves 230,000 finished vehicles moved per year within the UK, which is 90% of all domestic vehicle frieght on the rails, so over a quarter of a million vehicles transpoorted by rail (external ink to DB cargo website).

Toyota is one company that moves new cars between the UK and Europe, 70,000 a year (external link to Toyota's website), there may well be more!

Comment by Richard Woods on February 10, 2024 at 13:27

Well done - but that is less than 20% of the total new sales in an average year. 

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