News Archive for July 1976

Published on 31st July 1976

With thanks to Chris Perkins we have been able to provide a look at workings which operated in the Taunton area on the 31st July 1976 to illustrating a fantastic selection of black and white images.

Thankfully at the time, Chris was able to identify the workings he captured on film and made good notes to ensure this information could be recorded with the images for future use. A good selection of workings and images were recorded from British Rail Western locomotives to Type 4 and Type 2 locomotives working regional express and stopping services passing through the Taunton area. Our Taunton Trains database contains records and images from this given day for your future viewing and enjoyment.

Published on 24th July 1976

It's amazing to think just how many locomotive-hauled services operated through Taunton in the 1970s, as part of a recent collection put together we are have discovered a selection of images taken on the 24th July 1976 at Taunton.

This wonderful set of images taken by the late C L Caddy while visiting Taunton. His incredibly sharp and well-composed images are a pleasure to work with and have required virtually no cleaning or editing to bring up to a viewable standard. Further images from C L Caddy can be viewed via the below gallery link were a permanent gallery has been set up to record these images for future generations to enjoy.

To view the gallery, please click here.