All images are taken from inside the train and are not top quality, but I hope have some interest to somebody.
There are four main sets of images here:
Sets one and two appear to be the same journey from Paddington to Bath. Set one is negatives 14 to 36 of Kodak Tri-X film and set two is negatives 1 to 23 on Ilford Pan F. It appears that film was changed between Slough and Maidenhead.
Set three is a strip four Kodak Tri-X, negatives 1 to 4. Shot at a different time as the picture of Southall in this set has a parcels DMU and no sign of the gent with the pushbike visible in Set 1.
Set four is a strip of three unidentified negatives numbers 1 to 3 and were shot between the Westbourne Park area and Old Oak Common West Junction.
I hope my research into these images is correct, but there is every possibility that I am wrong somewhere. Please feel free to leave a comment with any corrections you may have.
All images are as they came from the scanner apart from a little brightness and sharpness correction, none of the defects on the negs have been corrected.
All images can be made available for sale as prints if there is any interest.
First off Set 1:
Photo 1:1 47s and a 31 at Ranelagh Bridge
Photo 1:2 Westbourne Park Station, Underground only these days.
Photo 1:3 A class 52 Western on parcels ECS, I think near Old Oak Common Flyover.
Photo 1:4 DMU L709, a cross-country class 123 enters Old Oak Common Depot.
Photo 1:5 31414 in Old Oak carriage sidings
Photo 1:6 08787 in a yard, is this Acton Yard? I think the object that appears to be hovering over the 08 is the bottom of a signal suspended from a gantry.
Photo 1:7 Ealing Broadway, LT District Line surface stock.
Photo 1:8 Is this Spring Road Bridge just West of Ealing Broadway?
Photo 1:9 A class 31 with a freight
Photo 1:10 West Ealing, a bit basic.
Photo 1:11 West Ealing Junction
Photo 1:12 Is this West Ealing Yard?
Photo 1:13 Hanwell, BR corporate image hasn't arrived yet!
Photo 1:14 Southall, pushbike and all!
Photo 1:15 Hayes and Harlington. The first view of numerous stations with parcels activity
Photo 1:16 A class 52 Western with a class 1 ballast train!
Photo 1:17 West Drayton, GWR buildings with corporate image signage and lamps
Photo 1:18 West Drayton Junction
Photo 1:19 Iver
Photo 1:20 Is this just east of Langley?
Photo 1:21 Langley
Photo 1:22 Slough
Photo 1:23 Slough, more parcels activity.
This is where the film was changed from Kodak to Ilford.
Set 2 begins:
Photo 2:1 Maidenhead
Photo 2:2 Maidenhead
Photo 2:3 Maidenhead, the Bourne End branch curves away
Photo 2:4 I believe this is just opposite the gas holders at Reading
Photo 2:5 The eastern end of Reading, passenger and parcels traffic evident.
Photo 2:6 Reading Depot I assume
Photo 2:7 Tilehurst
Photo 2:8 Pangbourne
Photo 2:9 Goring and Streatley
Photo 2:10 Cholsey and Moulsford
Photo 2:11 Approaching Didcot
Photo 2:12 Didcot
Photo 2:13 DW139, the 'Whitewash Coach’ track recording coach at Swindon
Photo 2:14 Swindon with parcels vans
Photo 2:15 Swindon
Photo 2:16 Swindon Works
Photo 2:17 Chippenham
Photo 2:18 Thingley Junction?
Photo 2:19 Bathampton Junction?
Photo 2:20 Approaching Bath
Photo 2:21 Bath
Now comes set 3, looking to be from another journey over at least the earlier part of the route.
Set3:
Photo 3:1 A parcels DMU at Southall and no sign of the pushbike
Photo 3:2 A Ruston diesel in Tarmac livery, Hayes and Harlington
Photo 3:3 Hayes and Harlington, parcels traffic again apparent.
Photo 3:4 D821 Greyhound as preserved at Reading Gas Works. It was here from February 1974 to February 1977
Fourth and final set 4, film type not marked on the neg strip
Set 4:
Photo 4:1 Westbourne Park area
Photo 4:2 D1041 Western Prince, Old Oak Common East
Photo 4:3 The Wycombe lines curve away Old Oak Common East
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