The Chesterfield Observer - introduction
You shone like the sun, shine on you crazy diamond!
Greetings!
I was a trainspotter and I mis-spent my youth trainspotting to the point of obsession at Chesterfield railway station in the 1980s!
What is The Chesterfield Observer?
Detailed observations of passenger and freight workings passing through Chesterfield from 1981 to 1986 then intermittant observations to 1992.
Does it have a purpose?
Perhaps, for historians, modellers and researchers and for anyone interested in day to day workings of trains in the 1980s. It is an insight into railway operations that have now disappeared,
and won't be coming back!
How do I use the site?
Information is all in chronological order.
On the left is a "Date Selector", to select a specific date just run your mouse over the year, month and day. On the right is a simple "Search Box".
Sources
All sightings are from my own personal observations with thanks also to Freddie Lowe and RailGenArchive for additional
information.
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Enter a term to search for, for example:
a loco number, headcode, location, name etc.
If found this will bring up a list of dates where the search term can be found, the results are displayed by year which are grouped together but not in chronological order.
Select a date then use the "Find in Page" option on that page to find what you're looking for.
Unfortunately it cannot differentiate between locos and units, so if searching for loco 50045 it will also find unit E50045.
It will also find coaching stock, 25106 will find a Sulzer and an SK!
