A train (in passenger service) standing in the platform at the pier head station.
This view was taken during a lunch break on a business trip to Southend - most of which was spent getting to / from the pier. It is regretted but there simply was not the time to spend waiting to photograph moving trains. Immediately after taking this photograph the train was boarded to await the return journey.
Driving motor carriage No.22 on the promenade. This carriage is now one of the exhibits at the Southend Pier Museum (link opens in a new window), it would have been nice to have been able to include a photograph of it there however the museum's strict prohibition on visitor photography precludes this.
Side elevation of the driver's cab showing some of the electrical control gear.
The 'inside' end of carriage No.22.
When in public service this end would be coupled to the next carriage, so it would not normally have been possible to source this type of unobstructed view.
Side elevation of carriage No.12 showing the closed sliding passenger doors.
Side elevation of carriage No.22 showing the open sliding passenger doors.
Inside carriage No.22 looking towards the driver's cab.
Inside trailer carriage No.3.
Window detail - inside carriage No.3.
Front three-quarter elevation of a works carriage.
Rear three-quarter elevation of a works carriage plus part of an adjacent trailer.
Carriages Nos 4 and 2.
A close-up view of the above image.
A side elevation of the station at the 'land' end of the pier. Some trains are just visible through the windows.
Additional Southend Pier Railway photographs from when the line was in full use plus much information about services and how they operated (sometimes using all four trains at the same time - two at the stations and two travelling between the stations) can be found here:- http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/spr.html
The 'official' Southend Pier Museum website can be found here:- http://www.southendpiermuseum.co.uk/ Links open in new windows.
The Southend Pier Museum welcomes visitors, who are strongly recommended to check the website for opening days and times in advance of travelling. The museum includes three former Southend Pier electric trains, as well other items of rolling stock and displays (etc) which may be of interest. However visitors need to know that the museum has a very strict prohibition on personal photography. Instead visitors are encouraged to purchase images (postcards) from the shop, which do not always reflect the types of detailed photographs which transport enthusiasts may wish to take. Because of this and for reasons of copyright this page does not include any promotional images from the museum.
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