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Viewing Album:  1970's British Railways
 
By:Mark Davies
Dates:1/1/1970 - 12/31/1979
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BR1 M56161
Title:  BR1 M56161
Description:  DMU's a Rock Ferry where passengers changed trains into the Merseyrail electric system for trains to Birkenhead and Liverpool.
Photo Date:  9/21/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:17:58 PM
Location:  Rock Ferry, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 M56161(DMU) BR1 M51192(UNKNOWN)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BR1 47482
Title:  BR1 47482
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:45:33 PM
Location:  Newcastle Central, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47482(Class 47)
Views:  77   Comments: 0
BR1 35029
Title:  BR1 35029
Description:  This locomotive is sectioned on the other side to display how a steam locomotive works.
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:23:41 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 35029(4-6-2)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
BR1 4468
Title:  BR1 4468
Description:  "Mallard" The world's fastest steam locomotive. 126 and a half miles per hour.
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:23:01 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 4468(4-6-2)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
BR1 46229
Title:  BR1 46229
Description:  "Duchess of Hamilton"
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:24:54 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 46229(4-6-2)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
BR1 55015
Title:  BR1 55015
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:11:02 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 55015(Class 55)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
BR1 APT-E
Title:  BR1 APT-E
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:20:26 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 APT-E(Power Car)
Views:  130   Comments: 0
BR1 45XXX
Title:  BR1 45XXX
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:42:09 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 45XXX(Class 45)
Views:  124   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:50:16 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:51:01 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  98   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:51:34 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  127   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:52:57 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description:  "Western Fusilier"
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:52:17 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:00:59 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:00:03 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:01:43 PM
Location:  York, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description:  On display at the NRM after bringing the "Western Talisman" Railtour to York. This was one of many Western farewell tours of late 1976/early 1977.
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:55:38 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  129   Comments: 0
BR1 D1023
Title:  BR1 D1023
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:54:42 PM
Location:  York - NRM, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1023(Class 52)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
BR1 45030
Title:  BR1 45030
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/26/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:42:47 PM
Location:  Newcastle Central, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 45030(Class 45)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
BR1 45030
Title:  BR1 45030
Description:  45030 heads out of Newcastle Central over the King Edward Bridge.
Photo Date:  11/26/1976  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 4:30:40 PM
Location:  Newcastle Central, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 45030(Class 45)
Views:  82   Comments: 0
BR1 25224
Title:  BR1 25224
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:35:27 PM
Location:  St. Blazey, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 25224(Class 25) BR1 25267(Class 25)
Views:  126   Comments: 0
BR1 D1001
Title:  BR1 D1001
Description:  Sorn of name and numberplates, D1001 "Western Pathfinder" awaits her last journey to Swindon Works for scrapping.
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:46:52 PM
Location:  Laira (Plymouth), UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1001(Class 52)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
BR1 D1009
Title:  BR1 D1009
Description:  "Western Invader" awaits the final tow to Swindon, for scrapping.
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:49:04 PM
Location:  Laira (Plymouth), UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1009(Class 52)
Views:  95   Comments: 0
BR1 D1013
Title:  BR1 D1013
Description:  Arrived at Plymouth from London Paddington on a wet day.
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:49:43 PM
Location:  Plymouth, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1013(Class 52)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
BR1 D1053 Western Patriarch
Title:  BR1 D1053 Western Patriarch
Description:  Just withdrawn that month, awaiting the tow to Swindon Works and cutting up by June 1977. Note the loco number showing in the headcode boxes. A commonfoible after re-numbering. Class 52's were never renumbered.
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:05:26 PM
Location:  Laira (Plymouth), UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1053(Class 52)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
BR1 D1054
Title:  BR1 D1054
Description:  Just withdrawn that month, she would be scrapped at Swindon Works within 6 months!
Photo Date:  11/27/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:06:11 PM
Location:  Laira (Plymouth), UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1054(Class 52)
Views:  133   Comments: 0
BR1 24026
Title:  BR1 24026
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 6:25:26 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 24026(Class 24)
Views:  165   Comments: 0
BR1 24136
Title:  BR1 24136
Description:  In green livery, with lion and wheel emblem, right to the end of life, before scrapping at Swindon Works
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 7:40:54 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 24136(Class 24)
Views:  137   Comments: 0
BR1 Class
Title:  BR1 Class
Description:  Class 52 cabs make a sad sight at Swindon Works.
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 5:07:19 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 CLASS(Class 52)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
BR1 D1006
Title:  BR1 D1006
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:23:11 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1006(Class 52)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
BR1 D1034
Title:  BR1 D1034
Description:  Myself posing by Western Dragoon, cut up January 1979 and Western Duke, cut up February 1977.
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:02:21 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1034(Class 52) BR1 D1043(Class 52)
Views:  180   Comments: 0
BR1 D1049
Title:  BR1 D1049
Description:  Withdrawn April 1976, cut up February 1977
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:04:43 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1049(Class 52)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
BR1 D1062
Title:  BR1 D1062
Description:  Undergoing restorative work, Western Courier would be saved from the cutters torch!
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:07:05 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D1062(Class 52)
Views:  112   Comments: 0
BR1 D806
Title:  BR1 D806
Description:  Sad remains.
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/31/2015 5:09:18 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 D806(UNKNOWN) BR1 D1008(Class 52)
Views:  276   Comments: 0
BR1 M56175
Title:  BR1 M56175
Description:  Awaiting scrapping.
Photo Date:  11/28/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:18:24 PM
Location:  Swindon Works, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 M56175(DMU)
Views:  160   Comments: 0
BR1 31287
Title:  BR1 31287
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/4/1976  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:13:19 PM
Location:  Thornaby, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 31287(Class 31)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
BR1 Metro-Cammell
Title:  BR1 Metro-Cammell
Description:  2 x Twin Car Metro-Cammell units form a train on the Durham coastal line from Stockon to Newcastle via Sunderland on a dark dismal Saturday morning. Seen approaching Hartlepool station.
Photo Date:  12/4/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:19:03 PM
Location:  Hartlepool, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 METRO-CAMM(UNKNOWN)
Views:  118   Comments: 0
BR1 E56081
Title:  BR1 E56081
Description:  Clockwise North Tyne Loop service enters Whitley Bay with a service to Newcastle via Wallsend. This was the last winter of BR operation prior to closure, preparing for the Tyne & Wear Metro.
Photo Date:  12/5/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:16:02 PM
Location:  Whitley Bay, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 E56081(DMU) BR1 E51214(DMU)
Views:  185   Comments: 0
BR1 40182
Title:  BR1 40182
Description:  40182 heading light in the direction of Wigan, probably heading for the maintenance shed at Springs Branch. Locos travelled there from Preston for servicing after Lostock Hall closed as a loco maintenance facility in 1971
Photo Date:  12/29/1976  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:19:09 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40182(Class 40)
Views:  179   Comments: 0
BR1 47453
Title:  BR1 47453
Description:  Class 47 brings a coal train from the East Lancashire line onto the West Coast main line at Farrington Jct.(Bee Lane)
Photo Date:  12/29/1976  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:21:23 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47453(Class 47)
Views:  86   Comments: 0
BR1 Cravens
Title:  BR1 Cravens
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:15:27 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 CRAVENS(DMU)
Views:  153   Comments: 0
BR1 47537
Title:  BR1 47537
Description:  With the St. Walburgh's church spite in the background, some 2 miles distant, 47537 heads out of Preston on the up fast on the last day of 1976.
Photo Date:  12/31/1976  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:22:04 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47537(Class 47)
Views:  50   Comments: 0
Class 25 heads towards Lostock Hall, just over a mile south of Preston Station on the final day of 1976.
Title:  Class 25 heads towards Lostock Hall, just over a mile south of Preston Station on the final day of 1976.
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/31/1976  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 6:29:19 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  34   Comments: 0
BR1 M50968
Title:  BR1 M50968
Description:  Preston to Ormskirk train takes the Liverpool Line.
Photo Date:  12/31/1976  Upload Date: 5/20/2015 1:17:25 PM
Location:  Penwortham, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 M50968(DMU) BR1 M56261(DMU)
Views:  132   Comments: 0
BR1 33119
Title:  BR1 33119
Description:  Class 33/1's main shere of work was operating London to Weymouth trains over non-elecrified rails from Bournemouth Central to Weymouth and also hauling the Weymouth Boat Trains. The Boat rain was hauled from London throughout, whereas the 12 car emu sets on the Weymouth services, dropped the 4 car powered emu set at Bournemouth and the 8 car hauled set was taken forward by the Class 33/1. These trains were propelled back to Bournemouth by the 33/1 and re-attached to the 4 car powered set.
Photo Date:  6/6/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:14:54 PM
Location:  Eastleigh, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 33119(Class 33) BR1 406(Electric M.U.)
Views:  217   Comments: 0
BR1 47338
Title:  BR1 47338
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/6/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:20:43 PM
Location:  Southampton, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 47338(Class 47)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
BR1 40100
Title:  BR1 40100
Description:  Light engine pair of 40's heading for Holbeck shed.
Photo Date:  6/12/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 10:18:20 PM
Location:  Leeds, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 40100(Class 40) BR1 40161(Class 40)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
BR1 20049
Title:  BR1 20049
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/6/1978  Upload Date: 5/15/2015 6:13:57 PM
Location:  Corrour, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 20049(Class 20)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
BR1 27005
Title:  BR1 27005
Description:  Steam heating is the order of the day, on the residual portion of the overnight service from London Euston to Mallaig. I had travelled on his service from Preston behind 7 different locomotives, with loco changes and reversals at Mossend Yard, Cowlairs, Glasgow Queen Street (in platform shunt and a reversal and finally a Fort William. A total of 9 locomotives being used on the train. Class 81 London Euston to Mossend yard. 2 x Class 27 from Mossend Yard to Cowlairs. Another class 27 from Cowlairs to Glasgow Queen Street, a Class 40 for an in platform shunt to release sleeper cars and attach day coaches. 2 different Class 27's from Glasgow to Fort William and finally this loco 27005 from Fort William to Mallaig! Can't do that now!
Photo Date:  3/7/1978  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 9:24:02 PM
Location:  Fort William, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27005(Class 27)
Views:  99   Comments: 0
BR1 27014
Title:  BR1 27014
Description:  Heading for Oban, the Class 27 heads through magnificent Highland scenery near Glenlochy Summit
Photo Date:  3/8/1978  Upload Date: 5/16/2015 9:52:31 PM
Location:  Glenlochy Summit, UK
Author:  Mark Davies
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BR1 27014(Class 27)
Views:  98   Comments: 0

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