TransportSteve2011

This is a flickr picture of 47174, not mine, taken in April 1980, no headlight at all.

Oh, well, only 5 wagons would have been about 399 tons with fully laden containers, even an 08 would pull that on the mainline.......lol Cheerz . Steve.

I'm surprised that they actually got to Birmingham Landor Street, loaded shipping containers on a full train from Soton Maritime would have been well in excess of 1100 tons, even the booked diagram 47s had trouble at times, especially, in bad weather. Cheerz. Steve.