Whitehaven-Huddesfield TPO mid '70's power?

[w124bob]

Digging around I've established that this train ran pretty much unchanged from 1966 to the demise of the TPO. There are also plenty of late '80's onwards photos but I can find no photos or even writings on motivepower or formation for the earlier period. Any info just post TOPS would be useful.

[11B]

From what I remember when I used to walk up to Ulverston station with my dad it was normally a 47/4 or occasionally a 31 with a mk1 courier brake van, a sorting van and a mk1 BG.

 

There are some photos I have on a saved site on my laptop, I will try and post a link on Friday to them.

 

Hope this helps

 

Ian

[11B]

Hi,

 

From the early 80's

 

http://davemcalone.zenfolio.com/p767690205/hfa6c963#h137f80cc

 

http://davemcalone.zenfolio.com/p767690205/hfa6c963#h5ded7536

 

http://davemcalone.zenfolio.com/p227365127/h58096552#h58096552

 

http://davemcalone.zenfolio.com/p227365127/h58096552#h5809674c

 

 

 

Hope it is of some use to you

 

Ian

Edited December 8, 2017 by 11B

[The Pilotman]

There's a typo in the caption of that last photo, Ian. I don’t know which 47 it is but it's definitely not 47705 (or any other 47/7) as the caption states.

[11B]

Not sure if you are still looking for information on this still, but today I saw a copy of the Cumbrian Railways Association magazine from August 2018. It had a page about the Workington TPO in the 70's. Three photos show the train. It looked like one sorting van and three BG's. Two of the photo's had class 40's and one had a 25.

Hopefully this will be of some use.

Ian