Norman E Preedy

[Halvarras]

58 minutes ago, R WELSFORD said:

In 1976 i caught a Western hauled Paignton-Oxford train from Bristol, on arrival at Bath, a man who was travelling in the first coach with me, jumped out and took a photo of the loco (D1071) and then quickly rejoined the train, the photo was published in a small pictorial book on the Western diesels and that's how i found out the photographer was N E Preedy himself. What a legacy he has left us in his photographs, a real railway enthusiast sadly missed by us all.

 

'The Last Year of the Westerns', page 11 (I think - they're unnumbered) - I'm looking at it here! The date was 10th July. The two leading coach doors remain open for Norman to leap back on.......

 

I have to agree, a sad loss but a massive legacy.