Rugd1022 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 47 263 on snow clearing duty at Paddington in January '79... Layover time at Immingham... 47 484 'I.K.B.' at Padd in the 1980-83 period, after its first collision repair at the number one end... 1674 'Samson' at Padd in 1973... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
springs branch Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 Some differant shots of a 47. This one is Freightliners 47830. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2018 47 263 on snow clearing duty at Paddington in January '79... 47 263 Padd January 1979.jpg Like the photo of 47263 with the steam lance. Seem to recall it was published in Railway Magazine at the time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Not sure if I've already posted these, might have posted them in another thread but here goes - some early '70s pre-Tops WR namer poooorrrrn…! 1664 'George Jackson Churchward' on the milk at Old Oak, March 1973... A rare shot of 1669 wearing its 'Python' plates, possibly at Hereford, date is 14th August 1971... 1670 'Mammoth' on empty stock at Old Oak, 1st December 1973... 1672 'Colossus' on the coal stage road at Old Oak, 1st December 1973... 1673 'Cyclops' at Reading in 1973... 1674 'Samson' on the coal stage road at Old Oak with 1647 behind and a withdrawn Warship outside the Factory, c.1971... 1674 'Amazon' outside the Factory at Old Oak c.1973... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium drjcontroller Posted November 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 20, 2018 Yup, pure porn. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Photo c/o Nick Weedon, Cardiff, 1976... note unusual 'oooo' headcode, made up from vinyl stickers fixed onto the Perspex screen... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post APOLLO Posted November 20, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2018 Leaving Retford Ex Works D9011 The Royal Northumberland Fusileer was coupled up to D1103 for some unknown reason. Both locos working, 3 Jan 1970 Sheffield 3 Jan 1970 Crewe station & works 1968 Springs Branch Wigan Summer 1969 Note the experimental reversed headcode blinds also seen at Crewe above. Other end was a bit different !! Finsbury Park 27 March 1970 Brit15 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Springs Branch 1980. 47 547. 47 298 47 205 47 298. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 (edited) Photo c/o Geoff Emson : 47 538 at Bescot on northbound tanks, 6th June 1975, I've never quite got to the bottom of why it lost its 'Python' nameplates when it was renumbered into Tops and converted to ETH... Edited November 21, 2018 by Rugd1022 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Photo c/o Craig Donald, 1773 at Wellingborough c.1972... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Photo c/o John Goodale : 47 157, boiler fully operative, awaits departure for the South West at Bristol TM, 30th December 1983... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 1679 on the traverser at Crewe Works c.1973, photo by Phil Cotterill... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1679 on the traverser at Crewe Works c.1973, photo by Phil Cotterill... FB 1679 CREWE PC.jpg Ya know I can`t remember seeing a wezzie on Crewe works, in those days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Oops just twigged, it's..... Newton Abbot! I'm whipping myself into oblivion as I type this... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray M Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Oops just twigged, it's..... Newton Abbot! I'm whipping myself into oblivion as I type this... Ha Ha thought there was something amiss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2018 Wasn't too sure which would be the correct thread for this photo, so I plumped for this one. I don't have an exact date, but the photo was taken during Railtrack days so I'm guessing about 1999 - 2001ish (but could be a bit earlier). We (Railtrack) were doing surveys of various Yards/Sidings with EWS that they would like to lease (long term, 125 years IIRC) from Railtrack, to agree boundaries, maintenance responsibilities etc., in this particular case at Milford. Whilst plodding about the sidings area a 47 hove into view, I would normally have ignored it (during work hours anyway) as at the time they were pretty much 10-a-penny and not an unusual sight. However, I then noticed what was in the consist and quickly got the camera out. With enlarging the photo I think I can make out "23" on the front of the cab, so that would make it either 47x23 or 4723x. Can any of the 47 aficionado's out there positively identify it? As for the load, I'm pretty sure it consists of 84001 and 26020 being dragged from the NRM to an open-day somewhere, or if my orientation is bad, being dragged back to the NRM. Hope it is of some interest and provides a bit of a challenge in identifying the 47. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted November 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2018 Looks like 4723x. I suspect you have the choice of two; 47234 and 47237. 47236 also carried this livery, but was named. My money is on 47237 based on the headcode blanking plate lights; 234 looks to have had the larger lenses at both ends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2018 Looks like 4723x. I suspect you have the choice of two; 47234 and 47237. 47236 also carried this livery, but was named. My money is on 47237 based on the headcode blanking plate lights; 234 looks to have had the larger lenses at both ends. Many thanks Claude. 13 minutes - that's impressive! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted November 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2018 Looks like 4723x. I suspect you have the choice of two; 47234 and 47237. 47236 also carried this livery, but was named. My money is on 47237 based on the headcode blanking plate lights; 234 looks to have had the larger lenses at both ends. Definitely NOT 47237, which had a rebuilt flat front at No 2 end http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=1455020977000 The last digit looks much more like a 6. How certain is the date? 47236 was named in October 1996. The last digit doesn't really look like a 4, but perhaps it is 234? http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=0720051046200 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted November 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2018 Definitely NOT 47237, which had a rebuilt flat front at No 2 end http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=1455020977000 The last digit looks much more like a 6. How certain is the date? 47236 was named in October 1996. The last digit doesn't really look like a 4, but perhaps it is 234? http://www.class47.co.uk/c47_zoom_v3.php?img=0720051046200 Sorry, brushman, I can't be specific with the date at this time. I'll need to dig out my diaries/notebooks to see if I made an entry in any of them - that could take quite a while, with no guarantee that I did record anything specific. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted November 30, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 30, 2018 Apologies, I missed that this was pictured at the number 2 end. For 47236, it was still in the old distribution livery the year before. Not beyond the realms of possibility this picture was taken the the period between repainting and naming. https://mark-beal-tmd.smugmug.com/RetrospectiveRail/Retrospective-Class-47/i-LbzHvsm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Photo c/o Alastair McLean, 47 145 on a northbound 'liner at Banbury in 1974... Photo c/o James Murray, Derby, August 1983... Photo c/o Jim Platt, unidentified dual braked example on the Up Main at Fenny Compton in the late '70s... Two tone green + Tops at Cardiff Canton... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Glasgow 31-12-'89. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted December 4, 2018 Share Posted December 4, 2018 Anyone know this Duffs number? It might be easier to find out than most other 47's with that Black painted panel. Warrington Bank Quay Station. Nov'1995. E.L.R. Bury. Sept' 1995. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted December 4, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 4, 2018 The loco could be 47114 John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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