RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) They were special days for sure The count wasn't as high in other visits - full days on Reading station in December and January! Brrrrrrr 4/12/75 - 12/81 9/1/76 - 13/95, included 40175 on cartics 21/5/76 - Westbury - 3/17 And then the rot really set in 4/10/76 - 4/94, including 8 HSTs with 252001 amongst them. My last record of one on a service train was 8/12/76 - I know its been seen on here before but some how it seems more than appropriate on this thread, hope you don't mind Neil http://www.miac.org.uk/class52.html- 5th picture down, Mike King (now chairman Worcester Loco Society) took the shot, I was there... Cheers Phil Edited February 7, 2015 by Phil Bullock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 Motorail vehicles in the bay platform too..... Newton Chambers double deckers?!?! That makes us even sadder anoraks Peter! Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 A very historic shot Phil! Just wish I knew the other Warships in the photo though. Neil Absolutely Neil! 856 distinctive as OH flash in front of not behind drivers door and low position of data panel Is on our list to do when those Bacchy 43s arrive - could I use this as our master shot please? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Trying to narrow down what the green D8XX might be. In the meantime let's go back to June 1968 and watch the up Cornish Riviera approach Teignmouth behind D822 and D827........ 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted February 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 The Trojan slide is labelled "Circa 1969" so could be a few years earlier- will need to look and see when D856 went blue. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 28th October 1968. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Trying to narrow down what the green D8XX might be. In the meantime let's go back to June 1968 and watch the up Cornish Riviera approach Teignmouth behind D822 and D827........ If its a 43 I reckon 833 845 852 or 854 All went blue late in 69 except 845 which was the last GSYP surviving in to 1970 AM sure Graeme wont mind me linking to his Flikr string https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6309614977/in/set-72157627920981333 Not so well up on 42s! Cheers Phil Edited to correct 834 to 833 - thanks Peter Edited February 7, 2015 by Phil Bullock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 And then the rot really set in 4/10/76 - 4/94, including 8 HSTs with 252001 amongst them. My last record of one on a service train was 8/12/76 - I know its been seen on here before but some how it seems more than appropriate on this thread, hope you don't mind Neil http://www.miac.org.uk/class52.html- 5th picture down, Mike King (now chairman Worcester Loco Society) took the shot, I was there... Cheers Phil Interesting. I was probably working on 4/10/76, but on the next day I travelled from Slough to Paddington for a day on the station and the situation was even worse. I only saw 3 all day. D1009, D1048, and D1054 (which seemed to be active almost every day I went out). I also saw 8 HSTs including the prototype, but I did see a Tyseley DMU set at Paddington which was not a common sight - M50812 M51112 M56267, which presumably had been purloined by RG to stand in for one of their failures. My last working loco was not quite as late as yours, but was D1023 on 29th November 76 at Reading on a very cold evening, for which I was only kept warm by the large amount of alcohol I consumed whilst on the station. I can tell by the writing in my notebook that my overall co-ordination was beginning to decline towards the end, but I had already seen three 37s and a 73, so when Western Fusilier turned up I was well happy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Think the picture was taken Summer'69. Green D8Xx could be 845, 852 or 854. Not 834 though as that was maroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted February 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 I've looked through my 1977 logs recently of Westerns still in service around Bristol in January and February that year. My last service trains included D1022 (on a BNS-South West service) and D1023 (on Stratford-Danygraig Freightliner). Will edit for dates and service identification when I get back to Plymouth on Monday where the logs are. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 If its a 43 I reckon 834 845 852 or 854 All went blue late in 69 except 845 which was the last GSYP surviving in to 1970 AM sure Graeme wont mind me linking to his Flikr string https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6309614977/in/set-72157627920981333 Not so well up on 42s! I don't think it can be a 42 as most were either blue or maroon at that time. D824 appears to be in works from which it emerged in blue. D810 had a full yellow end, and D800 was withdrawn/stored outside on the Laira scrap line IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 Think the picture was taken Summer'69. Green D8Xx could be 845, 852 or 854. Not 834 though as that was maroon. Sorry Peter - fat fingered typo - meant 833! Original post edited Cheers Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Four poss (assuming it's a Cl.43): D833 Blue 9/69 (in works since June) = least likely one D845 Blue 2/70 (in works since December) D852 Blue 11/69 (in works since September) D854 Blue 12/69 (in works since September) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted February 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 Zoomed in- not sure it helps, but the green Warship sure looks like a 43. Neil 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I was just about to ask for a close-up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 Yup! Can we take it any further than that? The loco liveries plus the presence of the motorails mean its got to be in the duration of the summer timetable 1969, choose 1 loco from 4...although is that a data panel above the number? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 And the number of the blue one in front of it appears to end in a '7'. Which rules out D817 maroon, D827 blue but with serif D & numerals, D847 had BR symbol above the nameplate, D867 maroon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I think the middle of the trio might be either D807 or D827. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Inclined to think it's D807. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted February 7, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2015 Yes something D8X7 - and it does look like a 42- there's no raised roof fans. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Jusr realised it can't be D827, so 90% (well maybe 80%) sure it's 807 - nameplate looks about right length too. Edited February 7, 2015 by Peter Kazmierczak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 I found a b/w photo of it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/46212770@N08/4717236166/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted February 7, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) Here's a photo on Flickr by Grahame Wareham of D854 in 1968 and it's got red route disks, which would presumably have still been there until the loco sent into blue: https://www.flickr.com/photos/59835095@N02/6310138138/in/photolist-aBB7e9-9JgmrZ-ixPsA4-dE9erj-hVwwa7-4EPzu7-cKTP6j-9xTjPH-gjHWxG-f92mtY-dtjXDR-81R9W2-kuNXQQ-j85dCz-4voPZU-7dWYU4-gpDt5x-fvr4AE-bGpA1T-4M9H2f-375jau-2PMAER-7XGHv5-eUBu5n-71X3x6-e6Mc9g-fvbMGk-4oScVz-5R9eVs-ejR6cy-fp3Bdi-9d2ZCZ-j2TnFB-3494rV-j2RZ1a-cUZKCQ-fnLprz-krABe-dpHuYY-dfpiGd-bzcbGX And one of D845 at Old Oak in May 69: https://www.flickr.com/photos/64518788@N05/16429507776/in/photolist- Edited February 7, 2015 by brushman47544 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) This thread is superb - thanks for sharing Neil! Zoomed in- not sure it helps, but the green Warship sure looks like a 43.Class 43s Newton Abbott 1969.jpgNeil Might be my eyes but the closer bodyside grille appears to have the central dividing bar, which would put it as somewhere between D800-12. Trying to find some decent shots of 807 with double arrows to see if the data panel, OHLE patches and red dot all match, but they seem to be quite thin on the ground. Please keep 'em coming Neil. Pix EDIT - underframe on the original also matches one from the first 13. Edited February 7, 2015 by Pixie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 This one might do the trick? http://www.taillampphotography.com/Graphics%20Used%20For%20Website/AA%20DIESEL%20COLLECTION/CLASS_42/MKLRaWR00102UK.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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