colin9007:
Ex-BR Class 14 650hp diesel-hydraulic Type 1, D9502 at Rowsley, Peak Rail, in 2009, STILL carrying her original 1964 livery! I had last seen her at NCB Weetslade in 1981.
colin9007:
NCB Ashington in 1982. No.506 was previously BR D9504. Strange to think that many years later this locomotive was involved in construction work for the Channel Tunnel rail link!
colin9007:
Ashington, February 1983 with ex-BR D9504 and 2 sisters. 2 years earlier I enjoyed a cab ride in her at nearby Weetslade. Remarkably, she was later used in the construction of the Channel Tunnel rail link & is preserved at the Kent & E Sussex Railway.
colin9007:
Ex-GWR 2-8-0T 5241 running light engine through Newport station past BR Type 1 diesel-hydraulic 0-6-0 D9519. The latter was in service for less than 4 years, whereas the tank locomotive lasted 41!
colin9007:
Smartly turned-out NCB Ashington No.3 ex-BRClass 14, D9521 at Ashington Colliery in 1982. Now preserved at the Llangollen Railway, I think.
colin9007:
Preserved BR Paxman Class 14 diesel-hydraulic 0-6-0 D9523 at Loughborough Central, GCR.
