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50030 'Repulse' waits for departure for Paddington on 16 October 1986 as 2HAP 6100 waits in the bay platform to go on the somewhat longer journey to Waterloo
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50030 'Repulse' waits for departure for Paddington on 16 October 1986 as 2HAP 6100 waits in the bay platform to go on the somewhat longer journey to Waterloo

  • 50030 'Repulse' waits for departure for Paddington on 16 October 1986 as 2HAP 6100 waits in the bay platform to go on the somewhat longer journey to Waterloo
  • 50030 pulls into Reading with an up service on 30 March 1986
  • Grid City! Knottingley is the hub for coal trains to the Yorkshire power stations - 12 Class 56 locos are seen stabled on 26 May 1986
  • 50039 Oxford 26 November 1982
  • 56067 Oxford 26 November 1982
  • 56085 passes through Derby station with a mgr service on 24 November 1982
  • Unusual power for a freight service but 50020 rounds the curve from the north of London lines with a decent load on 1 March 1984
  • 56002 approaches York with an MGR train on 2 October 1985
  • 56118 runs around its train at York on 2 October 1985
  • With York Minster in the background 56133 'Crewe Locomotive Works' is light engine on 2 October 1985
  • 50005 'Collingwood' waits for the 'off' at Reading on 24 April 1985
  • 50006 'Neptune' sits at the blocks at Paddington in April 1984
  • 56047 Oxford 26 November 1982
  • 50006 Bristol Temple Meads 7 January 1986
  • 50016 makes its scheduled stop at Reading with a down service on 19 July 1983
  • 50032 brings its train out of the sidings at Oxford in preparation for its run to Paddington on 15 July 1983
  • It was rare back then to see the 50's on anything but passenger services but the odd freight working, such as 50043 running through Oxford with a load of sand on 15 July 1983, was possible
  • 50043 runs into Platform 4 at Reading with a down service on 19 July 1983
  • 56089 runs underneath Clapham Junction A 'box with an aggregates service on 23 January 1986
  • 50005 Bristol Temple Meads 18 February 1985
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