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Seen running back to Acton from Purfleet are 56043 and 56050 at Stratford on 8 March 1985
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Seen running back to Acton from Purfleet are 56043 and 56050 at Stratford on 8 March 1985

  • The snow is melting away quickly as it usually does in the South of England as 50038 stands awaiting departure at Salisbury on17 February 1985
  • Class 56 locos never were common visitors to Eastleigh so to find 56080 sitting in the depot yard on 24 February 1985 was unusual
  • Seen running back to Acton from Purfleet are 56043 and 56050 at Stratford on 8 March 1985
  • Wearing the 'short-sighted trainspotter' livery at Tinsley depot on 19 March 1985 is 56101
  • 56121 sits at the fuel point outside Tinsley depot on 19 March 1985
  • 56044 Bescot 27 May 1986
  • 56065 pauses at Manchester Victoria for a crew change on 19 March 1985
  • 50006 waits its next turn of duty at Bristol Bath Road on 14 June 1986
  • 56031 Bristol Bath Road 2 July 1986
  • 50041 Wimbledon 7 July 1986
  • 56001 sits in the evening sun at Bristol Bath Road depot on 1 July 1986
  • 56072 passes through Langley Mill on 25 July 1986
  • It never was a very smart idea to paint the roof white for a loco that would spend most of its time passing under coal load-outs! 56094 even has coal piled up around the cab front as it heads through the Erewash Valley near Langley Mill on 25 July 1986
  • 56108 heads toward Langley Mill on 25 July 1986
  • 56118 Chesterfield 25 July 1986
  • 50041 Fareham 13 May 1987
  • 56054 Toton 28 April 1987
  • 56113 Gateshead 19 August 1987
  • 56133 Gateshead 19 August 1987
  • 56113 Gateshead 19 August 1987
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